1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: is Cal's we can review with Ryan cal callahan. 3 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: Now Here's Cal. A group of bros in Michigan are 4 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: being hailed as heroes after one of them saved a 5 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: raccoon that was choking on a piece of cheese. In 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: a video of this incident, one of the men stands 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 2: over a full grown raccoon, whacking it on the back 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 2: with his hand. The animal appears to be in distress, 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: but it allows the man to administer what is obviously 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 2: professional veterinary assistance. Doesn't appear to be working until one 11 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: of the other bros offer some sage advice. Here's what 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: that sounded like. 13 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: Yes, choking, though a little bit lower, bill upward. There 14 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: you go. 15 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: If you couldn't quite make that out. The other gentleman 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: advises his colleague to hit the animal quote a little 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: bit lower with an upward motion. The raccoon does indeed 18 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: appear to be okay. You can see a piece of 19 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,320 Speaker 2: something fly out of its mouth, and it wanders away 20 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: along the fence line, dazed but mobile. It's stories like 21 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 2: these that make you wonder how we have animals. States 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: spend a lot of money trying to reduce raccoon numbers. 23 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: It's hard to believe a stale chunk of tillamook is 24 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 2: all it takes. Now, on the serious note, invest in 25 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: a locking trash can and you'll avoid having to perform 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: the Heimlich maneuver on Rocky the raccoon or eventually the 27 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: sleeper hold on Old Yogi the bear. Big thanks to 28 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: listener Jim Lane for sending us that video. This week, 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: we've got legislation, access, the crime desk, and so much more. 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: But first I'm going to tell you about my week. 31 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: And my week was packed. As you know, I've been 32 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 2: flinging arrows trying to get that rotator cuff must back 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 2: into the swing of things. I'm scouring on Ax for 34 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: new elk hunting locations in the Old Cowboys State while 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: complaining to everyone I know about how it could be 36 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: that I, a tax paying, law abiding, conservation license holding American, 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 2: can somehow be legally prohibited from hunting inside a federally 38 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,679 Speaker 2: designated wilderness area in the state of Wyoming. I grew 39 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: up messing around in wilderness areas. I worked in wilderness areas. 40 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: I can fish, camp, hike, sleep, horseback ride, throw rocks, 41 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 2: do whatever else you can legally conceive of in a 42 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 2: wilderness area in Wyoming, But somehow I cannot legally hunt 43 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: in that same wilderness area. There is no way this 44 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: is enforceable, and I'd like to speak with the Wyoming 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,519 Speaker 2: Hancho in charge who thinks this is a sensible regulation 46 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: for Wyoming Conservation officers to enforce and we can do 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: it right here on the weekend Review. But I digress. 48 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: Getting back into the archery game is super fun. It's 49 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 2: nice having the learning curve to chase my shooting and 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 2: archery distance or range judgment is not where it should be, 51 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: but that's what's fun getting good again. There was a 52 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: time that archery elk took up a big part of 53 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: my season, but like we adults sometimes have to do, 54 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: I put those things away in order to work on 55 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: a puppy and yeah, the girlfriend, you know that takes 56 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: time too, and all the other adult things and then 57 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 2: sometimes of course other hunting opportunities and you got to 58 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: divide and conquer, and you know, yeah, here we are again. 59 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: But the good news is I haven't lost all my 60 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: good stuff. I'm not starting from scratch, and right now 61 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: I think it's just building up that set of muscle 62 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: groups and repetition, repetition cures all anyway, up the form, 63 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: working on the release, and send those arrows downrange every 64 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: single day. Quick snort report for yel Well snort hit 65 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 2: a rough patch. She got super sick, she was puking, 66 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: she didn't want to eat, she got very lethargic. So 67 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 2: to the veat we went and spent a thousand dollars 68 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 2: one thousand bucks because I asked to know what the 69 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 2: heck is going on so I could fix the issue, 70 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: not the symptoms. And of course all the tests are 71 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: back and they say she is a very healthy girl. 72 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: Sure you dog owners can relate a thousand bucks and 73 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 2: they still can't get her to talk. 74 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: My therapist thinks he's figured out what my problem is. 75 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, what is Shigmund fraud to think it is? 76 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: He uh thinks I'm in love. Oh my god, you 77 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: can talk. One last thing tonight is the Trump Biden debate, 78 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 2: And it would have already happened by the time you 79 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 2: heard this. I know there will be no hunt fish 80 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: topics covered, but if there were, what would you want 81 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: to know? What would you want to see? Those two 82 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 2: old codgers talk about right in to ask cal at 83 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: the meat eater dot com and remember, somewhere around half 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: the country is not going to vote for the person 85 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 2: you want, which means it's going to be your job 86 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: to either keep your candidate in line when they have 87 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 2: the job, or keep the guy you didn't vote for 88 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 2: in line. Our job doesn't end no matter who's in office. 89 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 2: Moving on to the legislative desk, legislation. 90 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: Is just. 91 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 2: Colorado is getting lots of attention for a proposed ballot 92 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: measure that would effectively ban mountain lion hunting in the state. 93 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: We don't want to lose sight of that issue, but 94 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 2: centennial state voters will be deciding the fate of another 95 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 2: proposal that will impact even more hunters than the mountain 96 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: lion ban. California became the first state in the nation 97 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: last year to impose an an additional excise tax on 98 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 2: guns and ammunition. This year, Colorado will decide whether it 99 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 2: wants to join the Golden State in doing the same. 100 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: The Colorado legislature passed a bill a few months ago 101 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 2: that imposes a six and a half percent excise tax 102 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: on the manufacture and sale of firearms and ammunition This 103 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 2: tax would be imposed on gun makers and sellers, but 104 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 2: passed down to the consumer. The state says it would 105 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: generate about thirty nine million dollars a year, which would 106 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: be used for crime victim services programs, education programs, and 107 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 2: mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans. But 108 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 2: Colorado law requires that any tax increases be approved by 109 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 2: a majority of Colorado residents, which is why the tax 110 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 2: will ultimately pass or fail at the ballot box this November. 111 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: If you live in Colorado and would rather not have 112 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: your guns and ammunition be six and a half percent 113 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: more expensive, or if you're just insulted by the insinuation 114 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 2: that legal gun owners who are paying their taxes should 115 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 2: be on the hook for those people who are not 116 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: paying their taxes and are perpetrating crimes doing things illegally, 117 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 2: you'll have a chance to make your voice heard. This November. 118 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: Listener David Belch wrote in to tell me about a 119 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: decision by the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission to close 120 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: the recreational flounder fishery for the rest of the year. 121 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: The commission determined that the flounder quota had been exceeded 122 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 2: in each of the past two years, and their management 123 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: plan calls for a pound four pound payback if that happens. 124 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: In other words, exceeding the quota one year rolls forward 125 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 2: into the next. The Commission looked at the data and 126 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: decided the recreational quota remaining for twenty twenty four was 127 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: not large enough to allow for a season this year. 128 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: The quota wasn't totally used up, but they needed the 129 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 2: small excess to account for anticipated dead discards that will 130 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 2: occur due to incidental catch and release. The decision by 131 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 2: the North Carolina Commission represents a significant departure from their 132 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: fellow Carolinians to the south. According to the outlet Carolina Sportsman, 133 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: South Carolina anglers are still allowed to catch and keep 134 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: flounder year round, with a five fish daily limit not 135 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: to exceed ten per boat, and a sixteen inch total 136 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: length minimum. The good news is that the tar Heel 137 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 2: State should be in a good shape to reopen the 138 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 2: recreational fishery in twenty twenty five. Now, if you have 139 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 2: ever had a fried flounder, Greek salad and a ice 140 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: cold gin and tonic on a hot summer night, you 141 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: know this is an important fishery If you don't know, 142 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 2: here are the quick and dirty stats from our friends 143 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 2: at Noah. Summer flounder are one of the most sought 144 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: after commercial and recreational fish along the Atlantic coast, with 145 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 2: total landings at approximately twenty one point two million pounds 146 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two. The current plan allows for a 147 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 2: flounder quota of a fifty five and forty five percent 148 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 2: take that's split between commercial at fifty five and forty 149 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: five at recreational fisheries. Two major commercial trawl fisheries exist, 150 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 2: a winter offshore and a summer inshore. Way Back in 151 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 2: the eighties, commercial landings ranged from seventeen point nine to 152 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 2: thirty seven point seven million pounds. In ninety three, the 153 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 2: coast wide quota was implemented. Commercial landings have ranged from 154 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: five point eight million pounds to seventeen point four million 155 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: pounds since that quota was implemented. Commercial landings reached a 156 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 2: low of five point eight million pounds in twenty seventeen, 157 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: but have since increased to twelve and a half million 158 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: pounds in twenty twenty two. Summer flounder recreational fishery harvest 159 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 2: from nineteen eighty one to two thousand and four hit 160 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: an all time high of thirty six point seven million 161 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: pounds and an all time low of five point seven 162 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: million pounds. That was back in nineteen eighty nine, when 163 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: harvest limits were implemented for recreational fisheries. Starting about nineteen 164 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 2: ninety three, recreational harvest peaked at about eight point six 165 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 2: million pounds in twenty twenty two. Is that an upward 166 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 2: trend at that point? If you jump over and look 167 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 2: the marine fisheries, flounder harvest is heavily monitored. It appears 168 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: stable and all good. If I lived in North Carolina, 169 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 2: I'd probably run down to South Carolina and get some 170 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 2: fish this season. Not everybody's going to do that, but 171 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: plenty of folks would, so it's all one ocean. Fortunately, 172 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: marine fisheries have a lot of good folks out there 173 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 2: monitoring these populations. Rhode Island lawmakers recently approved a bill 174 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 2: that banned so called captive hunting. The bill would bar 175 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 2: the use of man made or natural barriers intended to 176 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 2: prevent animals from fleeing a confined area of a hunt. 177 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 2: Private lands set up as a hunting or shooting preserves 178 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: or game ranches are included my road Island listeners can 179 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 2: write in and let me know, but I'm not sure 180 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 2: this is a big industry over there. The bill was 181 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 2: proposed in response to a resort that wanted to import 182 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 2: elk and pigs for its guests to hunt. The resort 183 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: is called the Preserve, which also kind of sounds like 184 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 2: one of those places where you know in the movies 185 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 2: where the rich people go to hunt the poor people. 186 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: A Bentley ad features prominently on its website and rooms 187 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 2: start at eight hundred dollars per night. Point is this 188 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 2: isn't exactly what you'd call a traditional hunting ranch. They 189 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: have what they call a sporting club, but it doesn't 190 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: look like they currently offer hunts of any kind. The 191 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 2: Rhode Island state legislature apparently thought captive hunting could turn 192 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 2: into a real problem, so they decided to nip this 193 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: in the bud. Fortunately for the upland hunters in the 194 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 2: smallest state in the Union, the legislation would not apply 195 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 2: to the release of domestic game birds on public property 196 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: or on private property licensed by the state Department of 197 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 2: Environmental Management. In other words, according to state officials in 198 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 2: Rhode Island, a high fence hunt on thousands of acres 199 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: is bad, But releasing pen raised pheasants that math says 200 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: will definitely die is totally fine. Some subtext here, even 201 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: though it's not something I choose to do. Often, raised 202 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 2: birds help fuel the fire of young hunters and young 203 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 2: hunting dogs, and I think we all know what happens 204 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: when someone releases pigs behind the tallest offences. They get 205 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 2: out by going underneath. Moving on to the Oregon Fish 206 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 2: and Wildlife Commission, who recently approved a set of rules 207 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 2: that will restrict the ability of landowners and others to 208 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: kill nuisance beavers. Back in twenty twenty three, the state 209 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 2: legislature passed a bill that classifies beavers as fur bears 210 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,199 Speaker 2: in all circumstances. This means that in order to kill 211 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 2: a beaver, a landowner must go through a permitting process 212 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 2: with the Fish and Wildlife Department. This will require the 213 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,719 Speaker 2: landowner to undertake non lethal mitigation strategies first before a 214 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 2: nuisance beaver can be taken. The new rules still allow 215 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 2: beavers to be hunted and trapped during the approved seasons, 216 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 2: but according to a press release from the ODFW, the 217 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: new approach encourages coexistence and less lethal take of beaver 218 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: and provides tools to a more effectively manage and prevent 219 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: damage caused by beaver. Utah Senator Mike Lee introduced a 220 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: series of bills last week supposedly aimed at making federal 221 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 2: public lands more accessible to those with disabilities. Senator Lee's 222 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 2: name has appeared more than once on this podcast, and 223 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: I could say unfortunately, but just the track record says 224 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 2: something's fishy when Mike Lee releases a bill having to 225 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 2: do a public land. That's why. While no one would 226 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 2: oppose making public land accessible to Americans with all abilities, 227 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: some are very skeptical that this legislation is really about them. 228 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 2: According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Lee's legislation would have 229 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 2: the BLM and the US Forest Service develop and update 230 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 2: travel management plans to prioritize accessibility. Roads on public land should, 231 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 2: according to the bill, allow access for hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, 232 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 2: off roading, and other recreational activities to ensure the public 233 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 2: land is disability accessible land. The legislation defines disability accessible 234 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 2: land as land with at least two and a half 235 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 2: miles of roads accessible to motorized or off road vehicles 236 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 2: per square mile. Lee introduced the legislation shortly after the 237 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: BLM closed several roads near Moab to off road vehicle use. 238 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: The agency says it did so to protect wildlife, habitat 239 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 2: and cultural sites, but off roading enthusiasts have sued to 240 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 2: reopen the roads and trails. If Lee's bill passes, it 241 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 2: will hinder the ability of federal land managers to close 242 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: roads to off road vehicles if those vehicles are causing 243 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: environmental damage. Important to note here too. You know, when 244 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 2: one door closes, another opens, As the old saying goes, 245 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 2: we close a lot of trails every year. Collectively, we 246 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 2: and we open a lot of trails every year. Everybody 247 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 2: knows at a certain point in order to mitigate use, overuse, 248 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: use it improper times, when shit's muddy and stuff, you 249 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 2: just got to close something in order to get it 250 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 2: back in line. And I'm not saying that's what happened 251 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 2: here in un but that's what happens often. So again 252 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 2: blanket proposal for an issue that could be done locally. 253 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 2: Moving on to the dog desk, A trio of anglers 254 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 2: rescued thirty eight hound dogs earlier this month that got 255 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 2: stuck treading water in a Grenada Lake, Mississippi. I'll say 256 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: that again. A group of fishermen saved thirty eight hound 257 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 2: dogs that were swimming around a mile from shore in 258 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 2: a Mississippi lake. If that's not the weirdest thing you've 259 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 2: heard of all week, your life's more exciting than mine. 260 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 2: Bob just told local media that he and a buddy 261 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: had secured the services of a crappie fishing guy named 262 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 2: Jordan Trustman. They were trolling along looking for crappie when 263 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: Trustmen spied something unusual in the water. He motored over 264 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: to investigate and found a dog with a radio collar 265 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: paddling in circles. He wasn't alone. Dozens of dogs were 266 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 2: in the lake, all fitted with radio collars. This is 267 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: the only part of the story that I kind of 268 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 2: have I call bs on because, especially if this guy's 269 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: a crappie fishing guide, you know, he wasn't looking at 270 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: the water. He was looking at sight imaging sonar. That's 271 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 2: all I'm saying. Anyway, they began hauling up dogs one 272 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: at a time until they had twenty seven in the boat. 273 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 2: They took them back to shore and came back for eleven. 274 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: More soggy but happy canines. They really do look happy. 275 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 2: There are pictures floating around social media and you can 276 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: see their tails waggon in the images. By that point, 277 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 2: they had a pretty good idea what had happened. There's 278 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 2: a strong fox hunting community in Grenada, and a pack 279 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: of hounds had followed a deer into the lake, but 280 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 2: they weren't able to keep up with the ungulate in 281 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: the water, and by the time they realized what had happened, 282 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 2: they were too far from shore to know which direction 283 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: to swim. Just to estimates, they had been in the 284 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 2: water about forty five minutes before they were found. Just 285 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: told mediators Jordan Sillers, who just had a brand new 286 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 2: baby boy, congrats Jordan. That they kept fishing for a 287 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: few more hours after leaving the dogs with grateful owners, 288 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: but quote, we caught more dogs than fish that day. 289 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: Better election next time, boys. Moving on to the crime desk, 290 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 2: six Louisiana men have been charged with nineteen felonies and 291 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: nine misdemeanors after cheating in two hog hunting competitions earlier 292 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 2: this year. The six individuals range from twenty six to 293 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 2: forty years old, and they've all been accused of hunting 294 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 2: contest fraud, and criminal conspiracy. Five of the six were 295 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 2: charged with violating interstate commerce, one was charged with obstruction, 296 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 2: and another was charged with hunting with a suspended license. 297 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 2: At this point, you might be wondering how one goes 298 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 2: about cheating at a hog hunting contest. In these two competitions, 299 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: hunters were required to catch a hog with dogs in 300 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 2: Louisiana and then send a photo of their live catch 301 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 2: to the contest organizer to verify who's who. Each team 302 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 2: of four hunters was given a number on the day 303 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 2: of the contest began, and they were to hold up 304 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: a sign with that number in the photo. All hogs 305 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 2: entered into the contest were required to be caught within 306 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: the official contest time frame, which was two or three days. 307 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 2: These geniuses realized that they could avoid these restrictions in 308 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 2: two ways. First, they hunted their pigs in Texas rather 309 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 2: than Louisiana. A Louisiana game warden told me Eater that 310 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 2: these fellows hunted hogs on the landfill property near the 311 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: town of Buna, Texas, which, you know, nothing makes for 312 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: a tasty pig like catching them in the local landfill. 313 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 2: Once they'd caught a few hogs that they thought might 314 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 2: be contenders. They drove the swine back across the border 315 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 2: to Louisiana. Then once the contest began, they took the 316 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: pigs out of their holding pens and staged them as 317 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: if they'd just been caught, which is kind of a 318 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 2: hilarious notion to think about, telling that pig to hold 319 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 2: that pose and no act surprise this time. Anyway, they 320 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 2: won two contests this way, the Dingler Wild Hog Round 321 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 2: up in Bienville Parish and the Swamp Time Hog Hunt 322 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 2: and Caldwell Parish. Problem was their shenanigans didn't go unnoticed. 323 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 2: The game warden we spoke with said he was contacted 324 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: last year by contest participants claiming these guys had been cheating. 325 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 2: He decided to look into them this year, and he, 326 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 2: with the help of other game wardens, found more than 327 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 2: enough evidence to bring charges. Five of the six suspects 328 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 2: confessed to their crimes and written statements. Their penalties ranged 329 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 2: from two hundred and fifty dollars fine for hunting under 330 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 2: a suspended license to a ten thousand dollars fine and 331 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 2: five years in jail for obstruction hunting contest fraud brings 332 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 2: up to a three thousand dollars fine and one year 333 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 2: in jail. They take their hog hunting seriously down there 334 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 2: in Louisiana. Let me tell you, if there's one thing 335 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 2: worse than getting your truck stuck in the mud, it's 336 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 2: getting your truck stuck with the poached elk in the bed. 337 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 2: And that's poached as in illegally killed, not as in, 338 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 2: you know, gently cooked in liquid. Corey Cruz from Rawlins, 339 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 2: Wyoming was hunting an elk hunt Area one oh eight, 340 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 2: which is a limited draw area for bowl elk crews. However, 341 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 2: did not have the limited draw tag. All CRUs had 342 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 2: in his pocket was an over the countertag for hunt 343 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 2: Area twenty one, which is about two miles away, and 344 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 2: that didn't stop Cruise from killing a bowl in air 345 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 2: one away, taking a few photos and posting them on 346 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 2: social media. At this point, things were going well for 347 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: Cruz until he tried to leave the remote area of 348 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: Carbon County. He and the buddies he's with got stuck 349 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 2: as they tried to take the elk home. One of 350 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: them decided to walk out to find help, but he 351 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: became disoriented and was later found by another group of 352 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 2: elk hunters. At the same time, the other members of 353 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 2: Cruz's party called authorities to report that their friend was missing. 354 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 2: I mean, what a crack squad. It's like if they 355 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 2: weren't out poach and elk, they'd be taken down like 356 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: the Federal Reserve in one of those heist movies. Anyway, 357 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 2: search and rescue eventually got all the hunters out, but 358 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 2: they reported seeing blood and other signs that the group 359 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: had taken an elk. This was strange because Cruz told 360 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: game wardens he'd killed an elk in a general unit, 361 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: which was two miles away from where the truck had 362 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 2: been stuck. They also found a gut pile about one 363 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 2: hundred yards away from the truck, but no head or carcass. 364 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: Then warden saw Cruise's pictures on social media, and they 365 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: were able to match the landscape in those photos with 366 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 2: the landscape in the limited entry area. All that evidence 367 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 2: combined to convince Cruise to plead guilty in May to 368 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: intentionally taking an antlered elk without a proper license. He 369 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 2: was fined one five hundred and seventy dollars or a 370 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 2: stiff vet bill and sentenced to ninety days in jail, 371 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 2: with eighty two days suspended and credit for eight days 372 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 2: already served in the Carbon County Detention Center. His hunting 373 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 2: and fishing privileges were also suspended for five years. Over 374 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 2: in the Okie State, a game warden in Oklahoma was 375 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: in the right place at the right time last week 376 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 2: to nab a group of poachers who used cast nets 377 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: and spear guns to illegally kill seventy five fish in 378 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 2: a small stream. Big thanks to Scott Brian for sending 379 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 2: us this story. A Dare County game warden, David Garrett, 380 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 2: told local media that he doesn't usually patrol a creek 381 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: near Proctor, Oklahoma on weekdays, but he saw a vehicle 382 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 2: and it peaked his interest. He parked down by Barrenford 383 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 2: Creek last Friday, and sure enough he saw a fellow 384 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 2: walking down the creek with a cast net over his shoulder. 385 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 2: Then a few minutes later he saw a guy with 386 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 2: a spear gun, and then he saw another and another. 387 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 2: He watched them throw the net and fire their spear 388 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 2: guns all the way down the creek until they got 389 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 2: to his truck. He got out to tame them, and 390 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 2: with the help of a few other wardens. He recovered 391 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 2: most of the fish they'd poached, seventy five fish in all, 392 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 2: including perch, catfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sucker, and drum. 393 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 2: I want to point out that all of those species 394 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 2: are really great fish to get kids on. These boys, 395 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 2: who are not kids were cited for illegal use of 396 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 2: spear guns and the cast net. Moving on to Wisconsin, 397 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 2: Wisconsin water access is in the news again, something we've 398 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: covered back in episode two twenty six. A county circuit 399 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: judge in the Badger State is ruled in favor of 400 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 2: a landowner who sued to keep the public from driving 401 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 2: boats on areas of his property that regularly flood. A 402 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 2: fellow named Thomas Rice that's Riiss, owns property along the 403 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 2: Rock River in southern Wisconsin. When this river floods, which 404 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 2: has been doing regularly over the past few years, some 405 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 2: people drive john boats across his land. As we covered previously. 406 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 2: He doesn't claim that these folks are damaging property or 407 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: doing anything else illegal, only that their presence is keeping 408 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 2: him from enjoying his land. I want to point out 409 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 2: that previously we reported just airboats, but we've had other 410 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 2: folks right in at risk of revealing their hunting spots. 411 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 2: That it's not just airboats. There's john boats and folks 412 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,239 Speaker 2: with mud motors and stuff like that. So it's an 413 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: important distinction because you can run an airboat over darn 414 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 2: near anything. Those other boats I mentioned they have deeper 415 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: draft even when on plane. Anyway, Wisconsin has good stream 416 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 2: access laws that allow the public to float on navigable 417 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: waters that run through private property. The question at the 418 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 2: heart of this case is whether that access extends to 419 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 2: areas that flood on a regular basis. This judge ruled 420 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 2: that they don't, or at least he ruled that the 421 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 2: state Department of Natural Resources hadn't gone through the proper 422 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 2: rulemaking process. The Wisconsin DNR had been operating under something 423 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 2: called the wet feet rule. As long as a hunter 424 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 2: or angler stays in the water, they can go beyond 425 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 2: the normal high water mark if an area gets flooded. 426 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 2: The agency had issued guidance documents describing this rule, but 427 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 2: the judge decided that this rule is quote invalid and unenforceable. 428 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 2: That doesn't mean the rule is dead in the water, 429 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 2: so to speak. The judge instructed the DNR to issue 430 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 2: proper guidance to documents through the formal rule making process, 431 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 2: but he doesn't say what the rule should be. It's 432 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 2: possible the DNR will put together a rule that looks 433 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 2: just like the wet feet rule and do it through 434 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 2: the proper process, one that is defensible for you hunters 435 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 2: and anglers out there. Of course, no one knows exactly 436 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 2: how that process will go. It's also possible other interest 437 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 2: groups could have more sway than public water users, and 438 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,959 Speaker 2: we could see a retraction of water access in Wisconsin 439 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,479 Speaker 2: to complicate matters even further. It's unclear whether the DNR 440 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 2: will appeal the ruling to a higher court. However this 441 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 2: situation ends up, I'll be relying on all you cheese 442 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 2: heads in Wisconsin to keep me in the loop. Several 443 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 2: of you sent me this story, and you had various 444 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 2: opinions on it. One listener thinks the rule makes sense. 445 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 2: He said, quote, I don't think this is a bad 446 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 2: thing at all, especially with what a wet summer we've had. 447 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 2: It would have been possible to walk across whole subdivisions 448 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 2: without technically trespassing. But I don't think that a puddle 449 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 2: in someone's yard connected to the river should grant public access. 450 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: So I think this was the right call. Another listener 451 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 2: named Dave Unger disagreed. He said the potential change will 452 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 2: be quote devastating for the sport of duck hunting in Wisconsin. 453 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 2: I'm curious what my other Wisconsin listeners think about this. 454 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 2: I'd also like to hear from everyone else regarding water 455 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 2: access laws where you live. Do you support them or 456 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 2: do you think they should change. We'd like to do 457 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 2: a series covering the different ways states and provinces control 458 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 2: water access for public land users. And I thought i'd 459 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 2: start with my most helpful knowledge base, the well informed, 460 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 2: super super ridiculously good looking listeners of Col's Week in Review. 461 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 2: So to a s k c a L. That's Askcal 462 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: at the meetbeter dot com. Let me know what's going 463 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 2: on in your neck of the woods and whether your 464 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 2: feet or wet. Thanks again, we'll talk to you next week.