Ep. 189: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Coon Hide and Seek and the UKC
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Brent's telling a tall tale this week about a coon that almost got away. He's got witnesses that the story's true and the video to back it up. Then he jumps the Big Muddy to visit with the folks at one of the biggest coon hunts of the year in Batesville, Mississippi. It's "Coon Hide & Seek and the UKC" on MeatEater's This Country Life Podcast.
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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. |
| 0:15.0 | 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. |
| 0:24.8 | This is big. |
| 0:26.0 | It's a wild tale about a fascinating group of Back Woodsman and a forgotten trade in the |
| 0:31.5 | deers of North America's favorite big game animal. |
| 0:35.1 | Featuring the story of Daniel Boone, the long hunters, and the Native Americans that were |
| 0:41.0 | involved in the deer skin trade. This era is what became |
| 0:45.6 | the foundation of American deer hunting and we have compiled a never before |
| 0:51.7 | compiled amount of data. |
| 0:55.0 | We've researched stuff that's never been researched before. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm serious, this is groundbreaking stuff, |
| 1:01.0 | and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. |
| 1:03.0 | It's out now and available wherever audio books are sold. |
| 1:07.0 | That's Meateaters American History, The Longhunters, |
| 1:10.0 | 1761 to 1775 available for download now. This is the best thing we've ever done. Get it. 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 |
| 1:35.4 | my stories and the country skills that will help you beat the system. |
| 1:39.6 | This country life is proudly presented as part of Meat Eater's Podcast Network, bringing you the best |
| 1:45.3 | outdoor podcast the Airways have to offer. |
| 1:48.7 | All right, friends, pull you up a chair or drop that tailgate. I think I got a thing or two to teach. |
| 1:57.0 | Coon Hide and Seek in the UKC. Last weekend I drove down to Batesville, Mississippi for the UK C Winter Classic Coon Hunt. |
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