I put an ad on kijiji looking for a place to hunt coyotes. how do i answer this reply

Even the cbc had a good segment on deer hunting last year so anything is possible. Just be careful what you say to her if you do talk to her. Feel her out a bit before you commit to anything.
 
I've been asked several times to respond in the open or talk about X thing about guns hunting etc by the media, The best response is:

Thank you for your interest, but i have no comment.
 
Contact one of the large hunting orgs and ask if they have a trained PR person that can answer her questions.

Go it alone... you will get raped.
 
Maybe with your services combined with her services could be a good romp in the hay.
Other than that, I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole.
 
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That is a tough one. You do have a good opportunity to shine some good light on things. However you have at least as good of an opportunity to be taken advantage of, mad look stupid and get a whole bunch of bad press. I honestly don't know what I would do in your situation.
Maybe reply saying it is a hobby not a service for hire and ask a little bit about why she is interested and what sort of things she wanted to know. You might be able to feel her out a bit more from that. Still iffy though.
 
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Well you may have the opportunity to paint a better picture of hunters in general but if she's pure anti-hunting/anti-guns then agreed, no good can come of this and she's looking to make an example out of you.

Tinbird recommendations are great. You can explore what her intentions are and ask her to prepare you a list of questions in advance. You can also ask what her motive or editorial piece is based on. If you're not comfortable in the PR area and think you may accidentally say something that may make you or hunters look bad in general, maybe refer her to someone at the OFHA? If you do go through with a meet, damn well record that meeting.
 
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I did a local channel TV interview one time for our gun club when we were hosting a shoot we did annually as a fundraiser for the Santa Fund. The interviewers were great, told me the questions they would ask before hand, where to look while speaking etc. It went off without a hitch and when all was over on playback it looked pretty good. The interviewer was kind of enough to put a real good spin on the club and gun owners in general.
 
Like many have suggested her intentions may well be good, especially considering the increase in coyote related problems and the recent media interest. That said I have to agree with the many other comments encouraging you to use extreme caution or pass altogether.
If you do go ahead with an interview being clear with her that you plan to record the conversation is something she should not object too, if she does object then that's a red flag for sure. Both parties recording interviews and conversations is part of the biz she's in. Perhaps ask her to agree to keep your identity anonymous. That should work fine for her, reporters and journalists protect their sources routinely. I am suggesting this because while being able to put forward your strong position, remaining anonymous could help to shelter or protect you from those in radical opposition who may use this proposed article to locate a coyote hunter such as your self and then cause you who knows how much grief.
Also I think if you are mentoring your son, a young person, "an apprentice hunter," I would steer way clear because mentoring that person, or your son perhaps, should take clear priority.
Good luck
 
Also be aware that journalists don't always have last say in how a story is written. Get the wrong newspaper and no matter how well intentioned the journalist is, they'll get told to re-write their piece until it's controversial enough to stir up the readers.
 
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