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Understanding the Economics of Hunting and Shooting with Rob Southwick and Jim Curcuruto – Season 3 Episode 6 – March 30
This episode of Talking Mule Deer is focused helping to understand the economic impact of the hunting and shooting have on conservation and why that’s so important. Rob Southwick, a natural resource economist who runs Southwick Associates, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Jim Curcuruto talk about what they are doing to take participation and spending data and make it relevant to the public. Hunters and target shooters spend billions of dollars every year in pursuit of their pastime (we’ll tell you how much!) – but when you factor the economic ripple effect for each dollar spent that impact is even greater, particularly in the rural communities where we hunt and fish. Rob and Jim also work with groups like the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and American Sportfishing Association to put those numbers in context with other mainstream industries and share that information with elected officials and the media. We discuss about how this spending goes back into state wildlife conservation – and increasingly for state-run shooting ranges – through excise taxes on certain hunting and shooting products through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937 (also known as Pittman-Robertson Act) Program. Finally, Jim talks about how NSSF is working with state wildlife agencies and the shooting sports industry to “Partner with a Payer” so that industry staff can understand what states are doing with the taxes they pay, and state agency staff can understand more about the manufacturing of guns and ammunition. He also talks about recent research that shows there’s a lot of interest in the general public about learning how to shoot and what three things might help get them out on the range.
S6 E1 - Welcome Back Mule Deer Fans
S5 E3 - Skullbound Chronicles with Jana Waller
S5 E2 - WCHE Recap, and MDF Social media
S5 E1 - Western Hunting & Conservation Expo with Ray Crow and MDF CEO Joel Pedersen
S4 E14 - Wyoming Habitat Partnership Coordinator Nicole Reed, and Wyoming Updates
S4 E13 – Mapping the Herd with AZ Biologists Lucas Olson and Jackson Miller
S4 E12 – Nevada Department of Wildlife Director Tony Wasley and Game Division Chief Mike Scott
S4 E11 - Montana Mule Deer with MT Game Division Chief Brian Wakeling, and MDF Regional Director Chris Fortune
S4 E10 - 2021 Range-wide Status of Black-Tailed and Mule Deer with Jim Heffelfinger and Joel Pedersen
S4 E9 - Randy Morrison MDF Habitat Partnership Coordinator
S4 E8 - John Nosler Talks Nosler Ammo and the State of the Industry
S4 E7 - BYU Wildlife Ecology Lab with Professor Brock McMillan, Professor Randy Larsen, and Tabitha Hughes
S4 E6 - Conservation Crossing with Sam Soholt and Marshall Johnson
S4 E5 - New MDF President/CEO Joel Pedersen
S4 E4 - Jason Matzinger Talks Shed Hunting, Off-Season Prep, and Hunting with Your Kids
S4 E3 - Idaho Conservation Efforts with MDF state habitat coordinator, Jessie Shallow
S4 E2 - MDF Magazine Redesign with Chet Hervey of the Northwoods Collective, and MDF’s COO Brian Fienhold
S4 E1 - Looking Back and Looking Forward, with Miles Moretti
S3 E16 - 2020 Mule Deer and Black-tailed Deer Rangewide Status
S3 E15 - Pre-season Prep with Amy Ray and Chris Belinda
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