EP 620: It's Not How Big It Is, It's How You Use It with Colton Bagnoli

And, you know, for those listening, w- we're not gonna rehash all the reasons to go, 'cause you did a great job last time and, roughly speaking, a year ago, you were on, and we spent a lot of time talking about Africa, and I do wanna, uh, spend some time there.

Yeah.

But, but I feel like...

I...

Who knows, right? Like, none of us understand the algorithms anymore, so I don't know if it's just what I'm being shown because I keep pausing on, you know, posts or accounts like yours, which include Africa material.

But I feel like it has really...

It used to be the, like, well, maybe when I'm closer to retirement or in retirement.

Like, there was a type of-

For sure

... person that you would often see that would go to Africa.

Maybe when I'm a little less able or capable, you know, and I, and I want to have the, um, you know, the, the forms of transport available to me to go and have a great time and a great hunt, and I'm not taking anything away from, from any of that.

But I feel like it's really come, not come down, but it has become a much more normal-

Yeah

... hunt or area for people to go and hunt than it was.

Am I...

Like, am I just seeing it wrong? Am I s- is it, is it just a function of the feed these days? Or would you s-

Well

... would, would you say there's, there's more of, um, an, an openness to Africa that was, that wasn't there before?

I think it's a lot of things, man.

I think for a long time, it was always just, like, you know, the emphasis on dangerous game-

Mm

... and, you know, the prices, and people are just like, "Oh, wow," you know, "80K for an elephant," you know, "20K for a kabel." Like, there was always this, like, this thing that Africa is expensive, and you have to be a rich, old guy to go, and then, you know, it's one of those things that you go and do when you're old because it's, it's easy hunting, right?

Mm-hmm.

There's always...

And I get it all the time, guys, like, "Well, I don't really wanna go to Africa 'cause it's just, you just drive around and shoot stuff, you know, in a high fence." And it's like, yeah, yeah, in South Africa, there's a lot of that, and, and a lot of it's super popular, and guys don't even know that they're hunting it 'cause the concessions are so big, you know? Um, I love the free-range aspect of it, and, you know, in the places I hunt with, you know, say, with Crusader Safaris.