Ep. 440: Glassing for Sheds

Published: 2023-05-15 09:00:00

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Steve Rinella talks with Ben Dettamanti, Chester Floyd, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics include: Phil's flat top; Chester's "not a ballsack" tattoo; the best song ever written by man and tribute to Gordon Lightfoot; how Steve wants his remains to be consumed by wild animals; when you grease your boots with your own belly fat; Wisconsin's excessive drinking; more on hunting kangaroos in Australia; a real Chetiquette stumper; having the shed eye; illegal shed stash piles; Pennsylvania's laws against settling antlers; remembering Jim Phillip's shed antler castle; Shed Crazy's 50 state shed hunt; how Utah is number one in green jello consumption; "The Stuff in My Pockets" episode from Brent Reaves' "This Country Life" podcast; and more.

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Referenced Books

Hunting with the Bow and Arrow

by Saxon Pope

Speaker 1 discusses Saxon Pope's book from 1947, mentioning a specific story from the book about a settler named Pete Blueford who was mauled by a grizzly bear in Humboldt County and later used his own rendered belly fat to grease his boots.

Referenced at 00:23:44

Coming into the Country

by John McPhee

Speaker 1 references this book during a discussion about caribou antlers and their unique properties, specifically mentioning that McPhee talks about the tool use of caribou antlers and their flexible nature in this work.

Referenced at 01:46:29

Undaunted Courage

by Stephen Ambrose

In the 'This Country Life' segment, Brent Reeves explicitly recommends this book while discussing Sacagawea and her role with Lewis and Clark. He describes it as 'thicker than a cathead biscuit, but worth the effort' and says it's about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Referenced at 02:19:20