1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal Callahan, a 5 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: Michigan woman, suffered numerous puncture wounds after being attacked by 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: a white tail buck last month. She survived, but the 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: wounds to her hip, right leg, and left hand required 8 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: twenty one stitches. That deer was out to fight, she 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: told The Oregonian. It was trying to kill me. It 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: wasn't trying to be nice to me, that's for sure. 11 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: It's a very dangerous deer, and you, ma'am, are one 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: tough cookie. If you look up images of the deer online, 13 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: you'll see it was a young buck with a spike 14 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: on one side and three points on the other. It's 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: also wearing an orange collar. Michigan wildlife officials believed that 16 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: collar could be the key to explaining the deer's behavior. 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: Here's what happened. On Sunday, September four year old Patty 18 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: Willis was walking out to her chicken coop when she 19 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: turned and saw a deer charging at her antler's down. 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: Fortunately for Willis, she noticed the deer before it struck, 21 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: so she was able to prepare for the attack. She 22 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: told The Oregonian that the deer hit her in the chest. 23 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: She flew back ten ft and she managed to grab 24 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: the deer by the antlers. Again. My goodness, lady, you 25 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 1: are tough. Imagine if she would have turned and ran 26 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: and the deer got her in the back. She screamed 27 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: as it pinned her to the ground, and her son 28 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: ran outside and chased the deer away. Her husband shot 29 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: at the deer with his handgun, and he believes he missed. 30 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: They rushed Willis to the hospital. She stayed there for 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: three days before returning home. When the Michigan Department of 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: Natural Resources heard about the incident, they pretty quickly developed 33 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: the theory about how this deer lost its fear of humans. 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: In June of two thousand, twenty dn R officials received 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: a complaint about a family at a nearby residence who 36 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: had taken in a font. They were treating it quote 37 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: almost as if it was a pet. Dn R District 38 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: Law Supervisor Lieutenant Brandon Keith told The Oregonian. Another neighbor 39 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: about a mile from the attack reported a deer in 40 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: their backyard in September of this year, and d n 41 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: R officials believed the original pet deer lost its fear 42 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: of humans and has been hanging around the neighborhood now. 43 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: To be fair, d n R officials can't say for 44 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: sure whether the deer in this incident is the same 45 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: dear that was adopted by the nearby family. Keith said 46 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: the family had complied with the d n R when 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: informed that adopting wildlife is illegal in Michigan, and d 48 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: NR biologist released it into the wild. When officials asked 49 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: the family whether they had outfitted their deer with an 50 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: orange collar, they told officials that their son had quote 51 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: developed a bond with their adopted deer, and they couldn't 52 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 1: say whether he had given it a collar. Further complicating 53 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: matters is the fact that, according to Kief, dear lovers 54 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: sometimes put collars on white tail with the hope of 55 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: protecting them from hunters. If hunters see a deer with 56 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: the collar, the thinking goes, they'll take a pass, whether 57 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: because they think it's illegal or because they don't want 58 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: to take a deer that's already been captured. I don't 59 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: think this practice is very common, considering how difficult it 60 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: can be to capture it deer, but the Michigan DNRS 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: said this theory might also explain the recent attack. If 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: you ask me, it doesn't really matter whether the buck 63 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: got its orange collar from a nearby family or a 64 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: nearby animal rights activist. Most people have an understandable desire 65 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: to protect wildlife, but ironically, improper actions such as this 66 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: have the opposite effect. Acclimating wildlife to humans puts them 67 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: in danger, whether you're talking about a large predator like 68 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: a grizzly bear or a seemingly safe animal like a 69 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: white tail. Their fear of people keeps them out of trouble. 70 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: When humans and wildlife mix, wildlife almost never come out 71 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: on top, unless you're talking specifically about the attack portion 72 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: of this story. Even though Willis suffered serious injuries during 73 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: her encounter, the offending deer won't be given a second 74 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: chance if dn R officials catch up to it. Keith 75 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: told me that they aren't sure whether Willis's husband hit 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: the deer with his handgun. If they find it, it 77 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: will be euthanized. Keith didn't say exactly how, but my 78 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: money is on buck shot. I understood that reference. This week, 79 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: we've got what the hell is going on in Wisconsin, 80 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: the migrator desk, and so much more. But first I'm 81 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: gonna tell you about my week. And my week was, 82 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: you know, crane marsala, crane leg colne fee, both of 83 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: which I neglected to tell you about last week. But 84 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: it's very appro oprea this week, and you'll soon find 85 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: out why. Crane marsala right, Like very very simple. Take 86 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: your crane breast, cut it against the grain, and like 87 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: two and a half inch thick steaks. Pound that stuff flat. 88 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: Throw just a tiny bit a dusting, if you will, 89 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: of flour, salt, and pepper. I like to let it rest. 90 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: You do that on both sides, and then you slide 91 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: that into You can use butter or a high heat oil, 92 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: and all you're looking to do is kind of like 93 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: brown those things. Leave them raw in the middle, as 94 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: raw as you can, as long as they're well browned 95 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: on both sides. Set that off to the side. Then 96 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: this is not the traditional marsala way, but I like 97 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: to throw in a little bit of garlic, a little 98 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: tab of butter, and then when that stuff starts to 99 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: get to brown you put in your Marsala wine. The 100 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 1: trick to Marsala is very very simple. Okay, just get 101 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: something good in the wine department. Don't get like the 102 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: cooking wine stuff because it also just you know, tastes 103 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: like burned alcohol. Get good marsala. Dump that in there, 104 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: scrape your pan. You can use a whisk if you 105 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 1: want to get fancy. Then you take your nice little 106 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: brown filets, slide them into the same pan, get that 107 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: sauce on there, take it off the heat, and that 108 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: stuff will warm up to a perfect medium rare and 109 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: everybody's happy. Crane Marsala, kids, It is a d light 110 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 1: would do quite nicely in any any any restaurants. That's 111 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: really nice. Now, the most under utilized portion of game 112 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: birds is the legs. In fact, here in my home 113 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: state of Montana, the Department of Wildlife just did a 114 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: shameful act which is not even categorized migratory bird legs 115 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: as food. It's true. Look at the regulations. Now, everyone 116 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: listening to this show, is you know, a conservationist, a 117 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: true sportsman or sportswoman or sports person. On top of that, 118 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: you know you're just not a waster, okay, and you 119 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: can recognize good looking meat when you see it. It 120 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: is absolutely true as well that birds that do a 121 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: lot of walking on tall, stilt like legs have legs 122 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: that you can use to pound intent steaks. All right. Now, 123 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: I've often used that turn of phrase for like bear shanks, okay, 124 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: animals that dig for a living. The crane maybe the 125 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: match to an old black bear shank. It is more 126 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: tendon than meat at first glance. However, the old old 127 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: trick of simmering something in pork fat works unbelievably well 128 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: for crane legs. Now there's a traditional method and the 129 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: non traditional method. I like a non traditional method because 130 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: it's just like way easier to deal with the fat. 131 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: So all you do, suvi, you got your vacuum, seal eggs, 132 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: you got pork fat, and you got salt. That's it. 133 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: Slide your legs into the bag, be very you know, 134 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: conscious of broken bones, and make sure you don't puncture 135 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: your bag. Put your pork fat in there. I like 136 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: to liquefy at first, which is just heating fat up right, 137 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: and it turns into the liquid. Dump that in to 138 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: where you're sure that when you seal that bag, the 139 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: fat will fully cover the meat. I also pre salt 140 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: the legs just so you know. And that's it. And 141 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: then I just put that in the suv bath at 142 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty three degrees for twenty four hours, 143 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: all right. And then when you pull that stuff out, 144 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: you can drain the fat off if you want. You 145 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: can pour just a little tiny bit in the pan, 146 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: shred your meat. All those tendons come out and they 147 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: are still like wire, like a veritable fortress around the meat. 148 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: And then you crisp that meat up under the broiler 149 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: and it is just a sinful, good meal. You will 150 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: never throw a crane leg away again. It is absolutely 151 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: worth taking. If you want to argue with me on 152 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: this point right in to a s K C A L. 153 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: That's asked how at the meteor dot Com. On top 154 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: of that, every high high has a low low And 155 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: as you know, the old snort dogs, snort Kiss and 156 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: I have been riding a pretty high high. As far 157 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: as locating and shooting birds, well, uh, we're in a 158 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: bit of a dry spell. Reality has come home to roost. 159 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: We've done a lot of walking, not a lot of 160 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: trigger pulling, and there's even been a couple of misses 161 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: in there. I think it's mental. Moving on, we got 162 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: one listener email in regards to some cooking that I 163 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: did on my Instagram account. But bear with me, this 164 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: is gonna be u pertinent. Okay. The listener wrote in 165 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: and said I would trade a testicle for that sandwich. 166 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: This is when we're ours to some corned goose rubens 167 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: that I made the other night. I'm very, very proud 168 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: of this corned goose because this is the only batch 169 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: that I've made that tastes exactly like corned beef. I 170 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: think there was like a little bit too much curing 171 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,599 Speaker 1: salt in there, like after you eat the sandwich, a 172 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: little salt after taste. If anybody in the butchering game 173 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: knows what I'm talking about, let me know. I'd still 174 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: be interested in some more scientific ratios. Anyway, unbelievably good 175 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: corn goose. I'm salivating at the thought of getting more geese, 176 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: and this person wants to trade a testicle for a 177 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: corned goose sandwich, which normally I would say no to. 178 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: But we are in the midst of the meat eater 179 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: auction house of oddities. Okay, we take in all sorts 180 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: of strange stuff. And auction it off only at the 181 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: meat eater dot com. Okay, just go to the meat 182 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: eater dot com check out the auction house of Oddities. 183 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: You can find all sorts of outdoor related, hunting related, 184 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: fishing related cool things from puppies to bones, to furs, 185 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: to paintings to sketches, things that will fancy up your cabin, 186 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: possibly your love life. It will keep your face from 187 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: getting every dollar spent there, Every single dollar spent will 188 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: go to the Meat Eater Land Access Initiative. You remember, 189 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: that's where we provide more access to people who love 190 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: to hunt, fish, people who love to be outside. It's 191 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: a great way to spend buck and get something memorable. 192 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: Moving on to the wildfire desk. A few weeks back, 193 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: I explained how wildfires don't usually pose a population level 194 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: threat to wildlife. Most critters can either escape or hide 195 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: from a fire, and most fires don't decimate habitat to 196 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: the point that it can't rebound in the spring. Well, 197 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: there's some exceptions to every rule of nature, and today 198 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna cover one of them, or an aspect of 199 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: one of them. A new study published in the Ecology 200 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: found that wildfires in the Western US significantly impede waterfowl 201 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: flying along the Pacific Flyway. This delay can double migration 202 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: time and forces birds to find more food in unfamiliar areas. 203 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: In the worst case scenario, birds die along the way 204 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: or can't reproduce quickly enough to maintain populations. Now you 205 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: might be thinking to yourself, well, of course, wildfires produced 206 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: tons of smoke, and that smoke must harm birds that 207 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: travel along well established migration corridors. The studies findings make 208 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: intuitive sense, but as the authors point out, setting a 209 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: wildfire and releasing a few geese won't exactly fly with 210 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: the general public without any way to create a controlled 211 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: experiment by all, just before this year have had to 212 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: guess how wildfires affect migration patterns. Fortunately, the authors of 213 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: this paper had attached GPS collars to tool greater white 214 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: fronted geese all the way back in two thousand eighteen 215 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: that pre US data showed them how the geese migrated 216 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: without wildfires along their route, and four GPS collars were 217 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: still transmitting this year. This fortunate coincidence provided hard data 218 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: on how geese respond to wildfires. In previous years, the 219 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: birds took a well established route between the Cook Inlet 220 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: in Alaska and Summer Lake in Oregon. This year, three 221 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: of the birds had to hunker down on the Pacific 222 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: Ocean for fifty two to seventy two hours before the 223 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: smoke cleared. When the birds began moving inland and encountered smoke, 224 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: they tried to fly over it or had to make 225 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: stopovers in non traditional habitat. One poor goose seems to 226 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: have gotten lost. He got through the heart of the fire, 227 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: but continued following prevailing winds within the smoke plume until 228 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: he found himself in Idaho, where a tool goose occurrence 229 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: has never been confirmed until now. Of course, he eventually 230 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: made it back to Summer Lake, but like the rest 231 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 1: of the four geese, he doubled his migration time. Instead 232 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: of the usual four day excursion, the geese took a 233 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: nine day journey that added four hundred and seventy miles 234 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: to the flight path. Maybe this doesn't seem that profound 235 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: to you, but take into consideration that on a quote 236 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: normal migration birds die. The act of migration is extremely taxing. 237 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: Dr John Colucci of Ducks Unlimited notes that an average 238 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: sized female hand mallard will burn one point eight million 239 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: galories during a normal hundred mile migration from Saskatchewan to Louisiana. 240 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: Migratory birds have an incredible ability to pack on fat 241 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: fuel quick when they land and feed. But if you 242 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: consider the case of our colored geese, where the migration 243 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: was prolonged by almost five hundred miles, or if you 244 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: compared it to the mallards six hundred thousand calories, you 245 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: can see why this is a major concern. The authors 246 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: of Migration smoke study ran the numbers, and they estimate 247 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: that the geese needed between twenty eight and forty two 248 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: additional hours of foraging to compensate for the extra calories 249 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: they burned thanks to all the smoke. Finding that additional 250 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: chow is complicated by the fact that these geese had 251 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: to stop in areas they've never visited before. If you've 252 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: ever tried to find a decent Hamburger in a town 253 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: you've never been to, you know what I'm talking about. 254 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: You're gonna burn some fuel driving around town scoping places out. 255 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: But bad Hamburger is only a minor annoyance for the 256 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: tuly goose. It's a bigger deal. There are only about 257 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: fifteen thousand individuals in the entire subspecies, and California has 258 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: listed them as a species of Special concern. The authors 259 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: of this study point out that birds like the twoly 260 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: goose have a super specific migration pattern, and if they're 261 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: forced to change that pattern, it could increase the probability 262 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: that their population declines. Even More, studies have shown that 263 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: female geese that arrive malnourished or late to the nesting 264 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: grounds will likely not be able to lay eggs, or 265 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: possibly even survived the egg laying process. All the more 266 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: reason to help out and enhance habitat in your neck 267 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: of the woods. You never know who may drop by 268 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: next up on the migration corridor. As you know, I 269 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: recently went after sandhill crane's for the first time. Having 270 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,239 Speaker 1: a bird with a six and a half foot wingspan 271 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: glide into your spread is an experience you don't soon forget, 272 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: and I am now a big, big fan. That's why 273 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: a recent bill aiming to introduce a sandhill crane season 274 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: in Wisconsin caught my eye. Or maybe it was because 275 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: Ted Nugent a k a. Teddy Nuggets a ka The 276 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: News a k a. The Motor City mad Map was 277 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: on the docket of speakers at the hearing that tends 278 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: to move a news item up in the algorithm, especially 279 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: in that part of the world a few sandhill crane facts. 280 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: After being nearly extirpated across the country by the nineteen thirties, 281 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: American sandhill cranes have made an amazing comeback with the 282 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: help of conservationists. There are now an estimated five hundred 283 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: thousand of them who make the long migration from Mexico 284 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: all the way up to Siberia and back every year, 285 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: flying up to four hundred miles a day. They follow 286 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: the same four flyways that other migratory birds like ducks 287 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: and geese use, and their populations are now so healthy 288 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,959 Speaker 1: that all the states in the Central Flyaway, which are 289 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: the Plaine States from Texas to Montana, have a sandhill 290 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: crane season except for Nebraska. Nebraska is a key stopover 291 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: point in the migration. A full eight percent of North 292 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: American cranes use a seventy five mile stretch of the 293 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: states Platte River during their spring migration. In fact, the 294 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: name sandhill crane comes from Nebraska's Sandhills area, which borders 295 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: this stopover zone. The call of the sandhill crane is 296 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: especially cool sort of a rooster crossed with a plane 297 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: card and the spokes of your If any kids do 298 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: that anymore, Phil hit us with a crane call please. 299 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: Cranes are able to make this unique sound because their 300 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: tracheas or wind pipes are coiled into their stern hum 301 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: or breastbone, and air forced through the coil structure causes 302 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: that deep staccato. Philm maybe one more crand noise. Maybe 303 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: make this one the sound of cranes and love. I've 304 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: heard people say that too much. I don't know there, 305 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: And speaking of crans and love, cranes know how to 306 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: literally shake a tail feather on the dance floor in pairs. 307 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: They bob their heads, sweep their wings in and out, 308 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: and sort of prance around. I'm not recommending that you 309 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: try this at the club, but it can't look any 310 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: goofier than what you're currently doing. Cranes dance more frequently 311 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: during mating season, but they also do a year round, 312 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: so ornithologists speculate it creates group cohesion and just maybe 313 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: a bird version of fun. As we mentioned before, the 314 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,239 Speaker 1: birds have likely existed in their present anatomical form for 315 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: almost two and a half million years. Although Leopold said 316 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: of them quote, they live not in the constricted present, 317 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: but in the wider reaches of time. A crane marsh 318 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: holds a paleontological patent of nobility, one in the march 319 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: of AONs that, although so hot right now, he always 320 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: could turn a phrase anyway. A sandhill crane season in 321 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: Wisconsin would be a great thing. First of all, bird 322 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: hunters would get some fantastic table fair. You've heard me 323 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: talk about it. You've no doubt heard the crane's nickname, 324 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: Rearby of the Sky. Next, controlling crane numbers would give 325 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: the states farmers a break. Cranes do an number on 326 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: corn crops when they come through in the spring, eating 327 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: newly planted seeds. You can treat seed with a chemical deterrent, 328 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: but that's expensive, time consuming, and not always effective. Three 329 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: other states in the Mississippi Flyway already have a crane season, Kentucky, Alabama, 330 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: and Tennessee, so adding Wisconsin would make sense. However, cranes 331 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: reproduce in Wisconsin, they only pass through those other states, 332 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: and so the opposition to the hunt has centered around 333 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: not interfering with reproduction. However, with the species now thriving, 334 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: the science is clearly on the side of opening Wisconsin 335 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: season keeping mind, hunters we hunt a lot of things 336 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: when they're trying to reproduce, right, we know we can 337 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: do this and maintain and more than likely increase the population. 338 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: Here's kind of where this crane thing gets interesting, and 339 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: it's back, of course to the news and his role 340 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: as frontman for Hunter Nation based out of Kansas. Hunter 341 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: Nation has brought a lot of attention and momentum to 342 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: this hunt, which I'm like, hey, right on huge. On 343 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: the other hand, I do question the approach. First, the 344 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: out of state group, Hunter Nation didn't coordinate with any 345 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 1: of the Wisconsin based conservation orgs that have spent years 346 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: building support for crane hunt. We spoke with Tony Blackler 347 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, a group of in state 348 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: hunters that advises the Department of Natural Resources. We were 349 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: very appreciative Tony's time on the phone, as he'd just 350 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: come in from grouse hunting in nearby checka Margan Nicolette 351 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: National Forest remember a s k c L at the 352 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: mediator dot com. Blackler sales that the w c C 353 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: and several other groups have worked with legislators since the 354 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: mid two thousands to establish a sandhill crane season, first 355 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: introducing a bill in two thousand eleven. As crane numbers 356 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: have continued to grow, all parties involved have been optimistic 357 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: that a bill would has this session. Blackler emphasizes that 358 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: cranes are already killed under depredation permits to protect farmers crops, 359 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 1: but without a sanctioned season, those dead birds have to 360 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 1: be incinerated, a terrible waste that people all across the 361 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: ideological spectrum want to avoid. Do you need more of 362 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: a reason to allow crane hunt? Wasting a crane is 363 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: unfathomable to me. Again, darned tasty bird and no coincidence 364 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: that I already hit this, and it's our overarching theme 365 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: after years of careful effort to build the necessary support. 366 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: Blackler was frustrated that Hunter Nation had come in suddenly 367 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: with guns of blazing. He worried that introducing bills so 368 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: quickly can lead to mistakes in the legislation, and he said, quote, 369 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: there were people who were aligned with us and who 370 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: are on our team to implement the hunt, and this 371 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: event made it hard for them to be on the team. 372 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: You will recall that Hunter Nation suthed the State of 373 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,679 Speaker 1: Wisconsin last February on the grounds that not allowing a 374 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: wolf hunt was violating a previous state law signed in 375 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: two thousand twelve stating that wolf hunts are mandatory in 376 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: the state of Wisconsin as long as wolves are not 377 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: federally listed as an endangered species. That legal action has 378 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: turned into a great example of when charging ahead may 379 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: not be as good as crawling. Although Februaries wolf hunt 380 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: will likely not hurt the Wisconsin wolf population in the 381 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: long run, it did hurt wolf hunters, hunters in general, 382 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: and the reputation of the state Department of Natural Resources 383 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: when nearly double the quota set for wolves were turned in. 384 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: In short, it was a public relations disaster. The wolf 385 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: hunt was forced through, and in regards to all the 386 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: things wildlife managers talk about science, management, trust control, it 387 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 1: looked sloppy. Some outlets even call that bloodthirsty. And as 388 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: everyone feared, a Wisconsin judge just ruled that the November 389 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: wolf hunt is off. All right, listen to this. The 390 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: devil's in the details, so pay attention. Dane County Circuit 391 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: Court Judge Jacob Frost ruled the way the DNR applied 392 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: Wisconsin's wolf hunt law is unconstitutional. In his ruling, Frost 393 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: said he's not over ruling the state's wolf hunt law 394 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: and thinks it can be lawfully applied. In fact, he 395 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: is ordering the d n R to set the new 396 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: wolf hunt quota to zero for the time being. So 397 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: technically there is a hunt. It's just that there are 398 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: no wolves allowed to be taken during the hunt. And quote, 399 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: the d n R needs to stop it. They need 400 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: to actually comply with the law. They need to regulate 401 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 1: the hunt. They need to develop a wolf management plan. 402 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: They need to implement the rules so they can regulate 403 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: the hunt. They need to be part of that oversight. 404 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: Prob says that keeps the law constitutional. Judge Frost said, 405 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: So with that recent court ruling in mind, the next 406 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: tactic of hunter nation also becomes more questionable. The crane 407 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: bill was introduced amongst twelve other bills in a package, 408 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: one of which would legalize concealed carry of a handgun 409 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: without a permit. Now, no matter how ardent a defender 410 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: of Second Amendment rights you might be, you can also 411 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: see how the bundling of a crane hunting bill, along 412 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 1: with the political hot potato of permitless concealed carry could 413 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: make you question how serious they are about just hunting cranes. 414 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 1: In regards to a crane hunting season, It's important to 415 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: note that there is currently bipartisan support of the hunt itself. 416 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: That means both sides of the aisle. Another odd offshoot 417 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 1: of this political soup in Wisconsin is that Hunter Nation 418 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: has also supported Fred Praine, who is technically the previous 419 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: as chair of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, to refuse 420 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: to resign once his successor was named by the incoming 421 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: Democratic governor. Brain's position is that if he resigns, the 422 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: board will be by majority Democrat instead of by a 423 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: majority Republican, which if you're advising the natural resources of 424 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: the state, you should be independent, in my mind, independently 425 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: biased for wildlife and hunting and fishing. Now, I will 426 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: say it, one tactic Hunter Nation uses that I can 427 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: appreciate is that they treat every local attack on hunting 428 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: as an attack on hunters everywhere. That all for one, 429 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: one for all approach is part of why the Second 430 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: Amendment movement has been so successful. You know, sometimes Idaho 431 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: trout anglers don't exactly rush to the defense of Florida 432 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: bear hunters who are at risk of losing their hunt, 433 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: just as all gun owners don't write in or call 434 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: their state representative in favor of crane hunts. I'm just 435 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 1: kind of running all this. I asked you because historically, 436 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: the biggest conservation wins. And when I say historically, you 437 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: gotta remember, like last administration have happened by focusing on 438 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: the issue at hand and creating as big a tent 439 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: as possible to protect, acquire, enhance wildlife and habitat. We 440 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: have held our own against committed anti hunters by bringing 441 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: sympathetic non hunters and those who might vote against us 442 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: on other issues to our side on behalf of wildlife 443 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,880 Speaker 1: and wild places. This approach to conservation has proven successful, 444 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: but I do admit it takes a long time. That's 445 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: all I've got for you this week. Thank you so 446 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: much for listening. Remember to write in to a s 447 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 1: k C A L that's asked cal at the Meat 448 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 1: Eater dot com and let me know what's going on 449 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: in your neck of the woods. Also, if you're in 450 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: need of a ton of firewood for deer camp, clean 451 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: shooting lanes, or a powerful leaf blower to blow the 452 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,479 Speaker 1: leaves and all the rest of that Halloween costume stuff 453 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: off your lawn. 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