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 Calaian. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: cal After one hundred and twenty years of conservation, scientists 4 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: have concluded that Yellowstone bison are now a single breeding herd. 5 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: That might not sound like big news, but it's actually 6 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: one of the world's greatest conservation success stories. Most people 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: know that by the early nineteen hundreds, American bison also 8 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: called buffalo, had been effectively wiped out in North America. 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: Ninety nine point nine percent of the population was gone, 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: and the few individuals that remained found sanctuary in Yellowstone 11 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: National Park. Ulysses S. Grant made Yellowstone America's first national 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: park in eighteen seventy two, so it's fitting that this 13 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: is where the comeback started for one of America's most 14 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: iconic species. In nineteen to to two, some domestic bison 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: from western Montana and the Texas Panhandle were introduced to 16 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: the free ranging bison and Yellowstone to try to stabilize 17 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: the herd. That effort proved to be successful, and today 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: there are between four thousand and six thousand bison that 19 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: roam the park. These populations stabilized, but there still appeared 20 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: to be two major breeding groups that scientists believe didn't intermingle. Well, 21 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: it turns out that nature always finds a way. Scientists 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: from Texas A and M University took samples from these 23 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: two groups and found that, in fact, Yellowstone bison are 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: all related. There is single self sustaining breeding population, and 25 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: this new information will help researchers make better management decisions 26 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: moving forward. In honor of this historic achievement, here are 27 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: some interesting facts about bison that you can use to 28 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: amaze your friends and astound your enemies. The scientific name 29 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: for bison is bison bison. When a species name is repetitive, 30 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: like you know byson bison, it's called a tottenem. Bison 31 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 1: are the largest land mammal in North America, with bulls 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: weighing up to twenty two hundred pounds. For comparison, the 33 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: largest bull moose ever shot, weighed eighteen hundred pounds. Bison 34 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: can run up to thirty five miles per hour, which 35 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: is faster than a horse and bad news for tourists 36 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: looking to get a selfie. Finally, public lands managed by 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: the Interior Department support seventeen bison herds. Comprised of nearly 38 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: ten thousand individuals and twelve states, Yellowstone is definitely not 39 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: the only game in town. So there you go. You're 40 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: ready to dominate your next round of bison themed trivia, unless, 41 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: of course, you think this was all bull This week, 42 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: we've got legislation, the crime desk, and so much more. 43 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: But first, I'm going to tell you about my week. 44 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: I was so busy last week I can't remember what 45 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: the heck I told you, so if this is a recap, 46 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: you know, so sorry. Bha at the bar aren't de Soto, 47 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: Kansas last week. Huge thank you to Kansas back country 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: hunters and anglers and everyone who attended that event. We 49 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: talked policy and stayed late. It was heavy material. Yeah, 50 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: there was some beer present, but all the same lots 51 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: you can do on a Wednesday, and you chose to 52 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: be there to listen to state and federal policy. About 53 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty folks all total. I think a 54 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: couple of cold ones from Black Stag Brewing who had 55 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: a really unique, fantastic brown ale and check pilsner. Very notable. 56 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: That is sort of an Oki after birth. What was 57 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: that anyway? Got a cold brew from those folks, and 58 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: you talked state and federal policy late into the night. 59 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: Bless you all, Thank you, Thank you. Then traveled into 60 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: the heart of the cold, cold city for pheasant Fest 61 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: and the Coil Classic. I've talked about these organs a 62 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: bunch in the past. They have my support for their 63 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: habitat at work and the fact that they employ a 64 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: small army of farm Bill biologists habitat specialists who work 65 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: all across rural America to ensure that the farmers and 66 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: ranchers who make our food have access to all of 67 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: the programs contained in the farm Bill, which can help 68 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: improve their bottom line and provide habitat for wildlife, drought 69 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: tolerant soils, fire tolerant landscapes, lots of downstream benefits for 70 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: US folks who like to, you know, selfishly take a 71 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: couple of days off to hunt and fish. I tried 72 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: to tell everyone I met over the weekend in person, 73 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: thank you, but I'll do it again here. Thank you 74 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: for volunteering your time, energy, cash. I appreciate what you're 75 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: all doing. Volunteers are special. You do a lot of 76 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: work without a lot of thanks, So for me, thank you. Now. 77 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: Funny ish story for you. The weekend was extremely dog friendly, 78 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: dogs all over the place at pheasant Fest Quail Classic. 79 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: I enjoy seeing and being around dogs, and it made 80 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: me very eager to get back to old Snort. So 81 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: when I did, we headed out on a hike. Snort 82 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: was hunting around like she always does. She flushed a 83 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: rooster on her way back to the truck, which was awesome. 84 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: Then I watched her throw her head back in the air, 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: a sign of her hitting a strong scent. She then 86 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: followed that scent to the river, swam across the channel 87 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: onto an island, dug into a log jam that had 88 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: collected there. I was not sitting idly by here because 89 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: I knew what was happening. The river had deposited some 90 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,559 Speaker 1: sort of dead, stinky thing out there, and the only 91 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: thing that could keep me from sleeping that night was 92 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: her finding it and puking it up all night. So 93 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: I charged it out there, but eventually I had to 94 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: stop because the river was too high over my knee 95 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: boots and a little fast. I yelled, and she turned 96 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: with dripping glop carcass unknown hanging from her jaws, and 97 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: not come to my calling, even though I was yelling 98 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: and quite pissed. She did not swim back to me 99 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: until she had consumed what was hanging from her lips. 100 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: When a dog does not come when called, you have 101 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: a serious problem. Friends and neighbors. This is dangerous behavior. 102 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: Never cute, never okay, it's training time. Moving on to 103 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: the legislative desk. A bill in North Carolina would prohibit 104 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: anglers from launching their boats into public waterways from public 105 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: right of ways. Big thanks to everyone over at North 106 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: Carolina BHA who sent this one in. Y'all are doing 107 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: great work out there getting the word out. Senate Bill 108 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: two twenty was introduced by Senator Danny Earle Britt along 109 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: with four other Republican senators. I've been told this bill 110 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: was introduced at the behest of landowners who don't like 111 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: the riff raft launching boats next to their properties. I 112 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: don't know if that's true, but that's usually why we 113 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: see these public land restrictions. The bill does two primary things. First, 114 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: it would prohibit people from trespassing on private property for 115 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: the purpose of launching a boat in a public waterway. 116 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm guarantee there's our already law that says trespassing is illegal. 117 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: But fair enough now. In section four of the bill, 118 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: it says, quote any person who willfully launches any motorized 119 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: or unmotorized watercraft from the right of way of a 120 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: public highway or street into a body of water adjacent 121 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: to the right of way, except in public areas designated 122 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: for boating access, is guilty of a Class three misdemeanor. 123 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: In other words, this bill would criminalize people who pull 124 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: off a road on public ground next to a bridge 125 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: and launch a kayak into a public river. This is normal, 126 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: a common practice all over the country, including North kak Lackey. 127 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: On a nice day this time of year, you can 128 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: usually find a line of cars and trucks along the 129 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: side of the road next to a bridge, as regular 130 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: folks who may not be able to afford a big 131 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: boat take advantage of the spring spawn. As if this 132 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: bill couldn't get any shadier, the sponsors are also lying 133 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: about whether these new restrictions have been endorsed by the 134 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The bill's title claims they have, 135 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: but it's not true. Here's Hunter Owen of North Carolina 136 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: back Country Hunters and Anglers Coastal Region. 137 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: On Friday, I personally reached out to NCWRC, who has 138 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: informed me that they are unaware that that language was 139 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: in the bill. The bill was supposed to just adjust 140 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 2: some language to our already established private land laws, so 141 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: this was a little bit of a surprise for them too. 142 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: We've gotten that from two different sources, and we're waiting 143 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: to reach out Monday for more information. 144 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: If you live in North Carolina, you know what to do. 145 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: Contact your legislators and tell them to vote no on 146 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: Senate Bill two twenty. They're trying to feef your access 147 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: over there. Hunters and anglers and wildlife enthusiasts in Wisconsin 148 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: are concerned they might lose access to millions in funds 149 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: that have been used to purchase and maintain public land. 150 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: The Noles Nelson Stewardship Program was created in nineteen eighty 151 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: nine and is used to fund conservation and recreation projects 152 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: across the state. It's been a successful and effective program, 153 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: and lands purchased with these funds are required to remain 154 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: open to hunting and trapping, but it's set to expire 155 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, and some lawmakers are saying they 156 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: won't vote to renew it. Last year, the state Supreme 157 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: Court voted six to one that state legislators were not 158 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: allowed to indefinitely hold up funding on individual projects approved 159 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: by the Noles Nelson Stewardship Program. Lawmakers would sometimes object 160 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: to funding certain land purchases, and so they would indefinitely 161 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: delay the vote to approve them. But now that the 162 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: court has ruled such actions are not allowed, legislators are 163 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: threatening to get rid of the fund entirely, which, if 164 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: you ask me, sounds a bit like a tantrum. Fortunately, 165 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: hunting and conservation groups have launched a campaign to fight 166 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: back Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever. The Safari Club and many 167 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: others have formed the Sporting Coalition for Stewardship. They're working 168 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: to get the word out about the Noles Nelson Stewardship 169 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 1: Program and urge lawmakers to renew it. If you live 170 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin, or you hunt and fish in Wisconsin, or 171 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: just care about maintaining opportunities to get outside, contact your 172 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: Wisconsin legislators today. If you don't know who your legislator 173 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: is or need their contact info, head on over to 174 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: the meeteater dot com forward slash cal gang. What's happening 175 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: right now is a lot of federal funding if not, 176 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: most of it is questionable. At best, we don't know 177 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: if we're gonna get it, so these state funded programs 178 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: like the Noles Nelson Stewardship Program is incredibly important to 179 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: have dedicated funding for getting outside in your state. Fight 180 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: to keep it it can go away. Pennsylvanians will once 181 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: once again have a chance to legalize hunting on Sundays 182 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: across the board. Current law allows hunting on some Sundays 183 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: and not on others, but Senate Bill sixty seven would 184 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: remove all Sunday hunting prohibitions and give full authority to 185 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: the Pennsylvania Game Commission. If this sounds like deja vu 186 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: all over again, that's because similar bills have been introduced 187 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: every year the last three or four years. But this 188 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: time supporters hope the backing of the Game Commission and 189 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: the Farm Bureau will be enough to push it over 190 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: the top. Last one for you. In Minnesota, advocates for 191 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: youth shooting sports are once again fighting a bill that 192 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: would ban leed ammunition in the state. Senate bill in 193 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: the fifteen ninety five would ban lead ammunition for all 194 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: hunting on public and private land and for shooting at 195 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: a range. This would have an enormous impact on hunters, 196 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: but listener Scott Moulman pointed out to me in an 197 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: email that would also have a catastrophic impact on youth 198 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: shooting sports. Youth shooting sports are huge in Minnesota, bigger 199 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: than boys and girls hockey combined, which, if you know 200 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: anything about Minnesota, is saying something. Requiring non lead ammunition 201 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: will double ammunition costs for students. The resulting decrease in 202 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: participation will keep kids from the sports they love and 203 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: shut down shooting ranges that rely on that participation, and 204 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: it won't have any discernible impact on the environment or 205 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: human health. There is no evidence that kids are harmed 206 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: by shooting led ammunition, and the lead that ends up 207 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: in the ground at a shooting range has a negligible 208 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: effect on wildlife and drinking water. It's also highly highly recyclable, 209 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: which is what happens at shooting ranges every so often 210 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: they go through, collect all the lead and recycle it. 211 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: We can all take our precautions when it comes to 212 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: lead in wildlife, but they're at the shooting ranges is 213 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: the perfect spot for lead ammunition. Copper at the range 214 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: for recreation is going to have more of a negative 215 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: impact on the earth rather than help it. You might 216 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: say that Senate Bill fifteen ninety five is a solution 217 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: in search of a problem. That's Minnesota Senate Bill fifteen 218 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 1: ninety five. And again, want to hit SB three zero 219 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: seven here in Montana. I've brought this up a couple 220 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: of times. This is our own habitat fund called Habitat 221 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: Montana that was funded through marijuana tax as recreational marijuana tacks. 222 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: It's important to bring that up because we as a 223 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: state voted in favor of having recreational marijuana in this 224 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: state in part because it would fund the Habitat for 225 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: Montana fund, which is dedicated funding. Right again, we're at 226 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: a time where federal funding is very much in question, 227 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: So this is dedicated funding here in the state of 228 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: Montana to support the things that most people move here for, 229 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: which is access to the out of doors. Habitat for 230 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: Montana also was the fund that literally provided all the 231 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: cash to take care of our state parks backlog in 232 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: may Nuts. It's been used responsibly and well. And SB 233 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 1: three oh seven here in Montana would remove that funding, 234 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: put it towards other things. The other things don't matter 235 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: in this case, not because they're not important, but because 236 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: we have a surplus of cash in Montana and there's 237 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: no reason to go Robin the great out of doors piggybank. Okay, 238 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: because we need more funding in there too, So do 239 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: me a favor and ask your state representative to vote 240 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: no on Senate Bill three oh seven here in Montana. 241 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: Moving on to the crime desk, a Louisiana man has 242 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: been arrested for alleged deer hunting violations and obstruction of 243 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: justice in Lincoln and Bienville Parishes. Sixty one year old 244 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: RHT Sims shot an eleven point buck from a neighboring 245 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: property but let it lie because he did not have 246 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: permission to enter that other property. Sims was already hunting 247 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: without a license or tags, so don't know why I 248 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: cared about trespassing, but I guess he drew the line. 249 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: Then he got a brilliant idea. He asked his buddy, 250 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: who had tags, to tag and collect the deer for him, 251 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: but the landowner stopped his buddy before he could collect 252 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: the deer. Some states allow limited trespass to retrieve a 253 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: hundred animal, but Louisiana isn't one. Of them, sims buddy 254 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: apparently sang like a bird, because Sims was arrested in January. 255 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: While Simms was in jail, agents discovered that this wasn't 256 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: the poacher's first rodeo. He'd harvested an eight point deer 257 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: on November twelfth, a five point deer on November seventeen, 258 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: and another eleven point deer on November twenty nine, all 259 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: in Lincoln in Bienville parishes. He'd had his license revoked previously, 260 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: and he didn't have tags for any of these other deer. 261 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: His hunting violations carry maximum fines of hundreds of dollars, 262 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: but that obstruction of justice charge could land him in 263 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: jail for up to five years. A hunting band didn't 264 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: seem like a big burden for old Sims, and we 265 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: know that's true of this next poacher too. Local media 266 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: in Oregon reports that a thirty four year old man 267 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: just received his third lifetime hunting band after he pled 268 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: guilty to shooting two trophy sized game animals, a bull 269 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: elk and a buck deer. He committed these latest crimes 270 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: during archery season, when he shot the animals with a 271 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: rifle from his vehicle using a spotlight. Of course, since 272 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: he was banned from ever purchasing a hunting license back 273 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, we can safely assume he didn't have 274 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: the proper tags. This fella's name is Travis Alexander Palmer 275 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: will call him Tap, and he's a poster child for 276 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: the kind of serial wildlife criminal that only serious jail 277 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: time can remedy. Unfortunately, that's not what he's getting for 278 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: his latest round of crimes, which also included thirty one 279 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: fishing violations. He's spending fifty five days in jail and 280 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: being fined twenty two five hundred dollars. He'll also be 281 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: serving two hundred and sixty hours of community service and 282 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: will be on supervised probation for the next eighteen months. 283 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: That's about as stiff a penalty as you'll see for 284 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: a wildlife crime, but it's hard to imagine it'll have 285 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: the intended effect. Palmer was first caught poaching in two 286 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, when he was just seventeen. He had 287 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: his hunting license suspended for two years, but he was 288 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: caught again two years later and was hit with another 289 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: three year suspension. Then, in twenty fifteen, Palmer was convicted 290 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: of another wildlife offense and received his first lifetime hunting 291 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: license revocation. He kept his nose clean for eight years. 292 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: I'll put that in parentheses until twenty twenty three, when 293 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: he got his second lifetime ban. Based on what we 294 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: know about the relationship between serial poachers and the tendency 295 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: to commit crimes against humans, I think the people of 296 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: Grant County, Oregon will be better served by getting this 297 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: fella off the street for longer than fifty five days. 298 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: The US Justice Department announced last week that four individuals 299 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: who tried to smuggle rare and endangered birds from Puerto 300 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: Rico to the Dominican Republic have been sentenced for Lacy 301 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: Act violations. The four Dominican nationals were chugging along in 302 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: a boat about thirty miles north of Puerto Rico when 303 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: they were approached by a Coastguard vessel. Coastguard sailors didn't 304 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: know they were stopping bird smugglers, but they figured it 305 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: out pretty quick. That's because the smugglers started chucking the 306 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: bird cages overboard. I know what you're thinking. The smart 307 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: thing would have been to let the birds out of 308 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: their cages. They could fly. Then, you know, you're just 309 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: stuck with bird cages. Pay no attention to the rare 310 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: and endangered birds circling overhead. But these guys, they didn't 311 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: think of that. Coast Guard recovered the wooden cages from 312 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: the ocean, in which they found one hundred and thirteen 313 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: drowned birds. Many of the birds were internationally protected species, 314 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: including white crowned parrots, golden capped parakeets, and red crowned parrots. 315 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: All of these smugglers were sentenced to one year in prison, 316 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 1: except for one who was sentenced to eight months. Moving 317 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: on to the DC desk, The Trump administration issued more 318 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: executive orders last week that will impact public land and resources. 319 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: Two in particular have gained national media attention because they 320 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: seek to ramp up timber production from coast to coast. 321 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 1: One is titled simply the Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production. 322 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: It aims to do exactly that. The President directs the 323 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: leaders of federal public land agencies to quote each issue 324 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: new or updated guidance regarding tools to facilitate increased timber 325 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: production and sound forest management, reduce time to deliver timber, 326 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: and decrease timber supply uncertainty. It also directs these agencies 327 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: to come up with ways to streamline the process for 328 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: reproving timber harvest by reducing environmental review requirements under the 329 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act. Why 330 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: does the President want to increase timber harvest, He lists 331 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: a few reasons. For one thing, he says increasing timber 332 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: harvest will reduce wildfire risk. He also argues that wood 333 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: products are critical to our nation's well being, but our 334 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: reliance on foreign producers threatens both quality of life and 335 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: national security. Moving more timber harvesting stateside will give construction 336 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: companies and the military more secure access to these resources, 337 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: which is why he also issued another order directing the 338 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: Secretary of Commerce to investigate how timber impacts national security. 339 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: He believes heavy handed federal policies have prevented full utilization 340 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: of our nation's timber supply, and these orders are designed 341 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: to give timber companies an easier avenue for getting harvests improved. 342 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: Massive increases in timber harvests are understandably concerning to a 343 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: lot of people, but this kind of falls in line 344 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: with some of the other declarations to expand drilling or 345 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: oil gas production on public lands. One thing that we 346 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: have to keep in mind dimensional timber lumber in America. 347 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: That's a commodity as well. It's also something that grows, right, 348 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: think of like a big plant. You can only harvest 349 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: it at a certain size in order to maximize the 350 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: value of that dimensional lumber. Right, if it provides a lot, 351 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: it's worth taking. If it doesn't provide a lot, you 352 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: let that thing grow. So industry in and of itself, 353 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: if it's going to operate, has to also have its 354 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: own guidelines. And they know darn sure that you got 355 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: to let trees grow to a certain size. There's also 356 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 1: a lot of areas where it just doesn't make any 357 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: sense to go get lumber due to the wear and 358 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: tear on machinery, and you're only going to produce enough 359 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: to keep the price high enough to where you can 360 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: justify wages, wear and tear on equipment, the cost of 361 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: extraction and getting that stuff to a mill. Also, like 362 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: our lumber mills in America are not nearly as plentiful 363 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: as they used to be. So I, for one, am 364 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: not screaming from the rooftops over this particular executive order. 365 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: I do point out that taking Canada's trees like we 366 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: have been, and letting our trees grow might be something 367 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: to consider if we're thinking about national security. In other news, 368 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: a federal district judge in California issued an opinion last 369 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: week declaring that the recent firing of tens of thousands 370 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: of probationary employees is illegal. As we covered a few 371 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,119 Speaker 1: weeks ago, the Trump administration fired over three thousand Forest 372 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: Service workers, over one thousand National Park Service employees, and 373 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: hundreds from the BLM and US Fish and Wildlife Service. 374 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: These firings were not based on merit. Instead, they just 375 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: laid off everyone who had been at their current position 376 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: for less than a year, even if they had been 377 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: with their agency for a long time in other capacities. 378 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: In his decision, US District Judge William also concluded that 379 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: the government's actions were a gimmick designed to expeditiously carry 380 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: out mass firings. He said it was clear that the 381 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: federal agencies had followed directives from the Office of Personnel 382 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: Management to use a loophole allowing them to fire probationary 383 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: workers en mass based on poor performance, regardless of their 384 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: actual conduct on the job. This ruling doesn't apply to 385 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: all fired federal employees only those at Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Interior, Agriculture, 386 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 1: and Treasury. But Interior and Agriculture covers the BLM and 387 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: the Forest Service, so that's good news for those folks. 388 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: Of course, this isn't the final word on the story. 389 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: The Trump administration argues that as the head of the 390 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: executive Branch, the president has the power to hire and 391 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: fire whoever he wants. He's about to fight this decision 392 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: in court. Also, by the time you hear this, we're 393 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: going to be passing another deadline pertaining to a previous 394 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 1: executive order to have those standing at these agencies and 395 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: branches to further reduce the workforce. So once again we'll 396 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: be behind on the news cycle. Here important thing to 397 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: point out here, gang, and I know I'm repeating myself. 398 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: I apologize. We all want the government to do better. 399 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: We all want to get rid of fraud, waste, inefficiencies 400 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: for sure, we want things to function better. We want 401 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: our tax dollars to be spent the best possible way 402 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: and ideally in ways that we think are important too. 403 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: I know, and I personally come across fantastic federal employees, 404 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: people who would be a value add to anything in 405 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 1: the private sector. Unfortunately, what we're seeing here with these 406 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: mass firings is they aren't trying to preserve good employees 407 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: to get rid of bad employees. They're just cutting broad 408 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: swaths here. And all of us in the private sector, 409 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: we all know that there's folks who carry the load 410 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: and there's folks who coast, and it's not just limited 411 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: to those in the federal employee. So I, for one 412 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: very thankful of good civil servants. I appreciate you. Moving 413 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: on to the accident's desk, We've covered some pretty strange 414 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: hunting and fishing accidents here on Cal's Week in Review, 415 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: but this has got to be one of the strangest. 416 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: Man in the Indian the city of Alepsa died last 417 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: week after a fish got stuck in his throat while 418 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: he was fishing. Indian media reports that the twenty five 419 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,479 Speaker 1: year old was angling in rice paddy fields with his 420 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 1: friends when the incident took place. The report says, quote, 421 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: he was trying to catch another fish by biting the 422 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: fish in his mouth when it went down his throat. 423 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: I've been there. You get excited, you want to catch 424 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: those fish when the bite's on whatever actually happened. I 425 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: did discover that this isn't the first fish choking death 426 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: to strike Southeast Asia. In twenty fourteen, a twenty one 427 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: year old Indian man died when a fish swam down 428 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: his throat while he was bathing in a pond. Locals 429 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: pulled him out and noticed blood coming out of his 430 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: mouth along with the moving tail of a fish. No 431 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: word on the species of either suicidal sushi, but whatever 432 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: they are, they have a taste for irony. In a 433 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: less tragic and more domestic accident, a Pennsylvania man has 434 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: been charged with the reckless endangerment after he blasted a 435 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: fellow hunter thinking it was a turkey. This happens every 436 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,239 Speaker 1: turkey season, but this one caught my eye because we 437 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: have more details about this incident than usual. Game wardens say. 438 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: Fifty one year old Scott Huber was hunting last November 439 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: near Barrie Township in the central part of the state. 440 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: He said he thought he saw the black and white 441 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: feathers and white neck of a turkey, so he pulled 442 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: the trigger, But after sending lead shot down range, he 443 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: heard what noah hunter ever wants to hear. In the woods, 444 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: someone yelled out you shot me, and he responded asking 445 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: where the victim was. The unidentified victim didn't respond right away, 446 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: and Huber said he wasn't sure whether someone was joking 447 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,959 Speaker 1: with him. Turns out it wasn't a joke. The victim 448 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: said he'd been saddle hunting when he saw Huber set 449 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: up about eighty yards away. Hubert didn't know the man 450 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: was in the tree, but the victim at some point 451 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: got down and changed position. Hubert fired at the victim, 452 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: threw some brush from fifty two yards away, which would 453 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: have been a long shot even in good conditions. The 454 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: victim suffered two pellet wounds to the right ear, two 455 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: to the right shoulder, seven to the upper back, one 456 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: of the right arm, and three wounds near his other ear. 457 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: My question to you is does the victim bear any 458 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: responsibility here? If he saw Huber set up, should he 459 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: have notified him of his whereabouts? Sounds a little like 460 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: he was sneaking through the woods knowing there was another 461 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: turkey hunter set up there. Huber should never have pulled 462 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: the trigger right, because you identify your target and what's 463 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: beyond right in let us know what you think. Askcl 464 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: at the medeater dot com and remember right in let 465 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: us know what's going on in your neck of the woods. 466 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: We appreciate you, we depend on you. Thanks again, we'll 467 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: talk to you next week.