Ep. 887: The Lizards Went Down to Georgia, Securing Hunting Rights in Colorado, and Big Ol' Lake Trout
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🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella and the MeatEater crew discuss: Georgia's Argentine tegu problem with Daniel Sollenberger of the Georgia DNR; the Centennial State's fight for constitutional hunting rights with Dan Gates of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management; the Trump administration's opening of wildlife refuges to hunting; giant trout in Lake Superior; and more.
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| 0:32.0 | ladies and gentlemen this week we've got the state of georgia playing hardball with some big |
| 0:37.3 | ass lizards that they don't want |
| 0:38.8 | run a wild. The Interior Department opens up a metric shit ton of hunting and fishing opportunities |
| 0:45.0 | around the country, but what exactly is an opportunity? Colorado outdoorsman might have a chance |
| 0:52.2 | to take the offensive against anti-hunting efforts in the |
| 0:56.2 | Johnny Denver state. A Minnesota guide keeps beating his own lake trout records and what's up with that? |
| 1:02.6 | But first, I'll tell you what's first is Bill Tong. You ever made Bill Tong? I've not. Made |
| 1:07.5 | jerky. I'm assuming it's close. It's like a cousin. Not a close. It's a second cousin. What? The making of is different how? Well, you take, you don't slice it. You know what you make a jerky? You slice jerky. Bill Tong, you get a chunk. Kier it, hang up the chunk, wait until it's kind of dry and then slice it. |
| 1:43.9 | And it's gooey in the middle. Hmm. Here. It's so good. This is a sample piece that I'm making. So I'm just trying to figure it out because I'm just hanging in my garage. It is soft in the middle. So I'm just hanging this in my garage by Trappers wire. I got him hanging all over the damn place. |
| 1:45.4 | Pass one of those down to Cran there. |
| 1:46.1 | Thank you. B-I-L-L-T-O-N-G. So I'm just hanging this in my garage by Trappers'Wire. I got them hanging all over the damn place. |
| 1:45.4 | You're past one of those down to Cren there. |
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