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Bear Grease

Ep. 426: This Country Life - Bear, Brent, and Coon-Kabobs

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.97.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode discusses a two-hundred-year-old fable about coon hunting in Arkansas and a seemingly impossible task. The lessons are flying around like the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Get comfortable and check out what's happening on MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, if you're in or around Milwaukee, Wisconsin and you live for hunting season, you need to swing by the meat eater store in Milwaukee.

0:08.6

We're stocked wall to wall with the gear we actually use in the field, first light FHF gear, Phelps game calls, and more.

0:17.2

You'll find us at the corners of Brookfield. Whether you're gearing up for the season,

0:22.2

dialing in a setup, or just want to talk shop with people who love to hunt, this is your place.

0:28.2

That's the Meat Eater Store, Milwaukee, at the corners of Brookfield. Stop in, get dialed,

0:35.4

and get after it.

0:41.4

Music Stop in, get dialed, and get after it. Welcome to this country life.

0:43.6

I'm your host, Brent Reeves.

0:45.7

From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living,

0:49.3

I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons.

0:53.8

This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eat

1:00.0

Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer.

1:06.0

All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate.

1:09.9

I've got some stories to share.

1:15.8

Bear, Brent, and Coon Cababs.

1:19.7

From an article about a coon hunt that was published

1:22.7

194 years ago to one I actually went on last night.

1:28.6

There's a common thread between them.

1:31.6

Chasing masked midnight marauders with hounds is older than this nation.

1:36.7

And in a narrative that played out when all of America was still east of the Mississippi

1:40.9

River, our story begins with the protagonist,

1:44.7

setting on a limb,

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