Ep. 446: This Country Life - Reckless Abandon and Divine Intervention
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.9 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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It’s time for Brent’s annual Alabama turkey hunt with Reed Barganier. Just like most of Brent’s projects there's no shortage of calamity and adventure. This one is no different. Shots have been fired so get comfortable and let’s see how he fared.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves. |
| 0:09.1 | From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons. |
| 0:17.2 | This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer. |
| 0:29.3 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 0:33.2 | I've got some stories to share. |
| 0:38.5 | Reckless Abandoned and Divine Intervention. |
| 0:42.6 | The trip I have waited on since last April took place last week. |
| 0:48.4 | It's a homecoming of sorts for me with those folks down there in Fort Deposit, Alabama. |
| 0:52.9 | And since we were going to film it this year as part of a special film that's going to be coming out next year about a brown and shotgun, I was hoping it was going to be something special. |
| 1:04.0 | Had a feeling it would be. |
| 1:05.8 | I had no idea it was going to turn out like this. |
| 1:08.9 | Let's get started. |
| 1:16.7 | Okay. is going to turn out like this. Let's get started. My now annual trip to Alabama is in its second year. |
| 1:20.9 | It's a hunt I look forward to not just for the excellent turkey hunt, but more so for the fellowship and the camaraderie |
| 1:27.8 | that you just can't get from texts and phone calls |
| 1:31.4 | or FaceTime meetings with folks that you like. |
| 1:34.8 | Nothing compares to sharing a space with good friends |
| 1:37.7 | with no distractions like a turkey hunt can generate. |
| 1:42.7 | Reed Bargeneer is the mind behind Reed's piano news on Instagram, a talented musician |
| 1:49.3 | with a great sense of humor who puts to music the calamity and folly of people who find |
| 1:55.0 | themselves in precarious situations either by their own ineptitude or as hapless victims of circumstance. |
| 2:03.3 | Only the good Lord knows what's taken place in his mind. |
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