Matt Besko is the Executive Director of the Hunting and Fishing Branchwithin the Lands Operations Division in Alberta Forestry and Parks. He istasked with the management, regulations, and policies affecting Huntingand Fishing allocation and use, trapping, managing carnivores andhuman-wildlife co-existence.In Part II of Sheep Fever’s conversation with Matt, he and co-host GrayThornton discuss the hunting cultures of Europe, Africa, Asia, the MiddleEast, and North America with a deep dive into Europe & North America.While Europe’s hunting culture and traditions remain at the forefront oftheir hunting experience, North American traditions, while still robust inthe First Nation/Tribal community, appear less prominent. Is this aproblem? Does it contribute to a lack of understanding of hunting andhunters by the non-hunting majority? Has North American huntingculture and traditions been replaced by technology? By something else?Is hunting culture and art relevant? Besko is uniquely qualified to answerthese questions and more

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