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Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This

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Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Cala. Here's

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Speaker 1: cal and East, Texas man was cited last year for

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Speaker 1: hunting on private property without permission, but that's not why

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Speaker 1: this story made national news last week. Texas Parks and

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Speaker 1: Wildlife reports that the man was found using a camo

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Speaker 1: covered Porto potty as a hunting blind. He'd cut holes

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Speaker 1: and used black and green spray paint that made the

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Speaker 1: feeder for good measure, and had been hunting the spot

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Speaker 1: all of last year. Game wardens received a tip about

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Speaker 1: the plastic throne and set up a trail camera along

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Speaker 1: the property line to catch the man in the act,

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Speaker 1: so to speak. He was caught and cited for hunting

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Speaker 1: the property without permission and forced to remove the blind

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Speaker 1: and feeder. I would say that his hunting season got

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Speaker 1: flushed down the crapper, but as we all know, Porto

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Speaker 1: john's don't flush, so I guess you could say his

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Speaker 1: hunting season ended with a for anyone living next to

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Speaker 1: I'd advise caution, not only because stealing a pea palace

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Speaker 1: is against the law, but also because doctors don't recommend

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Speaker 1: sitting on the toilet for more than ten minutes. A

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Speaker 1: full season of that will give you hemorrhoids, for sure.

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Speaker 1: I know some white tail nerds who would happily make

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Speaker 1: that sacrifice, but I wouldn't recommend it. This week, we've

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Speaker 1: got federal ion, statelons, poison arrows, so much more. But first,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you about my week. And my

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Speaker 1: week was great. We helped raise a bunch of money

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Speaker 1: helped host the Grand Slam after party, gave away some

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Speaker 1: really amazing turkey hunts and a bunch of guns and gear,

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Speaker 1: and it was awesome. Isbel Brothers played and super cool

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Speaker 1: meeting those fellows for the first time and hanging out.

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Speaker 1: Then we traveled on over to the Western Hunt Expo.

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Speaker 1: I missed my flight out of Nashville, which is first

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Speaker 1: for me, so I missed a lot of the expo.

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Speaker 1: a bunch of people from different brands. Really great, kind

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Speaker 1: of big tent situation. Everyone invited and we had more

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Speaker 1: like somewhere around like two hundred and fifty people show

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Speaker 1: up and send in postcards to their lawmakers letting them

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Speaker 1: know that Utah is not for sale and jumping on

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Speaker 1: the Utah lawsuit bandwagon to divest our public lands is

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Speaker 1: not a good idea. Great showing of folks who love

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Speaker 1: the outdoors. Then came back home to Montana where I

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Speaker 1: awesome Montana folks and we rallied on behalf of public

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Speaker 1: lands at the state Capitol during our legislative session in

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Speaker 1: the rotunda. The incredible crowd and not one I'd want

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Speaker 1: to be opposed by. These are folks who had the

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Speaker 1: passion of a life well spent and inspired by public

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Speaker 1: lands and access to public lands and public wildlife. It

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Speaker 1: was inspiring stuff. Men, feel real good like we got

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Speaker 1: to fight and chance. Many of you continue to write

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Speaker 1: in and ask what the heck can we do? I'd

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Speaker 1: encourage everyone to write their governor, state and congressional rep frequently,

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Speaker 1: ask them to advocate for funding for public lands, to

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Speaker 1: oppose the sale or transfer of public lands, and I

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Speaker 1: would find something positive that they're already doing that you

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Speaker 1: appreciate and include that too. Get that door open and advocate.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't matter who you voted for. In fact, we need

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Speaker 1: to quit with the quote you voted for this rhetoric

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Speaker 1: that I'm hearing it does not matter right now. If

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Speaker 1: you love public lands and access to them, and access

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Speaker 1: to public wildlife and rivers, you need to build a

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Speaker 1: bigger bandwagon, not look to boot people from it. In

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Speaker 1: the same line, we all vote for an individual for

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Speaker 1: more than okay to ask them to keep up the

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Speaker 1: good work the same time you tell them to knock

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Speaker 1: it off on a few other things. You can praise

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Speaker 1: Moving on to the President's desk, the conservation world is

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Speaker 1: Most notably, the administration announced that thousands of federal workers

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Speaker 1: The workers fired were all in what's called their probationary period,

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Speaker 1: is excluding firefighters, law enforcement, and certain meteorologists from firings.

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Speaker 1: That kind of comes with an asterisk, just so you know.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of people in the Forest Service, BLM, etc.

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Speaker 1: Who do get pulled into firefighting efforts no matter what

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Speaker 1: Those are youse who get your red card, know what

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Speaker 1: but hunters and anglers are still understandably concerned. Those familiar

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Speaker 1: stretched thin. They're responsible for managing millions of acres, and

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Speaker 1: cutting ten percent of their staff won't make that job

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Speaker 1: any easier. While no one knows exactly what the impact

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Speaker 1: There's a small asterix here too, Like we're talking about

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Speaker 1: And there's plenty of folks out there who get frustrated

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Speaker 1: And there's a lot of illegal trails in national forests

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Speaker 1: they don't have the funding or personnel to maintain those things.

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Speaker 1: Plenty of nuance as per usual. Critics say that these

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Speaker 1: farmers have reported that they haven't been paid for conservation

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Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars that was awarded for Colorado River

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Speaker 1: water conservation has been frozen. Organizations we know and love

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Speaker 1: courts have stepped in to say that the funding freeze

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Speaker 1: programs it should be spent on. Federal law states big

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Speaker 1: best thing you can do is contact your federal representatives,

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Speaker 1: you and represent you back there in DC now more

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Speaker 1: than ever supporting hunting, fishing, and conservation programs. Letting people

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Speaker 1: know that those things are very important is important. You

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Speaker 1: American hunters, anglers, landowners, and public land advocates who have

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Speaker 1: helped conserve them. Moving on to the archery desk, bowl

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Speaker 1: hunters are always looking for an edge, and researchers in

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Speaker 1: Poisoned arrows have been found that are older than that,

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Speaker 1: but it sure looks dangerous. It's illegal in most states

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Speaker 1: to hunt with poisoned arrows, but we're actually out of

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Speaker 1: step with most of human history. Poisoned arrows were a

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Speaker 1: that ancient humans had a way better reason for using them.

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Speaker 1: aren't as worried about minor details like fair chase. Moving

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