Welcome to this edition of Realty Rebels. I'm Chase Parm. And today I'm going to talk with Realty founder, Bill Jordan. We're going to go through a lot of stuff today with Bill. He was in Atlanta for Ole Misses Peach Bowl victory over Penn State. We'll talk about that week a little bit, what that means for the rebels moving forward. Some of the things that he learned there, we'll hit some other topics. And then I'm going to spend a lot of today's show on NASCAR. NASCAR has been a huge part of Realtry for a long time. Dale Earnhardt, one of Bill Jordan's best friends during his life, Richard Childress. Kevin Harbock. Kevin Harvick recently visited Bill, hunted on his property

for a little while around Christmas. That was kind of the impetus for this episode, but a lot of cool stories, a lot of neat things there with that. So I really want to dive into it. I want to see what Bill had to say about those topics and more. So we cover that, we cover some life stuff, cover a lot with Bill here on this episode. So I hope you'll check it out and enjoy it as we tell you every single time. Go to realtree.com. They've got tons of options. They got plenty of new items coming up all the time, still expanding and building that side of the website. We're going to have some cool stuff coming for you soon, I think, in partnership with RealTree as well.

But hey, look, it's not just a hunting brand, not just a fishing brand. It's a lifestyle brand. So they'll have something for you there. They've got great recipes. I've talked about the chili one all the time. I've done some other things with venison, even fruits for the different times of the year. So check out the recipes. got tons of options there on the website. Purchase something, pick something up. We know you can find something you'll love. That's realtree.com. So thanks to Bill for his time today. We're going to jump in with that now and get you another episode of RealTree Rebels. Here's RealTree founder and CEO, Bill Jerton. Bill, thanks for the time as always.

Love catching up with you.

We were looking at the weather, talking about the cold that's coming in here in a few days.

Just kind of curious to kick off, what's the coldest you've ever been hunting in?

What's the worst weather or the coldest weather you've been in out in the stand or the woods or whatever well i've never

been asked that publicly like you just asked on the private side uh i've been through all kind

of various weathers you know all my life especially hunting for our television show back in the day

but one of the coldest days i've ever had was in Kansas of all places after Christmas and it was

negative 18 and so trying to bow hunt uh in negative 18 uh as his own challenges in that particular

day here a few years ago uh I think the daytime high only got like three or four degrees the whole time.

So we made about three or four hours at minus 18.

We got out of the truck.

I tell people, I never knew that Chevrolet trucks ever had minus on the mirror, you

know, as far as a degree.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Never forget. I, Our camera guy, David Ward, he's sitting there and we get to where we're going to hunt, pitch black, dark. And I said, I want you to look at this up here on this mirror. It had minus 18, negative 18. So that was one of the coldest days, but I've had a lot of sub-zero and windy days, you know, in my hunting career. Can you feel the bow enough to execute in that weather? I mean, I obviously just playing sports. I know like I was a pitcher in high school, like playing holding a baseball or something would be very complicated. So what is it like with the fine motor skills of a bow at that point? No, it's a good question. All your muscles contracting. Obviously you got a lot of clothes which, you know, if you're, what if you're a pound pull, you're pulling with a bow, it becomes almost that much more complicated, you know, for us pulling it back. And, you know, some people, I've never had to do this, but might let three or four pounds off their bow,

you know, for as the drop, and they'll put the pool. But it does, it does affect you. And one thing that I learned early on, uh, bo hunting and cold weather, uh, even though you're not seeing deal, a lot times I'd reach with my bow and just pull it and stretch my arm, just about like warming up. you know, your legs are right before you throw a baseball.

So the bow is kind of the same way. I just kept, you know, two or three times an hour in a non-hunting situation. Maybe nothing was there. I just reach up, pull my bow back just to keep my muscles in tune with it. Have you been out much? Have you done much hunting this season so far?

You know, I really haven't.

You know, my daughter plays softball and we play in the fall here in Georgia.

And, of course, obviously she'll be at Ole Miss next year.

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