1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 1: is Col's week in review with Ryan cow Calaian. Here's 3 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: cap last week down in Clearwater, Florida, four anglers set 4 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: out for a day trip and a twenty five foot 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: catamaran as part of a birthday celebration, only to capsize 6 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: twenty six miles offshore and then cling to the whole 7 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: of the upside down boat overnight. On board was ninety 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: year old Clarence Woods and his son's Dennis, who was 9 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: turning seventy, along with family members Chris Harding Senior forty 10 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,959 Speaker 1: two Chris Harding Junior, eighteen. The group didn't have any 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: communications equipment on the boat, no VHF, no satellite transmitter, 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: just cell phones that did not perform after they hit 13 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: the salt water. Once the boat began to take on water, 14 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: it flipped almost immediately. Woods later told reporters I didn't 15 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: have time to contact the coastguard. We were more concerned 16 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 1: about getting a life jacket on the ninety year old 17 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: and the eighteen year old. The one I was gonna 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: wear got hung up and I just had to leave it. 19 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: According to authorities, the boat's flare gun and strobe light 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: were also lost immediately, and I'm going to guess the 21 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: group's fishing tackle has not been seen either. A helicopter 22 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: search that evening had no success, and over the long night, 23 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: the four mariners struggled to stay afloat and keep up. 24 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: Morale Woods as a pastor and said that the group 25 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: prayed and sang the whole time. At seven fifteen am 26 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: the following morning, the Coastguard spotted the boat and brought 27 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: the group to safety. All four received medical treatment, but 28 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: aside from dehydration and a few scrapes, they escaped unscathed. 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: Now you might say that suffering a shipwreck and a 30 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: night exposed to the elements while contemplating death is a 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: good way to spoil a fishing party, But I can 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: guarantee that the sight of that Coastguard helicopter coming over 33 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: the horizon is the best birthday press Dennis Woods that 34 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: will ever receive. On top of that, I'd love a 35 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: good shipwrecked survival story when I'm ninety. Not a lot 36 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: of surprises at that point in life. I love a 37 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: young pe This week we've got stats, snort, report, crime, 38 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: and so much more. But first I'm going to tell 39 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: you about my week, and my week has been spent 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: in South Dakota with friends Chef Jesse Griffiths, Eric Johansson, 41 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: Tom Carpenter, Ryan laurim Er, Jared Worthington, and a hoopload 42 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: of dogs, black labs, Epani Old Breton, French Britney's wired 43 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: hair Gryffon named Hank, and Snort, who was the best 44 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: yellow lab in the group by far and away, no exception. 45 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: This week was a hosted trip that we put together 46 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: last year as a fundraiser for Pheasants Forever. As you 47 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: know that's a group I'm very supportive of. Eric's family 48 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: farm here in South Dakota is a great example of 49 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: a working farm cattle operation, meaning it's not just for 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: show or recreation. It's a replicable model for folks who 51 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: make a living providing food for America. Not a vacation 52 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: property set around wildlife. It's a family agricultural business that 53 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: uses all the tools in the toolkit to farm and 54 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: graze what is profitable and leave the rest for wildlife. 55 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: This is the prairie poth whole country full of intermittent 56 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: wetlands that do not connect to flowing water or water 57 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: that is permanently on the landscape, as in they are 58 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: not protected, especially with the changes proposed changes to the 59 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: waters of the United States that we covered last week. 60 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: These areas go dry sometimes because that's what wetlands do, 61 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: sometimes for years, and then they'll fill and stay for 62 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: a year or three years or five seasons. It's how 63 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: the ecosystem works. The Johansson farm chooses to farm around 64 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: that stuff, and the wildlife thrives unbelievable amounts of wild pheasants, 65 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: no planet birds ever. It's amazing to see their grazing ground. 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,119 Speaker 1: They support native prairie. The wildlife buffers around the intermittent 67 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: wetlands are all native. It's you know, big, cold, flat, white, 68 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: wind blown country out here, but it's amazingly beautiful and 69 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: it's so impressive to get in the thick stuff and 70 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: take a walk and see how much wildlife's in there. 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: Just unreal. Anyway, big huge thanks to Jared and Ryan, 72 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: who are the dudes who got together lifelong friends, adult 73 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: life anyway, who got together and purchased this trip as 74 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: a donation to Pheasants Forever. They were able to bring 75 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: all their dogs out and it was super fun to 76 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 1: see a couple different breeds that I haven't been hunting 77 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: with lately. Anyway, get out there and work, and this 78 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: is an overwhelming place. There is scent everywhere when you're walking, 79 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: big stands of standing corn or sorgum, stuff that hasn't 80 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: been harvested yet, and a big congregator of wildlife. They're 81 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: in there trying to get the calories. On these super 82 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: cold days. The birds are really visible and it is tough, 83 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: tough hunting conditions for any dog to stay working the 84 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: way they should provide the opportunities for us knuckleheads with 85 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: the guns when they can just see those birds running 86 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: in front of them. Too tantalizing. So onto the Snort report. 87 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: As you recall snorts encounter with a rattlesnake more than 88 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: four years ago as left her with a bald ear 89 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: in this dry cold. It chaps just like your lips do. 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: But imagine taking your chapped lips or face and smashing 91 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: them all day into cattails and sorghum and coarse prairie 92 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: grass of a brace of stuff, multi floor rows, stuff 93 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: that got spines and stickers. That's what I deal with 94 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: on Snort's ear, what she deals with. So I carry 95 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: bag balm and liberally apply that to that little pink 96 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: ear to stave off open sores. But in these single 97 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: digit tempts we're experiencing, it's definitely pink and tender, and 98 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: you feel for it. On top of that obstacle. She 99 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: and I have been like a solo pheasant hunting team 100 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: most of the year. We're hunting big public spaces that 101 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: get lots of pressure, and we're running down individual rooster 102 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: tracks and scent, and often this pursuit includes literal running 103 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: to get our bird or ideally birds switching gears to 104 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: a place like this Johansson's there's birds sent everywhere. It's 105 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: much more dense, and in the case of walking the 106 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: corn and sorgum, like I said, the birds are way 107 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: more visible. They're running ahead of you with cotton tails 108 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: and hens, long tailed roosters zipping back and forth. Perfect 109 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: scenario and understandable for a dog to sprint ahead and 110 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: try to chase those birds. After all, we've been chasing 111 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: and sprinting after birds on the public land. But she 112 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: did not. She kept it tight and worked real close 113 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: and waited for the guns to go off and birds 114 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: to fall somewhere above her. She worked her tail off 115 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: in that super thick, snow covered, matted slew, cat old, 116 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: tall grass, frag mighty stuff. She got into the pheasant 117 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: tunnels rooted them out. Five is a magical time for 118 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: most bird dogs. It is for Snort. I'm just like 119 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: blessed to be around her. I knew this hunt was 120 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: going to be tough on her and I would have 121 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: to correct her with a couple of shocks from the collar. 122 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: I was prepared to do that, but I never had to. 123 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: I hardly whistled at her in two days. Leaves me 124 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: feeling like I just don't deserve a dog like this. 125 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: She focuses on the hunting. I focus on the shooting. 126 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: In the last two days she flushed more birds than 127 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: we have all season combined. It was just fantastic. The 128 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: only time I really had to whistle at her bust 129 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: out the coach's whistle is when we were done and 130 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: I turned for the county road and she went followed me. 131 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: She kept hunting, and it was tough. Man drifted snow, 132 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: frozen hands, faces frozen, that pink ear. It's tough. But 133 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: what you wish all hunts were. You knew you were 134 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: gonna get the opportunities if you just kept marching, it 135 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: was great. Snort comes from Riverstone Kennels. Eric here currently 136 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: has two of her relatives working on the farm, and 137 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: it's got me thinking it's about time I got her 138 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: some backup. I know they just don't make dogs like her, 139 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: but I'm sure they got a good substitute. So that's 140 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: gonna be coming down the pipe this spring. I hope 141 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: Chef Jesse, my good buddy Jesse Griffiths have died. Doy 142 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: Fame and the Hog Book and the Pheasant Book, which 143 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: are must haves if you're buying something for Christmas. Kept 144 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: us very warm this week with braised pheasant legs for 145 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: Fuugh and Catchia Tory, and then ample amounts of pheasant 146 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: breast thrown in at the last minute, savory killer hot meals. 147 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: At the end of cold days, watching great dogs and 148 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: putting birds in the bag. We drank some of that 149 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: Velvet Buck wine that you may have heard of on 150 00:08:55,080 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: Dan Flores's podcast. That is a great cold weather warm 151 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: you up wine, and a portion of the proceeds goes 152 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: to backcountry hunters and anglers, so keep that in mind 153 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: where you can find it. It's called velvet buck and 154 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: it goes great with game. Also, if you're looking for 155 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: something else to you know, stuff a stocking, don't forget 156 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: that fed up old trucks calendar. Portion of that goes 157 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: to backcountry hunters and anglers too. You can find that 158 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: stuff on themeaeater dot com. And I think we'll be 159 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: auctioning off this hunt again in the future. We got 160 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: to talk to Eric about that, but Jesse's in. We've 161 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: been scheming on ways to make it even more special 162 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: and coming out and getting this agricultural perspective is invaluable. 163 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: Seeing this many wild birds is invaluable. Seeing the dog 164 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: work is invaluable. So it's education and food and fun 165 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: and good camaraderie. And it's just hard to put a 166 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: price tag on that really is. I'll keep posted on that. 167 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: It's a heck of an experience. Moving on to the 168 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: applied statistics desk. Down in Florida, the State Fish and 169 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 1: Wildlife Commission has run its bear hunt lottery and awarded 170 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: the one hundred and seventy two permits for its first 171 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: bear season in a decade, which starts December six. However, 172 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: according to reporting by Orlando News six, as many as 173 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: forty four of those permits were awarded to anti hunters 174 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: who plan to sit out the hunt, But Chuck O'Neill, 175 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: president of Speak Up for Wildlife, says that if anything, 176 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: that estimate might be low. He said, quote, by the 177 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: time it's all over with, we've got at least fifty 178 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: two of the one hundred and seventy two tags, which 179 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: will reduce the number of bears killed down to about 180 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty or less. O'Neill has that math right, 181 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: and he's slung in some other numbers. He himself bought 182 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty one entries in the bear hunt 183 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: lottery at five bucks a pop. Overall, there were one 184 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty three, four hundred and fifty nine applications, 185 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: and although we don't know how many separate individuals bought 186 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: all those chances or what their intentions were were, they 187 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: brought in eight hundred and seventeen two hundred ninety five 188 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: dollars for conservation. A last dish lawsuit to stop the 189 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,839 Speaker 1: hunt has also failed. So by the time you are 190 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: hearing this, Florida's bear hunt will be underway. We'll see 191 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 1: if the hunt meets management expectations. This time around. Oh 192 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: side note, forgot to tell you we knocked down thirty 193 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: one birds in two days, did not lose a single bird. 194 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: Lots of dog power out there, gang. It was magical 195 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: hate losing Pheasants hate losing anything. For whatever reason, birds 196 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: are like very maddening. I feel like none of them 197 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: should get away with the little snort nose on their behind. Anyway, 198 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: if I could have a magic wand everyone, and I 199 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: mean everyone would learn about hunting and conservation and wildlife 200 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: management and ecosystem services and diversity, and they don't have 201 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: to love a bear hunt, but they're going to understand 202 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: it and not be against it. Short of that, Florida 203 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: Fish and Wildlife can can estimate the number of tags 204 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: bought by non participants or anti hunters and expand the 205 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: number of total tags to accommodate that kind of loss. 206 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: There Therefore, we could have a bidding war on our 207 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: hands where O'Neal and activists like him pay for more 208 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: and more of the fwc's budget, and the same amount 209 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: of hunters get to go out and hunt. What O'Neill 210 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: and the activists don't understand is that what hunters are 211 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: doing is they are paying for an opportunity, not a bear. 212 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: Not every hunt represents a dead animal. I can promise 213 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: you that. Now where does the cash from hunts like 214 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: this go? Florida Fish and Wildlife this year announced a 215 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: major revegetation project along the kiss Me Channel Lake's system, 216 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: with an initial investment of two point three million dollars. 217 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: So Chuck and all the other members of Speak Up 218 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: for Wildlife thank you for taking part in that. Moving 219 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: on to the bear desk. In other bear news, four 220 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: grizzlies captured in response to last week's attack on a 221 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: Canadian school group are being relocated out of the area 222 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: after DNA tests revealed that none of the trapped bears 223 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: were responsible for the attacks. As we covered last week, 224 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: a sal grizzly and two cubs came out of the 225 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: woods in Bellicula, British Columbia on November twentieth and attacked 226 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: a group of school children injuring eleven and sending one 227 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: adult and three kids to the hospital. Saliva samples were 228 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: collected from the clothes of the victims, and after several 229 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: traps and cameras were deployed in the area, four adult 230 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: bears were caught. However, the DNA of the trapped bears 231 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: did not match the saliva on file. The BC Conservation 232 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: Officers Service announced that instead of releasing these bears back 233 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: into Bellicula, they will be moved elsewhere within their home range. 234 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Although relocations are difficult and dangerous, bears have historically done 235 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: very well when moved from place to place, so these 236 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: bruins are expected to do just fine. The Conservation Officer 237 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: Service decided to move the bears because this area of 238 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: New Halk First Nation's territory has seen a rapid increase 239 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: in bear human overlap in the last several years, with 240 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: about six bears currently per one hundred square miles. That 241 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: might not sound like a lot, and wouldn't be very 242 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: many black bears, who were much less aggressive than grizzlies, 243 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: But if you have that many brown bears who are 244 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: starting to hibernate later due to rising seasonal temperatures and 245 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: are getting more used to human food, you start to 246 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: get a lot more conflict like in this recent incident. 247 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: Officials will continue to use thermal vision drones and bear 248 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: traps to try to catch the bears responsible for the attack. 249 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: We'll keep you up to date with any further developments 250 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: there over to Pennsylvania for some brighter news on the 251 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: bruin beat. Pennsylvania hunter Nate Miller had the outing of 252 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: a lifetime last week when he killed the black bear 253 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: with a live weight of seven hundred and seventeen pounds. 254 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: Miller had set up a blind at five thirty am, 255 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: but after getting cold and deciding to move around to 256 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: warm up, he spotted a bear less than eighty yards away. 257 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: Three quick shots, the beast was on the ground, and 258 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: Miller was understandably overcome. He told Channel eleven News quote, 259 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: I'm shaking, I mean just I couldn't even talk right, 260 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: couldn't even stand up straight. It was an emotional dump 261 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: to give you a sense of how big this bear was. 262 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: Even with the help of three friends in a game sled, 263 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: it took almost five hours to move the eight hundred yards, 264 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: and park rangers accomplished the last one hundred yards with 265 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: an ATV. But Miller himself provides the most vivid example. 266 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: He said, quote, in the process of putting the ear 267 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: tag in, I could not pick the head up. At 268 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: the waystation, the measurements came in not just seven hundred 269 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: and seventeen pounds, but also seven feet five inches tall. 270 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: Although official results will take a few days to come back, 271 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: this is expected to be the biggest bear ever taken 272 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: in Butler County, which is almost on the Ohio border, 273 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: and likely to be in the top ten state wide. 274 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Congrat toinate and everyone who's had success in the state's 275 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: bear hunt. Historically, PA has had one of the most 276 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: successful bear restoration programs in the country. I say restoration 277 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: instead of reintroduction because Ursus americanus was never fully extirpated 278 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: from Pennsylvania, even though it reached dangerously low levels by 279 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: the turn of the twentieth century. Keystone State carried out 280 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: some of the earliest bear repopulation efforts, moving almost fifty 281 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: bears in nineteen twenty two and nineteen twenty three from 282 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: Potter County in the north central part of the state 283 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: to five other locations. Again, from nineteen seventy nine to 284 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: eighty four, seventy two bears removed from the northeast to 285 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: the southwestern regions, and thirteen of those bears were documented 286 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: producing at least twenty successful litters. And although bears had 287 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: been slowly recovering through mid century, Pennsylvania Game Commission closed 288 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: the annual bear hunt in both nineteen seventy seven and 289 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy eight, leading to a hockey stick shaped increase 290 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: in the number of bears through to the present day. 291 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: I'm going into all this history because it's interesting and 292 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: because in an ideal world it might reach the ears 293 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: of bear hunt protest like old Chuck O'Neill back there 294 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: in Florida. It was hunters who paid for those translocations, 295 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: hunters who sponsored those population studies, hunters who worked with 296 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: private landowners to conserve bear habitat, and hunters who had 297 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: the restraint to put down their guns for a couple 298 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: of years to give breeding animals a chance to get 299 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: a foothold. Without hunters, althose forested acres in PA probably 300 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: would have been logged for several more crucial years, possibly 301 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: delaying or even preventing the resurgence of bears there. Instead, 302 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: that seven hundred and seventeen pound behemoth the Nate Miller 303 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: killed spent his life enjoying acorns and wasp larva, likely 304 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: mating with a few appealing females and mixing it up 305 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: with a couple other male bears before having a tough 306 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 1: final few seconds. That life just couldn't have happened without hunters. 307 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: I have to believe that if Old Chuck knew this, 308 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: he'd be a little bit more open to what we 309 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: do and he can still go on love and bears, 310 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: I know I do. One last note for Pennsylvania. The 311 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 1: first Sunday Hunts in three hundred and forty three years 312 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: took place there over the past two weekends, with an 313 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: estimated five hundred thousand hunters taking part each day. All 314 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: you working stiffs and soccer game afflicted parents out there, 315 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed your time in the woods. Big 316 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: huge thanks or congratulations rather to all of you who 317 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: lobbied your butts off to make that happen special shout 318 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: out to Pennsylvania back country hunters and anglers. You guys 319 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: pushed Big Rock uphill for a lot of years. You 320 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: should feel very very good about yourselves. Moving on to 321 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: the crime desk. You may remember all the way back 322 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: in March, I told you about a hunter and would 323 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: be social media influencer who caused akre fluffle in Australia 324 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: for picking up a baby wombat and posting the video online. 325 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: While she's back in the news and her latest allegation 326 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: landed her briefly in jail. Samantha Strabel, who goes by 327 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: Sam Jones online, has been charged with lying about her 328 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: residency to obtain a hunting license in Wyoming, which is 329 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: a common thing. She's facing eight misdemeanor charges, including six 330 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: counts of false swearing and one count each of taking 331 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: wildlife without a license, according to an article by Eli 332 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: Fournier over at the Mediator dot com. You can check 333 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: out Eli's article for the full story, but basically, Game 334 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: Wardens got an anonymous tip that ol' Sam hadn't lived 335 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: in Wyoming for the last two years, which would disqualify 336 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: her from purchasing resident hunting licenses. Wardens called the address 337 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: she listed as a residence, but the man who answered 338 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: the phone said Samantha had moved to Australia in twenty 339 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: twenty three. She returned in twenty twenty four and killed 340 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: an elk and an antelope on a resident tag. Earlier 341 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: this year, she killed a mountain lion on a resident tag, 342 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: even though she hadn't lived in the state long enough 343 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: to qualify for residency. When confronted by Game Wardens, she 344 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: claimed to have lived in Wyoming one hundred and eighty 345 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: days which is the cutoff for losing your residency in 346 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: the state. Problem was cell phone records and other evidence 347 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: proved she'd only been in Wyoming for seven days in 348 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five and twenty nine days in twenty twenty four. 349 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: Strabel was booked into the Sublet County Jail on November 350 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: twenty one and released on her own recognaissance that same day. 351 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: If convicted, she faces up to a year in jail 352 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: and twenty six thousand dollars in fines. But I think 353 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: it's safe to say that the Wyoming wombat woman's career 354 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: as a hunting influencer is going to take a hit. 355 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: Officials with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife were asking for 356 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: the public's help finding the person who illegally killed the 357 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: female mountain lion. The lion had been shot through the 358 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: chest and then dragged into some bushes near the group 359 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: campsites at Gunnison City Mountain Park in Taylor Canyon, north 360 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: of Gunnison. The cat appears to have been killed last month, 361 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: just three days before the legal hunting season began. Anyone 362 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: with information about the killing of the lion is asked 363 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: to contact CPW District Wildlife Manager Cody Pryor nine to 364 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: seven zero six four to one seven zero seven to 365 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: five or Cody dot Pryor. That's prior at State dot 366 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: CO dot US Gunnison City Mountain Park last month. If 367 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: you're around the group campsites and he got some info, 368 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: hit up CPW. Killing the cat is bad out of season, 369 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: not eating the meat even worse. Suns and guns. A 370 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: Washington State man escaped jail time for killing five cow 371 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: elk and what wildlife officials described as a quote killing spree. 372 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three, an employee at a timber company 373 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: reported finding five cow elk on a hillside south of Cosmopolis. 374 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: All the elk had been shot with a high powered 375 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: rifle and no meat had been harvested from any of them. 376 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: Game wardens weren't able to identify a suspect until ten 377 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: months later, when wardens ran into forty five year old 378 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: Richard Lauren Pratt at the crime scene. He'd broken into 379 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: the property by cutting open a gate, and wardens found 380 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: him in possession of two firearms, but since Pratt was 381 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: a convicted felon, they were able to confiscate both of 382 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: his rifles and match one of those rifles to the 383 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: poaching case from earlier that year. They were happy to 384 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: find the right poacher, but they weren't happy with the 385 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: conclusion of the case. The Washington Department of Fiching Wildlife 386 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: put out a press release stating that they'd worked out 387 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: a plea agreement with the Grays Harbor prosecutor that included 388 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: prison time, but when it came time for sentencing, the 389 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 1: judge handed Pratt something called a mental health sentencing alternative. 390 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: This slapped him with a ten thousand dollars fine and 391 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: a ten year suspension of his hunting privileges, but put 392 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,439 Speaker 1: him in quote community custody for thirty six months. This 393 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: will likely include some kind of mandatory mental health treatment 394 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: and other probationary requirements, but it doesn't include prison time. 395 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: WDFW police Captain Dan Chadwick criticized the judge by saying 396 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: he is quote disappointed that Pratt's sentence doesn't include time 397 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: in the slammer, which is an understandable reaction. The press 398 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 1: release points out that Pratt could face up to one 399 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen months in prison if he violates the 400 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: conditions of this sentence. Moving on to the mailbag, a 401 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: quick reminder before we dive into the mailbag this week. 402 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: Along with sending an email to askcl you can also 403 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: call four h six two two zero six four four 404 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: one and leave me a voicemail. I listen to every message, 405 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: and you might just hear the sonorous sound of your 406 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: voice on an upcoming episode. Listener Keith Kempinich wrote in 407 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: this week with a quick clarification about a segment I 408 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: did last week on Minnesota's shotgun only hunting zones. He 409 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: pointed out that while the state Department of Natural Resources 410 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: has eliminated shotgun only zones, individual counties can still pass 411 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: ordinances that ban the use of center fire rifles. That 412 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: sounds great from a local control perspective, but there's a problem, 413 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: he said in his email quote. County lines do not 414 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: line up with current Deer permit areas, which will likely 415 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: result in a bizarre patchwork of areas in which rifles 416 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: are legal and not. Presently, the rifle and shotgun zones 417 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: do line up with DPA boundaries and are demarketed by 418 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: some major highways. Going forward, you might have DPAs which 419 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: are established for management purposes in which both weapons are allowed. 420 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: Depending on which county you're in. It's going to be 421 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: a mess. That does sound like a mess. Hopefully counties 422 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: will adhere to the statewide rules and not go off 423 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: and do their own thing. As we covered last week, 424 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: shotgun only zones aren't about public safety. They're about deer management, 425 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: which should be controlled by DNR biologists. Speaking of controversial legislation, 426 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: listener Charlie McDonald wrote in with a bad bill from 427 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: his home state of Michigan, House Bill four eight five 428 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: to one would limit the amount of land owned by 429 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: the state to no more than fifty percent of the 430 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: land in any given county, township, city, village, or school district. 431 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: This means that if there is a county where the 432 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: state owns more than fifty percent of the land as 433 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 1: a wildlife management area, the land that exceeds fifty percent 434 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: would be considered surplus and I assume sold off. Charlie 435 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: doesn't think this is a good idea, he said in 436 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: his email quote, HB four eight five to one is 437 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: yet another attack on public lands. Part of the flimsy 438 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 1: ration is that the DNR will manage public lands more 439 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: effectively if the agency has less land to manage. I, 440 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 1: for one, think the DNR is doing a fantastic job 441 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: providing quality access to state owned and managed lands, and 442 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: I have never once wished for less state land to 443 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: hunt and fish on. I'm right there with you, Chuck. 444 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: With the current attacks on federal public land, those state 445 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: parcels are more important than ever. Michiganders should contact their 446 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: state reps and tell them to vote no on House 447 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: Bill four eight five to one. Last one for you. 448 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: We cover urban deer hunting quite a bit on this program, 449 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: but mostly from the management and policy perspective, But listener 450 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: Chris Coffield wrote in with a great on the ground 451 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 1: report from his home state of New Jersey. He didn't 452 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: grow up hunting, but when he and his wife bought 453 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: a house that bordered a deer management zone, he applied 454 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: for the local management program in Somerset County. He highly 455 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: recommends it, and he sent me a list of pros 456 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: and cons for anyone who might be interested in joining 457 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: their own local programs. That hunting in an urban setting 458 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 1: has its downsides. It's not exactly a serene experience with 459 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 1: kids playing nearby, neighbors using their leaf blowers, and cars 460 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: driving past, he said. He tries to introduce himself to 461 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: the people who have homes nearby, but no one likes 462 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: seeing dead deer in their yard. To help the deer 463 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: die as quick as possible, he uses a heavy fixed 464 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: blade broadhead and only takes broadside shots. He also pointed 465 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: out that while you are allowed to take a buck 466 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: in his county, wildlife officials encourage hunters to take dose. 467 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 1: If you're someone who's only trying to kill big bucks, 468 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: an urban deer hunting program probably is not for you, 469 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: but the pros outweigh of the cons. According to Chris, 470 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: it's easy to get access to these areas and the 471 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: deer face very little pressure. That means you'll have tons 472 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: of opportunities for a shot, especially in the early season. 473 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: The shots are usually close given the heavy tree cover, 474 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 1: and tags are plentiful. In fact, in his area, you 475 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: risk losing your place if you aren't able to harvest 476 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: at least too deer. Plus, since it's the holiday seas 477 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: in and we're looking for ways to give back, Chris 478 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: pointed out that the fee you pay in order to 479 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: participate in the program is used to pay butchers who 480 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: work for Hunters for the Hungry. This is an organization 481 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 1: that takes donated deer and turns them into venison for 482 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: homeless shelters. It's a win win all around. Thanks a 483 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: ton for that email, Chris. It's a great reminder that 484 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: even if you live in an urban or suburban area, 485 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,880 Speaker 1: you don't have to travel very far to get great 486 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: hunting opportunities. Check out your local deer management program and 487 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: get to fill in that freezer, even if it's not yours. 488 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: That's all I got for you this week. Thank you 489 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: so much for listening, and remember to write in ask 490 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: c a l let's an askal at the meteater dot 491 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: com and let me know what's going on in your 492 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: neck of the woods. You know we appreciate thanks again. 493 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: Talk to you soon.