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 the country skills that will help you beat the system.

This country life is proudly presented as part of Meat Eater's Podcast Network,

bringing you the best outdoor podcast the Airways 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 you.

Mississippi River Expedition.

Back in January, me and Clay Nucum, you know, the Mule Man extraordinary and questionable

Meat Eater Turkey Collin contest winner, that guy.

We've purposely acquired a boat

and enough possible to zip down the mighty Mississippi on a 250 mile trek to hunt fish. I'm going to tell you some stuff on how that all got

started but first I'm going, here's a story about one.

I've owned several over the years and while at present I can temporarily be counted among the

boatless, Boats and I have a storied partnership.

Lots of my misadventures that I've detailed on here have involved boats.

Everything from nearly buying the farm on the Arkansas River during a severe thunderstorm to sitting in the heat of summer on Lake Shico eating sardines for breakfast, or unintentionally mooning an elderly couple as my brother and I swam like Tarzan minus his loin cloth at Bug Island on the Saline River.

But a boat was and remains important to me. I like them. I like to use them doing the things I like to do,

whether it's catching fish or gigging frogs or chasing animals to feed me and my family.

Some folks say that boat, BOAT, stands for bust out another thousand,

referencing the cost of upkeep on a boat.

Now I have found that the more you use one, the cheaper it is to operate,

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