Rack Junkies

In this episode, I’m digging into the Wildlife Management Institute using their own words, their own grant reports, and their own documents. WMI keeps showing up in the middle of R3 hunter-recruitment money, state agency consulting, grant management, reports, ad campaigns, “message testing,” and private consultant pipelines. Hunters are told this money is being spent to save hunting, recruit new h...

In this episode of the Rack Junkies Podcast, Stephen Ziegler breaks down how millions of dollars move through the wildlife, hunting, conservation, agency, and nonprofit world — and why hunters should be asking a lot more questions. This episode looks at the money pipeline behind wildlife management, NGOs, government agencies, conservation groups, research funding, salaries, contracts, and the peop...

In this episode of the Rack Junkies Podcast, Stephen Ziegler talks about wildlife studies that make hunters and outdoorsmen wonder what happened to common sense. This is not an anti-science episode. It is about the difference between useful wildlife research and studies that seem disconnected from real-world hunting, land management, predators, deer, conservation, and the people who actually spend...

Today I discuss the viral controversy surrounding the corner crossing debate. It has the attention of the politicians in Montana and we need to keep it up. At the end I also discuss the massive win you guys got from the viral post I put out on Erie county New York! 12 and 13 year old's were told they can not hunt but public pressure from this podcast and the Facebook pages got that overturned...

I am in the process of building a studio and taking this podcast to the next level. today I will give inside information on my research into the governor of Montana and his connection to the outfitters and why they want corner crossing banned.  Rack Junkies and the hunting news