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Cliff Gray interviews Corey Knowlton about elephant hunting and the state of trophy hunting in North America.

I sit down with Corey Knowlton, one of the most experienced international hunters alive, to talk elephant hunting, North American hunting and double rifles. From there we dig into the Jim Shockey era of hunting TV, why North American trophy hunting opportunity is never coming back, and why a $30,000 archery elk hunt makes almost no sense when you look at what that money buys in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, or Tanzania. In this episode: Why it's easy to win the elephant argument logically — a...

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Host: Cliff Gray

Guest: Corey Knowlton

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Places: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania

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