Ep. 335: This Country Life - Ticks
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
It’s creepy crawly season in most places and that means, among other things, that ticks are on the prowl. Aside from staying indoors, there’s really no avoiding these obnoxious little parasites. Brent’s talking about a time 20 years ago when they were at nightmarish levels and so bad, in fact, that he got sick from a bite! With the potential threat of the many diseases and illnesses that ticks bring, Brent's giving an overview of how to deal with these stinkers to help both you and your dogs. Grab a partner because it's time to check for ticks on MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves. |
| 0:09.1 | From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while |
| 0:14.0 | as I share my experiences and life lessons. This country life is presented by Case Nives on |
| 0:20.6 | Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast the airways have to offer. |
| 0:27.3 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 0:31.2 | I've got some stories to share. |
| 0:39.6 | Ticks. Ticks. Hmm, ticks. |
| 0:45.2 | Ticks. I can't think of a creepier topic to talk about other than rats and a dang sure ain't talking about them. And I don't know which I hate worse, but this time |
| 0:50.4 | of year where I live, they are an issue we deal with daily. I'm going to tell you about |
| 0:56.4 | some stuff I learned while prepping for this podcast, but first I'm going to tell you something |
| 1:00.4 | I learned the hard way with this story. |
| 1:09.7 | That turkey season wasn't especially warm, cool, or anything really that stood out one way or the other weather-wise. |
| 1:17.7 | It was just another spring turkey season, and I was doing my dead-level best to keep the wild turkey population of Missouri and Arkansas in Czech. |
| 1:27.7 | I was doing some filming with a friend of mine, the friend I talked about in |
| 1:31.2 | episode 321 entitled West 1 Bob Zero. |
| 1:35.7 | Bob was the guy who I was filming with and who was my initial mentor over filming |
| 1:40.5 | hunts. |
| 1:41.8 | Now, he shuns the spotlight now, and as I explained in that episode, I referred |
| 1:46.1 | to him as Bob, which isn't his name. And I offer that info only because I don't want you |
| 1:52.8 | wondering why I didn't include his last name. Bob doesn't have a last name. He's a man of |
| 1:58.1 | intrigue and mystery, much like the sudden onset of terribleness I felt |
| 2:03.4 | after returning to Arkansas from a trip with him in Missouri. That trip was etched in my mind, |
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