Joe Rogan Experience #1112 - Cameron Hanes

Cameron Hanes is a bowhunting athlete, “training intensively each and every day to become the Ultimate Predator” and he also has a podcast available on iTunes called Keep Hammering with Cameron Hanes.

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May 6, 20182h 56mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 6, 2018
Duration: 2h 56m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Cameron Hanes is a bowhunting athlete, “training intensively each and every day to become the Ultimate Predator” and he also has a podcast available on iTunes called Keep Hammering with Cameron Hanes.

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Cameron Hanes, Joe Rogan Experience #1112 - Cameron Hanes explores joe Rogan and Cameron Hanes Defend Hunting, Endurance, and Wild Places Joe Rogan and bowhunter/ultrarunner Cameron Hanes recap a recent axis deer bowhunt in Lanai, Hawaii, using it as a concrete example of why hunting can be essential for conservation and food, not just sport. They dive deeply into global wildlife management, especially African elephants, lions, and invasive species, arguing that regulated hunting funds anti‑poaching and habitat protection where idealistic bans have backfired. The conversation shifts into U.S. public lands policy, media narratives, and Hanes’ role on a federal wildlife council, contrasting activist messaging with on‑the‑ground realities for hunters and rural communities. Throughout, Hanes details his extreme training regimen (a marathon a day plus lifting and archery) and how it underpins his ethics about quick, merciful kills, while Rogan connects that discipline to mental health, parenting, and the broader culture’s discomfort with both death and hard effort.

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