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Eating Wild
Hosted by three hunting and fishing buddies with a lifetime of culinary experience between them, Outdoor Journal Radio's Eating Wild podcast brings folks from all walks of life to the boat, tree stand, and kitchen to tell the stories and answer the questions around the pursuit and preparation of wild fish and game.
Eating Wild
Episode 52: Happy 1 Year Anniversary!
What happens when three friends take their passion for the outdoors and turn it into a successful podcast journey? After 52 episodes of Eating Wild, we're here to share our reflections, lessons learned, and some exciting announcements. Hookset reveals how he balances his busy schedule with his love for the podcast, while Lou, always the corporate dynamo with his signature slicked-back hair, updates us on his latest ventures. Siege is practically bursting with excitement about our one-year milestone and teases some big news just around the corner. Join us as we celebrate this significant achievement and talk about what it takes to produce engaging weekly content.
If you've ever wondered what it’s like to connect with listeners and build a vibrant community, you won't want to miss our heartfelt stories in this episode. From the rare but genuine smiles of Dan to the infectious positivity of Jay Siemens, we reminisce about the joys and challenges of our podcasting journey. Lou shares his initial doubts about starting the podcast, only to find incredible fulfillment in connecting with our audience and seeing fans sporting Eating Wild hats. Special shout-out to Chris "Showtime" Johnson, whose energy and dedication have been integral to our growth. This episode is packed with personal anecdotes and a deep appreciation for everyone who has been part of our journey.
Our adventures with expert fishing and hunting guides have been nothing short of exhilarating. We revisit our winter trip with Kyle Moxon and Simon, where we mastered the use of planer boards, and recount fishing lessons learned from Taro Murata. Even seasoned anglers like us find immense value in the expertise of guides, who introduce us to new spots and techniques. We also share memories of camaraderie and gourmet meals at the hunt camp, from Wagyu beef to venison tartare. With upcoming trips and fresh recipes on the horizon, this episode is a celebration of our shared passion for the outdoors and the unforgettable experiences we’ve created together. Don’t miss this special anniversary edition brimming with laughter, reflections, and excitement for what’s next!
Follow Eating Wild on Instagram! To reach out to the boys, drop us a line at eatingwild@odjradio.com
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Speaker 3:Here we go, folks. Welcome to another episode of the eating wild podcast. Whoo, I'd like to say first of all, this is our anniversary, our one year anniversary episode.
Speaker 3:I just want to take the time anniversary, happy anniversary say thank you birthday my co-host hooks at martin's top dog prayer showtime johnson boys, it's a. It's a landmark it's been 52 episodes. This is our one year on the day that we've been doing this and I just wanted to take the time to say thank you for joining me today, folks, and joining us. The boys, the Foreskins and I just couldn't get here without my four best friends in the whole world. Well, three best friends, I make four.
Speaker 4:You're your own best friend.
Speaker 3:Thanks, boys, for making the time on everyone's busy schedule to be here. We've got a great show lined up for our anniversary episode and I'm going to start with Hookset. Hookset, you had a really, really busy day today. I know it's been tough to get together the four of us, but we're here today, brother. And how you doing, man? You okay? Is everything okay? You busy? How you feeling, man?
Speaker 5:He looks like he's got a lot of gray hairs, that's for sure I have no hair man, it's all the alopecia got me.
Speaker 4:You got bit by the alopecia. Yeah, yeah, it's been very busy, but I love it. I love work. I love it. I love it Besides being home with the kids and family. I love work, love it.
Speaker 3:Well, you look good man. I know you got the alopecia and everything, but you look great, brother. You look like a hardworking man. That's what you look like I am. You're right, I sure do. You don't look like Lou, because, jesus, this guy looks gorgeous. Look at this guy.
Speaker 4:He looks good today. His hair slicked back, his hair slicked back Lou.
Speaker 3:You got to be. I mean, you're always busy man. What's going on?
Speaker 5:bro, I was in meetings today so I slicked back the hair Looks great.
Speaker 2:Corporate monkey and Siege. You just look like you're ready for war. Bud, what? What's going on? Oh, I'm ready, man, this is what dreams are made of my friend One year eating wild. Can you believe it? I hope there's a huge announcement today.
Speaker 3:That's what I'm looking forward to oh, here we go, yeah, well, there might be, there might be.
Speaker 5:There might be a couple.
Speaker 4:You know what I find? What's kind of interesting. How come people celebrate their 50th episode, 100th episode? No one celebrates their 52nd.
Speaker 3:That's a full year, isn't it? That's a year, man, it's a year.
Speaker 4:But have you ever seen anyone celebrate their 52nd episode?
Speaker 5:No, Sorry guys, I can't believe that we did 52 consecutive weeks of episodes. Yeah, dude, that's crazy. I'll be honest, at times it felt like a lot of work, but I'm glad we got here. I'm glad we got here. I'm glad we got here.
Speaker 4:Oh that's nice.
Speaker 2:Oh, thanks Lou. Where's your little violin that's?
Speaker 4:beautiful. I feel like he wants to rip my head off. I don't know why you guys ruined it. Louie just taking his earphones off, what's going on?
Speaker 2:Oh, why would he do that?
Speaker 3:He's out Listen, man, we're going to review, we're reviewing. This is what we're doing here today. And I'm going to start with myself and I'm going to pass the mic around the foreskins, and the question I have for you guys and everyone listening is what can you say? You know, being one year on this podcast, what was special? What did you learn? How do you feel? And I was special. What did you learn? How do you feel? And I'm going to start and I'm going to say the one thing that really jumps out to me 52 episodes in is, believe it or not.
Speaker 3:I was thinking about it all day. Today was the one episode that I actually wasn't here, and you I think it was Dan and Lou and Siege you were a part of that one too. You guys did an episode and I remember I was on set and I was working with Craig and I said those guys recorded an episode. I wasn't there, I was working and we put it on in the truck and I gotta say it was an amazing episode. You guys did a really good episode. It was. You guys were talking musky on lake st claire and the chirps you guys were throwing at me. I gotta say it was hilarious and I loved it and I think I took that with me because every time oneps you guys were throwing at me, I got to say was hilarious and I loved it, and I think I took that with me because every time one of you guys weren't here, I took the time to chirp both, all of you. Actually, I think I chirped Lou the hardest, but you know I felt like it was.
Speaker 5:How is this normal? How is this different from regular life?
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's always a chirp Sitting in the truck and they're like, yeah, where's Malaka? Oh yeah, he's having milk and cookies on his craft truck and blah, blah, blah and it was awesome to hear you guys. It's usually tummy aches isn't it Tummy aches or he's got the sniffles. I thought that was me, but Hookset man, it's been a year brother. What can you say, what can you take from this and your experience so far on the Eating Well podcast?
Speaker 4:It's definitely interesting. None of us has ever done anything like this before. Meeting different people was incredible. People we never thought we'd meet right and even know I don't know. It's just cool, right, just talking to people and all the experiences we had through the whole 52 weeks yeah, cool.
Speaker 3:What stands out to you the most? What memory do you have the most Because I think I have it for you, but I'm not going to say it what would be the highlight of what was so surreal for you with this podcast?
Speaker 4:Are you talking about, like throughout the year, the experiences we had, or just about the podcast?
Speaker 3:No about like the experience we had, like who we met, who you met or who you never thought you'd meet.
Speaker 4:There's two things that always stand out to me. For one is talking to Jim Miller, because the guy's an absolute beast, a10. And number two is the trade show at the Sportsman Show. Right, those are the two things that always stand out to me. Really, really cool, really really cool.
Speaker 3:One thing I got to add in there and CJ said it best there was a picture of you and I swear to God your smile was from and you don't smile much. Eh, he doesn't. Dan doesn't smile much, but there was a picture of me and Dan with Jay Siemens and we looked happy as shit At the show Boy. Was that a smile for Hookset? I don't think we were. He was so happy.
Speaker 2:T show boy. Was that a smile for hooks? That I don't think we were. He was so happy, tone, tone, tone always has a million dollar smile rocking. You know, you put him with anyone, he's got that smile. Dan, he's selective smiles so like I could? I always thought he was hiding his smiles because he had some jacked up teeth. The guy's got white pearls. I don't know why you're not showing them off and you didn't even pay for those like lues, here we go.
Speaker 4:No, that was great meeting Jay, because we watch the guy on YouTube all the time and the years of watching him and we got to meet the guy and to us he's kind of like, let's say, a celebrity like we see every day on set.
Speaker 3:But you were jacked up with a smile Cause you've been some pretty next to some pretty important people. But uh, jay Siemens, for you put the smile on your face.
Speaker 4:Yeah, isn't that weird, like we, we, we do big shows, reach or the boys, and I'm like, yeah, whatever it doesn't it doesn't phase.
Speaker 3:Great shows, by the way, log on, watch the credits, you'll see Hookset's name. But yeah, lou, I mean I got to jump in with you, man. I mean when we first started this podcast, I felt like there was a lot of questions. You weren't sure you were going to be able to commit. But you found time and I got to say, brother, me and you had some really good journeys going out to CanCast and the show. You really good journeys going out to CanCast and the show. You were there every day. You know when the doors opened to when the doors closed, and I got to say, man, it was great that you committed yourself to this.
Speaker 5:You know me, tone, when I get into something, I want to do it 100%. I don't want to half-ass it, right. And when we started this, let's be honest, we all thought it was a bit of a joke. We're all like we're actually doing a pod. Who are we to do a podcast, let's be honest?
Speaker 5:And then one thing led to another and we started getting real feedback from people and I think that was when I felt like, okay, we actually got something here, because the feedback that we got and the connections that we made everything from the young kid mowing my neighbor's lawn who started listening to the podcast, and every time he saw me from then it was, hey, top dog, how about this lure and how about that lure?
Speaker 5:And I'm going over here, I'm hunting over there. Time he saw me from then, it was hey, top dog, how about this lure and how about that lure? And I'm going over here, I'm hunting over there and and just sharing stories like that with people, that it just brought people closer together and and I feel like there's so many stories like that of people coming up to me and sharing their, their outdoor stories and and to me that was the best part, like, like, forget all. It's really cool, like I mean, we have great relationships with like Taro and Frank and there's so many guys in the fishing industry that we know Moose and great people too but it's like just the regular Joes that want to talk fishing and hunting and sharing their stories, and I've learned so many tips from so many other people as well, so that, to me, was the most special part of this.
Speaker 3:I remember. I remember you went to the Muskie was it the Muskie Odyssey show? And you called me. You're like dude, I just seen a guy wearing an eating wild hat. You remember that?
Speaker 5:Yeah, yeah, I was. I was parked, I was parking my truck and a guy was walking by. He just like, he bought a couple of rods and he had a bag of goodies and he was wearing an Eating Wild hat. Where'd he get the hat? Did you sign it for him? He was not far, but he was another row away. But I know our logo and I can spot it from a mile away and I'm like, oh, my goodness, that's so cool. I wish I made the effort to run over there and meet him, but I was still driving and uh and listen, we got.
Speaker 3:We got to give a shout out here to Showtime Johnson, because Showtime Johnson, what? Listen, man, we started the pod. Um, in the very in the very beginning. You were just a guest. You were a guest on the show. Man. It was, like you know, coming in the show the Chris Johnson. But Chris Johnson, our Chris Johnson.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah that's right and it was like. You know, you can't just be a guest Siege. You got to be, you got to be a co-host, you got to run. You've been running our social media, talking to our brand ambassadors, connecting with people every single day. You're always talking with somebody connecting with people every single day.
Speaker 5:You're always talking with somebody. What was it like for you? Sorry to interrupt, but Siege started out on the outside and I feel like he's more on the inside of this podcast than anyone else.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what's that expression? Once you think you're out, they pull you back in. Yeah, that's what you guys you're like oh, come on, be a guest, guest and then next thing you know and so. But yeah, I love it. I love, uh, contact, contacting potential guests and all that stuff, but my highlight tone I think it has to be a lot like, um, selfish reasons. I love when we pick people's brains, like the guides we have on the show, yeah, and then we get a chance to go on the water with them and see the techniques and you're always learning in the outdoors and to have the people like I mean even Amanda Lynn, mayhew, Like I mean we all have daughters except for Lou and to see role models like that for our daughters that you know they're not just the girlfriend in the guy's boat holding his fish taking a picture of it. You know what I mean it's.
Speaker 5:They're out there doing it and they're buddy, she's a role model for me, never mind yeah, so it's.
Speaker 2:It's amazing and, uh, what a ride, what a ride. And to do it with your best friends is it's. Uh, anyone have a clean up box?
Speaker 3:I'm kind of tearing up right now oh man yeah, jeez Kleene, we need a sponsorship right away.
Speaker 5:Showtime is losing it. And then there's Dan Doesn't care, don't care.
Speaker 2:Look at him, nofeelingscom. What are you guys talking about? Sorry.
Speaker 3:You mentioned a mandolin and we've had quite the female audience, which has been really cool, and I think it all started when we first connected with, you know, Chef Charlotte Langley. I think to me that was one of the biggest guests that we had, especially in the social media world, Because she's got how many followers? 50,000 or something like that.
Speaker 2:She kills it and her product, her brand and everything about her. It's hard to pick a favorite, right? Yeah, she's having a hard time. Come on, man bigger than jim miller, yeah, yeah. But then jim, cody, and then cody does it all. You know he's got that big fight tomorrow and it's just like speaking I can't, I can't, uh, you can't label, like your kids, who's your favorite.
Speaker 4:You know what I mean I treat every guest, you don't have my kids.
Speaker 2:You don't have a favorite kid.
Speaker 4:Oh, yeah, about that, luis does.
Speaker 3:He's not going to have to have a favorite kid. That's brutal man. What's wrong?
Speaker 5:with you. Oh, my goodness, I have a favorite kid for fishing. I'm going to have a favorite kid for partying.
Speaker 2:Oh, the best of both worlds man, that's right.
Speaker 5:Jonas likes to party, shabby likes to fish.
Speaker 2:That's a great combo and good answer. By the way, politically correct, it is perfect.
Speaker 3:We hit the road. We met some really cool people and Siege, you mentioned the guides and I think we took the opportunity with the podcast to go fishing with some of these guys. We connected with Kyle Moxon in the wintertime and, just going back to some episodes in the past, I can't believe like December was like seven months ago, six, seven months ago. We were talking to Kyle and it brought me you, and and Louise. We went out on the water with Kyle's friend, simon and I don't think we would have actually done that because we've talked about it so many times, but I think, having the podcast and we're thirsty for content and obviously we've always been following these guys on social media and we actually went out there.
Speaker 3:That was our first trip with a guide that was scheduled for the podcast and I got to tell you I learned a lot. We've never got to fish with planer boards before, which was pretty cool, and, uh, we were catching hogs out there and I gotta say that was probably one of the first um guiding experience. Because, again, we mentioned taro. We went out with taro too and we all thought that we were crappy masters, but I mean, I don't know, dan, you, you tell me because you're always the technical fisherman, you always seem like you know the gear and, yes, you did catch the biggest crappie of the year so far. But fishing with Taro do you feel like you know we, because you always talk about wanting to explore. Do you feel that you got that fix when we fished with Taro and you learned a lot more?
Speaker 4:Yeah, I think as good as anyone thinks they are, they should always have a guide. It's always a little bit extra. You always can learn more. Look at Tiger Woods golfing dude, he's still learning.
Speaker 3:You know what I'm saying. I think he's like top 15 today so far in the US Open.
Speaker 4:By the way, Just to throw that out there, love Tiger. But you can never stop learning, and these guides are guides for a reason they're professionals, they're experts and no matter what caliber you think you are, you can always have more right, and taro did. He helped us a lot. He showed us some spots we would never even think of going into and I'm happy for that. That's great, um, and I think we might do another one with taro later this month. Yeah, we're gonna hopefully hook up with him for musky and I can't wait for that too. And again, we think we know that certain lake that we're going to be fishing for musky with him, but I I can guarantee you he's going to show us spots that we'd be like no shot exactly I think it's like what you put your blinders on right.
Speaker 2:We always have our blinders on and we don't. How many times have we sight fished for crappy before?
Speaker 4:never, I wouldn't even know that was a thing.
Speaker 5:No, yeah, and I know where are you guys fishing with taro scug Georgian.
Speaker 2:Bay Scugog doesn't even have musky man. What are you talking, or do they? They got pencils right.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Bunch of losers Need a guide for Scugog.
Speaker 5:Look at you Come on man.
Speaker 3:What's your problem? What the hell is your problem? You know what, luke? Let me ask you this Honestly would fishing guide or a bass fishing guide on Georgian Bay, as much as you popped the hell out of them last year, and I'm sure you're about to do that this year, would you even take the time to take a guide out there?
Speaker 5:Absolutely, absolutely, sure, sure. I got some really good fish the last couple of years, but I don't I'm not going to admit that I know what I should know on Georgian Bay. I feel like to be honest. Anybody, at whatever career they're at in fishing whether you're a brand new novice or you're a seasoned vet I think for every species of fish, at some point in your life you should get a guide, because I've never met anyone that has gotten a guide and regretted it. They have never not become a better fisherman or fisherwoman after fishing with a guide.
Speaker 5:Now there are people out there that say that they're guides and maybe they're not really. So you got to vet them and talk to people in the fishing industry and do a little bit of research. But you know, to be honest, listen to guys like us. We know a lot of people in the industry. We've gone fishing with some people and we can tell you fish with Taro Murata, fish with Simon Barth, fish with Kyle Moxon. You're going to get in the water and you're going to learn a lot and it's just going to make you better. So, absolutely, I would love to go on Georgian Bay with someone to teach me the ropes on smallies.
Speaker 4:The portion or the little section of Georgian Bay that Luis fishes all the time. That is a fraction of Georgian Bay, man, yeah, like a tiny little spot. Minuscule, minuscule, little fraction is a handful of spots. Put it this way Luiziana Bass Tournament in Georgian Bay will get blown out of the water. Put it that way 100%.
Speaker 5:No way man.
Speaker 4:Yeah, maybe not Luiz, but yeah, because there's a boatload of spots that we don't even know about. And who's going to take you there? A guide, yeah, right.
Speaker 5:Yeah, this past week. I'm like buddy, I can't wait for you guys to come up, because I just found another new spot for smallies. I'm looking at the GPS and we're fishing for crappie or fishing for pike, and all of a sudden boom, you get smashed by a smallie. It's like whoa, I didn't expect this here. And why are they here Now? Are they going to be there? In a week from now We'll see. But that's the game, right, this here. And why are they here Now? Are they going?
Speaker 4:to be there in a week from now. We'll see, but that's the game, right? That's. Another big thing, too is where are they in a week from now? We have a certain spot on Skugog that we fish all the time for smallies. Are they still there? Where did they go? When did they leave? You know what I'm saying? These are all things that guides will be like. No guys, the water changed to this temp. The weeds are this length, whatever color they are, you need to fish this side, right, right, and that's stuff we don't know.
Speaker 3:Well, we, um, we also. We also in the beginning of the eating wild podcast. You know I'm thinking back to some of the earlier guests that we had and we got to mention coach and gags because you know, one of the first, one of the first guests we had was coach and it was it was right I believe it was close to the hunting season opening. I don't know if it was for waterfowl first and then it was deer after, and we were talking about it and even even learning more about hunting. And you know we went out for turkey for the first time this year. We weren't successful, but you know, we got our feet wet and thinking back talking with coach and you know, I don't know how it is for you guys, but for me I feel like after talking to coach, I'm a perfect example.
Speaker 3:Listening to the hooks that takes all the time about. You know, one of the things was taking care of your gear. Look at me my gun, my, my weather bee is is screwed because I can't take that choke out and I brought it to a gun shop and they can't even take it out. So it needs some major work. But just things like that made me realize and learn more.
Speaker 3:Uh, on the hunting perspective of things and you know, and also having the people on to talk about harvesting and food and recipes and drinks and this, and that I feel like going back to the early days of eating wild. That was also a huge part of our show and the growth of us as hunters as well. Siege you, you know you were always one that you know was into shooting at the gun ranges and stuff like that before we got into the hunting, and would you say that you learned a lot as well just hanging out with Coach and Gags and having the property up there and for us getting together now it's another trip. The hunting is a big part of it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we're sleeping on Gags here and Gags is, hands down, I think, the best guide on nipissing Right and we are fortunate enough to God, I want to say, not grow up with them, but we kind of did Like you know, we didn't live in North Bay or Calendar, but we've had him in our back pocket for so many years. And then he introduces to his cousin and his cousin's great stick fishing but lights out hunter and we've had these mentors and that's what I was going to touch on as well. I know we get guides every now and then with with fishing and it's great, but we really have to, as um, a squad of us is. We got to start getting guides for hunting. I know amanda lynn wants to take us out one time. We got to do that too. There's's so much to learn, man, there is so much to learn.
Speaker 5:Yeah, and I think that's the beauty of this. That's the beauty of this. I mean, look, none of us claim to be pros and everyone listening. I think that's why they. Well, yeah, Dan thinks he's the best at everything.
Speaker 2:He is man. He's gorgeous, by the way, Gorgeous.
Speaker 5:No hair down.
Speaker 4:Okay, it's a disease man.
Speaker 2:Oh man, Isn't that like Jada the Pink or whatever Smith?
Speaker 5:That happened to her. I heard about a slap. Don't talk about my wife, man, yeah, get your wife's name out of my mouth.
Speaker 2:Okay, sorry, man.
Speaker 3:No, you know you're right, luke, go ahead, we're not pros I got it?
Speaker 5:No, but that's why people love listening to our stuff because we're goofs sometimes and we make mistakes, but we're keeping it real. We're loving what we're doing and we learn with every single trip and we got to make the effort to do more of this stuff. And fish and hunt with pros is great Sometimes. Look, we can't afford to do that every weekend. That's not normal. But getting out there and getting those tips from them but just keep going and keep learning, that's the most beautiful part of what we do outdoors.
Speaker 2:Go ahead, Siege. It's the same with the podcast. You guys know me, I'm not a bunch or a foodie. I love eating food, but after hanging out with you boys, the food, the food that we put out where I think we're sleeping on that too Right. Like I mean, we have Lou and I are fortunate to have two great chefs in our back pockets, and that has a lot to do with our podcast as well.
Speaker 5:Like I mean, hell, you're talking like I don't do anything. What are you talking about?
Speaker 2:You're the drink guy.
Speaker 3:You're anything. What are you talking about? Well sometimes you're the drink guy. You're the drink guy. You know what I'm telling you. Right now we're at the hunt camp. Lose on that barbecue bud. I don't tell you what we had. Uh, who's the best sous chef here there? There was times at the hunt camp chef before you guys came up, me and lou were getting popped at the hunt camp me, him and, and uncle chinks. And uncle chinks is a different story. We'll get into that guy in other podcasts, but I'll tell you right now I'm pretty sure we had some Wagyu beef a casa.
Speaker 3:We sure did. I think Uncle Chinks might have had his shirt off at that point playing the guitar, but I do have pictures, I can back it up. Lou is the sous chef. We also had some sardines.
Speaker 2:We also had some venison tartare.
Speaker 3:That's another story we can get into. But yeah, man, no cooking. I know that's what Dan and I we're basically that's what we do every day. We're around food, whether you're cooking or you're ordering the food. It's one of those things where it's a huge part of what we do every single day. And to turn it into the outdoors look we go on our trips single day. And to turn it into the outdoors Look we go on our trips. You know, sometimes I feel like when Dan brings the suitcase full of food, we're also going home with more. For some reason, I feel like when we're cleaning out the fridge, the suitcase is just as full as when it came back because we were always.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and we're leaving a lot for gags too. He gets excited. It's like boys.
Speaker 4:That's my favorite part.
Speaker 2:He's just leaving it up there for them. I love that, yeah, and he'll text us later in the week.
Speaker 5:He'd be like thanks guys, thanks again for leaving this and the whole family's eating it, right? They always send us home with with bear meat and jams and this and that too. So that's, that's the best part, it's the least we can do, man.
Speaker 3:But you know, we gotta, we gotta. We're looking forward now, like this is our one year anniversary and there's been lots of stories shared, but obviously we've all talked about um, making new memories. You know, hopefully the four of us can spend more time together and I think we've we've done a great job. This podcast has kind of not forced us, but actually gave us the excuse to go out there. And you know, I think it even started when I'm not sure which four of us were together. On this, you guys can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was Dan and Lou and we went to the pheasant farm together. Was it the three of us, or was that with CJ?
Speaker 4:We did two right.
Speaker 3:We did two trips.
Speaker 2:Two trips. One Dan couldn't make it and we went to Exeter. That was the first one.
Speaker 3:we went on Right with angelo and angela great guy and not case, oh my god yeah that one, and then you guys did one in the port perry region that's right, and I and that, again, was one of those things where, yes, we wanted to hunt for pheasant for the first time. I know it was guided and it was at a farm, but things like that. Looking, looking ahead, you, dan, can you say that there's something on your bucket list that you're looking forward to doing this year, whether fishing, hunting, food, a recipe you want to try, or harvesting something? What can you say that you want to do more of this year? And if it's the Eating With the Eating Wild podcast, or even for you personally, what is it that you're looking forward to in the next 52 weeks, bro?
Speaker 4:I do want to go back to the pheasant farm because that was so much fun and then we can do a lot of cool things with the pheasant meat after. Right, I do want to get a turkey in the fall. That is because we didn't get one in the spring. Yeah, we almost. Well, we've seen drop shot, missed it, drop shot yeah, we gotta talk to him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's embarrassing that completely yeah, good, good stuff I talked to drop shot and I guess you guys in the blind, the turkey blind, were a little bit too much are you crazy.
Speaker 3:can I just say something? Dan, for the longest time wanted to pop his turkey with his crossbow and I'm gonna bring this up and gags. If you're listening, don't get mad at me. I hate the fact that when people tell us that we can't do something when it's our first time, okay, and the only reason why I'm bringing this up, because we fight with gags every september or october, because we want to sit together in the blind.
Speaker 3:Now, I understand holding hands. I am a blind listen man. Understand, we talk about this all the time. I understand that. You know our chances are way better. We split up. There's a big property, there's 170 acres there. Let's split up. And one of us are going to see a deer. It happens, I know, lou, it took a couple of years before you even seen one, but you were by yourself when you opened your eyes and there was about you know 10 does sitting, you know, on your property, right, and you were freaking out. But when Dino said that Dan shouldn't have brought in his crossbow, dan, I know, right away you're like yeah, okay, but I'm doing it anyways. Yeah, yeah, but do you guys agree with me?
Speaker 5:Like, if you feel like… he was right and Dan knows he was right, yeah, but if Dan was, by himself in the blind, not with three other dudes 100% in a six-by-six blind he would have used. Obviously, but Dan also knew that we were all going together, so Right, so what I did was. I brought both. He's what the Italians call testa dura. What I did was out of a car.
Speaker 2:Is that a?
Speaker 4:car. It's a moped Siege. Oh, okay, yeah, it's a moped.
Speaker 5:No, he's a little hard-headed sometimes man.
Speaker 2:I think the issue was when you're in the turkey blind, wasn't? When we're duck hunting? Duck hunting, I guess, is a lot different than turkey hunting. Turkeys are very spooky. When we're duck hunting we're chirping. You know they're flying over us, but I think it doesn't help that you had pneumonia, don't.
Speaker 4:I think that was laryngitis.
Speaker 2:Laryngitis.
Speaker 5:That was the biggest problem. That was the biggest problem. Don't give me that shit. It was not the crossbow, it wasn't Dan trying to. There was nine of them. There was nine birds in front of us at one point.
Speaker 3:Nine of them. There was nine birds in front of us at one point. Nine of them. We counted them, listen.
Speaker 5:Dino was calling them in. The broads were dumb and the dudes never came, for a reason, okay.
Speaker 3:Well, so you're saying the dudes were scared to get laryngitis. What's your problem? The dudes were smart.
Speaker 4:I did realize there wasn't room with my crossbow. That's why I brought my shotgun. I that's why I brought my shotgun and I left the crossbow behind the blind. I didn't bring it in. Yeah, yeah, I clearly see there was no room.
Speaker 3:Talk about this. Okay, so let me ask you this Wouldn't Lou love to have you, Dan, sit next to him when a big buck comes into his stand? I don't know if Lou would love it, but I'd love it.
Speaker 4:You'd love it, and you always say I just want.
Speaker 3:But the guys that have been doing this a long time, and especially guys, because God bless them he wants us to pop so bad. Yes, he's a guy in blood. It's in his blood, whether it's fishing or hunting.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he wants us to get bucked down and to experience that he gets popped when we get anything Exactly, I understand, but there is the feeling of sharing an experience with your best bud or your cousin, your primo or the Cracker Jack Showtime Johnson. I would love the pop. You know what? I'm going to just say this. When I first got my buck and my heart was popping out of my chest and I hit it and it was raining and I couldn't find the blood. And then when I texted the group and Lou was, I swear Lou was down his stand I lost my mind. I heard the bike start in the distance and he came over with the buck bottle and Gags met me there. Yes, the. I have that memory for the rest of my life. I know my first buck. I have it. Dan, you got your buck. You were by yourself, but what if we were sitting together it?
Speaker 4:would have been exciting as hell.