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

From 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 the airways have to offer.

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

I've got some stories to share.

Working at Meat Eater People often ask, and I love telling the story of how I wound up working at Meat

eater and what it's like.

It's been a long journey that started many moons ago, and I'm going to tell you all about it.

But first, I'm going to tell you a story.

I was contacted by a regional hunting show from South Carolina back around the turn of the

century, which used to mean a long time ago, and I guess

it's starting to again. But anyway, the host of the show was originally from Arkansas.

He had a cousin he grew up with that was still here, and he contacted him about finding

someone to guide him and a cameraman on a film duck hunt.

The cousin worked with me at the sheriff's office in El Dorado, Arkansas, and made the introduction.

He and his cameraman came out for three days of hunting in the flooded green timber.

We had a great hunt.

I made friends with both of them, but I was

mostly interested in what was going on behind the camera and in front of it. I saved up and bought a

Sony PD 170 camcorder that recorded onto many DV tapes, and at the time, it was the industry standard for outdoor video.

I remember the day the UPS man dropped it off at the house.

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