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The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 067: Vortex Optics Headquarters, Wisconsin. Steven Rinella talks with Paul Neess, Mark Boardman, Ryan Muckenhirn and Reuben Aleckson of Vortex Optics, along with Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.937.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Subjects Discussed: Bushwhackin', roost-tree shootin' and Mark's elitist turkey hunting attitude; "The 10th Legion"; Bowhunting for turks; Aluminum billets; The thickness of a human hair; Meat tenderizers vs meat mallets; Sunshades; Straight vs angled spotting scopes; The late Duncan Gilchrist's seminal masterpiece, "Hunt High"; The best all-around spotting scope; Giving critters a detailed stink-eye with your spotter; Eye and body fatigue while glassin'; What the hell is parallax?; Scopes and red dots for turkey guns; What the hell are red dots and green dots?; Minute-of-jug accuracy, and more.

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0:00.0

This is the meat eater podcast coming at you shirtless severely bugged

0:13.8

bitten in my case underwear.

0:15.3

Let's move on.

0:16.3

The meat eater podcast.

0:17.3

You can't predict anything.

0:21.3

So raise your left hand if you shot a turkey so far this year and your right hand if

0:35.1

you found them real.

0:37.1

I guess you're doing good.

0:40.6

But only only yo-hannis, what they call you today?

0:45.4

Only yo-hannis has a hand up.

0:49.0

Two hands up.

0:50.0

Yeah.

0:51.0

For Ruben you're going moorrell hunting night.

0:53.4

It's like on right now.

0:55.3

Starting.

0:56.3

It's the the moorrell harvest in the vicinity of vortex world headquarters is rocking.

1:04.5

You're getting there.

1:05.5

And you got like a significant chunk of land you're gonna look at tonight.

1:09.1

Yeah, it's a pretty sizable spot.

1:13.3

Did you have your left hand up minute ago?

1:14.8

Also, this is your like inaugural trip out.

1:20.4

Yeah.

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