Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with Meadeater's new podcast, This Country Live.

You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish

on a trot line?

Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll

be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever.

And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know.

Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever

you get your podcast.

Welcome back to Cutting the Distance.

September is now well in our review mirror and beagles are view and far between if any

at all.

But that means we're in the thick of general mildew seasons in most places and the

rough just about ready to kick in here at the end of October.

Today's guest grew up down the road in Scopus, Oregon.

He spent a lot of time hunting blacktail deer and Roosevelt off with his dad growing up

and he was able to take some really nice blacktails over the years and he feels that this

is where he kind of fell in love with deer hunting.

Throughout college, Duke didn't get to hunt as much due to college support.

He was a wrestler and a long distance runner at University of Oregon.

Once they cut the wrestling program, he decided to move over to Eastern Oregon and that's

where he was able to spend a lot more time in the mountains pursuing a meal deer.

It was there where he really got hooked on meal deer and had the opportunity to work

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