Restless Native

“How you carry yourself, how you interact with anti-hunters, how you present your harvested animals, how you follow the law even when no one is looking—it all matters. We are stewards of this lifestyle just like we are with our public lands. The debate is not about hunter versus anti-hunter. When you don’t carry the flame with honor and respect, you lose the people on the fence.”— Brad Luttrell, Hunter's Horn article Today, I’m going to tell you a story.  There is no guest. It’s just me, and a tale of how I got to be sitting at this mic today. Last year, I wrote an article for Houston Safari Club Foundation’s publication, Hunter’s Horn, about how we can flip social media from anti-hunter to hunter recruitment. I talked about the founding of GoWild, but even deeper than that, I talked about my story as a hunter.I’m in the process of submitting another story to Hunter’s Horn, and have been thinking about this one and the statement it makes. With permission of Houston Safari Club Foundation, I’m going to re