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Bear Grease

Ep. 165: BEST OF: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Freight Trains and Hurricanes

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode one of This Country Life! Today, we meet your host Brent Reaves: a family man and life long outdoorsman whose familial roots in rural Arkansas can be traced back over 150 years. As a way of introduction, Brent shares two of his favorite stories, taking us from schoolyard hi-jinx to riding out a lightning storm in a washed-out muskrat burrow. You're not gonna want to miss this addition to the Bear Grease lineup.

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0:00.0

Get ready for the best thing ever done on the blood-soaked story of the white-tailed deer skin trade of the 1700s.

0:08.0

It's meat-eaters American history, The Longhunters, 1761 to 1775.

0:14.5

Narrated by me, Clay Newcombe, and my good friend Stephen Ronella,

0:19.0

this audio book is the first installment in Meat Eater's American History series.

0:24.4

This is big.

0:25.6

It's a wild tale about a fascinating group of Back Woodsman

0:29.4

and a forgotten trade in the deer skins of North America's favorite big game animal.

0:34.8

Featuring the story of Daniel Boone, the long hunters, and the Native Americans that were

0:40.4

involved in the deer skin trade.

0:43.0

This era is what became the foundation of American deer hunting

0:47.5

and we have compiled a never before compiled amount of data.

0:54.4

And we've researched stuff that's never been researched before.

0:57.5

I'm serious, this is groundbreaking stuff,

1:00.4

and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. It's out on January 9th, but you can pre-order it now wherever

1:06.4

audio books are sold. That's Meateaters American History, The Longhunters, 1761 to 1775, available for pre-order now.

1:17.5

Welcome to this country life.

1:19.3

Brent has the week off this week, so we're re-erring his first episode called Freight Trains and Hurricanes

1:24.8

for all of you newer listeners who might have missed out on it.

1:28.2

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend.

1:29.8

Enjoy time with your loved ones and we'll see you again next week for another new

1:33.2

episode of This Country Life.

1:37.0

Welcome to This country life. I'm your host Brent Reeves. From coon hunting to trot lining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share my stories and

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