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Lily Raff McCaulou was raised on the East coast as an environmentalist and an animal lover. Although she was a meat-eater, she’d grown up learning that harming animals was wrong. After moving to central Oregon for a reporting job in her early twenties, she began spending weekends fly-fishing and weekdays interviewing hunters for articles and realizing her perception of hunters wasn’t accurate. She met many whose connection to animals and the environment ran deeper than even her own. So, she embarked on a journey learning to hunt and through it she discovered a fascinating and firsthand way to learn about wildlife and the ecosystem in which she lived while bringing home healthy food for her family. As a hunter and a gun owner using guns for an activity she loves, however, she is deeply concerned about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Matt Podolsky spoke with Lilly about her journey and perspective as a hunter on responsible gun ownership.