1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: And Ohio man found himself in hot water last week 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: for crying bear to get himself a free ride out 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: of the woods. Local emergency dispatchers in Canawa County, West Virginia, 8 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: maybe it's Kanawah, I'm sure he'll tell me received a 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: call from a man who said he was being attacked 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 2: by bears. The man allegedly claimed that he had been 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 2: walking for days, his phone was dying, he had a 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 2: head injury, that the bears were circling him, and he 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 2: was going to die. 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: These bears aren't massive. 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: Immediately regret this decision. The local sheriff's office sent search 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: and rescue crews to save the man from his army 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 2: of organized brow once. After a two hour search, in 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,639 Speaker 2: which they requested a helicopter from state police, they found 19 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: forty seven year old Christian Lianhart. First Responders say the 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: man was not bleeding and did not have any visible injuries. 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: He apologized for wasting their time, but said he was 22 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 2: quote extremely intoxicated and wanted a ride out of the woods. 23 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: Ancestry dot Com says the last name Leonhart comes from 24 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: the words Leo meaning lion, and hard meaning hardy, brave, 25 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: and strong. Christian Lionhart turned out to be none of 26 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: these things. Law enforcement was not sympathetic and is charging 27 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: Lionhart with falsely reporting an emergency incident. Big thanks to 28 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: Jim Lane for sending us that story. This week, we've 29 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: got wolves, ballots, legislation, mink, and so much more. But first, 30 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you about my week. And my 31 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: week was a little odd, not spent chasing elk this 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: time of year, but I did manage to beg a 33 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: couple of sage grouse, so you get a bone snort report. 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 2: This week, we hiked all over hell and gone for sharptales, 35 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: who I feel have left the really fun cover during 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 2: a brief cold snap that puts snow on the mountains 37 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: here in Montana. I feel I did not find the 38 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: sharp tales because this touch of cold must have killed 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: off a significant amount of grasshoppers, so they moved on 40 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: to greener pastures, so to speak. On the way home, 41 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: we pulled into an area that I had seen both 42 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 2: sharptail and sage grouse in before starting our walk. We 43 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: quartered down wind along a fence line for about a mile, 44 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: then swung into the wind toward the opposite corner post 45 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: of the CRP. CRP stands for Conservation Reserve Program, which 46 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 2: is one of our best private land tools for wildlife. 47 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: CRP essentially means holding back acres that could be in 48 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: some sort of agricultural production and putting those acres ideally 49 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 2: into native grass that is then held in reserve. Sometimes 50 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: producers can graze the reserve ground in times of drought, 51 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: they can sometimes hay that ground, but for the most part, 52 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: it is there to hold top soil to the ground, 53 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: mitigate market volatility, sequester carbon, and provide shelter and food 54 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: for wildlife. For twenty twenty three, there will be two 55 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: point seven million acres of additional crop land enrolled in CRP, 56 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: with one point nine million acres rotating out, meaning that 57 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 2: it will once again be able to you know, be 58 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: farmed or grazed or what have you. We currently have 59 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: about twenty three million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program, 60 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: so we'll have a net gain of eight hundred thousand acres, 61 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: which is a lot of dog walking. Anyway. I knew 62 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 2: from previous hunts and e scouting on the old on 63 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: ax that in between us and that corner post was 64 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: a low spot in the field, probably an old buffalo 65 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: wallow turned cattle pond that was at least a little 66 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: bit different than the rest of the cover. When the 67 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 2: bird scent is thin, snort tends to range, meaning she 68 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: gets out beyond effective shotgun range, head held high, searching 69 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: for cent to how a pointing dog would do it. 70 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: This is something I have allowed as we've built up 71 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: trust in one another. I almost always have her whistle 72 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: around my neck and her fancy pants Garmin GPS collar 73 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: has a tone on it, a beat that she's been 74 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: conditioned to. A prolonged beat via a held button brings 75 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: her back to heel. A quick jab gets her looking 76 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 2: for me. When I see all fuzzy butt's head drop, 77 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 2: her pace and tail quicken, I know the scent is 78 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 2: picking up, so I give her a beat and hold 79 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: my hand high in a woe sign like wait for 80 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 2: me is what I'm saying. I close the gap and 81 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: I motion her on and just that quick, that fresh, 82 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 2: snow cleaned blue sky is full of relatively slow moving bombers, 83 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: the greater sage grouse, some small, some big. I pick 84 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 2: a small one out and it tumbles. Snort is on 85 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: the retrieve, and as I start to meet her a 86 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: big bird who ups at my feet, I have time 87 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: to realize that I have shot my back or second 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 2: trigger on the side by side, did that first instead 89 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 2: of second? And then I slide my hand forward to 90 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 2: the first trigger and bag a prolonged pair. You could 91 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 2: call it one big bird, one small equals one limit. 92 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 2: Here in Montana, Snort falters here a little bit by 93 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: dropping the young bird and sprinting to get the old 94 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: one before completing her hand off. Sage grouse legs and 95 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: thighs and fresh from the garden tomatoes, garum masala, peeri pierri, garlic, ginger, 96 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: and coconut milk. Absolutely fantastic and it was a heck 97 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: of a way to end a weekend. Snort and I 98 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: are starting to I random migrations of cranes in Canada geese, 99 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: but pheasant season is around the corner too. And if 100 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: this bird thing just does not do anything for you, 101 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 2: if you have a hankering to hang yourself in a 102 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: tree from like a saddle or stand on a platform, 103 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: pay special attention to the meat eater dot Com for Whitetailweek. 104 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: Lots of awesome content come your way from people who 105 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: really know how to hunt white tails. Lots of great 106 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: how tos, strategy, and a few deals on gear of 107 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 2: all kinds too. And oh my gosh, it's October. Holy cats, 108 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,119 Speaker 2: I'm panicking. I swear if you close your eyes fall 109 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: will just be gone. It's the most wonderful time. Moving 110 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 2: on to the wolf desk, the US Fish and Wildlife 111 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 2: Service announced this month that it had approved Colorado's plan 112 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: to introduce an experimental wolf population in the state. This 113 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: rule was granted under Section ten J of the Endangered 114 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 2: Species Act, which allows the Fish and Wildlife Service to 115 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: designate an introduced population of animals as non essential and experimental. 116 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: Colorado Parks and Wildlife had asked for this status because 117 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 2: it gives the state the greater flexibility in how it 118 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 2: manages wolves in the state. Specifically, it allows landowners and 119 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: ranchers to kill wolves that are threatening and killing livestock. 120 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 2: The state will still have to confirm that a depredation 121 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: incident has taken place, but the TENJ designation gives Colorado 122 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: officials more options as they work to address the concerns 123 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: of residents and landowners. Coloradans who oppose the wolf reintroduction 124 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 2: plan are happy about this rule, and it's easy to 125 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: see why, but the fact that the Fish and Wildlife 126 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: Service approved the rule is more than a little ironic. 127 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 2: The Endangered Species Act allows a ten J population to 128 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: be established quote if it will be released into suitable 129 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: natural habitat outside the species current range. The habitat on 130 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 2: Colorado's western slope might be suitable, but many would argue 131 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 2: that it's not outside the species current range. In twenty nineteen, 132 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: Colorado Parks and Wildlife observed a female wolf in north 133 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: central Colorado that had traveled down from the Snake River 134 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 2: pack in Wyoming. Two years later, the agency confirmed that 135 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: a male wolf was traveling with that original female. Later 136 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 2: that year, biologists observed six puppies with the pair, and 137 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: one of those puppies has been collared by colorad Raato 138 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 2: Parks and Wildlife. This region of the state appears to 139 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 2: be within the proposed reintroduction area, which means this is 140 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: looking more like an addition than a reintroduction, but we 141 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 2: kind of already knew that. However, the voters have spoken. 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 2: Colorado hopes to have pause on the ground before the 143 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: end of the year, and the ten j designation is 144 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 2: a big step in that direction. Jumping over to one 145 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: of my favorite desks, which is the mustelid desk, as 146 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 2: many as eight thousand mink escaped to Pennsylvania Fir Farm 147 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: last week after officials say someone cut a hole in 148 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: their enclosure. State police are investigating who might be behind 149 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: the great mink escape, and they're urging locals to stay 150 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 2: away from the now wild animals. A local animal hospital 151 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: is offering to take in any mink that are captured 152 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 2: or found injured, but the vet says it will be 153 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 2: impossible to catch all of them. It looks like the 154 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 2: Northumberland area of Pennsylvania is going to have a mink 155 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 2: population for at least the next couple of I don't know, 156 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 2: weeks a month. This isn't the first time a company 157 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 2: of mink have made a break for it. As many 158 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 2: as ten thousand of the animals in the weasel family 159 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: escaped in Ohio ferm Farm last year, which we covered 160 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: in episode one eighty seven. More recently, about three thousand 161 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 2: mink escaped fur farm in Wisconsin. Behind each of these 162 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: escapades is an animal rights group called the Animal Liberation 163 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 2: Front or ALF. This is a loosely organized group of 164 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 2: what you may call eco terrorists, and their members regularly 165 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: engage in this kind of behavior. They say they received 166 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 2: an anonymous letter about this most recent jail break from 167 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 2: the person responsible. This person says in the letter that 168 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: they were inspired by the ALF website quote I saw 169 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: your mink prison recently and was not impressed, This person 170 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 2: allegedly said of the fur farm. When the cage latches 171 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 2: were opened, the mink jumped out to experience their first 172 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 2: steps in grass and mud. I hope most have escaped 173 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 2: to freedom and no more animal are ever imprisoned and 174 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 2: slaughtered here. Again. Whatever happened after I left, I hope 175 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 2: it was expensive. Local media has already reported that traffic 176 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: has slowed in some areas thanks to dead mink on 177 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 2: the roadway. Not all of the furry animals escape to 178 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 2: live their best lives. In fact, I'm sure weasels can 179 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: adapt better than a lot of animals, but they still 180 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 2: need to adapt really fast because they've never been around 181 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: anything that can kill them. Moving on to the legislative desk, 182 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 2: I have good news to report out of Washington, d C. 183 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 2: Which isn't something I say very often. Last week, the 184 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 2: US House passed the Duck Stamp Modernization Act on a 185 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: unanimous voice vote. Under current law, when a hunter purchases 186 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 2: an electronic federal duck stamp, that e stamp is only 187 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 2: valid for a period of forty five days. Once the 188 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 2: physical stamp is received, it must be signed by the 189 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 2: hunter and be in the hunter's possession while a field. 190 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: The Duck Stamp Modernization Act would allow hunters to use 191 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: that electronic version of the duck stamp throughout the entirety 192 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: of the season. It would still have the physical stamp 193 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 2: mailed to them, but not until after the latest waterfowl 194 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: season has ended. The US Senate passed a slightly different 195 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 2: version of this bill, but considering these strong support in 196 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: both chambers, I wouldn't be surprised to see this take 197 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 2: effect next year. Now, just a real refresher here, one 198 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: of the best things that you can do for wildlife 199 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 2: is by a duck stamp. A significant portion of your 200 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 2: twenty five bucks goes directly to our refuge system which 201 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,119 Speaker 2: really needs the cash. Right now, hunter numbers are declining, 202 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 2: specifically waterfowl hunter numbers are declining, which is the main 203 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: revenue source. But everybody knows refuges provide not only a 204 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 2: ton of biodiversity, but a ton of enjoyment for folks 205 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 2: throughout the season, fantastic bird watching, wildlife watching, et cetera. 206 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 2: Not to mention great fishing, and there's some whitetail hunting 207 00:11:55,200 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 2: in some too. Anyway, the reason that the Modernization Act 208 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 2: has come around is because that stamp is supposed to 209 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: be a fixed to something, namely like your license, right, 210 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 2: but folks who travel can't take that stamp and a 211 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 2: fix it to another license. Also, are you supposed to 212 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 2: just fix that stamp to like the back of your 213 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: phone for all these states that do E tags and 214 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: e licenses. That's the situation that we're running into here. 215 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: So also, you know, the fact that you got to 216 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: sign the stamp is to prevent people handing that stamp 217 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 2: off to another hunter, like splitting the cost of one 218 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 2: duck stamp. But anyway, now you're caught up. That's the 219 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: reason for the need of the Modernization Act. The only 220 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 2: bummer is there's a lot of folks like me who 221 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 2: you know, buy multiple stamps every year. Not because we're 222 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 2: stamp collectors, Yes, we like conservation and helping out, but 223 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: because we always misplaced the darn things. Anyway, Buy a 224 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: duck stamp even if you're not gonna go waterfowl hunting 225 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 2: by two. Give them out like you know, stocking stuffers. Eh, 226 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: it's the most. Idaho Fishing Game is asking for the 227 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 2: public's feedback on two proposals that would close portions of 228 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: the state to shed hunting next year. In response to 229 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 2: last year's severe winter, the Idaho State Legislature passed a 230 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: bill giving the Fish and Game Commission authority to seasonally 231 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 2: restrict the possession, transportation, and collection of sheds. Doing so 232 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 2: would limit the number of people in the mountains during 233 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: the winter and help animals survive by keeping their stress 234 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: to a minimum. As we've covered before, when you bump 235 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 2: an elk or mule deer out of cover during these 236 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 2: winter times, that activity uses calories those animals may not 237 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: be able to replenish. Thus they cannot afford to lose 238 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: them during a harsh winner. Idaho Fishing Game has published 239 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 2: a short survey on its website that asks the public 240 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 2: whether they support closing the shed hunting season at all, 241 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 2: and if they do, which of the two proposals they support. 242 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 2: Both proposals would close shed hunting next year from January 243 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 2: one to April fourteen, but one would close shed hunting 244 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 2: in the Southeast region only, an the other would close 245 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 2: it in the Southeast region and the Upper Snake River 246 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 2: region as well. Idaho residents have until October nine to 247 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 2: submit those comments. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met recently, 248 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 2: and they discussed several topics that PA residents should keep 249 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 2: their eye on. First, they're asking for public comment on 250 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 2: a plan that would reintroduce American martins in the state. 251 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: Martins are a small fur bearing mammal which is also 252 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 2: a musculid, that were once found throughout Pennsylvania, but we're 253 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 2: mostly extirpated through deforestation and unregulated harvest. Research suggests that 254 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: they could be successfully reintroduced and that they would pose 255 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: little to no risk to other species, according to the commission. 256 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 2: The reintroduction plan can be viewed at the Game Commission's website, 257 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: and comments about the plan can be emailed to PA 258 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 2: Martin at PA dot gov By November fifteen. That's PA 259 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 2: m A r T E N at PA dot gov 260 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 2: by November one, five. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is also 261 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: considering a proposal that would prohibit using dogs to hunt 262 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: fur bears during the overlap of any regular deer or 263 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: bear season. Commissioners say they have received an increasing number 264 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: of complaints about hunters who use dogs to hunt coyotes. 265 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 2: These complaints come from deer and bear hunters who say 266 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: the dogs push and kill the animals they're targeting. The 267 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 2: Commission gave their initial approval to the ban, but it 268 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: is scheduled to be brought back to the January meeting 269 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: for final consideration. And yes, we have already covered but 270 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: I will mention again the situation in PA where designated 271 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: phishing game funds are getting hijacked. We got a lot 272 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 2: more to talk about on that. One short answer is 273 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: for those of you who have written in to askcl 274 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 2: at the meeater dot com for my opinion is, don't 275 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: let it happen. There's a lot of ways to support 276 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: wildlife and habitat without using these dollars. You just got 277 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: to stand up and demand it. Once these dollars move 278 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 2: away from the game side of things. They're not going 279 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 2: to come back New Jerseys, New Jerseys, Jersey folks, congrats. 280 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: The black bear season looks like it might become an 281 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 2: annual thing. Earlier this month, the Fishing Game Council unanimously 282 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 2: approved lethal and non lethal means to manage the Garden 283 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: state's bear population. Under the Plan Bears in Bergen Hunter 284 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 2: Done Mercer, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Sussex counties can be 285 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 2: hunted for a week in October and again for a 286 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 2: week in December. If the population management goals aren't met, 287 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: officials will extend the season. Like last year, hunters aren't 288 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: allowed to shoot any bear less than seventy five pounds 289 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 2: or hunt within three hundred feet of a bait pile. 290 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: The black bear saga in New Jersey shows that if 291 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 2: states refuse to manage their animal populations, the voting public 292 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 2: might not like the results. Here's looking at you, Washington. 293 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: Staying in New Jersey, the state Senate is considering a 294 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: bill that would legalize the possession of bear spray in 295 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 2: the state. The New Jersey House already passed the bill 296 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 2: by a wide margin, but the bill is now stalled 297 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 2: in the Senate. Economic Growth Committee on the topic of firearms. 298 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 2: A US appeals court just blocked a California law banning 299 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 2: gun marketing that is attractive to miners. The panel for 300 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 2: the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals said the law 301 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: was unlikely to reduce gun violence or the unlawful use 302 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 2: of firearms. They said that hunting and sports shooting groups 303 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 2: were likely to prevail on their claims that the law 304 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 2: violates free speech rights under the First Amendment of the 305 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 2: US Constitution. In June of this year, Governor Gavin Newsom 306 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 2: signed a bill making it illegal for a firearm industry 307 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 2: member to market firearms two miners. Hunting and sport shooting 308 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 2: groups quickly sued, arguing that the law would effectively ban 309 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 2: hunting classes and clay shooting competitions for kids. This latest 310 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: ruling is a win for those folks, but it's unlikely 311 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 2: to be the last word. The California Attorney General can 312 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 2: still appeal the ruling to the larger circuit court up 313 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 2: in Colorado, animal rights activists are trying to get a 314 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: proposal on next year's ballot that would ban quote trophy 315 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 2: hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and links the citizens' initiative 316 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 2: says that hunting these animals is quote inhumane, serves no 317 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 2: socially acceptable or ecologically beneficial purpose, and fails to further 318 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 2: public safety. The authors of the initiatives say that trophy 319 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 2: hunting is practiced primarily to display an animal's head for 320 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: or other body parts, rather than to harvest meat. However, 321 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 2: the actual text of the ballot measure doesn't distinguish between 322 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 2: the reasons a person might hunt a mountain lion. Instead, 323 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 2: it simply bans killing, wounding, or entrapping any of the 324 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: cats species listed. Once the initiative is approved by the 325 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: Colorado Secretary of State D eight, it must receive one 326 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 2: hundred and twenty four two hundred and thirty eight qualified 327 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 2: signatures to appear on the ballot in twenty twenty four. 328 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: Once on the ballot, it only takes a bar majority 329 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 2: to make it law. Just think coloraddoms. If this passes, 330 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 2: everyone in the state could pay for state officials to 331 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: kill these animals instead of hunters jumping north of the border. 332 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: In Canada, British Columbia is asking for public input on 333 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,479 Speaker 2: a draft grizzly bear management plan. Grizzly bear hunting has 334 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 2: been banned in the province since twenty seventeen, but hunters 335 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 2: are hoping they can use this opportunity to push the 336 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 2: provincial government to reopen it. The Wild Cheap Society of 337 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 2: British Columbia has posted a call to action on their 338 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 2: website with all the details and link to the comment. 339 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: You can find the page by visiting Wild Cheapsociety dot 340 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 2: com and we'll also post a link on the meaeater 341 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 2: dot com forward slash col Moving on to the garbage desk, 342 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 2: a Colorado black bear died recently from what biologists believe 343 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 2: was a blocked intestinal tract. In other words, he died 344 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,479 Speaker 2: of constipation. Of all the ways to go, that's not 345 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: what I'd choose. Remember this story when I tell you 346 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: about my week next week. Yeah, it's going to be 347 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 2: a doozy anyway. What kind of belly blockage battered this 348 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 2: beleaguered bruin. According to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, it's 349 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: intestines were filled with trash. The four hundred pound bore 350 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: quote showed signs of infection and was suffering from a 351 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: severe intestinal blockage caused by consumed human trash. A photo 352 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 2: published with the press release showed a pile of wet 353 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: wipes along with other garbage that kept the bear from 354 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 2: digesting food. The bear was well known in the Telluride 355 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 2: area and is believed to have broken into a home earlier. 356 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: This summer, locals observed the bear acting strangely and called 357 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 2: wildlife officials. They confirmed that the bear had puffy eyes 358 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 2: and discharge from its eyes and mouth. They also noticed 359 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 2: that the bear walked in a humped fashion and seemed 360 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 2: reluctant to move, which indicated abdominal pain. The bear had 361 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 2: previously responded to hazing techniques, but it wasn't having it 362 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 2: when wildlife officials tried to scare the bear away. This time, 363 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 2: it bluff charged one of the officers, and the decision 364 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 2: was made to euthanize the animal. That turned out to 365 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: be a great decision and nekruptcy and covered an entire 366 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 2: convenience store worth of junk in the bear's digestive tract, 367 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 2: including paper towels, disinfectant wipes, napkins, parts of plastic sacks, 368 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 2: and wax paper food wrappers. 369 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: Let's keep buffipes cleaned. 370 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: Throw it in the trash dome, flush it. This plug 371 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 2: of trash was accompanied by French fries, green beans, onions, 372 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 2: and peanuts. Past the plug, these small and large intestines 373 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 2: were empty of anything except expanding colonies of bacteria. Keeping 374 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 2: trash away from bears and other wildlife isn't just about 375 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 2: protecting people. The junk we eat isn't great for animals, 376 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 2: but what's even worse is the junk that the junk 377 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: is wrapped in. If you've ever seen your dog go 378 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 2: after something wrapped in plastic, you know that they don't 379 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: care too much about ingesting a rapper here and there 380 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: to get that sweet or salty goodness in their belly. 381 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 2: Tell your ed has an ordinance requiring residents to secure 382 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 2: their trash, but there's no indication that this incident is 383 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: being investigated. Further, I'd expect enforcement of that ordinance to 384 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 2: tick up in the weeks to come. Let your VRBO 385 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: ers know what's up. Okay, Moving on to the dough desk. 386 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 2: White tail seasons are underway in states across the country, 387 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 2: and some of those states are begging hunters to shoot more. 388 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: Does listener Jeff McCormick sent me an open letter to 389 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 2: Michigan deer hunters, penned by Chad Stewart a deer management 390 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: specialist for the state's Department of Natural Resources, Stuart says 391 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 2: that hunters in the Lower Peninsula aren't taking enough doze 392 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 2: to control the growth of the deer herds in many areas. 393 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: The only year Michigan hunters took more does than bucks 394 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 2: was in two thousand and nine. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 395 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 2: by contrast, all typically harvest between eight percent and twenty 396 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 2: five percent more doze than bucks in a given year. 397 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 2: Stuart says that most Michigan hunters go after bucks almost 398 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 2: exclusively for the first few weeks of the season. If 399 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 2: they get a buck, they might think about shooting a dough, 400 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 2: or they might keep holding out for a bigger buck 401 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 2: to come along. This buck first mindset is a problem 402 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 2: from a management perspective, because the Orange Army in Michigan 403 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 2: is predicted to drop down to four hundred and fifty 404 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: thousand hunters by the year twenty thirty. That's down almost 405 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 2: half from the eight hundred thousand hunters there were in 406 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 2: the year two thousand. Stuart also argues that taking more 407 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: does early in the season will give hunters a better 408 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 2: experience by Allogists say that deer herds tend to be 409 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 2: healthier with a balanced dough to buck ratio, and healthy 410 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 2: deer typically means bigger bucks. Taking does prior to the 411 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 2: rut also increases your odds of seeing more action during 412 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 2: the rut. If a buck has lots of options with 413 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,080 Speaker 2: little competition, you won't be as motivated to move and chase. 414 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 2: With a more balanced dough to buck ratio, you're more 415 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: likely to say, see multiple bucks chasing a single dough. 416 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: Hunters worry that killing a doe early in the season 417 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 2: will spook any big bucks in the area. While I 418 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: suppose that could be true in some scenarios, I don't 419 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: think it's something hunters should be too worried about. You 420 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: might spook a buck tracking a wounded doe, but as 421 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 2: Tony Peterson pointed out recently in an article on the 422 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 2: meeater dot Com, it's likely that buck will be back 423 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 2: in its home territory within a few hours. I get 424 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 2: why hunters want to focus on their target buck before 425 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 2: thinking about a dough, but for the long term health 426 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 2: of the Michigan deer herd, it might be time to 427 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: change that paradigm and take it from me, people are 428 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 2: just more sympathetic when you're like listen. I went up 429 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 2: early in the season, but all I got was a dough. 430 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 2: I got this buck tag burning a hole in my pocket. 431 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: Can I get the afternoon off? That works? It does, 432 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 2: bag a doe. Go get yourself a buck. Later on, 433 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 2: jumping over to the mail bag desk, listener Erica Higgins 434 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 2: wrote in with a clarification on a segment. And we 435 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 2: did a few weeks ago about mushroom identification, and it's 436 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 2: a great one. I told you about foraging books written 437 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 2: by artificial intelligence, one of which recommended identifying mushrooms by 438 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 2: tasting or eating them. I mocked this as a bad idea, 439 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: considering how poisonous some mushrooms can be. But Erica pointed 440 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: out and absolutely one hundred percent correct, that in some 441 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 2: instances the nibble and spit method is very necessary to 442 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 2: identify certain mushrooms. In fact, it's in like a lot 443 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: of survival books out there too. Quote even the most 444 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 2: poisonous fun guy in the world can be safely tasted 445 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 2: and spit out. Micotoxins require metabolization through the digestive tract. 446 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: Often damage to the liver is the cause of fatalities, 447 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 2: so nibble and spit, as it's often phrased in mycology groups, 448 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 2: is a completely safe and common practice. While I have 449 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 2: found similar advice in forging books written by real humans, 450 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 2: the legal department here at Cal's Week in Review wants 451 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 2: me to issue a disclaimer that I do not recommend 452 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: the nibble and spit method. ID mushrooms by appearance is 453 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 2: the best approach, and it removes the chance that you'll 454 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 2: swallow a bit of deadly mushroom by mistake. However, I 455 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 2: found Erica's email to be extremely interesting, and it's true 456 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 2: that mushroom talksins must be ingested and that death is 457 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 2: often caused by liver or kidney failure. That's according to 458 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 2: the National Library of Medicine. Big thanks to Erica for 459 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 2: her email, and I'm going to tack an extra one 460 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 2: on here at the ask CAL desk. I found this 461 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: fantastic because it also tacks on to the thing that 462 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 2: I like to make fun of, which is vegan foods 463 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 2: that are labeled as meat. Aaron mcculluugh writes in saying, 464 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 2: I completely agree with your position on naming vegan foods 465 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 2: on you know anyway, we already covered it false advertising right, 466 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 2: like you can't call a pile of tofu ribbi steak anyway. 467 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 2: Aaron writes in and says, I'm sitting in the woods 468 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: squirrel hunting and looking around. I see shrimp of the woods, 469 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 2: lobster mushrooms, and chicken of the woods. What are we 470 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 2: going to do about naming delicious mushrooms? Got me there, Aaron? 471 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 2: Those are delicious mushrooms and I wouldn't change the thing 472 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 2: about them. That's all I got for you this week. 473 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for writing in. Remember right in 474 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 2: to ask c Al that's Askcal at the Meatbeater dot com, 475 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: and let me know what's going on in your neck 476 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 2: of the woods. I'm sure the colors are changing. I 477 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 2: know they are staring out my window, so let's keep 478 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 2: the conversation flowing. On top of that, don't get stuck 479 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 2: on some old logging road because a windstorm came up 480 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 2: and knocked down a bunch of timber. Go to www 481 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 2: dot steel Dealers dot com and find a local, knowledgeable 482 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 2: steel dealer near you. Get yourself a clean, quiet, battery 483 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 2: operated chainsaw, or you know, a rip roaring computer chipped 484 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 2: buck up a ton of wood, fast gas powered machine 485 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 2: steel power equipment number one, naming chainsaws man, make it happen. 486 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 2: That's all I got for you this week. Thank you 487 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 2: so much for listening. Be safe out there in the woods, 488 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: be courteous, and Bubball get outside. Thanks again. I'll talk 489 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 2: to you next week.