Ep. 44: Virginia Tuna, Cold Weather Tips, and Mountain Goat Eradication
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4.9 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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This week, Cal talks about the price of tuna, the Schmidt pain index, the difference between hunting and eradication, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live. |
| 0:05.0 | You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish |
| 0:09.3 | on a trot line? |
| 0:10.3 | Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll |
| 0:14.8 | be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever. |
| 0:20.0 | And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you |
| 0:29.3 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.3 | From me, Deter's world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review |
| 0:47.5 | with Ryan Cal Calan. |
| 0:49.9 | Now here's Cal. |
| 0:52.2 | Jake Hiles is both the unofficial new state of Virginia Bluefin tuna record holder after |
| 0:58.2 | catching a 708 pound bluefin tuna as well as the unofficial Robin Hood of the docks |
| 1:05.7 | or tuna hood, maybe Tsushi Giver Guy. |
| 1:10.2 | Anyway, what I'm saying is he gave the meat away. |
| 1:18.0 | The previous Bluefin record, 606 pounds was actually held by Hiles's now deceased friend |
| 1:24.8 | Chase Robinson. |
| 1:26.3 | Obviously this crew knows where the big fish like to be. |
| 1:29.7 | In order to take home the record, this massive haul of tuna meat could not be sold so |
| 1:35.7 | Hiles and his fishing partner Jeff Landis started carving and giving the meat away. |
| 1:41.9 | Bluefin tuna can cost anywhere from 20 to $200 a pound depending on the time of year. |
| 1:47.7 | And yes, there are some obsessive wealthy Japanese restaurant tours that like to make a |
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