1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: is Col's Week in Review with Ryan cow Calai. Here's cal. 3 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: Four people were arrested in California last week for trying 4 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: to defraud insurance companies by claiming that a bear had 5 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: damaged their luxury vehicles. Problem was, it wasn't a bear, 6 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: but one of the fraudsters dressed in a bear costume. 7 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: Thanks to the many of you who sent me that one, 8 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: the California Insurance Department told the AP that they launched 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: the investigation, known as Operation bear Claw, after reviewing videos 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: submitted as evidence for the insurance claims. They were initially 11 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: contacted by an insurance company who said one of their 12 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: customers had submitted a claim about scratches on the seats 13 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: and doors of a Rolls Royce and two Mercedes bands 14 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: claim that a black bear in the San Bernardino Mountains 15 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: had broken into their cars back in January and damaged 16 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: the luxury vehicles. But when insurance agents reviewed a video 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: supposedly showing a bear, they quote suspected it was not 18 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: a bear inside, but someone in a bear costume. They 19 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: brought the video to state regulators, who soon realized that 20 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: the same four people had made two additional claims with 21 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: two other insurance companies, but the date of the loss 22 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: and location were all the same, which was even more suspicious. 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: To make absolutely sure, they also sent the video to 24 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: The biologists confirmed it was quote clearly a human in 26 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: a bear suit. The suit in question was found at 27 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: one of these suspects homes, and you can find photos 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: of it on the Google machine. The idea that they 29 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: could fool law enforcement with a bear costume is ridiculous, 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: but claiming a bear had broken into your car is 31 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: not the worst idea, As regular Cal's Weekend Review listeners 32 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: can tell you, bears break into all the time. They're 33 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: usually looking for food. So if these fraudsters had been smart, 34 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: they'd have planted a few honey buns or Doctor Pepper's 35 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: in the glove box and left the video camera and 36 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: bear suit at home. This week, we've got politics field, 37 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: the folly aka the mist that step on the tree stand, 38 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: ladder desk, the mail bag, and so much more. But 39 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: first come and tell you about my week, and my 40 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: week was great. Got some shooting him got some more 41 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: miles on the legs, found some bucks that probably would 42 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: have been in trouble had I been closer to the truck, 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: one of which we caught relaxing after what must have 44 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: been a heck of a fight. His right eye was 45 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: gouged and had the coloration of a fish you wouldn't 46 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: buy at the market. His skull plate was cracked right 47 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: antler drooping down past his ear. We washed him through 48 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: the spotter long enough to see him check the doz 49 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: he was laying with, then head off for greener pastures 50 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: and more receptive doze. The drooping antler didn't bounce with 51 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: his steps, which led us to the conclusion that the 52 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: fight must have happened earlier in the season and his 53 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: skull was fusing itself back together. Love is a mother scratcher, 54 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: as my friend Brian Callen said in the movie Old School, 55 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: and that good looking gentleman is right. If you want 56 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: to take a look at that dear, he can check 57 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: out the old Old cal Instagram account there on the 58 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: ig machine. Anyway, we hunted wilderness with Capital W National 59 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: Forest State Ground BLM, d NRC Ground Wilderness Study Area, 60 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: maybe even some Bureau of reclamation all over a three 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: day weekend. We hiked, we rode, horses, covered ground in 62 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: the can am diverse public lands, and we didn't have 63 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: them all to ourselves. We saw people every day, some 64 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: up close and chatty, others from afar. They seemed to 65 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: be enjoying our freedom to wander across the public ground too. 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: We hit some flatish ground, but we hit a lot 67 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: of hard, steep, rocky terrain. We fell, We darn near 68 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: got blown off the mountain by extreme winds. We froze, 69 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: we overheated, We burned our legs and lungs. Found cool rocks, 70 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: caves and formations, spotted critters, plotted new adventures for next weekend, 71 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: or maybe next year, or maybe never. We wondered if 72 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: the spots would turn on, if the snow and cold 73 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: finally hit, or we wondered if the animals just didn't 74 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 1: like this spot at all. We had grouse flush in 75 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: our faces, which caused our hearts to hit our chins. 76 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: Thankful that it was a bird, not Mamma grizz or 77 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: one of the kids, but you know, still made us 78 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: a little bashful too. One night we even got together 79 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: with a bunch of strangers from different places, different ages, backgrounds, 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: and we drank and ate and talked about all the 81 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: nothing we had collectively shot that day, all with big 82 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: grins on our son and wind burnt faces as we 83 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 1: played the old camp roulette game of who would go 84 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: to bed first so we could all call it a 85 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: night to wake up early, some a little fuzzier than others. 86 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: Poor hot coffee, slide back into the boots we were 87 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: tired of yesterday and do it all over again. God 88 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,679 Speaker 1: bless our public lands again. Don't know how I would 89 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: function without them. Now. If you're listening to this, you're 90 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: kind of in the middle ish part of suffering through 91 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: the worst week that I know of on the calendar, 92 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: which is the Black Friday Cyber Monday sales attack fest, which, yes, 93 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: please you grab some deals from us to stave off 94 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: the cold. But most importantly, don't forget Giving Tuesday, where 95 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: you can support fantastic conservation organizations that work hard to 96 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: preserve and enhance our outdoor time and opportunities. I'm going 97 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: to give to BHA this year back country Hunters and Anglers. 98 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: I do every year, but this year is really important 99 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: because once again our public lands are under attack and 100 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: the membership of BHA does an absolutely fantastic job of 101 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: advocating for public lands, waters and wildlife on both the 102 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: state and federal level, so please consider doing the same. 103 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: A membership goes a long way if you're not able 104 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: to just make a big donation, and you know, I 105 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: want you to use your brains right, So sign up 106 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: for newsletters newsletters from BHA, TRCP Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, 107 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: oh and public Land Water Access Association another Montana dot org, 108 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: which is another fantastic access preserving nonprofit. That boy, if 109 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: you like that high watermark. If you like easements, you 110 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: should seriously consider donating and becoming a member of PLWA, 111 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: NWTF fantastic RMEF. They're great again. Sign up for the 112 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: newsletters gang get informed, see what they do, see who 113 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: you click with, see what they're working on, and throw 114 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: a few bucks their way. All right on with the 115 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: new news, we're gonna start off at the politics desk. 116 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: President elect Donald Trump announced last week that he plans 117 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: to appoint in North Dakota Governor Doug Bergham as Secretary 118 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: of the Interior. As Interior Secretary, Burgham will be responsible 119 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: for managing more than four hundred million acres of public 120 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: lands and seven hundred million acres of subsurface minerals. This 121 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: includes the Bureau of Land Management, the US Fish and 122 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. Trump made the 123 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: announcement at the America First Policy Institute, with his customary 124 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: flair for the dramatic. 125 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 2: We're going to slash energy costs. We're going to get 126 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 2: your energy bills in half, and that's going to bring 127 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 2: down the costs generally speaking. And we've got to have 128 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: a whole new We have a big we have a 129 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: big announcement and I won't tell you it's I won't 130 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: tell you the name of is the exact name. I 131 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: think he's an incredible person, got an unbelievably wonderful wife 132 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: named Catherine, So I won't tell you. His name might 133 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: be something like he's from North Dakota. He's going to 134 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: be announced tomorrow for a very big position. So everybody's 135 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 2: waiting there. He is Hi Doug. He's going to be 136 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: announced tomorrow. And we have somebody else that's probably coming 137 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: up with him to be announced who's a big one. 138 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: And we're going to do things with energy and with 139 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: land interior that is going to be incredible, and so 140 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 2: I look forward to doing the formal announcement, although this 141 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 2: is a pretty big announcement right now. Actually he's going 142 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: to head the Department of Interior, and he's going to 143 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 2: be fantastic, Good Doug. 144 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: You can tell from those remarks how Trump sees the 145 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Interior Secretary's role. He's promised to restore America's energy independence 146 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: by increasing fossil fuel drilling on public lands, and he 147 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: wouldn't have appointed Burgham if he thought the governor would 148 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: block that agenda. He expressed even more faith in Burgham's 149 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: drill first mentality in his official statement, which he released 150 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: the day at after his speech, he appointed Bergham not 151 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: only as Secretary of the Interior, but also as the 152 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: chair of a newly formed National Energy Council. This council 153 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: will include all departments and agencies responsible for permitting, production, 154 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: and regulation of all forms of American energy, and the 155 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: President elect promises the Council, led by Bergham, will pursue 156 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: quote US energy dominance by cutting red tape, enhancing private 157 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: sector investments, and by focusing on innovation over long standing 158 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: but totally unnecessary regulation. There wasn't any mention of protecting 159 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: public lands, wildlife habitat, or other public land uses like 160 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: grazing or timber harvesting. But Trump is giving his appointee 161 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: one mission, and that's to increase energy production on our 162 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: federal public lands. Much of this will take place on 163 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: BLM Bureau of Land Management, since extraction is restricted on 164 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: other designations like national parks, national monuments. You know that 165 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: one's like in quotes. You know it can be done, 166 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: there's just more red tape to it. Now. The BLM 167 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: is a different multi use mandate. One of those is 168 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: fossil fuel extraction. But the President elects emphasis on extraction 169 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: has generated a fair bit of concern among sportsmen and conservationists. 170 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: We haven't gotten like a whole heck of a lot 171 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: done under the Biden administration, but there was like some 172 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: very promising stuff regarding BLM land. I think those conservation leases, 173 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: for example, would net out to be a good thing. 174 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: You got to put that in context with, you know, 175 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: some of the stuff that we did not like, which 176 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: would be you know, Biden administration has actually produced a 177 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: hell of a lot of oil off of America's public lands, 178 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: more active leases than I think under Trump's first term. 179 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: So if we're increasing from that, what exactly does that mean? 180 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: And then the other part of BLM under Biden would be, 181 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: you know, losing acres to solar production. Slap those things 182 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: on top of houses, save those chickens, you know what 183 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: I mean. Man, However, this is a new dude in 184 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: the job. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. 185 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: To throw this back to BHA President and CEO Patrick 186 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: Berry said, as governor of an energy producing state with 187 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: very limited public lands, Governor Burgham will need to transition 188 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: to the broader view of natural resource stewardship, in which 189 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: management reflects a balance of appropriate activities and includes conservation values, 190 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: fish and wildlife, habitat and access an opportunity for generations 191 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: of sportsmen and women. And he's right, that's the job 192 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: and Bergham, if Slash went appointed, we'll have lots of 193 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: folks helping him steer the ship. And that's the role 194 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:48,079 Speaker 1: of conservation organizations, which is to engage with these officials 195 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: and let them know what's important to the membership. No 196 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: matter the administration, we won't do ourselves any favors by 197 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: burning bridges. And it remains to be seen who the 198 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: Trump administration will appoint to agencies life the BLM, or 199 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: the US Fish and Wildlife Service. As far as I've seen, 200 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: none of the other big outdoor groups have released a 201 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: statement on Burgham's appointment, But I imagine they're trying to 202 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: figure out how to walk that line between keeping lines 203 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: of communication open and advocating for the things we care about. 204 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: As far as Burgham himself goes, he doesn't have a 205 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: long enough track record to know much about where he 206 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: stands on some of those issues. Politico's E and E 207 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: News points out that while he does have ties to 208 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: oil and natural gas companies, his approach to conservation and 209 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: renewable energy on public lands is unclear. Alaska Governor Mike 210 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: Dunlevy applauded the appointment, and we know that that governor 211 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: wants to open up more mining in his state. Ambler 212 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: Road is a huge, huge topic amongst the conservation community. 213 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: The president of the National Mining Association also said he 214 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: believes Burgham recognizes the importance of affordable and reliable energy. 215 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: At the same time, Bergham is championed the construction of 216 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and said he admires the 217 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: former president's championing of the North Dakota bad Lands. The 218 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: executive director of the North Dakota Wildlife Federation also told 219 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: Politico that he credits Bergham for empowering the North Dakota 220 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: Game and Fish Department to lead on wildlife policies. Director 221 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: John Bradley praised Bergham for understanding wildlife and public lands 222 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: as a quote value added to our national heritage, to 223 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: our outdoor recreation, and as a growing economic driver. Bergham 224 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: is known as a pretty down the line Republican, so 225 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: I expect him to be approved by the Republican controlled Senate. 226 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: What does this mean for you? Stay involved, Stay engaged, 227 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: and make sure you let your representatives know that they're 228 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: there to serve you, not their own interests. As always, 229 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: we'll keep you in the loop. Moving on to the 230 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: accident desk, Big game seasons are in full swing across 231 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: the country, so now's the time for your annual reminder 232 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: to stay safe out there. In Oregon, a hunting guide 233 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: was shot in the back by one of his clients 234 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: last week in what appears to be a tragic and 235 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: totally preventable accident. Officials say that sixty two year old 236 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: John Nichols was guiding seventy three year old Leroy Troutman 237 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: and seventy three year old Andrew Kribbs on an elk 238 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: hunt on private property in northeastern Oregon. The three men 239 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: were riding together in a side by side vehicle when 240 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: they saw a herd of elk. As they were getting 241 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: out of the side by side to chase the elk, 242 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: Troutman chambered around in his rifle and it went off. 243 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: A bullet hit Nichols in the back and he was 244 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: dead by the time police arrived. The investigation is still 245 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: ongoing as of this recording, but it's easy to imagine 246 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: what happened. Excited by the prospect of a freezer full elk, 247 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: Troutman lost control of his muzzle. Other mistakes were made 248 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: to you don't need a live round in the chamber. 249 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: When you do chamber a live round, you darn here. 250 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: Don't have your finger on the trigger. You get the 251 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: safety on fast if you're not ready to shoot right 252 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: then and there. Now there is a chance, slim one, 253 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: that the rifle actually malfunctioned. But if that's the case, 254 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: good muzzle control keeps you out of the way. I'll 255 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: tell you this right now. I was just talking to 256 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: a friend of mine who, upon her very first elk kill, 257 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: went to eject around clear the rifle, and you know, 258 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: was so excited. She just she had her finger on 259 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: the trigger somehow, some way. I was watching her the 260 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: whole time. She'd had her rifle pointed in the air. 261 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: And thank goodness for that. Right Like, yep, she totally 262 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: messed up. But it could have been a heck of 263 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: a lot worse. And this hunting things a major responsibility, sport, 264 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: heck of a lot of fun, and that's what we 265 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: like to focus on. But muzzle control saved the day 266 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: in my experience, and it didn't in Oregon. Now, accidents 267 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: often involved guns and vehicles, but they even more often 268 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: involved three stands. Alabama officials say that a hunter who 269 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: was reported missing in the bank had National Forest was 270 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: found dead from an apparent fall from a tree stand. 271 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: Seventy year old Daniel Whittaker was likely chasing whitetail in 272 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: the National Forest when he tried to climb the tree. 273 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: It's unclear exactly how he fell, but authorities say the 274 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: tree was very close to the edge of a cliff. 275 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: The latter side of the tree stand was on the 276 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: same side of the tree as the cliff, so he 277 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: fell even further than just the height he'd climb the tree. 278 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if Whittaker was or was not wearing 279 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: a harness. If so, you know, they didn't have an 280 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: ascending device hooked up, or like a top line hitch 281 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: or something that you can use to climb safely. It's 282 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: not always convenient, but it's super important to have that 283 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: harness and lineman's rope with you when you're climbing these trees. 284 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: It's just not worth the fall. Gang. Now, if you 285 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: take out the hunter accidents and throw in mother nature, 286 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: there can be issues there too. In Colorado, a hunter 287 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: from Louisiana appears to have died from a fall in 288 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: rough terrain, though investigators haven't released an official cause of death. 289 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: Forty six year old Lance Walker was hunting north of 290 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: Great Sand Dunes National Park and preserved when he didn't 291 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: return to camp on the night of October thirtieth. He 292 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: still hadn't arrived back by the next morning, so his 293 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: hunting group sent out an SOS from their garment device 294 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: and his brother went out looking for him. The brother 295 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: found Walker's body, but the train was so rough that 296 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: rescuers weren't able to reach him that day. Based on 297 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: images posted by the Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue, it 298 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: looks like Walker was found in what's called a boulder talus, 299 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: or a collection of large boulders going down a mountain. 300 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: It appears that Walker fell somehow and search and Rescue 301 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: was only able to get his body out using a 302 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: complicated series of ropes and harnesses. Walker owned Fish Commander 303 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: Guide Services in Grand Isle, Louisiana, and was known as 304 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: a big time hunter. His obituary reads, in part, Lance's 305 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: passion for fishing was only surpassed by his passion for hunting. 306 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: His adventurous spirit led him on hunting trips throughout the country. 307 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: Dangerous part of the reason we love the outdoors. But 308 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: there's no reason to take risk by not taking for cautions. 309 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: And this is something I remind myself all the time 310 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: because I love to hunt by myself, really do. And 311 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: it's the simple things that get you. So instead of 312 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: jumping from rock to rock, use trekking, pulse, step down, 313 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 1: step up. I know you can make the jump. I 314 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: believe in you. But when you're out there by yourself 315 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: and Also, you got to put other people at risk, 316 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: take them away from their families to come find you. 317 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: It's best to move slow and cautiously. Don't want to 318 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: be a bummer gang, but be safe out there. That 319 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: big old buck might be waiting for you next season two. 320 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: Moving on to the update desk, the crack team of 321 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: reporters here at Cal's we Can Review doesn't just report 322 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: the news. We follow stories from beginning Dan so you 323 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: know how they turn out. For example, remember that Fella 324 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: and Cody Wyoming who shot and killed nine mule deer 325 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: over the span of just a few days last summer. 326 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: Officials announced last week that he's also been linked to 327 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: a dead cow in September of last year. The cow 328 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: was found dead at a grant on Rattlesnake Mountain, and 329 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: a ranch personnel initially believed it had been killed by predators, 330 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: which makes sense since most normal humans don't go around 331 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: killing cows with crossbows for no reason. A game warden 332 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: with Wyoming Game and Fish Department noticed injuries consistent with 333 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: an arrowhead. It appeared the cow had been shot twice 334 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: in the stomach and made it about three hundred yards 335 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: before lying down and dying. Officials haven't said why they 336 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: believed twenty year old Josh will Hower is the same 337 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: person who killed the cow and the mule deer, but 338 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: they've now added a felony charge to his already extensive 339 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: list of charges. Will Auer has remained in jail since 340 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: September because he hasn't been able to post the thirty 341 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: six thousand dollars bond, which has now been raised to 342 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 1: forty three thousand in light of these additional charges. I 343 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: got another update from you from Tega Ka, South Carolina, 344 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: where city officials decided to sterilize over two hundred deer 345 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: before bringing in sharpshooters to kill another eighty. We covered 346 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: this story all the way back in episode two twenty 347 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: two when listener ca Kenyan Harris sent it in. There 348 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: were almost nine hundred deer in the four and a 349 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 1: half square mile suburb of Charlotte, and residents were dealing 350 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: with traffic accidents, damaged to the local ecosystem, and obstacles 351 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: to golfing and gardening. Instead of instituting an urban bow 352 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: hunting deer season, as many other municipalities have, city officials 353 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: opted to hire sharpshooters to call the herd. The initial 354 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: round of sharpshooting failed to have the desired effect, so 355 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: the city opted for a different wildlife management company and 356 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 1: deer sterilization. The company rounded up, sterilized and marked two 357 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: hundred and one deer in early November. Next month, a 358 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: sharpshooter will come in and try to kill about eighty 359 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: unmarked deer over several nights from about two to five 360 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: in the morning. No word on what will be done 361 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: with all the venison. Last one for you. Earlier this year, 362 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: the Massachusetts legislature passed a giant gun bill that we've 363 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: covered in previous episodes, and now that bill is having 364 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: some unintended or intended to depend on who you ask, consequences. 365 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: Listener ben Yurgens wrote in to tell me that he 366 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: had a few of his buddies who had been hoping 367 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: to schedule a sea duck hunt in Massachusetts, but when 368 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: they had begun contacting outfitters, they were informed that guides 369 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: weren't taking any out of state clients. Why because this 370 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 1: gun bill requires even out of state hunters to register 371 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: semi auto firearms with the state. Outfitters still aren't sure 372 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: how this process works, so instead of unintentionally breaking the law. 373 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: They're just not guiding any out of state clients at all. 374 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: This is disappointing for Ben, but I'm sure it's a 375 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: burden on these guides as well. Massachusetts isn't a big state, 376 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: so I imagine many of their clients are from other states 377 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: along the East Coast. It's a shame that a bill 378 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: supposedly designed to make the states safer is actually harming 379 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: law abiding hunters just looking to have a good time 380 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: with an in state buddy. It's also putting a crunch 381 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: on these local guides who are trying to make a living. 382 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: If you live in the Codfish State, right your legislator 383 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: and tell them they need to address this issue pronto. 384 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: Moving on to the mail desk, Cal's weekend review listeners 385 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 1: are the most well informed, interesting group of folks in 386 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: the world. That's a statistic out there somewhere. Even though 387 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: I don't always respond, I enjoy reading everything he sent in, 388 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: especially if it's about something crazy that happened in your 389 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: neck of the woods. Listener Eric Young sent me a 390 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: photo of a Boa constrictor snake hiding behind blinds on 391 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: a window sill, along with this note, my mother in 392 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: law just moved from Fort Worth to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 393 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: About a week after moving in, a three foot Boa 394 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: Constrictor was discovered in a window sill. They called their 395 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: real estate agent, who reached out to the previous homeowners. 396 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: It turns out the previous homeowner had snakes and thought 397 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: that one of their snakes either escaped or died five 398 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: months prior to selling the house. I don't know how 399 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: a snake that big is able to hide, even after 400 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: moving all your stuff out of the house, but somehow 401 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: it did. Who the heck knows where that snake has 402 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: been for the last five months. Snake and the previous 403 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: homeowners were reunited later that day. Hopefully there weren't any 404 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: other snakes that they lost or as they said, they 405 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: thought it died, but they couldn't confirm its whereabouts. What 406 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: the heck is in the crawls Bass Gang. I don't 407 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: think homeowners insurance policies cover snake related damage or death, 408 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: so if you're in the market for a new home, 409 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: be sure you tell your inspector to check for snakes. 410 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: I also heard from listener Grant Bnce, whose name might 411 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: sound familiar to anglers in Virginia that's because the Virginia 412 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 1: Department of Wildlife Resources just confirmed that Bnce is the 413 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: proud owner of the new rainbow trout state record. Grant's 414 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: toad of a fish weighed a whopping fourteen pounds twelve ounces, 415 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: which broke the previous record by five ounces. And this 416 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: isn't one of those fishing records that gets broken every year. 417 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: The previous record had stood since nineteen ninety three, when 418 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: an angler named Michael Lowe got a fourteen pounds seven 419 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,199 Speaker 1: ounce trout in Greer's Pond. Bence caught his fish in 420 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: Spring Creek. It's a spot where the stream goes from 421 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: flatwater to high grading and rapids, so he says, the 422 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: bigger trout of a tough time pushing past that point. 423 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: He's got some big fish at that spot, but nothing 424 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: like this catch on June ninth of this year. The 425 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: battle with this fish actually began on June eighth, when, 426 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: on the last cast of the day, he hooked into 427 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: it for the first time. He was throwing a gold 428 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: metal on a jighead when the fish hit the lure. 429 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: He fought it for five minutes, but it broke his 430 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: tackle and got away right as he brought it to 431 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: the net. He went back the next day with ten 432 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: pound braid on a circle hook with a whole night crawler. 433 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: He caught it on the first cast, but the line 434 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: frayed on the fish's teeth and broke, but Grant wasn't discouraged. 435 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: He waited about an hour to try again, and incredibly, 436 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: he hooked the fish a third time, but it was 437 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 1: tired from the fight earlier in the day and Grant 438 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: was finally able to get into the net and in 439 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 1: a cooler. He got the fish weighed and verified by 440 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: the DWR, and the agency announced the new state record 441 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: after the mandatory waiting period. Grant knows that some anglers 442 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: have been in the news recently for throwing back record 443 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: break and fish, but that's not how he rolls. I 444 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,679 Speaker 1: know a lot of people don't approve of that. But 445 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: in this stream, depending on weather conditions during the summer, 446 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 1: the water levels really get low and the water warms up, 447 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: so the odds of survival for a big trout are 448 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: pretty slim. He reports that this fish had crimson filets 449 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: that looked like salmon and tasted great. Nice job, Grant, 450 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: that's one heck of a fish and if anyone would 451 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: like to check it out, can easily find photos online 452 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: and you know what they say. You can tell it's 453 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: a state record right away by how far that rods bents. 454 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: Eh eh. That's all I got for you this week. 455 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. Remember to write in 456 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: to ask c Al that's an ascal at the Meatfeeder 457 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: dot com, and let me know what's going on in 458 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: your neck of the woods. No, I appreciate it. Thanks again. 459 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you next week.