1 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: Kel's We Can Review with Ryan kel Kelly in now 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Here's Kel. Till Mua County, Oregon is now known for 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: two things, one the great song by Todd Snyder titled 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: Tillamoa County Jail, and most recently, the death of a 6 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: sixty six year old bow hunter named Mark David. Mark 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: had shot and wounded a bowl and chose to leave 8 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: the animal overnight. Leaving an animal overnight is a tough 9 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: decision to make. A hunter is put in this situation 10 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: when they are either unsure of the hip, the point 11 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: of impact, the depth of the arrow you just don't 12 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: feel great about it, or when there is just too 13 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: little sign specifically blood, too little blood to confirm your 14 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: good thoughts, and maybe darkness is closing in. The reasoning 15 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: is let the animal quietly succumbed to its injuries, as 16 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: opposed to feeling the pressure of being tracked and fleeing 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 1: on adrenaline. The longer the tracking job, the more room 18 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: for mistakes. The more mistakes, the greater the odds of 19 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: losing the animal. This is not an easy decision to make. 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: A hunter worries about the welfare of the animal and 21 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: the possibility of spoiled meat. But once you snap a 22 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: cap or release a string, that animal is yours until 23 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: you can determine it is going to live another day 24 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: or it's ending up in cold, clean packages in your freezer. 25 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: The next morning, John, accompanied by the landowner, found his 26 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: ball alive. The animal charged him, impaled him with his antlers. 27 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: At least one of the wounds was to the neck, 28 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: and despite the land owner being on the scene, John 29 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: the bow hunter was killed by his bull. To say 30 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: this is a rare circumstance is an understatement. I know 31 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: of a few instances of hunters being surprised as animals 32 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: seemingly come back to life on them, one or two 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: stories of hunters actually being hurt by these animals, but 34 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: no first or second hand accounts of hunters being charged 35 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: and gored by a bowl of elk and dying from it. 36 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: Bull elk can grow beyond the eight hundred pound mark, 37 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: but this bull, a five by five, was likely somewhere 38 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: in the six hundred pound range, despite not being as 39 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: big as a bull could be. As our good buddy 40 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: Joe Rogan would tell you, it is still a forest 41 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: horse with swords growing out of its head. But still 42 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: more hunters are hurt by literally the horse they rode 43 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: in on than the bowl they went after. Antlers are bone, 44 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: they're hard, and the points are sharp. I personally know 45 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: many more hunters who have been hurt by elk as 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: the elk rolled down the ill stone, deb the antlers 47 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: incidentally hitting them as they attempt to wrangle the elk 48 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: or deer down the mountain. I'm sure our hunter Mark 49 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: was scared when he realized the bull was not going 50 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: to stop. On top of that, he had the feeling 51 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: that the bowl he shot had suffered all night. My 52 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: only hope was that maybe part of him thought positively 53 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: as the bull charged, that maybe this bull was going 54 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: to make it. Of course, we'll never know. Oregon State 55 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: Patrol investigated the incident and the meat from the animal 56 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: was donated to the Tillamook County Jail. So if you 57 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: are walking the fine line of the law on Tilamuk 58 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: County right now, wouldn't be a bad time to get 59 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: booked into the clink food wise, that is. After all, 60 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: todd Snyder only got a phone call to tile and 61 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: All and four gray walls closing in this week, cast nets, 62 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: high tension lines, sky fit and so much more. But 63 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: first I'm gonna tell you about my week and my 64 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: week and this podcast, as you know, is sponsored by 65 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: Steel Power Equipment, steel makers of handy indoor outdoor tools 66 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: such as pruning shears for the garden and for breaking 67 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: down upland game birds, waterfowl and fish collar removal, electric 68 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: chainsaws that can balance and rattle along inside of your 69 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: pick up all hunting season long, just in case you 70 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: may need it for that tree blown down over the 71 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: road that could prevent you from getting to your hunting spot, 72 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: or maybe just a little firewood gathering, maybe even let's say, 73 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: zipping a tidy line down the spinal column of a 74 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: buffalo or something. Whether you use it or not, it 75 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: won't leave your rigs smelling like oil and gas and 76 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: you won't run the risk of nauseating. You're spoiled sensitive 77 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: bird dogs or I guess kids for that matter. And uh, 78 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: speaking of bird dogs, as everyone also knows, at this point, 79 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: I've been work in with a now four month old snort, 80 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: my future bird dog, been reinvigorating my waterfowl and upland 81 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: bird brain, doing a bunch of research, burning some fuel 82 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: and tire tread looking at spots where I won't interfere 83 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: with other hunters while working a new dog, and hopefully 84 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: still getting some birds. Stumbled across this place here in 85 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: Montana that has a pretty interesting story. It is a 86 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: closed basin, meaning there is no definitive output. It fills 87 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: based off of snow runoff and rain. It's an intermittent wetland, 88 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: prairie pothole situation, absolutely chock full of life. Incredible spot 89 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: migratory birds of many species as far as the eye 90 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: can see. The story of this place is interesting in 91 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: the fact that a big set of power lines were 92 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: built and they intersect what is sometimes a lake. According 93 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: to a biologist I spoke to, when those power lines 94 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: were built, thousands of migratory birds died. That sounds pretty extreme, 95 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: you might say, but listen up. Birds would strike the wires, 96 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: then fall dead onto the lake. They would then fester 97 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: and blow in the summer sun. Avian boculi is um, 98 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: which is a disease that can be present and low 99 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: lying stagnant Marsha's and sometimes other water types, was present. 100 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: Avian boculi is um is commonly spread through maggots, and 101 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: that's what happened here. These dead floating birds turned into 102 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: rafts of maggots that became infected with botuli is um. 103 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: Then other ducks and shore birds started eating the boculi 104 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: is um infected larva. These birds started showing signs of 105 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: paralysis and eventually died. The power company has since put 106 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: up reflectors on the cables which helps deter birds from 107 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 1: colliding with them, and they cut a check for a 108 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: boatload of cash to help create what is now a 109 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: waterfowl refuge in a state wildlife management area. Now Here 110 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: are two things to note from this one. If you 111 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: can say raft of floating maggots infected with botulism and 112 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: it doesn't turn your stomach a bit, you're a stronger 113 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: person than I am. To the current administration's revisions to 114 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: the Migratory Bird Act, which is something I've mentioned many 115 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: times on this show, well, what is now a beautiful 116 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: wildlife management area likely never would have happened if this 117 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: high voltage collision maggot rafts scenario were to play out 118 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: next year under the Trump administration's revisions. The energy company 119 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: that stretched the power lines across the marsh could have 120 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: chosen to not do anything, not put up reflectors to 121 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: deter collisions, not help replace the wildlife they killed by 122 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: helping fund a state management wildlife area. Remember these are 123 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: migratory bird deaths, so it's not just Montana wildlife we're 124 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: talking about. That's not fair. You might say, that's just wrong, 125 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: that's not being a good neighbor. All of that is true. 126 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: But under the recent Trump provisions to the Migratory Bird Act, 127 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: if this company didn't intentionally mean to harm migratory birds, 128 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: then they don't need to do squat or squawk, I 129 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: might say. Anyway, Another thing that is interesting here, As 130 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,239 Speaker 1: I mentioned, this is a closed basin that is largely 131 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: based on snow melt. Low snow years equal low water years. 132 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes this basin runs dry. In fact, it was told 133 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: to me that in the past, during these dry years, 134 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: the lake was noticeable for miles away as the exposed 135 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: alkali flat would be whipped into the air in a 136 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: white cloud. I mentioned this because changes to the Clean 137 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: Water Act have lifted the protections for intermittent, non flowing 138 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: potholes just like this one. I gotta bring this up 139 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: because you know I need to. These are examples I 140 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: never knew existed, and they're in my own backyard. Start 141 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: looking at those informational signs near you, specifically where you 142 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: hunt and where you one day want to maybe take 143 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: some kids to hunt, and I bet you'll find some 144 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: examples too. And yes, these are the fun things I 145 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: think about as I am out scouting for birds. Ignorance 146 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: is bliss right, I'll hate it with one more thing 147 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: I've kind of been noodling on here. As I mentioned, 148 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: I'm still picking up the occasional walleye. Based off of 149 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: a recommendation of a real live midwesterner, I started using 150 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: a combination weedless bottom bouncing weight called a Lindy rig, 151 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: a barrel swivel floral carbon leader, and uh, this thing 152 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: called a slow death hook baited with a nightcrawler. The 153 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: slow death hook, aside from a maccabre name, is in 154 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: fact kind of a horrible thing. It's a kind of contorted, 155 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: twisted bait hook that you thread a nightcrawler on. A 156 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: nightcrawler is bigger earthworm. For those of you who don't know, 157 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: the nightcrawler, as I observed many dozens of times, does 158 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: not enjoy this process. Just so you can grasp the 159 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: full effect. What I mean by thread, what I'm saying 160 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: is the tip of the crawler meets the tip of 161 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: the slow death hook. Then you manipulate the wriggling and 162 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: unwilling crawler in such a way it to skewer or 163 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: impale as much of it as possible onto the hook. 164 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: All of this is done so the crawler has some 165 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: action to it, some spin down there on the bottom. 166 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: And I started thinking out there on something unrelated, which 167 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: is how much I despise that I don't know defense 168 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: or I didn't know, rather, especially when it comes to 169 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: like fish and game violations. But in the case that 170 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 1: Earth is invaded by some super intellectual force of earthworms 171 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: at some point, and the lives of humanity hang in 172 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: the balance of our ignorance of the sentience of earthworms, 173 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: that's all we've got, you know, We just didn't know, 174 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: which seems to be the officer problem. Moving on to 175 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: the every popular law enforcement desk. Two Emola Key, Florida 176 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: man used a cast net, which is a net that 177 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: you throw out by hand, right, a tool folks used 178 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: to catch bait fish. But these two men used it 179 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: not to catch bait, but a man trying to break 180 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: into their vehicle. The two men chase the would be 181 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: thief and subdued him with the toss of the cast 182 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: net until the proper authorities could arrive. The thief was unharmed, 183 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: by the way, because you know, a cast net is 184 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: a dangerous weapon. Nothing to laugh at. Folks drowned themselves 185 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: trying to catch their bait every year. The thief is 186 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: lucky he was breaking into cars on dry land. This 187 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: incident brings up a very good point about the innovative 188 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: ways of outdoors people, a point that was illustrated to 189 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: me by one Sally Thompson of West Glacier, Montana. You 190 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: know that song Mamas, don't let your babies grow up 191 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: to be cowboys. Well, there's this notion that although there 192 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: are some good qualities, even admirable traits, associated with someone 193 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: who bucks the trend of full and steady employment and 194 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: chooses to not make much of a living money wise, 195 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: is not someone to bring home to mom and dad, 196 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: not somebody to grow up to be. This isn't just 197 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: limited to cowboys, of course, as this sentiment is used 198 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: in regards to basically everyone who makes their living in 199 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: the guiding community or seasonal employment. Community even well. Sally 200 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: Thompson made the case that guides are exactly the characters 201 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: you should marry, as they are generally very capable with 202 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: very little. They can make do when the circumstances are poor. 203 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: You forgot the frying pan, no big deal, will make 204 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: skewers over the fire. Forgot the guts the percolator pot, 205 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: No big deal will have cowboy coffee, hatch a hole 206 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: in a boat or a tent, or even on you. 207 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: No problem, I'm on it. And what's more, they'll get 208 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: that tip at the end of the day because despite 209 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: all the difficulties, everyone made it through smiling. I think 210 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: that is illustrated pretty darn well here. I'm not sure 211 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: how there were no other ways of apprehending this individual, 212 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: but this Emola key fishing duo may do with what 213 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: they had and channeled their inner gladiators by tossing a 214 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: cast net over a fleeing crook way to represent the 215 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: outdoors community. Moving on to the Yellowstone Park beat and 216 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: no nobody played chicken with the bison this week. However, 217 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: James Izell was driving his Chevy Tahoe through the park 218 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: near Mammoth Hot Springs when a park ranger approached him 219 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 1: due to the fact that he had large tree branches 220 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: with pine cones attached to the top of his vehicle. 221 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: As most, hopefully most park visitors know, you can't take 222 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: stuff from inside the park. Upon further investigation, Hazel stated 223 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: that he was almost done with a three week tour 224 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: of many national parks. D S Officer, you may further 225 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: inspect my vehicle, although you may find some things that 226 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: are definitely not taken from national parks. Let's pause here 227 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: and just state the obvious. As anyone who has ever 228 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: been in trouble knows that when you get caught clearly 229 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: breaking the rules evidence in hand, you don't say, but hey, 230 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: don't pay attention to this other stuff. That stuff was 231 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: definitely obtained by not breaking the law. Inside the vehicle, 232 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: ten large pine cones were found, five pine cones with seeds, 233 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: five large pieces of petrified tree, sixty three rocks, a 234 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: black and blue feather, a live plant with ruts still attached. Um, 235 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: let's see what else. Seven pounds of marijuana, a bag 236 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: of silocybin mushrooms, five thousand dollars in cash, two handguns, 237 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: another bag of marijuana, and of eight pan containing th HC. 238 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: And we aren't talking the Hunting Collective podcast people. His 239 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: l told the officer that the marijuana was purchased in 240 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: a state where it was legal. And here's another note 241 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: for you future want to be lawbreakers here, no one 242 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: to be quiet. You're just not gonna do yourself any 243 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: good by pointing out one thing on a long laundry 244 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: list of illegal things that could possibly not be illegal 245 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: if in fact, there is a state that allows for 246 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: the legal purchase of seven pounds of marijuana, and on 247 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: top of that, you weren't currently sitting with that seven 248 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: pounds of marijuana inside a national park where possession of 249 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: marijuana and any amount is illegal. Um, you know they're 250 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: not gonna like that anyway. Next time you get stopped 251 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: behind a long line of cars at a national park, 252 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: think of this story and it may make sense as 253 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: to why someone is so intent on taking a picture 254 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: of their five hundred bison or ground squirrel that they 255 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: would block two lanes of try affic to do so. 256 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: Zell could get five years in prison and five hundred 257 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: thousand dollars in fines. If in fact he gets the maximum, 258 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure you'll be able to see his Yelp or 259 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: Google review of his park experiences. Shortly, I'm sure this 260 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: is the type of character who will actually leave one. 261 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: Moving on to the UFO desk. Our next story is 262 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: out of Michigan of a pretty fishy flying object. And 263 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: because I can't make this stuff up, here's the real 264 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: headline from the Miami Herald live fish falls from sky 265 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: and Tennessee gets hit by car, then gets stuck in bumper. 266 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: I know what you're thinking, what are the odds of 267 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: a road kill fish? That's kind of like foul hooking 268 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: a desert tortoise while bottom fishing. Before we get to 269 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: that important question, let's figure out what the heck happened 270 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: in East Tennessee. According to a Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency 271 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: Facebook post ed, Linburger was driving near watts Bar Lake 272 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: in Kingston, hundred and fifty miles east of Nashville when 273 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: a white bass fell from above and got stuck in 274 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: his front bumper. According to the agency, they've seen a 275 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: lot of wild life struck by vehicles, but never a fish. 276 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: The prevailing theory is a bald eagle dropped the fish 277 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: during a mid air battle with an osprey and Lineburger's 278 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: car just happened to be the landing spot for the 279 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: lost prey. Strikes me funny that the working theory involves 280 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: a mid air battle, not just some poor bird losing 281 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: grip of their fish. Anyway, despite how crazy this might 282 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: sound to Lineburger's insurance company, wildlife seems to fall from 283 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: the guy more often than you'd think. Twice in the 284 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: past ten months, drivers in Tennessee reported red tailed hawks 285 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: falling from the sky. Why they were being strangled by snakes. Seriously, snakes. 286 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: If you live in Mexico, this story probably isn't all 287 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: that surprising. It happens so often that cities like Tempico 288 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: have a saying Louivia de pass, which translates to rain 289 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,959 Speaker 1: of fish. Didn't teach us that in high school. Spanish 290 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: scientists believe that fish can get sucked up from oceans 291 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: or lakes by tornadoes that touched the water during a storm. 292 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: These water spouts carry the fish towards land and eventually 293 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: tossed them down on local residents. Water spouts have been 294 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: documented from California to England, but it's unlikely that's what 295 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: happened in Tennessee. But you know that doesn't mean you 296 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: shouldn't heat up the grill, grab a stick butter and 297 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: look to the sky. There might just be some tasty 298 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,719 Speaker 1: flames headed your way. I mean, there's hope anyway, a chance, 299 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,719 Speaker 1: and you know that's all people are looking for when 300 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: they're fishing. Continuing on, a bald eagle went all top 301 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: gun on a government drone over in Michigan. When they're 302 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: not struggling to keep hold of their prey, it seems 303 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: they're a national emblem can be found savagely ripping the 304 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: propellers off of government survey equipment. According to the Michigan 305 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, the incident happened 306 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: near Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula area of Michigan last month. 307 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: And everyone knows Escanaba from that strange Jeff Daniels movie 308 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: Escanaba in the Moonlight, which oddly enough has some unexplainable 309 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: phenomenon type action in it. And I'm not talking about 310 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: day ker Line in Google's past these or any of 311 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: that other you per stuff anyway. Environmental air quality analyst 312 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: and drone pilot Hunter King was using the drone to 313 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: map shoreline erosion. As the drone was heading for home, 314 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: nearby eagle watchers saw a baldy strikes something in the distance. 315 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: King had no idea what happened, except that it looked 316 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: like quote, a really bad roller coaster ride on screen, 317 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: the d j I Phantom four Pro Advanced drone plunged 318 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: into the lake and was never seen again, costing the 319 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: taxpayers about nine hundred fifty bucks. But why did the 320 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: raptor go all Maverick on that drone? There's no way 321 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: to know for sure, but maybe he felt the need 322 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: the need for speed. All right, I admit that's a 323 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: horrible joke, so let me just end on an even 324 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: better bad joke. The Department of Environmental, Great Lakes and Energy, 325 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: like all things government, has its own acronym, which is 326 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: e g L E. And according to E G L E, 327 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: a two thousand nineteen US Fish and Wildlife Service survey 328 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: stated there are eight hundred forty nine active bald eagle 329 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: nesting sites in Michigan, and that's up from a low 330 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: point of only seventy six sites back in the nineteen seventies. 331 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: So you could say that the e A g L 332 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: E s are showing the E G L E who 333 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 1: the real b I our d s are, and that's 334 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: worth much more than dollars to meet. Moving on to 335 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: the retiree desk for the most heartwarming fishing story you'll 336 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: hear this year. We all know that nursing homes across 337 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: the country have been getting hit hard during the COVID 338 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: nineteen pandemic. Older residents are particularly susceptible to the deadly 339 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: virus and many have been trapped in their rooms for months. Naturally, 340 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: some nursing homes are getting creative with how to entertain 341 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: their residents. In Russellville, Kentucky, Creek Wood Place Nursing and 342 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: Rehabilitation was able to pay back all the grandparents that 343 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: took us kids fishing over the years with an innovative 344 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: day of angling. By teaming up with tractors supply company, 345 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: Creekwood Place was able to get a tank, some stock fish, 346 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: some no harm hooks and bait. Residents looked overjoyed to 347 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: be hauling the large catfish out of the oct tanks 348 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: without having to leave their residence. Of course, when Creek 349 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: Wood shared the news on Facebook, some commenters weren't all 350 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: too thrilled to see fish baited and hooked for fun, 351 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: Because yes, there is no innocent joy that can't be 352 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: crushed inside of an Internet comment threat. But in sweet redemption, 353 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: there was plenty of positive reaction to One user wrote, 354 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: I never thought watching people fish could make me cry, 355 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: but this certainly did. Whoever wrote that obviously has never 356 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: been a fishing guide. What could have made this event 357 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: all the more engaging and inspiring watching these old folks 358 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: toss these fish on the grill and make dinner for 359 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,880 Speaker 1: their fellow residents. Yeah, well, it turns out the fish 360 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: were taken back to a local pond later that day. 361 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: I'm sure when a resiliency of this pandemic improves, grandparents 362 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: will be taken their grandkids to catch and you know, 363 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: maybe release those fish all over again. Good Anya Tractors 364 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,959 Speaker 1: supply in Creekwood Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. That's all 365 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: I've got for you this week. 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