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.

First Impressions There's not a lot of things more impactful or long-lasting than a first impression.

It is, after all, what we use as an initial reference for anything we remain in contact

with over a period of time.

There's no lead story this week.

The whole episode is a story and it's about a dog.

Some friends of mine have that just recently reinforced my need for patience

and maybe even a little fake.

Thank you. and maybe even a little fate. First impressions.

We all have first in our lives,

and the experiences can be as much philosophical and emotional as they are physical.

First impressions we get from an experience form the basis of how

that activity, person, or place, is perceived for the rest of our lives. I can't tell you how many

times I've talked to people who found out I was a duck hunter, only to hear, you're crazy. There's

no way I'd go out in the freezing weather and wait around in

the water for something that tastes like liver. I used to try to convince them that first,

if they were eating a duck that tasted like liver, they wasn't cooking it right. And second,

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