WEBVTT - Ep. 487: Ivy League Game Processing, Backyard Deer Feeding, and a Wolf-Hunter Bounty

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<v Speaker 1>From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Callahan. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>cal Thirty two year old David Tofaldy was hiking up

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<v Speaker 1>Granite Peak on July twenty when he took tumble. Afterward,

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<v Speaker 1>he saw one of his trekking poles, but not the other.

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<v Speaker 1>Then it struck him, quote, this thing is sticking out

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<v Speaker 1>of me. Hey, we've all been there fall. These missing

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<v Speaker 1>trekking pole had fully impaled him, and it was jutting

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<v Speaker 1>out from his torso to his back. But he wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>in pain, bleeding, or struggling to Breathe Faldys occupation as

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<v Speaker 1>a wound nurse in buildings and was quote pretty confident

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<v Speaker 1>the pole hadn't punctured his chest or lungs. He walked

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<v Speaker 1>around a little bit without getting dizzy or out of breath,

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<v Speaker 1>So to avoid a pricey helicopter rescue, he and his

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<v Speaker 1>friends I actually walked ten miles down the train. Along

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<v Speaker 1>the way. One of the friends went ahead to warn

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<v Speaker 1>hikers of the gruesome looking injury they'd soon see. An

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<v Speaker 1>ambulance met Faldy at the trailhead. He was transferred back

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<v Speaker 1>to the hospital in Billings, where he was asked to

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<v Speaker 1>wait two hours before undergoing surgery, but he was reportedly

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<v Speaker 1>pretty tired of having a pole sticking through him and

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<v Speaker 1>convinced the doctors to consciously sedate him and remove the

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<v Speaker 1>pole sooner. Only then did the wound start hurting. Faldy

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<v Speaker 1>told The New York Times that the injury didn't cause

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<v Speaker 1>any lasting damage except for sorenas. He also feels bad

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<v Speaker 1>his fall prevented his buddies from summoning Granite Peak. They

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<v Speaker 1>planned to go back and beg the peak next year

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<v Speaker 1>without anyone impaling themselves on a hiking pole. Knock on wood.

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<v Speaker 1>So some of my favorite trekking poles out there are

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<v Speaker 1>the z lights from Black Diamond. Fantastic trekking pole, but

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<v Speaker 1>on those downhill descents, if he got a big old

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<v Speaker 1>mule deer on your back, there are many many times

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<v Speaker 1>where you're using too much trekking pole to hit breaks

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<v Speaker 1>and you watch those suckers bow out. And this nightmare

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<v Speaker 1>scenario that this fellow went through is something I think

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<v Speaker 1>has gone through many of our brains during late night packouts.

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<v Speaker 1>Scary for sure. Glad this one ended up okay. This

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<v Speaker 1>week we've got bait stations, cranes, wolves, bears, and where

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay to clean your meat. College Edition. But first,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to tell you about my week. And my

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<v Speaker 1>week has been spent in smokey old Missoula, Montana at

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<v Speaker 1>back Country Hunters and Anglers HQ, first trip away from

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<v Speaker 1>the baby Boy, and I wish I could say I

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<v Speaker 1>soaked in all the sleep I could guiltily get, but

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<v Speaker 1>we were packing in some much needed overtime staff hours.

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<v Speaker 1>If any of you listeners have purchased or I should say,

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<v Speaker 1>attempted to purchase t shirts or stickers or hats, or

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<v Speaker 1>have been doing awesome things like donating memberships multi year

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<v Speaker 1>memberships to people, and you're trying to go through our system,

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<v Speaker 1>which is not good right now over at Backcountry Hunters

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<v Speaker 1>dot Org, then you know that we needed to spend

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<v Speaker 1>some time there. There's been some issues getting that gear

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<v Speaker 1>out the door in a timely fashion. The system was

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<v Speaker 1>and is broken, but now we have a plan and

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<v Speaker 1>are executing towards that plan, which should alleviate a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of this until we get a new and much more

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<v Speaker 1>efficient system online. This fall, we kept the home fires burning.

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Curtis was making Elk Carneaitis in the office, keep

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<v Speaker 1>everybody fed and moving, and then brand manager and editor

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<v Speaker 1>of the Backcountry Journal Zach Williams, hosted everybody at his

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<v Speaker 1>house and we did a Elk and Grizzly Bear kebabs

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<v Speaker 1>out on the barbecue, which is pretty darn fun and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people haven't eaten Grizzly Bear and it's

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<v Speaker 1>good stuff. So just a little insight into what was

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<v Speaker 1>going on with the org. And this is an interesting

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<v Speaker 1>subject right in the nonprofit space. It's like, why the

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<v Speaker 1>hell are wasting your time with merchandise anyway, Well, oddly enough,

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<v Speaker 1>part of the mission here is to build community, empower

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<v Speaker 1>people to speak on behalf of their public lands and

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<v Speaker 1>public waters in public wildlife. And a snappy looking T shirt,

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<v Speaker 1>good looking hat, cool sticker can really help build that community.

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<v Speaker 1>And the reason we weren't getting these things out the door.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of the reason is that, you know, while orders

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<v Speaker 1>were stacking up, we were working to remove the legal

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<v Speaker 1>gray area that blocks some eight hundred and seventy one

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<v Speaker 1>thousand corner locked acres of public land corner crossing. We're

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<v Speaker 1>educating and providing comments and testimony on behalf of our membership.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully you for wetland conservation easements, OHB Expansion, Roadless Decision,

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<v Speaker 1>Wilderness review, and those are just the top of the

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<v Speaker 1>federal pile for the most part, so you lump in

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<v Speaker 1>all the stuff that's happened at the state level. None

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<v Speaker 1>of this is an excuse for poor merch execution, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is just some context as to where the mission

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<v Speaker 1>motion was flowing. We need to be sharing the love

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<v Speaker 1>of our public lands with our land managers and political

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<v Speaker 1>employees and with each other, so don't hesitate to get

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<v Speaker 1>that merged, guys. And if it's a little slow, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not because moss grows around a BHA staffer. It does not.

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<v Speaker 1>Last thing I'll leave you with on this subject is

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<v Speaker 1>public comment period over a Department of the Interior for

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<v Speaker 1>the Wilderness review is August fourteenth, so you need to

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<v Speaker 1>get on a lot of speculation is as to why

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<v Speaker 1>this review is happening. Could it lead to weakening protections

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<v Speaker 1>around designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, lands with wilderness characteristics

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<v Speaker 1>and recommended wilderness It could for sure, which is why

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<v Speaker 1>you need to chime in and say, hey, I just

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<v Speaker 1>heard old cal talking about eating grizzly bear. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>afford to go up to Alaska. I like the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of one day being able to hunt grizzly bears in

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<v Speaker 1>the lower forty eight, and we will never ever get

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<v Speaker 1>there if we don't have designated wilderness and wilderness study areas,

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<v Speaker 1>and in fact we should have more. You'll come up

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<v Speaker 1>with the right thing to say. I trust you. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>this week, I've been camping along the Old Blackfoot River

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<v Speaker 1>and working the puppy and Snort together in the early

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<v Speaker 1>mornings and late evenings. The adventure is a big Snort

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<v Speaker 1>and little Carp started this week. So far, I've found

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<v Speaker 1>that a little travel and a new routine has really

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<v Speaker 1>made the old dog bond with the puppy. Karp is

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<v Speaker 1>doing some really impressive retrieves on dry ground. She's starting

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<v Speaker 1>to use her nose and she's marking those bumpers really well.

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<v Speaker 1>She doesn't have the confidence to follow her mark all

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<v Speaker 1>the time, but it's coming along. We've been working on

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<v Speaker 1>her river knowledge too. We hunt a lot of moving water,

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<v Speaker 1>and a major mistake a lot of folks make is

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<v Speaker 1>training on still water and introducing puppies to river currents

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<v Speaker 1>too late. In life. I like to get those little

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<v Speaker 1>ones in the moving water early, and I think it

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<v Speaker 1>pays off in pursuit angles and birds in the bag.

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<v Speaker 1>Even with crippled birds on land. That drifting bumper in

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<v Speaker 1>the water just gets their brains thinking along the lines

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<v Speaker 1>of moving targets, where it will be, not where it is,

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<v Speaker 1>where it could be if it's not there, that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. You know, All that education adds up pretty

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<v Speaker 1>darn cool to see they're getting along way, way better.

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<v Speaker 1>The puppy has no problem honoring snorts retrieve, But now

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<v Speaker 1>Snort is reciprocating and being like, Okay, it's her turn, so,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, steps in the right direction. I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It's gonna be tough saying whether I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be hunting these two together early on or not.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, due to the constrictions of baby life and

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<v Speaker 1>long work hours, might not have a choice. Only so

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<v Speaker 1>much hours in the day. Jeez, Hunting seasons right around

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<v Speaker 1>the corner. What are we gonna do? Anxiety mounting up

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<v Speaker 1>sounded a gun moving on to the legislative desk. A

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<v Speaker 1>new law in Michigan is causing a stir in the

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<v Speaker 1>local deer hunting community d In late July, Michigan Governor

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<v Speaker 1>Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bipartisan bill that permits

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<v Speaker 1>citizens to put out two gallons or less of feed

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<v Speaker 1>for deer or elk in their backyards. The feeding must

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<v Speaker 1>take place within three hundred feet of a residence and

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<v Speaker 1>can only be done for the purpose of wildlife viewing

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<v Speaker 1>and winter feeding, not hunting. Okay. The law generally expands

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<v Speaker 1>the areas where backyard feeding is permitted, though Michigan dn

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<v Speaker 1>R officials say that some restrictions will remain in place

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<v Speaker 1>in parts of the state where the transmission risk for

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<v Speaker 1>diseases like CWD and bovine tuberculosis as high as baiting

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<v Speaker 1>and feeding are known to congregate deer and elk. Increasing

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<v Speaker 1>the spread of infectious disease is not good for anybody,

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<v Speaker 1>and artificial bait sites are proven to do that. Some

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<v Speaker 1>hunters are upset that local officials use this rationale to

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<v Speaker 1>prohibit baiting for hunting in the past, and see the

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<v Speaker 1>new regulation as a double standard. I do not blame

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<v Speaker 1>you there. Here's Steve for Michigan Outdoor Obsession on the

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<v Speaker 1>development for years since twenty nineteen to be exact. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been told that you couldn't bait because it caused artificial

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<v Speaker 1>grouping of deer and intern that caused CWD to spread. Well, now,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently CWD doesn't spread if you're within three hundred feet

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<v Speaker 1>of your house and you're just watching them from afar.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you hunt them, then having deer around a

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<v Speaker 1>bait pile causes CWD to spread. That's my issue with this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the fact of the actual law itself, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the consistency. This is the most contradictive law coming to

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<v Speaker 1>play for the Michigan hunting community. Ever, it's worth noting

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<v Speaker 1>that the law was passed by politicians, not the DNR,

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<v Speaker 1>which is usually not a great way to do wildlife management.

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<v Speaker 1>If you got thoughts on this one, you know where

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<v Speaker 1>to find us, right in askcl that's Ascal at the

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<v Speaker 1>meteater dot com or leave us a voicemail at four

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<v Speaker 1>h six two two zero six four four one. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got some good news coming out of Louisiana, where officials

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<v Speaker 1>are reporting historically strong breeding success for the states recovering

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<v Speaker 1>whooping crane population. In episode four to sixty nine back

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<v Speaker 1>in May, we talked a bit about Louisiana's whooping crane

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<v Speaker 1>recovery program after two endangered cranes were poached. At the time,

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<v Speaker 1>those two cranes represented two and a half percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the state's wild whooping crane population, which put a dent

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<v Speaker 1>in the species recovery effort. Brief background here, whooping cranes

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<v Speaker 1>were nearly wiped out by nineteen thirty seven, when fewer

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<v Speaker 1>than twenty birds remained. The decline was largely due to

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<v Speaker 1>habitat loss and change, and it spurred an extensive recovery effort,

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<v Speaker 1>which involved reintroductions from captive bred birds. Louisiana is a

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<v Speaker 1>key site where a non migratory flock was introduced in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eleven. This summer, the state reported that there had

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<v Speaker 1>been ten chicks fledged or fully reared to adulthood in

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<v Speaker 1>the wild, bumping the flock's overall population to eighty four quote.

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<v Speaker 1>Not just is it a record for Louisiana, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>new record for any previous or ongoing whooping crane reintroduction,

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<v Speaker 1>So we're really excited about the success that the birds

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<v Speaker 1>had this year, said Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

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<v Speaker 1>biologist Sarah Zemorski. She added that the birds are becoming

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<v Speaker 1>more experienced at breeding and have locked in at rearing young.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good sign for the broader recovery effort, and

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<v Speaker 1>let's hope more good news is on the horizon for

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<v Speaker 1>that insanely cool and rare species. Moving on to two

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<v Speaker 1>brief stories from the crime desk, a Michigan man faces

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<v Speaker 1>fifty counts of wildlife and firearm violations. Thomas House of

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<v Speaker 1>Elsie had been reported in an anonymous tip for shooting

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<v Speaker 1>deer from a vehicle with a suppressed semi automatic rifle.

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<v Speaker 1>Last October, conservation wardens investigated and found that he was

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<v Speaker 1>allegedly driving around at night and poaching deer, then leaving

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<v Speaker 1>the animal's bodies to waste. He also reportedly recorded videos

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<v Speaker 1>and photos of his illegal deer killings with a cell phone.

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<v Speaker 1>He's facing a slew of charges, including five counts of

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<v Speaker 1>felony weapons offenses and twenty nine wildlife conservation order violations.

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<v Speaker 1>Officials say the anonymous tip line was critical for stopping

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<v Speaker 1>this appalling behavior. Over an Idaho, a judge has sentenced

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph Jenkins for the unlawful possession of a firearm by

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<v Speaker 1>a convicted fellon felony possession of wildlife taken, unlawfully guiding

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<v Speaker 1>without a license, and a bare bait site violation in

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<v Speaker 1>Teton County. He had originally been charged in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>After Warden's uncovered an unlawful guiding scheme in which Jenkins

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<v Speaker 1>ran an illegitimate hunting sweepstakes advertised on an Oklahoma radio show.

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<v Speaker 1>He then assisted folks who won the sweepstakes in taking

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<v Speaker 1>bears and elk while lacking a guiding permit, profiting over

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<v Speaker 1>fifty five thousand dollars in the process. He will now

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<v Speaker 1>serve four years in prison, paid nine seven hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty dollars in restitution, and receive a lifetime hunting ban. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>if it seems too good, it probably is always good

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<v Speaker 1>to ask a lot of questions about who you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be hunting with ahead of time. Jumping over to the

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<v Speaker 1>college desk. Has reported last week in the Cornell University

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<v Speaker 1>student newspaper, the processing of game animals in the schools

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<v Speaker 1>shared dorm kitchens is now prohibited. You might remember the

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<v Speaker 1>controversy from last fall when two students who had legally

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<v Speaker 1>hunted a black bear in region four of New York

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<v Speaker 1>State processed that bear on the table in a communal

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen on campus. The students had diligently checked their eggs

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<v Speaker 1>at every level, from the season dates and the legal

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<v Speaker 1>hunting zones all the way down to the school handbook,

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<v Speaker 1>and everything they did was above board. That, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't prevent the Internet from getting a hold of the

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<v Speaker 1>story after another student called the police. The incident was

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<v Speaker 1>covered in outlets big and small, and of course the

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<v Speaker 1>discourse you found there did not display a deep understanding

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<v Speaker 1>of the issue or lack thereof. Thankfully, everyone who had

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<v Speaker 1>any real authority over the matter, the University of administration

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<v Speaker 1>and local police were actually supportive of the student's hunting

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<v Speaker 1>practice and diligent handling of the meet and high. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the hunters, Aaron Chin, came on the Mediator podcast

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<v Speaker 1>tell the whole story. Scroll back in your feed to

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<v Speaker 1>episode seven to seventy if you want to feel good

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<v Speaker 1>about the young whipper snappers these days. But even though

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<v Speaker 1>Cornell took the incident in stride, they clearly didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>a repeat of the brew haha this season. The student

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<v Speaker 1>handbook now reads quote processing wild game animals in community

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<v Speaker 1>kitchens is strictly prohibited. Unquote. I suppose I could get

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<v Speaker 1>up in arms about the Ivory Tower elites bowing to

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<v Speaker 1>online outrage and persecuting hunters, et cetera, et cetera. But frankly, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I still think you should. I mean, university can't provide

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<v Speaker 1>a designated kitchen for people who want to do this.

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<v Speaker 1>I think their efforts should be cracking down on those

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<v Speaker 1>folks who use kitchens and then don't clean them up,

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging cooking, not discouraging. Chin did say he wasn't blatantly

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<v Speaker 1>trying to do this. His private kitchen ended up falling

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<v Speaker 1>through at the last minute, and the dorm kitchen was

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<v Speaker 1>the last resort, and good for them for doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Put the meat processing the responsibility of harvesting wildlife and

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<v Speaker 1>taking care of it ahead of the social backlash there

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<v Speaker 1>on the college campus. One historical insight you may enjoy.

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<v Speaker 1>The dorm where Chin and his hunting partner butchered the

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<v Speaker 1>bear is named Ganata Goon Hall because that's the name

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<v Speaker 1>the indigenous people of the area gave to their homeland.

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<v Speaker 1>Those indigenous people are the Kayakono, also known as the

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<v Speaker 1>Cayuga nation of the Hodnasene or Iroquois confederacy. These folks

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<v Speaker 1>historically were some of the most bear hunting folks out there.

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<v Speaker 1>You can imagine Hodenasine hunters traditionally sang reverential songs to

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<v Speaker 1>bears as they pursued them, then killed them by hitting

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<v Speaker 1>them in the skull with a specialized club. Careful ceremonial

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<v Speaker 1>attention was paid to the bear as it was butchered

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<v Speaker 1>and eaten, and the head in particular was set in

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<v Speaker 1>an elevated position, and elaborately decorated masks made of bear

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<v Speaker 1>skulls and ceremonial costumes made of the skins were central

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<v Speaker 1>to traditional dance and religious ceremony. Personal adornments made of

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<v Speaker 1>beare teeth and clay pipes carved in the form of

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<v Speaker 1>the bear are common in archaeological sites. If we're really

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<v Speaker 1>going to honor the people who lived in this part

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<v Speaker 1>of the world before Europeans got here, and we should,

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<v Speaker 1>then I think it makes sense to remember this description

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<v Speaker 1>of a feast held in sixteen fifty five by the Onondaga.

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<v Speaker 1>Our men killed thirty bears, one man killing ten as

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<v Speaker 1>his share. One of the ceremonies of the feast that

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<v Speaker 1>followed this great slaughter was the drinking of bears fat

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<v Speaker 1>after the meal. Then they all rubbed themselves from head

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<v Speaker 1>to toe with that oil. For in truth, bears fat

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<v Speaker 1>when melted resembles oil. This is worth emphasizing in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six, Hunting and eating bears has been a form

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<v Speaker 1>of respect and veneration for a long time and continues

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<v Speaker 1>to be today. If you're interested in more of this

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<v Speaker 1>kind of info about bears, their biology, traditional veneration, near extirpation,

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<v Speaker 1>and roaring come back to the present day, keep your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes peeled for Clay Newcomb's book titled American Bear, which

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<v Speaker 1>is set to come out early next year. I guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be worth a read. Jumping over the wolf desk

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<v Speaker 1>and speaking of online controversies displaying deep under standing and

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<v Speaker 1>respectful tone, last week, the dog trainer in social media

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<v Speaker 1>influencer Jonas Black offered a ten thousand dollars bounty to

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who identifies the hunter responsible for killing a wolf

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<v Speaker 1>from the so called Molly's Pack in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem,

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<v Speaker 1>which I suppose would be like target somebody so you

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<v Speaker 1>can what do they call it, dox them socially harassed

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<v Speaker 1>these lawful hunters. Wyoming, in Montana, and Idaho all have

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<v Speaker 1>laws shielding the identities of wolf hunters to prevent exactly

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of stocking and abuse. Hunter harassment is also illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>so you have to wonder whether how far that ten

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars reward will go toward paying fines and legal fees.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Cowboys State Daily, Jonas Black became an anti

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<v Speaker 1>wolf hunting activist in twenty twenty four after seeing news

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<v Speaker 1>reports of Wyoming man Cody Roberts capturing, torturing, and killing

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<v Speaker 1>a gray wolf, including bringing the animal into a bar

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<v Speaker 1>and pretending to kiss it. Cody Roberts was convicted of

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<v Speaker 1>animal cruelty in April, with a sentence of probation and

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen to twenty four months in prison time if that

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<v Speaker 1>probation is violated. Black claims not to be against hunting

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<v Speaker 1>or wildlife management in general, but instead against hunter cruelty

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<v Speaker 1>in particular. He believes that the Molly's pack has been

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<v Speaker 1>so habituated to people from living in the park that

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<v Speaker 1>hunting them doesn't count as fair chase, which is just

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<v Speaker 1>like his opinion, man, the park's got to end somewhere,

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<v Speaker 1>and wolves they understand humans hunting them very well. Regardless

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<v Speaker 1>of that, wolf hunt objectives in the area's adjacent to

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone Park have already been cut in half for this

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<v Speaker 1>season due to an outbreak of canine distemper that has

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<v Speaker 1>severely impacted wolf numbers in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. This August,

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<v Speaker 1>a federal judge in Montana also vacated the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four ruling by US Fish and Wildlife refusing to relist

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<v Speaker 1>the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act, So in

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<v Speaker 1>a few years, Jonas Black might not see a need

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<v Speaker 1>to post this kind of bounty anymore to keep people

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<v Speaker 1>from hunting wolves. Will keep you up to date, jumping

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<v Speaker 1>over to Maine, where the town of Tremont has approved

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<v Speaker 1>a deer hunt within town limits, which would be the

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<v Speaker 1>first deer season on Mount Desert Island, the location of

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<v Speaker 1>the beautiful Acadian National Park in almost one hundred years.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks to listener Christy Holmes for sending this one in.

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<v Speaker 1>In nineteen thirty one, the main legislature closed deer hunting

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<v Speaker 1>on Mount Desert Island. It was pretty much the low

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<v Speaker 1>point of servid populations across the country. Now However, more

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<v Speaker 1>than twenty percent of all vehicle accidents on the island

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<v Speaker 1>involve deer, and tick numbers are skyrocketing. Last year, bill

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<v Speaker 1>was introduced in the state legislature to open deer hunting

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<v Speaker 1>on the island again, because it's illegal to hunt all

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<v Speaker 1>other game species there according to Maine lot but the

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<v Speaker 1>bill died in committee, and so the Town of Tremont

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<v Speaker 1>decided to take matters into their own hands. According to

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<v Speaker 1>the main Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the State

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<v Speaker 1>Game Commissioner can allow deer hunting within the limits of

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<v Speaker 1>a town if the town agrees, and May of this

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<v Speaker 1>year the town did agree with the voute of three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fourteen to two. Before any listeners out there

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<v Speaker 1>book a trip to the island planning on a sweet

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<v Speaker 1>hunt before camping out in Acadia, you should know that

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<v Speaker 1>this is limited to property owners and residents of the

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<v Speaker 1>Town of Tremont only. You can only take antler list deer,

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<v Speaker 1>and because this will be essentially a very local depredation season,

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<v Speaker 1>any deer killed won't count against a person state bag limit.

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<v Speaker 1>This wouldn't be a story about a new hunt somewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in the US without a protest movement, and so of

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<v Speaker 1>course a Tremont resident has started a petition for a

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<v Speaker 1>one year moratorium on the town's hunt. The petitioner seems

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<v Speaker 1>to want to just gum up the works in any

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<v Speaker 1>way she can, but she's also calling for increased data

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<v Speaker 1>collection on the deer heard on the island. Hunter harvest

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<v Speaker 1>is an excellent source of data. So let's hope this

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<v Speaker 1>limited hunt will help lead to a general season. There.

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<v Speaker 1>This little situation right here is one of those good

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<v Speaker 1>examples of hunting is conservation. All right, gang, that's all

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<v Speaker 1>I got for you this week. Thank you so much

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<v Speaker 1>for listening. Remember too, write into askcl let's ask cal

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<v Speaker 1>at the meat eater dot com, and of course call

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<v Speaker 1>in four oh six two two zero six four four one.

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<v Speaker 1>Hit those BHA action alerts. As we move into the fall,

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<v Speaker 1>and some would say this is by design, We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>see a lot of action at the House and Senate

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<v Speaker 1>regarding land management and wildlife management that will affect you.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna keep you informed, We're gonna make it easy

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<v Speaker 1>so you can still go out and hunt what you

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<v Speaker 1>need to do so you can advocate for our public lands,

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<v Speaker 1>waters and wildlife if you're not gonna do it, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>else will, and you may not like what they have

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<v Speaker 1>to say. That's all I got. Talk to you next week.