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Trivia Night Challenge 5 ! Ken And The Crews Wild Test Of Knowledge, Test Your Skills!
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What animals can you hunt during the hot summer months when many seasons are closed? Ken Marr and friends tackle this question through a lively summer trivia competition that reveals fascinating facts about year-round hunting opportunities.
Discover which state has the largest alligator population (hint: it's not Florida!), and learn about hook-and-line methods for catching these prehistoric predators. The team dives into wild hog populations across America, with Texas leading the pack at a staggering 3 million feral pigs. You might be surprised to learn that those "gophers" plaguing farmland are actually Richardson ground squirrels!
The conversation reveals little-known facts about coyote distribution across North America, exotic hunting opportunities like Argentina's legendary dove fields, and explores why the Giant Forest Hog—not the Russian boar—is the world's largest wild pig species. From the serious (wildlife management challenges) to the humorous (learning that a group of ravens is called a "conspiracy"), this episode provides both entertainment and education for hunters looking to extend their season.
Whether you're interested in predator control, pest management, or simply expanding your hunting knowledge beyond traditional big game seasons, this trivia-packed episode delivers insights that will change how you think about summer hunting opportunities. The competitive spirit between "Team Spectacles" and "Team Testicles" adds plenty of laughs along the way as they fight for podcast koozies and bragging rights.
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Introduction and Summer Trivia Setup
Speaker 1this is hunts on outfitting podcast. I'm your host and rookie guide, ken meyer. I love everything hunting the outdoors and all things associated with it, from stories to how-tos. You'll find it here. Welcome to the podcast.
Speaker 1Hey, thanks for tuning in to this week's edition of Hunts on Outfitting podcast. We were doing a trivia one. We haven't done a trivia one in a little while, had some great friends out, lots of laughs, we had good time and, uh, I think you'll learn something as well. If you could, it's appreciated. If you guys could leave us a rating or review on apple or spotify, it's much appreciated. And, um, you know, share us out. If you like the podcast in any way, shape or form, let some other people know. And now, if you're like me and you listen to podcasts and you kind of want to know, you want to put a face to the voice talking, I'm going to tell you. On the podcast profile picture, if you're looking from left to right, it goes Ryan Wasilius, jacob Armstrong, your humble and trusted host, myself in the middle, ken Maher, caleb Jones next to me and Dalton Patterson on the far right.
Speaker 1Okay, we are excited to have our first trivia in a long time. This is our fifth trivia and it won't be our last, but it is our first in two months. We were doing it once a month. Who's here and what are we playing for? I'm going to answer one and I'm going to let the other people sitting here answer the other. We are playing for koozies hunts on outfitting podcast. Koozies. I'm excited for one of you guys to win them. Okay, it's going to keep your drinks warm. No, that'd be crazy. If they're already warm, it'll keep them warm, but if they're cold, it's going to keep them cold. Okay, we're going to go around the room and say who you are, what you do for work, you know. So we get an idea about you and your favorite ice cream, because this is the summer edition podcast. I'm Ken Meyer. I'm a farming truck driver and podcaster and my favorite ice cream's peanut butter fudge crunch. Don't watch you.
Speaker 2Oh man, I can't do the crunch part.
Speaker 1I like it. I like the crunch. I don't think I'm nuts going ice cream, jacob Armstrong.
Speaker 2What? I don't think that's going. Ice cream, jacob Armstrong. What did you say? What we do for work? Yeah, I'm a quality control inspector. I thought you were a welding inspector. Well, welding inspector. Yeah, it all goes together.
Speaker 1Same thing Nuclear power plants, oil refineries. Quality goes in the welding inspection, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2QC doesn't have it. Quick and cheap, right, right. Favorite ice cream if it was still around it would be Scott's Burns Chocolate Orange.
Speaker 1It's a holiday exclusive. All right, yeah, holiday is Christmas or Halloween Christmas. Okay, I was actually thinking Halloween, because orange.
Speaker 2But Mood Mist ain't bad.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 3Or Bubble Gum. That's a good one. Oh yeah, bubble Gum, yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, I don't know what it is, but that blue dye just gets me, I know. But bubble gum. It's weird because you're eating it and you're like, oh, I got some bubble gum.
Speaker 2Then you swallow it and afterwards your stomach just feels kind of off because you've been swallowing bubble gum.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's gum but it's not really gum. That's weird. All right, Ryan.
Speaker 4Ryan Wasilius, dairy farmer, and favorite ice cream is peanut butter fudge.
Speaker 1Crunch.
Speaker 4He doesn't like the crunch.
Speaker 1You don't have to crunch it. You can kind of just melt it with your tongue. I mean there's a little bit of a crunch to it. It's the chocolate in there and stuff that I like.
Speaker 3I like the peanut butter. Yeah, me too. My name is Caleb Jones, I'm a carpenter and I'm a Heavenly Hash kind of guy. Oh, okay, I haven't heard that flavor in a while this is feeling summery, my name's Dalton Patterson and I work in dairy processing.
Speaker 5I guess I make skim milk powder and such and I bag it as well.
Speaker 1Firefighting.
Speaker 5Firefighting. Yeah, A little bit of that on the side. My favorite ice cream is definitely Dinosaur Bones. I love it.
Speaker 4Oh my God, it's good.
Speaker 1Has anyone heard of that.
Speaker 2Yes, when you were four, you ate it.
Speaker 5When you were four. You definitely ate it.
Speaker 2I know I said bubble gum, but the dinosaur bones.
Speaker 5Chicken fingers and flies Me and my three-year-old share it.
Speaker 1What's it taste? Like Dinosaur bones, baby it's just a whole lot of goodness.
Speaker 5What color is it Like? Green and blue.
Speaker 1It's really good Like neon green, a bit of natural, anything in there.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 5Are you looking it up?
Speaker 2right now, trevor, I'm looking it up.
Speaker 1Sorry, jacob's name is also Trevor. You're looking at the ingredients, turns out there's actually not even any milk in it products.
Speaker 2Probably not Dinosaur products.
Speaker 1What a rip off, yeah, so.
Speaker 5I feel like I get judged pretty hard on that one yeah.
Speaker 1There's a lot we're not saying actually.
Speaker 2Go ahead.
Speaker 1I am curious what this is.
Speaker 2I don't even know what I want to say. Green colored ice cream with a cookies and cream flavor Sounds like something from Dr Seuss. The ice cream is thrilled with a blue marshmallow ribbon and chocolate chunks.
Speaker 1I haven't heard of that and I'm pretty sure it's not even ice cream.
Speaker 5It looks like Caleb's shirt without the pink flamingos.
Speaker 1It's food coloring that's frozen. Okay, well, I haven't heard of that one and heavily hashed one way to bring that one back. It's different, but this is a hunting podcast. We're going to get into some hunting stuff. First things first. In New Brunswick, canada, here we just had the results come out, for you have to put in for your moose tag. It's a lottery system. You can win it. Dalton, you won your tag. Yeah, first moose tag, not the first time applying, but you skipped a couple years.
Speaker 5Yeah, exactly so I'd applied, probably stopped applying two or three years ago and anyway, started applying again and applied like this year was the first time and got it. Yeah, that'll be, exciting A lot
Speaker 2of work, a lot of fun. Yep, certainly I have a curiosity why did you stop applying?
Speaker 5Because I didn't really have time to do it right.
Speaker 2So I was like, well, I'm just really not going to bother, because I know like that puts you back down to the start on the ballots, exactly.
Speaker 4yeah, that's what I needed.
Speaker 5I guess that's yeah yeah, I told lane today.
Speaker 2I said, uh, I said you know, all you need is just to not have a plan and I guess it'll all come together for you, because this was my first year with additional ballots. Yeah, this will be my sixth year applying without one, really, yeah, but so, but this year, kind of like, I wasn't. I didn't really. I'm working away right now and stuff, so I didn't really. If I got it, it would be a lot of work. So I applied for Al. That's why I applied for Albert County.
Speaker 1Cause if after 18 years you automatically get it Uh.
Speaker 3I think, yeah, people go like 20 years, 25 years without getting it.
Speaker 1I thought they changed it so that within 18 to 20 you will get it basically.
Speaker 2Yeah, maybe it's a long time, though I think the odds are super in your favor, but again, it's still a draw.
Speaker 3Depends what zone you're applying for. That's a big thing too.
Speaker 1Yeah, the wildlife management zones? Yeah, because some areas have a lot more tags than others. Yeah, and then, dalton, you too also picked up what, today, your balls out of your wife's purse Just kidding.
Speaker 5What did you get? I picked up a Labrador Retriever today at Choco Lab.
Speaker 1And it's fully trained.
Speaker 5It's fully trained For duck season.
Speaker 1That's exciting for duck season, yeah good, that'll be a lot of fun yeah, yeah, super excited.
Speaker 5She's a four year old chocolate lab chocolate lab willow pretty excited how was she coming home? Excellent, can't complain at all. We had her fully sedated made a peep yeah, yeah, that's right, we strapped her to the roof it was fun, strapped her to the roof. Yeah, came from where. Where did you get her? Nova Scotia, okay, kentville.
Speaker 1What kennel Do you want to give a shout out? Are you embarrassed? Yeah Well, no, not at all. We'll see how this duck season goes, I guess.
Speaker 5Not at all. I'm just going to get his kennel name pulled up here. I know his personal name, but South Rock Kennels is yeah so he's a big hunter and met him, talked to him on the phone, some, and anyway, real nice guy. So anyway, looking forward to it.
Speaker 1And the guy feeds. Inuksuk dog food he's feeding. What blend?
Speaker 5The Marine 16.
Speaker 1Okay, yeah, so that's what he's been feeding her and that's what she's doing the best off of.
Speaker 5Well, I haven't seen her on anything else, but she looks good.
Speaker 1Because Inuksuk will keep your dog going. There's a reason why, uh, a lot of hunters and stuff used for working dogs Cause it works well and it keeps your dog going, cause you're the old Roy stuff or whatever you get at Walmart or something.
Speaker 5It's not going to cut it Bunch of junk, yeah Well it.
Speaker 1It's not junk. Well, yeah, all right, it's junk, it's kind of junky, but then Oak Shilk yeah.
Speaker 2And Marine 16 is a fish-based food.
Speaker 3I'm assuming yes it is yeah.
Speaker 1What gave you that?
Speaker 5idea, I believe there's a non-fish-based 26-16 too right, I feed the 26-16.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's non-fish-based. I think that's what we feed.
Speaker 5I'm pretty sure, that's what we got. Yeah, that's what we've been. He's been feeding all of his dogs just blanket.
Speaker 1Yeah, you just got to watch the labs where they're prone to rapid weight gain quickly, which is one of the breed characteristics. Yeah, but that'll be fun. That'll be very handy instead of searching around for ducks, because I can remember this picture in here of a great duck hunting night with Ryan, and you were there and Dalton, you spent some considerable time looking for some ducks.
Speaker 5I did. Yeah, we spent some time roaming through tall grass and corn stubble.
Speaker 4We found them all, though.
Speaker 5No, it wasn't even stubble, it was standing. Oh yeah, it was standing. We found all the ducks, though.
Speaker 1Yeah, we did, but it it took a little time. So the dog's definitely going to, it's going to be very super pumped, super pumped. A lot of fun.
Moose Draw Results and Duck Hunting
Speaker 5Just a good, good, I guess, kind of hobby for me. I guess I've got a lot to learn with passion so well yeah, I mean teach you more than you know. Yeah exactly, and then the next one hopefully be a pop, and be able to work with them Good, I can't wait to see.
Speaker 1It'll be fun. You owe me a couple dog hunts.
Speaker 5I do, yeah, like a lot. I'll be hunting with coon hens and rabbits.
Speaker 1No, it'll be fun. Two seasons probably. Any hunting that involves dogs working with it. Just this is the summer trivia, and Dalton already started off before asking dumb questions, apparently. What's the summer trivia?
Speaker 5Does anybody else have anything going on in their lives before?
Speaker 1we get any further. It's not a winter trivia. Well, I just know you. Cale, did you get your moose license?
Speaker 3That would be a hard no.
Speaker 1But your brother-in-law did, yeah, he got it, so we're going.
Speaker 3I think.
Speaker 1Okay, way to steer my own podcast, dalton. No, that's good, that's nice.
Speaker 4Did you get yours Ryan. Nope, you get yours Jacob.
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 3What zone?
Speaker 4did you apply for.
Speaker 2What's that? What zone did you apply?
Speaker 4for I didn't apply.
Speaker 1I didn't apply either, because I'm going to Maine again.
Speaker 4We're too busy that time of year.
Speaker 1I'm tagging along bearhound hunting in September and I'm going to Alberta going along on a bighorn sheep hunt in September.
Speaker 2Maybe I'm just too hung up on the ballot idea then. Why, I don't know. I just feel like that's why I apply, because Albert County has the fewest. Dalton got lucky. He got lucky. Well, yeah, for sure he cheated, he's a lucky guy. So Albert County has the fewest amount of tags given out. That's why I apply for it in years that I kind of am not prepared for it. Then if I ever wanted to jump to one of those two or three or six zones and apply, then then I've got 24 ballots ready to go into the draw.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 2Maybe I'm thinking of it the wrong way, though.
Speaker 3Strategy. I like it. Not many people do that with that Big thinker yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's a good strategy. I think it's like that in states. They call it like the lottery.
Speaker 3Yeah, same idea. Oh it is, you win the lottery, Dalton why don't you tell us about your strategy? He knows somebody in GameMob.
Speaker 1You can't win if you don't play the GameBoys, oh, okay, yeah, all right, that works, it works for you. And cheating no Turns out, you can hack into the DNR system.
Speaker 2He's got the right last name, that's all.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, there's nothing else. I mean, there's stuff new. Today is the first month of training season for coon hunting and the dogs did tree one this morning, so that's good. Good morning, coon, because I was too tired to take them out last night. Work's always getting in the way. Yeah, so this is summer trivia edition. It's fairly different in the way. Yeah, so this is summer trivia edition. It's fairly different from the winter one in the fact that the questions maybe I haven't done trivia in a bit the questions might be a little rusty on it, but they are geared towards year-round hunting animals or animals that you're hunting in summer weather Hot weather, if you will, how most summers are. So who are the teams? So you guys already know what you're playing for the Hunts on Outfitting Podcast Koozies, who are the teams and what are their names? All right, so I came up with the names myself. So, team Spectacles We've got Dalton, because you have sunglasses on your head, and Caleb.
Speaker 3Okay, because I have eyes. You nailed it. That's why you're on Team Spectacles.
Speaker 1And Team Testicles is Ryan and Jacob. Okay, just call me Liver King. I was going to call you something else. No, but yeah, all right. So Team Spectacles versus Team Testicles.
Speaker 2I'm Liver King. I'm Leverking. This is Chef.
Speaker 1Lionel, that's exactly what I was thinking. So I'm going to ask the questions. All right, so I'm going to ask the questions. The other team, I will give it to them If the first team asked does not give it an answer to me in the time that I feel they should give it to me. Okay, since I'm running it, I just kind of make these rules up in my head. The questions, the answers, are all from Google. All right, so someone's listening to this like that's not true, I got. I got it from Google.
Speaker 3Okay.
Speaker 1So take it up with them. Um, you get a point for answering right, you do not lose a point for answering wrong. And uh, not lose a point for answering wrong, and it's going to be good. You guys might learn something. Okay, I learned something, all right. So Team Spectacles, dalton and Caleb. First question what state has the largest alligator population? Is it A Texas, b Florida, c Louisiana or D South Carolina? What state has the largest alligator population?
Speaker 3I'm kind of thinking one of the Carolinas and South is on there, but that's just. I don't know.
Speaker 5I feel like it's got to be Florida.
Speaker 1I like. Why are you thinking that I don't know?
Speaker 5Why am I thinking that? Well, florida, yeah, we can go with Florida. Okay, florida, I think, is just notoriously overpopulated with everything. And gators are one of them, I do believe. I hope I'm right on that, but we're going to go with B. Final answer.
Speaker 1B. Final answer Florida Boys. We're not off to a good start. You're going with the wrong one and I get why you chose Florida because everyone thinks Alligator is Florida, right. I thought that you guys obviously thought that because that's the answer that you gave me and you're close. Okay, but that's not right. So we're going to team testicles. What state has the largest alligator population? A Texas. Largest alligator population? A Texas B, you know it's not Florida. C Louisiana or D South Carolina, and go ahead, discuss with your partner into your mic Personally.
Speaker 2I think it's Louisiana I also think it's Louisiana.
Speaker 1And why do you guys think that? From swamp people, swamp people.
Speaker 2Jacob get the gun, Shoot him.
Speaker 3Shoot him, Jacob.
Speaker 1I like how they're speaking English but there's subtitles for the whole thing. It's like Coldwater Cowboys in Newfoundland, the Newfoundlanders in Newfoundland there, because that's where Newfoundlanders live. Yeah, I know what do you think, ryan, louisiana, oh yeah, louisiana, louisiana, boys, you guys are getting a mark on the board for having the wrong answer. No, you're right, you're right so. So Florida was a good guess, obviously. That's why I put it on here. It wasn't a bad one?
Speaker 1No, because they are known for alligators. So Louisiana has the most Over 2 million alligators. Florida is the second With about 1.3 million, followed by Texas with 4 to 500,000. And did you know that alligators Typically have about 80 teeth In their mouth at any given time? Imagine having that Dentist bill right.
Speaker 2Is there any gators in South Carolina, did you?
Speaker 3know that alligators typically have about 80 teeth in their mouth at any given time.
Speaker 4Imagine having that Dentist Bill right. Is there any gators in South?
Speaker 1Carolina. Yep, yes, yeah, there is. Do you have a question on what state gators are in? No, I don't.
Speaker 4But do you want to talk to me about it? I think you can hunt them in nine states.
Speaker 1A random fact for a dairy farmer from New Brunswick, but I for a dairy farmer from New Brunswick, but I like it.
Speaker 4Yeah, north Carolina, south Carolina, georgia, florida, alabama, mississippi, arkansas and Texas, and you can get permits in Oklahoma for them.
Speaker 1Did you say Tennessee? I thought Tennessee had. I thought there was some in the Southern part for sure.
Speaker 3Okay, you can't hunt them there.
Speaker 4That was well rehearsed, yeah, well rehearsed I heard that on a podcast the other day what one wasn't this one. No, I don't think it was this one, uh, okay, no it's good to go with the question.
Speaker 1Yeah, what, what podcast?
Speaker 4I can't even remember what I was listening to now.
Speaker 1It just kind of popped up, was it a hunting one?
Speaker 4I would hope you can't remember who you're listening to, but you remembered that yeah, yeah, because it stuck out, because I was like oh ken's doing, uh, hunting trivia soon.
Alligator Population and Hunting Methods
Speaker 1On gators that you did not know about. No, okay, that's pretty good, that's interesting. But yeah, florida, I know I always thought Florida had the most. But Louisiana, yeah, I got a pile of gators, all right. So, team testicles, you guys got that one right. But you guys are up for the next question what is the most common method of hunting alligators? Is it A hook and line, b bow and arrow, c firearm or D gig and snare Go?
Speaker 2ahead discuss it.
Speaker 1Okay, it is, and I'm sorry I gave that one to you.
Speaker 2Because I think swamp people they're always doing hook and line in that. That's kind of what I was thinking, whether it's on a branch or a jug line or something, but then I also see a lot of people hooking them with fishing rods, but I didn't hear that as an option.
Speaker 1It's like a treble hook thing.
Speaker 2You throw out and snag them. And what was the rifle? I don't think it's fire. It's definitely not bow and arrow. What do? Definitely not bow and arrow, definitely not bow and arrow. And if they catch it on hook and line and then shoot it at the boat, is that with a fire? Harvest it with the fire.
Speaker 5No, that was harvesting with the hook and line.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, I don't know, ryan, I think hook and line I'm set on that too, because that's what I've seen.
Speaker 1I think we'll go hook and line. You guys going with hook and line is the most common method. That's where you guys get the answer right. Uh, it involves securing a sturdy hook and line to a tree or pole in the ground. The hook is baited, the gator grabs it and bam caught. So yeah, just like you see off swamp people, uh, but in South Carolina an alligator must be captured before killed with either a gun or a bang stick. You guys ever seen those bang sticks?
Speaker 3Yeah.
Speaker 1They just what did it?
Speaker 2just touch it to the minute it goes off right yeah, it's the primer, and just boom right there.
Speaker 4Yeah, it's the same thing, yeah.
Speaker 1But does anyone know what caliber of gun it's? It's a no it is kind of a caliber sort of.
Speaker 2I think you can get them in different ones.
Speaker 1Maybe. I figured it would be a generic one Maybe, I don't know. It would be kind of cool Gator hunting. We talked about this last night, jacob, it tastes good. When you describe it to somebody, it's weird. I've had it a few times and I would describe it as swampy chicken, which sounds terrible. But it's really good.
Speaker 2It's a white meat. I've never had gator, but I've had frog's legs lots and it's like the slightest bit. Fishy chicken is what it's like.
Speaker 4Fishy chicken it's like the slightest bit.
Speaker 2I mean, you can eat anything deep fried, but the slightest bit. It's like this isn't a feathered chicken, but it's some sort of earth chicken.
Speaker 1Yeah, I've never tried frog's legs, I would. Would you try them Matt?
Speaker 2No, first time I tried them was at a party in high school that we didn't bring any food to. So about 2 am we were spearing them and you can cut the. They cut off real easy. At the back I learned how to clean a frog that night too.
Speaker 1Did you get the idea off swamp people?
Speaker 2Fireball gave me that idea. Okay, you can cut them off right in front of the back legs and their skin peels real easy, like a rabbit almost. You just peel it right off. And we just cooked them over the fire like that. It was good, yeah, but I also have them deep fried or in cream sauce.
Speaker 4Would they look like a chicken wing?
Speaker 2That first little like their thigh I guess looks a lot like a flat, like the two bone chicken wing.
Speaker 1Well, I was surprised that time you cooked up squirrel for us. That tasted like chicken wings. That really did yeah.
Speaker 2I can't wait to get a bigger one, a gray one as opposed to the thigh there's some back here and the back here.
Speaker 1They're so freaking fat they bow the power lines and they run across it. You see the, the trees, just like Shake yeah.
Speaker 5I've got them on my lawn too.
Speaker 1They're huge, looks like raccoons.
Speaker 5I would love to eat, to try a squirrel.
Speaker 1The one that, jake. They eat all good stuff.
Speaker 2They did red squirrel, it's like they're all eating Nuts and seeds, like the ones Kind of like Caleb, no. But uh, the insulation and garbage can lids. But the ones out in the woods, man, you gotta think, all these nuts and seeds, a few bugs probably.
Speaker 1We've got acorns here, so I think they're probably gorging on acorns.
Speaker 3The insulation ones, I think you were the one that likes nuts in your ice cream, right, ken? Ken likes crunch, oh so.
Speaker 2Ryan, you're just there for the peanut butter, right yeah?
Speaker 5That's what they all say.
Speaker 1Just here? That's what they all say. I'm just here for the cold taste. So Good sidebar Team Spectacles. What state has the most game animals To hunt year round? Is it A Montana, b Texas, c New Mexico or D Nebraska?
Speaker 3Are these native species?
Speaker 1Yeah, okay, so I knew you were going to ask that. Yeah, no, that's a good question. So, yes, it is. It's not exotics. We're not counting exotics. Oh, we're not. No, we're not counting exotics. That's a good question. Yeah, so what state has the most game animals to hunt you around?
Speaker 5And this is off Google most game animals to hunt you around. And this is off Google.
Speaker 1Okay, give me the list again, all I heard was Texas, but now I'm not sure I know, because you guys are thinking the exotics, right? Because Texas, basically you can do an African safari in Texas. You can do whatever the hell you want. I think I know it is cool. I'd like to go there A Montana, b Texas, c New Mexico or E Nebraska.
Speaker 5I'm half thinking New Mexico, Because I think he's trying to trick us and I think that was where he was trying to trick us.
Speaker 3What do you think?
Speaker 5Yeah, I think he's hoping we're going to pick.
Speaker 3Montana no, he was hoping.
Speaker 5Montana would be a good one too though, because it's on the border.
Speaker 3There's a lot in Montana.
Speaker 1Year-round.
Speaker 3I agree with New Mexico.
Speaker 1Okay. So I was thinking yeah, your school thought is, hunting animals year-round would normally be a warmer climate. You're thinking right, so you guys are going with New Mexico. Okay, wrong it is. It's good, I like your guys' school thought, I do so. Team testicles. What state has the most game animals to hunt year-round? Texas, montana, texas, new Mexico or Nebraska?
Speaker 2So we know it's not New Mexico.
Speaker 4And I think and it's year-round, year-round hunting opportunities- but we're not counting yeah, year-round.
Speaker 1We're not counting exotics.
Speaker 2We're not counting exotics. So I think to texas, I think it has to be texas but what in in like?
Speaker 4if you take montana, you're very limited to what you can hunt in the summertime.
Speaker 2I don't think I don't think it's montana, because they're all going to be fall type hunts, but for some reason nebraska. For some reason, I think, guys don't guys hunt pronghorn in like late summer. It seems like you can get.
Speaker 4There's a lot of small varmint type animals that you can hunt Texas year round.
Speaker 2In Nebraska too, they got the gophers or the groundhogs and the prairie dogs. I don't know, but Texas too, because I think, like Nebraska, is going to have alligators. It's not going to have anything that's going to live by the ocean like that.
Speaker 1Nebraska does not have alligators. No, I didn't think, so I'm going to give you that one.
Speaker 3They might have prairie dogs with no gators. I don't know. Ryan, Texas, I think.
Speaker 1I'm confident on.
Speaker 2Texas. We'll go Texas then.
Speaker 1Okay, you guys are going with 3-1. You guys, I know you Seriously.
Speaker 5I thought you were trying to trigger us to Texas.
Speaker 1I know because of the exotic thing, because I know, because of the exotic thing, right, because I said there's no exotic.
Speaker 2Well, honestly, if it was, up to me too, like New Mexico would have been my pick.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's, because it's hot.
Speaker 5Hot Because I thought pronghorn, that's pronghorns and shit yeah, but what's the other one they got?
Speaker 2They hunt on the White Sands Missile Range down there.
Speaker 1I don't know, what you mean.
Speaker 3It's not Audad though.
Speaker 2It was something else, neil Guy, neil Guy yeah, that's it, neil Guy.
Speaker 1That's an exotic. That's considered an exotic. It's Neil Guy. Antelope, they're big.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm going to do a podcast sometime with somebody talking about that. So, neil, guy, are on this White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, which is like an old it's military base. They're an they're an antelope. They're an antelope, but they're like pheasants. Here they become naturalized kind of out in the so there's a wild population and they're not a bird and they're not a bird.
Speaker 5Yeah, but they're kind of like a pheasant yeah, kind of like a pheasant.
Speaker 2How pheasants are from china, right, but they've kind of been introduced here. You don't have a. You didn't know that ringneck pheasant is a asian bird.
Year-Round Hunting Opportunities by State
Speaker 1I know what we should get rid of.
Speaker 2They're so good they're listening to us, but the nail guy there's like a draw same as our moose draw for this White Sands Missile Range to get a tag and it's kind of crazy. There's certain areas you can't go because there's live unexploded ordnance.
Speaker 1I think you can only get like you can't go or you shouldn't go.
Speaker 4You can't go, imagine watching one of them in your scope, getting ready to squeeze the trigger and all of a sudden they just blow up.
Speaker 2It bends down to pick up this blade of grass, because I've watched a little bit of stuff on it and you've got to do a pre-job brief with the military every morning.
Speaker 1I'd like to go on a Neil Guy hunt.
Speaker 5I've heard some podcasts, but I haven't seen some pictures.
Speaker 1I think it would be gnarly rough. It's so hot and there's all these thorns and stuff.
Speaker 2Yeah, same as the Ibex is another one super similar to that. That's like one of the most coveted tags in America. To pull a New Mexico Ibex tag.
Speaker 1Are they there? I thought they were up more in mountains than other areas.
Speaker 2I thought New Mexico and those kind of arroyos or whatever out in the desert.
Speaker 1Look it up quick, I'm going to look it up.
Speaker 4Do we get the next question? We do. You guys do you guys just get?
Speaker 5them all. I think, what do?
Speaker 1you guys just win and just screw this game. You guys still have a chance. Don't You've been on the winning side of this, caleb? Have you? You've won? Weren't you partners with Scott?
Speaker 3Yep Scott won. I was with him.
Speaker 1Oh, okay, that's surprising. You got no service, jacob.
Speaker 2I got one bar. It's working.
Speaker 1Hey, tell a quick story, I'll look it up.
Speaker 2But going back to hunting opportunities year-round, I want to say that Ibex hunt is like late August, early.
Speaker 1September. So Ibex are wild goats found in mountainous regions of Europe, asia and northeastern Africa. Oh, it's like Kyrgyzstan, I'm not saying they're not in Texas, but this is.
Speaker 2That's where they're from, but it's the same as the pheasants. They brought some famous Anil guy. Same as Anil guy.
Speaker 1Oh, yeah, okay, yeah, you're right. The ibex have been introduced to ranches in the United States, canada and Argentina.
Speaker 2Okay, yeah, yeah, definitely an exotic, but land down in the states I think it's new mexico.
Speaker 1They're on public land that'd be kind of neat. You seen the horns on me.
Speaker 2I just it was fascinating to watch the documentary on it, but it was. I want to say there's a population there, but they only give it, I want to say, like less than 10 tags a year oh really yeah, that's why it's super coveted but texas does a lot of cool stuff like. That's almost like the mb moose draw yeah, yeah super coveted, super coveted, yeah we gotta think too how much money the province makes off the Moose Draw.
Speaker 3Because it costs you what to apply $9.50?.
Speaker 4Basically $10 to apply.
Speaker 2And I don't know about this year or last year, but the year before there was, I think, 64,000-ish people apply, so that's $650,000 or $640,000. And then there's, on average, what 4,500-ish tags given out for the whole province.
Speaker 1Yeah, give or take.
Speaker 2Give or take and they're $100 to buy your tag, or $90?.
Speaker 1Plus your second gun.
Speaker 2Let's say $100 for even numbers.
Speaker 1Plus $80 for your second gun. Okay, yeah.
Speaker 2So then you give up 4,500 tags at $100. There's $450,000, right, it's a million-dollar industry for the province of New Brunswick, just off the licensing and the application yeah.
Speaker 1Plus, you're paying butchers and stuff which is good to get back to them yeah.
Speaker 2It injects into the economy, because you got to think some of those zones up north too, Guide services. Guide services, hotels, gas stations, gas stations restaurants, gas stations, restaurants, everything, grocery stores.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, oh, it's good for them.
Speaker 2If you're in zone 3 it's like RV service centers.
Speaker 1Really.
Speaker 2Oh, it's like Camper van cities up there, that's cool Year round. No, just during move season.
Speaker 1So this one I got from Google. So Texas Non-game animals include, but are not limited to the following Armadillos, bobcats, coyotes, but are not limited to the following Armadillos, bobcats, coyotes, flying squirrels, frogs, ground squirrels, mountain lions, porcupines, prairie dogs, rabbits and turtles. There's no season on these animals. That's what it said, yeah.
Speaker 4Oh, they're year-round.
Speaker 1That's what it said, yeah.
Speaker 2Okay, so a 360.
Speaker 1The most game animals year-round was the question. You guys got it said Okay, so a 360. The most game animals year-round was the question. Oh, you guys got it right.
Speaker 2Now I understand it better.
Speaker 4So if you were going to say you guys should be upset, what?
Speaker 3animals.
Speaker 2You can hunt groundhog crows and coyotes year-round in New Brunswick. Cormans are only there in the open waterfowl season. Right Everything else hasunswick and New Brunswick Corvettes are only there in the open waterfowl season.
Speaker 1Right, everything else has a season.
Speaker 3So we get nothing on Texas, so in Texas that's what he was saying there's no season on these.
Speaker 1Hey, you guys got it right. Only you guys are owing about Okay, so team Spectacles. Actually, I think it to you guys this one's a little tougher. So, while often referred to as gophers, the correct name is actually what. The acronym is RGS. So these are often referred to as gophers, but the correct name is what. You're asking for the scientific name, I'm asking for the acronym of what RGS stands for. Do you have the scientific name? Because I will give you four points for it.
Speaker 3I can Google it.
Speaker 1Nah, you cannot.
Speaker 2Groundhoggius Superficius.
Speaker 1So RGS, rgs, and I'm going to say it and you guys will be like oh yeah, I've heard that before.
Speaker 4Romeo Golf. Oh, you're not giving us eight. Oh, there's no multiple choice.
Speaker 1There's no multiple choice, so this is the name. So people call them gophers, but apparently this is the actual name. Oh, I'm lost on this one. They wreak havoc on a lot of yeah well, yeah cattle. Their range is in the western provinces across Canada and the USA.
Speaker 4Gee to me, is it like the prairie dogs, or whatever?
Speaker 2Yeah, prairie. And the G to me sounds like Groundhog with a G. That's the only.
Speaker 1So that R. Okay, I'll give you a hint the R is a person's name.
Speaker 4Reg.
Speaker 1Not far off. I think Roosevelt is one, just Roosevelt Reg, not far off.
Speaker 2I think Roosevelt is one, just Roosevelt L.
Speaker 1Okay, no, but it was.
Speaker 4What was the three letters again?
Speaker 1R G.
Speaker 4S? I'm guessing G stands for ground and R?
Speaker 1you said what I'll give you that G does stand for ground. Yep, wow, we're doing good. We're doing good, are you just?
Speaker 5giving it to him. Oh yeah, oh yeah. What's the S stand for? Get rid of delete.
Speaker 2Just let him slide. What did you say for the name Ryan? You said Reginald.
Speaker 1I said Reg, reg, no, I'll give you guys that Everyone calls these gophers. I thought they were gophers, but apparently this is the actual name for them Reginald's ground squirrel.
Speaker 2Final answer.
Speaker 4No, I think we can do better.
Speaker 1I wish they were called.
Speaker 4Reginalds, what's the possible for the S Ground something?
Speaker 2Because I think, yeah, grounds oh.
Speaker 1No, no whispering. No secrets on here. What do you think? Come on, show your work out loud. No whispering, no secrets on here. What do?
Speaker 4you think Show your work out loud. Ground sloth Like.
Speaker 1Ryan's ground sluts. That's how Ryan pays for the firm.
Speaker 4Sloth Sloths. You guys can pass. No, you might as well take a stab at it.
Speaker 1Okay, it's not Reginalds.
Speaker 2But you said Reg, and that was Reggie.
Speaker 4No.
Speaker 2We're just going to keep saying things off of our heads, roger, no, randy.
Speaker 1Robert, no Romeo, all right, you guys got to come up with something. So the G does stand for ground. Ground R-G-S.
Speaker 2Royal Royal.
Speaker 4Royal ground squirrel. You said it was a name which is throwing me right off.
Speaker 1It's a name. Maybe you can think of it as a last name.
Speaker 4What about Regina?
Speaker 2Rupert, rupert's ground squirrel.
Speaker 1Final answer I'm gonna let team Spectacles take it over. I don't know. You guys did some good work.
Speaker 4They can keep going at it if they want.
Speaker 2Rupert's ground squirrel. Rupert's ground squirrel. If that's a guess, then come back to us.
Speaker 1It's not Rupert's ground squirrel.
Speaker 3I'm thinking you said last name. I'm kind of thinking Ronald For the name. He's kind of thinking Ronald for the name, he's kind of thinking. Mcdonald Ronald.
Speaker 1That's a first name.
Richardson Ground Squirrels vs Gophers
Speaker 3I know, but he said for the name for the R, you're thinking last name and Ronald McDonald. That's his first name. I'm just going off your hints here.
Speaker 5As soon as you say it. I know I've definitely heard it. You guys have probably heard it, I cannot remember.
Speaker 1Close.
Speaker 5These guys were close. What's close?
Speaker 2Ground.
Speaker 4Yeah, okay, we knew that.
Speaker 1I'll give you another hint, because it's tough. So S is squirrel, ground squirrel. Holy shit yeah.
Speaker 4You were right.
Speaker 1You kept saying that just screwing around. I was like you're right, yeah.
Speaker 4We just missed the name.
Speaker 1Yeah, so the G is ground, the S is squirrel, so RGS something ground squirrel, but everyone calls them gophers.
Speaker 5No, it's the last name.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think it's the last name. What do you mean? You think it's?
Speaker 5the last name.
Speaker 1It sounds like a last name to me.
Speaker 5See, I was going to say like red ground squirrel.
Speaker 1No, no, it's not a color, it's like someone's last name. You guys want me to just say it.
Speaker 5Got to be like rain. They got to get a guess.
Speaker 4They got to get a guess, and then we'll take a guess again. It's a tougher one.
Speaker 1I'm going to say it and you guys will probably have heard it before. Yeah, but yeah.
Speaker 5Randy's ground squirrel, I would have to think.
Speaker 1That is so cool if that was the right answer, but Randy does not have a ground squirrel, to my knowledge.
Speaker 4Okay, we're going back to Team Testicles. Can we get a hint on the second letter of the letter?
Speaker 3Oh yeah, Just give it to him.
Speaker 5Or the last letter. Why don't you just tell us what it is and be done with it? Yeah, just tell us what it is, all right.
Speaker 1So it's the Richardson ground squirrels. Richardson, they're unregulated pests that can mostly be hunted any time they do hibernate and they're the most active in the summer, and then their main range is in the western provinces across Canada and the USA. So I thought gophers, but yeah, it's the Richardson ground squirrel, and they do cause a lot of havoc.
Speaker 3We did get ground squirrel that was pretty good, you guys got ground squirrel.
Speaker 1Yep, that's good. Okay, so team spectacles. Where is considered the best dove hunting in the world? Is it A Texas, b Argentina, c, colombia or D New Mexico? What is considered the best dove hunting in the world?
Speaker 5I think it's Argentina.
Speaker 3I don't know, I don't hunt doves?
Speaker 5I don't either.
Speaker 1Okay, but what's considered if you had to guess, caleb?
Speaker 3Well, we've already said Texas in one answer, so surely to goodness we wouldn't pick the same state twice. Yeah sure.
Speaker 5Well, with that logic, I don't know how we couldn't go with Argentina. Okay, so you're going Argentina?
Speaker 1Okay, so you guys are on the board.
Speaker 5Yeah, give me high fives Nice.
Speaker 1So Argentina is widely considered to have the best dove hunting in the world, particularly in the Cordoba region.
Speaker 5Yeah, there's a shotgun in the Cordoba, benelli Cordoba. Yeah, honestly yes, there is.
Speaker 1Benelli Cordoba. Is it named after that?
Speaker 2I'm guessing.
Speaker 1I'm assuming Okay, I didn't know that, that's very cool C-O-R-D-O-B-A yeah. Yeah, that's it. So based out of Argentina, argentina is considered some of the best wing shooting in the world, regardless.
Speaker 2I know you get some crazy ducks down there, oh yeah.
Speaker 1So there's no season, there's no bag limits on the doves and there's estimated to be about 50 million there, wow, so very cool.
Speaker 2How many points you got with your aeroplane. We can maybe go.
Speaker 1Yeah, it would be fun.
Speaker 4I don't think I have enough air miles.
Speaker 1I've heard of a lot of Hunts on Outfitting's going to sponsor us. Hunts on Outfitting's going to need another sponsor.
Speaker 2We're taking our talents to.
Speaker 1South Beach. So really, Benelli makes a Benelli Cordova.
Speaker 4I'm still thinking of ice cream.
Speaker 2I think it's a fairly high-end gun too. Oh yeah, anything named after dove hunting is definitely For a consumer grade shotgun, I think it's fairly.
Speaker 1Is that where the Benelli get their owl gun from? Was it after no?
Speaker 3Benelli Eagle.
Speaker 1The Benelli Eagle, the Super Black Eagle.
Speaker 5Okay, it's out of What'd you say?
Speaker 4I'm reading the Benelli Super Black Eagle. For what Eagle?
Speaker 5hunting, oh yeah.
Speaker 4Followed by the Benelli Owl Vanelli Super Black Eagle. For what? Eagle hunting oh?
Speaker 5yeah, has nothing to do with America. So the Ethos Cordoba is like basically a really fancy Super Black Eagle.
Speaker 2Is it carbon fiber?
Speaker 5Yeah, it's black and carbon fiber. It's fancy, it's nice.
Speaker 2Yeah, cool, that's cool, it's named after there.
Speaker 1Cool, it's like a nice. That's cool, it's named after there. So we are on to team testicles. A group of crows is called a what?
Speaker 3It's a murder.
Speaker 2I know it's a murder of ravens.
Speaker 1Oh nice, crows and ravens are two different species. Some people don't know that. Maybe it is. No, I think you're right.
Speaker 2To two different species, some people don't know that, maybe it is a no, I think you're right. I think it is a murder of crows Ryan.
Speaker 4Now that I'm saying it out loud, I wouldn't know where else to go with that one. I think we'll say crows. No, we're going to say murder. Oh, you guys are right. If there was money on the line, I would have.
Speaker 5I would have had that one in a heartbeat.
Speaker 1Okay, so a group of crows is called a murder. They should be managed and wreak havoc on many other birds' nests that they eat their eggs of, turkey and waterfowl, etc. So if you're a turkey waterfowl hunter, it's a good idea to try to manage your local crow population.
Speaker 5Fun fact in the prairie pothole region I just watched a thing the other day there's water. The pheasants have been known to use empty duck nests.
Speaker 1Really.
Speaker 5When they're done with them. Yeah, because it's just easier to make them one right, like in a spot where, like in Marysha Ground, where they both exist.
Speaker 2All right, that's good. I don't know if there's any truth to this, but Google is saying a group of ravens is considered a conspiracy, an unkindness or simply a flock.
Speaker 5Really, Is that something different?
Speaker 2It's just saying a group of ravens can be referred to as a conspiracy, an unkindness or simply as a flock. Really, as Ken would say, that's what Google told me.
Speaker 1Yeah, Okay and we go with that too. We go with it, okay, whatever Google tells us, because there is multiple uh sources, okay, um, so who am I on?
Speaker 1us okay spectacles, team spectacles. Okay, texas comes up a lot in here. It's because, though it's it's hot there, they have so much stuff to hunt, so but I did not have texas in here as an option. But but Texas is in the question. So, after Texas, which state has the highest number of wild hogs? Is it A Georgia, b Louisiana, c Alabama or D Oklahoma? Which state has the highest number of wild hogs? I took Texas out because I knew you guys would guess that one right off.
Speaker 5Boys, oh boys, it's testicles or is it spectacles?
Speaker 1It's spectacles.
Speaker 4Yeah, because we just got murder of crows Good job.
Speaker 5Okay, review the states again.
Speaker 1Okay, so highest number of wild hogs after Texas, georgia, louisiana, alabama, alabama or Oklahoma, caleb want to help your partner Talk it through guys.
Speaker 3So it's not Texas because it's not on there, just said that, after Texas, this will be the second highest. I'm kind of thinking Oklahoma or something.
Speaker 1Because it's next to Texas. Texas, yeah, is that what you're thinking?
Speaker 3Well, I mean, it would make sense, wouldn't it?
Speaker 1I'm asking you.
Speaker 3Well, yeah, I'm asking my partner. I don't know.
Speaker 5Your guess is as good as mine. We can go with that. You're going with Oklahoma, yeah.
Wild Hog Populations and Species
Speaker 1Okay, no, that's good, that's good thinking, caleb, and unfortunately you're thinking got it wrong. No, it's right. It of Texas, yeah, yeah. So Oklahoma estimated to have about 1.5 million, followed by Louisiana at about 750,000. I guess Texas has about 3 million.
Speaker 5That's nuts.
Speaker 1I couldn't imagine trying to farm there. How do you farm? You think we have a nice hay field.
Speaker 2There's not much for hay in Texas, is there?
Speaker 3Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 2So not everyone's running the scrub. No, no, texas is so big. No, they have good airwaters there, okay.
Speaker 1No, no, they do a lot. But you just imagine what you see around here, what domestic pigs can do. Imagine you have a nice hay field or soybean corn, whatever, and a group of wild hogs goes through. I couldn't imagine it would be brutal.
Speaker 2And I think other warm ground crops like I know down don't they grow a lot of peanuts and stuff down in those states.
Speaker 1Florida, I believe, georgia, georgia, pecans in Georgia and stuff, but so there are. Just by Google there are 12 states. You can hunt them year round. Canada is also getting them here. Canada. There's hogs in Alberta, saskatchaskatchewan, I think, manitoba and ontario. There's no uh bag limit on them, no seasons. You shoot on scene, yeah and uh.
Speaker 2So I've looked into the ontario population a little bit. They're also what they're calling wild pigs. They have a map too of all the sightings, whatever. So what they call a wild pig could be either be a wild hog. A pig that has escaped from somebody's farm is now wild, and there there was a couple other different ones. Something that's escaped from like a slaughterhouse, let's say or something that's been escaped, then reproduced in the wild.
Speaker 1Well, it's amazing, they said. Pigs are like one of the quickest animals to adapt from being domestic to wild. They said their snout will get longer. It will get, it'll get longer and they'll grow hair on them quickly. Okay, they can adapt unbelievably quickly and well.
Speaker 2Yeah, I want to say there's been like over, I think, when I read an article from a couple of years ago and there was like over 750 hog sightings in Ontario. Really, I don't know what period of time that was over.
Speaker 1Well, there's wild boar farms in Ontario. You can legally buy and have wild boar farms. So you think all it would take?
Speaker 2is a tree to fall on the fence. I think there's an elk farm close to where I'm working at up there. I'm pretty sure.
Speaker 1Yeah, probably, I think so they're fun to hunt, but I couldn't imagine trying to farm with having them in the area. It would be brutal, I brutal. I mean you can only put up so much fence.
Speaker 2Now, Caleb, did you know the answer for that one, or did you read the look on my face when you read Oklahoma?
Speaker 3I wasn't looking at you, no.
Speaker 2You knew it was Oklahoma too. I've had a feeling when he said Oklahoma's the fourth answer. I had to bite my tongue.
Speaker 1Because it's near.
Speaker 2Texas.
Speaker 4Same as the current thing I own.
Speaker 2I just knew Oklahoma's just north of Texas. I think Louisiana's swampier more, but I know Oklahoma being plains and all that and you see a lot of guys Florida's got a lot too.
Speaker 1I went there hunting hogs and there's no shortage of them there, they said. I think more are killed by car than anything else. They don't have any predators. Really Not much is going to tangle with them If they're crossing a swamp or something a gator might grab them.
Speaker 2It's like a moose in Newfoundland.
Speaker 1It's got no predator. Yeah, exactly. So what are we on? Team Testicles? Just think, when I put the write-up on, when the podcast comes out, it's probably going to say both these names. What is the largest wild pig species in the world? Is it A the Russian wild boar? And some of these might be made up, some of these might not be. Is it A the Russian wild boar? B the giant forest hog, or Okay, at least make an effort, at least make an effort.
Speaker 1I'm on the other team here. African bush pig. Oh, come on. What is the largest wild pig species in the world? This is according to Google. Is it A the Russian wild boar, b the giant forest hog or C African bush pig? I said these might be made up. They might not be. These could be 100% real.
Speaker 2I'm thinking bush pig is made up and I think African is a trick. When I hear African Bush Pig I think a little Charlotte's Web looking.
Speaker 4What did you say? That was again yeah.
Speaker 2African Bush Pig. I think African Bush Pig. I think some little thing that's running scared, but I think a Russian or Siberian.
Speaker 4What was the name of the Russian one? Again, russian Wild Boar.
Speaker 1You see the videos of the Russian one again Russian wild boar. You see the videos of those guys, See a boar sounds strong.
Speaker 2And then you see the Russian guys. They're all shouting and Russian or whatever, with their single-shot rifles and they're missing them, but the hogs are standing chest-tight to these things. I think it's.
Speaker 1African bush pig. That sounds like an insult. You called somebody Screw you African bush pig. I don't know.
Speaker 3I just think African bush pig is that's something that takes it HR. Yeah.
Speaker 2That just sounds like a little suckling or something that's ready to, just ready to go to pasture.
Speaker 3Well.
Speaker 2Ready to come like I don't know. I think Russian boar, yeah, but have you ever seen them like?
Speaker 4when they're going out like lions and stuff like that, hogs or whatever they have there.
Speaker 2Isn't that a warthog, though that's in Africa.
Speaker 1Warthogs are pretty feisty too.
Speaker 2I think Russian boar. You know what I'm good with that. We're going to go Russian boar.
Speaker 1You guys going with the wrong one, so you guys have an option here. So what is the largest wild pig species in the world? This we got from Google. So is it not the Russian wild boar? So it's between the giant forest hog and the African bush pig, and I'm smiling at you.
Speaker 5I can't even take myself for you seriously when you say giant forest hog Caleb. What do you think?
Speaker 3I think they're all made up, okay.
Speaker 5No, they aren't. So that means we have to go see right.
Speaker 3Yeah, let's go see, just because we'll be on the opposite pole.
Speaker 1That's wrong. So the giant forest hog no, stop it right now Is also an insult. I called somebody. Somebody cut me off in traffic. They're like you, giant forest hog? No, I'm just kidding you, giant forest hog? No, I'm just kidding. That's actually the correct answer. None of these were made up. The Russian wild boar is real. The African bush pig is real. They're really funny looking ugly things.
Speaker 2Are they?
Speaker 1small. They're medium sized.
Speaker 3They're not real small, were they on a cartoon.
Speaker 1They might have been.
Speaker 3Yeah.
Speaker 1I've really done that much research into them, caleb, but the giant forest hog is considered the largest breed of any pig, with huge tusks and weight of around 600 pounds. They can be very elusive in the jungles of Africa, and I know what you're thinking they're freaky looking.
Speaker 4So they are a giant forest hog.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's what I call my sister. Sometimes no, but um.
Speaker 2And I think too. When I think forest, I don't really think Africa. You said they're a jungle, but that's oh okay.
Speaker 1You look them up, they're freaky looking, so you're thinking 600 pounds, isn't that big?
Speaker 4Africa has some fairly forested areas.
Speaker 1Yeah, what's it? The French Guiana of Africa? It's all jungle, mm-hmm. You see them, dalton.
Speaker 5They're freaky looking, aren and they've got enormous tusks on them.
Speaker 1So you're thinking 600 pounds isn't that big, but that's like their average weight.
Speaker 5I didn't say that. I never said that.
Speaker 1No, but I know what you're thinking no, you don't. So for a wild pig, that's big, that's really big.
Speaker 4Look underneath their eyes.
Speaker 1They're freaky looking and apparently they look like they're always tired.
Speaker 5I pictured Jim Shockey, Not Lane Lewis. Jim Shockey With one.
Speaker 2Here's an article right here. The giant forest hog, unknown to most, is the largest species of wild pig.
Speaker 1I'm pretty sure I just said something about that.
Speaker 5I feel, like there was a question earlier. I can't believe we just got that wrong.
Speaker 2I was more focused on the unknown to most.
Speaker 1I told you guys it could be made up because I was like giant forest hog. You guys are like oh yeah, it's made out.
Speaker 4I think I threw everyone off when I laughed.
Speaker 1as soon as he said giant forest hog, he was smiling too, it's because I did call somebody that in traffic the other week, but it's a real animal. No, they're freaky looking and they're big and they're considered quite a trophy to hunters, but I guess, yeah, they're elusive.
Speaker 2We need a list down here of all the stuff we got. To go At least someone from the podcast to cross off each species we talk about. Yeah, ibex, I try to get a lot.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, I would try to get somebody on to talk about Ibex. Somebody's listening to this that hunts Ibex.
Speaker 5There's nobody that is listening to this that hunts Ibex. In case there is, we want to do it. We're in 30 countries. Four or five tags if you could.
Speaker 2Also, we want a dove hunt too. That's poor New Brunswickers, yeah.
Speaker 1I would like to go on a dove hunt, actually.
Speaker 2I would love to hunt doves. I personally think New Brunswick could have a season.
Speaker 1So I think Nova Scotia does.
Speaker 2I believe Ontario has, and I don't know about Quebec or not, but I personally think I see you see so many I don't good.
Speaker 1They've got to taste good.
Speaker 2I guess they are very good, it's an early September hunt also, correct?
Speaker 1It is Most states that have it. It's early September.
Speaker 5Great in time to train yourself up to on shotgun. That'd be awesome, susan.
Speaker 2Holt, if you're listening.
Speaker 3They do not listen to this.
Speaker 1I don't think any liberals listen to this.
Speaker 5Gary, we love you.
Speaker 1Okay, so who's question? Team Spectacles. So, this predator is found in all the United States except Hawaii, and I'm not giving you answers, you're going to give me one. So this predator is found in all the United States except Hawaii.
Coyotes and Final Trivia Questions
Speaker 5Black bear, I was thinking coyote. I can't imagine there's a state that there's not a coyote in.
Speaker 1Except Hawaii, possibly.
Speaker 5Oh fuck Hawaii.
Speaker 1Aloha, oh shit, yeah, I'd say we could go with coyote. Yeah, let's go with coyote, because I feel like there's Read that question again. This predator is found in all the United States except Hawaii.
Speaker 5What state would not have a black bear?
Speaker 3I don't Hawaii. No, I don't know Because I don't know Like Florida. Even Florida has black bears, I know.
Speaker 1Yeah, they just got a season on them. Congrats Florida. They've been fighting for that, yeah, good job they did.
Speaker 3Oh, that's good for them.
Speaker 1I also don't know what state wouldn't have a coyote and also a fun fact about black bears is that Alberta just got back hound hunting black bears in certain wildlife management zones, so congrats.
Speaker 2Alberta. We're just rooting for Nova Scotia's spring season now.
Speaker 1Yeah, they had it, but politics cut in the way. Alberta and Florida. It's good, good wins, good job.
Speaker 5What do you want to go with?
Speaker 3We can go with coyote.
Speaker 1Coyote. Alright, guys, I'm happy you guys are going with the right answer it is coyotes. These coyotes, in most areas can be hunted year-round with no bag limits, not really any of the season, and, as we all know, as deer hunters and stuff they should be managed. So shoot your local coyote. Okay, team Testicles. Which province in Canada is said to have the highest population of coyotes? Is it A Alberta, b, ontario?
Speaker 2C.
Speaker 1Manitoba or D Nova Scotia.
Speaker 3Before we get after this, let's get a scoreboard update.
Speaker 1Okay, yeah, so we're actually pretty close. So team testicles is four, team spectacles is three. I like it. This is not a landslide one like normal. Actually, the past few haven't been like, it's been a lot closer. So we're four to three. This is close. I have a bonus question as well.
Speaker 3Nice.
Speaker 1So which province in Canada is said to have the highest population of coyotes?
Speaker 2A Alberta, B Ontario, C Manitoba, d nova scotia and we're talking straight up number of coyotes, not coyotes per capita or coyotes per square kilometer we're talking population. Okay, good question I think we could rule out nova scotia, that's a pretty easy one yeah, I think they definitely could have taken it per square kilometer or per capita or something along that, but I don't think they have the area to support a straight up number.
Speaker 4No, the worst part is I was going to say Saskatchewan before you started reading it. That one didn't come up.
Speaker 2I automatically think the Prairies too, because it was Alberta, saskatchewan, ontario and Nova Scotia right.
Speaker 4Alberta Manitoba and.
Speaker 1Ontario.
Speaker 4It's between those three, okay, I mean Ontario is very vast.
Speaker 2So again working up there. I know a lot of guys there. They got the dog boxes where they pull out in the field and hit the button and all the doors fall down and they chase them.
Speaker 1They lose their dogs.
Speaker 2Those are the coolest things ever, Literally. So they got big competitions up there where you see the guys bringing in the 150 and 200 in a weekend.
Speaker 1The hound guys, they'll use the greyhounds and whippets and stuff for that, but they also have hounds out there for coyote hunting.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, I don't know, this is a really tough one.
Speaker 1Like you guys are thinking so far.
Speaker 2I think manitoba isn't is definitely prairie, but I think it's not prairie enough.
Speaker 4Well, it's a very short distance of prairie there, yeah I don't know.
Speaker 2I I think landmass area, I think alberta, that's what you think, but again, it could be any three of those, but I personally think alberta, but it could be. I don't think it's Manitoba, I don't think it's Nova.
Speaker 4Scotia, you think it's either between Alberta or Ontario.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1But if you had to pick one, because you do- I'll let Ryan pick. Okay.
Speaker 4Ooh, I don't know, I'm going to go with I'm thinking Ontario. With this one, let's go Ontario.
Speaker 1You guys go with Ontario. You guys have just won. I know Alberta, I would have picked Alberta. So, jacob, you were saying about Nova Scotia per capita or whatever they do have, the highest is what it said.
Speaker 2Per capita or per? Yeah, because they have a lot, a lot, a lot there. But I just know they wouldn't have the area to support the population.
Speaker 1When I was reading about it they said, yeah, per capita or whatever stuff, Nova Scotia does have the most. It's a good guess, Alberta and Ontario that definitely would have been what I'd be picking from, but Ontario. So it's saying that Ontario does have the most. And also, apparently they have been seen in Newfoundland getting there from the ice, from Nova Scotia, I guess, which kind of seems crazy.
Speaker 4I thought they introduced coyotes to Newfoundland.
Speaker 1Well, on Hinterland, that's what they said about. They've been seeing Newfoundland getting there from the ice.
Speaker 4No, there's 100% coyotes in Newfoundland.
Speaker 1Yeah well, apparently, according to Hinterland, there's a thriving population. Yeah, they have been seen.
Speaker 2So I got a friend that lives in Labrador, newfoundland and Labrador are just starting to see for the first year ever ticks. Really, and they just had one for the first time today, confirmed to carry Lyme disease.
Speaker 1They never had ticks before.
Speaker 2They've never had ticks until— so you think the?
Speaker 1coyotes brought them over. Something brought them over.
Speaker 2I'm not saying that it could be dogs, could be livestock, could be in food, could be in lumber, but I'm just saying that for new things being seen. This is the first year, one of the first years for ticks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Really.
Speaker 1Yep, Well, good luck boys. The ticks friggin' suck and there seems to be no way to control them. What's the bonus question? The bonus question you guys want it.
Speaker 4Of course, the bonus question you guys want it, of course.
Speaker 1This is actually pretty close. What is your host with the most? Who knows the least? Ken Meyers' favorite summertime animal to hunt?
Speaker 4Is it locally?
Speaker 1Yeah, trash, pandas, yeah Raccoons, you betcha.
Speaker 4Raccoon season starts up next month and I'm fired up and ready to go.
Speaker 1I were talking about that at the beginning of the podcast, yeah it's kind of what I do, as you guys know quite a bit.
Speaker 2Okay, here's one, a fishing one. We're coming into prime time. We're fishing once this hot July weather passes. Okay, I'll take a shot at it.
Speaker 1I do not know fishing.
Speaker 4Okay.
Speaker 2Ken's this, one Of all the salmon species in Canada because I don't know what the word would for sure Canada, what is the only salmon species that doesn't die after it spawns?
Speaker 1I didn't know any of them died after they spawned.
Speaker 4What that's like most of them do.
Speaker 2Like BC River. You've never seen the bears dragging them out of the river and stuff.
Speaker 4They die faster than they can eat them.
Speaker 2I've seen them, they spawn. No wonder the populations are low. No, some of those rivers have millions and millions of fish return every year. It'll surprise you the fish that doesn't die has the lowest population problem.
Speaker 1Is it like the Atlantic salmon? Give us three options.
Speaker 2Ryan, it's the Atlantic salmon.
Speaker 1Don't give us any options.
Speaker 3I didn't know if any of us knew I was going to say yeah.
Speaker 1That's what I'm heading to do tomorrow. I was going to say landlocked salmon because I've heard that name that's an Atlantic salmon. That's an landlocked Atlantic salmon yeah, exactly that's why we got it right. Good job, ryan.
Speaker 2Landlocked Atlantic salmon, that's the same thing when you hear guys in New Brunswick especially talk about a landlocked salmon, or in Quebec, or in New Brunswick especially talk about a landlocked salmon, or in Quebec or northern New Brunswick they call it a Wawaniche. It's a landlocked Atlantic salmon, that's all it is, and a lot of them get stalked.
Speaker 1Oh, okay, there are a lot of wild ones. Is it by people they know? Because apparently, when most people get stalked it is by somebody you know.
Speaker 2Mine is the ALK there, but you've never seen the videos of all the bears dragging those pigs.
Speaker 1No, I've seen the bears all waiting and catch them as they're trying to go up to spawn. Yeah, so that's so.
Speaker 2Those fish are running upriver to spawn, To spawn yes, and once they're to where because salmon, always a salmon baby knows where it was born to return to what's the baby's called.
Speaker 1Well, there's fry, there's pyre small.
Speaker 2There's fry pyre small Okay fry.
Speaker 3There's different stages for salmon.
Speaker 2Yeah, but there's certain fish that only return every second year. Some return every year. But all those West Coast salmon, the kings, the cohos, the silvers, the pinks, the chums, they all die after spawning.
Speaker 2Jeez, and then New brunswick and the atlantic coast of the atlantic salmon doesn't die, but it has the lowest population. For abstinence. There's a but. It's in the fish world. A lot of fish die after spawning holy so, like right now in newfoundland, for an example. You hear guys talk about the capelin run. It's literally like these little smelt looking fish that wash up on the beach. They're still alive, but they spawn like where the waves break okay on the beach.
Speaker 2They're still alive, but they spawn where the waves break On the beach. The reason those salmon are dying they've spent all their energy. They have to get all the way up river to lay their eggs. They're pretty much just exhausted and die at the end.
Speaker 1I felt like that after my hike last week, but I'm here to keep going. That's crazy. You've got to think too.
Speaker 2Imagine if you were like the fertilizer that that forest gets when those bears drag those fish off.
Speaker 1The eagles drag the fish off. Is that why, like in BC and stuff, the trees are so massive? You think is from that fertilizer a little.
Speaker 2It could be, yeah, part of their temperate rainforest and all kinds of stuff.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's probably most of it, and they haven't raped and pillaged their province with logging as bad as we have. Shout out.
Speaker 2I didn't say any names. There's lots of private loggers in the province.
Speaker 1My employer, no, Good job boys. You guys won your koozies. We'll be doing some more trivia ones soon.
Speaker 5Where's my T-shirt from the last one that I won? I thought you got it, no.
Speaker 1It didn't fit. It's in the mail. I didn't have it, yeah they had to share didn't they, yeah, um, all, right until next time.