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 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Kalai. Here's caw. 3 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: As hunters, we probably know more about animal pooh than 4 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: the average individual. We know the difference between deer and 5 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: coyote turds, and we can tell you how long one 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: of those nuggets has been in the woods based on 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: its freshness. But researchers in the UK are being tasked 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: with an even more tricky pooh position pooh roblem, if 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: you will. Water vowles used to be common across South Wales, 10 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: according to the BBC, but they are now functionally extinct. 11 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: Conservationists are trying to reintroduce them, but they aren't always 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: sure where the small, shy, mouselike gritters live, so they've 13 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: developed a creative way to track a voles range glitter pooh. 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: Researchers at the Initiative for Nature Conservation in Whales are 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: feeding captive voles apples covered in glitter. This glitter doesn't 16 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: harm the animal, but it retains its sheen through the 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: digestive tract. The animal generates tiny, sparkly turds that researchers 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: can more easily see in the wild, which will tell 19 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: them exactly where the rodents are living. This will help 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: managers make their better decisions about where to remove invasive 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: conifers from wetlands or fence off a riverbank from sheep grazing. 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: They still need to figure out exactly how this will 23 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: work in the wild, but their initial tests shows promise. 24 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: Or I should say, poor ramus, or maybe hey, if 25 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: you think your shit doesn't sparkle. This week, we've got 26 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 1: the legislative desk corner crossing public land and so much more. 27 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: But first I'm going to tell you about my week, 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: and my week has been pretty good. Committed to the 29 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: chore list that had been stacking up all Turkey season 30 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: for the Memorial Day weekend, clean the truck fixed, busted 31 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: spear gun or ordered things I need to replace for 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: next Turkey season, organized and donated and threw stuff away. 33 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: And I know it's a little after the fact, but 34 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: thank you to all of our fallen heroes who made 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: that all possible. Just a normal, ordinary weekend of doing chores. 36 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: After that, fellow bhaer and sportsman for the Boundary Waters 37 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: Board member Ron Monson came into town and we had 38 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: it East to share it in Wyoming to get Ron 39 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: set up professionally with a new seven PRC from the 40 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: good folks at Weatherby who donated that trip, and a 41 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: meat Eater edition rifle and AMMO to last year's BHA 42 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: Rendezvous auction. Ron whacked a thousand yard gong on the 43 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: first shot. Before this trip, he had never shot beyond 44 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: two hundred yards, but as he said, his bullets have 45 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: probably gone further. BHA Rendezvous is back in Missoula, Montana, 46 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: in just a couple of short weeks. We'll be kicking 47 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: things off Friday, June thirteenth on the University of Montana campus. 48 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: Come on down, say hello. Lots of great vendors like 49 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: First Light, and a ton of great public land loving 50 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: folks are going to come down reb shoulders with you. 51 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: There's a brew fest, there's all the fun things. And 52 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: to get your mind right, you should call your senators 53 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: right now and let them know that you don't want 54 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: to see public lands in the budget process. The House 55 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: did the right thing because of you. You made your 56 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: opinions and your knowledge available to our elected officials, just 57 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: like you should, and they listened and they took that 58 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: bad public lands writer out of that bill, so we 59 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: expect the same out of their senators. You got to 60 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: call and let them know right email, call in you 61 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: know the drill. Proud of you, moving on to the 62 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: legislative desk. In one of the most anticipated meetings of 63 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: the year, the Board of the Florida Fish and Wildlife 64 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: Conservation Commission moved the state one step closer to reopening 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: a black bear hunt. Agency staff presented a set of 66 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: rules that would govern the hunt, and the board to 67 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: prove them on a four D one vote. The twenty 68 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: three day hunt will begin in December, and the agency 69 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: will issue one hundred and eighty seven permits, which will 70 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: be distributed via a lottery. Tags will be good in 71 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: one of seven bear management zones, though the agency says 72 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,679 Speaker 1: hunting will only be allowed in four of those units. 73 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: A bear tag will cost one hundred dollars for residents 74 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: and three hundred dollars for non residents. The Commission improved 75 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,799 Speaker 1: the use of dogs and bait, but will prohibit hunters 76 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: from killing cubs or sows with cubs. Public comment on 77 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: the hunt ran for more than three hours, and I 78 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: was pleased to see plenty of camo and hunters in 79 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: Orange in the crowd. Those camo clad individuals, as well 80 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: as agency staff, argued that Florida's black bear population is strong. 81 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: A complete population survey hasn't been conducted in more than 82 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: ten years, but at the time, the estimated population was 83 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,679 Speaker 1: around four thousand bears. In the meantime, wildlife officials haven't 84 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: had any indication that the population has shrunk or is 85 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: struggling in any way. Opponents argued that hunting black bears 86 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: is care and much like in Washington State, we shouldn't 87 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: call a hunt until we have more data. But the 88 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: board was apparently more convinced by the hunter's orange crowd, 89 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: and they plan to issue their final approval at their 90 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: next meeting. It seems like despite a good showing from 91 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: hunters at the latest meeting, the commissioners are hearing way 92 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: more from the anti hunting crowd. I think they're on 93 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: our side, but it wouldn't hurt to send the commissioners 94 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: a note thanking them for their support and asking them 95 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: to stand firm in the face of pressure. You can 96 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: find a link to contact all the commissioners at once 97 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: if you head on over to the meeteater dot com. 98 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: Forward slash cow California is also considering a big change 99 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: to how it manages a common species, but from a 100 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: hunter's perspective, they're going in the opposite direction. The California 101 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission appears open to recategorizing 102 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: coyotes as a game species, which would significantly restrict how 103 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: they are currently managed. Right now, coyotes are considered a 104 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: non game mammal, which means there are no seasons or 105 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: bag limits. Landowners and livestock producers can kill problem coyotes 106 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: without a permit, and hunters can shoot them year out. 107 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: Classifying them as a game animal would allow the Department 108 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: to impose hunting restrictions and force farmers to get a 109 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: depredation permit. The Commission says they are not actively considering 110 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: any specific rule, but they did hold a meeting in 111 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: February to get public input on this topic. They also 112 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: heard a presentation from the Department of Fish and Wildlife 113 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: which tells me there is definitely interest in increasing protections 114 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: for yodel dogs in the Golden State California. Hunters, this 115 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: is definitely one you want to keep an eye on. 116 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: If you want to comment right now, hit FGC at FGC, 117 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: dot CA, dot gov. Frog hunters in Louisiana will be 118 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: able to take a gun to the swamp if Senate 119 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: Bill one oh six becomes law. It is currently illegal 120 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: to have a firearm while frog hunting at night in 121 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: the Bayou state. This is to discourage poachers from using 122 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: a frog hunt as a pretext for being an out 123 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: at night shooting other thanks, but a recent state constitutional 124 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: amendment that increased protections for carrying firearms might make that 125 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: restriction illegal. Rather than go through a costly court proceeding 126 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: to find out, the state legislature is opting to simply 127 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: remove the frog hunting firearm ban. SB one oh six 128 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: passed the Senate unanimously and appears to have similar support 129 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: in the House. Speaking to guns, the US House sided 130 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: with gun rights groups and included a provision in its 131 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: budget reconciliation bill that would make it much easier to 132 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: purchase a suppressor in the US. You already knew if 133 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: you listen to this podcast that the bill eliminated the 134 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars tax on suppressors, but at the last minute, 135 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: House leadership took it a step further. The included language 136 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: that would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act, which 137 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: would also eliminate the need to get approval from the 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: ATF before possessing a silencer. There is some debate about 139 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: whether this was a good idea. That's because the process 140 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: that Congress is using to pass this bill is only 141 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: supposed to be used for budgetary matters, meaning money stuff. 142 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: Taking suppressors off the NFA's list of restricted diet might 143 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: qualify since that list is partially enforced by a tax, 144 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,679 Speaker 1: but it might not, which could jeopardize the whole endeavor. 145 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: There is probably enough support to pass this measure in 146 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: the Senate, but it will depend on whether the Senate 147 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: Parliamentarian allows it to move forward. The parliamentarian is like 148 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: the hall monitor of Senate proceedings. The current parliamentarian is 149 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: a woman named Elizabeth MacDonough, and she decides whether the 150 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: Senate is following all the rules. It's unclear right now 151 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: she's let the suppressor's provision slide or put a stop 152 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: to it. We also got some clarity from the Trump 153 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: administration about how it plans to handle the question of 154 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: lead tackle and ammunition. The US Fish and Wildlife Service 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: proposed a set of regulations for the twenty twenty five 156 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty six season that will govern hunting and 157 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: fishing on National Wildlife Refuges and fish hatcheries. Much like 158 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: during Trump's first stint in office, these regulations strive to 159 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: align themselves with the states in which the national refuges reside. 160 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: The regsay quote the SUS is committed to continuing to 161 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: align with state regulations with respect to the use of 162 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: ammunition and or phishing tackle in future amendments. What does 163 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: this mean? It means you shouldn't expect any more lead, 164 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: ammo and tackle bands from the FEDS for the next 165 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: four years. Your state might impose the bands on those products, 166 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: but they won't be coming in from Washington. Moving on 167 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: to the crime desk, a self proclaimed hunting influencer and 168 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: land manager in Iowa is suing an officer with the 169 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: Iowa Department of Natural Resources for maliciously prosecuting him and 170 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: violating his Fourth Amendment rights. Mark Luster is a deer 171 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: hunter with eleven thousand followers on Facebook and a land 172 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: management company that designs deer Habitat last October, here arrowed 173 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: a nice buck on a piece of property he owns 174 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: and posted a photo on Facebook. That same day, DNR 175 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: Officer Dan Henderson received a tip from someone claiming that 176 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: Luster has been hunting over bait. It is legal to 177 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: place for deer in Iowa during the off season, but 178 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: that bait must be removed at least ten days before 179 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: the start of the season opener. This informant said he 180 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: flew a drone over Luster's property in August and saw 181 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: bait on the ground. Officer Henderson also saw a photo 182 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: on Luster's Facebook page that appeared to show a buck 183 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: standing over a bar patch of ground near a bean field. 184 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: He felt that the bear patch indicated that bait had 185 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: been placed there at some point. Henderson got a search 186 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: warrant for Luster's property and took soil samples from in 187 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: front of the trail camera. Analysis of those samples found 188 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: over five hundred milligrams of sodium at the bait site, 189 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: as well as de t, which is also used in bait. 190 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: This evidence was enough to hit Luster with three charges, 191 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: making a false claim for a license, hunting a deer 192 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: in the presence of bait, and attempting to hunt a 193 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: deer in the presence of bait. But that's not where 194 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: this story ends. Prosecutors dropped the first charge because it 195 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: was based on the false assumption that Luster didn't own 196 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: the property where he was hunting, but they also dropped 197 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: the second two charges because Officer Henderson and the DNR 198 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: refused to disclose the identity of the drone flying informant. 199 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: The reason for this is unclear, but Luster has a theory. 200 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: According to his lawsuit, he believes it's a very real 201 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: possibility that the drone flyer was actually a d NR 202 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: officer who was illegally surveilling his property. It is illegal 203 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: in Iowa to fly a drone over someone else's property, 204 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: which means law enforcement can't do it without some kind 205 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: of warrant. Luster also points out in his lawsuit that 206 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: the chemicals found in his soil are within ranges naturally 207 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: found in Iowa. Lester is no longer being prosecuted, but 208 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: he claims that Henderson's accusations harmed both his influencer Dreams 209 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: and his property management company. He's seeking unspecified compensatory impunitive 210 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: damages for unlawful search and malicious prosecution. We'll let you 211 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: know if there's more on this story. A British Columbia 212 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: man was fined thirteen thousand dollars and had his hunting 213 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: license suspended for three years after he killed the big 214 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: horn ram in a closed area. Heath Pruel killed the 215 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: ram in October of twenty twenty three in a wildlife 216 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: management unit about one hundred and twenty five miles north 217 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: of Vancouver. He had his ram inspected about a month later, 218 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: which is required by law, and he claimed to have 219 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: shot it in a different area. The BC Conservation Officer 220 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: Service disclosed many details, but they say GPS data proved 221 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: that Pruel's claims were false. He admitted to his crime 222 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: when officers confronted him at his home in March of 223 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, and he took a plea deal rather 224 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: than try to fight the charges. Whatever GPS data BC 225 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: Game Wardens obtained, it sounds like it was pretty airtight. 226 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: The fine was based in part on an impact statement 227 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: by provincial wildlife biologist Chris Proctor. Proctor noted that the 228 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: value of an opportunity for non resident hunters to hunt 229 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: a single California big horn sheep has exceeded one hundred 230 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand dollars in recent years. Pruel's actions deprived 231 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: the province outfitters and local communities of all that money, 232 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: So I'd say he's getting off easy at only thirteen grand. 233 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: It's also pretty insane how expensive sheep hunting has become. 234 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: It used to be that hunters had to choose between 235 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: a new truck and a sheep hunt. Now it won't 236 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: be long until they have to choose between a ram 237 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: and a new house. Moving on to the corner crossing desk. 238 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: If you thought the corner crossing issue had been put 239 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: to rest by a great decision earlier this year from 240 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, think again. The owner 241 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: of the Wyoming ranch that started this entire saga hasn't 242 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: had quite enough. YO File reported last week that Fred 243 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: Eshlman of the Elk Mountain Ranch plans to ask the 244 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: US Supreme Court to review his case. He claims that 245 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: the Tenth Circuit's decision to legalize corner crossing in six 246 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: states is quote one of the broadest abrogations of private 247 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: property rights in American history. His lawyers have until June 248 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: sixteenth to submit their petition to SCOTUS, and they recently 249 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: asked for a thirty day extension of that deadline. So 250 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: we don't know exactly how they plan to counter the 251 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: Tenth Circuit arguments, but we know they're going to try. 252 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: If they think this is such an important issue, they 253 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: might want to think twice before asking the Supreme Court 254 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: to take it up. Eshlman and company have lost at 255 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: every level of fees court so far. In their latest loss, 256 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: legalized corner crossing in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, 257 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: and Wyoming. A loss at the Supreme Court would legalize 258 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: corner crossing nationwide, which would indeed be a major blow 259 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: not to private property rights but to those who want 260 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: to restrict access to our public lands. If you want 261 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: to join this fight right now, donate directly to Wyoming 262 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Moving on to the hero desk, 263 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: a shark fisherman is being hailed as a hero after 264 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: he used a drone to save a girl from drowning 265 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: off the coast of Florida. Andrew Smith used the drone 266 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: to target sharks by deploying bait far out into the surf. 267 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: On May fifteenth, he went out to do a little 268 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: fishing after work along Pensacola Beach when a stranger ran 269 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: up to him and asked if he could swim. A 270 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: teenage girl had been pulled out by a riptide and 271 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: she was clearly struggling to stay above water. Smith said 272 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: he couldn't swim, but he figured his drone could do 273 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: what he couldn't. He hooked a flotation device to the 274 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: mechanism that usually releases a baited hook and flew it 275 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: out to the girl in the water. But when he 276 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: released it, he missed. The wind was up that evening, 277 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: and he told the CBS Miami that it quote wasn't 278 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: close at all. But someone found another flotation device and 279 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: he tried again. 280 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: And I flew it back out, and after the first one, 281 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 2: I could kind of tell how wendy it was and stuff. 282 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 2: So then I lowered it down and he had to 283 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: kind of go slower and slower down to her because 284 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: that was it. That was the last opportunity we were 285 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: going to have. 286 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: He lowered it until he saw the girl grab it, 287 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: and she was able to float on it until ems 288 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: and lifeguards arrived a short time later. Andrews says he 289 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: was told that if he hadn't done what he did, 290 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: the girl almost certainly would have drowned. See look at 291 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: that a good use of drones for hunting and fishing. 292 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: I don't think we should be using drones to pursue game, 293 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: but it's great to see a fellow angler step up 294 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: and save the day. Moving on to the your Neck 295 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: of the Woods desk, many of you sent me a 296 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: proposal in Florida that would have swapped six hundred acres 297 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: of it popular wildlife management area for three thousand acres 298 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: of fragmented parcels in four counties. The deal was proposed 299 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: by a mysterious corporation known as Upland LLC, and state 300 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: regulators appeared to be open to the idea, but hunters, anglers, 301 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: and conservationists stood up and took action. They organized protests 302 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: in Florida to oppose the deal, and even Donald Trump's 303 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, voiced her opposition to the 304 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: land swap. The firestorm was so strong that it sent 305 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: those responsible fleeing for the hills. Upland LLC issued a 306 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: letter via its lawyer saying it planned to withdraw the proposal. 307 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: They said they were withdrawing it quote due to public 308 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: sentiment resulting from misinformation. They don't say what exactly this 309 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: misinformation was, which is a good sign that it wasn't 310 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: misinformation at all. They also claimed there was never any 311 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: intention to develop the land for commercial or community development purposes. 312 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: This would make Upland LLC the first developer in history 313 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: to purchase public land and then just leave it alone, 314 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: if you believe that. I've heard they have nice Bridge 315 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn. Florida Governor Around Deasantis is also backing away 316 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: slowly from this deal. He argued that Upland LLC, not 317 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: the state, initiated the land swap, which appears to be true. 318 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: But it's also not the first time DeSantis has come 319 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: under fire for trying to develop state public lands. As 320 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: were reported last summer, there was a push to build 321 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: golf courses and other amenities on state parks, but that 322 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: was also quickly shut down by residents. The Florida man 323 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 1: meme is real, but I gotta say they sure know 324 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: how to organize opposition to attacks on public land. Good job, everybody. 325 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: Speaking of controversy, there's another public land fight brewing in 326 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 1: Colorado's Route National Forest. There, the Forest Service has proposed 327 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: a new trails project called Mad Rabbit, which would stretch 328 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: from Mad Creek to Rabbit Ears Pass. It's been mired 329 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: in controversy because these trails would also intersect with summer 330 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: elk range and calving areas. To satisfy the objections of 331 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Forest Service agreed to incorporate 332 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: a special management plan alongside its building efforts. This management 333 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: plan would, among other things, carefully monitor the elk population 334 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: to make sure trail construction doesn't harm it. Colorado Parks 335 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: and Wildlife reviewed the plan and withdrew their objections, and 336 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: the Steamboat Springs City Council agreed to dedicate one point 337 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: six million to the endeavor. Seemed like everybody was getting 338 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: along smoothly, but then the Forest Service publicly released the 339 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: details of the plan earlier this year. The elk monitoring 340 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: was nowhere to be seen, along with several other provisions 341 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: the agency had agreed to. The Forest Service says it 342 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: never committed to these management provisions, but Colorado Parks and 343 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: Wildlife was not having it. They reinstated their objections, but 344 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: it's unclear what, if anything, they'll be able to do 345 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: in the National Forest now. Opponents to the trail say 346 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: the only thing left to do is to appeal to 347 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: the Steamboat Springs City council. The council committed to spending 348 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: one point six million dollars, but they never took a 349 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: final vote. That vote is scheduled for June seventeen. So 350 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: if you live in this area of this centennial state, 351 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: considered giving those council members a call. I guarantee you 352 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: there's a public land, hunting access or fishing rights controversy 353 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 1: going down right now in your neck of the woods. 354 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: Join your local hunting or conservation group to get involved, 355 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: and then tell me about it by writing in to 356 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: ask c a l at themeeater dot com. That's all 357 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: I got for you this week. Thank you so much 358 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: for listening, and remember to write in, like we just 359 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: told you, let us know what's going on in your 360 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: neck of the woods, so we appreciate it. Thanks again. 361 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week.