Many of you been asking Papa Bear, why aren't you doing any solo episodes anymore?

Well, you ask for it.

Here we go.

Hey everybody. Welcome back. Yes, I'm doing a solo episode after four or five, well I guess about a four month hiatus trying a little different program approach here

I was bringing people on to do tips and I will continue to do that because it's fun and I like

those short interviews where we can just keep them strictly informative so we can give you information

it will help enhance your outdoor experiences and keep you safe hopefully.

But many of you have been sending me messages asking about the solo episodes and I'm touched it. Many of you even miss them. Because the truth is, I stop doing them because I find them boring. I put myself to sleep doing these

episodes. I don't know. I just thought they were boring and maybe you wanted something else.

But hey, whatever, I'm back. Here I am. And again, thank you.

It's flattering that so many of you

missed the solo episodes.

So here we go.

I thought I would very appropriately start this solo episode off with what I call my annual

rant about dog poop.

Somebody posted a picture just the other day about here we are. It's the snow's melting

and we're starting to see the poop bags. Dog owners, could you please leave no trace okay it applies to your animals as well

I know most dog owners I can't say I know but I'm going to say that I'm going to assume

Most dog owners are following this principle

Nobody's ever told me they don't but who would admit that they are that person that tosses their dogs

poop bag into the woods or just leaves it by the side of the trail. I'm not sure

that's something anybody's going to own up to. I'm not going to say, hey, I'm going to give that Persian credit because they're doing the right thing and they're cleaning up after their dog.

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