1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: cal Over. In Connecticut, East Hartford Animal Control fielded a 4 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: complaint this week about two squirrels who were discovered painted 5 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: head to toe, one in red paint, the other in blue. 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: Has the partisan divide in this country gotten so bad 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: that it spread even to our bushy tailed brethren. The 8 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: department put out a notice calling for any info that 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: could lead to the perpetrator in the case, but so 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: far they have no leads. Although the squirrels didn't appear 11 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: to be in distress under the law, it's still considered 12 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: an act of animal cruelty to trap and paint squirrels. 13 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: In fact, last year, in nearby Putnam County, a sixty 14 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: two year old man was arrested for exactly this crime 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: after catching squirrels and I have a heart trap in 16 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: his backyard, painting them with apple red rustolium, and releasing 17 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: them in a nearby public park. The motive, according to 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: Daniel Franz, the Department of Environmental Conservation officer who made 19 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: the arrest, the man said he quote wanted to keep 20 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: track of the ones that were returning to his yard, 21 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: disturbing the birds and causing his dogs to bark. The 22 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: Putnam County man was charged with illegally trapping, transporting, and 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: releasing wildlife, as well as three counts of poisoning or 24 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: attempting to poison animals. I agree that this was a 25 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: bad thing to do, but no jury in the land 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: made up of bird feeder owners will convict this guy. Interestingly, 27 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: the way Americans treat squirrels has historically been a kind 28 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: of barometer for how compassionate we are as a nation. 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: After the gray squirrel was eradicated from American cities in 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: the mid nineteenth century, the species was actually reintroduced when 31 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: those cities began to build public parks. The first squirrel 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: reintroduction happened in Franklin Square and Philadelphia in eighteen forty seven, 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: and although efforts were intermittent over the next two decades, 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: several large scale reintroductions began in the eighteen seventies when 35 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: New York, Boston, Chicago, and other major cities across the 36 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: country built bigger parks. The squirrels were brought in not 37 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: only to make the parks feel more like natural settings, 38 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: but also to give people a way to be kind 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: to animals by feeding them. Ernest Thompson, setting co founder 40 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: of the Boy Scouts, wrote that feeding squirrels was needed 41 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: by people to quote cure them of their tendency toward cruelty. 42 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: Seaton himself wrote scholarly articles on squirrel migration, and even 43 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: a novel for children called Banner Tale, The Story of 44 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: a Gray Squirrel. Unfortunately, by twenty twenty five, that title 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: Banner Tale strikes a little close to home with these 46 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: painted squirrels. I, of course don't recommend feeding any wildlife, 47 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: and squirrels count as wildlife. But if you do live 48 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: in a city, one kindness you could do to yourself 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: and the squirrels is to let your phone run out 50 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: of batteries, grab a sketch pad, get outside, and maybe 51 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: draw some squirrels. As they go about making a living. 52 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: They can rotate their ankles one hundred and eighty degrees 53 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: to dig their toenails into bark and climb downward head first. 54 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: That's worth drawing. Maybe one of those sketches turns out 55 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: so good that you even apply a little paint. Look 56 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: at that, isn't that a nice little tree? And he 57 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: lives right here in his brush. All you have to 58 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: do is sort of push him out. This week we've 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: got wildlife crime, wildlife attacks, and the mysterious AOG. But 60 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: first I'm going to tell you about my week. And 61 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: my week has been spent tying up loose ends and 62 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: slinging arrows. Specifically, I like to shoot bear shaft arrows, 63 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: which are fully built arrows except for they don't have fletching, 64 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: and I shoot those in competition against my hunting arrows, 65 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: which are the same things, they just have turkey feathers 66 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: on the end of them. Theory being is that the 67 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: bear shafts will show the mistakes either in the bow 68 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: or in my release, that the fletchings are compensating for. 69 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: Any compensation comes at a cost of a few feet 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: per second here and there, lost speed equals loss of 71 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: penetration on mister grizz. I even went out to a 72 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: very exposed piece of state ground and shot some distance 73 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: in a relatively high sustained wind. That type of shooting 74 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: really wakes you up. With the old recurve. It's been 75 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: a real long time since I've shot a compound in 76 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: those conditions, and I imagine there is a difference, but 77 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: likely nowhere near as striking as what happens to the 78 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: slow paradox of the turkey fletched Greek curve or longbow sticks. 79 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: They still get where they want to go, but holy cats, 80 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: they don't appear to get there in a straight line, meaning, 81 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: of course they are less efficient and nowhere near as deadly. Oh, 82 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: Yogi may not even bleed if a shot was attempted 83 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: in a good crosswind. Full value shooting, which is shooting 84 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: into the wind or with the wind, is unaffected, meaning 85 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: directly into the wind is fine. And if you were 86 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 1: shooting with the wind, that's fine too, But that shot 87 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: rarely presents itself when you are hunting critters with noses. 88 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: I got to be honest with you. I'm looking forward 89 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: to getting out into our big, wide ass open public 90 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: lands for an extended stay. I want to be uncomfortable, inconvenienced, 91 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: and surrounded by all the variables mother nature can throw 92 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: it a person in a remote spot, a place where 93 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: you need to be on top of your stuff because 94 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: nobody can come save your butt except you. And yeah, 95 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: this is a brown bear trip in Alaska, which means 96 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: I have to be guided as a non resident, and 97 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: there are of course sat phones and all the other 98 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: crap that exist to constantly stay in contact, so I'll 99 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: have support, but still at least I won't be sitting 100 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: here listening to the damn phone vibrate and the calendar, 101 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: pay and all the rest of it non stop. And 102 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: you know what, I wish the same for you. Get 103 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: out there this fall, appreciate it, understand what we got 104 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 1: and selfishly, if you do this, I will know you 105 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,919 Speaker 1: will fight harder to hang on to it and add 106 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: more to it. Moving on to the AOG desk. That's 107 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: act to God. I think everyone is aware of the 108 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: two elk hunters who disappeared in Colorado. Their disappearance sparked 109 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: a six day search. They were eventually found deceased. The 110 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: Corners report was just in and they were both found 111 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: to be struck by lightning. Andrew Porter and Ian Stasco, 112 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: both twenty five years old, had traveled from their respective 113 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: homes in North Carolina and Utah to chase elk with 114 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: their bows in southern Colorado San Juan Wilderness Area, but 115 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: when their families lost communication with them on September eleventh, 116 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: they were reported missing to the Canejos County Sheriff Office 117 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: on September twelfth. That sparked a massive six day search 118 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: of the area that involved various state and local agencies 119 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: combing the rugged terrain for any sign of the missing pair. 120 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: Heavy rain had rolled in the day of the hunters 121 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: went missing, but investigators soon discovered backpacks and camping gear 122 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: in their truck. This raised concerns for the search and 123 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: rescue team, since they surmised Porter and Stasco had been 124 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: caught out in bad weather without the proper equipment, but 125 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: it also sparked firestorm theories online as people wondered how 126 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: two experienced hunters had disappeared within what couldn't have been 127 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: a very great distance from their truck. That theorizing continued 128 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: after the bodies of the two young men were found, 129 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: but Caneo's County Coroner, Richard Martin, declined to name a 130 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: cause of death. He said neither body showed signs of trauma, 131 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: but did not offer any further explanation for how they died. Then, 132 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: on September twenty two, Porter's fiance Bridget Murphy posted on 133 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: Facebook quote, it is official that a lightning strike near 134 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: them took them in an instant. They didn't do anything wrong, 135 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: They didn't feel fear or pain. He was just trying 136 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: to get back to the car as storms rolled in 137 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: the corner. Confirmed Murphy's account, he said neither body showed 138 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: major burn marks, which indicated that they didn't sustain a 139 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: direct hit, but they were close enough to the strike 140 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: that they were both killed instantly. Condolences to the families 141 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: of these two young men. We know that anything can 142 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: happen when we go out in the wilderness, but we 143 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: hope that being careful and smart will be enough to 144 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: bring us home safely. It sounds like these guys were 145 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and 146 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure that's incredibly difficult for the families. So do 147 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: as are good friends. The meteorologists of meteorologists say, Reo Speedwagon, 148 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: have this dollar out. You know, full moonnight, rocky mountain winter. 149 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: Those storms move on you fast, find shelter and always 150 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: keep riding the storm out. It's good advice. Moving on 151 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: to the crime statistics desk, the Boon and Crockett Club 152 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: released a report last week claiming that a whopping ninety 153 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: six percent of poaching cases go undetected in the United States, 154 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: those thousands of animals have an estimated replacement cost of 155 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: one point one to three billion dollars nationwide, and the 156 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: lost fine money is estimated at three hundred and two 157 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: point six million dollars. Of course, you can't really measure 158 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: something that is undetected, so the real number may be 159 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: higher or lower, but the Boone Crockett Club worked with 160 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: researchers at the Wildlife Management Institute to come up with 161 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: a statistically sound estimate. I won't get into the nitty 162 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: gritty here because frankly, I don't understand it myself, but 163 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: based on the report as well as an article at 164 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: the meat eater dot com by Sage Marshall, researchers use 165 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: statistical models and fed known variables into those models, things 166 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: like citation rates for illegal take, the ratio of known 167 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: illegal take to legal take officer coverage area, the number 168 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: of licensed hunters in the state, and illegal take data 169 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: from twenty eight radio telemetry studies on big game from 170 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: across the US. Researchers also use self reported surveys of wardens, landowners, hunters, 171 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: and even some people who had admitted to committing wildlife infractions. 172 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: The number they arrive at is pretty depressing, but also 173 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: not surprising. Wildlife crime is really tough to track. It 174 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: almost always happens in remote areas, and there aren't enough 175 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: wardens to cover every lake and backcuntry trail. That's why 176 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: every state has a tip line to turn in poachers 177 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: and why successful investigations always start with a tip from 178 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,959 Speaker 1: the public. The report also underscores why it's so important 179 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: that hunters and anglers police our own. If you're out 180 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: hunting with some buddies and you see an opportunity to 181 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: cut corners and violate the rules, be the voice of reason. 182 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: Wildlife is owned by everyone, and our agencies have rules 183 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: in place to make sure those resources are here to 184 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: be enjoyed for generations to come. Nothing new gang. We've 185 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: got a police our own. We got excellent officers out 186 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: there doing their job, but it really is up to 187 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: us to set the expectation that wildlife crime is not 188 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: acceptable or condonable. Two Wisconsin men are being charged with 189 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: a variety of felonies and misdemeanors for dumping a trailer 190 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: full of fluorescent lamps containing mercury into a stream that 191 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: leads the horric and marsh Leonard Hughes told investigators that 192 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: he has a bit business buying and selling semi trailers. 193 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: One of the trailers he purchased was filled with boxes 194 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: of fluorescent lamps. Rather than try to resell those lamps 195 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: or dispose of them properly, he approached a landowner named 196 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: Zachary Ballard and asked if he could just dump the 197 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: lamps on his property. Ballard agreed to it and exchanged 198 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: for five hundred bucks, and the payers set about leaving 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: thirty five thousand fluorescent lamps on the landscape. But they 200 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: didn't just pile them up and leave them on the ground. 201 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: Investigators noticed that they'd used a tractor to push some 202 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: of the lamps into a stream on the property. That 203 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: stream leads to Horrick and Marsh Dan from northeast Wisconsin. 204 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: The listener who sent me this story described the marsh 205 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: as quote one of the gems of our beautiful state 206 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: and the criminal complaint investigators pointed out that the older 207 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: fluorescent lamps contain high levels of mercury. While mercury is 208 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: a naturally occurring element, exposure to mercury can cause serious 209 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: health effects in humans, fish, and wildlife. Hughes faces six 210 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: counts including three felony counts of unlicensed dispose of hazardous 211 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: waste and two counts of resisting a Warden. Ballard faces 212 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: misdemeanor counts for allegedly intentionally depositing garbage into state waters 213 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: and bail jumping. I don't know what penalties they'll receive, 214 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: but Dan from Northeast Wisconsin has an idea. After calling 215 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: this dynamic duo a pair of quote dim bulbs, which 216 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: is a pretty good joke, he said in an email quote, 217 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: these fools should be tarred, feathered, and made to run 218 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: the gauntlet on the opening day of duck season in Wisconsin. 219 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: I don't advocate for violence, but I do advocate for 220 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: a good time, and I think this would qualify in 221 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: any case. I definitely understand the centement. A pair of 222 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: Louisiana man got fined more than eight thousand dollars in Ontario, 223 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: Canada for improperly packaging a mess of fish. Thanks to 224 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: listener Jeffrey Chang for sending this one in game, Warden 225 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: stopped James Shoemaker and Michael Williams at the Fort Francis 226 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: border crossing as they were attempting to get back in 227 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: the United States. They had been fishing on Lake of 228 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: the Woods, and they'd apparently had a good trip. Wardens 229 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: recovered four large bags of over one hundred frozen fish filets. 230 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: It isn't illegal to take fish across the border, but 231 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: these guys had cut the skin and scales off the 232 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: fish that made it impossible to identify what kind of 233 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: fish they were, which is a crime. Especially at a 234 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: border crossing. Wardens need to be able to identify how 235 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: many of each species. You have to make sure you 236 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: aren't breaking any bag limits. As hunting seasons get underway, 237 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: this should be a good reminder to be very careful 238 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: about knowing the regulations for an out of state or 239 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: out of country hunt. Not following those rules can turn 240 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: a great trip into a nightmare and make an expensive 241 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: trip even more spendye moving on to the symbolic relationship desk, 242 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: a Florida bofishing guide had developed an unusual partnership with 243 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: the aquatic life of the Gulf of Mexico. For more 244 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 1: than a decade, Crystal Bay charter Captain Justin Diamond has 245 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: been attracting pods of dolphins with the underwater floodlights he 246 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: uses to locate fish for his bowfishing clients. As soon 247 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: as the fish are visible and stunned by the lights, 248 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: the dolphins starts snatching them. Lots of anglers know this 249 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: dynamic all too well, especially in Florida, where one recent 250 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: study showed that forty three percent of anglers had experienced 251 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: depredation of their catch by sharks. But Diamond says that 252 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: losing those fish is completely worth it. In exchange, the 253 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: dolphins drive fish into shallow water where bowfishers can more 254 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: easily see and kill them. Speaking to the Tampa Bay 255 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: Times about the dolphins, Diamond said, quote, every year they 256 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: get better at hunting. It's a unique situation where everybody wins, 257 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: just like feis driving squirrels up trees. Diamond calls the 258 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: dolphins his quote unquote, aqua dogs. He's even named the 259 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: individuals who turn up night after night Crystal Echo, Bunny Knuckles, 260 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: and my favorite, tetris All. This might sound like a 261 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: devoted fan of dolphins assigning intention to a standard dolphin behavior, 262 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: like swimming towards schools of fish, but in the video 263 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: Diamond posts he can clearly see a distinct behavior from 264 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: the dolphins. They form a perimeter around the smaller fish 265 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: and flap their tails to flush them toward the anglers. 266 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: We spoke with Diamond and he said that although he's 267 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: been guiding for almost fifteen years, he only started to 268 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: see the flushing behavior about seven years ago. At first 269 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: it was hard to tell what was happening, but night 270 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: after night of seven or eight hours on the water, 271 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: the behavior got so strong, he said, quote even now, 272 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: all these years later, I see it and the hairs 273 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: on the back of my neck stand up. This is 274 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: a perfect case of mutualism, where two species adapt to 275 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: help the other access resources they couldn't get on their own. 276 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: Another great example is the African honey guide, a bird 277 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: that depends on eating eggs and larva of bees to survive. However, 278 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: honeyguides don't have the tools to break into nests themselves, 279 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: but they are experts at locating hidden bee nests, and 280 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: once they find one, they persistently call to humans like 281 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: a feathered dinner bell. People come break open the nest 282 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: to get the honey, the birds stick around to get 283 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: the grubs. Everybody wins. Studies have shown that the hazard 284 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: of people of Tanzania get as much as ten percent 285 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: of their total calories with the help of greater honey guides. 286 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: Researchers had never seen this kind of mutualism with dolphins 287 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: until they started joining Diamond on his bow fishing trips, 288 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: but now they are taking advantage of this symbiosis. Scientists 289 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: from the University of Florida and Cedar Key Dolphin Project 290 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: have been building a photographic database of this population of 291 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: dolphins as they come in for dinner. They've also been 292 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: able to collect valuable DNA samples by holding petri dishes 293 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: over the dolphins blowholes to catch the spray kicked up 294 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: as they exhale. They've even observed mature dolphins bringing young 295 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: calves along for the hunts, as though to train them 296 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: for future trips. Who knows, maybe generations from now will 297 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: be calling them golf setters or Floridian smooth skinned pointers. 298 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: Either way, if you fancy yourself a good dog trainer, 299 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: may want to head down and join up with Captain 300 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: Diamond and try in your hand little dolphin training. Moving 301 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: on to the attack desk, twenty nine year old man 302 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: was attacked by a grizzly bear earlier this month in 303 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: Yellowstone National Park. He was hiking the Turbid Lake Trail 304 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: northeast of Yellowstone Lake when he encountered the bear. According 305 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: to the National Park Service, details are still scarce at 306 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: this point, but it appears he surprised the bear and 307 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: it charged him. He hit it with bear spray, which 308 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: was apparently enough to convince it to leave, but not 309 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: before it chewed up his chest and left arm. He 310 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: was hospitalized after suffering significant but non life threatening injuries, 311 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: and the Park Service says they don't plan on going 312 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: after the bear. They say it appears to have been 313 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 1: a defensive response to a surprise encounter, so they're not 314 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: worried that they have a rogue, aggressive bear in America's 315 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: most famous national park. This seems like a good time 316 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: to call your attention to a proposal in California that 317 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: several of you have emailed me about over the last 318 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: few months. The California Grizzly Alliance recently conducted a feasibility 319 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: study that claims the big ruins would thrive if reintroduced 320 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: into the state. The report claims, quote, grizzly bears have 321 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: been extinct in California for a century, but they need 322 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: not remain so grizzlies are extremely unlikely to return to 323 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: the state on their own at any time in the 324 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: near future. A well planned, well resourced, and well managed 325 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: reintroduction and recovery program could, however, likely establish a sustainable 326 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: California grizzly population in one or more recovery areas over 327 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 1: several decades. They say as many as seventeen hundred bears 328 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: could live in three areas in the far northern, eastern, 329 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: and southern parts of the state. I have no doubt 330 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: that there are places in California where grizzly bears could live, 331 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: but shipping grizz from out of state would make Colorado's 332 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: tumultuous efforts to reintroduce wolves look like a walk in 333 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: the park. Wolves almost never attack humans. They kill plenty 334 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: of livestock, but they don't strike fear into people the 335 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: way grizzlies do. Grizzlies kill and injure people every year, 336 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: and I have a hard time imagining that even urbanites 337 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: in la would be comfortable with the thought of running 338 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: into a bear if they venture into the mountains around 339 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: the city. But this is how these reintroduction efforts start. 340 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: There's a big, flashy feasibility study, big money environmentalists get 341 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: behind the effort. There are a few years of trying 342 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: to get it on the ballot, and eventually it does. 343 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: Then the pr campaign starts completely with the fuzzy bear cubs, 344 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: chubby pre hibernation styles, and majestic looking bores. Then the 345 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: people get to vote, and who knows where things go 346 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: from there. I'm not saying it's gonna happen, but I 347 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: can see how it might. If you live in the 348 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: Golden State, which does indeed feature a grizzly on its 349 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: state flag, this is one topic you want to keep 350 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: an eye on. I love grizzly bears. They are freaking awesome. 351 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: I just can't help but foresee look into the crystal 352 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: ball and see a lot of human bear conflict in 353 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: the future. If this were to happen, of course, I 354 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: think it would be pretty cool too. Moving on to 355 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: let ammo desk, US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced 356 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 1: that it is expanding its voluntary lead free ammunition incentive 357 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: program to thirteen National Wildlife refuges across the country. The 358 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: program was launched last year at seven refuges, and that 359 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: pilot program was successful enough to expand it. If you 360 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: hunt at one of the approved sites during the twenty 361 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: twenty five twenty twenty six hunting season. You can be 362 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: reimbursed for up to fifty dollars per box of lead 363 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: free ammunition and twenty five dollars per box for shotgun 364 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: or muzzleoder for up to two boxes. Just keep your 365 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: receipts and submit your proof of purchase at FWS dot 366 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 1: gov forward Slash Initiative Forward Slash Lead hyphen Free. The 367 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: refuges this year are in Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and 368 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Idaho, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, 369 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: and Massachusetts. The program doesn't apply to every hunting season, 370 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: so check out that link at FWS dot gov for 371 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: more details. That's all I got for you this week. 372 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. Remember to write in 373 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: to ask c L that's Ascal at the meeater dot com. 374 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: And as you know by now, if you just can't 375 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: stomach right and in, we got a fancy schmancy call 376 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: line that you can hit us up on. That's right, 377 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: it's the official Cows We can review voicemail. Give me 378 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: a ring at four zero six two two zero six 379 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: four four one. 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