1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: dot com. Now Here's your host ran Cal Callahan. A 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: freight train killed an entire herd of elk and Washington 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: State last week and what officials described as an extremely 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: unusual and disturbing accident. The incident occurred near the town 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: of Washougle, about twenty miles northeast of Portland. Local media 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: reports that the train's crew sounded the whistle, but they 10 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: couldn't stop in time. The trains stayed on the tracks 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: and no humans were injured. I can't say the same 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: for the elk. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: reports that between twenty four and twenty six elk were 14 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: killed in the accident. Officials believe they may have been 15 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: using the tracks as a travel corridor to navigate through 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: the steep landscape. Elk are frequently in the area around 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: the tracks, but it's uncommon for there to be so 18 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: many elk on the tracks at the same time. The 19 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: fact that the officials were unable to determine exactly how 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: many elk were killed. Helps explain why officials also said 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: the animals were not salvageable, and also why they say 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: don't stand on the tracks when the train's coming through. 23 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,279 Speaker 1: My mom always said, thanks to Isaiah McDonald for sending 24 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: this one in. This week, we've got legislation crime in 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: California salmon. But first I'm going to tell you about 26 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: my week. And my week was, well, it hasn't really 27 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: happened yet, if I'm being honest, I'm writing this little 28 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: fire in advance in order to be at the BHA rendezvous. 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: By the time you hear this, rendezvous will be over, 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: but the BHA auction will still be live. This year, 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: I donated a trip for one person to get set 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: up for hunting season. The best way I know. I 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: teamed up with Weatherbye and we are giving away a 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: meat Eater Edition, three hundred Weatherbee rifle boxes, AMMO, a 35 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: Vortex viper LHT scope mounts. We're flying in for a 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: day of shooting with the pros at Weatherbee. We'll get 37 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: your rifle set up, then we'll bust a bunch of 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: clay pigeons with some fancy new shotguns. I'll drive you 39 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: around I'll pick you up from the airport and I'll 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: do as much shooting as I can get into. All 41 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: you need to do is show up with a rifle 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: case to get your goods home. Still time to bid 43 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: on that trip. It'll be fun and productive. Just head 44 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: over to the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers website or to 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: the Cows we Can review page at the meteater dot com. 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: Thank you in advance for bidding high for conservation, and 47 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: I'll see you in Sheridan, Wyoming, hopefully sometimes this summer. 48 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: Moving on to the legislation desk, the South Dakota Game, 49 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: Fish and Parks Commission voted unanimously last week to cap 50 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: the number of nonresident deer and antelope licenses for archery 51 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: hunters on public land. South Dakota joins many other states 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: and limiting the number of nonresident public land hunters. However, 53 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: there is still no limit on the number of nonresident 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: private land licenses that can be sold. A spokesperson for 55 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: South Dakota bow Hunters Incorporated told The South Dakota Searchlight 56 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: that this quote hands off approach to private land hunting 57 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: fails to consider wildlife as a public resource. Staying in 58 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: the Dakotas. The North Dakota House passed a bill late 59 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: last month that would limit the authority of the Game 60 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: and Fish Department to ban deer baiting on private land. 61 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: Current law allows the department to ban baiting within twenty 62 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: five miles of a detection of chronic waste disease. This bill, 63 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: HB eleven fifty one would allow hunting big game overbait 64 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: on private property from August twenty five through January seventh. 65 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: Bait could not exceed fifty gallons and it must be 66 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: set back one hundred and fifty feet from a landowner's 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: property line. The bill now heads to the Senate, so 68 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: anyone concerned about the legislature eliminating the management tool of 69 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: regulating bait in North Dakota should contact their state senators. 70 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: As I've said many many times on this show, game 71 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: regulations are easy to change. Laws are not. Connecticut and 72 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: hunters are in a fight to allow black bear hunting 73 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: in the state as the bear population grows alongside conflicts 74 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: between bears and humans. Senate Bill eleven forty eight would 75 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: allow the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to establish 76 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: an annual bear hunt in Litchfield county. Permits would be 77 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: issued by lottery, and no more than fifty bears would 78 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: be allowed to be taken in a year. Nearly one 79 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: thousand people testified in person or via written comment at 80 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: the bill's first hearing before the Committee on Environment. Supporters 81 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: of the bill, which include Governor Ned Lamont and the 82 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, argue that a 83 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: bear hunt will help reduce human bear conflicts. Opponents say 84 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: the state should focus on non lethal deterrent methods and 85 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: a don't feed the bear's public relations campaign seems like 86 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: there's some compromise there by doing all of the above. 87 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: To get involved, contact your Connecticut state legislators. In Wisconsin, 88 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: two Republican legislators are circulating a bill that would require 89 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: Wisconsin Wildlife officials to establish a new population goal for 90 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: wolves in the state in their next management plan. The 91 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 1: current wolf management plan is supposed to limit the wolf 92 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: population to three hundred and fifty wolves, but the Department 93 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: of Natural Resources estimates that the actual population is closer 94 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: to one thousand. The DNR's draft management plan, released in November, 95 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: doesn't call for any specific population size. This bill, which 96 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: has not yet beneficially introduced would require the DNA to 97 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 1: set a population goal, but it does not say what 98 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: the goal should be. Thanks to Andrew Whitman for sending 99 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: that one. In. The Florida legislature is considering a bill 100 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: that would enshrine the right to hunt and fish in 101 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: the states constitution if passed, Senate Bill one two three four. 102 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: That's right. It's not the combination to your luggage anymore. 103 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: It's Senate Bill one two three four. What's your password 104 00:05:55,400 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: of Michael, Oh, that's one two three four. Would bring 105 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: Florida in line with at least twenty three other states 106 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: that have adopted the right to hunt and fish in 107 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: their state constitution. Maine is once again in the news 108 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: for attempts to legalize sunday hunting. A group called main 109 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: Hunters United for Sunday Hunting held a press conference last 110 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: week announcing their flagship legislation. Instead of allowing Sunday hunting 111 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: across the board, this bill would create a Sunday hunting permit, 112 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: which those with an archery or crossbow hunting license could 113 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: purchase for thirty one dollars. The money generated would be 114 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: distributed among the Land for Maine's Future fund. The Department 115 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: of England, Fisheries and Wildlife, the Bureau of Warden Service 116 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: and youth hunter Education programs. A poll commissioned by main 117 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: Hunters United for Sunday Hunting found that forty eight percent 118 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: of residents support the proposal, while twenty seven percent oppose. 119 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: Twenty five percent expressed a neutral position. The bill has 120 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: not yet been given a number, but you can bet 121 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: that Mainers will have a chance to weigh in once 122 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: it has one. The Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife 123 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: is seeking a public input on new red drum fishing 124 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: regulations they plan to present the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. 125 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: Thanks to Connor Ackerman for sending this one in, as 126 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: well as a bunch of other folks. The department says 127 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: that while the spawning stock is still above limits, too 128 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: few fish are surviving to join the offshore spawning population. 129 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: The percentage of fish that escape offshore is called the 130 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: escapement rate, and the department says that that rate should 131 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: be at least thirty percent, but the current rate is 132 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: only twenty percent, which is why they're considering several potential 133 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: management options. They would like to reduce the total red 134 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: drum harvest by thirty five percent, which means adjusting creole 135 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: limits and slot sizes at the starting minimum slot size 136 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: eighteen inches. For example, the creole limit can be set 137 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: at three fish if zero fish are allowed over the 138 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: maximum slot size. There are several other scenarios you can 139 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: view at the department's website or by visiting the meat 140 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: eater dot com forward slash ow if you like to 141 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: fish for red drum off the Louisiana Coast. I've only 142 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: been once and it's pretty darn fun. The Department of 143 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: Fish and Wildlife wants to hear from you. What kind 144 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: of creole limits and slot sizes would you be happy with? 145 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: Let them know by filling out the survey, which you 146 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: can find at the meat eater dot com forward slash cow. 147 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: Texans earned a temporary victory last week when the Texas 148 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: Parks and Wildlife Department announced that Fairfield State Park will 149 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: be open for day use beginning March fourteenth. The fourteen 150 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: hundred acre park had been sold to a developer, but 151 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: Texas Parks and Wildlife worked out this temporary deal after 152 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: massive public outcry. Since closing the park in February, we 153 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: have heard an outpouring from Texans who would love to 154 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: visit their park, said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department State 155 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: Parks Director Rodney Franklin. While we still stand committed to 156 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: reaching a compromise that would save Fairfield Lake State Park 157 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: for future use, our team will be working hard to 158 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: keep this gem as accessible as possible for as long 159 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: as po The park will be open on a first come, 160 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: first served basis until the park reaches daily capacity. Texas 161 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: Parks and Wildlife Commission Chairman Arch Applin has avowed to 162 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: continue negotiations with the parks new owner to allow for 163 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: future public use. In national news, President Joe Biden announced 164 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: last week a new executive order aimed at curbing gun 165 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: related violence. The wide ranging order proposes policies supposedly designed 166 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: to keep guns away from criminals, hold the gun industry accountable, 167 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: and tweak federal law enforcement efforts to trace guns and ammunition. 168 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: The order directs Attorney General Merrick Garland to quote move 169 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: the US as close to universal background checks as possible 170 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: without additional legislation. The administration hopes to do that by 171 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: clarifying who is and engaged in business of selling firearms 172 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: and is therefore required to obtain a federal firearms license 173 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: and run background checks on gun purchases. Under current law, 174 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: private parties can buy and sell gun without a background 175 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: check unless a state has passed a law banning those sales. 176 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: Private parties must obtain a federal firearms license if they 177 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: are quote engaged in the business of selling guns, which 178 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: the Feds have so far refused to define clearly. They 179 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: say that if a person repetitively buys and sells firearms 180 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: for the principal motive of making a profit, that person 181 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: needs to obtain a license, but they do not define 182 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: repetitively or how they might determine someone's motive. We'll see 183 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: how the Attorney General decides to word the new regulations, 184 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: but the President clearly wants him to ban as many 185 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: private sales as possible. If that happens, hunters may need 186 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: to think twice before selling rifle to a buddy. Moving 187 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: on to the fishing desk, California's banned ocean salmon fishing 188 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: along its entire eight hundred and forty mile coast. State 189 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 1: officials made the decision to close the salmon fishery this 190 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: year after a sustained drought wreaked havoc on the fish population. 191 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: This is only the second time in history the state 192 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: has closed the fishery. The last closure occurred in two 193 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: thousand and eight and two thousand and nine after another 194 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: period of sustained drought. The actions were taken to protect 195 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: Sacramento River Fall Chinook, which returned to the Central Valley 196 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: in two twenty two at near record low numbers, and 197 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: the Klamath River Fall Chanook, which had the second lowest 198 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: abundance forecast since the current assessment method began in nineteen 199 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: ninety seven. The Sport fishery was set up to open 200 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: on April first, but will now be closed through May fifteenth. 201 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: The Pacific Fishery Management Council has proposed three options for 202 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: what the state will do between May sixteenth of this 203 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: year and May fifteenth of next year. Unfortunately for California anglers, 204 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: and none of these three alternatives will any ocean salmon 205 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: fishing be open along the Golden State coastline. Oregon Washington 206 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: will still allow salmon fishing to varying degrees, but the 207 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: Pacific Fishery Management Council has already decided to close California. 208 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean you can sit on the sidelines. 209 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: On March twenty one, two twenty three, the Management Council 210 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: will hold a public hearing in Santa Rosa to receive 211 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: public comment on those three alternatives. These management plans contain 212 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: varying season dates and CREO limits for the fish reason 213 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: Washington and Oregon, So California anglers who planned to travel 214 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: north to fish should still get involved. The public can 215 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: also submit comments online and we'll post a link to 216 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: that website at the meat eater dot com forward slash 217 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: col Moving on to an unfortunately packed edition of the 218 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: Crime Desk. Remember that woman who accidentally shot and skinned 219 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: to husky then bragged on Facebook about killing a wolf. 220 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: There's been an update in that case. Amber Rose Barnes 221 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty 222 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: and was given a six month the third sentence. According 223 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: to TMZ, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks 224 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: did not charge her with a hunting violation because dogs 225 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: are not under their jurisdiction, but the Montana Animal Crew 226 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: status prohibits killing an animal quote negligently and quote without justification. 227 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: I don't believe Barnes was trying to be cruel to 228 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: domestic dogs, but that's what the laws sets. She must 229 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: take an online hunter safety course and she won't be 230 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: allowed to use her hunting rifle for the next six months. 231 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: As she completes those requirements and doesn't skin anymore dogs 232 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,439 Speaker 1: during this probationary period, her entire case will be dismissed. 233 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,359 Speaker 1: This might sound like a light sentence for an infraction 234 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 1: that jumped the outdoor media barrier and swept across the country, 235 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: but I think she's probably learned her lesson. She claimed 236 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: the dog was barking and growling at her, and she 237 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: didn't have any reason to expect to see a husky 238 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: and flathead National Forest, but she was still hammered on 239 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: social media, mainstream media, and pretty much everywhere else speaking 240 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: of skinning dogs, and I hope to never use that 241 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: transition again. A different hunter in Connecticut has been criminally 242 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: charged after he shot and skinned a pair of German shepherds. 243 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: Sixty one year old Michael Konchak told a judge that 244 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: he believed the dogs were kyo when he killed them 245 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: with a crossbow while deer hunting. He skinned both dogs 246 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: and cut off their heads, which still haven't been found. 247 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: The dog's owners say the shepherds escaped through a damaged fence, 248 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: and they launched a petition to have contact criminally charged. 249 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: They say that the quote murder of their dogs has 250 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: caused unimaginable trauma, suffering an exhaustion for the family. Looking 251 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: at the images of the shepherds, whose names were Simo 252 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: and Leban, I can understand why someone would think they 253 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: were big highoats from a distance, But like Barnes, Contracts 254 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: should have realized what he'd done upon closer inspection and 255 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: turned himself in. Two Nebraska men hunting and killed the 256 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: bald eagle and tried to eat it. According to the 257 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: Stanton County Sheriff's Office, officials received a report of a 258 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: suspicious vehicle parked in a field near the Wood Duck 259 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: Recreation Area in the northeastern part of the state. When 260 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: they went to investigate, they found two twenty year old 261 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: Honduran nationals with a North American bald eagle in their possession. 262 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: The Sheriff's office cited both men for unlawful possession of 263 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: the eagle, but they have since been released. Sheriff Mike 264 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: Unger told the Washington Free Beacon that he's tried to 265 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: contact the US Fishing and Wildlife Service about the case, 266 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: but as yet to receive a response. Under the Eagle 267 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: Protection Act, wounding or killing an eagle can result in 268 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and one year 269 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: in prison for a first offense. And speaking of killing 270 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: birds of prey, a Michigan man recently pled no contest 271 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: after shooting and killing three young Cooper's hawks earlier last year. 272 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: Officials say that sixty five year old Arthur Anderson of 273 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: Maccombe Township had hired a utility company to come cut 274 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: down trees on his property. When the utility company refused 275 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: to disturb the trees due to the bird's habitat, Anderson 276 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: retrieved a shotgun from his house and shot the nest 277 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: at least five times. Three dead hawks then fell to 278 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: the ground. Anderson os forty five hundred dollars in reimbursements 279 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: to the state and four hundred and seventy five dollars 280 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: in fines and costs. He will also be on probation 281 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: for six months, and the shotgun he used to shoot 282 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: the birds was confiscated. Over in Hawaii, poachers killed what 283 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: the media described as eight beloved piglets at a Hawaiian 284 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: country club. Sorry, I can't say that without laughing. Local 285 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: media reports that members of the country club in Wahiwa 286 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: are mourning after they say poachers trespassed onto the property 287 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: and killed a litter of baby pigs. The mother and 288 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: piglets moved onto the golf course about eight months ago, 289 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: and patrons say they became an immediate sensation. Eight month 290 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: old pigs are pigs, not piglets. Golfers kept them safe 291 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: along golf cart paths and presumably yelled four whenever the 292 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: animals wandered onto the fairway. Unfortunately, for this pack of 293 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: peaceful porkers, their paradise was soon shattered by two poachers, who, 294 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: in full view of patrons and groundskeepers, set hunting dogs 295 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: loose on the golf course and gunned down all eight piglets. 296 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: Police reports have been filed and country club patrons are 297 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: vowing to fight for tighter hunting restrictions in the state legislature. 298 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: I don't think tighter hunting restrictions would have anything to 299 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: do with this situation. That's trespassing. Game wardens in Louisiana 300 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: cited ten hunters ranging from nineteen to fifty four years 301 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: of age for possessing pods while bow hunting. That's pods. 302 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: Agents were on patrol along the Mississippi River earlier this 303 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: year when they initiated compliance checks on hunters south of 304 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: Lake Providence. Agents found all ten hunters in possession of pods, 305 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: and they confirmed that one of them had taken an 306 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: antlerless deer using a pod. For those unfamiliar, pods are 307 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: attached to an arrow and contained poison that causes death 308 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: even after a poorly placed shot. Archery hunters have debated 309 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: the ethics of aeropods, and Fred Baer famously developed and 310 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: held patents for these devices, but every major bow hunting 311 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: organization opposes their use, and I'd guess that the vast 312 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: majority of hunters feel the same way. Aeropods are illegal 313 00:17:54,200 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: in forty nine states, the exception Mississippi. Last stop at 314 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,479 Speaker 1: the crime desk, three East Texas men have been accused 315 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: of running a multi state poaching ring that officials say 316 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: are responsible for illegally killing over one hundred white tailed deer. 317 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: Twenty one year old Carson Bottoms, twenty four year old 318 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: Drake Cannon, and eighteen year old Reagan farquistson. Yeah, We're 319 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: gonna go with farquistson Scotch Farcas staring out at us 320 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: with his yellow eyes allegedly poacher deer in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, 321 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: and Iowa. Texas Parks and Wildlife says the men trespassed 322 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: and shot deer at night and then took them home 323 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: to process them. Well, hats off to them for processing them. 324 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: I guess more arrests could be made and officials say 325 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: they've contacted US Fish and Wildlife or possible federal charges. 326 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: Moving on to the urban encroachment desk, a new study 327 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: from the polling and research company Pew has found that 328 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: most states are seeing explosive growth in urban areas, both 329 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: in terms of people and land. Hunters, anglers, and wildlife 330 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: officials have long been concerned about the acceleration of urbanization 331 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 1: in our country, but this study puts some hard numbers 332 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: on those fares. Between two ten and twenty twenty, thirty 333 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: six states increased the percentage of residents living in urban 334 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: environments as defined by the US Census Bureau. This change 335 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: was led by booming suburbs in the south, Southwest, Midwest, 336 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: in California, Austin, Texas saw the biggest change. Austin's population 337 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: grew by thirty three percent in the last decade, and 338 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: the urban sprawl added almost one hundred square miles of 339 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: formerly rural land. That's sixty four thousand acres no longer 340 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:42,479 Speaker 1: available for quality wildlife habitat or outdoor recreation. Other cities 341 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: that saw big population booms include Raleigh, Charleston, Orlando, Provo Oorum, 342 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: which is the greater Salt Lake City area, and Des Moines. 343 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: All of these city southern urban areas grow between twenty 344 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: one and twenty five percent. This might not come as 345 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: a surprise to most hunters, but it's still a helpful reminder. 346 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: Our country doesn't look like it did thirty or even 347 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: ten years ago. Increased urbanization means that fewer people have 348 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: access to places to hunt fish, which is why the 349 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: percentage of hunters is about half of what it was 350 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: forty years ago. That means we should be working twice 351 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: as hard to show that urban dwelling population the truth 352 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: about the sport we love. The vast majority of hunters 353 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: follow the rules, take ethical shots, and harvest all the 354 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: meat they can. The money from filled or unfilled tags 355 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: and licenses goes to protect wild places and animals, and 356 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: not just the animals we hunt. As more and more 357 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: folks move to cities and suburbs, telling those stories will 358 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: be more important than ever before. That's all I've got 359 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: for you this week. Thank you so much for listening, 360 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: as per usual, right in to ask Al that's ask 361 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: Cal at the Meat Eater dot com and let me 362 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: know what's going on in your neck of the woods. 363 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: You know I appreciate it. Also, if you're trying to 364 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: figure out where to pile your pennies, dial up www 365 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: dot steel Dealers dot com and find a local, knowledgeable 366 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: steel dealer near you. They're gonna get you set up 367 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: to what you need and they won't try to send 368 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: you home with what you don't. Thanks again, and I'll 369 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: talk to you next week.