Mule Deer Foundation - Talking Mule Deer Podcast
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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.
S2 E24 - MDF Women Board Members, Kirsti Pike and Kelli Poole
S2 E23 - Utah Mule Deer Conservation
S2 E22 - Identical Draw Outdoors
S2 E21 - Federal Premium Ammunition
S2 E20 - Dan Harrison - Celebrity Guide with Harrison's Hunting
S2 E19 - Kryptek Outdoors Founder - Butch Whiting
S2 E18 - Muley Slayer Marc Smith
S2 E17 - NSSF and CAHSS with Bill Dunne and Samantha Pedder
S2 E16 - Conservation Visions - Shane Mahoney
S2 E15 - California Conservation - Randy Morrison and Kevin Zeman
S2 E14 - Camp Chef
S2 E13 - Nevada Department of Wildlife - Tony Wasley, Director and Brian Wakeling, Big Game Coordinator
S2 E12 - WIldlife and Transportation with TRCP's Ed Arnett and the Colorado Wildlife Transportation Alliance
S2 E11 - State Sportsmen's Legislation with Andy Treharne (Congressional Sportsmen Foundation) and Nephi Cole (National Shooting Sports Foundation)
S2 E10 - Ladies Hunting Camp with Candy Yow and Jeremy Anderson
S2 E9 - The Dakota Boyz
S2 E8 - Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation President - Jeff Crane
S2 E7 - Outdoor Writer - Mark Kayser
S2 E6 - "State of MDF " wtih Miles Moretti & Mike Laughter
S2 E5 - 2019 Western Hunting and Conservation Expo
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