WEBVTT - Ep. 468: Catfish and Chips, Zombie Trout, and Record Duck Decoys

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<v Speaker 1>From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Klaan. Here's Cow.

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<v Speaker 1>A recent news story from the UK is enough to

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<v Speaker 1>make any American patriots blood boil. The BBC headline reads,

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<v Speaker 1>quote chip shops sell cheap catfish as traditional fish and

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<v Speaker 1>chips cheap catfish. Our listeners, especially those from down south,

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<v Speaker 1>might object, what the heck's wrong with catfish? Fried? Catfish

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<v Speaker 1>done right is a meal fit for any king, even

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<v Speaker 1>the old King of England. Well, this fight might not

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<v Speaker 1>be about favorite fish, but more about economics over there.

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<v Speaker 1>In England, cod has been the traditional fish species used

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<v Speaker 1>for fish and chips, and like pretty much everything else,

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<v Speaker 1>cod has gotten a lot more expensive recently. In December

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<v Speaker 1>two twenty four, to a forty five pound box of

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<v Speaker 1>cod cost UK restaurants one hundred and ten pounds or

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<v Speaker 1>about one hundred and fifty bucks. Today, that same box

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<v Speaker 1>costs three hundred and thirty pounds or four hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty dollars. Cash Strapped fish and chip shops have turned

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<v Speaker 1>to catfish imported from Southeast Asia to reduce their costs.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem comes when certain shops try to pass off

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<v Speaker 1>the less expensive fish while charging the same price for it.

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<v Speaker 1>ABBC Investigation DNA tested ten fish samples from restaurants in

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<v Speaker 1>North England and found that three of them were selling

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<v Speaker 1>catfish at the same price as cod and had it

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<v Speaker 1>to their credit, though these shops weren't claiming to offer cod,

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<v Speaker 1>but had instead labeled what they were selling as quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote whitefish, traditional fish, and chips and my favorite quote

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<v Speaker 1>normal fish. Doesn't that make your mouth water? Hey, kids?

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<v Speaker 1>Normal fish. Interestingly, the US went through a similar controversy

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<v Speaker 1>back in the early two thousand, the so called catfish War,

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<v Speaker 1>when American fish sellers accused Vietnamese suppliers of dumping low

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<v Speaker 1>cost catfish into the domestic market and artificially depressing prices.

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<v Speaker 1>US catfish farmers even organized a taste test through Mississippi

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<v Speaker 1>State University to prove that American farmed fish tasted better

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<v Speaker 1>than imports, but in a blow to national pride, the

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<v Speaker 1>participants preferred the Vietnamese samples three to one. When I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in the mood for catfish, I want the stuff that's

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<v Speaker 1>been feeding from the bottom of a river instead of

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<v Speaker 1>one feeding at the bottom of a tank. In that spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you patriotic listeners who live nearby, you can pull

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<v Speaker 1>in a few catfish from your trot lines, invite some

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<v Speaker 1>friends over, and offer some fish and chips entirely free

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<v Speaker 1>of charge. This week, we've got what's happening in your state,

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<v Speaker 1>proof that in the duck hunting game you can always

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<v Speaker 1>spend more and mule deer. But first, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about my week, and my week is really

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<v Speaker 1>turkey oriented. Took a couple of days off and loaded

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<v Speaker 1>up the lady and dogs for our annual turkey canamp out.

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<v Speaker 1>This year was different in a handful of ways. Normally

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<v Speaker 1>we've gotten a lot of turkey hunting in around the

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<v Speaker 1>home state, if not other states. At this point this year,

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<v Speaker 1>all my prior hunting amounted to about two hours on

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<v Speaker 1>opening day. On top of that, and something not previously

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned here on this podcast, I'm about to be a dad.

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<v Speaker 1>The lady is ultra pregnant do any day now, but

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<v Speaker 1>turkeys are probably the highest on the hunting list for her,

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<v Speaker 1>and they happen to be a direct correlation between the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of white meat we consume in a year to

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of turkeys we kill in the sprint. Plus

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<v Speaker 1>we use the entire bird from toenails to snood, minus

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<v Speaker 1>the intestinal track. Pretty much, I've got quite the stock portfolio,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know what I'm talking about. Gang Okay, everything

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<v Speaker 1>goes in that pot. One could call it rough stock even.

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<v Speaker 1>And the lastly in the string of differences, there is

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<v Speaker 1>a brand new new spring turkey tag option on the

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<v Speaker 1>state website. This one private land only, so we each

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<v Speaker 1>grabbed one, as I have a hunting permission for turkeys

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<v Speaker 1>in eastern Montana going on about twenty years now, so

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<v Speaker 1>we were stoked to see that extra opportunity. We had

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<v Speaker 1>a bad ass hunt. We found a few shed antlers,

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<v Speaker 1>and the lady hiked her butt off in spite of

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<v Speaker 1>her growing and already substantial gut. We made good food

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<v Speaker 1>and had a gorgeous view and could hear gobbles from camp.

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<v Speaker 1>We got two toms to come into the Dave Smith

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<v Speaker 1>half strut jake and laying hen decoys, which until this

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<v Speaker 1>point that half strut Jake I've tried many times and

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<v Speaker 1>he's only worked to make birds wary or run away,

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<v Speaker 1>so this event was very special. Toms came in and

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<v Speaker 1>danced and beat up Jake, and then one split off

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<v Speaker 1>and tried its best to copulate perform the old chloacle

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<v Speaker 1>kiss with the breeding hen decoy. It was during this

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<v Speaker 1>act that he stuck his neck out a little too

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<v Speaker 1>far and the four ten went bang and Sam got

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<v Speaker 1>herself a real nice tom. Great trip. Oh. I observed

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<v Speaker 1>that timing wise whatever the turkey spurs were like in

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<v Speaker 1>stages of molting, which was really interesting. I've never seen

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<v Speaker 1>that this time of year before. And that tom that

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<v Speaker 1>Sam killed was super heavy had one spur, so that

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<v Speaker 1>was just oddball deal. I also observed a raven land

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<v Speaker 1>in a really strange spot, which made me pick up

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<v Speaker 1>the binoculars and stare at him, and I watched him

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<v Speaker 1>waddle over and eventually fly away with a whole turkey egg.

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<v Speaker 1>Add that to your list of nest predators. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>great trip, But here's the rub. Those private land tags

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<v Speaker 1>are only good in the fall. Now. During the online

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<v Speaker 1>purchase process, it doesn't say spring or fall. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>a tag option that's available in printed form or e

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<v Speaker 1>tag form, of which we had both. It doesn't say

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<v Speaker 1>spring or fall. But if you track that tag down

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<v Speaker 1>in the Montana state regulations, which I obviously did not

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<v Speaker 1>do ahead of time, it does say valid in the

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<v Speaker 1>fall only, so as it happens, your gut doesn't like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I picked up the phone, called the game warden

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<v Speaker 1>and self reported that we killed birds and put illegal

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<v Speaker 1>tags on them. Fortunately I got a warranning, as did Sam.

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<v Speaker 1>But I thought I should also self report here on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast because it was a really easy mistake to make,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am sure there's a few other folks here

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<v Speaker 1>in the home state who did what I did and said, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>extra bird, that will really help justify the cost of

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<v Speaker 1>diesel for turkey hunting out east this spring, which it

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<v Speaker 1>still can, but only the fall. So always double check

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<v Speaker 1>the rags and if it seems too good to be true,

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<v Speaker 1>it is. Moving on to the New York State, a

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<v Speaker 1>new bill is making its way through the state legislature

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<v Speaker 1>that would expand access to deer management permits in the

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<v Speaker 1>northern part of the state. Currently, New York law prohibits

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<v Speaker 1>the Department of Environmental Conservation from issuing DMPs in the

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<v Speaker 1>nine wildlife management units that make up most of Adirondack Park.

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<v Speaker 1>These areas together are gigantic, nearly a quarter of the

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<v Speaker 1>state's total land and about a half of all state

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<v Speaker 1>owned public land. In principle, this limit on DMPs should

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<v Speaker 1>be undone, just because state agencies should be in charge

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<v Speaker 1>of all policy affecting wildlife. But up until recently, the

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<v Speaker 1>restriction wasn't a big problem in this part of New

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<v Speaker 1>York because deer populations were fairly low there. However, warmer

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<v Speaker 1>temperatures caused by climate change have allowed deer to spread

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<v Speaker 1>further north, and increased developed in this area has created

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<v Speaker 1>more edge habitat where white tails do particularly well. That

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<v Speaker 1>means that deer is starting to exceed the carrying capacity

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<v Speaker 1>of the landscape. They've been hammering local vegetation and the

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<v Speaker 1>other species that depend on it. New York DEEC should

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<v Speaker 1>have deer management permits in their toolbox to increase the

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<v Speaker 1>take of antler list deer to control population numbers. The

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<v Speaker 1>good news is that a bill allowing just that recently

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<v Speaker 1>passed the State Assembly, and the Senate version of the bill,

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<v Speaker 1>S nine four six two is currently before the Senate

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<v Speaker 1>and Environmental Conservation Committee. Empire Staters, this would be good

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<v Speaker 1>for habitat and would increase your hunting opportunity, So contact

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<v Speaker 1>your senators and ask them to push for S. Nine

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<v Speaker 1>four six' two to come to a floor. Vote troubling

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<v Speaker 1>news From, wisconsin where the State's Finance committee seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be withholding authority from The department Of Natural resources to

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<v Speaker 1>spend its, funds leading to the closure of fish hatcheries

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<v Speaker 1>and large reductions in stocking of, muskies, walleye and. Pheasants

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<v Speaker 1>as reported By Wisconsin Public, radio THE dnr was able

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<v Speaker 1>to fill budget shortfalls last year with a thirty million

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<v Speaker 1>dollar transfer from the state's forestry, account but THE dnr

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<v Speaker 1>needs authorization from The republican Controlled Budget office to get

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<v Speaker 1>that money out the, door and despite two letters FROM

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<v Speaker 1>Dnr Secretary Carrie higham that authorization hasn't come through, already

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<v Speaker 1>the consequences are being. Felt all in, all there will

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<v Speaker 1>be five hundred thousand fewer fish stocked this, year including

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<v Speaker 1>forty thousand fewer muskies and three hundred thousand fewer. Walleye

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<v Speaker 1>even if the funds were opened up, today THE dnr

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<v Speaker 1>has said that those cuts would still have to go into.

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<v Speaker 1>Effect two fisheries in the northern part of the state

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<v Speaker 1>are currently. Shuttered pheasant stocking will also decline by ten thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>birds and other prospective cuts will go into effect if

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<v Speaker 1>funding isn't available, soon including wildlife, monitoring forest, management wolf,

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<v Speaker 1>TRACKING cwd, testing and maintenance of facilities open to the.

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<v Speaker 1>Public the hold up might be strategy to impose fiscal

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility on THE, dnr but an audit commissioned By republican

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<v Speaker 1>members of the legislature last year found that the agency

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't mismanaging. Funds the state's Fishing wildlife account has faced

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<v Speaker 1>a deficit of sixteen million, dollars largely due to a

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<v Speaker 1>decline in revenue from license, sales but the cost of

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<v Speaker 1>those licenses hasn't meaningfully increased since two thousand and, five

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<v Speaker 1>even though everything that THE dnr has to pay for

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<v Speaker 1>has gone up by sixty nine point one percent over

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<v Speaker 1>that same time, span according to the inflation calculator at

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<v Speaker 1>THE Us bureau Of Labor. Statistics the number of licenses

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<v Speaker 1>sold has also. Declined But i'm going to guess that closing,

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<v Speaker 1>hatcheries not stocking, fish not maintaining, facilities and not managing

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<v Speaker 1>habitat is going to cause an even more rapid decline

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<v Speaker 1>in people buying. Licenses Governor Tony evers has proposed an

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<v Speaker 1>increase in the cost of hunting and fishing licenses which

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<v Speaker 1>The republican controlled legislature has. BLOCKED i can relate to

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<v Speaker 1>wanting to keep the cost down for people to try

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<v Speaker 1>to get out into the field and bring home some

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<v Speaker 1>calories for themselves and their, Families but hamstringing the agency

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<v Speaker 1>that lets people being able to do that seems pretty.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortsighted raising license fees on one hand or getting creative

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<v Speaker 1>with funding on the other is a tough decision to,

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<v Speaker 1>make but we hire elected officials to make tough. Decisions

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<v Speaker 1>simply standing in the way of everything and letting an

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<v Speaker 1>agency starve makes no. Sense, badgers call up your state,

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<v Speaker 1>senators especially if they're on The republican, team and ask

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<v Speaker 1>them to free up these funds and get THE dnr

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<v Speaker 1>movement again heading up north cross The canada. Line last,

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<v Speaker 1>year we told you About Jeff, evely The canadian hiker

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<v Speaker 1>who purposely Violated Nova scotia's ban on hikers entering the

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<v Speaker 1>woods during a time of elevated wildfire. Risk evely was

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<v Speaker 1>issued a violation and a fine of twenty eight Thousand canadian,

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<v Speaker 1>dollars and that gave him legal standing to challenge the

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<v Speaker 1>ban in. Court that challenge went all the way To

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<v Speaker 1>Canada's Supreme Court, court and a couple weeks, ago The

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<v Speaker 1>court ruled In evely's, favor declaring that the ban was.

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<v Speaker 1>Unreasonable the court said that the ban didn't reasonably Consider

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<v Speaker 1>section six of The Canadian charter Of rights And, freedoms

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<v Speaker 1>which protects a citizen's ability to move freely within the.

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<v Speaker 1>Country Justice Jamie campbell also ruled that issuing a ban

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<v Speaker 1>on simply entering quote unquote the woods is too, broad

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<v Speaker 1>exposing people to a possible violation because they don't know

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<v Speaker 1>where some trees end and the woods. Began, however the

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<v Speaker 1>court didn't officially strike down the ban because it was

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<v Speaker 1>no longer in, effect and it didn't rule out the

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<v Speaker 1>possibility of a similar ban in the, future as long

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<v Speaker 1>as the rule took into account People's charter rights and

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<v Speaker 1>was more specific about the area affected by an. Order

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<v Speaker 1>Justice campbell wrote about a possible future ban quote with

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<v Speaker 1>the benefit of, hindsight it might be something that could

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<v Speaker 1>be considered before the next. Emergency considering the abysmal snowfall this,

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<v Speaker 1>year the next fire emergency might already be on the.

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<v Speaker 1>Horizon we'll see what restrictions go in to effect to

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<v Speaker 1>limit the human causes of those fires north and south

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<v Speaker 1>of the border as the year goes. On moving on To,

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<v Speaker 1>wyoming where a couple of weeks ago we talked About

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<v Speaker 1>wyoming's plans to extend the seasons And nick's antler requirements

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<v Speaker 1>on its sublet And Wyoming range mule deer, herds and

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<v Speaker 1>the controversy surrounding the. Decision quick recap wildlife managers said

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<v Speaker 1>that the herds have recovered enough from recent that the

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<v Speaker 1>restrictions are no longer necessary or even. Beneficial many, hunters,

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<v Speaker 1>however were worried that the actions were too, much too.

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<v Speaker 1>Soon while The Wyoming game And Fish commission met and

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<v Speaker 1>at the behest of some hunters and outfitters largely Rejected

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<v Speaker 1>Wyoming game And fish biologists, recommendations The, commission which is politically,

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<v Speaker 1>appointed decided to extend the season only by two days

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<v Speaker 1>instead of the proposed, four and to keep the antler

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<v Speaker 1>restrictions in place. Indefinitely game And fish biologists seemed a

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<v Speaker 1>bit miffed by the brew haha. Quote, frankly none of

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<v Speaker 1>our season proposals affect population growth and management towards, recovery

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<v Speaker 1>Said game And Fish Jackson Region Wildlife Coordinator Cheyenne. Stewart Brandon,

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<v Speaker 1>skirlock the wildlife management coordinator For Wyoming game And Fish

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<v Speaker 1>Departments Pinedale, region added that quote there's a false notion

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<v Speaker 1>out there that antler point restrictions are going to create

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<v Speaker 1>more big bucks on the. Landscape they're just. Not he

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<v Speaker 1>went on to explain that concentrating harvest among older bucks

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<v Speaker 1>can actually put the ratio of mature bucks in. Decline,

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<v Speaker 1>additionally poaching and wasting deer tends to increase when folks

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<v Speaker 1>unintentionally harvest bucks whose antlers aren't up to. Snuff not

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<v Speaker 1>all hunters fought The game And fish, proposal And Jason,

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<v Speaker 1>west the president Of Wyoming Mule Deer, alliance for, instance

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<v Speaker 1>urged the committee to follow science based wildlife. Management that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't sway the, commissioners, however though Even Ken, roberts a

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<v Speaker 1>commissioner From kemerer and a big proponent of the, decision

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<v Speaker 1>admitted that ignoring the recommendation of the agencies was quote a,

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<v Speaker 1>tough tough, call and conceded that the science didn't support

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<v Speaker 1>keeping the antler restrictions in. Place head over to our

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<v Speaker 1>friends at One biofile for a nuanced breakdown in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Story moving, on to the Pam, Handle, idaho where state

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<v Speaker 1>legislators have been busying themselves updating some of the laws concerning.

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<v Speaker 1>Hunting one of the biggest changes Was House built nine

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<v Speaker 1>three to, nine which had to do with the use

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<v Speaker 1>of technological aids for. Hunting in, short legislators outlawed the

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<v Speaker 1>use of thermal, imaging night, vision and drones to scout

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<v Speaker 1>and hunt big game and. Birds the bill also banned

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<v Speaker 1>the use of cell cams on public lands during fall hunting.

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<v Speaker 1>Seasons the moves were made with the interest of fair

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<v Speaker 1>chase in mind and are consistent with many regulations elsewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in The. West the final version of this bill included

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of carve outs that were important to, hunters

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<v Speaker 1>such as creating exceptions for predators like mountain lions and,

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<v Speaker 1>wolves as well as for game, recovery, trapping and livestock.

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<v Speaker 1>Protection good old fashioned trail cams were not affected. Either,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously we have reported here that all of these means

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<v Speaker 1>for the purposes of livestock protection always have been. Available

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<v Speaker 1>there's another program out there for stock growers and their

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<v Speaker 1>agents to where you. Can you can pretty much do

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<v Speaker 1>what you want as long as you let the law

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<v Speaker 1>know that you got a situation out there that needs

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<v Speaker 1>to get. Handled as for allowing this stuff for game,

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<v Speaker 1>recovery that's like taking your best game wardens out there

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<v Speaker 1>and shooting them in one. Foot it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>real hard to say were you actively hunting or were

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<v Speaker 1>you trying to recover? Game, now just a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks before A House bill nine three nine was signed into,

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<v Speaker 1>law state legislators Passed House bill eight five to, five

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<v Speaker 1>which increased the residency requirement for snagging a lifetime hunting

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<v Speaker 1>license from six months to five. Years, apparently local hunters

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<v Speaker 1>were worried about non residents moving there briefly to get residency,

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<v Speaker 1>status purchasing a lifetime, license then returning to their home

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<v Speaker 1>state while being able to apply For idaho resident tags

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<v Speaker 1>for the rest of their. Days it's not clear how

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<v Speaker 1>many folks were actually attempting this, gambit BUT i know

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<v Speaker 1>of a. Few the five REQUIREMENT i will make it

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<v Speaker 1>a lot harder for those folks who just want it

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<v Speaker 1>so bad they're willing to do anything like maintain a

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<v Speaker 1>po box in the state Of idaho while not really living.

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<v Speaker 1>There it does. Happen moving on to The Waterfowl desk

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<v Speaker 1>two collectible duck decoys recently sold for over one million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars each and shattered records in the. Process the high

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<v Speaker 1>dollar sales took place at A giet And deeter, auction

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<v Speaker 1>which was selling pieces from The gym And Diane cook, collection,

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<v Speaker 1>which according to the auction, house is akin to The

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<v Speaker 1>Super bowl Or tour De france but for the sport

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<v Speaker 1>of decoy. Collecting the deck that fetched the highest bid

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<v Speaker 1>was a wood duck carved By massachusetts Man Joseph lincoln

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<v Speaker 1>in the early nineteen hundreds and went for a whopping

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<v Speaker 1>one point two six million. Dollars interestingly, enough the decoy

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<v Speaker 1>was so valuable not just because of its impeccable, beauty

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<v Speaker 1>but Because lincoln and other carvers of didn't carve many

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<v Speaker 1>wood duck. Decoys there was a good reason for this

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<v Speaker 1>at the, time the species was seriously struggling following the

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<v Speaker 1>days of market, hunting and sport hunting for them was

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<v Speaker 1>banned from nineteen toot to six through nineteen sixty. One

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<v Speaker 1>the other decoy that fetched over a million dollars was

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<v Speaker 1>a quote preening, wigeon which was carved by another Legendary

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<v Speaker 1>massachusetts decoy carver from the same time, period A Elmer

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<v Speaker 1>crowell His wigeon went for one point one four million.

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<v Speaker 1>Dollars according To giet And, eeter both decoys topped the

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<v Speaker 1>previous record for a collectible decoys sold ad, auction which

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<v Speaker 1>was eight hundred and fifty six thousand, dollars and A

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<v Speaker 1>merganza that was sold in two thousand and. Seven they

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<v Speaker 1>are also the most expensive decoys ever, sold at least,

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<v Speaker 1>publicly according to The Guinness Book World. Records the previous

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<v Speaker 1>highs were A Preening Pintail drake And Sleeping Canada, goose

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<v Speaker 1>both By, crowell that went for one point one three

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<v Speaker 1>million apiece in a private deal back IN ot. Seven

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<v Speaker 1>while these wooden decoys were made to be hunted, over

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<v Speaker 1>they probably won't be anytime. Soon head over to our

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<v Speaker 1>friends over at The split read for the full. Story

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<v Speaker 1>those stories are, important, gang because we wouldn't be dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with some of the conservation issues that we're dealing with

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<v Speaker 1>right now if our memories were a little bit. Longer

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<v Speaker 1>those folks who complain about shooting nothing but wood ducks

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<v Speaker 1>and you're dying for a, mallard you're in the same

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<v Speaker 1>zone where we had almost extirpated the wood, duck and

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<v Speaker 1>they're pretty darn. Special as another fun of, reference a

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars which these old the old boy decoy carvers

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<v Speaker 1>carved way back in nineteen. Ten have they been able

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<v Speaker 1>to sell a decoy in nineteen ten for a million?

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<v Speaker 1>Dollars that would be the equivalent of thirty four point

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<v Speaker 1>seven six million dollars in today's, dollars and thirty four

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<v Speaker 1>million in nineteen ten would have been worth one point

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<v Speaker 1>one eight billion billion. Dollars moving, on Dul michigan researchers

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<v Speaker 1>are investigating quote unquote zombie lake trout that are turning

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<v Speaker 1>up in surveys in the depths Of Lake. Superior the

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<v Speaker 1>lakers are so emaciated That Sean, sittire the fisheries research

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<v Speaker 1>by All just for The Michigan department Of Natural, resources

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<v Speaker 1>said they look like they're suffering from. Famine many of

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<v Speaker 1>them also have deformed, spines and as many as fifty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the surveyed catch in deep water exhibit the strange. Conditions,

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately scientists aren't exactly sure what's causing. It they're looking

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<v Speaker 1>into everything from a lack of forage, items, disease the

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<v Speaker 1>impact of sea lampreys and even contamination from. Toxins the

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<v Speaker 1>worrying news comes just a couple of years after The

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<v Speaker 1>Great Lakes Fishery commission had announced That Lake trout And

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<v Speaker 1>Lake superior had. Recovered about sixty years, ago the native

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<v Speaker 1>species was nearly wiped out from the lake by invasive,

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<v Speaker 1>lampreys and it took decades for The lake trout population

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<v Speaker 1>to bounce. Back let's hope that scientists figure out whatever's

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<v Speaker 1>causing the zombie fish and it won't cause the population

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<v Speaker 1>to drop. Again that's ALL i got for you this.

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<v Speaker 1>Week thank you so much for, listening and remember to

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<v Speaker 1>write in to ask C al That's ascal at the

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<v Speaker 1>meat eater dot. Com let me know what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>in your neck of the. Woods you, know we appreciate.

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<v Speaker 1>It if you hear about this stuff on this your

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and it's not in your, state chances are we

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<v Speaker 1>just didn't get to. It SO i implore you to

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<v Speaker 1>investigate on your. Own there's lots of good resources out.

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<v Speaker 1>There sign up for those conservation group, NEWSLETTERS, TRCP, nwtf DU,

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<v Speaker 1>Rmef Delta waterfowl good, information and of course backcountry hunters

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<v Speaker 1>and anglers which can be found at backcountry hunters dot.

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<v Speaker 1>Org we have legislative tracking tools at your disposal that

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<v Speaker 1>you can just click in and see what's going. On

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<v Speaker 1>no excuse not to be. Informed, also become a. Member

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<v Speaker 1>membership gives organization independence to consistently do the right thing

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Times doesn't matter if you've got fancy donors

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<v Speaker 1>or big government. Contracts if you've got a lot of,

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<v Speaker 1>Members so become one. Today i'll work my butt off for.

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<v Speaker 1>You only thirty five, bucks all, right that's really ALL

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<v Speaker 1>i got for. You thank you so much for. Listening

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<v Speaker 1>i'll talk to you next. Week