Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves.

I'm Coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living.

I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons.

This country life is presented by Case Knives on Meat Eat Eater's Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer.

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

I've got some stories to share.

Opportunities. Life is full of choices and every day those choices lead us down the path of the rest of our lives.

That sounds kind of deep, but it's true. We determine our path by what we choose to do with the opportunities that are presented.

I'm going to talk all about it, but first, I'm going to tell you a story.

This week's story comes from Marshall Day, a 19-year-old lifelong resident of Story County, Iowa.

Story County is located in what could be the bull's-eye of the state of Iowa.

98,56, Iowans live there amongst 574 square miles of freedom.

That's 171.7 people per square bough.

That's not too bad.

Everybody would have plenty of room,

and as long as you didn't run into that point seven, fella,

you'd probably be able to sleep good at night.

Anyway, in Marshall's words and my voice, here we go.

Recently, my dad and I applied for Colorado tags as a group.

We didn't draw the elk tags, but when the unclaimed tags came out,

there were some black bear tags available. We thought why not? It's cheaper than an elk. It sounds like a whole lot of fun. And after two days of driving, we made it to the National Park

campsite just down the road from where we had been spotting water holes on the

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