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Ep. 240: Good Myths Die Hard

Published: 2020-09-28 09:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Seth Morris, Spencer Neuharth, and Janis Putelis.

Topics discussed: MeatEater Season 9; bears for Trump; finally, Spencer's squirrel nuts article; Steve creating his own myths; how Seth should approach mentoring Steve on how to flesh beavers; catch and keep ethics; JT Van Zandt knowing where all the little spots are; taking down a nilgai; Jani's journals; hydrogen peroxide hot tips; how single side clip binos reign supreme; Jani's special Michigan hat with ear flaps; Steve's oral sound FX for the sound a clip makes; tagging bucks and bulls; tracking animals with drones and dogs; loading two mule deer halves into a sack on a horse’s back; all the post-hunt logistics; duct taping skulls; high elevation challenges; butchering with a cleaver and rubber mallet; and more.

 

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Referenced Books

The Singing Wilderness
by Sigurd Olson
Spencer is discussing the origins of the myth that red squirrels castrate gray squirrels. He cites this 1956 book by Sigurd Olson as the oldest written source he could find for this belief. The book was inspired by Lake Superior's beauty and had a whole chapter dedicated to red squirrels, where Olson wrote about red squirrels throwing 'the fear of death into the larger gray squirrels should they invade through the convenient medium of castration.'
Referenced at 00:00:08