Ep. 135: Wolves Aren't Great Hunters, a Cougar's 17 Kills in Two Months, and Finding the Predator's Purpose with Yellowstone National Park's Dr. Daniel Stahler

The Hunting Collective

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Sports, Wilderness

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 165 minutes

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Summary

On this week's show, the guys announce the winners of the Great American Outdoors Contest while Ben fights a hangover. In the interview portion, Ben meets Dr. Daniel Stahler on a dirt road overlooking the town of Gardiner, Montana situated right smack on the 45th parallel of latitude. Dr. Stahler, a veteran wildlife biologist who first came to the park in 1997 to be a part of its wolf program, was making a trek into what he calls a "cluster site" of a local mountain lion in the developing heat of an early July morning. Ben follows along to talk about the purpose of predators on the landscape. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live.
0:05.0	You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish
0:09.3	on a trot line?
0:10.3	Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll
0:14.8	be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever.
0:20.0	And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know.
0:24.1	Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you
0:29.3	get your podcast.
0:31.3	Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of the Hunting Collective.
0:51.6	Hello Philip, I've been, I was just telling you boy I feel like shit.
0:55.4	I'm going to be a good time.
0:56.4	And knowing you the first thing I assumed was alcohol was involved.
0:59.5	And you were like, where did you get drunk last night?
1:01.1	I'm like, not really, but kind of.
1:03.9	It was an accident.
1:06.1	I was working in the yard all weekend.
1:07.6	I was working hard and, you know, doing landscaping, doing building things.
1:12.7	And it was hot.
1:15.7	And then, you know, last night is a guy cool down.
1:17.5	I think I have a couple of beers.
1:19.0	I'll go in the fridge and get a couple of beers.
1:20.9	And I'm drinking the beers while I'm working.
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