Ep. 391: Border Patrol

The MeatEater Podcast

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 37.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Summary

Steven Rinella talks to Richard Fortunato, Charles Trost II, James Searl, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: Pistol packing bagpipe players; the U.S. Border Patrol's role in public land and critter management; Jani's daughter's incredible turkey gobbling skills; the time when Steve and Jani got pulled over by Border Patrol; wild horses; establishing base truth; darting eyes and deception; templing; HR concerns; speaking Yiddish on The MeatEater Podcast; picking up your poop with your bare hands under threat; the Makushi story about the disappearance and reappearance of the white-lipped peccary population; why pronghorns and dogs smell like Fritos; operating between ports of entry; what you can't bring back from Canada; when do you know that you've crossed the border?; making a meaningful entry; the Tick Riders; big ass blimps; monitoring critters with Border Patrol surveillance cameras; skilled at tracking; carrying diamonds across the Boundary Waters; wildlife smuggling; the pronghorn roundup; and more.

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1:05.2	All right everybody we got the room packed with apparently it's packed with
1:10.9	pistol pack and bagpipe players.
1:12.6	I know you guys play bagpipes but you guys I'm assuming you pack pistols that work.
1:19.2	Yes sir, pistol pack and bagpipe players. Yeah okay, why don't you introduce yourselves.
1:24.2	My name is Rich Fortunato I'm the acting Chief Patrol agent of the
1:26.7	Havyr Sector Border Patrol Sector. I want to say that real slow.
1:30.2	Rich Fortunato the acting Chief Patrol agent of the Havyr Sector Border Patrol Sector.
1:35.4	So you're patrolling the Northern border?
1:37.9	I'm patrolling. Actually the the AOR for Havyr Sector is Montana east of the continental divide.
1:44.8	Idaho east of the continental divide Utah Colorado and Wyoming.
1:49.2	So we we're we're we do work throughout that entire area.
1:53.0	Colorado I hope you catch them before they
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