Episode 109

Jimmy Flatt: Hunters of Color

Today, AB3 sits down with Jimmy Flatt, Founder of Hunters of Color. Listen in as Jimmy shares the road to turning Hunters of Color into a nonprofit, how the community inspires more minorities to start their hunting journey, the issue of increasing gear and permit costs and its ramifications for the future of hunting, and Jimmy’s ambitious goals for Hunters of Color in 2021.

Episode Highlights

• How Hunters of Color came to be
• Reconnecting people of all colors to their hunting heritage
• The possibility of hunting eventually being confined to the upper class
• Resident versus non-resident prices for hunting gear, tools, and permits
• Jimmy’s goals for Hunters of Color in 2021

3 Key Points

• The outdoors are for everybody. We were all hunters once. With the rise of urban jungles, most people have lost their affinity for the outdoors, much less hunting. But by going out and just trying out one hunt, anybody will gain a greater appreciation of where our food comes from. Along with that, a hunter who follows the rules of the game contributes to the conservation of the environment, all while being more sustainable with the way they eat.
• Over the years, particularly due to urbanization, hunting became a rarity among Americans, to the point where the biggest demographic is white and male. One of the missions of Hunters of Color is to reconnect all Americans to their hunting heritage and shift current statistics to incorporate greater diversity, which includes women, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and even Native Americans and native Hawaiians.
• There is a potential threat of hunting becoming an expensive activity reserved for the upper-class, much like it already is in the U.K.. One of the biggest reasons for this is the negative connotation attached to hunting in much of mainstream media. However, AB3 is confident that, with the sheer amount of hunting families still living in their own private lands all over the U.S., that threat of hunting becoming a fringe activity is at least still very far off.

Three Powerful Quotes

• Hunting is rooted deep in all of us. It’s within us all. I think the issue is that a lot of people who live in the urban jungle have become detached from where our food comes from.
• The outdoors are for everybody and I think it’s a shame that the narrative has changed over the past few decades that they are for only one demographic of people.
• The trajectory is that licenses will keep going up. Eventually, it’s going to be to the point where we’re all shoveling out $500 to $1000 a year just to keep doing the things that we love.

Resources Mentioned

Bryant Land Show:  https://bryantlandcountry.com/the-bryant-land-country-podcast/

OnXHunt link: https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt-app

Traeger Grills: https://www.traegergrills.com

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/bryantland

BassPro Affiliate: https://bassproshops.vzck.net/NaQx7

Hunters of Color: Website | Instagram

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