The truth about hunting lions—without apology

[Rusty Shakelford]

I have not seen it or read any articles, but print only will have a hard time beating the antis who recruit and promote their misinformation on the internet.

We’ve already got over 100,000 hunters, houndsmen, and conservationists following along across our social channels—but Cat Hunter is built to outlast the next scroll.

A good print issue sticks around. It ends up on coffee tables, in hunting camps, and in family collections for decades. It’s something you hand to your grandkids and say, “This is who we are.”

That’s how you fight misinformation—not by chasing every social media flare-up, but by creating something solid, credible, and worth keeping. The goal isn’t to “beat” the antis at their own game, it’s to make sure our stories and traditions can’t just disappear with the next algorithm change.

 

[Sabre]

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That does look very nicely done. Just from those few photos, I feel like you should reach out to @Hunter-Habib and work out a deal for him to share some of his cat hunting stories in one of the issues of the magazine.

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

Appreciate the kind words. And I'll absolutely reach out to him. Thanks for the lead! Happy to send you a copy of our first issue if you'd like.

 

[wingshot74]

I be ordered a copy and I’m excited to dig in!

 

[dchum]

Bunch of nervous nellies on here, what crazy response you got by some.

I have followed yalls publication on social media for a while and love your ethos. Can’t wait to order my mag.

You should look into being a sponsor on here. Would be a perfect fit.

 

[dchum]

One post himmm interesting Think someone is fishing

Your radar is off my friend

You have to have a first post?
And this 10x more interesting than most first posts on here…

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

I be ordered a copy and I’m excited to dig in!

Stoked to have you! Thanks for the support!

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

Bunch of nervous nellies on here, what crazy response you got by some.

I have followed yalls publication on social media for a while and love your ethos. Can’t wait to order my mag.

You should look into being a sponsor on here. Would be a perfect fit.

Haha appreciate your kind words and support! And thank you. Since prop 127 in Colorado we realized there was a massive amount of ignorance of the hound hunting, safari hunting, and predator hunting worlds—even among hunters. We decided to run with the momentum, unite, educate, and fight for these amazing traditions and legacies. I'll definitely have to reach out about being a sponsor on here.

 

[coreydb]

Beautiful mag; $70 yrly subscription

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

One photo? That's it? I was hoping to be a larger "part of it."

375 Ruger Fan??

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

Can’t figure out if this deserves a hit ignore, or if it is real
Imo lions hunting is just a distant memory of what it really was with no cure insight

Send me your address and I'll send a copy of our first issue to ya

 

[AZDAVE]

I would love to get a copy of you first issue to decide on subscription.

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

I would love to get a copy of you first issue to decide on subscription.

Gorgeous leopard you got! And sure thing. DM me your address.

 

[wingshot74]

My copy arrived today. Well done! Thank you

 

[Rusty Shakelford]

My copy arrived today. Well done! Thank you

So glad to hear it! And thank you!

 

[Sabre]

@Rusty Shakelford

I received a copy of this magazine a couple days ago and got a chance to open it up today.
I am in the middle of a large project right now, so I haven't had time to read a full article yet, but I quickly skimmed the first couple paragraphs of a couple of the articles and quickly looked through the magazine.

It's rare to be pleasantly surprised by a product nowadays, especially a "magazine". But this was one of those times. I will say, I get now why they said it was somewhere between a magazine and a coffee table type book. The photo quality seems superior to standard magazines, as does the paper quality, and the dimensions seemed a bit different from the standard.

In the quick skim I recognized a couple names and faces from other cat hunting media I have watched and read. The few paragraphs I read seemed well written so far.

I don't know what the future of this magazine will be because, admittedly, it is a more niche and smaller target audience than something like National Geographic. But I personally really hope it gets off the ground and sticks around.

There aren't a lot of advocates for cat hunting, and I'm glad to see more out there and especially as well done as this appears to be.

I am not affiliated with the magazine, and as stated, I have only just picked up the first copy today. But I felt it only fair to give an honest first impression of it. I think anyone that is interested in cat hunting would at the very least appreciate the photography and quality of the print.