Ep. 24: Wyman Meinzer

The Hunting Collective

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

It was late July in the Texas Badlands, a time of year Wyman Meinzer says turns his home into a "hell hole of a place." We sat in his living room drinking whiskey and talking politics. We were both sweating a bit despite the best efforts of the air conditioning, but managing to get a few laughs in between fits of intense conversation meant to solve the world's problems. Wyman and his wife Sylinda had spent the day with three of their grandchildren, leaving the house cluttered with dolls, juice boxes and the like. Just another sign of changing times for my friend Wyman. He's 67 now and gone are the days when he lived in the old dugout, trapping coyotes and bobcats. Gone are the wild days when he crashed planes and crawled into rattlesnake dens. Things are slower now in Benjamin, Texas, and Wyman is enjoying telling his story rather than furiously writing more chapters. He doesn't mind petting the cat, drinking some whiskey and just talking. He's got enough stories to tell that he and I could fill a lifetime of evenings like this, and I'd be happy to do just that. Sadly, I don't get all that much time with Wyman, so I'm happy to have recorded this podcast. I'll listen back to it quite often I'm sure, when I'm in need of a reminder of what hard work means and how much I can still achieve in this life. In this episode we cover just about all of Wyman's life and times, and gathered some perspective on how he made it. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Schools out. Hey, do you remember that Alice Cooper?
0:03.2	Was that Alice Cooper? Schools out.
0:08.4	Humb that Alice Cooper song and then think about this. My new title.
0:12.4	Ketch a crayfish, count the stars.
0:14.8	Chock full of fun activities and adventures that will help build serious outdoor kids.
0:20.8	We're talking knowledgeable, tough, competent kids with a little bit of a raw edge to them.
0:29.0	You want to build up a good hunting buddy, a good fishing buddy out of your kid?
0:33.2	Well, started me young by teaching them how to build a wildlife viewing blind,
0:38.2	how to gig a bullfrog, how to navigate through the wilderness using a variety of
0:42.6	orientating skills. They'll also learn how to climb trees, build emergency shelters,
0:47.6	hunt for fossils, gut fish, track critters and much more.
0:51.6	It's me, eaters first, but for kids.
0:54.2	And one, I've been wanting to write my whole career.
0:56.8	I was just waiting until I had kids long enough to give me some expertise on the subject.
1:00.6	And now that my oldest is 13, I've been at this a long time.
1:04.8	We've got projects and activities for the whole family to do together and for kids to try out on their own.
1:11.0	Go to the meater.com to order your copy today available wherever books are sold for kids eight and up.
1:19.2	Hey everybody, welcome to episode number 24 of the hunting collective.
1:27.4	I'm Ben O'Brien.
1:28.6	And today I'm going to start a little bit of a journey, a journey in podcast form,
1:34.6	but a journey nonetheless.
1:36.6	My family and I, hopefully you have heard this by now or if you're listening,
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