WEBVTT - Ep. 283: This Country Life - First Impressions

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to This Country Life.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot

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<v Speaker 2>lining and just general country living. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons.

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<v Speaker 2>This Country Life is presented by Case Knives on Meat

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<v Speaker 2>Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>The airwaves have to offer.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got some stories to share. First impressions. There's not

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things more impactful or long lasting than

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<v Speaker 2>a first impression. It is, after all, what we use

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<v Speaker 2>as an initial reference for anything we remain in contact

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<v Speaker 2>with over a period of time. There's no lead story

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<v Speaker 2>this week. The whole episode is a story, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>about a dog some friends of mine have that just

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<v Speaker 2>recently reinforced my need for patience and maybe even the

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<v Speaker 2>little faith. First impressions we all have first in our lives,

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<v Speaker 2>and the experiences can be as much philosophical and emotional

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<v Speaker 2>as they are physical. First impressions we get from an

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<v Speaker 2>experience from the basis of how that activity, person, or

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<v Speaker 2>place is perceived for the rest of our lives. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell you how many times I've talked to people

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<v Speaker 2>who found out I was a duck hunter, only to

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<v Speaker 2>hear you're crazy. There's no way I'd go out in

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<v Speaker 2>the freezing weather and wait around in the water for

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<v Speaker 2>something to taste like liver. I used to try to

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<v Speaker 2>convince them that first, if they were eating a duck

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<v Speaker 2>that tasted like liver, they wasn't cooking it right. And second,

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<v Speaker 2>if I was only out there to get a duck

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<v Speaker 2>to eat, I could raise my own, or easier still,

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<v Speaker 2>go to the store and buy one already skint. But

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't the deal. I wasn't grocery shopping. I can

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<v Speaker 2>do that a lot more comfortably pushing a buggy around

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<v Speaker 2>Kroger while the store radio serenades me with the Marshall

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker band as I negotiate the traffic down the aisles.

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<v Speaker 2>But nine times out of ten, the person telling me

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<v Speaker 2>how they wouldn't do any of that has done it

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<v Speaker 2>at least once, and the experienced bias their judgment forever

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<v Speaker 2>on how their next hunt would be. The percentage of

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<v Speaker 2>people who tell me they wound up getting soaked from

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<v Speaker 2>tripping and falling in the water because of the unknown

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<v Speaker 2>leaking their waiters would be high in the majority. At

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<v Speaker 2>least they tried it, but did they really give it

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<v Speaker 2>a chance. Not Many people who tried baseball got a

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<v Speaker 2>hit the first time they stepped into batter's box, and

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<v Speaker 2>even then, over the course of their career, they only

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<v Speaker 2>have to get a hit three out of ten times

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<v Speaker 2>to be considered above average. Be hard to imagine applying

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<v Speaker 2>that same standard to landing an airplane or crossing bob

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<v Speaker 2>wire fences unscathed. I say all of that to say this,

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<v Speaker 2>keep an open mind when it comes to new things.

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<v Speaker 2>In first times. It's easy for us to go into

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<v Speaker 2>a situation with preconceived notions of how it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>turn out. If we expect to have a bad time,

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<v Speaker 2>odds are we probably will. We're not willing the bad

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<v Speaker 2>times to occur, just only seeing what we thought would happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and when it does, confirming in our minds that what

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<v Speaker 2>took place was destined to turn out that way. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>how wrong that can be and usually is. You've heard

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<v Speaker 2>me talk about my friends at the cash By Old

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<v Speaker 2>hunting Club, Randall Whitmore, his brother Wade, and their lifelong

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<v Speaker 2>friend Brad Clark. Wade lives in Houston, Texas now and

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get to visit as much as Randall and Braddew,

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<v Speaker 2>who lived just east of the Old Man River in

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<v Speaker 2>Tennessee and Mississippi. But the Whitmore brothers are direct descendants

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<v Speaker 2>of what many consider to be one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>knowledgeable and influential coon hunters of the region, the late

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<v Speaker 2>mister Dick Whitmore. Mister Whitmore had a successful career in

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<v Speaker 2>the advertising business and new dogs inside and out. He

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<v Speaker 2>had some great dogs and a good friend and mentor

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<v Speaker 2>of mine, Rex Whiting, used to hunt dogs for him

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<v Speaker 2>in competition hunts, and mister Whitmore bought and sold dogs

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<v Speaker 2>like the most folks do, trying one until they get

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<v Speaker 2>a good idea of what they think that dog's abilities are.

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<v Speaker 2>And if there's a better than average chance the dog

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<v Speaker 2>will make a good one, he gets to state and

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<v Speaker 2>if not, he gets traded to someone else. One man's

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<v Speaker 2>trash is another man's treasure. Is no truer anywhere than

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<v Speaker 2>in the hound hunting circuits. They're all different. It's like people.

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<v Speaker 2>They all learn at a different rate, just like people.

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<v Speaker 2>They all have their own personalities and idiosyncrasies, just like people.

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<v Speaker 2>So when a dog is chosen to join the partnership,

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<v Speaker 2>a partnership that some say goes back fifteen thousand years.

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<v Speaker 2>They both need a chance to conform to each other.

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<v Speaker 2>After all, the human isn't the only one getting the

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<v Speaker 2>first impression.

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<v Speaker 1>In this deal.

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<v Speaker 2>I say all that to say this. After mister Whitmore

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<v Speaker 2>passed away in twenty seventeen, the only coon hunting that

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<v Speaker 2>was done out of the cash BYO Hunt Club was

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<v Speaker 2>by guests when Randall, Wade, and Brad weren't there. They

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<v Speaker 2>missed the lifestyle and the camaraderie of hunting together and

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed hearing about our hunts, And finally, a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, Randal and Brad decided they'd go in on

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<v Speaker 2>a dog together. They, along with Wade, had grown up

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<v Speaker 2>coon hunting and had a strong desire to get back

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<v Speaker 2>in it as participants rather than just observers. My friends

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Roseman and Rex White and I would go hunting

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<v Speaker 2>area near their camp, and Brad and Randall expressed interest

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<v Speaker 2>in having their own dog on the first trip they

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<v Speaker 2>went with us. After a long hiatus that invited hunt

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<v Speaker 2>they accompanied us on wasn't their first impression by any

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<v Speaker 2>means into chasing the mass bandido, but it would be

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<v Speaker 2>their first since the passing of mister Whidmore. So the

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<v Speaker 2>search began for just the right dog. They found one,

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<v Speaker 2>a nicely bloodlined hound from Louisiana that belonged to a

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<v Speaker 2>friend of mine. He was only starting to realize his

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<v Speaker 2>purpose in life.

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<v Speaker 1>When they acquired him.

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<v Speaker 2>They knew what they were getting, and what they were

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<v Speaker 2>getting was a very young dog that was the human

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<v Speaker 2>equivalent of a toddler in his experience for Tree and coons.

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<v Speaker 2>Our first impressions with him were good. He's a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>dog in what seemed to be a good personality, and

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<v Speaker 2>when he barked, you could hear him from a long wait.

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<v Speaker 2>They bought the dog, and as it should be, one

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<v Speaker 2>of them was designated as the handler, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Brad drew the duty.

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<v Speaker 2>For almost all the two years, and sometimes multiple times

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<v Speaker 2>a week. I talked with Brad whenever he had a

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<v Speaker 2>question in training for his and Randall's dog, Cash, named

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<v Speaker 2>after the area in place mister Whitmore enjoyed the most

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<v Speaker 2>around the Cash River here in Arkansas. It would be

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<v Speaker 2>past ten PM and I'd be sitting on the couch.

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<v Speaker 2>After the rest of Casa day, Reeves had retired for

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<v Speaker 2>the evening, and I'd be talking to Brad while he

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<v Speaker 2>was in the woods with his dog, trying to help

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<v Speaker 2>him get an accurate idea of what the dog's potential

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be. I tell you I had mixed

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<v Speaker 2>feelings about him. After hunting with him multiple times over

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<v Speaker 2>several months, I just didn't think he had what it

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<v Speaker 2>took to be a dog you could cut loose and

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<v Speaker 2>have the confidence that if a coon is out there

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<v Speaker 2>that he'd find him. Now I have that with my

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<v Speaker 2>dog Wailing, but I didn't always when he was first

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<v Speaker 2>starting at nine months of age. I also wasn't expecting

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<v Speaker 2>him to do anything, even though I secretly wished he would.

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<v Speaker 2>I was happy if he just went out and explored,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd watch Cash sometimes just hang around us when

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<v Speaker 2>we were all hunting together, not really doing much of anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes he'd slick tree just out of sight, which means

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<v Speaker 2>he'd just pick a random tree and go to tree

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<v Speaker 2>and on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Like there was a coon in it, even though there wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's making a boo boot in the coon hunting world,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a big deal. On the negative side, all

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<v Speaker 2>dogs do it, some not as much as others, and

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<v Speaker 2>we can never really truly know the reasons why they do.

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<v Speaker 1>We only have an educated guess. And until we can teach.

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<v Speaker 2>A dog to talk, or they can teach us to bark,

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<v Speaker 2>we're never gonna know for sure what causes them to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. All you houndsmen out there that just started

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<v Speaker 2>hollering at your radio saying I know why they do it,

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<v Speaker 2>You imbecile.

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<v Speaker 1>No you don't. You're only guessing. You're probably right, But.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we say one hundred percent no, we can't, So

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<v Speaker 2>we have to use that and all the other clues

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<v Speaker 2>we learned from watching the dog do his thing and

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<v Speaker 2>stir them up in a bowl like ingredients in a recipe,

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<v Speaker 2>stick it in the oven, and let it cook several

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<v Speaker 2>months to see if this thing is gonna be worth

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<v Speaker 2>eating if you allow me to continue to cook it.

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<v Speaker 2>Analogy for all the non hound of people who listen.

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<v Speaker 2>I was hoping, against hope that what I was seeing

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<v Speaker 2>out of Randolin Brad's dog's cash was gonna taste better

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<v Speaker 2>when it was done than what it smelled like when

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<v Speaker 2>it was cooking. More times than I can count, Brad

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<v Speaker 2>would say, be honest with me, now, is this dog

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<v Speaker 2>worth keeping, and my gut always said probably not after

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<v Speaker 2>the first six months with little to no progress, but

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<v Speaker 2>my my heart just wouldn't give in to it. Folks

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<v Speaker 2>need to understand that one of the concept of having

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<v Speaker 2>a dog that you can turn loose that will focus

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<v Speaker 2>only on a scent of one animal by passing all

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<v Speaker 2>the others along the way, and find it and make

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<v Speaker 2>sure it's in the tree they think it is, and

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<v Speaker 2>then stay there and bark until their master arrives. Seems

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<v Speaker 2>like what a dog would naturally do. That's just what

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<v Speaker 2>they've been developed and bred to do. But a dang

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<v Speaker 2>sure ain't no guarantee that they will or can do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I wrestled with how to tell them with the football analogy. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>it's fourth and forty and we're getting clogged. Let's punt

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<v Speaker 2>forget this season and hope we could pick up a

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<v Speaker 2>new quarterback in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Transfer portal next year.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, being a Razorback fan these past few years, you

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<v Speaker 2>think I know when and how to say that, but

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<v Speaker 2>I just couldn't pull the trigger on it until last

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<v Speaker 2>We were hunting one particular night when the conditions were

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<v Speaker 2>more in tune with bacon bread than trying to tree

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<v Speaker 2>a coon. It was hot and we'd all gathered at

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<v Speaker 2>the usual spot, Brad, Randall and me and Michael. We

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<v Speaker 2>cut loose and treat a handful of coons. Heck treed

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<v Speaker 2>the majority, wailing next, and Cash with none again. In

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<v Speaker 2>the two years I've been hunting around him, I'd never

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<v Speaker 2>seen him make a tree with a coon that we

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<v Speaker 2>could find In the tree. We used thermals and squalled

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<v Speaker 2>at the tree and trying to get one to look.

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<v Speaker 2>We did everything but climbing ourselves and go from limb

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<v Speaker 2>to limb looking for him. As we were parting from

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<v Speaker 2>the hunt, Brad asked us both to think about whether

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<v Speaker 2>he should keep Cash or talk to Randall about getting

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<v Speaker 2>rid of him. On the ride home that night, Michael

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<v Speaker 2>and I were in the truck together and we agreed

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<v Speaker 2>to tell Brad find another dog. Cash just wasn't making

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<v Speaker 2>any progress, and he'd had plenty of opportunities to do so.

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<v Speaker 2>Brad started looking For a while later, Brad was on

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<v Speaker 2>the list for a new puppy, and I was on

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<v Speaker 2>that same list too, but the union didn't take and

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<v Speaker 2>no puppies were going to be made for that cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>Brad said, it looks like I was stuck with hunting

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<v Speaker 2>Cash this winter. I like this dog anyway. I told

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<v Speaker 2>him it only had to please him, and it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>matter what I or anybody else thought. I still want

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<v Speaker 2>to find me a good puppy, but I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>liked this old dog, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's easy to see why.

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<v Speaker 2>All through the summer, when I was sitting in the

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<v Speaker 2>cool of my living room, Brad and Cash were out

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get better.

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<v Speaker 1>Night after night. He fought the.

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<v Speaker 2>Heat and mosquitoes and the feeling of dread that when

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<v Speaker 2>Cash treed, he may or may not have a coon.

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<v Speaker 2>He gotten close to sixty coons by now, but he

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<v Speaker 2>never treed one. When Michael and I were there, I

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<v Speaker 2>believed Brad. He sent me pictures and videos of tread

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<v Speaker 2>and having coons. The issue wasn't whether or not he

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<v Speaker 2>could do it. He just wasn't doing it with enough

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<v Speaker 2>consistency that would leave you to believe that he had

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<v Speaker 2>the desire to strike a track and finish it at

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<v Speaker 2>the tree and stay there until Brad got there to

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<v Speaker 2>find it. Spend that much time with someone you enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>being around, and you look over some things that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't approve of, like a Lexus.

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<v Speaker 1>Does with these hats I have strategically placed all around

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<v Speaker 1>our home.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. A few nights ago, Michael, Brad and I took

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<v Speaker 2>our dogs, Heck, Cash and Whaling and we went hun.

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<v Speaker 2>All three bede a coon and a big brushtop to start,

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<v Speaker 2>then Whaling bade another one and another big brushtop. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Heck treed one at the same time Cash fell treed

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred yards away in a different spot. Heck had

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<v Speaker 2>a coon, and believe it or not, fifteen other ones

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<v Speaker 2>setting in four trees around the one he was barking in.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I assumed it was just going to be another

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<v Speaker 2>close but no cigar with Cash. And now I went

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<v Speaker 2>with Michael to get Heck while I kept wailing on

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<v Speaker 2>his leash. We had to come back this way to

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<v Speaker 2>get to the truck, so Brad would be coming back

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<v Speaker 2>as soon as he went and leased up Cash, who

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<v Speaker 2>was barking it only Cash new. Brad eventually came back

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<v Speaker 2>with a video on his phone and Cash on a leash.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I knew he was going to have one

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<v Speaker 2>when y'all didn't come with me. He showed me the

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<v Speaker 2>video and sure enough there was the mass banded himself

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<v Speaker 2>safe and secure in the back of a hollow log,

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<v Speaker 2>the only threat to his wellness being the train. Ball

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<v Speaker 2>of Cash is barking echoing through that law. Are you

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<v Speaker 2>sure that's a coon, Bradley, That of looks like a possum.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it was a coon, but I had to aggravate

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<v Speaker 1>hem missed my job.

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<v Speaker 2>And even though I didn't witness at firsthand, I was

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<v Speaker 2>proud of Cash and happy for Brad. On all the

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<v Speaker 2>trips that we'd been together on, this was the first

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<v Speaker 2>time he cut his hand loose and retrieved him from

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<v Speaker 2>a coon he'd found, all on his own.

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<v Speaker 1>I was sorry I didn't see it myself.

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<v Speaker 2>The next night, Michael went off to a competition hunt

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<v Speaker 2>with Heck and A a couple hours away, and he

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<v Speaker 2>won it. Heck's now qualified for the UKC Tournament of Champions.

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<v Speaker 2>Congratulations boys. Brad Randall and I went together and the

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<v Speaker 2>hunting conditions where we were couldn't have been much worse.

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<v Speaker 2>It was warm, it was foggy, and it was shying

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<v Speaker 2>off and on, not the exact conditions you draw up

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<v Speaker 2>for running dogs, and yet there we were, meeting up

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<v Speaker 2>at a predetermined spot to decide on where we were

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<v Speaker 2>going to go. I was trying to decide if I

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<v Speaker 2>even wanted to cut weight and loose during our truck

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<v Speaker 2>window the truck window powwow that we were having while

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<v Speaker 2>the heavens soaked my left arm. Brad let me off

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<v Speaker 2>hook when he said, if you just want to listen

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<v Speaker 2>to Cash bump around the woods from your truck, that

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<v Speaker 2>suits me. I just need to turn him loose for

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<v Speaker 2>a while. Perfect because I was going home after the

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<v Speaker 2>mont anyway, and by not turning waiting loose in what

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<v Speaker 2>was surely to be an exercise in wet and muddy futility,

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<v Speaker 2>Whaling and I could both just roll right up in

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<v Speaker 2>the house as soon as we got home, bypassing the

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<v Speaker 2>garage washing and drying that would get him in the

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<v Speaker 2>neighborhood of being clean enough for Mama's house. Brad callar

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<v Speaker 2>Cash up and turned him loose, and I smiled to myself,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing that even though I was going to stay regardless

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<v Speaker 2>of the outcome, Brent and Whaling could light a shuck

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<v Speaker 2>for home whenever we took the notion. We stood in

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<v Speaker 2>the mist and rain and talked about how dumb it

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<v Speaker 2>was that we'd even driven over there to hunt on

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<v Speaker 2>a night like that to begin with much less cut

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<v Speaker 2>one of the dogs loose. It wasn't like it was

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<v Speaker 2>the only night we had to hunt. We were laughing

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<v Speaker 2>at our own folly. When Cash opened up less than

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<v Speaker 2>three minutes after he hit the ground, I didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>anything about it until he kept.

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<v Speaker 1>Up the bargain.

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<v Speaker 2>We all stopped talking and started listening and looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the garm and handhelds that we.

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<v Speaker 1>Were using to track the dog with.

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<v Speaker 2>He was right on the bank of the creek, less

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<v Speaker 2>than two hundred yards away, and bam, he fell treated

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<v Speaker 2>his long unmistakable locate ball, followed by a series of

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<v Speaker 2>chopping barksmen. He was convinced that when we got there

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<v Speaker 2>we'd be looking at coon. We went to him in

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<v Speaker 2>low behold when he was a kidding. There he was

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<v Speaker 2>on the leafless limb, staring back at us, nicely done Cash,

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<v Speaker 2>with high fives all around. Cash took off on another

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<v Speaker 2>Cash and opened up again, working a track hard in

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<v Speaker 2>the worst conditions around, with him getting worse with every

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<v Speaker 2>drop of rain that fell. Ten minutes later and he

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<v Speaker 2>treated again. Now we all looked at one another and

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<v Speaker 2>took off after him. Randall handled Cash at the tree

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<v Speaker 2>while Brad and I looked skyward for the coon in

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<v Speaker 2>an ever increasing glass. That's his coat and rain I

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<v Speaker 2>got him the most anticipated three words of any coonhut

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<v Speaker 2>when your dog is the one bellied up to a

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<v Speaker 2>tree telling the world there's a coon up there. And

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<v Speaker 2>I saw him in a big old fork outstanding. We

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<v Speaker 2>called it tonight. After less than thirty minutes of hunting,

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<v Speaker 2>we went and had supper, reliving the night's events and

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<v Speaker 2>talking about how much he'd improved from earlier hunts. The

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<v Speaker 2>next night, I was home and Brad and Randall went

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<v Speaker 2>again cash Tree three that night, and they sent me

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<v Speaker 2>the picks to prove it. Here's where mine and other

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<v Speaker 2>dogs different from Michael's. While I've entered whiling in in

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<v Speaker 2>one hunting competitions, I get more enjoyment out of this

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure hunting. I fully support competition hunting. Now keep up

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<v Speaker 2>with who's who to some degree, but it just ain't

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<v Speaker 2>my thing. Brad and Randall are the same. My first

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<v Speaker 2>impression of that dog was good, but even though I

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<v Speaker 2>had nothing to qualify, the second wasn't as flattering. Having

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<v Speaker 2>seen the struggle and the aggravation that Brad and Randall

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<v Speaker 2>went through for over a year of dog at effort.

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<v Speaker 2>But if there's ever been a dog there was will

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<v Speaker 2>to make such a drastic turnaround of improvement as a

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<v Speaker 2>reward for the effort of his handler. It was the

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<v Speaker 2>Coonhound known to the UKC Registry as Whitmore and Clark's

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<v Speaker 2>Cash Money. I texted Randall earlier today to get some

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<v Speaker 2>details for this podcast. I said, how old is cash?

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<v Speaker 2>Randall's response caught me off guard a little bit, and

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<v Speaker 2>it caused me to reflect in a flash on two

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<v Speaker 2>years of interactions with that dog and those men. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>if you believe in the things that I believe in,

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<v Speaker 2>a sweet coincidence or something much bigger. Randall takes it

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<v Speaker 2>back and I quote he turned three on November three,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad's birthday. Thank you so much for listening to

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<v Speaker 2>me and old Clay Bow and the Bear Grease Channel.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope all of you had a.

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<v Speaker 2>Very merry Christmas and visit with the ones that matter most.

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<v Speaker 1>Until next week. This is Brent Reeves signing off. Y'all

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<v Speaker 1>be careful