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Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves

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Speaker 1: from coon hunting to trotlining and just in general country living.

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Speaker 1: I want you to stay a while as I share

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Speaker 1: my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented

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Speaker 1: by Case Knives from the store More Studio on Meat

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Speaker 1: Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that

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Speaker 1: airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair

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Speaker 1: or drop that tailgate. I've got some stories to share.

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Speaker 1: A ghost bull, fox ears, and the Giant as you

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Speaker 1: can well imagine. Reeve and I get a lot of

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Speaker 1: submissions for listeners stories. Even though you may not hear

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Speaker 1: yours soon after you send it in, or even ever,

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Speaker 1: I promise you I read every one of them. I

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Speaker 1: make notes about where they might fit a theme I

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Speaker 1: to read them again and see if they do. The

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Speaker 1: ones I'm sharing today were submitted well over a year ago,

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Speaker 1: and I say that to encourage all the would be

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Speaker 1: storytellers out there to continue to send them in. Please

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Speaker 1: include your name, where you're from, and a phone number.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I need to reach out directly for specific answers

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Speaker 1: about things, especially pronunciations of family names and places, and

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Speaker 1: you send that in to my tcl story at the

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Speaker 1: meat eater dot com. Lastly, before we get started, I

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Speaker 1: want to say this. I received an unflattering review once

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Speaker 1: that complained about me telling someone else's story. They said

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Speaker 1: they didn't want to hear me read about someone else's

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Speaker 1: experiences and that I should concentrate on my own. Well,

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Speaker 1: I reached out to that person, and I like him.

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Speaker 1: We had a great conversation. I didn't try to change

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Speaker 1: do this, as I believe I've done a poor job

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Speaker 1: of the reasoning behind my idea for doing it in

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Speaker 1: the first place. I believe everyone has a story to tell,

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Speaker 1: and every story deserves to be heard. I'm blessed to

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Speaker 1: my job, and to make the most of it. I

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Speaker 1: make my job possible. If it weren't for all of you,

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Speaker 1: who knows what I'd be doing now. It is my

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Speaker 1: hat tip and appreciation for your time, and also a

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Speaker 1: conduit to show that no matter where we're from, what

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we're all very similar people,

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Speaker 1: all right. This first story comes to us from Luke Williams.

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Speaker 1: Luke is a native of our Ca who was working

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Speaker 1: for US undercover, disguised as an Oakie. Over there in

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be sporting that unit. So, without further ado,

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Speaker 1: in Luke's words, in my voice, here we go. I

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Speaker 1: and coma. My dad, with a smile and some advanced wit, replied, well,

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Speaker 1: lifetime integrity, And according to Rocky Whiting, that's just how

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Speaker 1: They say, integrity is what takes place when no one

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