WEBVTT - Is knife hunting the fairest way to hunt?

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<v Speaker 1>Charles W. Bryant. How are you, Chuck. I'm here, Josh.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm feeling good. I'm glad to be here with you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad to hear to Chuck in Uh. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I talked about the topic of knife hunting, do you

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<v Speaker 1>know anything about that? Yeah? No, good? See it's working already. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let me tell you about knife hunting, chuck. Okay, Arguably

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<v Speaker 1>it's the fairest way to hunt. And this is based

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<v Speaker 1>on an article I wrote is knife Hunting the Fairest

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<v Speaker 1>Way to Hunt, which is pretty subjective, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>a little worried about, you know, me bringing my own

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<v Speaker 1>opinions into it because I don't hunt. True, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of an open and chuck cakes, if you asked me, well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe so. And luckily, though, there is a there's a

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<v Speaker 1>principle out there among hunters and wildlife managers. It's called

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<v Speaker 1>the principle of fair chase, right, that there needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be a balance between um, the hunter and the prey. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean like you can go out and spend tens

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands of dollars. You've got your a t V,

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<v Speaker 1>You've got your really super duper camo, you've got your

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<v Speaker 1>incredible scope in a deer exactly. There's you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>can there there's a launder detergent that's that removes any

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<v Speaker 1>odor whatsoever from you. You can put buck lur around,

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<v Speaker 1>there's feeding says, There's all sorts of things you can

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<v Speaker 1>do to an unsuspecting and well to raise your advantage

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<v Speaker 1>to where it's it's not even sport any longer. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just blood sport or target practice live animals. Right. Um, Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the principle of fair chases you were saying, it's basically

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<v Speaker 1>trying to strike a balance between the deer or whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you're hunting. I guess it doesn't matter what you're hunting,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Um, so yeah, it applies across the board.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can't give a deer gun, So no, you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>And frankly, I think that would be a really bad idea.

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<v Speaker 1>All we've done to them with our cars and with

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<v Speaker 1>the hunters, right, don't give them cars or guns and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be fine. Right, What what fairer way to hunt

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<v Speaker 1>is there than hunting with the knife? Right? I think

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<v Speaker 1>that would be the only fair way to hunt that?

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<v Speaker 1>Or bare hands? Yes, yeah, obviously bare hands going toe

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<v Speaker 1>to toe with like a bear. Dude. Actually, you're at

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<v Speaker 1>a disadvantage, you know, there's fair hair chase should be

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<v Speaker 1>balanced in your favor at that point. And frankly, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean probably all you're wearing is a loincloth, so everything's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna hurt extra back a soiled loinecloth at that definitely. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>so do you know much about knife hunting? Uh? Not

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<v Speaker 1>personally from experience, but you know, I know you and

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<v Speaker 1>I were talking about this a lot when you wrote

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<v Speaker 1>the article. Um. One thing I did want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about first, though, was this thing you found about internet hunting,

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<v Speaker 1>which thankfully was shut down soon after it started. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is like the opposite spectrum, complete opposite. This guy

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas launched a website where you could hunt remotely

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<v Speaker 1>from your computer, and it was literally attached to a gun.

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<v Speaker 1>You could you had a camera and you could look

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<v Speaker 1>out on the wild range and see something, pan over

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<v Speaker 1>to it with your mouse, click it, and the gun

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<v Speaker 1>with fire. And lawmakers shut that down, you know too.

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<v Speaker 1>It's sweet, thankfully, Yeah, which is I frankly applaud that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, apparently it wasn't just animal rights people, hunters

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<v Speaker 1>as well, like sportsmen's groups were like this has to

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<v Speaker 1>go away, this can't be good, which is good to know. Yeah. So,

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<v Speaker 1>so we've got internet hunting band. I don't think you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna see any any bands on knife hunting based on

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<v Speaker 1>questions of fairness. No, it's mostly used for wild boar, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which is kind of I mean, I don't. I'm no hunter,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think that kind of cool. First, Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean they're they're about they get up to fifty

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<v Speaker 1>pounds six feet long. There was there was one that

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<v Speaker 1>went around um on the internet and I actually went

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<v Speaker 1>onto Snopes and it was verified there was one that was, um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think eleven feet long, right, what that? What's the

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<v Speaker 1>name of that one? They called it like, um Jurassic

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<v Speaker 1>pork or something like that, and so I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously this is a fake. I went on the steps.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, no, we verified it was part of an

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<v Speaker 1>a p article. Was a knife it wasn't. It was

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<v Speaker 1>shot with a pistol, and it turned out that it

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<v Speaker 1>had been a family pet that was sold to this

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<v Speaker 1>hunting preserve like two days before the guy shot. But

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<v Speaker 1>so we've got a knife hunting. And basically what it

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<v Speaker 1>is is you you send dogs out to go run

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<v Speaker 1>after some some hogs who hide in the brush and

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<v Speaker 1>they are startled. They're generally tranquil and they're not aggressive

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<v Speaker 1>towards humans, but if you started them, they will run,

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<v Speaker 1>and when they start running, you want to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>get in between them and wherever they think they're going.

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<v Speaker 1>And when they get close and if you actually push this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, seven hundred pound board to the ground and

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<v Speaker 1>stab it and stab it to death, and it still

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<v Speaker 1>results in the death of an animal. But if we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about whether or not knife hunting is fair, then

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<v Speaker 1>arguably it's a lot fairer than being up in that tree. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, if you have the fortitude to leap

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<v Speaker 1>from a bush on top of a seven hundred pound

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<v Speaker 1>pig and stab it to death, then I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get in your way, right. And there was this one

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<v Speaker 1>hunt who actually uh and it happened in nineteen six

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<v Speaker 1>with this guy in Florida who not only knife hunted,

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<v Speaker 1>he used throwing knots. That was crazy. Yeah, it was crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have to af forward you the link. It's pretty interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>And while I'm forwarding to Chuck, you guys should go

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