Episode 322: Kevin Estela Talks to USFS Law Enforcement Officer, Eric Franke
Fieldcraft Survival
FieldCraft Survival
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🗓️ 18 November 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
USFS Law Enforcement Officer joins Fieldcraft Survival Director of Training Kevin Estela to discuss working in the Forestry Service, loading out your vehicle, the reasons for coyote hunting, and more. Franke describes what to expect if applying for the job, a typical day on patrol, and some of his favorite spots in the Ashley National Forest. The two also discuss a common friend, retired Colonel Freddie Blish.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on guys, welcome to the FieldCraftsRoll podcast. |
| 0:26.6 | You know, we're going to do something different today. Normally when I do these podcast advertisements, |
| 0:30.4 | I don't have the guests in the studio with me or if they are in the studio with me, |
| 0:34.1 | they're kind of just looking at me funny when I'm talking about Black Raffle Coffee and |
| 0:37.0 | I'm talking about SIG because sometimes, you know, maybe they don't have experience with |
| 0:41.0 | one or the other, but this guy that I've got in front of me who's also going to be the |
| 0:44.0 | guest on the actual podcast, not just the ad space, he shot SIGs before and he's currently |
| 0:50.2 | drinking Black Raffle Coffee. So I've got Eric Frankie with me. He's a good buddy of mine. |
| 0:53.8 | He's a US Forestry Service law enforcement and he's drinking some coffee. So what do you got there? |
| 0:59.6 | I've got some AK blend. You got some AK blend. Yeah guys, if you don't know, AK blend is a good |
| 1:06.6 | Black Raffle Coffee. It falls somewhere between the silence or smooth, which is the lightest blend |
| 1:12.1 | and then the murdered out. You're drinking it straight up black? No, I got a little bit of the, |
| 1:17.0 | I think it's Chibani sweet cream in it. Real, it's delicious. It is. It is. It is. You know, |
| 1:24.5 | Jack Carr likes his coffee with honey. I might have to try that sweet cream, but you know, I'm trying |
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| 1:36.7 | in Salt Lake City. If you want to swing by there, you can pop in. They'll make you a cup of coffee |
| 1:40.7 | that'll allow you to do magical things. Their coffee is pretty damn strong, especially when they |
| 1:45.9 | brew it in front of you. Or you can just go blackrafflecoffee.com. Use our coupon code Kraft15, |
| 1:51.7 | and that'll get you 15% off of your orders. Certain things you're not going to be able to get, |
| 1:56.4 | like some of the ready-to-drink cans, which have you tried those before this? Yeah. |
| 2:00.3 | That's normally my go-to for travel. Is it really? Yeah. Yeah, it's convenient that you don't have |
| 2:05.5 | to brew it. They taste pretty damn good. You know, we take them to all the events that we go on, |
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