Ep. 459: Venison Thieves, Helicopter Hunting, and Very Old Birds
MeatEater Conservation
MeatEater
4.9 • 9.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, Cal covers a troubling case of a deer processor who stole venison that was supposed to go to charity, a rancher who allegedly stole an elk head, and the world's oldest bird.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, if you're in or around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and you live for hunting season, |
| 0:09.2 | you need to swing by the meat eater store in Milwaukee. |
| 0:13.0 | We're stocked wall to wall with the gear we actually use in the field. |
| 0:17.2 | First Light, FHF gear, Phelps game calls, and more. |
| 0:21.5 | You'll find us at the corners of Brookfield. |
| 0:24.8 | Whether you're gearing up for the season, dialing in a setup, or just want to talk |
| 0:28.5 | shop with people who love to hunt, this is your place. |
| 0:32.5 | That's the Meat Eater Store, Milwaukee, at the corners of Brookfield. |
| 0:37.6 | Stop in, get dialed, and get after it. |
| 0:50.7 | From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, |
| 0:54.6 | this is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan Cal Cal. |
| 0:59.6 | Here's Cal. |
| 1:02.2 | Next month, Cal's Week in Review, will turn seven years old. |
| 1:07.0 | That means we've officially reviewed 360 weeks and still going strong. |
| 1:13.6 | A little bit more gray hair, a little softer in the middle, but, you know, can still talk. |
| 1:19.3 | Feels like a long time. |
| 1:20.5 | Lots has changed since 2019, but one way of putting it in perspective is to consider that the show is still less than one-tenth |
| 1:28.8 | as old as wisdom, the Lazy's Albatross, who we covered back on the first episode |
| 1:35.1 | and who is the oldest known bird in the world at age 75. Wisdom has flown well over |
| 1:42.9 | three million miles since she was born. |
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