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Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree

Guest: Cameron Hanes

Guest: Adam Greentree

Date: 2025-12-16 | Duration: 3h 8m

Category: Nature & Outdoors, Health & Medicine

Episode Overview

Joe Rogan, Cameron Hanes, and Adam Greentree delve into the contentious subject of wildlife management, specifically focusing on mountain lions and bears. Greentree recounts a harrowing encounter with a mountain lion feeding on a live cow, sparking a discussion on the natural world's brutal balance and the necessity of predator control. The conversation highlights how human encroachment necessitates active management, contrasting the lack of hunting tags in California, which leads to increasing depredation kills (including pets), with the more permissive and revenue-generating hunting policies in states like Utah and Oregon. Hanes emphasizes that urban dwellers often vote on wildlife issues without understanding the realities faced by those in rural areas, leading to detrimental policies such as the grizzly bear ban in British Columbia, which has resulted in a surge of bear attacks. The discussion pivots to the mental and physical benefits derived from engaging with the natural world, particularly through hunting. Rogan shares a Vice documentary about a man living in the Arctic Circle who finds deep fulfillment in a primitive lifestyle, drawing parallels to the sense of purpose and contentment experienced during a challenging elk hunt. Hanes and Greentree describe how their hunting expeditions, despite their physical demands, offer a profound sense of satisfaction and clarity, contrasting it with the anxieties of modern, "fake" societal living. Rogan concludes by advocating for voluntary struggle, arguing it builds resilience and makes everyday life more manageable, rather than enduring constant, low-grade societal stress.

About Adam Greentree

Adam Greentree is a wildlife management expert and hunting advocate known for his expertise in predator control and human-wildlife conflict. He has direct experience with the practical realities of living alongside dangerous wildlife, including encounters with mountain lions and bears, and is recognized for his advocacy of science-based wildlife management policies. Greentree brings firsthand knowledge to discussions about the tensions between urban wildlife policies and rural land management needs, emphasizing the importance of regulated hunting in maintaining ecological balance and reducing depredation.

About Cameron Hanes

Cameron Hanes is a bowhunter, fitness enthusiast, and advocate for outdoor conservation known for promoting a disciplined lifestyle and pushing physical limits. He's recognized for his dedication to challenging himself through hunting expeditions and fitness pursuits while maintaining a positive mindset that emphasizes personal growth over negativity. Hanes has become a prominent voice in discussions about public land access and conservation issues, particularly regarding government proposals affecting wilderness areas.

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Transcript Excerpt

[00:00:00] Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. We're live. Gentlemen, what's happening? What is going on? Good to see you. Good to see you guys again. [00:00:18] Bo hunting brothers. Yeah, we're just talking about the mountain line that we have in the lobby and how insane that thing is. So, Adam, you shot that mountain line when? I think it was about six or seven years ago now. And you ate it, and I ate some of it. You sent some to me. It's really good, believe it or not, ladies and gentlemen. You wouldn't think so, but it's incredible. [00:00:36] Everybody says it's like, the way they describe it is like a, I think Ronella said this, a superior pork. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, I think of it as a cross between venison and chicken. And I only did it quick on the barbecue and I'm not a great cook, but it was that tender and that tasty. But the story behind the mountain line's nuts. Like that was like a murderous mountain line. It was, I felt a bit funny about it at the start with because like the dogs do all [00:01:25] line was at least. I was telling Cam about this when we got here that it must have grabbed the cow, like a beef cow. It must have grabbed it on the neck and the cow couldn't move but it was still fully alive internally and vocally [00:01:41] it was still alive and when we got there the mountain lion was like eating it from its rear in and it'd been there for at least an hour or two because there was quite a lot of meat that had been eaten out from the cow's ass and kicking its hooves yeah and it's just but the cow couldn't get up so it was it was literally eating it while it was still alive and as the dogs are running down there you could hear [00:02:52] eyes of, you know, how big that line was. It looks like it's at least 150 pounds. Yeah, it's giant. So it's like 170. 170? That's what you think it would be on the, on the paw, I guess, as it were. Yeah. Yeah. That's a big animal...

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On Joe Rogan Experience #2426 with Cameron Hanes & Adam Greentree, topics include Adam Greentree's Mountain Lion Hunt and Meat, Gruesome Mountain Lion Attack on a Live Cow, The Balance of Nature and Predator-Prey Dynamics, and Wildlife Management in Colorado vs. Japan's Bear Problem.

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