WEBVTT - Ep. 335: This Country Life - Ticks

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to this country Life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves.

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<v Speaker 1>From coon hunting to trot lining and just general country living.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to stay a while as I share

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<v Speaker 1>my experiences and life lessons. This country life is presented

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<v Speaker 1>by Case Knives on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you

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<v Speaker 1>the best outdoor podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>The airwaves have to offer.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got some stories to share. Ticks, ticks. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>think of a creepier topic to talk about other than

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<v Speaker 1>rats and dangs. You ain't talking about them, and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know which I hate worse, But this time of

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<v Speaker 1>year where I live, they are an issue we deal

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<v Speaker 1>with daily. I'm going to tell you about some stuff

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<v Speaker 1>I learned while prepping for this podcast. But first I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna tell you something I learned the hard way with

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<v Speaker 1>this story. That Turkey season wasn't especially warm, cool, or

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<v Speaker 1>anything really that stood out one way or the other weatherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just another spring turkey season, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>doing my dead level best to keep the wild turkey

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<v Speaker 1>population of Missouri in Arkansas in check. I was doing

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<v Speaker 1>some filming with a friend of mine, the friend I

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<v Speaker 1>talked about in episode three twenty one entitled West One

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<v Speaker 1>Bob Zero. Bob was the guy who I was filming

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<v Speaker 1>with and who was my initial mentor old filming hunts.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he shuns the spotlight now And as I explained

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<v Speaker 1>in that episode, I referred to him as Bob, which

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<v Speaker 1>isn't his name, and I offer that info only because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want you wondering why I didn't include his

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<v Speaker 1>last name. Bob doesn't have a last name. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>man of intrigue and mystery, much like the sudden onset

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<v Speaker 1>of terribleness I felt after returning to Arkansas from a

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<v Speaker 1>trip with him in Missouri. That trip was etched in

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<v Speaker 1>my mind not because we'd had bad luck. We'd killed

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<v Speaker 1>the turkey and gotten some decent footage. It was an

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<v Speaker 1>absolute great hunt that has never seen the light of day.

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<v Speaker 1>We could never broker a deal with anyone to sponsor

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<v Speaker 1>the airtime during the pioneer days of outdoor television, A

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of that video just sitting in the cans. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the reason that trip was so memorable. It

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<v Speaker 1>was more haunting than anything else, and it was because

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<v Speaker 1>of the ticks say what you want and chunk rocks

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<v Speaker 1>at me when you see me coming, if you feel

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<v Speaker 1>the need. But you have never never seen ticks any

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<v Speaker 1>worse than we did that spring a decade or so ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm not saying you haven't seen them bad in

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<v Speaker 1>your corner of the world. I said, you ain't never

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<v Speaker 1>seen them worse. And I'll go to my grave saying

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. Fortunately, you could only hunt half a

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<v Speaker 1>day in Missouri back then. Now I say fortunately because

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<v Speaker 1>it took the last half of the day to get

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<v Speaker 1>all the ticks rounded up and all my person that

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<v Speaker 1>had laid the claim to their own little piece of

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<v Speaker 1>reeves land, a neighborhood of which they were not welcomed.

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<v Speaker 1>It was every day, all day up and until the

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<v Speaker 1>point of my tenure in this realm.

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<v Speaker 2>I had never seen them that bad. I've only seen

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<v Speaker 2>them as bad as that once.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be a few years later in the Ozarks,

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<v Speaker 1>were my friend Michael Meeks and I used to camp

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<v Speaker 1>and chase turkeys annually during the open week. But that

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<v Speaker 1>would be a few years later. But back in Missouri,

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<v Speaker 1>the turkeys were gobbling and the ticks were crawled and biting.

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<v Speaker 1>No idea how many I pulled off me during that trip,

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<v Speaker 1>But I bet the farm during those three days it

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<v Speaker 1>was well over one hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually counted the first day.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I lost track during the next morning when I

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<v Speaker 1>heard one tick say to a host of others, y'all

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<v Speaker 1>want to eat him here, I'm just taking him back

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<v Speaker 1>to our place and finish him there.

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<v Speaker 2>The ticks were bad, real bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. The last statement was confirmed when we sat on

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<v Speaker 1>the back patio after a day of chasing turkeys and

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<v Speaker 1>killing ticks. We were frying fish, playing music, and visiting

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<v Speaker 1>with neighbors and relatives. We'd invite it over for supper.

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<v Speaker 1>It had become an annual event of sorts, with the

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<v Speaker 1>crowd growing bigger each year. I was paying particular attention

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<v Speaker 1>to the brim I had swimming in that hot peanut

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<v Speaker 1>oil when something just happened to catch my eye, and

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<v Speaker 1>I looked at the back wall of my friend's white house.

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<v Speaker 1>What are all those dots? Why are all those dots moving?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Lord, say it ain't so, Joe, say it ain't so.

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<v Speaker 1>Upon closer inspectually, my fear was confirmed. There were ticks

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<v Speaker 1>crawling on the outside of the house. Sweet Jesus, that

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<v Speaker 1>was creepy. I just got a chill, thinking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Apossum ran over my grave. They were everywhere. Every itch,

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<v Speaker 1>every tickle of a breeze, every sensation felt like a

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<v Speaker 1>tick crawling on me. If you only listen to a

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<v Speaker 1>few of these episodes, you have no doubt figured out

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<v Speaker 1>that I grew up in the country. The name of

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<v Speaker 1>this show is a perfect descriptor of my literal being

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<v Speaker 1>and my place in humanity. I am a country boy.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been dealing with ticks. My whole life is just

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<v Speaker 1>another part of nature. However, that spring in Missouri still

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<v Speaker 1>gives me the hebe jebbies. There won another possum over

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<v Speaker 1>my grave. A few days after I got home from

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<v Speaker 1>that trip, I started feeling bad, like really bad, like

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<v Speaker 1>I had the flu bad, or what I would assume

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<v Speaker 1>the flu would feel like.

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<v Speaker 2>I ain't ever had the flu. I've seen other folks.

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<v Speaker 1>Waller around in the throes of despair having had it,

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<v Speaker 1>but me, I'm seldom, if ever sick. To this day,

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<v Speaker 1>being sick wouldn't even make a blip on my earthly

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<v Speaker 1>timeline at that time, outside of having a hernia when

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<v Speaker 1>I was three, an appendicitis when I was sixteen, jobbing

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<v Speaker 1>my thumb in a copperheads Mouth when I was nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>My visits to.

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<v Speaker 1>The hospital had been for reasons other than my lack

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<v Speaker 1>of health. I hadn't been burdened by or susceptible to

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<v Speaker 1>the maladies that plague are planted as the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>you mere mortals have been.

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<v Speaker 2>At least that's what I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I was about to find out that the rumors of

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<v Speaker 1>my immortality were based on lies, a literal pyramid of

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<v Speaker 1>inaccurate assumptions about my tear one abilities to fight off

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<v Speaker 1>infection and dodge the bullets of sickness. I went to

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<v Speaker 1>the doctor and he said, looks like you got the flu.

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<v Speaker 1>I told him I never had the flu of my life,

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<v Speaker 1>but my symptoms were just like my brother Tims, who'd

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<v Speaker 1>gotten Rocky Mountain spotted fever the year before. My doctor

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<v Speaker 1>looked at me with the here we go again look off.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank goodness you called your brother and let him diagnose

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<v Speaker 1>you over the phone. I forgot that the state police

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<v Speaker 1>sent all their folks to the medical school.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>That doctor was a good friend of mine, a former

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<v Speaker 1>combat pilot in Vietnam. He was rough as a cob

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<v Speaker 1>and didn't mince words when he spoke. The one thing

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<v Speaker 1>he did, though, was listening to his patience, and I

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<v Speaker 1>reminded him that he was working for me and I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to be tested for tick fever. He humored me,

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<v Speaker 1>had the nurse draw blood, and ran me out of

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<v Speaker 1>his office, saying that he'd called me when he got

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<v Speaker 1>the results. A week later, he called and he said

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<v Speaker 1>he was sending all my charts to my brother. I

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<v Speaker 1>had Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He nailed my diagnosis. After

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<v Speaker 1>a steady diet of doxy cycline. I was good as

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<v Speaker 1>new almost. Doctor told me that I could possibly always

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<v Speaker 1>test positive for it, and then there may be flare

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<v Speaker 1>ups of muscle and joint aches for the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>my life because of it. He also said I should

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<v Speaker 1>always inform anyone when and if I ever donated blood. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't noticed enough flare ups over the last twenty

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<v Speaker 1>years to even remember a specific time, and I've donated

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<v Speaker 1>enough blood during that time to float that sea arc

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<v Speaker 1>boat out there in my yard. But I'm ever vigilant

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<v Speaker 1>these days, and I have been since, and I've had

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<v Speaker 1>dreams over the last twenty years of sea and those

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<v Speaker 1>ticks crawling on the side of the house.

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<v Speaker 2>It's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been within arm's reach of enough bears to

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<v Speaker 1>fill up a Greyhound bus and never gotten so much

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<v Speaker 1>as a scratch and a tick. A lowly tick tried

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<v Speaker 1>to kill me. That's just how that happened. The CDC

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<v Speaker 1>reports around six thousand cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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<v Speaker 1>each year, But despite its name, you're more likely to

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<v Speaker 1>get it in North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and wait

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<v Speaker 1>for it, wait for it, Missouri. The chances of you

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<v Speaker 1>getting sick remain small percentage wise. If you get bit

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<v Speaker 1>by a tick, only certain varieties carried disease and you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be susceptible to catching it. Normally, the infected

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<v Speaker 1>tick has to be attached for a prolonged period of

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<v Speaker 1>time before the transference occurs. If you figure out all

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<v Speaker 1>the folks that are outside where takes can be found

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<v Speaker 1>in those states alone, your chances of getting sick from

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<v Speaker 1>a tick bite are extremely remote. Fortunately, Rocky Mountain spotted

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<v Speaker 1>fever is highly treatable with antibiotics. Unfortunately, Rocky Mountain spotted

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<v Speaker 1>fever is the least of the issues when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to tick born diseases. There are twenty t different pathogens

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<v Speaker 1>that can make humans sick, including erlichiosis, lyme disease, to laarhemia,

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<v Speaker 1>and tick paralysis. In two thousand and nine, if of

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<v Speaker 1>gall syndrome joined the chat and if all that other

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't enough, that condition is that forced to be reckoned

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<v Speaker 1>with And doing just a modicum bit of researcher for

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast, I discovered illnesses I'd never heard of. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm amazed I never contracted, just by the sheer number

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<v Speaker 1>of ticks that I've hosted over my lifetime. In the

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<v Speaker 1>opening story, I told you about getting Rocky Mountain spotted feverbody.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't tell you the circumstances. It was a tick

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<v Speaker 1>on the backside of my ribcage that I found by

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<v Speaker 1>accident a day after I got home from that trip.

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<v Speaker 1>Had I noticed it when it bit me, I doubt

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<v Speaker 1>I'd ever had gotten it. That's why checking yourself and

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<v Speaker 1>especially the little folks that hang around with you, is

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<v Speaker 1>so important in prevention. Back during the conflagration known as COVID,

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter Bailey and I did a project of making

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<v Speaker 1>a coon feeder to concentrate the bandid. It was to

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<v Speaker 1>a certain area to help train our coon down Whalen

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<v Speaker 1>we failed it, and I shared that video from five

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, not long ago, on my social media. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what I didn't show on that video is when Bailey

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<v Speaker 1>and I were walking back to the truck because she

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<v Speaker 1>was telling me about all the little spiders that she'd seen,

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<v Speaker 1>and she told me that she'd wiped a.

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<v Speaker 2>Bunch of them off her breeches. They caught my attention.

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<v Speaker 2>I stood her up on the tailgate.

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<v Speaker 1>It was then I saw she'd gotten into a miss

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<v Speaker 1>of seed ticks and big ticks. Luckily she'd noticed them

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<v Speaker 1>and said something. I was able to get her squared

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<v Speaker 1>away before we ever left. On that same trip, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get one, not one, and she'd been covered up

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<v Speaker 1>with them. I'm friends with a few folks that have

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<v Speaker 1>been sucker punched by tick diseases. And when I think

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<v Speaker 1>about the multitude of people I know that do the

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<v Speaker 1>same kind of things that I do, you'd think there'd

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<v Speaker 1>be more. One such person is my friend Ronney Cowan.

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<v Speaker 1>Ronnie's a wildlife biologist and the state Outdoor Recreation Specialist

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<v Speaker 1>for the University of Tennessee. Ronnie's a lifelong hunter, and

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<v Speaker 1>he and I met on a coon hunt last winter

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<v Speaker 1>on the White River with my regular coon hunting palas

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<v Speaker 1>at the Cash River Coon Club. Ronnie's a strong advocate

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<v Speaker 1>for outdoor recreation, and a tick bite forced him to

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<v Speaker 1>completely rethink how he hunts, trains dogs, and connect others

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<v Speaker 1>to conservation now. He shared the following during a recent

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<v Speaker 1>conversation he and I had. Here's what Ronnie said. A

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<v Speaker 1>few years ago, I was diagnosed with alpha gal syndrome

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<v Speaker 1>and it flipped my outdoor world upside down. Red meat

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<v Speaker 1>was off the table literally, But instead of walking away

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<v Speaker 1>from hunting, I leaned deeper into it and became a

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<v Speaker 1>bird hunter. Now, thanks to some advice from Tony Peterson,

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<v Speaker 1>who was incredibly helpful and getting me started in dog work,

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<v Speaker 1>I retooled my life, got a bird dog, and found

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<v Speaker 1>a new path into ethical hunting and mendorship. Now that

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<v Speaker 1>change not only saved my outdoor identity, gave me a

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<v Speaker 1>new purpose. Nice job, Ronnie, and quite a shout out

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<v Speaker 1>to our own Tony Peterson for his help. That is

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<v Speaker 1>the absolute textbook definition of taking a negative and turned

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<v Speaker 1>it into a positive. If you haven't heard of alpha

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<v Speaker 1>gal syndrome, here's a simple descriptor. Alpha gal is a

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<v Speaker 1>carbohydrate molecule contained within red meat. The pathogen that you

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<v Speaker 1>get from the tick reacts adversely with that molecule in

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<v Speaker 1>red meat, and it makes you sick.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no cure.

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<v Speaker 1>Adding insult to injury is the fact that you ain't

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<v Speaker 1>even got to eat red meat to get sick. If

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<v Speaker 1>you have alpha gal, all you gotta do is touch

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<v Speaker 1>some and it can trigger the illness if you get it.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you like chicken and fish, because that's the

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<v Speaker 1>menu you're going to be ordering from. Feathers and scales, period.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't fathom not being able to eat red meat again.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel for those folks, but I also ain't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>stay inside to ensure I never get it. If the

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<v Speaker 1>ticks keep us from doing what we want, they win.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't let the ticks win. We can't now if

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<v Speaker 1>ticks are making us sick wasn't bad enough, they'll also

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<v Speaker 1>do a number on our dogs. Just about everything that

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<v Speaker 1>we can get from a tick, our dogs can get too.

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<v Speaker 1>Depending on where you live, you're looking at a specific

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<v Speaker 1>type of threats. I was today years old when I

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<v Speaker 1>learned dogs can get lyme disease. I was chatting at

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<v Speaker 1>that with my friend in Whalen's personal physician, doctor Jonathan Bradshaw,

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<v Speaker 1>DVM to the Stars, and I was talking to him

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<v Speaker 1>about tick stuff, and he told me that certain areas

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<v Speaker 1>of the country where more prone to produce certain types

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<v Speaker 1>of tick diseases that can be a big problem to

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<v Speaker 1>your four legged piles ain't properly protected from specific diseases

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<v Speaker 1>in specific areas, especially if you travel with you dogs

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<v Speaker 1>like he does in hunt tests and field trial competitions

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<v Speaker 1>with his retrievers, or like I do with friends around

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<v Speaker 1>the country chasing coons. For example, down here in the South,

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<v Speaker 1>er likia is the biggest threat to dogs, but there's

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<v Speaker 1>a hot spot of lime disease around Dallas, just like

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<v Speaker 1>up in New England.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knew that?

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<v Speaker 1>And across the big muddy over in Mississippi, my buddy

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<v Speaker 1>Lake Pickle is dealing with keeping his yellow lab Knocks

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<v Speaker 1>from getting annaplasmosis, which seems to be a bigger issue

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<v Speaker 1>there than here. Traveling around puts you in new territory

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<v Speaker 1>and associates your dogs with other dogs from other places

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<v Speaker 1>who may have an altogether different set of tick threats

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<v Speaker 1>from where they're from. This is most certainly true in

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<v Speaker 1>the competition world. Where dogs from all over congregate in

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<v Speaker 1>one setting, adding to the risk and raising the percentage

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<v Speaker 1>of potential tick pathog and infections even higher. Is the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that while we all like to think that everyone

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<v Speaker 1>takes as good as care as we do of our

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<v Speaker 1>pets and their general health, it's just not always the case.

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<v Speaker 1>It's easy for a tick to hit your ride in

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<v Speaker 1>the dog box and wind up someplace they never dreamed

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<v Speaker 1>of the next morning, just full full of dogs everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>It'd be like me.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to sleep one night and waking up the next

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<v Speaker 1>morning in a watermelon patch. So to take care of

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<v Speaker 1>your hunting buddies, it's just like driving a car down

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<v Speaker 1>the highway. You have to drive and pay attention to

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<v Speaker 1>the cars around you as if they don't know anything

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<v Speaker 1>about driving. Same thing applies to your dog. Think defensively.

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<v Speaker 1>I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Flint

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<v Speaker 1>Oak Branch in Fall River Canvas back in January of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four. I was speaking out of hunters with

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<v Speaker 1>Mission Bank, which just down the road and Independence. The

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<v Speaker 1>next night, I went a day early to with my

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<v Speaker 1>friends tough In to coat a gram at Flannel Branch.

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<v Speaker 1>Toughy told me when I got there that they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>allow Whaling to stay in the kennels with their bird

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<v Speaker 1>dogs for their protection.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I wasn't offended in the least. I got it.

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<v Speaker 2>I understood why those folks don't know me.

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<v Speaker 1>They were looking out for the best interest of their

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<v Speaker 1>five star shooting facility. Tuffy said, you can keep Whaling

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<v Speaker 1>in your room if you want. Now, that's suited me

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<v Speaker 1>just fine Whaling too. Truth being on, I was planning

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<v Speaker 1>on slipping him in there anyway, because I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>how their kettles were kept. It turns out the kennels

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<v Speaker 1>were just as meticulously cared for and clean as the

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<v Speaker 1>sweet we stayed in, except Whaling drank his water out

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<v Speaker 1>of a fancy leather bound ice bucket in our room

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<v Speaker 1>while the dogs out and the kennels only had polished

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<v Speaker 1>stainless steep. Now Whaling would have been just fine out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Heck I'd have been fine out there. But you just

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<v Speaker 1>never know, and you can't take a chance. It's also

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<v Speaker 1>the possibility of skullduggery. Now, for all of you that

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<v Speaker 1>have hung on this long and are now trying to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out what in the world is Brent talking about? Skullduggery.

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<v Speaker 1>Skullduggery means underhanded and unscrupulous behavior. So what's that got

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<v Speaker 1>to do with ticks? I'm so glad you asked, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember mister Leon.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the old World War two bet that I

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<v Speaker 1>worked with in the woods back in the nineteen eighties. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he told me about a guy on his crew that

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<v Speaker 1>he worked with before I came there. That told it

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<v Speaker 1>an empty pill bottle in his shirt pocket, and every day,

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<v Speaker 1>when the ticks were out, he'd catch them crawling and

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<v Speaker 1>drop them in that pill bottle. Now that ain't weird enough.

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<v Speaker 1>He then took them to a local country store he

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<v Speaker 1>traded with and stopped at every afternoon after work, and

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<v Speaker 1>would dump them out in that store when the propriety.

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't looking because he hated him.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, apparently they'd had some kind of business deal many

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<v Speaker 1>years before, and the store owner took advantage of him

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<v Speaker 1>and beat him out of some money. So even the score,

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<v Speaker 1>this dude was unleashing a daily carpet bombing of ticks

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<v Speaker 1>in his store to prey upon the masses. Now, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Leon said, I don't know how long he'd been doing

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<v Speaker 1>that when I caught him, but when I did, I

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<v Speaker 1>made him stop. However, it was a multi year campaign.

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<v Speaker 1>According to him, TICS, I hate him and the only

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<v Speaker 1>thing that disappoints me when I catch one and smash

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<v Speaker 1>the life out of him is I can't hear him

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<v Speaker 1>screaming when I do it. Talk to your vet where

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<v Speaker 1>you live and get the protection for your dogs specific

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<v Speaker 1>to the places you're going to have them operating in,

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<v Speaker 1>and most importantly, check them for texts when the hunt's over.

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<v Speaker 1>The same goes for you and your youngins. Lots of

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<v Speaker 1>options out there, but there's nothing better than a self

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<v Speaker 1>inspection once you get back to the CASA. Now be

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<v Speaker 1>symptom of weare of clues that may on set, especially

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<v Speaker 1>after thirty six hours of getting bitter exposed. It's always

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<v Speaker 1>better to air on the side of caution. Formetha and

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<v Speaker 1>spray will have the moon walking on your breeches until

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<v Speaker 1>they fall off dead as disco, but with any chemical

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<v Speaker 1>applications there's always safety protocols to follow. That's gonna about

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<v Speaker 1>do it for this satellite view on TICS. I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about doing a deeper dive later on if y'all are interested,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe having some folks on to tell how they've

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<v Speaker 1>dealt with issues as a result of tick boxes. Y'all

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<v Speaker 1>let us know if you're interested. Thank y'all so much

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to us here on the bear Grease channel.

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<v Speaker 1>If we've got the bear Grease, the render this country

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<v Speaker 1>life and now Backwoods University right here, my old buddy

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<v Speaker 1>Lake pickle until next week.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Brent Reeves signing off. Y'all be careful

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<v Speaker 1>Entering