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 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan. 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: Several of you sent me a story a few weeks 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: back about a python that was surviving in an Oklahoma 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: trailer park by eating pet cats. The snake and albino 8 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: reticulated python had grown to be thirteen feet long, and 9 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: the pest control expert assigned to remove the critter compared 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: its girth to Mike Tyson's bicep. Because I know you're wondering, 11 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: the Internet agrees that the baddest man on the planet 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: has biceps or pythons measuring seventeen inches in diameter. That's 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: one fat snake. Anyway. I reached out to the pest 14 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: control expert, a fellow by the name of Trevor Bounds, 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: and he gave me a few more gory details. Apparently 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: the python had been the pet of a former resident 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: of the trailer park. No surprise there. The snake escaped 18 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: its enclosure and got into the walls of the home, 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: But rather than fess up and call pest control himself. 20 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 2: This guy just moved away. Here's where things get interesting. 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 2: According to Bounds, the snake owner also had a quote 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 2: rat room in the home where he bred rats, presumably 23 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 2: to feed to his python. When he moved away, the 24 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: python had a field day in the rat room, which 25 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: is likely how it grew to be so large. Then 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: the snake made a nest under one of the homes 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: and got his fifteen minutes of fame on the international news. 28 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 2: Bounds told me he didn't end up catching the snake, 29 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: but he heard later that quote one of the eight 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: other snake owners in the trailer park captured the snake 31 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: and kept it as a pet. So there you go, 32 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: the mystery of the cat eating python has been solved. 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: I'll be waiting for a call from whoever hands out 34 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: Pulitzers for journalism this week the crime desk legislation in 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: the mail bag. But first I'm going to tell you 36 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: about my week. In My week has been super interesting. 37 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: I joined Mule Deer Foundation in Oklahoma. Oddly enough, not 38 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 2: the snake in a trailer park part as far as 39 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 2: we know, But you know the park that's covered in 40 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: spines and sand burs and stuff. That I'll be digging 41 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: out of my elbows, knees, legs, thighs, forehead for a 42 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 2: long time. Up until now, I had never spent any 43 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: appreciable time in the state, which is famous for the 44 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: dust Bowl, among a lot of other things. Turns out 45 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: the Sooner State is super interesting with lots to appreciate. First, 46 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: thank you to Dane for taking me out to the 47 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: Oklahoma City Shooting Ranch, which is an absolutely phenomenal facility. 48 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: Helped me dial in a new scope on the weather 49 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: be three oh seven and as far as folks in 50 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: that city go, the only other person I met was 51 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: a great dude who happened to be bartending named Floyd Hatcher. 52 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 2: If you live in that town and you need some 53 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 2: help learning jazz piano or drums, check him out. He's 54 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 2: an Army artillery veteran with a degree in jazz classic combination. 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: I know military is full of them. I'm sure another 56 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: thing I didn't know, and maybe you don't know either. 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: Oklahoma is one of two states in the US with 58 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: a native population of both American alligators and mule deer, 59 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 2: which is pretty darn awesome. I love mule deer. I 60 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: think they may be the best animal representation of the 61 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 2: Western United States, and they taste great. Our adventure in 62 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 2: Oklahoma was in the Panhandle region. Another fun fact about 63 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: the Panhandle, which is that long, skinny part that sticks 64 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 2: way out to the west. No matter where you are 65 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: in the Panhandle, you're going to be less than thirty 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: four miles north or south from another state. Texas, Colorado, 67 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas are its borders that's 68 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: running west to east. Kids. We filmed this adventure the 69 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: country was really fun and you'll get to see it all. 70 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: An upcoming project we have with Mule Deer Foundation coming 71 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: out this winter. One fun tidbit I'll give away right now. 72 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: I scope myself, which if you don't know, is when 73 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: the shooter and croaches on the scope of a rifle 74 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: and the recoil drives the hard edge of the scope 75 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: subjective into the shooter's face, which is my face in 76 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: this case. It can cause a pretty good little cut, 77 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 2: or a lumpurn bruise, or a combination of all of them, 78 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: depending on the severity. The last time I did this, 79 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 2: I was seventeen, maybe just barely eighteen. High school football 80 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: was over, so I met up with the old outfitter 81 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 2: and spent the week skipping school, helping out in el camp, 82 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: and hunting. When the clients went home, we found two bowls. 83 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 2: The day before I had to get back to school 84 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 2: for the very important attending of our end of season 85 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: football banquet ol Hellgate Night Alumni here. Apparently I thought 86 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: nobody would miss me in class, but everyone would miss 87 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 2: my delinquency if I skipped the football banquet. Well, to 88 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: make a long story short, and the process of putting 89 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: a great five point bowl on the ground in a 90 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: late November snowstorm, I'll never forget, I repeatedly pounded my 91 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 2: scope into my face trying to force a not perfect 92 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: shooting angle. Showed back up to school with a half 93 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 2: moon gash over the intersection of nose and right eye, 94 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: which you just don't get being sick at home. Hope 95 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: everyone has been having a great season. Hope to see 96 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: out at the media live tour. Don't forget to hit 97 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 2: the back country Hunters and Anglers pint nights where you 98 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: can qualify for free tickets to the show and a 99 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: seat in front of everyone for meat eater or trivia. 100 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: You know I'll be easy on you game on suckers. 101 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 2: Moving on to the crime desk, Missouri's Operation Game Thief 102 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 2: is offering a twenty thousand dollars reward for information leading 103 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 2: to the conviction of poachers who shot and killed the 104 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: bull elk. The elk was found by a deer hunter 105 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: near Klebzig Mill in Shannon County. It still had its 106 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: antlers and none of the meat had been removed. They 107 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 2: are only a couple hundred elk in Missouri, which is 108 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: why the state's Operation Game Thief is offering a reward 109 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: large enough to buy the recipient a new car, a 110 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 2: legal guided elk hunt, or forty high quality hunting jackets 111 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 2: from first Light. You could outfit your entire extended family 112 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 2: with that kind of cash. Just a little Christmas advice 113 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 2: for you. The National Park Service and the New Mexico 114 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: Department of Game and Fish are also seeking the public's 115 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: help with identifying those responsible for illegally killing a bull 116 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 2: elk at Bandalier National Monument. The elk was killed within 117 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: monument boundaries in late September, and authorities still haven't been 118 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 2: able to catch the subjects. The National Park Service is 119 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: offering a five thousand dollars reward and New Mexico's operation 120 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 2: Game Thief will add to that if a poacher is convicted. 121 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: When you think of international crime rings, I bet drug running, 122 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: firearms smuggling, and human trafficking come to mind. Now, according 123 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: to a new report from INTERPOL, you can add wildlife 124 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 2: crime to that list. The International Criminal Police Organization released 125 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 2: a report recently concluding that environmental and wildlife crime has 126 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: become one of the world's largest and most profitable crime sectors. 127 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 2: Black market wildlife products generate about twenty billion dollars. As 128 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: we cover frequently on the show, these goods included things 129 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: like bear paws, gall bladders, turtle shells, and even dinosaur fossils. 130 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 2: Sturgeon are also frequently targeted by poachers. The large prehistoric 131 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: fish are threatened or endangered in many parts of the world, 132 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: but they're often killed so their eggs can be harvested 133 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: and sold as caviar. Caviar can be legally sold when 134 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: it's from farm raised fish, but a new study found 135 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: that half of caviar products from four European countries are illegal. 136 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: Researchers looked at caviar products from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and 137 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: Ukraine and determine that half come from wild caught sturgeon. 138 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: To add insult to injury, some of the products aren't 139 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: even caviar. One Romanian dish called sturgeon soup, for example, 140 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 2: was made from European catfish and nile perch. Bottom line 141 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: fishing pun intended. If you plan on buying animal products 142 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: from the internet, be sure you know where they come from, or, 143 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: better yet, don't buy animal products from the internet. You 144 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 2: may not be able to harvest your own caviar, but 145 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: you still have tons of opportunities to gather your own 146 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: groceries right where you live. If you don't choose to 147 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: go to the legal route, you might end up like 148 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 2: two men from Alabama and Georgia who are being charged 149 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: by the FEDS for conspiracy, smuggling, and money laundering. Prosecutors 150 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 2: allege that between twenty sixteen and twenty twenty, fifty three 151 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 2: year old Tony Jones and seventy four year old John 152 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: Waldrup illegally imported nearly eight hundred taxidermied bird mounts. These 153 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: included eagles, falcons, parrots, woodpeckers, and grouse. If convicted, this 154 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 2: dynamic duo faces over forty years in prison. Thanks to 155 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 2: listener Anthony Crowe for sending that one. In a Kansas 156 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: poacher is paying a fine and forfeiting his rifle after 157 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 2: the coyote he shot turned out to be a mule deer. 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 2: Last December, game wardens were called out to a rural 159 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,599 Speaker 2: area and Graham County after a landowner reported hearing a 160 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 2: rifle shot near his house. Warden spoke with the shooter, 161 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,479 Speaker 2: who said he'd shot at a coyote from the road. 162 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: It's illegal to kill coyotes on someone else's property without 163 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 2: permission in Kansas, but the wardens let him go, presumably 164 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: with some kind of citation. However, those wardens didn't drop 165 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 2: the case. They brought out a canine officer named Creed 166 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 2: that spelled Kried, not like the band. Creed promptly found 167 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: a two forty three casing near the road. A short 168 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: time later, Creed discovered a freshly killed mule deer in 169 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 2: the landowner's field. The poacher was forced to pay fifteen 170 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 2: hundred dollars fine and forfeit his rifle. Big thanks to 171 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 2: listener Scott mackenzie for sending us that story and the 172 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: last one for you. The South Carolina Department of Natural 173 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: Resources recently charged a man after he admitted to shooting 174 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 2: and killing someone's hunting dog. The man was hunting deer 175 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 2: in the central part of the state when he saw 176 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 2: a dog on his property. The dog was part of 177 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 2: a deer drive and had been released about six miles away. 178 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: The South Carolina DNR doesn't say whether the man knew 179 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 2: the dog was part of the deer drive, but they 180 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: believe he shot the dog on purpose. It is illegal 181 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: in South Carolina to kill a dog just because it 182 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: enters another person's property. If convicted, the man will face 183 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 2: a maximum fine with five hundred dollars and thirty days 184 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 2: in jail. It's frustrating to have your deer hunt broken 185 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: up by a dog, but good grief, you're just playing 186 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: with social fire right there. Moving on to the hunter 187 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 2: harassment desk, a federal appeals court issued a ruling last 188 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: month that might make it easier for anti hunting activists 189 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: to harass hunters in Wisconsin. This one hasn't gotten a 190 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 2: lot of play in the outdoor media, but I think 191 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: it should. Back in sixteen, the Wisconsin state legislature passed 192 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 2: a law tightening the restrictions on how and where animal 193 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 2: rights activists could impede the legal activities of hunters. Harassing 194 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 2: hunters has been illegal in the Badger State since nineteen ninety, 195 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 2: but the revisions clarified that anti hunters were not permitted 196 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: to quote, maintain a visual or physical proximity to a hunter, 197 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: or approach or confront a hunter. It also prohibits some 198 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 2: one from electronically recording a hunter using audio or video. 199 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 2: According to the statute, these activities constitute hunter harassment if 200 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 2: they show continuity of purpose and are intended to impede 201 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: or obstruct a hunting or fishing related activity. In other words, 202 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 2: it's not illegal to film someone hunting, but it is 203 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 2: illegal to do so if that filming obstructs a lawful hunt, 204 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: whether by impeding the movements of a hunter or scary 205 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: off game. This all seems pretty straightforward, but not according 206 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 2: to US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. A 207 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 2: three judge panel ruled two to one last month that 208 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 2: those three provisions are unconstitutional because they are vague and overbroad. Specifically, 209 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 2: the court said that the law fails to explain how 210 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: close someone can be to a hunter before they are 211 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 2: guilty of engaging in unlawful interference. They also said the 212 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 2: law is overbroad because it prohibits audio and video recording 213 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 2: activities that are normally protected under the First Amendment. Animal 214 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 2: rights activists, they say, film hunters because they want to 215 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 2: contribute to the public discord, and the law creates a 216 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 2: chilling effect on this constitutionally protected activity. The court also 217 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 2: ruled that the law violates the First Amendment because it 218 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 2: engages in viewpoint discrimination. The judges noted that the law 219 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 2: prohibits recording hunters only when those recordings are intended to 220 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: disrupt a hunt, not when that recording is made for 221 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 2: other purposes. This, they say, singles out one viewpoint and 222 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 2: discriminates against it, which is illegal under the First Amendment 223 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 2: of the US Constitution. It's worth noting that this ruling 224 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 2: does not strike down Wisconsin's entire hunter harassment law. Wisconsin 225 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 2: hunters probably shouldn't be concerned about hordes of anti hunting 226 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: activists swarming through the woods with camera crews in tow. 227 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 2: The court only struck down those three phrases about maintaining 228 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 2: visual or physical proximity, confronting hunters, and videotaping hunters. If 229 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 2: someone intentionally interferes with a hunt they can still be 230 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 2: charged under the Wisconsin law. Responsible hunters know that you 231 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 2: always follow the law, you always treat animals with respect, 232 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 2: and you take all the meat out of the field. 233 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: This is just basic stuff, and I feel like kind 234 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 2: of a jackass reminding you of this, or just even 235 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: saying it. Doing the right thing is doing it even 236 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: when nobody's watching right. What this whole lawsuit suggests, though, 237 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 2: is that there are people who are trying to find 238 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 2: other people slip up, either intentionally or unintentionally. Either way, 239 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 2: they're going to be painted in the light that suggests 240 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 2: that hunters are sloppy, immoral, doing things for the wrong 241 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: reason whatever. Forever, hunters have been very good at policing 242 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 2: our own ranks. I don't think that's ever going to change. 243 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: Over the last probably four weeks, I've bumped into hunters 244 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 2: that are absolutely like brand spanking new, but they're trying 245 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: to get things done on their own, and because we're 246 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: a bunch of tough dudes hunting, we're not very forthcoming 247 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 2: with the information that we don't know all there is 248 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 2: to know. Right, those are great opportunities to jump in, 249 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 2: be super friendly, help out and get them on track 250 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: for their next hunt where they can be a little 251 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: bit more pro So I know you're already doing this. 252 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 2: That's why we got a great community here at Cal's 253 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 2: Week in Review meat eater in general. So just keep 254 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 2: it up, all right. Moving on to the legislative desk. 255 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: Speaking of court rulings, a judge in Montana made the 256 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 2: controversial decision last week to significantly shorten the state's wolf 257 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: trapping season until further notice. As we cover in episode 258 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 2: two thirty three, animal rights groups recently filed a petition 259 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 2: claiming that wolf trapping unintentionally harms grizzly bears. Since grizzly 260 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: bears are still on the endangered species list, they claimed 261 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 2: that Montana's wolf trapping season violated the Endangered Species Act. 262 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: Last Monday, US District Court Judge Donald Molloy agreed, at 263 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: least for now, and issued a preliminary injunction ordering the 264 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 2: trapping season to be significantly shortened. Rather than start on Monday, 265 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 2: November twenty seven and run until March fIF fifteen, the 266 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: season will now run from January first to February fifteen 267 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 2: in most of the state. Judge Molloy said that the plaintiffs, 268 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 2: the flathead Lolo bittera citizen task force, and wild Earth 269 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: guardians had established serious questions about the impact of the 270 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 2: trapping season. Animal rights groups claimed that twenty one bears 271 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 2: have been caught in traps in the state, but the 272 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: real number is likely higher since grizzlies are strong enough 273 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: to pull themselves out of wolf traps. But attorneys for 274 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: the state of Montana pointed out that those twenty one 275 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 2: reported cases date back to nineteen eighty eight, they weren't 276 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 2: all from wolf traps, and most of the traps were 277 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 2: set by biologists, not members of the public. They said. 278 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 2: The only confirmed case of a public wolf trapper with 279 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: an incidental catchup a grizzly was in twenty thirteen, in 280 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 2: a time outside the current trapping season, meaning that the 281 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 2: state has already adjusted its season to prevent whatever happened 282 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: in twenty thirteen. Despite this evidence that wolf trapping is 283 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: no serious threat to bears, the judge decided to truncate 284 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: the s in this year. The state of Montana plans 285 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 2: to appeal the decision and will keep you posted as 286 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 2: things develop. If you were planning wolf traps in Montana, 287 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 2: check with Fish, wildlife and parks and make sure you 288 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 2: know the updated season dates in your area. Furthermore, if 289 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: you're wolf trapping in Montana, right in and let me 290 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: know your thoughts on accidentally catching a grizzly bear versus 291 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: a wolf. How have regulations changed in the state to 292 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 2: address incidental take What frustrates with me here is that 293 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 2: this ruling implies that trapping is just like a blind 294 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 2: bottom fishing right where you put like a kernel of 295 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: corn on the bottom of the river and anything that 296 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 2: swims by and wants corn can have it. That's just 297 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: not how it works. There's a lot of skill, a 298 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 2: lot of preparation that goes into targeting the exact species, 299 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 2: and this implies that that's not the case, and that's 300 00:16:55,360 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: frustrating to me. Good trappers are a rare breed. In 301 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: another update to a story we've covered previously, the Bureau 302 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 2: of Land Management decided last week to ban the use 303 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 2: of so called cyanide bombs on all BLM land. As 304 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 2: we cover in episode two twenty two. These cyanide devices, 305 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 2: known as M forty four's, have been used for decades 306 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 2: around livestock to kill coyotes and other predators. They contain 307 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 2: a small spring loaded charge of sodium cyanide powder that 308 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 2: kills whatever sticks its nose close enough to investigate. Pet 309 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: dogs have accidentally been killed by the devices, but no 310 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 2: humans have ever died due to cyanide bombs. Still, seventy 311 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 2: six groups, including the Humane Society and Project Coyote, submitted 312 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 2: a petition to the BLM asking that the M forty 313 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 2: fours be banned. Last week, the BLM agreed M forty 314 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 2: fours will no longer be permitted on any BLM land, 315 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: which expands state restrictions already in place. There is also 316 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: a bill in Congress known as Canyons Law, which would 317 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 2: ban the devices on all federal public lands. Over in Utah, 318 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: the state is considering a change to how it rewards 319 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 2: hunters who turn in poachers. Most states offer some kind 320 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 2: of monetary reward for reporting wildlife crimes, but Utah's system 321 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 2: gives hunters something they want even more than money, access 322 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 2: to great hunting spots. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 323 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,719 Speaker 2: rewards tipsters with permits to hunt in coveted units, and 324 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 2: about a dozen of these special permits are issued every year. 325 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: The proposed changes to this system would sweeten the pod 326 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,959 Speaker 2: even more. They would allow hunters who turn in multiple 327 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: poachers in one year to receive multiple permits. Hopefully this 328 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 2: doesn't change to vigilantiism. Some of those permits would be 329 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: able to be transferred to family or friends. This change 330 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 2: will adequately reward hunters who, for example, report a group 331 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 2: of illegal hunters and aid in multiple prosecutions. Utah's Wildlife 332 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 2: Agency may be considering positive changes, but I can't say 333 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 2: the same for its senators. Over in Washington, d C. 334 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 2: The US Senate is considering a bill authored by Utah 335 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 2: Senator Mike Lee that would make it easier for states 336 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 2: and local governments to buy public land and at below 337 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 2: market value. This is not a new attempt by Senator Lee. 338 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: The bill is ostensibly designed to make it easier for 339 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 2: Western states to acquire land on which to build more housing. 340 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 2: The housing is supposed to be low income. In reality, 341 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 2: it's just going to give away public land without building 342 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 2: any houses at all. The houses that do get built 343 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 2: on rich folks find a way to get rich, and 344 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: it's going to cost us all our public lands freedom. Okay. 345 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 2: The Houses Act, which stands for helping open under utilized 346 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: space to ensure shelter, would require the Secretary of the 347 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: Interior to approve applications by state or local governments to 348 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 2: purchase federal public land if that land is eligible for 349 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 2: disposal under any other applicable law. If the land is 350 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: not already eligible for disposal, the Secretary will be required 351 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 2: to issue a determination within one year. Several types of 352 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 2: federally protected land are not eligible under the Houses Act, 353 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 2: including national monuments, national parks, and national recreation areas. But 354 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 2: that's still US millions of acres of other types of 355 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 2: federal land, including BLM land, that would be up for grabs. 356 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 2: If the public's land is sold and covered in neighborhoods, 357 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 2: taxpayers should at least get the fair market value, right, 358 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 2: that's our land. That makes sense, while not under Senator 359 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 2: Lee's bill, which includes a convoluted system that requires the 360 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 2: Secretary to offer parcels at below market value. The fair 361 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 2: market value is multiplied by potential tax revenue, but then 362 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: divided by the tax revenue of the land had it 363 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 2: been sold for that amount. The result is a number 364 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 2: well below what the property would have gone for on 365 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 2: the open market. It's also unclear whether this bill would 366 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: even create very many new homes. The bill requires the 367 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 2: purchaser of the land to use eighty five percent of 368 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: its residential development, as well as open space, green space, 369 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 2: or quote allowable community amenities. According to the bill, community 370 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 2: amenities can include things like grocery stores, hospitals, and recreation facilities. 371 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 2: It's possible, in other words, that public land could be 372 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 2: under the Houses Act that doesn't end up housing anything 373 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 2: or anyone. Now, there's a mechanism in place that makes 374 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: the Houses Act redundant anyway. It's called the Federal Land 375 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:16,719 Speaker 2: Transaction Facilitation Act, which already allows for the exchange of specific, 376 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: low value, isolated parcels of public land where it's necessary. 377 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 2: This process is slow, and it has safeguards in place 378 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 2: to make sure our public lands aren't parceled off for 379 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 2: frivolous things. Senator Lee's bill destroys many of those safeguards. 380 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 2: And no one who values our public lands wants to 381 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 2: see a good open space destroyed at a faster rate 382 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 2: than it's already being done. All right, that soapbox a 383 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 2: little bit at the end. Mark that down as an 384 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 2: opinion piece. Okay, moving on to the mail bag. Listener 385 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 2: Michael Wroteen wrote in with a clarification about a segment 386 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 2: we did in episode two twenty nine about a three 387 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 2: legged bear who downed three cans of white cloth. The 388 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 2: Florida Wildlife biologists we quoted said that the bears don't 389 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 2: seek out alcohol, but McCall doesn't believe that's correct. He said, quote, 390 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 2: bears don't seek out generic alcohol. They seek out Rainier beer. 391 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 2: As evidence for this fascinating scientific claim, the Call sent 392 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 2: me an article from two thousand and four about a 393 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 2: black bear who passed out after drinking thirty six cans 394 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 2: of Rainier. The bear managed to break into several coolers 395 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 2: at a campground in Washington State and helped himself to 396 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 2: the contents. According to a bookkeeper at the campground, the 397 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: bruin totally ignored all the cans of bush and went 398 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 2: straight for the good stuff. If anyone else has fun 399 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 2: drinking stories with bruins, you know where to find me. 400 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 2: Askcl that's Ascal at themeateater dot com and we'll get 401 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 2: to the bottom of this mystery together. The bear bottom. 402 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: That's all I got for you this week. Thank you 403 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 2: so much for listening. Remember to write in let me 404 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 2: know what's going on in your neck of the woods. 405 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 2: On top of that, Christmas is ripping around the corner. 406 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 2: Don't get caught with your pants down. If a tree 407 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 2: falls across the driveway, you know on an old saint, 408 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 2: it can't pull up in his sleigh. So go to 409 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 2: www dot steel dealers dot com. Find a local, knowledgeable 410 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 2: steel dealer near you. They're gonna get you set up 411 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 2: with what you need and they're not gonna try to 412 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 2: send you home with what you don't. Thanks again and 413 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 2: I'll talk to you next week.