Southern Arizona is this particularly great spot where we're the southern most extent of a lot of

the American species and North American species and we're also the northern most extent of the

Mexican, you know, central American species and it all crosses over right here.

It feels like I've gone to a foreign country. Yeah, it feels exotic. It looks empty.

Oh yeah, looks completely void of animal life. I mean it's and everything down here wants to kill you.

Not a kill you but hurt you. The jack rabbits are legendary.

Seriously, these jack rabbits have swagger. Like yeah, they walk around, they bounce around with

attitude. Sam, what is your impression hunting, hunting these deer? Do you want me to be honest?

Yeah, totally. You should use a rifle. There was a crane, which by the way, oh my gosh.

Yeah, we got to talk a little bit about cranes. Oh my gosh. Crane is like my new favorite meat.

Hey, wait, there's like a monkey thing out here and he's like that's that's a quadimonday.

That thing came charging to the grass at me like it was on full attack.

This is growling. All right, folks, welcome to the Gritty Bowman podcast. We are in

beautiful Arizona and I am joined by Jonathan O'Dell from Arizona Fish and Game.

Arizona Game Fish. From Arizona Game Fish. The name matters.

But how come? Do you know what? It's so we actually have more game than fish.

And so that's why it leads. And so there's a very few state agencies that are game and fish versus

fishing game. And so everyone always misidentifies this is fishing game. So Wyoming is game and fish

and I believe New Mexico. Wow. South Dakota. South Dakota is one of those. Game fish and parks.

So yeah, I did not know that. Now folks, you have been learned, learned, we're starting to

educate. There's new topics every time. That's right. It's very educational. Yeah. And I'm

joined by my newfound friend Sam Soho, hunting partner extraordinaire. We have been like the duo

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