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Bear Grease

Ep. 231: This Country Life - Spotlights, Pink Tomatoes, and Bold Corrections

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Brent's taking us back to the tomato fields of his youth. You'll hear how he spent a lot of his summers battling the heat on his family's South Arkansas farm and he'll tell about an epic adventure he and two others set out on that didn't quite go as planned. We know. Big surprise, right? Thankfully, the participants are all still here and Brent's sharing their story on this week's episode of MeatEater's This Country Life podcast.

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0:00.0

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 experiences

0:15.6

and life lessons.

0:17.8

This country life is presented by Case Knives on Meat Eater's Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor

0:24.2

podcast the Airways have to offer.

0:27.0

All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

0:31.0

I've got some stories to share.

0:37.0

Spotlight pink tomatoes and bold corrections. I come from what some refer to as the land of tall pines and pink tomatoes.

0:49.0

It's a reference to the logging and farming industry that part of Arkansas was known for.

0:54.7

It was a great place to grow up and I'm going to tell you a little about the pink tomato

0:58.6

portion of it but first I'm going to tell you a story. It was a simple mission.

1:10.0

It was a simple mission.

1:12.0

Catch him where they weren't allowed to be.

1:15.2

We knew the adversary.

1:16.8

We knew where they operated.

1:18.4

We knew how they operated.

1:21.0

Careful observation had revealed their numbers along with how they infield and ex-filled from the area of operations into hours.

1:30.0

They made no attempt to conceal them the trails they used or even bothered to wipe out their tracks.

1:37.0

And that's where we had the advantage.

1:40.0

We knew how they would come and go, and when they were most likely to do it.

1:46.6

Their advantage was speed and their ability to operate in low light.

1:50.9

They were masters of nighttime operations. Their night vision was generations above our own and while the mission was simple

1:58.0

it was anything but easily accomplished.

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