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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 430: D.C., Dumb Poachers, and a Wild Night on Public Land

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal tackles a positive development out of our nation's capital, a controversial wolf cull, the world's dumbest salmon poachers, and a voicemail message you won't want to miss.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:06.1

This season on Blood Trails, each story begins with a hunter stepping into the wild, but not all of them come back.

0:13.4

I'm Jordan Sillers, a journalist with over a decade of experience investigating stories about hunting, fishing, guns, and crime.

0:20.7

Join me as we track the truth through tangled cover and cold case files,

0:24.3

where every trail tells a story, and every story leaves its own trail of blood.

0:30.2

Blood trails. Listen now on Spotify.

0:32.5

Music From Meat-Eater's World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, this is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan Cal-A.

0:53.3

Here's Cal.

0:55.6

I'm no fan of artificial intelligence, mostly because of all the water and energy it needs

1:02.0

to operate, which is substantial. It's already an issue. It will become a bigger issue. Pay attention.

1:09.5

But now we have another reason to be skeptical of the

1:13.1

technology that will supposedly change the world as we know it. Several states are reporting

1:17.5

that hunters are getting in trouble for relying on AI-powered answers to questions about

1:22.7

hunting regs. Up in Idaho, a duck hunter got in trouble because an AI bot told him the season started a day earlier than it actually did.

1:30.3

The wardens found that the search gave him an answer that pulled information from a failed proposal,

1:35.5

not the agency's final decision or its regulations book.

1:39.6

Wyoming Game and Fish also told local media that they're concerned about hunters relying too heavily on

1:45.0

Google or chat GPT before going out into the field. An agency spokesperson told the Cowboy State Daily

1:51.5

that they've noticed AI generating incorrect answers about fish and game regulations, and they

1:56.8

encourage hunters to consult the official rulebook or just call and ask. I know I'm speaking to the

2:02.3

choir here, but I thought this PSA might be useful. Also, if you've ever had trouble figuring out

2:08.2

how to hunt or fish without breaking the law, if it feels wrong, it probably is. Supercomputers

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