I had a conversation years ago regarding the number of houndsmen who wrestled. I think there is a link here. The kind of guy who is willing to engage in a hobby, pastime, individual sport, or hunting method that is this individualistic and requires the kind of tenacity that predator hunting or wrestling does is not appealing to a softer, couch potato kind of guy. To go out at 4am to cut a track in the worst kind of weather, all in the name of fun, is not a good time to my wife, and a lot of men who are not as tough as she is.
In full disclosure, I am a Republican candidate for Montana's state legislature.