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Ep. 105: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - The Stuff In My Pockets

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week on This Country Life, Brent Reaves shares the stuff in his pockets -- what some of you might call his "every day carry." From a 10 year old buckeye to a gold dollar coin, Brent walks you through each item you can expect him to have on his person, why he carries it, and why he thinks you should, too. So come on in and find out what makes Brent's EDC short list -- after this, you might just add a few items to yours!

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0:00.0

Welcome to this Country Life. I'm your host Brent Reaves. From Conehutton to

0:10.8

Trotline and in just general country living I want you to stay a while as I share

0:15.9

my stories and country skills that will help you beat the system. This Country

0:20.4

Life is proudly presented as part of Meet Eaters podcast network bringing

0:25.2

you the best outdoor podcast in the airways have to offer. All right friends,

0:29.8

pull you up a chair or drop that tailgate. I think I got a thing or two to teach you.

0:38.6

The stuff we told around in our pockets.

0:43.6

Every day Carrie is a term I'm only recently familiar with but one I've been

0:48.8

practicing since my feet hit the ground in the mid-60s. Now that's that's only

0:54.0

partially true because some of that time at least additionally I was what was

0:58.3

being told in round every day. But from my earliest memories of having

1:03.3

bridges with pockets I've had my go-to items that I couldn't leave the crib

1:07.4

without especially after I got out of the actual crib. Now why is this

1:11.4

important? Because a man needs to be prepared? Well that's partially true. The

1:16.2

correct answer is we all need to be prepared and carry things we need so feel

1:21.9

free to interchange pocket with purse backpack, satio, briefcase, sock,

1:27.3

brazier or wherever you decide to cash something that you might need later.

1:32.0

But what are these items? Are they there out of necessity and utility or are

1:37.6

they simply there for nostalgia or maybe a little bit of both? I can't speak

1:42.9

for yours but I'm gonna tell you all about mine. We're gonna talk about it in a

1:47.4

minute because first I'm gonna tell you a story.

1:51.9

Mr. Bill Chancellor was a tractor mechanic. He could more accurately be

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