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Bear Grease

Ep. 282: Bear Grease Time Machine

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

We step back in time in this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast as host Clay Newcomb highlights some of his most memorable moments in the history of Bear Grease.  Relive interviews from Warner Glenn from Arizona, Brit Davis from eastern Tennessee, Stoney Edwards from Arkansas, Donnie Baker from Missouri, and a story from long hunter and author Frederick Gerstäcker on the tragic death of his friend and hunting companion Erskine.

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0:00.0

On this episode, released on Christmas Day, 2024, we're going back to revisit some iconic moments in the last three and a half years of the Bear Grease podcast.

0:16.0

When I thought about what moments stood out to me, I quickly just rattled off five right in a row

0:21.7

without really even thinking about it. So today, we're going to hear clips from Arizona

0:27.3

cowboy Warner Glen. We're going to hear from 90-year-old East Tennessee bear hunter Britt Davis.

0:34.8

It's number two. We're going to hear the account of Erskine's death in 1841 from a bear attack.

0:42.2

The fourth one, we're going to hear from Stony Edwards talking about the murder of his great

0:47.4

uncle Carl Edwards.

0:50.0

And lastly, we're going to hear a clip from the Donnie Baker episode.

0:55.2

Donnie's from Missouri.

0:56.9

And it's him talking about the moment that he illegally killed a 209-inch white tail.

1:04.4

It's like the Bear Grease Time Machine.

1:07.0

We're going to go back, and it's going to be a lot of fun.

1:10.5

And I really doubt that you're going to want to miss this one.

1:13.6

And while you're listening,

1:15.0

I'd like to ask a favor of you,

1:17.1

email us at bear grease at the meat eater.com

1:21.4

and tell us your favorite bear grease moment.

1:33.4

Music Bear Grease moment. My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is the Bear Grease podcast, where we'll explore things

1:39.4

forgotten but relevant.

1:41.4

Search for insight in unlikely places, and where we'll tell the story of Americans

1:47.0

who live their lives close to the land. Presented by FHF Gear, American-made, purpose-built, hunting

1:55.8

and fishing gear that's designed to be as rugged as the places we explore.

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