1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Col's Week in Review with Ryan cow Kala. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: cal Holy Cat's pajamas. Everybody, if you're listening to this, 4 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: you've made it through another election cycle. That odd quiet 5 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: coming from your nightstand of no phones buzzing because of 6 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: the consistent stream of SMS should be illegal campaign marketing. 7 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: The constant buzz of people wanting to know how you voted, 8 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: when you voted, where you voted. The pollsters have gone 9 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: back into their underground burrows for another four years. Political 10 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: signage has been wiped miraculously from every lawn in the neighborhood. 11 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: And you can just go on back, go back to 12 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the way away before the long long ago, to where 13 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: you just kind of nod and wave at your neighbors, 14 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: say how's it going as you take the trash out 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: or do mundane things like hop in the car and 16 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: go to work or take the kids to school. It's 17 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: a new day, it's a new dawn. And that being said, 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: have you heard of this? A New Jersey bowhunter broke 19 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: the state bear record with a seven hundred and seventy 20 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: pound bruin. If you haven't heard of this. Pause this 21 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: podcast right now and look at this bear. It is 22 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: a tank. It looks about as wide as it is tall, 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: and the hunter, Brian Melvin, should be extremely proud he 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: took it down with an arrow. What you may not 25 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: have seen is that Melvin has been subject to a 26 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: serious level of harassment since the story went viral. Meat 27 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: eaters Eli Fournier spoke with the hunter, who said he's 28 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: received a slew of phone calls from animal rights activists 29 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: and they haven't been to congratulate him. The first week 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: was just nuts, he said, I still don't know to 31 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: this day how they got my number. But the those 32 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: death threats were probably the roughest ones. They were mentioning 33 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: where I lived and that they were waiting for me 34 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: and my kid, stuff like I hope you die and 35 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: if I ever see you in the woods, I'll gut 36 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: you like a bear. Melvin says people drove past his parents' 37 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: house screaming, and people were trying to track down where 38 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: he worked, as well as where his wife worked. All 39 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: of this is incredibly ironic coming from a group of 40 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: people who claim to care about the lives of living creatures. 41 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: Melvin pointed this out when he said, quote, they're out 42 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,839 Speaker 1: there preaching that they don't agree with hunting, and yet 43 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: they're okay with threatening human life. I just don't see 44 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: where the dots can act. Melvin, Uh, you're exactly right, 45 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: But New Jersey has been primed for this kind of reaction. 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: In one of the only predator hunting band reversals our 47 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: country has ever seen, Governor Phil Murphy recently reinstated the 48 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: bear hunting band he'd put in place in twenty eighteen. 49 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: The state's Fishing Game Council forced the governor's hand when 50 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: they declared an emergency due to the rising number of 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: human bear conflicts, but that didn't mean the state's residents 52 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: were on board. As Melvin discovered, many still oppose a 53 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: bear hunt, and they were probably just looking for a 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: place to vent their iire. Some of these folks are 55 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: hopelessly ideological, but some of them are just confused, Melvin said. 56 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: Many of his critics assume he only hunted the bear 57 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: to display its hide on a wall, but as with 58 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: the vast majority of bear hunters, that's not true in 59 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Melvin's case at all. He said he harvested a whopping 60 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy pounds of meat from the animal, 61 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: and he gave away another two hundred pounds of bear 62 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: fat to a woman who rendered it to make soaps, lotions, candles, 63 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: and other natural products, which she'll probably sell back to 64 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: some of these people because undoubtedly they love organic goods. 65 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: He sent a few photos of all that fat to 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: Meat Eater and you can check them out in the 67 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: article on our website. I'd say Melvin deserves an atta 68 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: boy for doing a good job representing the hunting community. 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: And I'm sure this won't be the first big bear 70 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: he hauls out of the New Jersey Woods. This week, 71 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: we've got Woodpecker's crime Bird flew in the mail bag. 72 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: But first, I'm gonna tell you about my week, and 73 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,839 Speaker 1: my week was pretty good. Well, Snort got her staples out, 74 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: and it's truly amazing how good the wound looks. I've 75 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: been using a disinfectant spray and a salve combo, a 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: two pronged approach, if you will, a one two punch 77 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: on the cut. Both of these products are from a 78 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: company called heal It, or the product line is heal It. 79 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: My program, any way, was to kind of like let 80 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: the wound breathe during the day, and then right before 81 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: bedtime I disinfect with the heel It spray and then 82 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: coat the wound with this salve and patch it for 83 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: the night, you know, so that gooey salve doesn't get 84 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: on stuff, and then snort wouldn't lick it and all that 85 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: fun stuff, you know, because I think one of the 86 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: things that like really hurts the healing process is if 87 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: those edges of skin dry out right, Like the underneath 88 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: could be good, but the edges on top start to 89 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: kind of peel back as they dry out, and that's 90 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: when you get like scabby, rusty stuff on there, and 91 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: it just takes a long long time. Like if you 92 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: were a kid and you got a nasty cut that 93 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: got a scab on it, right, we all knew that 94 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: if you kept picking that scab, you'd get a big 95 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: old nasty scar, right, So I did the opposite of that. 96 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: I kept it from ever forming any sort of scabing 97 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: because they kept her well lubricated with this helot salve. 98 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: Minimum of ten days of healing, if you recall, okay, 99 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: I would say eight days in I was looking at that, 100 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: and let's say it's a three inch cut. Three quarters 101 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: of an inch right in the middle was the only 102 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: thing that looked like it was still healing up. The 103 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: other two and a quarter inches looked perfect, looked like 104 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: nothing had ever happened. The edges were just like perfectly 105 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: healed up and sealed up and looked great. It almost 106 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: looked to me like those stitches in the middle were 107 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: darn near holding that cut apart. And the vet, who 108 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: I think did an awesome job, they kind of game 109 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,119 Speaker 1: some pushback and they were like, hey, it's real busy 110 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: in here today. Are you sure those staples are ready 111 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: to come out? And I was like, man, I think 112 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: they got to go, and I feel like I should 113 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: be able to take staples out. I got to read 114 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: up on that vets right in for me, Well, yeah, 115 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: I should be competent enough to remove staples anyway, get 116 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: into the VAT and they're like, yeah, it's only been 117 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: ten days exactly, so we'll go take a look real quick. 118 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: And next thing I know, Snort is behaving terribly and 119 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: dragging this poor vet tech out of the back of 120 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: the office and no, staples look great. And I swear 121 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: to you, twelve hours later, it was like she had 122 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: never been cut she's got a little red mark obviously 123 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: in the dead center of this patch of shaved skin 124 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: that's slowly coming back. But other than that, man looks fantastic. 125 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: So now I switched over to a less expensive salve 126 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: bag ball, which you can get anywhere. I just grease 127 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: her up with that because the way that dog runs. 128 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: And trust me, she is far risky right now, because 129 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: she's been on injured reserve for ten days. If I 130 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: just let her hunt without doing anything, I don't think 131 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: she'd grow hair back there for the rest of the season. 132 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: Talking some friction, folks. Anyway, that's a big win. Snorts 133 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: back in the game. This weekend, we helped my girlfriend 134 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: on her deer hunt. Took the whole weekend, tried to 135 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: help her out, and right or wrong, I'm one of 136 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: those people grew up in a certain way where you 137 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: help out a lot, right, a lot, a lot, But 138 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: then you get to a point where you're like, okay, 139 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: there it is, go get it. You know, whoever you're helping, 140 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: it's important that they learn those steps between there the 141 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: deer is, which way is the wind blowing? You're right, okay, 142 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: what do you think you should do? Yep, that sounds 143 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: like a good plan, go see if it works, as 144 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: opposed to like full blown guiding right. Like, one of 145 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: the things that I am very much opposed to is 146 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: the fact that, let me put it this way. You 147 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: know when you hear people be like, oh, yeah, I 148 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: got them a deer, I got them their first deer, 149 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: I got them this went out and got so and 150 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: so and elk this weekend. You know, I've uttered that 151 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: phrase myself. But the fact of the matter is you're 152 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 1: not creating a good competent hunter if you're really doing 153 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: everything but pulling the trigger. Like you gotta sit back 154 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: and know that they're either gonna make the right decisions 155 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: kill that deer, buck bowl whatever, or they're gonna mess 156 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: it up, and that buck bowl whatever is gonna get away. 157 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: And you know what that is. It's not failure. That's hunting, right, 158 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: And if we're going to create good folks in the woods, 159 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: they got to know what failure is. And I swear 160 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: to you, if you're anything like me, if it's not painful, 161 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: if you don't dwell over that mess up, you're not 162 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: going to learn from that mistake. So you got to 163 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: give people the space to do that and I think, 164 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: you know, there's some attrition. There's some folks who are like, oh, 165 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm never going hunting again. But in the long haul, 166 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: I think these are the people that stick with it 167 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: the longest, care the most anyway. Long way it's saying 168 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: Sam did not kill a deer. We covered a lot 169 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: of really gorgeous miles, got up real early, made some 170 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: really good sneaks, put some bucks to bed. No shots 171 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: were fired. We did fire up some turkey chili verde 172 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: from the Last Meteor Cookbook. That's a great one for 173 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: a cold fall night. I got up early this morning 174 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: and put an elkshank and the crockpot for asobuco. That's 175 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: another fantastic timeless recipe and my plan as I currently 176 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: record on the election eve. It's November fifth. As I'm recording, 177 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: because man, friends, neighbors, I am dying to get out 178 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: and walk around in the woods. I'm gonna eat well tonight. 179 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to bed early. I'm gonna get up 180 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: real early. I'm gonna drive to one of my old 181 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: time growing up hunting spots here in the great state 182 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: of Montana, and I'm gonna do a post snowstorm cold 183 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: weather dear l hunt all by my lonesome. It's just 184 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna be like the exact thing you really need for 185 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: that post election day mind clearing. Don't know how I'm 186 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: gonna handle the fact that my phone's not buzzing from 187 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: polsters and solicitations and all that stuff. You guys know 188 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: that I cannot forecast what will happen, but I will 189 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: make an assumption that roughly just under half the country 190 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: voted for the other person, and just slightly over half 191 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: the country voted for the person who won. Now, there's 192 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: a theory out there that is basically equally divided. Political 193 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: structures are actually what keep America from like going too 194 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: far in any one direction. Like we created our own 195 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: little magnetic field, and leadership in this country can only 196 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: stray so far within the push and pull of that 197 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: the magnetic polls. Right, But I can't help but wonder 198 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: what it would be like if the whole country, the 199 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: royal we really really liked a candidate, we had a 200 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: unifier and all but the folks who just don't agree 201 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: on anything out of principle voted for the same person. Right. 202 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: This isn't like a policy daydream, because I don't know 203 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: exactly what that would be. Right. This is more of 204 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: like a warm and fuzzy, let's all get a long 205 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: type of mental stroll that I'm taking. What would change 206 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: if this happened? I don't know. I will tell you 207 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: that talking politics and arguing with my buddies Randa Williams 208 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: and Brody Henderson and Jannis tell Us and Steven Ronella, 209 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: is that we all came to a conclusion years and 210 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: years ago, and even this, which I find very basic 211 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: and simple, maybe polarizing. Okay, in some circles they'd say 212 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: trigger warning, but I don't believe in that. Because you're 213 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: an adult. You got to face things that you don't 214 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: like every day, sometimes all day long. That's how you 215 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: get paid. So I'm not going to say trigger warning. 216 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: But this is the conclusion that we came to. Right, 217 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: even if you don't like despise and didn't vote for 218 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: the current president or whatever elected official you'd like to sell, 219 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: into this situation, you need to get to the table 220 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: and make sure they are doing the right thing in 221 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: their new or retained position. If you don't, you're in 222 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: that you know, like cut off your nose despite your 223 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: face position. You may not like the politician, but you 224 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: still love America and you want America to succeed. Right. 225 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: Of course, there are going to be some issues that 226 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: you are one hundred percent opposed to, but that's especially 227 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: where you need to be engaged as opposed to sitting 228 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: back pointing probably the middle finger at people right now. 229 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: There's plenty of ways to do this. You can and 230 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: you should join a local rod and gun organization, and 231 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: I mean like local local, like in your community, and 232 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: probably not all that far outside of your community. Oh, Midwest. 233 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: These are just things that I'm pulling off the top 234 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: of my head, Okay, gang, So I'm gonna miss some 235 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: things and mess some things up. Sportsman's for the Boundary 236 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: Waters Canoe area, very specific to the Boundary Waters area. 237 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: Folks who go there, Folks that know of that really 238 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: amazing place. That would be a good example of like 239 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: a hyper local type of organization, even more hyper local 240 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: Roden gun club that I really support and have for 241 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: years and just love the fact that they exist and 242 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: they do happen to be a bunch of ass kickers, 243 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: hellgate hunters, and anglers. Where the heck's that do you say? Well, 244 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: it's in the Missoula Valley, Missoula, Montana. Great group of 245 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: US folks, Wild Night for the Wildlife, try to make 246 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: it every year. That's their big annual fundraiser. They do 247 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: a lot of great stuff for the community, a lot 248 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: of good advocacy work, great hyper local Rotten Gun Club. Now. 249 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: I also, as you know, in fact, my computer's sitting 250 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: on top of a stack of publications that come from 251 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: national organizations. You should subscribe to newsletters. Even if you 252 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: don't become a member, subscribe to the newsletters so you 253 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: know what's going on. But you should, after you read 254 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: up on these organizations, become a member or a lifetime member, 255 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: or do a little donating. Okay, Your national organizations have 256 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: a little bit more power at the federal level, sometimes 257 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: at the state level as well, and they are there 258 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: to represent your needs. They're typically very responsive to their 259 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: members because you can get a hold of them real 260 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: easy and say, hey, this is what's going on, or 261 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: please explain this to me. I read about it in 262 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: the newsletter that I signed up for. Mm hmmmm, you 263 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: know where I'm going. Yeah, hell, I'll tell you. Snort 264 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: just got her lifetime membership to Pheasants forever. Okay, in 265 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: case you've forgotten. Snort's a dog. Her income is limited. 266 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: Shall we say Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever fantastic organization. I'm 267 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: a lifetime member there as well. I love the work 268 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: and consistently support BHA. I donate a ton of time 269 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: to back country hunters and anglers. I'm the North American 270 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: board chair for BHA National Wild Turkey Federation. Holy Cats 271 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: do they do a ton of great work across the 272 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: North America. Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Fantastic, Rocky Mount Elk Foundation, 273 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: Mule Deer Foundation, Delta Waterfowl Ducks Unlimited. Did you know 274 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: that Trout Unlimited is one of the largest member organizations 275 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: in the country these days. They do a ton of 276 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: work on erosion mitigation, aquatic invasive species, the fact that 277 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: salmon and steel have butt their heads against dams, all 278 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: sorts of things. Now, put your time in read up 279 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: on what these organizations do, see where you fit in, 280 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: or sometimes just see where you fit in on something 281 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: that they're currently working on. You're gonna meet a lot 282 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: of awesome people. You're gonna be more informed about what's 283 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: going on. You're going to know when to use your AMMO, 284 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: so to speak by calling, writing in to your elected officials. Okay, 285 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: all these groups can give you some help as to 286 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: how to testify at the state level or even going 287 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: out to d C, which we all have a right 288 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: to do. Go in there and knock on our elected 289 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: officials doors, tell them where you're from, and let them 290 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: know what's important to you. If you haven't done this yet, 291 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: you really should. It takes time, takes money, but the 292 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: door's open to you. You got to make it happen. 293 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: Of course, tomorrow, I'm not gonna be thinking about any 294 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: of this. Yeah, I'm going to be thinking thinking about 295 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: how much I love public land, for sure. Can't get 296 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: that one out of my head. But I'm going to 297 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: be thinking a lot more about the wind direction in 298 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: regards to the big old buck or bowl track on 299 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: the ground. Plenty of time to think about this politics 300 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: stuff later. Moving on to the conservation desk, the US 301 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that, after five 302 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: decades of conservation work, the red cockaded woodpecker is being 303 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. 304 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 1: These kinds of long term conservation efforts are always collaborative 305 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: and this one is no different. The service worked closely 306 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: with the Departments of Agriculture and Defense, tribes, state agencies, businesses, utilities, 307 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: conservation groups, and private landowners, including four hundred and fifty 308 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: nine non federal landowners covering approximately two and a half 309 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: million acres. The red cockaded woodpecker is a territorial, non 310 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: migratory bird that lives in mature pine forests in the 311 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: southeastern United States. It's a small woodpecker with a black 312 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: and white ladder, striped back and a white cheek. Males 313 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: have a small, nearly invisible red streak at the upper 314 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: border of the cheek, which is how the bird got 315 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: its name. A cockade is a rosette or knot of 316 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: ribbons worn and a hat as a badge of office 317 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: or party, hence the red cockaded woodpecker. If you're in 318 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: the woods and you want to listen for one, here's 319 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: what you want to hear. Once abundant from New Jersey 320 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Missouri, the 321 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: red caucaded woodpeckers range dwindled to a few states by 322 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: the nineteen sixties, following more than a century of habitat 323 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: loss in the late nineteen seventies, populations were at an 324 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: all time low of an estimated one thousand, four hundred 325 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: and seventy clusters of woodpeckers, and the species was listed 326 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: as endangered in nineteen seventy three. Today, the Service estimates 327 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: there are seventy eight hundred clusters ranging across eleven states, 328 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: from southern Virginia to eastern Texas. This story is important 329 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: because some argue that animals are always being added to 330 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: the Endangered Species list, but they're never taken off. While 331 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: it's true that the list grows more than at shrinks, 332 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: there are currently one thousand, seven hundred and thirty eight 333 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: species on the list. This story proves that conservation efforts 334 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: can be effective, and we hunters should know that better 335 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: than anyone else. A big adaboy to everybody involved in 336 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: this effort, huge accomplishment. And you know you can't talk 337 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: about woodpeckers without that old Gary Larson cartoon of the 338 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: you know, Mama woodpeckers talking to the babies, and the 339 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: babies are like, where's Dad? And Mom is like, oh, 340 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: probably just banging his head against some tree. Moving on 341 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: to the crime desk, a Washington State man will spend 342 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: nearly four years in federal lockup and be forced to 343 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and restitution 344 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: for hunting bald and golden eagles and selling their feathers 345 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: on the black market. Forty nine year old Travis John 346 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: Branson of Cusic, Washington, pled guilty back in March to conspiracy, 347 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: two counts of unlawful trap picking of bald and golden eagles, 348 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: and violation of the Lacy Act. He was sentenced last 349 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 1: week by Judge Dana L. Christensen of the U. S 350 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,479 Speaker 1: District of Montana to three years and ten months in prison, 351 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: to be followed by three years of supervised release, and 352 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: ordered to pay seven hundred and seventy seven thousand, two 353 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars in restitution. Court documents alleged that 354 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen eagles one hundred and seven hawks 355 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: can be traced directly back to Branson, and that he 356 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: at one point killed nine eagles in one trip. Officials 357 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: say that between two thousand and nine and twenty twenty one, 358 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: he made between one hundred and eighty thousand and three 359 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty thousand by selling eagle feathers and parts 360 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: for profit. In total, he and others are believed to 361 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: have killed thirty six hundred birds during a conspiracy that 362 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: lasted between twenty fifteen and twenty twenty one. Branson would 363 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: travel from Washington to the Flathead Reservation in Montana, where 364 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: he would meet up with another man named Simon Paul, 365 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: and the pair would shoot, transport, and ship bald and 366 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: golden eagles for future black market sales. Paul was indicted 367 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: for crimes similar to Branson's back in December of twenty 368 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: twenty three, but he did not appear for his arraignment 369 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: and remains a fugitive, making him, as far as we know, 370 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: the only person on the lamb for poaching eagle feathers. 371 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: You could say he has flown the coop. Huh, it's 372 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: a bird joke for anyway. I often say that it 373 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: takes two to tango when it comes to selling wildlife parts, 374 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: and that's true of this story as well. The demand 375 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: for eagle feathers is driven in part by individual buyers 376 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: just looking for home decor, but also by tribal members 377 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: who don't want to wait for government programs that distribute 378 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: feathers for free. These feathers are used in everything from 379 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: high school graduations to marriages to funerals, but the federal 380 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: program is facing a years long backlog and many tribal 381 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: members need them more quickly. You know, it's hard to 382 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: plan ahead for a funeral. Hunters and anglers question whether 383 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: poachers get what they deserve. So I'm curious to know 384 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: what do you think about this one. Those four years 385 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: in the federal slammer and three quarters of a million 386 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: dollars seem like enough punishment for killing hundreds of eagles. 387 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: Let me know by writing in to askcal That's askcl 388 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: at the meaeater dot com. Branson and his ego poaching 389 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: buddies had to watch out for game wardens and Internet detectives, 390 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: but there may come a day when they have to 391 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: watch out for rats too. A team of researchers in 392 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Tanzania claim to have trained eleven African giant pouched rats 393 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: to do the work of conservation police dogs. African giant 394 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: pouch rats have been trained to detect explosives and tuberculosis, 395 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: but this is the first time they've been trained to 396 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: find illegal wildlife parts. These three pound rodents can pick 397 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: up the scent of elephant, ivory, rhinohorn, pangolin scales, and 398 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: a small tree called African blackwood, all common but endangered 399 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 1: targets of wildlife traffickers. The findings are detailed in a 400 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: proof of principal study published October thirtieth in the journal 401 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: Frontiers and Conservation Science. Eleven rats were trained as part 402 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 1: of the study, and of course they all have names 403 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: Kirsty Attenborough, Irwin, Betty, Teddy, Ivory, Ebony, Desmond, the Row, 404 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: and Fossy Gos, so many good references there. They were 405 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: taught to detect the target substance while ignoring other substances 406 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: like coffee, beans and detergent, which traffickers often used to 407 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: hide the scent of their contraband. While rats don't have 408 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: more powerful sniffers than dogs, they are cheaper to own 409 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: and maintain, making them a great option for ports and 410 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: departments that might not be able to afford a dedicated 411 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: canine unit. If you're walking through an airport in the 412 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: next few years and notice a giant rat wearing an 413 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,439 Speaker 1: orange reflective vest, don't be alarmed. He's just working to 414 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: make sure the market for wildlife remains as small as possible. 415 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: Speaking of small, furry mammals. Two animal rights activists found 416 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: themselves in hot water last month after a security camera 417 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: caught them freeing seven hundred mink from a fur farm 418 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. Twenty five year old Christopher Jacob Legier and 419 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: twenty seven year old Kara Ashley Mitrono were seen on 420 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: camera around one am at the Richard H. Stalin Son's farm. 421 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: Police were called and the pair was arrested and charged 422 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: with agricultural vandalism, criminal mischief involving property damage, theft, burglary, trespass, 423 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: and ironically enough, weaseling I'm kidding animal cruelty. They were 424 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: taken to the Northumberland County Jail, where their bail was 425 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: set at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This story 426 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: should sound familiar to Cal's Weekend Review listeners. Last year, 427 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: we covered a similar story where thousands of mink were 428 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: sprung from this same fur farm, but no one was 429 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: ever arrested. Most of the mink in that incident were recovered, 430 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 1: and the same is true here, but this time the 431 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: purpse were caught in the act, and how the FBI 432 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,880 Speaker 1: is involved. Penn Live reports that Legier may have been 433 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: paid a cool fifty thousand dollars to release the mink, 434 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: and both are connected to an anarchist commune in Wooster 435 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: called Firehouse and Collective A go go Well, that sounds hip. 436 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: The North American Animal Liberation Organization, the group that appears 437 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: to be behind many of these stunts, is raising money 438 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,719 Speaker 1: to help with the legal fees. Yeah for fifty thousand bucks. 439 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: If I were the old Federal BI, I'd be real 440 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: suspicious of the fact that these mink get released and 441 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: then most of them get returned to the farm. Might 442 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: call ol Dick Stall and say, you got any large 443 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: deposits in the bank. Don't worry. The truth will come out. 444 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: That always does when you're dealing with weasels. Trust me 445 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: last one for you. A squirrel named Peanut broke into 446 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: the election news cycle last week after he was seized 447 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: and euthanized by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 448 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: A man named Mark Longo claims to have captured Peanut 449 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: when he was a kit and turned the animal into 450 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: a social media star. Longo posted videos of Peanut climbing around, 451 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 1: eating food, and generally being cute, but the New York 452 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: DEEC says they received quote multiple reports from the public 453 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: about the potentially unsafe housing of wildlife that could carry rabies. 454 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: In illegal keeping of wildlife as pets, Longo claims he 455 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: was targeted by someone who doesn't like him, but the agents. 456 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: He insisted that, whatever the motivation for the report, keeping 457 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: wildlife as pets is illegal. Peanut became an election news 458 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: story because the Internet characterized the incident as evidence of 459 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: government overreach. Why. Some asked if the New York government 460 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: use taxpayer dollars to go after a squirrel that wasn't 461 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: hurting anyone. As an aside, officials also seized a raccoon 462 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: named Fred that Longo was keeping as a pet. To 463 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: make matters even worse from pr standpoint, game wardens say 464 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: that Peanut bit an officer and so he had to 465 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: be euthanized so he could be tested for abies. It's 466 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: not clear that Peanut wouldn't have been euthanized anyway, but 467 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: that's what they're claiming. Cal's Weeken Review listeners will know 468 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: that state agencies frequently sees wildlife when people are keeping 469 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: animals as pets. We've covered stories about game warden seizing deer, 470 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: alligators in raccoons. These laws around the books, because wildlife 471 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: is a public resource and not something that should be 472 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: owned by anyone, and we know what can happen when 473 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: wildlife is privatized and commodified. Still, if you aren't aware 474 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: of these prints, I can see why it would be 475 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: hard to understand why poor Peanut couldn't be allowed to 476 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: keep living in his home. I think before long, in 477 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: regards to animals on social media, we'll probably see some 478 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: laws much like the child kind of labored type social 479 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: media star laws, where if you're a parent who's profiting 480 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: off of a miner's axe on the innerweb, they are 481 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: entitled to I think like half of the cash, not 482 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: saying that cash would to help Peanut in this particular position, 483 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: but you know, crazier stories have come out of the 484 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: big city. Moving on to the aggressive bear desk and 485 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: Alaskan deer hunter was mauled to death by a brown 486 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: bear last month in the Sick area of southeast Alaska. 487 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: The Alaska State Troopers reported that fifty year old Tad 488 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: Fujioka was supposed to return home from a hunt October 489 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: twenty nine, but he never arrived. His family notified authorities 490 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: and a search was launched. Involving state Wildlife troopers and 491 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: the US Coast Guard. Fujioka's remains were discovered the next 492 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: morning the remains of a deer he had killed. Later 493 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: investigation revealed that the hunter had killed the deer but 494 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: only packed part of it out. When he returned the 495 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: next day to retrieve the rest of the deer. A 496 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: brown bear with cubs was there defending the carcass. The 497 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 1: fifty year old was married with two daughters, and his 498 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: friends described him as thoughtful, caring, and a friend to everyone. 499 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: He was an avid hunter, an angler, an advocate for 500 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: the commercial fishing industry, and an excellent cook, especially of seafood. 501 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: That tragedy in Alaska came just prior to another concerning 502 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: report out of Colorado. There Parks and Wildlife says that 503 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: the state has seen a thirty percent increase in the 504 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: number of human bear conflicts between last year and this year. 505 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, the agency saw three thousand, four 506 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen bear conflicts and sightings from January one 507 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: to November one. This year, that number is up by 508 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: over one thousand to four thousand, six hundred and forty four. 509 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: One of those incidents occurred last month, when a bear 510 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: with three cubs attacked man after breaking into his home. 511 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: The seventy four year old homeowner was probably shocked when 512 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: the bears crashed through his sliding glass door, but rather 513 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: than escape to another room or outside the house, he 514 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: tried to show them away. They didn't take too kindly 515 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: to that, and so they attacked him, injuring his head, neck, armed, shoulder, abdomen, 516 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: and calf. The man and his wife eventually escaped to 517 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: the bedroom, where they were able to wait for the 518 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: authorities in safety. A sheriff's deputy chased the bear's way 519 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 1: when he arrived, and while the man's injuries were described 520 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: as significant, he didn't have to go to the hospital. 521 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: Authorities believed the bears had become accustomed to people after 522 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: raiding several homes in the area, and all four bears 523 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: were euthanized. This was only the first bear attack in 524 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: the state this year, but the reasons for the spike 525 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: in other kinds of human bear conflicts remain unclear. Area 526 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: one wildlife manager, Mark Lamb told local media the jump 527 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,959 Speaker 1: is especially strange considering the fact that natural food shortages 528 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: haven't been an issue. You would not expect conflicts to 529 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: spike in years when there isn't enough natural food, as 530 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: bears seek trash and human in development to put on 531 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: the calories. Lamb puts most of the blame on people 532 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: not securing their trash or bird feeders, and the bears 533 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: learn over the years that this is an easy meal. However, 534 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: wildlife managers in areas six, seven, and eight say that 535 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: a cold, wet spring and a late frost in June 536 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: did a number on their berry and acorn crop, which 537 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: could be contributing to the spike in conflicts. Bottom line, 538 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: the reason for the jump depends on the area of 539 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: the state, but most wildlife managers are reporting an increase 540 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: in conflicts. Area two wildlife manager Jason Deutsch advises people 541 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: not to leave out trash and to secure vacation cabins, 542 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: and he even says people should try to haze bears 543 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: when they get a chance. This can be done with 544 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 1: everything from noise to bear spray to a water hose. 545 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: What he means there is, instead of trying to get 546 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: a selfie, scare bears. Just scare them they're walking up 547 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: your driveway. Honk the horn, scare them they come up 548 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: on your deck, yell at them, hit them with the hose, 549 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: scare them, let them know that they're not wanted around 550 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: the property. They're not a VRBO amenity after all. Moving 551 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: on to the pandemic desk. Waterfowl seasons are ramping up 552 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: around the country, but the Oregon Department of Fish and 553 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: Wildlife released a report last week that throws some cold 554 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: water on the festivities. Oregon is the first state this 555 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: migratory season to report an increase in cases of avian 556 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: flu and mortality in wild birds, especially among cackling geese 557 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: congregating in the Wellamett Valley. Unlike in previous years, this 558 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza did not disappear by 559 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: the following spring. The H five and one strain continues 560 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: to change and circulate in wild birds and is also 561 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: infecting backyard poultry flocks, dairy herds, and other livestock, including pigs. 562 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: In Oregon. It has also infected farm workers in fourteen states. 563 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: The risk of transmission to hunters remains low, but the 564 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: agency still released a list of recommendations. Do not harvest 565 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: or consume birds that are obviously sick or found dead, 566 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: and be sure to feel, dress and prepare game birds 567 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: outdoors or in a well ventilated area. Wearing rubber gloves 568 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: is always a good idea in cleaning any animal. Just 569 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: look at my fingernails and be sure not to eat, drink, smoke, 570 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: or touch your face when handling birds. Keep the game 571 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: bird and its juices away from other foods, and thoroughly 572 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: clean knives and other equipment or surfaces that touch birds. 573 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: If you follow those pretty common sense procedures, you shouldn't 574 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: have anything to worry about, even if you hunt in 575 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: an area that's seen an outbreak. Moving on to the 576 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: combo mail bag slash Legislative Desk. Whalen from Missouri sent 577 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: me an email wondering why the Missouri Department of Conservation 578 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: is once again allowing hunters to harvest female turkeys this fall. 579 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: Like many states, Missouri has seen a decline in their 580 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: turkey population, and many believe harvests should be limited more 581 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: than they are. Whalen says, quote this disgusts me personally. 582 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: I get some folks love fall turkey hunting and shooting 583 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: hands to eat, but in two tenty twenty four, I 584 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: can't believe the MDC, who normally lead in the space 585 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: of Conservation Goals is still allowing for hens to be killed. 586 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: Every year during their public comment period for fall Turkey, 587 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: I always send in a comment against the harvest of hens, 588 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: and it is always stated that MDC states opportunity as 589 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: their reasoning for allowing harvest. Big thanks to Whalen for 590 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: sending in his thoughts on this. If you agree or 591 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: have a different opinion, or if you want to weigh 592 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,239 Speaker 1: in on the actual management behind this, let me know 593 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: by writing into askcl at the meaeater dot com. Way 594 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: way back in the beginning of this year, I was 595 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: in Missouri and we talked about the fall, not just 596 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: the fall, but just Turkey regulations in general. In that state, 597 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: opportunity is definitely a reason. There's also and this would 598 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: be like general game regulation speak. I'm not saying this 599 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: is the reason in Missouri, but there is an idea 600 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: that if you remove birds in the fall pre winter, 601 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: before things get real tough, particularly in states with deciduous trees, 602 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 1: where you can lose a lot of thermal cover and 603 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: you lose a lot of feed. Right, very few invertebrates 604 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,319 Speaker 1: out there, not a lot of new seeds popping up, 605 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: et cetera. You are giving the remaining birds that make 606 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: it through that fall harvest season more forage, more thermal cover, 607 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: and you'll provide more success for those birds to make 608 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: it through to the spring where they can breed again. 609 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: That's just one line of thinking there. Would love to 610 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 1: hear from our friends over at the Missouri Department of 611 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,160 Speaker 1: Conservation to let us know where you came up with 612 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: the fall turkey season. One last thing for you, I 613 00:34:56,239 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: hope to God that Prop one twe Colato did not pass. 614 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:07,320 Speaker 1: I mean, oh, gang, really really really hope. Just another 615 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: cry in the dark here, all right, a gang, I'll 616 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 1: talk to you soon. Thanks a bunch, good luck out 617 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: there for the rest of the season. We're gonna fire 618 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: up a bunch more interviews now that I'm going to 619 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: be pulling in the reins from being outside quite as much. 620 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: So please write in to ask c A L. That's 621 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: Ascal at the meeeater dot com. Let me know who 622 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: you want to hear from. We'll line up those interviews. 623 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 1: We'll provide you with all the good conservation news and 624 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: insights that you have come to expect here at the 625 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: Week in Review. Thank you so much for listening, right Ian, 626 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 1: let me know what's going on in your neck of 627 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: the woods. You know what, you appreciate it, and we'll 628 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: talk to you next week.