1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 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 Calaan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: cal ripped straight from Wikipedia. In cooking and astronomy, goose 4 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: is the meat of several species of bird in the 5 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: family a nata day, which also includes ducks and swans. 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, doesn't that sound fancy? 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: And various wild species and domesticated breeds are used culinarily 8 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: in multiple cuisines. There is evidence as early as twenty 9 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: five hundred BC of deliberate fattening of domesticated geese in Egypt. 10 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: Why Christmas goose, well, Christmas goose in that Charles Dickens 11 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: classic or on cooking shows or whatever, might actually be 12 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: a thing, according to various websites, due to the fact 13 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: that the migratory patterns of geese means they are fattening 14 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: up heavily during the Christmas season and might just you know, 15 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: show up in your backyard or your local golf course 16 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: or out in the cornfield, making for fatty protein that 17 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: literally flies to your door. However, there could be more, 18 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: as the farm raised lines of domestic waterfowl actually have 19 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: less yield than a farm raised duck, you know, a 20 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: thicker bone structure, etc. But the goose is more expensive 21 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: than duck, meaning that those who would purchase a goose 22 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: over a duck at the market for Christmas may not 23 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: be doing so just because they like a goose's flavor, 24 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: but they might be showing off by saying, hey, I 25 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: don't care if I get less meat because I'm paying 26 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: more money. Look at this high dollar display on my 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: Christmas dinner table. Now, if right now you're at home, 28 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: and you're in the Pacific Flyaway or the Central Flyway, 29 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, what in God's name is cal talking 30 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: about skycarp for who would eat those things? Canada's and 31 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: snows are only good for sausage and jerky. Everybody knows that. Well. 32 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: From time to time, I have agreed with you, occasionally 33 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,679 Speaker 1: you can get a funky bird. But this, in my estimation, 34 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: is due to either a gut shot slash improper meat 35 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: care situation or due to the feed of that specific bird. 36 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 1: And I am writing this down as a guy who 37 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: currently has a big fat Canada goose in the camp chef, 38 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: and I'm telling you, when they are properly cooked, properly 39 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: cared for. It is a fantastic eaten bird. How do 40 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: you get these results? Well, if it smells good in 41 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: the field and has a thing rind of fat all 42 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: over it, along with a crop full of wheat, barley 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: or corn, chances are your honker is fit for plucking 44 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: and the table. Do not try to whole cook a 45 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: goose that doesn't smell good from the get go. It 46 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: never gets better. Your recipe can be as simple as this. 47 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: Pluck and send your bird, then wipe it clean. I 48 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: like to keep the head and neck on for hanging. 49 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: Hang your bird in a clean, dry, well ventilated spot 50 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: out of the reach of critters and the sun for 51 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: two days or as long as a week, depending on 52 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: your temps. That guts out people. Yes, you're aging your 53 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: meat here, but you are also drying out the skin. 54 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: Your bird is losing moisture. Now, decapitate and lightly score 55 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: your bird all over with a sharp knife. I like 56 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: to just barely break the skin, not cut through to 57 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: the meat, and then rub all that skin all over 58 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: the bird with coarse salt and let it sit in 59 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: the refrigerator for at least twelve hours. Then you can, 60 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, do whatever fancy things that you want. You 61 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: can throw an onion and apples and apricots or oranges 62 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: and lemons whatever into the body cavity, and then you 63 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: place this whole thing in the grill pellet smoke or 64 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: whatever at four hundred degrees. Pellet grills are awesome for 65 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: this because they have a good way to evacuate all 66 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: that rendered fat, of which there will be a lot, 67 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: off the grill and into that little bucket that hangs 68 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: there that you always forget to clean. Doing this inside 69 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: can be really messy, and it's just it's fat management. 70 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: Now you can just leave this lid closed and run 71 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: it all the way to an internal temp of one 72 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty degrees. Then you pull the bird off. 73 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: Let it sit inside now inside your cool oven fifteen 74 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: to twenty minutes, let it rest, and then you're gonna 75 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: be good to go. Now you can get fancy. You 76 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: can make glazes, make sauces. But if you've never done 77 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: a whole goose starts, try it this way. Experiment from here, 78 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: and in the time I took to tell you this, 79 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: that bird came off the grill and it's delicious. In fact, 80 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 1: Brody Henderson and Steve and ronella were fighting over the skin. 81 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: There are seven subspecies of Canada goose, and a whole 82 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: other species of goose that looks awfully similar, called a 83 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: cackling goose or cackler, which has its own subspecies very 84 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: similar in appearance, mostly distinguishable to the untrained eye by size. 85 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: The smallest cackler BH minima or Branta Hutchinsi minima, if 86 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: you aren't into that whole brevity thing, is about the 87 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: size of a big Mallard duck around four pounds, while 88 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: the largest recorded wild Canada goose BC maxima weighed in 89 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: at a whopping twenty four pounds. These birds are relatively 90 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,119 Speaker 1: rare over eighteen pounds, but this maximum was a tank 91 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: with a wingspan of seven foot four inches. Now, if 92 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: you live anywhere near golf course, a public park, a refuge, 93 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: grain field, and path of Canada geese, you will find 94 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: it very hard to believe that this species was at 95 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: one time threatened and near extinct. I'm talking specifically about 96 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: the Giant Canada and that was just back in nineteen fifty. 97 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: Can you, Ohioans, imagine a gooseless world right now? I 98 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: bet you can't. Well, geese had to be reintroduced to 99 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: your state. Ohio, overhunting and habitat loss had major impacts 100 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: on these prolific birds. Migratory birds will forever be a 101 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: bell weather of conservation because they tie distinct and distant 102 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: geographic regions together. The Arctic, Alaska Yukon territories are very 103 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 1: different from New Mexico or Northern Mexico, as is most 104 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: of what's in between, and it all matters to the 105 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: survival of migratory species. That's called connectivity. Gang. There are 106 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: currently around three point eight million Greater Canada geese. They 107 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: taste great. There's a ton you can do with them. 108 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: Get out there this holiday season. Make some jerky, make 109 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 1: some sausage. There's a killer sausage show Old Brad Leoni 110 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: and Brian Merkle and I did on our YouTube channel 111 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: that can help. But make some goose steaks and pluck 112 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: and roast one hole for Old Victorian England's sake. God 113 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: bless us everyone. I'm kidding. Roast one holds. Celebrate your 114 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: conservation heritage and be thankful for one more thing to 115 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: be thankful for this holiday season. Ah ah. This week 116 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: we've got Maine moose legislation lobster and the mail bag. 117 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: But first I'm going to tell you about my week. 118 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: And my week is currently being spent running all over 119 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: the state finding birds for the yellow dog snort. Precious 120 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: few days and left in the upland birds season here 121 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: in Montana, and the pessimist in me also sees the 122 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: end of the migratory bird season in plain sight a 123 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: little more than a month away. It's hard to put 124 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: the geese and ducks on the back in order to 125 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: put miles on the boots. For long tailed roosters this 126 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: time of year, even private land roosters have PhDs. The 127 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: public land roosters are akin to a six point bowl 128 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,119 Speaker 1: on the last day at elk season plus Christmas, which 129 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: for me means making food is like happening right now 130 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: if you're listening to this. I constantly assess the proteins 131 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: in the freezer for proper dispersement in the form of 132 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: finger foods, dips, main courses. Christmas is a time of 133 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: muddy boots, dirty floors, dishes, shotguns, bird bags, and the 134 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: hum of the vacuum sealer. So here's a brief snort 135 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: report before we start the news. Snort has been running 136 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: like a bat out of hell. She's not yet clicked 137 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: into what I would call full hunt mode, which is 138 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: when her brain starts communicating with her nose and legs. 139 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: Everything is full speed. She's bounced off of half a 140 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: dozen barbed wire fences with no cuts this go around, 141 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: Thank goodness, and sailed across cut banked creek bottoms at 142 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: perilous heights for not having more days under our belts 143 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: at this point in the year. We don't look pro 144 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: but we are finding the birds. Hons and sharp tails 145 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: are flying at the sound of anything, mostly out of 146 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: shotgun range. But the bird who sits tends to get 147 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: a yellow lab nose up its butt. We finally had 148 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: a big pheasant day yesterday. We walked about two and 149 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: a half miles into a remote ish creek bottom zone, 150 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: just barely a blip on the on ax map that 151 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: parallel the grain field, apparently too far a walk for 152 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: the cattle for two little feed. This couple bends still 153 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: had thick thermal cover and we had it all wind 154 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: in our face, good cover and tight proximity to feed. 155 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: The only thing we lacked was good shooting on my part. 156 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: Prior to this day, I have not had very many 157 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: misses in the field, but here, in the face of 158 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: awesome opportunity, I floundered. I failed. I missed three roosters 159 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: in a row, which is just heartbreaking. Ultimately, we came 160 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: home with two roosters and two hons, which is still 161 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: a great late season day. Those birds were ferreted out 162 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: by Snort. She cut the track, made sure I was 163 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: on it, and we ran the scent until a rooster 164 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: popped up and I actually hit the dang thing. Pretty 165 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: darned awesome. No more mistakes from here on out. Time's 166 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: a wasting and those birds are rare. Moving on to 167 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: the moose desk. The Main Department of Inland Fisheries and 168 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: Wildlife has decided not to renew a controversial moose hunt 169 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: that was opposed by both animal rights groups and some hunters. 170 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: Big thanks to listener Christy Holmes for sending this one. In. 171 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: Five years ago, MAINS Wildlife Agency launched an experimental hunt 172 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: aimed at reducing the prevalence of winter ticks. Winter ticks 173 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: can do a real number on a moose, especially moose calves. 174 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: These little bloodsuckers attached to the large servids by the 175 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: tens of thousands and if they really colonize a moose, 176 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: they can lead to anemia and reproductive issues. If you 177 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: haven't eaten recently, look up an image of one of 178 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: these poor critters with engorgeds covering its entire body. It's 179 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: easy to see why biologists were interested in reducing the 180 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: tick numbers in their state. Is like god awful if 181 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: you got the stomach to do it. Anyway, Biologists have 182 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: found that calf's survival is much higher in areas of 183 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: the state with low moose population densities. Tick population skyrocketed 184 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: in areas where there are lots of moose living next 185 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: to one another. It sounds counterintuitive, but thinning out the 186 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: moose population might actually be better for the long term 187 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: survival of the species in the state. To put this 188 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: theory to the test, the main Department of Inland Fisheries 189 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: and Wildlife launched a special hunt in the western half 190 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: of Zone four. The goal of this program was to 191 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: use hunters to thin the moose population. The department wanted 192 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: to see a sixty percent success rate for hunters. They 193 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: hoped that hunters would be able to kill sixty percent 194 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: of the moose for which there are tags. They issued 195 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: special cow tags and held extended season dates and required 196 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: hunters to harvest specific organs and send them in for testing. 197 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: The special hunt was set to expire this year, and 198 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: the department has decided not to renew it. They've offered 199 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: several reasons for doing so. The official reason, according to 200 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: a state biologist who spoke to local media, is that 201 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: they haven't seen the hunter's success rate they were looking for. 202 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: It sounds like hunters haven't killed enough moose to make 203 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: much noticeable change in calf survival rates. What's more, the 204 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: department says the hunt has tied up too many resources. 205 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: They need to have biologists manning the tagging stations for 206 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: the entire hunt, which isn't worth it if hunters aren't 207 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: killing the moose. The less official reason is that the 208 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: program hasn't been particularly popular, either with hunters or moose advocates. 209 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: One biologist admitted to local media that killing moose to 210 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: save them is a tough sell. It's hard for the 211 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: general public to square that circle, even if there's science 212 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: to back it up. But hunters aren't big fans of 213 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: thinning out the moose herd either. Some have voiced their 214 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: frustration to the media, and they worry that the experiment 215 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: will lead to fewer bulls and lower success rates. If 216 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: you live in Maine and have an opinion on this issue, 217 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. Let me know what 218 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: you think by writing in to askacl. That's Ascal at 219 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: themeaeater dot com. Moving on to the legislative desk. Last 220 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: week I told you about a few bills over in Washington, 221 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: DC that would be good news for sportsmen and conservationists. Today, 222 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: I'm pleased to report that some of those bills did 223 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: indeed move forward in the US Congress, thanks in part 224 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: to advocates like yourselves. First, both the US House and 225 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: Senate have passed S two seven eighty one, also known 226 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: as the Good Samaritan Act. The legislation establishes a pilot 227 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: program that would waive liability that prevents willing good Smaritan 228 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: entities from aiding in the remediation of abandoned hard rockmind sites, 229 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: the number one source of pollution on our public lands 230 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: and waters. This program would have guardrails ensuring that these 231 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: projects result in improved water quality and estimated thirty three 232 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: thousand abandoned hard rock minds sites actively contaminate our rivers 233 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: and streams across the United States, with forty percent of 234 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: those Western headwaters polluted by mind tailings and runoff. Now, 235 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: last week we talked about the fact that there's somewhere 236 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: between five and seven hundred thousand abandoned minds. Well, this 237 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: thirty three thousand is the ones with the big bulls 238 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: eyes over the top of them, with direct effects on 239 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: our water quality that we know of. By implementing a 240 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: pilot program with permits for qualified entities, this legislation would 241 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: responsibly facilitate private investments to fill resource and capacity gaps 242 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: critical to restoring healthy fish in wildlife habitat, which is 243 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: necessary for sportsmen and women to pursue our outdoor traditions 244 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: in a natural setting. This legislation was passed by the 245 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: Senate without objection in July of twenty twenty four, and 246 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: it just passed the House without objection as well. It's 247 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: currently sitting on President Joe Biden's desk and he is 248 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: expected to sign it. I'm also happy to report that 249 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: the US House of Representatives voted to pass the America's 250 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: Conservation Enhancement Act. They passed it on a resounding three 251 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: sixty six to twenty one vote under a suspension of 252 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: the rules. The bill will extend funding and authorization for 253 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: several conservation programs, including the North American Wetlands Conservation Act 254 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: and the Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force, and builds on 255 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: the bipartisan success of the ACE Act, which passed in 256 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. This recent effort was led in the House 257 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: by a bipartisan group of representatives. The bill bust now 258 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: be reconciled with the Senate before being sent to President 259 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: Biden's desk to be signed. Moving from the federal to 260 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: the state level, the Michigan state legislature is considering a 261 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: big hike in hunting and fishing license fees. House Bill 262 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: six two two nine would increase almost all license fees, 263 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: some by as much as fifty percent. I won't list 264 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: all of them here, but it would increase a resident 265 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: combo hunt fish license from seventy five dollars to one 266 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen dollars. An all species resident fishing license 267 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: would jump from twenty six dollars to forty dollars, and 268 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: a base resident hunting license would jump from eleven to 269 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: seventeen dollars. What's more, the bill would allow the DNAR 270 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: to charge a permit fee for state owned shooting ranges 271 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: and automatically increase license fees every year based on the 272 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: rate of inflation. Obviously, Minton State hunters and anglers are 273 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: none too pleased. Several of you who sent me this bill, 274 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't say any of you were jumping up 275 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: and down with excitement. Proponents of the bill say it's 276 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: necessary to ensure that the Michigan DNR has enough money 277 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: to do its work. They have an increased license fees 278 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: substantially since twenty fourteen, and inflation has taken a big 279 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: cut out of that budget in the last decade. Opponents 280 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: of the bill, on the other hand, worried that increasing 281 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: fees will reduce participation in hunting and fishing at a 282 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: time when the percentage of hunters and anglers as compared 283 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: to the population is as low as it's ever been. 284 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: A group of Michigan legislators wrote a letter expressing their 285 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: own opposition to the bill, arguing that the DNR should 286 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: increase the number and quality of its services if they 287 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: want to increase revenue. What's more, of the official legislative 288 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: analysis of the bill says it's not certain that increasing 289 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: license fees will have the desired effect. While the DNR 290 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: estimates a revenue increase of twenty two million dollars per year, 291 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: it's possible fewer people will buy licenses if they're made 292 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: to be more expensive. Whatever you think, you should write 293 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: to your legislators and tell them what you think about 294 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: House Bill six two nine. This will affect you whether 295 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: it passes or does not pass. The Florida legislature is 296 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: considering a bill that would ban golf courses, tennis courts, 297 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: pickleball courts, and ball fields from state parks in Florida, 298 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: among other measures. Thanks to listener Aaron Cross for bringing 299 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: this one to our attention. SB eighty is being called 300 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: the State Park Preservation Act. It was introduced by Republican 301 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: Senator Gail Harrell in response to a proposal from earlier 302 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: this year that would have built several golf courses on 303 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: state parks. That plan was ultimately abandoned by Governor Ron DeSantis, 304 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: but it looks like some legislators want to make sure 305 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: that that idea is never resurrected in the future, probably 306 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: because all U cows we can review. Listeners wrote in 307 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: and called when these Shenanigans were going down. The bill 308 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: will require public hearings for all updated conservation and non 309 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: conservation land management plans, and it expressly prohibits recreational infrastructure 310 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: that requires a sporting facility. Instead, it requires state parks 311 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: to be managed for conservation based public outdoor recreational uses. 312 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 1: These include, but are not limited to, fishing, camping, bicycling, hiking, 313 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: nature study, boating, and several others. Hunting is not included 314 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: in that list, but if Florida is like most states, 315 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: hunting is already not allowed on most state parks or 316 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: at least portions of state parks. Again, if you want 317 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: to weigh in on this one, the bill number is 318 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 1: SB eighty and it's called the State Park Preservation Act. 319 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: Moving on to the moral dilemma desk, some of you 320 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: Northeasterns will be boiling crab or lobster for Christmas dinner 321 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: this year. It's a common belief that boiling crabs and 322 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: other crustaceans prior to eating them doesn't cause undue discomfort 323 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: to the animal in question. However, researchers from Sweden hooked 324 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: up a shore crab to a machine that measures brain 325 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: activity and stimulated the soft tissue with vinegar and poked 326 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: it in various locations on its body. They wanted to 327 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: see if the crabs have the same kind of pain 328 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: receptors that other animals do, and they say they've found 329 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: evidence to support this hypothesis. One of the studies authors said, quote, 330 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: we could see that the crab has some kind of 331 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: pain receptors in its soft tissues because we recorded an 332 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: increase in brain activity when we applied a potentially painful chemical, 333 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: a form of vinegar to the crabs soft tissues. The 334 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: same happened when we applied external pressure to several of 335 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: the crab's b body parts. These findings, he says, suggests 336 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: that shore crabs have a pain signaling system that sends 337 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,959 Speaker 1: messages to their brains when they experience harmful stimuli. That 338 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: might not sound particularly surprising. Most creatures can feel pain 339 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: in one way or another, which is how they know 340 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: what kinds of activities to avoid, like you know, donating 341 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: your body to science in this particular case, touching a 342 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: burning stove for instance, or participating in a power slap 343 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: competition that hurts. Don't do it, life lesson unlocked. What's 344 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: more surprising is the conclusion that's being drawn from this study. 345 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: Earth dot com declares that an immediate ban on boiling 346 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: crabs and lobsters is being called for in the wake 347 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: of this research. While that's probably overstating the position of 348 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: these researchers, one of them is calling for quote more 349 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: research to find less painful ways to kill shellfish. The 350 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: study itself claims that it provides quote further evidence that 351 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: can be used to determine the welfare, implications and humane 352 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: treatment of decapod crustaceans. Proponents of boiling lobsters and crabs 353 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: alive argue that it helps ensure the food is safe 354 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: and free of bacteria. Dead crustaceans are like little peatrie dishes, 355 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: but keeping them alive until the moment of truth helps 356 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: minimize the risk of food born illness. They also point 357 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: out that boiling can actually be a relatively humane way 358 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: to kill a crustacean. They say it loses consciousness within 359 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: a matter of minutes, and a twenty twenty one survey 360 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: in the journal Animals estimated that large lobsters can be 361 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 1: observed thrashing about in the pot for about two minutes 362 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: before losing consciousness. Now, if two minutes sounds like a lot. 363 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: Go ahead and just spike it in the head with 364 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: a knife you knew it was alive, then toss it 365 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: in the water. We hunters and anglers understand better than 366 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: most the importance of dispatching an animal in a way 367 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: that reduces suffering. But we also understand better than most 368 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: that meat eating almost always requires some amount of pain. 369 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: We try to minimize it as much as possible. Sometimes 370 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: it can't be avoided. That's a more world dilemma. Will 371 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: probably never stop wrestling with, and I don't think that's 372 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: a bad thing. Moving on to the mail bag listener, 373 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: Anna Anderson sent in an email about the time a 374 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: mule deer buck rose from the dead and tried to 375 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: get revenge on Anna's ten year old son. Here's what 376 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: she said quote. While painting my mom's house, I had 377 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: moved a bed to a different room under several mule 378 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: deer mounts. Our boys were playing some type of game 379 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: involving jumping on the bed with a giant exercise ball 380 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: when my son bounced into a mount, knocking off the wall. 381 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: The top of the mount fell first, scalping a two 382 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: and a half inch gash in my son's head. I 383 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: could see his skull, and of course, being a scalp wound, 384 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: it bled a lot. He ended up with a layer 385 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: of dissolved stitches followed by nine staples. He is recovered 386 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: well and gets to have the staples removed today. I'm 387 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: so incredibly thankful that the antler didn't get his eye 388 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: or face or neck. Just a reminder to keep those 389 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: mounts safely attached to the wall and be aware of 390 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: antler's when butchering on a deep mountain slope where an 391 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,360 Speaker 1: animal could roll onto you. And you know, let's revise 392 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: the rules on jumping on the bed. Great reminder there, Anna, 393 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: and I'm glad to hear you that your young man's okay. 394 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you 395 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: so much for listening, and remember to write in to 396 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: ask c A L. That's an ascal at the meteater 397 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Let us know what's going on your neck 398 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: of the woods. We appreciate it and we appreciate you. 399 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, big huge thanks and best wishes 400 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: from the whole cow the wild team. We just couldn't 401 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: do it without yet. Thanks again, and we'll talk to 402 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: you next week.