1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: Kel's We Can Review with Ryan kel Kelly. Now Here's Kel. 3 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a secret that the people over 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: at Peter People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals know 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: that they will get ink just about everywhere when they 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: decide to go after entities and in this case, entertainment 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: that just don't really matter. If you'll recall, way way 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: back to episode one of Cal's Week in Review, I 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: brought up the term species is a term coined by 10 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Peter that means, or attempts rather to end the misguided 11 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: belief that humans are superior to all other animal species 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: and that it's okay for us to exploit some species 13 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: in horrible ways for our own trivial purposes. Part of 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: this species is um campaign is to try to alter 15 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: some of our old timey phrases. For instance, instead of 16 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: saying I don't mean to beat a dead horse, you 17 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: would instead say feed a fed horse. Or for instance, 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: if you were fond of heading to work and saying, well, 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: time to bring home the bacon, you would instead say, well, 20 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: time to bring home the bagels, and my personal favorite, 21 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: instead of killing two birds, with one stone, you would 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: feed two birds with one stone. Not sure how to 23 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: use that one in the instance in which I am, 24 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, actually trying to kill two birds with one stone. Now, 25 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: to be fair and back to the point, I myself 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: have been rather turned off by some folks ability to 27 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: elevate themselves far above the other organisms. We share this 28 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: planet with, people included. So I get that part of 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: species is um but the part about our own trivial 30 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: purposes I do not get. I love food, and food, 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,639 Speaker 1: my friends, is no trivial pursuit anyway. Most recently, Peta 32 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: went after the gaming company Nintendo and their new and 33 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: wildly popular game Animal Crossing New Horizons. In this game, 34 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: the players can capture bugs and fish, which, according to 35 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Peta is not vegan and therefore not okay. Being is 36 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: the video game beat is a bit of a departure 37 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: for me. I reached out to meet eaters own electronic 38 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: gaming man on the digital street, Phil, the podcast engineer tailor. 39 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: According to Phil, the game is interesting in the fact 40 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: that it has no villain, no source of friction. The 41 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,839 Speaker 1: digital landscape is built in bright, inviting colors, a real 42 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: mood lift, which may be why so many people are 43 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: taking to this game. Additionally, since there is no villain, 44 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: the players can do whatever they want, including picking fruit, 45 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: sitting next to campfires, and building snowmen. Obviously the type 46 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: of setting that breeds animal tortures, so I chose to 47 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: investigate more by looking, as Phil suggested, at a few 48 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: YouTube videos of animal crossing new horizons. Let me tell 49 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: you what I found. It was indeed shocking. Two lips ponds, 50 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: water flowing mysteriously without any form of gradient, old timey 51 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: stick string and bobber fishing, butterfly catching, random snowman building, 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: little people interacting with animals, wearing people clothes. I'll tell 53 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: you it just as a natural folks. In fact, I 54 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: would call it fantastical that Peter always one step ahead 55 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: of us. Animal crossing New Horizons could have been an 56 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Al Qaeda ask breeding ground for animal haters until they 57 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: stepped down. Honestly, the only problem I have with this 58 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: game is the fact that the fish and the bugs 59 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: are a form of currency. If you're looking for a 60 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: game where you can actually hunt animals that won't cross 61 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: the line of animals for money, Phil says, check out 62 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: Legend of Zelda, Breath of the wild players can apparently 63 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: not only hunt wild pigs, but they can barbecue them 64 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: as well. This week we've got big announcements fishing closures 65 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: and openings, bears, and social distancing the fishing game way. 66 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: But first, I'm gonna tell you about my week, as 67 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: everyone knows my week, and this podcast is sponsored by 68 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: steel Power Equipment, World's first and finest chainsaws. I took 69 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: those fine chainsaws and headed to a friend's property where 70 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: they had a bunch of problem trees, you know, trees 71 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: that threatened to drop on roads, houses and puppies and whatnot. 72 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: They had those trees previously dropped, bucked up into eight 73 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: foot lengths and stacked. I took my two battery powered 74 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: saws and went to work on the stacks of ponderosa 75 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: pine to then turn those eight foot lengths into woodstove lengths. 76 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: Which got me to thinking about how arduous the process 77 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: of explaining cutting wood into firewood would be to someone 78 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: who doesn't know what firewood is. You see, you take 79 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: that and and then you cut it into a small chunk, 80 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: and then you cut it into a smaller chunk, and 81 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: then you break that into smaller chunks, and then you 82 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: burn it. Anyway, I had three batteries total. I ran 83 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: the two twenty c battery saw primarily, and three batteries 84 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: allow you to cut up more than enough wood to 85 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: deal with when they eventually get to the point of 86 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: having two dead batteries with one still needing time on 87 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: the charger. The eight foot lengths ranged in diameter from 88 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,799 Speaker 1: fifteen tot made a lot of sawdust. Then we split 89 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: some of those rounds, burn them into coals, and cooked 90 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: cou's deer ham on the fire, along with some potatoes, 91 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: all outside trying to maintain a respectful six foot distance 92 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: from each other. If you have a hard time imagining 93 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: what a six foot distance is like, and you fancy 94 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: yourself an angler, look no further than your state's Fish 95 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: and Game website. A few state agencies, and hopefully every 96 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: state agency soon will have a helpful reminder of what 97 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: appropriate social distances. In Pennsylvania, it may be helpful to 98 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: know that if you are within twenty four adult at 99 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: headmintal lengths to the next angler, you may want to 100 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: take a step back. If you were not alive baying angler. 101 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: That's nine and a half yellow perch in Montana angler 102 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: terms about four trout lengths away from each other, or 103 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: to shovel nose sturgeon or one good sized paddlefish. Can't 104 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: wait to see what the other states come up with next. 105 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: I love that good job, whoever came up with it. 106 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: Over the update desk, we have a real big news 107 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: over at the meat eater dot com home with the 108 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: Ranella who tell us campaign All profits from campaign merchandise 109 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: will go directly to our new land Access initiative. Those 110 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: funds will be used to bring you us we more 111 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: of what we love, access to hunting and fishing opportunity. 112 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: This could be in the form of an easement, a property, 113 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: a boat ramp, or a convenient place to park. No 114 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: job too small or big, will consider them all, no 115 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: matter the location, so long as the location provide something more. 116 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: If this has you thinking, please go to the meat 117 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: eater dot com and submit a property or location that 118 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: could help us all out and we approve this message. 119 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: On top of that, if you did not catch the 120 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: Weekend Review Field Reports YouTube series, please check that out. 121 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: We go to Tennessee to look at the impacts Asian 122 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: carp and their edibility. We go to Oregon and look 123 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: at how the Nature Conservancy is balancing access cattle and 124 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: a whole lot of elk on a bunch grass prairie 125 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: ecosystem called the zoom Walt Prairie Preserve. Then we end 126 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: up in Montana, my friend Eric Siegfried from on x 127 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: Maps looking at hard to access public hunting opportunities. It's 128 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. Check them out. And lastly, I 129 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: always get asked to validate nonprofit conservation organizations. The question 130 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: is do you think I should join whatever organization? My 131 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: answer is always the same. Sign up for their newsletters. 132 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: They are free. You can read every week what is 133 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: going on. Then you can look at what that particular 134 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: group is doing by following them, stalking them if you will, 135 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: on social media, and you can see if they're volunteers 136 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: and chapters and the organization as a whole behaves the 137 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: way they say they do in their newsletters, and then 138 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: you can make the right decision right now. An organization 139 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: that I love, back Country Hunters and Anglers, a national 140 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: nonprofit that advocates for public land, has a special offer 141 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: of a free copy of the back Country Journal to 142 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: anyone who wants one. Great photography, stories, recipes, and even 143 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: some great gear. Amongst the conservation News. The back Country 144 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: Journal is worth paying a membership for, but right now 145 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: you can get a copy for nothing. If maybe you've 146 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: read or seen the movie Children of the Corn by 147 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: Stephen King, and since then you've never really trusted the 148 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: rustle of a corn field, well now you have a 149 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: reason to be justified. A story out of the Grand 150 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: Forks Herald tells of a bear den in a corn 151 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: field just outside of Warren, Minnesota. The bear dug into 152 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: the ground about eight to ten inches, then lined the 153 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: shallow hole with corn stocks. Additionally, that bear piled up 154 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: roughly thirty inches of corn stalks around the hole, making 155 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: a nice little nest. So next time you hear the 156 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: dry rustle of corn stalks on a windless day and 157 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: that eerie feeling comes creeping in, get it corn stalks eerie, 158 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: You may not be wrong, and maybe a bear. It's 159 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: probably nothing, but it could be a bear. The area 160 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: around More in Minnesota is in an area of the 161 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: country where farmers could not get into their fields to 162 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: harvest corn due to flooding. In an attempt to harvest 163 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: what corn still stands, harvesting equipment has been getting out 164 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: early in March to take advantage of frozen ground. But 165 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: as it turns out, there have been several bears that 166 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: had already been taking advantage of the standing corn. In fact, 167 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: act a sole black bear was inadvertently hit and killed 168 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: by a harvester outside of strand Quist, Minnesota, about sixty 169 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: miles north of Grand Forks. Harvesting equipment such as combines 170 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: and harvesters do collect some non plant material from time 171 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: to time. We lost several batches of guinea fowl, which 172 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: is a wild bird in parts of Africa that some 173 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: rural families like to have around the barnyard because they 174 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: act as a sort of guard dog chicken. They raised 175 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: a pretty obnoxious alarm call when new people or things 176 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: show up unexpectedly. Anyway, we had several batches of those 177 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: when I was a kid, and the guinea fowl would 178 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: fly into the alfalfa and essentially get turned into round bales, 179 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: deer fons, pigs, ground nesting birds and now bears can 180 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: be by catch to the corn or hay crop. But remember, 181 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: if you're a big fan of the bagged microgreens, bears 182 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: need not concern you. You need to be on the 183 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: lookout for frogs. I'm kidding, of course, you would be 184 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: very lucky to find a frog in your salad. Invertebrates 185 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: are way way more common. Peter may need to get 186 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: off the video games and start looking at the way 187 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: we harvest food. Anyway, the Minnesota Department and Natural Resources 188 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: captured the South cubs and transferred them to a rehab facility. 189 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: Moving on, but sticking with predators. The endangered Mexican gray 190 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: wolf population is that an all time high population surveys 191 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: just ended, recording at least a hundred and sixty three individuals, 192 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: recording to the ap News spread out amongst forty six packs. 193 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: That is a population jump of nearly twenty five percent 194 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: since last year. The population has had a steady increase, 195 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: with about fifteen percent year over year since individuals were 196 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: released in One theory for the dramatic population jump this 197 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: year is that we now have a good population of 198 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: adult wolves rearing pups and teaching them in the wild, 199 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: versus a semi captive adult wolf being really east onto 200 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: the landscape to figure things out. One thing that a 201 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: wolf in the former scenario may figure out is livestock. 202 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: Two thousand nineteen market the all time high for livestock kills. 203 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: The Mexican gray wolf. Love them or hate them, is 204 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: here to stay. If you want to call yourself a conservationist, 205 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: this is what you sign up for, healthy managed wildlife populations. 206 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 1: Wolves will not be the end of the hunter, or 207 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: hunting or cattlemen and cattle can. They make things more difficult, absolutely, 208 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: but they are pretty darn neat to watch and listen to. 209 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: I have packed out a few elk on I back 210 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: with wolves singing in the background. It is not something 211 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: I will ever forget. But that really isn't the rub 212 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: when we talk about reintroduction of species, be they wolves 213 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: or elk for that matter. In many cases you have 214 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: farmers or ranchers that have moved to and lived in 215 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: a place without the existence of whatever animal, and then 216 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the quote black government helicopters are 217 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: dropping grizzly bears, wolves and crop hungry elk onto your spread. 218 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: Even though that is not how things work, you could 219 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: see how that would dramatically affect your business plan. I am, 220 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: and I think most people are more supportive of animals 221 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: walking in and building a population in a natural way. 222 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: That's not always possible, but it sure allows for both 223 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: the wildlife and the human inhabitants of that scene to 224 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: adjust to each other, unless we're talking about wild hogs, 225 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: of course. Moving on, the state of Maine and Missouri 226 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: have temporarily granted free fishing, encouraging people to be outdoors recreating, 227 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: while again maintaining proper social distancing. A couple of major points. 228 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: In Missouri. If you are not a member in good 229 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: standing with the Department of Conservation, meaning you have a 230 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: previously revoked hunting and fishing license, you still can't fish 231 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: for free or at all. And here is the major 232 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: thing to remember, rules and regulations still apply. I this 233 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: is not a free for all on our natural resources. 234 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: This is a great economic excuse to get some well 235 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: spaced time and the healthiest place of all the out 236 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: of doors. Just like at the grocery stores, do not 237 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: take more than you need, and if you feel you 238 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: need a lot, you can buy seafood at bargain prices. 239 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: For many captains who have lost the ability to sell 240 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: in both restaurants and overseas markets, get out for the 241 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: mental and physical health. Take a fish home where it 242 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: is legal to do so, but leave some for others 243 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: and for yourself. If you're coming back the next weekend. 244 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: What's more, if you can afford to do so by 245 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: that fishing license anyway, you'll be happy you did. On 246 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: the flip side, the state Washington has temporarily suspended fishing 247 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: and shellfish harvesting in the state as a response to 248 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: overcrowding at some boat ramps and fishing locations. Take it 249 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: for me. In non COVID times, I've had Western Washington 250 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: salmon fisherman stands so close to me the accidentally stuck 251 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: their hands into my waiters when their fingers got cold. 252 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: I think by mistake, but that isn't the way it 253 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: is always. There are plenty of river bank miles to 254 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: get some good distance from other anglers, especially if you're 255 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: just looking as I often am. To just be outside 256 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: the fish is just a bonus. Anyway. I hate seeing 257 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: this again. I feel like the outdoors can be such 258 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: a healthy experience. But because some fishing activities in some areas, 259 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: anglers have a hard time keeping that twenty four fat 260 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: head minnow or four trout or two shelvenel sturgeon leans 261 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: from each other. The fishing has been shut down, and 262 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: friends and neighbors, if that is what it takes to 263 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: get this pandemic over with. Let's all strap in, do 264 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: the right thing, and avoid each other so you know, 265 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: we can hurry this thing along and get back to 266 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: being sick of being around each other all the time. 267 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: That's what I'm doing. It is easy to get bitter 268 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: about a situation like this in Washington. It is easy 269 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: to look the fishing calendar and just see time, opportunity 270 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: and business swim past. If you are able, I encourage 271 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: you to take this opportunity to focus on your fisheries health, 272 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: tie up a bunch of extra globe bugs, clean and 273 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: organize your gear, and make some calls on behalf of 274 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Maybe those boat ramps 275 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: are too crowded because there aren't enough of them. Call 276 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: your duly elected your congressional representatives right now and ask 277 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: them to co sign the Great American Outdoors Act. Tell 278 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: them to be a part of the greatest conservation legislation 279 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: since Nixon was in office. Isn't that something? We are 280 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: a couple of co signers away from a super majority. 281 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: And Mitch McConnell, who was a co signer, sets the schedule, 282 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: meaning this thing has a real shop. COVID nineteen be damned. 283 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: Let's set up our future. This is attainable. Get on 284 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: those phones. Let's stand in solidarity as outdoor loving people, 285 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: and pass the Great American Outdoors Act. Over to the 286 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: Marine Mammal Desk. We're gonna start out with a recap. 287 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: What do you call a bluga whale and a narwall 288 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: cross a nor luga? How about a false killer whale 289 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: dolphin hybrid? That's a wolfing, of course. Another interesting matchup 290 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: across the marine mammal desk just recently, the melon headed 291 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: whale and the rough toothed dolphin. This unlikely combo have 292 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: had a successful offspring, confirmed by a tissue sample taken 293 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: by a specialized bolt fired from a crossbow. This specialized 294 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: bolt is designed to just barely penetrate and extract a 295 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: skin sample for DNA analysis. That's uh, just another day 296 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: as marine biologist for you kids. Not much else to 297 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: tell on this one other than the fact that you 298 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: know that happens, which I think is neat. Of course, 299 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: I just made an antelope meat loaf that I referred 300 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: to as an anteloaf, which I thought was pretty neat too. 301 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: Hopefully definitely. Moving on to the law enforcement desk, I 302 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: do not know why, but cheating and bass fishing must 303 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: just go together. Two men from Washington City, Utah, which 304 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: is part of the St. George metropolitan area that you 305 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: didn't know that because I didn't, were charged in Kane 306 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: County sixth District Court with bribery or threat to influence 307 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: a contest a third degree felony, unlawful release of wildlife 308 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: a Class A misdemeanor, an unlawful captivity of protected wildlife 309 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: a Class B misdemeanor. What the two men did is 310 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: nothing new. If you read Sam Lungern's article on the 311 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: infamous bass angler and tournament cheater Mike Long at the 312 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: meat eater dot com. The Washington City man caught bass 313 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: at a different lake, held them, and presented them as 314 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: fresh catch at the two day Lake Powell tournament, where 315 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: they could stand to win a prize. They were, however, 316 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: d Q or disqualified from the tournament due to the 317 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: fact that several anglers noticed the fish were distressed and 318 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: their appearance was not consistent with bass from late Powell. 319 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: Their court case is scheduled for June four. Will follow 320 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: up on this one then. Another court case we need 321 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: to check in on is postponed indefinitely. It is the 322 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: case of illegal dear transporter Steve the transport reporter, but 323 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: we have correspondent Patrick Dirkin on that beat and he 324 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: won't forget. Finally, if you're looking for an outdoor group 325 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: that is antisocial, you may want to look at the 326 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: group a s s anti surface uh pooping. I have 327 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Loney 328 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: to Friday play. Their slogan is bury your pooh, don't 329 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: leave it on the trail for others to stare at. 330 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: You can look them up on social media platforms. I 331 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: am sure you know someone who would appreciate that sticker. 332 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: If you want a hot tip, don't bury your business 333 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: too deep. The point is to get that material out 334 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: of sight, but not out of the microbial layer that 335 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: will break it down. I prefer to burn my toilet 336 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: paper when conditions allow, as in, don't go starting a 337 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: fire by trying to hide your t P. It's been 338 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: done before in my former state Idaho. That's all I've 339 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: got for you this week. We're doing a ton of 340 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: excellent stuff just for all of you working towards the 341 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: collective good in your respective quarantines. Please check it out 342 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: at the meat eater dot com. You can always get 343 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: a hold of me at A sk K C A 344 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: L at the meat eater dot com. Thanks for listening 345 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you next week.