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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 250: A Very Crappie Record Deal, Bad Legislation, and When Good Squirrels Turn Red

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal talks about grey squirrels going red, another type of mark and recapture, a lazy goose, state legislation you need to know, Pittman Robertson poll comes up wildlife, and so much more.

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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.

0:07.0

It's called Meat Eater's American History, The Longhunters, 1761 to 1775 told by me Stephen Ronella and my good friend

0:16.8

clay nucum from the Bear Greece podcast this audio book is the first installment

0:22.0

in meat eat's American History series.

0:25.0

It's a bizarre tale about a fascinating group of Back Woodsman

0:29.0

and the forgotten trade in the skins of North America's favorite big game animal, the white-tailed deer,

0:35.0

featuring the exploits of Daniel Boone and a host of other long hunters

0:39.0

as they forced their way through one of the most violent, inspiring, and bad-ass periods of American history.

0:46.7

It's out now and available wherever audio books are sold.

0:50.2

That's Meat Eater's American History, the Longhunters,

0:53.0

1761 to 1775, available for download now. From Mediator's World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, this is Cal's weekend review presented by Steele.

1:09.0

Steel products are available only at authorized dealers.

1:12.0

For more, go to to steel dealers.com. Now here's your host

1:16.8

Ryan Cal Callahan. A New York man was caught red-handed last month by environmental conservation officers after neighbors reported seeing red squirrels at the neighborhood park.

1:29.0

And when I say red, I don't mean the species that is named a red squirrel or you know like a communist

1:35.9

squirrel. We've been trying to kill moose and squirrel for 35 years. Never even come close.

1:41.2

Exactly. I mean gray squirrels spray painted bright red that's what I mean when I say red

1:47.4

red squirrels anyway according to the New York Department of Environmental

1:51.2

Conservation officers conducted surveillance in the town of Patterson and observed a bright red squirrel crossing the street less than a block away from the suspect's residents.

2:00.0

They interviewed the suspect who has not been named and he admitted to live trapping the squirrels, painting them red inside the traps and releasing them back into the neighborhood.

2:09.0

He said he was doing it to keep track of which squirrels were returning to his yard and causing his dogs to bark.

2:15.6

As frustrating as barking dogs can be, his actions were still illegal.

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