1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal callahan, you've 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: got mail. One of the easiest ways to open up 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: one seventh of Maryland's public lands would be to get 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: their archaic blue laws that prevents Sunday hunting repealed. Closing 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: Sundays to hunting should be a violation of americans constitutional rights. 9 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: I work my ass off five days a week for 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: and crap benefits. I'm a talented welder and fabricator. It's 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: just the nature of the beast. I'm lucky to get 12 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: off for two days during the weekend. The fact that 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Americans are robbed of one of the two days that 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: present an overwhelming majority of the US population with the best, 15 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: most viable options for long term hunting success and enjoyment 16 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: is effing bs. I got into hunting late, about six 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: years ago, fell in love with it, and dove all in. 18 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: Six years later, I have all but succumbed to the 19 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: fact that it's just not set up to be a 20 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: viable pastime for working Americans. I can go on and 21 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: on for hours, but the fact is allowing Sunday hunting 22 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: would absolutely be a positive for the entirety of the 23 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: hunting community. It's insane that it's not allowed federally or 24 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: at least on private land, but it should be on 25 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: public land too. Sorry. I know it's not really a 26 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: land access initiative thing, but I think it's valid. This week, 27 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: we're talking a lot about access and land access initiative, 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: what's going on legislatively, and so much more. But first 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you about what's going on in my week, 30 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: and I'll tell you Old Chester and I, who goes 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: by the handle musky chat on the Instagram, went out 32 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: after some early season Wally. It's been cold and snowy 33 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: here in Montana, and the water tamps were about thirty 34 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: four degrees. I have generally poor luck when it comes 35 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: to early season walleye, and I may just enjoy making 36 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: fun of you serious walleye anglers more than catching walleye, 37 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: but I still want to catch them when I go out. Anyway. 38 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 1: It was super cold, no other boats on the lake, 39 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: which is not typically indicative of good walleye action. Seems 40 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: to me that walleye anglers, despite their eight tho dollars 41 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: worth a boat and gear, if not more, tend to 42 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: stick together on the water as if they could sink 43 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: at any moment, and need to be within spitting distance 44 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: of another equally fancy boat in order to be saved. Anyway, 45 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: we were out all by our lonesomes, and we managed 46 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: to put two whole walleye in the boat. Each one 47 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: could have been eaten by a healthy lake cascade perch. 48 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: Then old check it's a hit, and gently reels in 49 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: a walleye. I will soon forget. The fish hugged the 50 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: murky depths of the twelve feet we picked it up. Yeah, 51 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: I wouldn't really say it was running, but I will 52 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: say it didn't immediately come to the surface. The fish 53 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: held out just long enough for rest guess we'd snagged 54 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: a carp or a big spawned up rainbow trout. Then 55 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: she surfaced about fifteen feet off the back of the boat, 56 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: shining gold with a bright white fin tip, and we 57 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: said collectively, Holy crap. Chet step back with rod bowed. 58 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 1: I moved forward with his busted neat, which was far 59 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: too small. We got our nose into the net just 60 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: as the hook slipped her beak, and the biggest walleye 61 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: we may ever see was suspended in the vacuum of 62 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: the boat wake. Laying in the net, I knelt, slid 63 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a finger behind her gill play, and without any heroic 64 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: actions on her part, hoisted her to the shaky need 65 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: while I obsessed Musky Chap a k a. Chester Floyd. 66 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: You could see that Midwest adrenaline course through his veins. 67 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: Chet put her in the live well, which was amazing 68 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: because she made the other two whalley in there look 69 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: like bait in the box, or just like totally different 70 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: species of fish. I grabbed my trusty Stanley measuring tape 71 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: out of my bag, and that fish went thirty three 72 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: and a half inches long with one inches of girth, 73 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: A true fish of a lifetime. If we'd only had 74 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: a scale in the boat, it would also be the 75 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: new catch and release state record. I'm confident of that. 76 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: That is, you know, if we'd had a scale. The 77 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Continuing Adventures of Chester, the investor comes up a boat. 78 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: That's it come off? How's that for a fish story? Huh? 79 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Ended up taking three while I home to the freezer 80 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: to boot and other news you have got to get 81 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: on the Meat Eater auction house of bodities. It is 82 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: coming to a close very soon after you here this podcast. 83 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: Bid on some outstanding gear. My buddy Old Timey Hockey 84 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: has a pile of official Bower hockey gear and he'll 85 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: record for you a custom message for yourself or a 86 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: friend in that's something. I have a final rise bird 87 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: vest and custom dog human first aid kit and a 88 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 1: set of my steel pruning shears. On there there are bows, 89 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: rifles and even a pheasant foot head scratcher that old 90 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: Snorticus and our own Karin Schneider, producer of the Meat 91 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: Eator podcast, collaborated on. And remember all cash goes to 92 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: the Meat Eater Land Access Initiative. Moving on, and I 93 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: decided to start you off with a bit of good news. 94 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: The Minum acquisition here in northeast Oregon. Phase one was 95 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: completed in two thousand twenty one and added forty hundred 96 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: acres of public lands to the already existing and beautiful 97 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: Minum River Wildlife Area. Phase two is the acquisition of 98 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: another eleven thousand acres, slated to be dated to the 99 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: public sometime in two thousand twenty three. The reason This 100 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: is so significant for public land users in Oregon is 101 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: that it will bridge a current gap from the Eagle 102 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: Cap Wilderness south to the confluence of the Minum and 103 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: Wallawa Rivers north. This area is home to Rocky Mountain elk, 104 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: black bear, mule deer, white tailed deer, Rocky Mountain sheep, turkey, 105 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: and grouse. It's an amazing thing that the Oregon Department 106 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: of Fishing Wildlife is working on in conjunction with Rocky 107 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: Mountain Elk Foundation, and I think it deserves a light 108 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: to be shed on it, which is a great example 109 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: of what we're trying to do with Land Access Initiative CASH. 110 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: It could go into a collaborative effort with folks like 111 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: R M, E, F O, d f W pick an 112 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: acronym really as long as it provides more hunting and 113 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: fishing access. Now, I'm gonna give you some examples of 114 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: what folks are writing in with which are good examples 115 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: of necessary access projects in their area. Listen up. This 116 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: is the first Atlanta City park that plans to provide 117 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: access to the Chattahoochee River downstream of the paces Mill 118 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: National Park is inaccessible to anyone without a jetboat due 119 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: to impassable water at the water treatment plan. About two 120 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: miles below the ramp. Below the water treatment plant are 121 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: miles and miles of beautiful river that passes some of 122 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: Atlanta's growing West Side neighborhoods, six Flags, and areas that 123 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: were heavily populated with Native Americans Currently, that's a good 124 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: pun for you. The only way to access this section 125 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: of river is with a boat via the downstream ramp 126 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: and Fairburn about a forty five minute boat ride for 127 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,679 Speaker 1: an average boat, and unless the river is running high, 128 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: the boat needs to have a jet motor. This would 129 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: access some stretches to non jetboats and also would open 130 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: up easy access to the stretch of river for kayakers. 131 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: The location was recently announced to have been purchased by 132 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: the City of Atlanta and will be made into a 133 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: public park long term. The plan is for it to 134 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: have river access, but there is currently no mention of 135 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: a boat ramp there. You have it if you're in 136 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: the Atlanta area, right to your city officials and tell 137 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: them about this need and why it's important to you. 138 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: Next up, the Displaines River is one of the best 139 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: fisheries in Illinois, as well as Duck hunting opportunities. I 140 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: have gone to the d NR to put a boat 141 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: launch in Romeoville, but no progress made. There is only 142 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: one boat launch in burr Ridge that is privately owned 143 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: and can be shut down at any time. This river 144 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: is long and needs more access. The Romeoville spot is 145 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: a perfect halfway point from bur Ridge to Jolliet and 146 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: would open a lot of opportunities for all walks of life. 147 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: If you're in Illinois, right your d n R, right 148 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: your local elected officials, get yourself a boat launch next up. 149 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: Because it is right in my backyard, so to speak. 150 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: It would be awesome to have a spot close to 151 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: the house to get the kids out in nature. This 152 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: is a state natural preserve that has been closed down 153 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: ever since I moved to Virginia Beach back in two 154 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: thousand eighteen. All the website says is closed due to 155 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: lack of funding and closed due to criminal acts or 156 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: something or another. On another page, this is about three 157 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: thousand acres. Something smells fishy about it. I'm going to 158 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: call the number on the website and get some more info. 159 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: If you're in Virginia Beach and know of this nature preserve, 160 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: about three thousand acres that's been closed since two thousand 161 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: and eighteen. Get on the horn and do something about it. 162 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: Unit ten in Arizona is about one point four million 163 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: acres and has been home to at least elk and 164 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: antelope that have made the Boone and Crockett record books. 165 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: Since some fairly recent private land ownership changes, the public 166 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: squares of the Checkerboard land have become landlocked, as well 167 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: as huge portions pass these checkerboard lands. It is a 168 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: great unit with lots of tags that ends up being 169 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: cut into at least a tenth of its size. Pressure 170 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: the accessible regions is immense, and these same regions are 171 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: not the finer portions of the unit. So if you're 172 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: in Arizona, start writing letters, making phone calls, and seeing 173 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: what you can do to get some ease months through 174 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: the checkerboard into that big beautiful public land. Moving on. 175 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area is one of the last 176 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: public marsh and upland woods areas left in Cape May County. 177 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: Hunting is already restricted to just about one month per year, 178 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: and now there is a proposed project that will completely 179 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: destroy the existing natural habitat and create paths for birders 180 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: exclusively being surrounded by salt marsh on three sides. Having 181 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: a freshwater marsh to waterfowl hunt without a boat is 182 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: extremely valuable. Losing this space for outdoorsman would only further 183 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: hamper the growth of hunting and harm future preservation efforts 184 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: elsewhere in the state. If you know of Higby Beach 185 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: Wildlife Management Area in Cape May County, get on the 186 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: horn and see what you can do to save your hunting. 187 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: Hamlin Lake is right up the road from where my 188 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: husband and I live. Our family still is closed by. 189 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: My husband grew up in the area being able to 190 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: access this lake and property as a kid, and we 191 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,959 Speaker 1: would love to bring the grand kids there. There is 192 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: a waterfall that Cootney County owns coming out of the 193 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: lake that people ice climb but legally don't have access. 194 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: With the growing population in the area, another close to 195 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: town public access would be very valuable. It's an absolute 196 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: shame to the community that this lake is all locked up. 197 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: Manhattan is surrounded by water and there's not a single 198 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: place to put in even a kayak. A new boat 199 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: launch would positively benefit an enormous amount of people with 200 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: access to recreation and nature. Recently a bridge was closed. 201 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: If you were to cross that bridge, you can access 202 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: trails and thousands of acres of public land. It used 203 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: to belong to the federal government. The bridge is owned 204 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: by private owners. Now they don't allow people to access it. 205 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: The bridge is only fifty feet long. That fifty foot 206 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: bridge prevents access from a public road to public trails. 207 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: On the other side, a large cattle ranch has landlocked 208 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: much of the public land here. Access to the public 209 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: land they cut off is in my backyard, but I 210 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: simply cannot reach it. This access site matters to me 211 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: because it would allow more members of my community to 212 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: access the Columbia River in nearby Slews. My idea is 213 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: a public kayak launch that is a safe and easy 214 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: access point away from motor boat access. There is plenty 215 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: of public and city owned land in the area where 216 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: this could go in. We only have one public boat 217 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: launch that is overcrowded with people in traffic, especially when 218 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: springers are running. I have fished and swam in this 219 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: water for thirty years, with my family fishing there for 220 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: decades before that. Only within the past couple of years 221 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: has access been completely removed. Twenty years ago, there were 222 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: a County road that led to a small bridge crossing 223 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: the waterway, which had space to launch a small boat 224 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: by hand. This road has long since been sold to 225 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: property owners. The opposite end of the waterway had a 226 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: public boat ramp, but the property was sold and closed. 227 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 1: A public right of way at the very end of 228 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: the waterway allowed for enough space to launch smaller boats, 229 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: but has now been fenced off. As a prior portion 230 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: of the Trinity River that was damned to prevent flooding, 231 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: this area technically meets the criteria for navigable water in 232 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: Texas two or three. Landowners shouldn't have the power to 233 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: deny access to generations of outdoor enthusiasts. The DuPage River 234 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: is one of the best small mouth fisheries in the Midwest. 235 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: The problem is there are a lot of homes that 236 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: border it. They own the river bed, but are fighting 237 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: so fishermen cannot float over it. They say it is 238 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: still private property even though it's just the river bed 239 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: they own. They are trying to get the Partment of 240 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: Natural Resources to close the river permanently to public use. 241 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: The Mazon River is, in my opinion, the most scenic 242 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: river in Illinois. It is known for its rich fossil 243 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: minds that contribute to museums all over the world. Though 244 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: it is marked as non navigable, I beg to differ. 245 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: I have traversed it by kayak, as have many people. 246 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: Of these common people, many have been harassed and even arrested. 247 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: This water is considered private ground, not just the shoreline. 248 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: The small mouth fishing is legendary. Since COVID people have 249 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: been in an uproar over the plethora of unnavigable rivers 250 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: in Illinois, which restrict water access to common people. I 251 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: think the Mazon is the biggest tragedy within that issue. 252 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: This specifically pertains to kayak access, as the Mason only 253 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: allows non motorized craft for anyone with ownership. As it is, 254 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: I am speaking to the state at a hearing on 255 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: the thirty one of March. Your help would mean the 256 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: world to many outdoorsmen around Chicago. That's just a taste 257 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: of the over three hundred submissions that we've gotten so far. 258 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm going through them as best as I can. What 259 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: you need to take away right now is these submissions 260 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: are coming in from all across the United States. They 261 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: do affect you. They affect your kids, your ability to 262 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: roam and just breathe free air in America. Okay, that's 263 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: what I believe. We're gonna do some great stuff with 264 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: Meat Eaters Land Access Initiative by finding ways to provide 265 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: more access to hunting and fishing. We need your help 266 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: both in providing more submissions and by providing funds, especially 267 00:15:45,640 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: once we put the bull's eye on our next project. Yeah, 268 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: moving on to the legislative updates. Legislative sessions are wrapping 269 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: up in most states, and I wanted to circle back 270 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: on three bills we've mentioned earlier this year. In Kansas, 271 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: Governor Laura Kelly just signed a bill that would create 272 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: a lifetime hunting and fishing license for kids. Parents, guardians, 273 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: or other adults will be able to purchase a three 274 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: hundred dollar lifetime combo license for kids five and under 275 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: or a five hundred dollar lifetime license for six and 276 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: seven year old. The policy will sunset in two thousand 277 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: thirty two. As we discussed back in episode one fifty, 278 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks supposed the measure, 279 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: apparently because a three hundred dollar lifetime license would result 280 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: in less funding than annual combo licenses. The bill passed 281 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: unanimously in the Senate and by a seventy three vote 282 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: margin in the House. From a funding perspective, I guess 283 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: you have to hope that the little tykes ever get 284 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: serious about their hunting and angling. They get a couple 285 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: of seasons in and decide it's not for them, which 286 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: is hard to root for. So instead, just hope that 287 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: their folks are able to explain what a great deal 288 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: they set them up with and how they should look 289 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: for opportunities to pay forward on their good fortunes. I 290 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: know I'm a sucker for the voluntary fees and donations 291 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: that are mixed in with license purchases and tag applications 292 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: these days. Next up, Mississippi bow hunters will have an 293 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: opportunity this September to go after velvet bucks. Governor Tate 294 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: Reeves signed a bill on April fourteen that instructs the 295 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to establish a 296 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: three to five day velvet bow hunting hunting season at 297 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: some point between September ten and September twenty. Only bucks 298 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: that meet antler criteria for the respective Deer Management Unit 299 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: can be harvested, but the season will be open on 300 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 1: both private and state land. The bill passed unanimously in 301 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: the Senate and only received two nay votes in the House. 302 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: Over in Washington, d C. The U. S. Congress recently 303 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: approved the most important public land bill since the Great 304 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: American Outdoors Act. The map Land Act just passed the U. S. 305 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: Senate by unanimous consent and is headed to President Joe 306 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: Biden's desk. You can read more in Katie Hill's article 307 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: on the Meat Eater or dot com. But the map 308 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: Land Act would require federal Land management agencies to digitize 309 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: their public land data. This would make information on trails, easements, 310 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: and property lines accessible on digital maps like on x, 311 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: which could significantly increase our ability to legally access public land. 312 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: For example, digitized Eastman's could tell hunters, anglers, and other 313 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: public land users about previously unknown legal routes to sections 314 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: of public land. To my knowledge, President Biden hasn't said 315 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: whether he supports the bill, but given the massive bipartisan 316 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: support the map Land Act has received, eved I'd say 317 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: the odds are in favor. Great opportunity to call your 318 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: elected officials and thank them for supporting great legislation. The map, 319 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: the map, moving on and back to the fishing desk. 320 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: In a way, the aquarium trade has a demand for 321 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: new and unusual, and instead of finding it in the wild, 322 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: scientists genetically modified fish to glow neon. Of course, these 323 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: fish happened to escape into the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. 324 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: According to a recent paper in the journal Studies on 325 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: Neotropical Fauna and Environment, zebrafish with genes spliced into their 326 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: DNA from naturally glowing species such as jellyfish have escaped 327 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: pet breeding facilities in Brazil and are now reproducing in 328 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: the wild. I know what you're thinking. Shouldn't Jurassic Park 329 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: be required reading for people in these facilities? Nature finds 330 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: a way a team. The transgenic glowing zebra fish have 331 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: become extremely popular with aquarium owners, and one strain even 332 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 1: goes by the trademark name Glowfish that's glow without the W. 333 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: Transgenic means any species with a genome modified with DNA 334 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,400 Speaker 1: from another species that can happen artificially as with the zebrafish, 335 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: or naturally, as with the deloid Rhoda furs we covered 336 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: back in episode one fourteen, who take DNA from the 337 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: algae they eat and incorporate it into their own genome, 338 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 1: which is extremely cool. Brazilian biologists are very concerned that 339 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: the glowing zebra fish seem to be reproducing quickly and 340 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: competing with native fish for insects. However, I'm not totally concerned, 341 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: as we fishermen spend a lot of extra money on 342 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: baits that glow, so what I'd kind of expect these 343 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: fish to get gobbled up super fast, But I guess 344 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: we'll find out if we fell for the hype of 345 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: a glow in the dark marketing scheme, if these living 346 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: versions of the banjo minnow survived very long. Which makes 347 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 1: me think, and stay with me here, what if we 348 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: spliced a bit of jellyfish DNA into a few pythons 349 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: and released them into the Florida night. Maybe once he 350 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: could see these pythons glowing in the dark, hunters would 351 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: stand some chance of finding them and controlling their numbers. 352 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: And considering how many pythons are likely out there, you 353 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: could probably be able to see the Everglades glowing from space. 354 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: And that's something. Moving on to the reverse extinction desk. 355 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: In October of last year, the US Fish and Wildlife 356 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: Service declared that twenty three species of birds, muscles, bats, 357 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 1: and fish had gone extinct. One of those species, the 358 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: ivory build woodpecker, had been on the endangered species list 359 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: since nineteen sixty seven, but hadn't been officially seen since nine. 360 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: The keyword here is officially. Lots of people claim to 361 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: have seen one since four, but lots of people also 362 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: claimed to have seen black mountain lions in Arkansas, Elvis 363 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: and walmart sasquatch, even myself, and bars that I've never 364 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: even frequented. You can't trust them, is what I'm saying. 365 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: The ivory build woodpecker suffered from deforestation and over hunting 366 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: in the eighteen hundreds, and only very small numbers survived 367 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: into the twentieth century, lacking enough hard evidence that any 368 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: individuals existed. In two thousand twenty one, the US Fish 369 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: and Wildlife Service determined that the ivory build woodpecker had 370 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: indeed gone extinct, but that may not be the end 371 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: of the story. In a new research paper that has 372 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: yet to be peer reviewed, a team of biologists claimed 373 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: to have documented photographic evidence that ivory build woodpeckers still 374 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: live like feathery c i a agents with a taste 375 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: for gumbo in an undisclosed location in Louisiana. A nine 376 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: year search from two thousand twelve to two thousand twenty 377 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: one yielded photographs and videos that the team collected using 378 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: trail cameras and a drone. Researchers also claim to have 379 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: seen and heard the bird on numerous occasions, though they 380 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: do not submit those sightings as official evidence in their paper. 381 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: You can see the photos for yourself by following the 382 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: link in the episode description. But to my eyes, they're 383 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: not as conclusive as I would have hoped, despite how 384 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: far photographic technology has come in the last few years. 385 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: The photos are grainy and appear to be shot from 386 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: a long distance. If you've ever struggled to see the 387 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: points on a bucks rack and poor quality trail cam footage, 388 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,120 Speaker 1: you can imagine the experience right. To help me decipher 389 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: these photos, I reached out to the papers lead researcher, 390 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: Dr Steven C. Latta. I asked him why his team 391 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: believes they captured ivory build woodpeckers and not the similar 392 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: looking but much more common pileated woodpecker. Dr. Latta told 393 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,479 Speaker 1: me that there are a few important points about these photos. First, 394 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: even though it's hard to tell. The photos do show 395 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: the ivory build woodpeckers distinctive white saddle that forms when 396 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: the bird's wings are closed against its back. You can 397 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: also see the bird's long neck and foot placement, which, 398 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: according to Dr Latta, are distinctive of the ivory build 399 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: woodpecker as opposed to the piliated Latta also pointed out 400 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 1: that the photos clearly show a group of three woodpeckers 401 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: foraging together. Affiliated woodpeckers rarely forage even in pairs, and 402 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: are fierce defenders of their territory. The fact that the 403 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: team captured three large woodpeckers foraging on the same tree 404 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: strongly suggests that the birds are ivory build. The ivory 405 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: build woodpecker saga goes to show just how difficult, if 406 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: not impossible, it can be to prove beyond a doubt 407 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: that a species has gone extinct. The world is a 408 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: big place, and despite the illusion that humans control it, 409 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: there are just too many places for a little bird, 410 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: or a mouse or a lizard to hide. Latta and 411 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: his team offer a few explanations as to why the 412 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: ivory build woodpecker has been so tough to track down. 413 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: The researchers point out that the species occupies some of 414 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: the most difficult to reach mature bottom line forest habitat 415 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: in the US. The birds live within a large home 416 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: range up to four miles in diameter, and eat insects 417 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 1: from dead and dying trees that do not last for 418 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: long periods of time. These factors help explain why the 419 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: birds aren't often seen at the same place twice and 420 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: why scientists have such a difficult time finding them on purpose. 421 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: And if you believe in imprinted behavior being passed down, 422 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: the ivory bills were hunted persistently. The intensity in which 423 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: they were hunted actually increased when it was known that 424 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: their numbers were dwindling and the birds were likely to 425 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: go extinct. The scarcity of the bird drove demand. Only 426 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: the best and most persistent hunters could get close to them. 427 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: If they do in fact exist in this Louisiana swamp. 428 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: These birds are the descendants of birds that became so 429 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: wary of humans and so good at avoiding them that 430 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: they were in fact believed to be extinct. So the 431 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: next time you're wandering through the bottom lands of Louisiana, 432 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: keep your eyes and ears peeled. Here's what you're listening for. 433 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: That's all I've got for you this week. Thank you 434 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: so much for listening. Remember, if you're sick and tired 435 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: of staring at those broken limbs and tangled branches out 436 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: your back door, go to www. Dot steel Dealers dot 437 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: com and find a local, knowledgeable steel dealer near you. 438 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: They're gonna get you set up with what you need, 439 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: not send you home with what you don't. As per usual, 440 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: tell me what I'm doing right, what I'm getting wrong, 441 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: and most importantly, what's going on in your neck of 442 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: the woods. By riding into a s k C a L. 443 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: That's asked cal at the Meat Eater dot com. Thanks again, 444 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you next week. M M.