The Hunting Stories Podcast: The Hunters Brief October 17th, 2025

Florida bear tag sabotage & revenueOutdoor Life via Yahoo: anti‑hunters drew 23 % of Florida black bear tags and applications raised over $817,000yahoo.comyahoo.com New archery world‑record elkPope & Young/Boone & Crockett press release confirming Casey Brooks’ 478 2/8″ bullpope-young.org and NW Sportsman clarificationnwsportsmanmag.com Backyard deer hunts in TennesseeWorldDeer.org explains Hendersonville’s backyard hunting program and its aims to reduce high deer densitiesworlddeer.org Riverside County lieutenant accidentIHeartRadio and Yahoo reports describe the accidental shooting of Lt. Nathan Kaaskfiam640.iheart.comyahoo.com Deer rubs glow under UVNational Deer Association summary of UGA Deer Lab research on photoluminescent rubs and scrapesdeerassociation.com States join IUCNThe Wildlife Society article on Massachusetts and California intending to join IUCNwildlife.org Florida conservation easementThe Wildlife Society and Florida DEP press releases about the 7,514‑acre Kenansville Ranch easementwildlife.orgcontent.govdelivery.com IUCN Red List conservation winsZME Science article on species downlisted in latest Red List updatezmescience.comzmescience.com Gene‑editing debate at IUCNNPR/SDPB story on the moratorium proposal and opposing viewssdpb.orgsdpb.org Rhode Island poaching casesNBC 10 News coverage of poaching crackdownsturnto10.com Great Sand Dunes elk poachingRMEF alert seeking information on poaching incidentrmef.org ORV bills in national parksSUWA press release criticizing bills to allow off‑road vehicles in national parkssuwa.org Government shutdown impactsCenter for Western Priorities summary of furloughs and effects on public landswesternpriorities.org @HuntingStoriesPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Want to be a guest?⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hunting Stories Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vortex Optics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ignite Marketing Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices