Ep. 157: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Hogs, Cows, and Elephants
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.9 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Brent talks about the eclectic chores and jobs he had as a kid growing up in rural southern Arkansas. Buckle up! We're hearing stories of Brent's childhood on this week's episode of MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks this is Brent Reeves with the meat eaters new podcast this country life |
| 0:04.5 | you ever wondered how to pick out a good dog bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch catfish |
| 0:09.3 | on a trot line well on this country life I'm inviting you into my home where in each episode I'll be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever. |
| 0:20.0 | They will talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know. |
| 0:24.0 | Listen to this country life in the Bear Gries feed on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcast. guest. I'm your host Brent Reeves. From coon hunting, the trot lining, and just general country living, |
| 0:46.0 | I want you to stay a while as I share my stories |
| 0:49.0 | and the country skills that will help you beat the system. |
| 0:52.0 | This country life is proudly presented as part of |
| 0:55.3 | Meat Eater's Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast the Airways |
| 1:00.3 | have to offer. All right, friends, pull you up a chair or drop that tailgate. I think I got a thing or two to teach |
| 1:10.6 | Hogs, cows, and elephants. |
| 1:15.0 | Hogs, cows, and elephants. |
| 1:16.7 | Now what in the world could all of that have in common with me outside of describing |
| 1:21.5 | how I eat, what I eat, and how big I'll be if I don't cut back on the other two. |
| 1:26.5 | But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about chores and the jobs I had as a kid. |
| 1:37.0 | And trust me, oh's going to make sense by the end of this episode. It's a pretty eclectic list looking back at it now and I'm going to tell you all about it. |
| 1:42.0 | But first I'm going to tell you all about it. But first I'm going to tell you a story. |
| 1:47.0 | Now obviously I grew up in the country and it's that foundation on which this entire struggle is based and there were jobs I had that my friends that lived in town didn't. |
| 2:02.0 | The jobs and chores weren't foreign jobs. my friends that lived in town, didn't? |
| 2:03.0 | The jobs and chores weren't foreign to them. |
| 2:05.5 | They were raised in the same culture I was, |
| 2:08.5 | and many of their parents had grown up on a farm |
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