{"id":2579694,"date":"2026-03-13T18:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-legend-kurt-russell-explains-his-philosophy-on-hunting-i-make-no-apologies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:55:38","slug":"hollywood-legend-kurt-russell-explains-his-philosophy-on-hunting-i-make-no-apologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-legend-kurt-russell-explains-his-philosophy-on-hunting-i-make-no-apologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Legend Kurt Russell Explains His Philosophy on Hunting: &#8216;I Make No Apologies&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-legend-kurt-russell-explains-his-philosophy-on-hunting-i-make-no-apologies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2579694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; Hollywood actor Kurt Russell discussed his love of hunting on the Table Manners podcast,telling co-hosts that he isn\u2019t sentimental about animals but respects them and believes there is honor in taking an animal that provides food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Russell\u2019s son Wyatt, who joined the conversation, echoed the appreciation for hunting\u2019s connection to nature and food, while noting many people are disconnected from where their meat comes from and the meals they eat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wyatt emphasized that hunting isn\u2019t for everyone, but he was raised with it and values the idea that meat on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-we-are-the-majority-here-are-ideas-on-what-we-can-do-moving-forward\/\" title=\"Remember We Are the Majority \u2013 Here Are Idea\u2019s On What We Can Do Moving Forward\">dinner table<\/a> comes from animals that were once alive. He also recalled a nostalgic memory of venison from Maine with his grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Russell also spoke about his recent projects, including promoting Apple TV\u2019s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and Paramount+\u2019s The madison, and also discussing his enduring thoughts on the film Tombstone-lamenting how script changes and industry politics affected the final product, even though it remains influential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He suggested Tombstone coudl have been much better and considered one of the great Westerns if circumstances had been different. The Madison is described as a Yellowstone-related concept, while monarch continues to receive attention; Rotten Tomatoes currently lists 83% for The Madison (Season 1) and 82% for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article page itself features ad slots, interactive widgets, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backup\/\" title=\"Backup\">correction form<\/a>, reflecting the site\u2019s layout beyond the interview content.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Legendary Hollywood actor Kurt Russell opened up earlier this week about his love of hunting during an interview with the podcast &ldquo;Table Manners&rdquo; and was unapologetic when asked if he was &ldquo;sentimental&rdquo; about animals.<\/p>\n<p>Russell, 74, was being interviewed alongside his son Wyatt, 39, on Wednesday. While he was discussing the best way to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >serve elk meat<\/a>, co-host Lennie Ware interrupted him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, you&rsquo;re not sentimental about animals then?&rdquo; she asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I thank them for their service,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6fHplfZED6I?si=1Bq0d6YC74zu7tFc&amp;t=2417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell quickly replied<\/a>, causing the group to erupt with laughter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By the way, there&rsquo;s no pleasure in the taking of life,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s great pleasure and honor in taking an animal that feeds you. And I respect that and honor that. And it means a big deal to me. And you know, I make no apologies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Wyatt, who lives in Colorado, supported his father&rsquo;s point of view and exalted the beauty of hunting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the things that we&rsquo;ve really forgot, especially my children, growing up &ndash; you see those things run through your backyard and you see all kinds of animals, and they&rsquo;re majestic,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But then you go to the grocery store, and it&rsquo;s, like, 90 percent of the people are just in a pack,&rdquo; Wyatt continued. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know. They have no connection to food at all. And so it&rsquo;s very nice. We were raised with it, to know that thing that you took, is going to be on your dinner table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his passion, Kurt admitted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-tim-walzs-hunter-facade-is-a-plan-to-take-your-guns\/\" title=\"Behind Tim Walz&#039;s &#039;Hunter&#039; Facade Is A Plan To Take Your Guns\">hunting isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t for everyone, but added that it&rsquo;s normal for him, because he was raised with it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not something I push on anybody,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I mean, it&rsquo;s not for everybody, but I like bringing down my own meat. I grew up in that family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked to name a &ldquo;nostalgic taste&rdquo; from his life, the &ldquo;Hateful Eight&rdquo; and &ldquo;Tequila Sunrise&rdquo; star said, &ldquo;That would be easy for me. Again, if it were venison, I&rsquo;d remember when I was a kid in Maine, in the log cabin&rdquo; with his grandfather.<\/p>\n<p>Russell was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kurt-russell-says-tombstone-even-better-hollywood-dysfunction-resulted-22-pages-script-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the news<\/a> for promoting his new Apple TV streaming show, &ldquo;Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,&rdquo; and his Paramount+ neo-Western, &ldquo;The Madison,&rdquo; which led to a discussion about his cult classic film, &ldquo;Tombstone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;d previously compared the screenplay for &ldquo;Tombstone&rdquo; to that of &ldquo;The Godfather,&rdquo; but lamented how script changes and industry politics altered the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s because of the screenplay. The movie is not as good as the screenplay,&rdquo; he told The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had come to terms with this, Russell said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never make peace with that. It could have been way better. It&rsquo;s considered one of the great Westerns, right? It could have been considered one of the great movies. It had a great cast, but it had fabulous writing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And for a lot of different reasons, the money got burned through, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kurt-russell-says-tombstone-should-have-been-even-better-hollywood-dysfunction-resulted-in-22-pages-of-script-being-cut\/\" title=\"Kurt Russell Says &#039;...&#039; Should Have Been Even Better, Hollywood Dysfunction Resulted in 22 Pages of Script Being Cut\">director thing didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t work out,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;So we had to go about it differently, and we got what we made. The impact of &lsquo;Tombstone&rsquo; is very strong, and that&rsquo;s nice. That&rsquo;s great. But could it have been a lot better? Yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Madison,&rdquo; which was originally conceived as a spinoff to the hit Paramount show &ldquo;Yellowstone&rdquo; &mdash; both created by Taylor Sheridan &mdash; follows a New York City family in the Madison River Valley of central Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Season one currently holds an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/the_madison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">83 percent rating<\/a> on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, while &ldquo;Monarch: Legacy of Monsters&rdquo; holds an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/tv\/monarch_legacy_of_monsters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">82 percent<\/a> rating.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He stated clearly that there\u2019s no pleasure in taking a life, but he does feel grateful for the animals that provide the meat he eats and said he\u2019s not ashamed of that view. Russell, who is 74, spoke alongside Wyatt, 39, and emphasized that hunting isn\u2019t something he pushes on others; it\u2019s a lifelong family tradition he was raised with.<\/p>\n<p>Wyatt, who lives in Colorado, echoed his father&#8217;s perspective, praising hunting\u2019s beauty and pointing out how many people are disconnected from where their food comes from. He recalled how venison reminds him of childhood in Maine and the grandfather who introduced him to it, underscoring the idea that this knowledge connects people to their meals.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond hunting, Russell talked about his career and recent projects. He reflected on Tombstone, noting that the screenplay was strong but the final film was altered by script changes and industry politics, leaving him feeling the finished movie could have been better. He also referenced his Apple TV+ show Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and the Paramount+ neo-Western The Madison (a Yellowstone spin-off created with Taylor Sheridan) and commented on how well those projects are currently faring with audiences, including their Rotten Tomatoes scores (The Madison at about 83% and Monarch at about 82%). The discussion touched on Russell\u2019s enduring impact in Western and related genres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2579695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kurt-Russell-Wyatt-Russell.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[75778,16319,75776,75777,49262],"class_list":["post-2579694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hollywood-legend-2","tag-hunting","tag-kurt-russell-2","tag-no-apologies","tag-philosophy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kurt-Russell-Wyatt-Russell.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579694"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579698,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579694\/revisions\/2579698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2579695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}