Lydia Smith

Dan Moultrie has experienced the world’s most coveted hunts, harvested once-in-a-lifetime bucks, and shot his fair share of quail and dove on the South’s finest plantations and ranches. And yet, after so many pursuits, there is just one species that makes his day.

“The word ‘matagi’ is derived from ‘matagu’, meaning to
cross over, step over or straddle, bounding an image of
people between two worlds — the realm of humans and that
of the mountain deity: yama-no-kami.” Scott Schnell, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor Emeritus in Anthropology

Therein lies the overarching question: what does society want our landscape to look like? We seem to be moving toward a future where, in the name of “rewilding,” people are disassociating with the land.