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Guaranteed Human.

We still cut trees down by hand.

We still hand cut.

It's still work.

But, I mean, what we do now, it ain't nothing like what it used to be.

If you think about the industries that made America, it would be hard to argue that the

logging industry was among the most influential in making this country. Wood built this place.

This episode is a fresh look at some modern loggers. Friends of mine, as a matter of fact,

good friends.

This is a story about the inherent danger in the logging profession.

These guys share their own experiences, but they'll share accounts of others they knew who were killed on the job.

This is a biographical piece on one family of loggers in the Ozarks of Newton County, Arkansas, with the last name, Velines.

And hey, Bear John Nucum and I are starting a new Bear Greece YouTube channel. As a matter of fact, it's the old bear hunting magazine YouTube channel. We just

changed the name and we're having some completely new content. We're going to have a weekly

content on there and the first piece drops on February the 11th. You can do us a huge favor

by going over and checking it out. Going to be a ton of fun.

Music by going over and checking it out. Gonna be a ton of fun. My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is the Bear Grease podcast, where we'll explore things forgotten but relevant, search for insight and unlikely places, and where we'll tell the story of Americans

who live their lives close to the land.

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Point your toes west. Have you ever been hurt bad logging?

I have not. I broke my foot. I've been hung up a time or two. Got my arm hung up.

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