1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: cal For the. 4 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: Last three weeks, residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been searching 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: for an alligator that was allegedly spotted in Lake Erie 6 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: earlier this month. The gator first appeared on August fourth, 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: about twenty to thirty yards from shore, according to a 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: timeline of the gator hunt published on goerie dot com. 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 2: Officials were notified the beach was closed and a trapper 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: was sent out to capture the prehistoric reptile. I like 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 2: to think this trapper has an Australian accent and has 12 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 2: been in witness protection since faking his death in two 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: thousand and six. But if that's the case, mister Irwin 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: has lost a step or two. Tracks turned up on 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: the beach a few days later, but the trapper's efforts 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: have so far proved futile, and locals haven't spotted the 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: gator since August seventh. Where this gator came from is 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 2: an even bigger mystery than where it's currently hiding. The 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 2: American alligator has a native range that only goes as 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: far as the southern portion of North Carolina and northern Arkansas. 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: They aren't known to be great travelers, as you can 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: probably guess from their stubby little legs, so this isn't 23 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: a juvenile dispersal situation. The best guess of local lake 24 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: Erie experts is that this is an exotic pet that 25 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: escaped or was released into the lake. The gator is 26 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: unlikely to survive the cold PA winter, but that's small 27 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: comfort to lake Erie beach goers, as temps won't drop 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 2: for some time. This week, We've got the crime desk, 29 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: bad shooting, and dispersal. But first I'm going to tell 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: you about my week, and my week has been spent packing. 31 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: I have a heck of a September planned, and if 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: you are listening to this, then you know September is here. 33 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: Checklists are good things. I have a checklist for my 34 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 2: archery gear, my optics, my truck, came camp, my backpack, camp, 35 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: sub lists for sleeping gear, cooking gear, food, rifle, hunting checklist, 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 2: A list for things to fix and replace in the camper. 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,279 Speaker 2: The old must get this done before I lose connectivity. 38 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: Work checklist, headlamps, tent steaks, pea cord, freeze, dried perfect bars, 39 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: water bladders which I finally got around to dumping a 40 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: little bleach into. Was well needed, first aid kit, toilet paper, 41 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: cow calls, bugle reads, diaphrams, hearing protection, what boots to wear, 42 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: how many socks to bring, what rifle to bring? How 43 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: much ammunition? Rain gear or no rain gear? Stove or 44 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: no stove for fifty. 45 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: Yea, that's all I need. 46 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: So much to do. On top of that, there is 47 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: a checklist of national importance that just does not leave 48 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: my mind. Initiative ninety one in Colorado will be up 49 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: for a vote in November. That's the proposal to ban 50 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 2: lion and bobcat hunting, where individual voters in the state 51 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 2: of Colorado have the ability to tell the state game 52 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: agency how to manage game. That is a threat. Just recently, 53 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: Governor Ron DeSantis and his cabinet just proposed the development 54 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: of State of Florida parks, basically a state park Disney 55 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: World crossover where instead of boat ramps, beaches, camping, and 56 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: nature there could be golf courses, pickleball, and five hundred 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: bed hotels. This is a threat. Utah state lawmakers just 58 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: made the decision to sue the United States for control 59 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: of eighteen and a half million acres of federally managed 60 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: land in that state. Utah has sold fifty four percent 61 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: of its state owned lands since statehood, netting around two 62 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: billion dollars for roughly four point one million acres, which 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 2: sounds like a good payday, but that's only five hundred 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: dollars an acre, which is basically freeland in the west, 65 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: factoring in current market rates. This situation and way of 66 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: thinking is a threat. Firearm laws that restrict or hinder 67 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: the freedoms of law abiding, tax paying citizens in an 68 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: attempt to regulate the misdeed's misuse or sickness of others 69 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 2: is happening on many levels of government. This is a threat. 70 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 2: The list goes on and on. I recently put up 71 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: a ranting post about the Utah and Florida situation on 72 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: the old Instagram Utah and Federal Land, Florida and state land. 73 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: It's an amazing political blunder to have both of these 74 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: situations occurring at the same time because the extreme profitization 75 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 2: of state held lands at the expense of wildlife and access, 76 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: and the ultimate sale of state held lands is a 77 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: huge driving factor behind the opposition to state ownership of 78 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: federally managed or as I like to call them, public lands. 79 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: Lots of comments happening in the comments section. I just 80 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: want to address one which is relevant to the threat list. 81 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: One fella commented that, yes, this is a threat, but 82 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 2: I want to focus on one thing at a time, 83 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 2: and my thing is guns. I get it, I understand, 84 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: But as you all know right now, we have a 85 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 2: lot of stuff that matters to us that we can 86 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 2: affect if we wade in and do so. In any 87 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 2: given legislative session in any state, there is never just 88 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: one thing, one threat. It all comes at us at 89 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 2: the same time. So if your attitude is to divide 90 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: and conquer, I just want to remind you that's the 91 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,799 Speaker 2: exact strategy the folks are using to strip us of access, 92 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: access to wildlife, access to land, access to firearms. It's 93 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: predator swamping. Put enough out there that we can't effectively 94 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: kill it all. If you give a crap, you need 95 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 2: to weigh in on all of these. All of these 96 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: issues will affect you. Write those emails, sign the petitions, 97 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: make the phone calls. Also, beware of the co opting 98 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 2: of terms. Right now, the Utah folks have literally stolen 99 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 2: the backcountry hunters and anglers byline of keep public lands 100 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: in public hands, making it so you have to ask 101 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: what do you mean by that. If it's BHA saying it, 102 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: you can be damn sure that what it means is 103 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 2: public land available to all for hunting and fishing, right BHA, 104 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 2: the voice of public Lands, waters and wildlife. If it's 105 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 2: this Utah coalition saying it, what they mean is to 106 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 2: take all of those lands that we collectively own and 107 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 2: are held in trust and managed by the federal government 108 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: under state control so they can dictate how they are developed, 109 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: how they are sold, and what we can and cannot 110 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 2: access and what we can and cannot access those lands for. 111 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 2: In Florida, the DeSantis administration said this in a defense 112 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 2: of state park development. Quote Teddy Roosevelt believed that public 113 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: parks were for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, 114 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: and we agree with him. That was from Press Secretary 115 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: Jeremy Redford. He goes on, but it's high time we 116 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: made public lands more accessible to the public. Do you 117 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: see what he's doing there. He's making this an access 118 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: issue and implying that giant RV parks, golf courses, pick 119 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: a ball, five hundred bed hotels complexes are what makes 120 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: the outdoors accessible to people. Old Teddy Roosevelt tr would 121 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: be rolling in his grave. The guy who had the 122 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: foresight to establish national parks and the United States Forest 123 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: Service with Gifford Pinchip as chief Forrester, did not say, Hey, 124 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 2: we need national forests to conserve resources for the future. 125 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: To protect these resources against businesses that want to destroy them, 126 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: and ensure the United States public has a right to 127 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: those resources. Oh and pickleball and golf courses. Moving on 128 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 2: to the crime desk, and Idaho man is being charged 129 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 2: with five felonies and fifteen misdemeanors for a host of 130 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 2: wildlife crimes that cover everything from harassing wildlife with a 131 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 2: helicopter to improperly tagging trophy elk, to wounding and keeping 132 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: a live antelope buck in the back of his truck, 133 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: to illegally buying and selling big game tags. Believe it 134 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: or not, that's just a partial list. We don't have 135 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: time here to cover every crime alleged in the sixty 136 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 2: seven page Affidavid, but I do want to zero in 137 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 2: on that last one I mentioned. Forty three year old 138 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: Carl Stuter is being charged with four misdemeanors four quote 139 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 2: solicitation to or market landowner appreciation tags. Landowner appreciation tags 140 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: are given to landowners in Idaho via a lottery, and 141 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 2: it's illegal to sell or market those tags for sale. 142 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: The idea behind the program was to give landowners some 143 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: extra incentive to protect wildlife habitat, and, as the name implies, 144 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 2: to express appreciation for all the work farmers and ranchers 145 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: do for conservation. The program is not supposed to make 146 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 2: landowners rich, but that appears to be what's happening in Idaho. 147 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: Meet eaters Jordan Sillers spoke with Idaho hunters who report 148 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: that there has been an active illegal market for landowner 149 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 2: tags for years, and I can confirm I've seen the 150 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: same in the time I've been hunting in the gym state. 151 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: The stuter Fella was probably more active than most. According 152 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 2: to the affidavit, he spent over one hundred and fifty 153 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 2: thousand dollars in twenty twenty three purchasing landowner tags, and 154 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: he likely planned to flip some of those for profit. 155 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: These tags give the designee access not only to the 156 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 2: private property of landowner, but also to the entire game 157 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: management unit in which that property resides. This means that 158 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: legal public land hunters in Idaho not only have to 159 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 2: compete with other public land hunters and local landowners, but 160 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: also with wealthy folks who can afford to purchase landowner 161 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: tags that have been illegally sold or marketed. As I 162 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 2: told Jordan for his article, which you can read over 163 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: at the meat Eater dot com, and you really should, 164 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: this is a great example of open secrets and corruption 165 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: of good intent. Idaho's Landowner Appreciation Program or LAP, was 166 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 2: created to incentivize good stewardship of natural resources resources. We 167 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: all get to benefit from landowners who are trying to 168 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: make a living in agriculture have it tough skyrocketing property 169 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 2: values and the associated taxes, fragmentation of fertile crop and 170 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 2: grazing ground from development, beef from South America, land from 171 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 2: New Zealand. Most hunters would agree that in order to 172 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 2: maintain the North American model of wildlife management, where free 173 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 2: roaming gamelo belongs to the people, not the landowner, landowners 174 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: who make a living off of the land, who provide 175 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 2: habitat for game species and livestock alike through the stewardship 176 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 2: and management of land should be considered for certain types 177 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 2: of compensation through the state. However, when corruption takes place 178 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 2: like this case in Idaho, the public trust is violated. 179 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: We can understand the ask for reduced herd numbers when 180 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: crops are decimated, but we can't understand or support a 181 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: system that increasingly looks like it was designed for individuals 182 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 2: to skip the line and predate solely on monster bulls 183 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 2: like mister Stuiter did. If the LAP isn't a population 184 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 2: control program, if it isn't a program to relieve pressure 185 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 2: on crops or pasture land, if it isn't an accessible 186 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: access program, then it shouldn't be an Idaho Fishing Game 187 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 2: Department or State of Idaho program. The public does not 188 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: support another avenue for trophy for the well healed. Now, 189 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 2: this is the first case that I've heard of, first 190 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 2: one that I can point to anyway of anyone being 191 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: charged with violating the rules about landowner tags in Idaho. 192 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 2: Hopefully this case signals that the Idaho Fish and Game 193 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: Department is taking this problem seriously and we can expect 194 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 2: to see more prosecutions in the future. For the whole 195 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 2: story head on over to the meeteater dot Com. The 196 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 2: Sheriff's office in Morrison County, Minnesota is searching for the 197 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: person who killed a white tailed deer from the roadway 198 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: on the night of August thirteenth. Deputies responded to the 199 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 2: scene and found a dead deer with what looked like 200 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: a wound from a twelve gage shotgun. They also found 201 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: that whoever had shot the deer had also hit several 202 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 2: street signs, mailboxes, and electrical boxes with the scattergun to 203 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 2: round out the mental image of this suspect or suspects. 204 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: The Sheriff's office press release notes that the only details 205 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 2: they have about the vehicle are that it is quote 206 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 2: an older truck and notably loud. If alcohol wasn't involved 207 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 2: in this little night time shooting spree, I'll eat my mustache. 208 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: Anyone with information on this case is being asked to 209 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: contact the Morrison County Sheriff's Office. Three two zero sixty 210 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 2: three to two nine two three three to Montana men, 211 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 2: one of whom was a longtime guide an outfitter in 212 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 2: the Bob Marshall Wilderness, have been indicted on federal charges 213 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,599 Speaker 2: for illegally killing and transporting a brown bear in Alaska. 214 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 2: The indictment documents indicate that forty six year old rich 215 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 2: mctee and fifty one year old Arlen Franz went hunting 216 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 2: in the Alaska Peninsula at National Wildlife Refuge in May 217 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty two. The documents don't say who killed 218 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: the bear, but they say that one of the men 219 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: violated a rule that requires non resident hunters to hunt 220 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 2: with a master guide. The indictment also alleges that the 221 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: bear was shot and killed before the legal season to 222 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 2: hunt brown bear and occurred the same day that the 223 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 2: hunter had been airborne, in violation of state and federal laws. 224 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: It also says the pair violated the LASIAC because they 225 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 2: transported the height out of a federal refuge to a 226 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: local hunting lodge and from there to Port Mooler, then 227 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 2: to Anchorage. I'm sure there's a long and complicated story 228 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: behind this case. By given their experience in the field, 229 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: they'll have a tough time pleading ignorance. If convicted, each 230 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 2: man faces up to five years in prison and one 231 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 2: hundred thousand dollars fine. Thanks Maddy for sending that one in. 232 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 2: The poacher who killed a famous buck in Richmond Virginia. 233 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 2: Has been sentenced to four months in prison, a thirteen 234 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: thousand dollars fine, and a twenty five year hunting licensed suspension. 235 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: Thirty six year old Jason Walters made national news when 236 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 2: he killed the Hollywood Buck, named for its frequent sightings 237 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: in the Hollywood Cemetery in downtown Richmond. Walters claim to 238 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: have shot the buck in Prince Edward County, Virginia, using 239 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 2: a muzzleoder, but he made the mistake of posting images 240 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: on social media. Richmond residents immediately recognized the buck's non 241 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: typical rack, and from there things went downhill quickly for 242 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: the thirty six year old. Speaking of ill advised social 243 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 2: media posts, Oregon State Police are searching for two men 244 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 2: suspected of taking an oversized sturgeon within a protected breeding 245 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 2: sanctuary in Umatilla County. A video posted on Snapchat shows 246 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: one person holding a fishing rod hooked to the fish 247 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 2: as another person enters the water and wrestles the sturgeon 248 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 2: to shore. The man then lifts the sturgeon vertically by 249 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 2: shoving his hands through the gills and out the mouth. 250 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 2: According to the OSP the injuries to the sturgeon's gills 251 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 2: were almost certainly fatal. All sturgeon angling is closed in 252 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 2: the breeding sanctuary from May one to August thirty one 253 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: to protect the stock, but this incident allegedly occurred around 254 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: May ninth. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the 255 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: Oregon State Police. Moving across the pond, French conservation groups 256 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: are sounding the alarm with sharp increase in the number 257 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 2: of wolf poaching cases. Much like we've been covering in 258 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 2: Washington State and other areas, France has been dealing with 259 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 2: an increasing number of wolves, mainly in the southeastern parts 260 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: of the state. There are about one thousand wolves right 261 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 2: now in the country, which is just a little smaller 262 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 2: than Texas. Though the population dropped slightly last year, it's 263 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: been steadily increasing over the last ten years. Not surprisingly, 264 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 2: not all French residents appreciate the change. Though no official 265 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 2: estimates exist on the true amount of poaching, several high 266 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: profile incidents over the past few years have shown a 267 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 2: light on the issue. In June twenty twenty three, three 268 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: people were indicted for poisoning a wolf, one of whom 269 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 2: was an employee with the French Office of Biodiversity. This 270 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 2: person admitted to having infiltrated the agency to obtain information 271 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: on wolf packs. Two wolves were found poisoned in a 272 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: national park a year earlier, and a year before that, 273 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 2: wolf was found hanged in front of a town hall 274 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 2: in a small village. The country does allow about nineteen 275 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: percent of the wolf population to be called each year 276 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 2: to help keep the population and check. Animal rights groups 277 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 2: believe this number is far too high, while agricultural groups 278 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 2: say that's not nearly enough to limit the number of 279 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 2: attacks on sheep and other livestock. Looks like we've got 280 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: a few more things in common with France, after all. 281 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 2: Moving on to the Traveling Animal Desk, it's always interesting 282 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: when animals show up in strange places. Sometimes this is 283 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: a good thing. Listener Matt Mann sent me a story 284 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: about an oslot being spotted in a region of Arizona 285 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: that hasn't seen one of the elusive cats in the 286 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 2: last fifty years. Oslots are wildcats about twice the size 287 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: of an average house cat. They used to live throughout 288 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 2: southern Arizona, most of Texas, and as far north as Arkansas. 289 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 2: Now there's only one stable population of the species in 290 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 2: the US, which lives in a wildlife refuge in southern Texas. However, 291 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 2: they are sometimes spotted in southern Arizona as they come 292 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 2: north from Mexico. A spot analysis of this cat confirms 293 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 2: that it is new to Arizona and it's the first 294 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: cat to be spotted in the at Tescosa Highlands region 295 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 2: in at least fifty years. The new sighting marks the 296 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 2: seventh known oslot to roam around Arizona in the last 297 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 2: two decades. Just to go back Asmidge, spot analysis isn't 298 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: some fun acronym, it's literally identifying cats by the configuration 299 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 2: and location of their spots. Biologists are encouraged that continued 300 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 2: conservation efforts will create more suit habitat for the species. 301 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: In southern Arizona. Oslots need dense forests and sprawling grasslands 302 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 2: for shelter and protection as they move, but habitat fragmentation 303 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 2: has made it difficult for the species to thrive. Biologists 304 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 2: will continue to monitor this area to see if this 305 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 2: cat is just passing through or might be the first 306 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 2: of the country's second stable population. Oslots in southern Arizona 307 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 2: are welcome news, but invasive bugs in New York City 308 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: are not. Local media reports that Manhattan ants have taken 309 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 2: over the city, and biologists have finally identified them as 310 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 2: an invasive species from Europe. The larger than average black 311 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 2: and red ant wasn't recorded in two thousand and nine 312 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 2: survey of ants in the Big Apple, but in the 313 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 2: years that followed the insects first began appearing in local parks. 314 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 2: Now they're one of the most common ants in the 315 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: city and have been found inside buildings, on six floor balconies, 316 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: and even in a flower planter in the middle of 317 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 2: Times Square. How a new ant species ended up in 318 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 2: New York is still unclear, but DNA tests and observ 319 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 2: of the colonies have revealed that Manhattan ants are actually 320 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 2: Las sue and managinatis, a European species. Go ahead and 321 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 2: right in to ask col to let me know how 322 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 2: to pronounce that one. Scientists are still trying to figure 323 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: out what the ecological impact of these large ants might be. 324 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 2: They're not what's known as a super colony species that 325 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 2: expands and dominates habitat, but they are expanding quickly and entomologous. 326 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 2: Scientists who study insects worry that they could negatively impact 327 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 2: trees and other native bugs. Fortunately, Manhattan ants have only 328 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 2: been in New York City since about twenty eleven, which 329 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 2: is actually less time than it usually takes to detect 330 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,479 Speaker 2: invasive species. But most invasive insects aren't detected until they 331 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 2: reach pest status, at which point it's too late to 332 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 2: do anything about it. For these ants, they'll be better 333 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 2: able to monitor and tract their impact, and they're asking 334 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 2: New Yorkers to record their observations of the ants on 335 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 2: the app I Natural Yes. Moving on to the gun 336 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 2: violence desk, a new study published last month claims to 337 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 2: have found a link between deer hunting seasons and an 338 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 2: increase in gun related violence in rural counties. The study, 339 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 2: published in the journal JAMA Network Open, looked at shootings 340 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 2: reported in eight hundred and fifty four rural counties and 341 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 2: forty four states. Researchers found that in the week following 342 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 2: the opening of deer season, firearms shootings that injured or 343 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 2: killed county residents jumped by an average of forty nine percent. 344 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 2: That rate was still forty one percent highed during the 345 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 2: second week, but the increase fell close to zero by 346 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 2: the third week of deer hunting season. Since most deer 347 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 2: harvested in those first two weeks, this indicates a strong 348 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: connection between hunters going out to harvest deer and gun 349 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 2: related criminal activity. If that sounds a little far fetched, 350 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 2: not to mention mildly insulting, you aren't alone. Hunters aren't 351 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 2: a perfect bunch, as we cover pretty often over at 352 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 2: their crime desk, but I have never heard anyone suggests 353 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 2: that the deer opener leads to gun crime. These Princeton 354 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: researchers acknowledge that their findings can't be explained by hunting alone. 355 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 2: Firearm accidents in the field are extremely rare, and when 356 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 2: they account for those accidents, their results don't change. So 357 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 2: how do they account for their findings? Here's the key quote. 358 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: This evidence leads us to conclude that the most plausible 359 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 2: explanation for the increase in shootings the week after the 360 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: start of deer season is the heightened presence of firearms 361 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 2: in public and private spaces. There are simply more guns 362 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 2: floating around during deer season, they argue, which by itself 363 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 2: leads to more shootings and rural counties, or maybe not. First, 364 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 2: it's worth pointing out that the average number of annual 365 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 2: shootings in these counties is five point four per one 366 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 2: hundred thousand people. That's total shootings, not just homicides. For comparison, 367 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one, there were six point seven gun 368 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 2: related murders per one hundred thousand people across the entire country. 369 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: In Chicago, that number was twenty nine point six intoenty 370 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 2: twenty one. The number of per capita shootings is much 371 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 2: higher since not all shootings result in death. Point is, 372 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 2: these rural counties have far far lower rates of gun 373 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 2: violence than metropolitan areas. Kind Of makes you wonder why 374 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: Princeton researchers are spending their time looking at areas that, 375 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 2: by comparison, are some of the safest in the country. Anyway, 376 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 2: getting back to the study itself, if gun violence spikes 377 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 2: because hunters are carrying around their rifles and shotguns, we 378 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: should expect that the rise in shootings is driven by 379 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 2: long guns. Correct, right, rifles, long guns, long shotguns. Actually 380 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 2: the opposite is true, The study admits, quote we found 381 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 2: that the increase in shootings after the start of deer 382 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 2: hunting season was more pronounced for shootings with a handgun 383 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 2: rather than a long gun, they say in the conclusion quote. 384 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: This additional evidence suggests the main results may be associated 385 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 2: with a broader influx of guns into public and private 386 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 2: spaces rather than simply an increase in long guns used 387 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 2: for hunting. Sounds to me like maybe these researchers haven't 388 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 2: met many actual hunters. They seem to be suggesting that 389 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: deer hunters cause an influx of guns into public and 390 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: private spaces because they're toting around handguns along with their 391 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: deer rifles. Some hunters certainly do carry a handgun in 392 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 2: the woods, but it isn't nearly enough to drive higher 393 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 2: rates of gun crime. The real hole in this study 394 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: appears in a single line in the results section. It reads, quote, 395 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 2: of the eight hundred and fifty four counties in the sample, 396 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 2: three hundred and five had at least one shooting during 397 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 2: the study period. In other words, even though they looked 398 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 2: at eight hundred and fifty rural counties, they could only 399 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 2: find three hundred and five that had even a single 400 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 2: shooting in the weeks around deer season. They also don't 401 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,360 Speaker 2: provide their full data set, so it's not clear how 402 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: many shootings those three hundred and five counties had. I'm 403 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 2: no statistician, but it seems like if you're basing your 404 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 2: conclusions on just ten percent of American counties, having a 405 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 2: single shooting in the week after deer season, you might 406 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 2: have found yourself a random coincidence rather than a ground 407 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 2: breaking link between the deer opener and gun violence in America. 408 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Do you like apples? How do you like their maps? 409 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 2: Moving on to the mailbag desk, listener Dan Broult wrote 410 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 2: in with a great story about what can happen when 411 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 2: you engage with your representatives at the local level. Like 412 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 2: many towns in North America, the town of Aurelia, Ontario, 413 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 2: has a Canada geese problem. The population has grown so 414 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 2: large that goose poop has become a major issue in 415 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 2: the city's waterfronts and parks, and some of the beaches 416 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 2: on Lake Simcoe have been closed due to pollutants in 417 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 2: the water. The city council is taking the issue pretty seriously, 418 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 2: but they're considering a range of mitigation measures that include 419 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: naturalizing certain portions of the shoreline to help deter geese. 420 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 2: One council member, however, suggested what to hunter, sounds like 421 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 2: a more effective and tasty option. Counselor Whitney Smith said 422 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,199 Speaker 2: during a recent meeting, quote, I'm a waterfowl hunter, and 423 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 2: I'd happily take care of that problem as well as 424 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 2: dozens of my friends. Her comments were taken as a joke, 425 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: according to the local media report, but Dan Brolt saw 426 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make a real connection with one of 427 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 2: his local leaders. He reached out to Counselor Smith then 428 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 2: expressed his appreciation for her comments and for her on 429 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: the record support of hunting. Counselor Smith apparently appreciated the 430 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 2: call because she said she'd like to hunt with Dan 431 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 2: at some point this season or really. A city council 432 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 2: probably won't allow Canada goose hunting within its jurisdiction, but 433 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 2: you never know. And now Dan has made a real 434 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 2: connection with one of his representatives. That connection might not 435 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 2: pay dividends right now on this specific issue, but it 436 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 2: may very well in the future. Nice job, Dan, keep 437 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 2: up the good work. That's all I got for you 438 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 2: this week. Thank you so much for listening, and remember 439 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 2: to write in to as case c Al that's Askcal 440 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: at the meeteater dot com let me know what's going 441 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: on in your neck of the woods. On top of that, 442 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 2: I was dead toot and serious about you keeping your 443 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 2: nature journals, your bird watching journals and showing me that 444 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 2: you did so, and I'm gonna randomly select one of 445 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 2: you for a new Final Rise vest and some col 446 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 2: Ammo pouches from FHF Gear, And then I'm gonna select 447 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 2: two more Evia just for some cow pouches. Okay, maybe 448 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 2: I'll throw something else cool in there too, so remember 449 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 2: keep those going this season. October thirty one is gonna 450 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 2: be the big day. Okay. Then I'm gonna pull those 451 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 2: names from the hat, So you got all of September 452 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 2: all October to keep those journals. Get them back to me. 453 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 2: We'll pick some big, big winners. Citizen Science kicks a butt, 454 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 2: and I know you do too. Thanks again, I'll talk 455 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 2: to you next week.