Episode 374, State of the Outdoors, Interview with Outdoor Writer Patrick Durkin

With the current political scene Mike and Dan decide to give their State of the Outdoors Speech. Interview with Outdoor Writer Patrick Durkin Freelance Writer Writes for several publications Navy Veteran Was in the outdoors as a youngster Degree in Journalism and Minor English Worked at Oshkosh Northwestern during college on the sports desk Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine hired Pat After one year he became fulltime editor of the magazine When Dan won a chance to hunt with Pat and Greg Miller they forgot to buy his hunting license Work is competition Pat's view of the current media in the digital age How Classified ads and the internet killed newspapers How the internet has changed the magazine industry How far away is the demise of TV Content is King! Media is evolving Content needs to be compelling and valuable Pat's take on wolves impact in nature Wolves have a role in nature Wolves have made the whitetail deer intelligent over time due to the pursuit of deer as food Man wants to control nature or have a happy medium People believe the balance of nature is a flat line instead of huge peaks and valleys We need to utilize our forests better and do more logging to provide better habitat for deer Wolves can make us better hunters Talking logging, habitat and deer management Being a mouth piece between the hunters and the scientists Where media is headed