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.

When it all falls apart.

John Prine released a song in May of 1978 titled That's the Way that the World Goes Round.

Here's the chorus.

That's the way that the world goes round.

You're up one day, the next you're down.

It's a half an inch of water and you think you're going to drown.

That's the way that the world goes around. Now if you can

find a better analogy for my turkey season I want to hear it. You'll find out why in a

minute but first I'm going to tell you a story.

Two days before my birthday in 2020 I brought home a coon now. That's a whole story in itself but all the context you need for this one is a new dog and taking up residents with us just a few days prior to the world coming unraveled.

It was a very opportune time for my family to have something good to focus on while we navigated through the new place we all felt lost in

Not knowing what we were supposed to do about all the changes and restrictions we faced in our jobs and daily routines,

we focused our energies on our faith, each other, and a clumsy four-legged tree and Walker pup named Whelan. It was love at first sight from

my youngest daughter Bailey and my wife Alexis as they each introduced themselves to that big

ear Joker who instantly returned the affection,

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