The Shotgun Conservationist: Why Environmentalists Should Love Hunting

by Brant MacDuff

Book Overview

At the intersection of hunting and conservation, a man shares his personal journey from staunch anti-hunter to compassionate, ethical hunter, weaving together a larger history of humans, animals, the environment, and our food systems.

Picture a hunter. Who comes to mind? Millionaire playboys or big truck owning folks? Maybe so, but there's more to it. Because if you love nature, value sustainability, abhor the pollution and inhumanity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643261037
• ISBN13: 9781643261034
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Totally Changed my Mind !

Wow, this book was clearly the result of a lifetime of thought and study, it's funny too! The book makes "wildlife economics" and conservation history and theory totally accessible and fun. It uses hunting as a lens to explore all sorts of ways people relate to animals and the environment. There are a lot of personal stories and silly movie references too, it's not a dry textbook even though it's full of research. Also the author is cute.