FTC Disclosure

The primary goal of this website, podcast and associated social media platforms has always been to document my journey becoming a hunter, angler and outdoorsman… and to share with all y’all everything I learn all along the way. To offset the somewhat burdensome cost of running The Wild Initiative, I’ll often use affiliate links that will make me a couple of cents on the dollar… instead of using direct site links that get me squat. Other times, I may get a free hat or beer koozie from a friend or even be lucky enough to have someone pick up the lunch tab.

I have a firm policy of only promoting products that I wholly believe in. However, our federal government nannies in the FTC have no faith in your abilities of discernment. Consequently, they require that, as a podcaster, blogger and social influencer wannabe, I disclose any possible situations that could cause the slightest bias in my recommendations. Fully complying with their regulations would be near-impossible and would make nearly everything I post an absolute mess of legalese. So, for any link that I post, guest I interview, product I use, logo I wear, company I mention, or positive thought I think, please assume that I’m doing so with a profoundly sinister hidden agenda and that all of the following hold true: