The Monk Family & the Rise of Wise Eye Cameras

Host Alex Rutledge sits down with Harold Monk Sr., Daryl Monk, and Cole Eggemeyer of Wise Eye Technologies for a wide-ranging conversation covering the origin story of the family-run trail camera company — from a rundown warehouse to an old church to a growing 30-employee operation. They dig into the No Glow and DC2 camera lines, ranch/property monitoring uses, setup tips and camera placement strategy, plus current events (the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Cardinals, and high school football season). The crew also recaps a smallmouth fishing trip on the Current River and trades fried fish and fish fry recipes to close out the show.

Chapters:

• 0:00 Intro (No Glow Camera & Eagle Seed ads)
• Show Open & Current Events
• Monk Family History & Fishing Recap
• Camera Tips & The Monk Story Continues
• Favorite Cameras & Camera Setup Tips
• Recipes & Wrap-Up
• Closing Theme

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Transcript

 The No Glow is really made for skittish animals like a big buck that has seen many a trail camera in his life. Uh, usually when that infrared light goes off, they get pretty skittish and it'll push them out of the area. So we made the No Glow camera to kind of limit that infrared flash and disturbance on the deer, so they really cannot see this, this light coming out of the No Glow at all. The trespassers too. Trespassers too. It's a different wavelength of light- And turkey ... and so you really can't see it at all. Well, Alex, I know it's about food plot planting time. What are you gonna plant this year? Okay, in the spring I like to plant different things than also in the fall, but my go-to all the time is the Eagle Seed Smorgasbord because it has a variety of blends. You know, when I was a kid, and even as an adult, I loved to go to a smorgasbord. I bet it's the same for deer. It is. They l- they have a variety to choose from. Instead of eating one thing all the time, they got a variety, just like you walking into a restaurant. Get Smorgasbord today and you'll hold more deer and turkey. How can I go about getting that Smorgasbord? To go to a dealer near you or go to www.eagleseed.com. (music) Camo boots on my feet, bow in my Walking in the early (music) dawn. Show Open & Current Events Wise Eye Technologies presents Welcome to American Roots Outdoors. I am calling via phone sitting in a truck, the American Roots truck, with Mr. Harold Sr. Monk, the monarch of the Wise Eye family. Amen. Amen. And Dale Monk, the vice president of sales and the company, I guess, and Cole. Cole, he's in marketing and social media. We've got a great show lined up for everybody. We're gonna tell the story of the Monk roots and the creation of Wise Eye and talk about what's new at Wise Eye. Cool. But before we do, we're gonna talk about current events. This weekend, guys, I wanna make mention, the Rutledge reunion is this weekend, and we're gonna be having, uh, a big dinner and everything and canoe, uh, we're all going on a big canoe trip on Friday. That's tomorrow. We're recording on Thursday. Then we have, uh, games and stuff on Saturday, then entertainment Saturday night, and Sunday we all go to Alley and have a big dinner and, and church down there, and then, uh, a big dinner, then we all depart and go back home. But anyway, uh, also CRSA tournament's this weekend at Van Buren, Missouri from 7:00 till 5:00. Watertress Landing is where the tournament's gonna be. But, you know, we're at River Masters last weekend, and Rich York, he was the winner, Redbone. Yeah, I saw that, I saw that. You know, also a big event coming up this weekend, Alex, and people will be hearing this show on Saturday morning, and we'll still have time, I think, if they want to go, is the, uh, uh, Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame induction ceremony up at Bass Pro Shop. And our good friend, Mr. Tommy Garner, is gonna be inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame. That's beautiful. Along with Ted Nugent, and that's part of the reason the Munk team Wise Eyes here, and the Munk family, they're attending the Legends of Outdoors National Hall of Fame, and I believe you guys are a sponsor of that event as well. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, well, I look forward to meeting- So we're gonna talk about the re- Yeah, I look forward to meeting them because I'm gonna be there as well. Yes, sir. We'll be there Friday night. I'll be there with you guys, uh, for a couple hours, and I gotta head back and get ready for a tournament for Saturday. But, uh, uh, congratulations to all the new people that's getting, uh, put into the Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame. Now, switching gears, what about those St. Louis Cardinals? They put a whooping on, was it New York? Well, yeah, they, they won two out of three. I mean, they went to New York and they took two out of three from the Yankees, and, uh, you know, that's just the kind of team we've got, Alex. You know, for two or three days they play really good, and then for two or three days they play really bad. And, uh, even one of the wins against the Yankees ... And just let me say this and see if this makes sense. They had a bad win against the Yankees. Uh-huh. And here, here's the reason I say it was a bad win. They built a six to nothing lead, and then they went to the bullpen, and the Yankees came back and took the lead seven to six. Oh, my grace. And, and then, and then the Cardinals exploded for, for runs late in the game and won it 13 to 7. But if it would not been for Alex Burlison, I mean, he had three homers and he had six RBIs in the game, uh, the pitching really You know, when, when you have to do that, when you build a six-run lead, then you have to come back and win the game in the final two innings, it kinda tells the story of your team. Yeah. I, I get it. Yeah. I get it. I get it. I mean, any win is a good win, but that one's kinda shaky. B- Brother Harold, what'd you say? I said, like a cat playing with a mouse. He said like a cat playing with a mouse. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, high school jamborees are coming up. Uh, yeah, on the- Talk about them real quick ... yeah, on the 21st of August, the high school football jamborees. And of course, high school football season starts with practice on Monday. Now, this last week, teams all been in their dead week, uh, which is a week where, you know, the coaches can't have any contact with the players and, uh, then they'll crank it up on Monday. And well, I tell you, Alex, I think the SCA is gonna be pretty loaded this year, and we'll talk about that I know- Yeah ... as we build toward the regular season. But, uh, yeah, I'm hearing, I'm hearing stories about, you know, some teams that have added some kids and some kids that are coming back, and I think we're gonna have a really competitive SCA conference for the most part, uh, here this year. But yeah, football on Monday, and then football on Friday with the jamborees on the 21st. Yeah. It's, uh, I'm looking forward to it. We all love high school football. We're crazy about it here in the Ozarks. And, uh, I wanna give a shout-out to all of our listeners at all of our radio stations across the country, and the different countries that listen to us. KAPE AM/FM Cape Girardeau, KWOC AM/FM Poplar Bluff, KKOZ A- A- AM and FM, KSMO AM/FM, and K Country 95. Thank you for listening to us, and tell your friends about us. What we're gonna do is we're gonna take a break here in just a second, and again, we're gonna talk about the Monk roots and the creation of YZZI and what's new. It's gonna be a great show. I need to tell you this, we've talked about the creation of YZZI several times, but we just got off the river. We're sitting in the American Roots truck in the landing parking lot. Brother Harold and Darrell's in the backseat, Big Cole's up front. I want you to tell everybody what you just got through doing, Brother Harold. Yeah, we was on a great fishing trip Never caught them kind of fish before, and that small a fish before. Yeah, and that small a fish before. They caught their first smallmouth red bull. Oh, no kidding. Need name small, you understand? Yeah, they've never caught a smallmouth. No kidding. Now, now Darryl, Darryl's gonna bust my chops. He's always gonna say something sarcastic. Yeah. I made him start fishing with a spinning reel because the fish, you can feel the bite better and stuff. He hated it. He cried like a little girl- ... the whole time. He said, "Give me that bait caster." I put a bait cast in his hand and he beat us all. Oh. Well, you sure told him you didn't have one. So Darryl, share your thoughts, your fishing trip today. Had a blast. Never, never thought, uh, never thought I'd ever get smallmouth fish, and I finally got to do it, and, uh, it's a blast. Yeah. It's different. It's definitely different. I'm used to fishing stillwater. Yeah. This water moves fast. I heard- The bait moves fast ... if I heard him say it once, he goes, "I think my bait's in New Orleans." And we want to give a shout-out to Rick York for coming and taking Cole, Cole Eggemond, in charge of social media marketing team. Uh, Rick York's a, a true, uh, comrade. Oh, yeah. He's a, he's a great guy. We had a great time. How many fish did you boat? We caught probably 20 to 25, somewhere in there, and, uh, we caught them all mainly down baits, and we caught a few on crankbaits and stuff like that. It was fun. We had a good time. Yeah. So, so we only fished three hours, three and a half hours. That's all we fished. We probably boated, realistically, 30-plus fish. Wow. We probably had over a dozen keepers. We did. Over a dozen keepers, and, uh, you guys had the same, about? About, yeah. Yeah. Around there. I still wanted a fish fry tonight. Fish fry. I kept saying, both these would be good eating, both of you. I said, "Darn." And they're so cold, they're already refrigerated. Oh, yeah. He wouldn't tell us about the, about the limit size. We threw them all back. Catch and release. Catch and release, no catch and grease with me, boys. We're gonna go to a break. When we come back, we're gonna talk American roots with these guys and the Monk family's story of how they created Wines I Once Knew. Don't go away. We'll be back with more right after this. (music) Right here, right now, this is Chance Walters, listening to American Roots Outdoors with Alex Rutledge, the Ozark Herd Bull. Hunting off the farm Wishing on some love. I been on a big boy for a while. I could load him in the back of my truck. (music) Redbone. Wiseye has just gotten better with these new cameras that they come out with. How could it get better? Well, they got the new Mini and they've got the new DC2. They have a- DC2? Yeah. DC2, you can actually go live any time you want and film your own hunts with the Wiseye data cam. Now, wait a minute. You mean I could be getting ready to shoot a deer and I could go on my phone and activate my camera and boom, film- Your own hunts my own... Well, that's amazing. That's amazing. Okay, Alex, you convinced me. How do I get one of these cameras? Go to a dealer near you, or go to Wiseyetech.com. (music) Take it to a line. Order yours today. Take it to a field. Across a (music) creek. Monk Family History & Fishing Recap Point Hunting Blinds presents. Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors again. We are in downtown Van Buren along the Current River, sitting in my American Roots truck, and I've got, uh, Mr. Harold Monk Sr., the monarch of the YSI family, and Daryl Monk and Cole Leggman. We just got off the river, as we said in segment one. Uh, I'm really curious, and you've sh-shared this story with me, but I want everybody else to know the story. Tell the history of the Monk family coming into America and, and about your family, Mr. Harold. Well, as far as I know, my grandfather and my grandmother was from, uh, Rapides Parish up there around Alexandria, around where Rapides River cuts through, uh, Alexandria and Pineville. And, uh, we settled there in a little town called Boyce. I was reared there till I was six years old. I eased on over to Texas. My father was-- he followed the construction of Carpenter to the shipyard and spread prior to the war, and we stayed over there till I was, uh, 10 years old and we followed the, he followed the construction to Baton Rouge. And, uh, there I went through high school, trade school, and then I married a, a beautiful woman. Miss Ruth. Or Miss Ruth. Miss Ruth. You're gonna have to excuse- It's okay ... I'm looking here for my choke up. I was, uh, with her for 73 years- And I lost her, but she gave you three beautiful kids. Beautiful. Beautiful. Uh, M- Mr. Harold is 88 years young And I feel it sometimes. But the Lord has blessed us and we started off with Wiseye, uh, late, later on in life. Uh, I educated my children. They all went to college and, uh, uh, my youngest son went to work with me at Honeywell, and I was stayed out there 42 years. And, and, uh, right before that we started Wiseye, uh, right after I retired at, uh, 62. And my son, uh, Daryl, he was out there till, uh, he was 50. You retired as well, didn't you, Daryl? Yep. And, uh- At 50? Yes, sir. Wow. And, uh, my other son, Harold Glenn, he was, uh, he worked for, well, he was a draftsman and, uh, he was in, kind of in engineering. And one day we, uh, we got the idea of starting a hog feeders. We was gonna donate to hogs. Yeah. But the government never would approve our, uh, the, the portion and the tree, tree huggers wouldn't let us. So we had to do something else. We, we had... We was, uh, running on a shoestring. We was having to borrow money. Oh, yeah. We used what little bit I had, and Daryl used what he had, and, and we raked up enough money to start this business and, uh, it's, uh- Now it's become a household name, hasn't it, Mike? Very much. Yeah, absolutely. It's a household- Good folks ... yes, uh, yeah, across our part of the world, it is a household name. And, and, and just to confirm that for you, Alex, I, and one of my neighbors stopped by the other day. He actually came over and mowed part of my yard for me because my mower tore up and, uh- Yeah and we got to talking and just about hunting and fishing and stuff in general like we always do. He said, "Yeah." He said, "I got my Wiseyes out." He didn't say, "I got my trail cameras out." He said, "I got my Wiseyes out." And that's just, I mean- Yeah ... trail, trail cameras now are pretty much just referred to as Wiseyes. As Wiseyes. I hear it in these parts. Yeah. Not trail camera, Wiseye. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. I think, I think the secret to their success, if you don't mind me interjecting and sharing my thoughts, is, is, is of course customer service, but the, the Monk family, keeping it in the family, you know, and hiring good young men like Cole. Yes. Cole, uh, is, works in the social media and, and before we go any further, Cole, what's it like working with these guys? It's, uh, it's definitely something I never thought I'd end up doing. You tell me your story, where, where you left to come here. Tell that real quick. Yeah, I worked at a boot store and it wasn't nothing to, to... I don't know, it was just a terrible place to work and terrible work environment, terrible bosses and all that. So I, my dad had always grown up with the Monk family and we knew all about them. And when they started Wiseye, I was into hunting already and so it kind of felt very natural to just kind of move over that direction. So I started a little bit of part-time job on the side for Wiseye while I was at the boot store and- I made like 700 and some odd dollars in sales one, one month and they looked at me and said, "Well, we're gonna give you very good compensation for this." And, uh, the compensation was 25 cent raise. So I said, "Okay, well- Start somewhere I'm going to WiZi." And so I, I left the boot store, went to WiZi and it's been bread and butter ever since. You ain't looked back. You haven't looked back. I ain't looking back, Redbone. Yeah. Well, that's the... You can't and, and I know the Monk family will tell you if, if you're, if you're not moving forward, then you're probably getting ready to go out of business. So, you know, and I think that's one of the things- That's right ... you know, Alex, when you talk about WiZi and, and the way the cameras have advanced, even since, you know, in the short time that we have been affiliated, uh, with WiZi cameras, the advancements have been just unbelievable. And the cus- Every year. Yeah, every year. And the customer service, you mentioned it a while ago, is second to none, and I follow them on Facebook and on social media, and if there's somebody post a question on social media, if not any time at all, that WiZi is on there answering that question or telling that person, "Call us," or, you know, what the, what the case may be and, and the other ones just don't do that. You got a question with one of those other companies- Yeah ... and it's gonna go, you're, you're gonna be a while getting that question answered, but not WiZi. And you're liable to call some camera companies, and not being negative towards any name brands or anything, and you can't understand them. Yeah. You can't understand their English. Right. You know? But, uh, again, back, back to the Monk roots. We got about two minutes left in this segment here. Uh, Daryl? Yes, sir. You're, you're the youngest of the boys. Yes, sir. Yeah. I'm the youngest child. You're the youngest. And, and, and how many, how many years old is WiZi now? Uh, the, the camera itself is probably approaching eight to nine years old. Okay. The idea and the technology is approaching 20. Hear that? Yeah. So I mean, we've been around a while, um, perfecting this technology and it's a continuous process. It is. It is. It's, uh, the, the, the world's changing and we gotta change with it, you know? The technology changes every day and, uh, and we, we, we've got a commitment to change with it and grow with it. Yeah. So- Stay ahead of the game. So, so, uh, you ready? I'm, I'm, I'm gonna help you reflect back. What was it like, talk about what your first building was like where you started. Oh, the first, very first building was an old rundown, uh, warehouse building that was, we shared it with the guys that... It was rat infested. We shared it with the guys that did powder coating, um, next door and, and then we moved from there and we moved, and- How many employees? Uh, well, paid or unpaid? When you first started. Maybe two paid, maybe three paid employees. That's it. Very, very low pay at that. We, most of us worked for free. Um, I was retired and I went ahead and took an early retirement- Yeah and, um, and then we moved out of there in my brother's, uh, garage and, uh, I pretty much ran the company while my brother, 'cause I was the only one, um, retired. My brother still worked and I, I kept us afloat for about a year in the garage and then we finally moved to an old abandoned church and remodeled the church and we started gaining ground after that. And then ever since then we've just had to just get a bigger place, bigger place. We, we're, uh, we're near, nearing 30 employees. Uh, full benefit. To all their employees. Isn't that awesome, Redbone? It's just, uh, you know, we're blessed. We're blessed. Amen. We're just blessed. Yeah. Yeah, it really is a, it really is a wonderful story and Alex, we need to take a break right here, uh, while we kind of wrap that up. So anyway, more American Roots Outdoors Radio with Alex Rutledge and his friends coming up in just a minute. This is Brenda Valentine and you're listening to American Roots Outdoors with Alex Rutledge and friends. (music) Year after year, I'm a hunting deer (music) Remember when a hunter was measured by how well he shot, not how much he spent? 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I do wanna mention that. Until we put a baitcaster in Daryl's hand. But, but, but they really started in the garage, Mr. Harold's garage. In, uh, about, uh, 2012 we started in there- Yeah ... with this hog feeder. Uh-huh. And we put cameras in the hog feeder, tried to determine what we needed to do next to open and close the doors, and then, uh, we couldn't... The farmers couldn't buy the, the feeder because it was too expensive- Yeah ... and, and the metal was too high. Yeah. So we started zeroing in on the cameras, started to see what we could do with these cameras to s- to put 'em on the market. Yeah. And Coach Dale told you the rest of it. Uh, because the engineering department is always Jason, uh, Ray, he's, uh, Harold Glenn's son-in-law. Son-in-law, yeah ... and he is real brilliant in this, and he helps us get, get- Very intelligent, yeah ... in the family, so. I, I wanna say this. I, I think the cool thing, and I said it in our break, uh, what resonates with our listeners and why people love 'em, Wisey also, is that they understand your story They see that you've had struggles, ups and downs, and here you are. And they're gonna come again, ups and downs are. Oh, yeah. It's just like everyday life, isn't it, Brother Harold? I, I'm gonna say this. I've been around a lot of, around a lot of people in my life, and I've traveled all over the U.S., and I wanna say that Mr. Harold Mutch Sr. is one of the most spirit-filled guys you'll ever be around, and you can feel hi- the Holy Spirit around him, and he is a man of God. And I think that's what keeps these boys together, Harold and Daryl from fist fighting sometimes probably. Them boys. I know me and my brothers, we fist fight. Yeah, but I, I, I needed to mention that. Code View. Okay, we talked about how the store was created. What's the secret to social media? What do you think the secret is? You've got thousands of followers now, and we got over 100 people nationwide representing YZ. Uh, uh, am I correct? Yeah. Around 100 plus. Yeah. Represent us all over the U.S. What's the secret? Well, I'm not gonna let out a secret. No, you're not gonna let it all out. But I'm gonna tell you- But I'm just saying, what, what, what do you gotta do? What do you- First of all, you need a good product. Second of all, you need to understand your customers. Third of all, you need to show them the product in a way they'll understand it and want to buy it. Don't speak above their head. Don't speak above their heads. And then show your team, show the people behind the product, show it to their face, and then they'll follow you because they understand that you're a real human being, you make a good product, you stand behind your values, you have family business, and the rest is history. Yeah, now do you l- you like shooting the video content. I see all your videos all the time. Me and Red Bone talk about it. Yeah. Man, you're shooting good stuff, neat stuff. Talk, talk about that. What... Do, do you, you shoot the video. Do you write a script, or you just think about it? Do you bullet point? Usually I'll highlight a few things that I wanna talk about and just kind of roll it off the dome, and whatever sticks is what we go with, and hopefully it's good enough to where people like it. Yeah. We'll switch gears a little bit here, okay? All of you guys are deer and turkey hunters, mainly deer hunters and hog hunters, et cetera, and, uh, what is your favorite camera to use? DC2, 100%. DC2, 100%. DC2, 100%. DC2. All right, I have the MC2. Mine's DC2. I just like the little camera, but hey. I li- I, I, I, I'll put the MC2 right there with it. Yeah. You guys, when you bought the DC2, at this step, the quality of the video footage and the, the, the pictures, you know- It's great ... that's been one of the big, the range. A lot of people comment on how, can't believe how clear this stuff is. How far they reach out Yeah. I've got some that reach over 100 yards, set my cameras off. You know, I think the cool thing too, Redbone, I mention it all the time, you know, these cameras, the WisEye isn't just for catching game, it's for watching your property. Yeah. And there's cattle farmers even using it to monitor their cattle. Oh, yeah. You hear a lot of those stories, I bet. I do. They set them up over a water tank or a feeding station, they can count their cattle right there. And they watch their water troughs, a lot of them- Yeah ... out in Texas. Yep. Water- Remember that Amish guy that had the camera on his, on his cow barn, he'd watch the rotation of cows as they got milked? Yep. That was so good. Yeah. Redbone? There, there's a lot of uses for them. Yeah. Well, I would just say the, the, the uses for the cameras is almost, uh, uh, you know, whatever your imagination can come up with. I mean, it's almost endless, uh, where you could incorporate the WisEye camera and have a benefit from having it over some other camera, uh, just because of the information and, and, uh... And I think that's, you know, one of the big selling points, Alex, is the amount of information that you get from your WisEye camera sent right to your phone is just amazing. It's almost like just being in the woods 24/7 yourself keeping track of all the elements. Well, I, I'm being repetitive here. I'm gonna say this, every time my phone vibrates or dings, it's like opening up a Christmas present. Yeah, it's addictive. It's an addictive- Yes, it is. About the first thing I look at in the morning. You, you, you, you gotta... It's like your Bible, you know? I do the Bible then- Bible's way more important. Yes. But it's like your Bible. You need to look at your Bible and read scripture, but man, it, when you, you, you click on it, you see a big buck, your heart rate picks up. It's like opening a Christmas present, what you wanted. What are your thought, your thoughts? How would you explain? I think it's like you put in all this work, and especially- Food plots ... in the woods, food plots- Hanging tree stands ... hanging tree stands, hanging camera, getting ate up by mosquitoes, and then you go a few nights and there's nothing, and all of a sudden you get a picture of this big buck at the spot you just visited, and you're like, "Oh man, it's gonna be a good year." Yeah. Really. You go to work saying, "Are you on?" Yep. Yeah. I love it, love it, love it. Got that right kind of... Yeah. So, uh, can we talk about what's new? Not really. We cannot talk about what's coming up in 2027. Let's just say it's gonna be awesome. I already know, but I can't tell everybody. It always is. Every year you guys are always coming up with something innovative. We've touched on that a couple times this, you know- Well, that's who we are ... you got to be. Yeah, that's who we are. Yeah, yeah. Uh- Yeah, so Alex, before we wrap up this set, I would like to ask a question. Yes. My question would be, I, I know as a, as a small group it's hard to be, at all times think about something new, something new, something new. I would imagine that you get people outside of the company, they come to you and say, "Hey, you know what? If you did this, it might be even better," or, "If you did that..." Do you listen to what other people say when you're looking for ways to improve the product or make it better? filter everything that we hear, make sure it's satisfactory. Yeah. Leave off. Oh, yeah. They, they don't shun nobody. Nope. They absorb everything and listen to everybody, and I promise you, you call, have an issue, you're talking to a family member or somebody that's like family and, uh- It's just gonna be a good old Southern boy ready to help you out. Yep. So what, right now, talk about, we've talked about the ranch program. The ranch program. Everybody, you know, if you love to monitor your property and you want security and everything, it's smarter to buy more cameras than it is to have one or two. Mm-hmm. That's 100% right. And talk about that, Cole. So the ranch program used to be, uh, 10 or more cameras, and so we recently changed that to any level of cameras will get you on the Ranch Plus plan. And, uh, when you run eight cameras on the Ranch Plus plan, it actually costs more than if you were running 10. And so the more cameras you have, the cheaper the plan becomes. So that's a very easy way to get yourself set up for success this fall. A- a- and a lot of guys say, "Well, I, I got two or three guys hunting with me." They can all split the money and buy these cameras- Yep ... and get on this program. 100%. And now, now l- look, say they got 10 cameras. Ready? You're gonna like this, Daryl. Got 10 cameras. Can I keep my other two buddies hunting with me not to see my cameras? Well, you can if you, if you share ca- share your cameras with them, you just don't share those two cameras. There you go, Rachel. You've only got 10, and you, you can't see those two. So that really wouldn't be a good team, would it? That's like calling ace and a hole. Ace and a hole. Hey, I gotta say this before we go to a break in this segment. Before Pappy hunted with me a couple years ago when he shot 140-inch eight-pointer, and guess who's hunting with me this year? Daryl. Yes. And Pappy and Daryl's coming, and Daryl gets to pull the trigger this year. Amen. Yeah, we got great footage. We're gonna go to a break. When we come back, final segment of the radio show, talking with the Monk family. Don't go away. We'll be back with more right after this. Hey, y'all, it's Tyler Florence, and you're hanging with me and my good buddy, Alex Rutledge, on American Roots Outdoors. Everybody, Alex Rutledge. I'm excited to tell you about 12 Point Hunting Blinds. Seven-foot walls, perfectly camouflaged, snowproof, waterproof, tinted windows. They will not reveal you in the 12 Point blinds. We're proud to work with this Amish-made blind, made in America, made in USA. 12 Point Hunting Blinds. For more information, go to 12pointhuntingblinds.com. Favorite Cameras & Camera Setup Tips Mission presents. Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors, the Monk Roots, the creation of Wise Eye. Talking about their favorite cameras and their, the roots, the family, and man, we, we've had a great day today. We've caught between two boats and one, two, three, four, I guess five fishermen. We've boated over 60 fish. Right. And we probably had 20 keepers, 22 keepers in two boats. We've had a good time. We've talked about, uh, favorite cameras. I'm mentioning that again, DC2. Harold's is the MC2. And, uh, I wanna say this, of all the cameras, and I started with your first cameras, I think it was the DC- SmartCam ... SmartCam. It was the same as the DC1, wasn't it? Mm-mm. No? Two. The Scout II. No. The dual camera. You had a SmartCam. I had a SmartCam. You did. I still got them running. You still got them. And they're over six years old and still running. 2019, 2020. Yeah, still running them. Yeah. They're so simple to set, set up. Let's talk about that, Cole, how to set the cameras up. So really it's pretty simple. All you need to do is buy your camera, and then once you get the camera, uh, you go to either our website or you can find it through your browser. Uh, you buy a subscription. Once you buy the subscription, all you have to do is add your camera to your app. And once that's done, all you gotta do is put power to the camera, turn it on, and walk away. Yeah, you turn your on button and let it search, and it'll pop up, and it'll say, "Signal found." Okay? And once signal found, you do a test. Yep, just do a test. Then you, you, you- Make sure once you get it to your app, turn it on and walk away ... then just click a button on it and walk away. It'll come right to your phone. That's all you gotta do. And anybody in my area, if you need help with that, you can know to get ahold of me through Messenger or call me if you got my number, and I'll help you get it set up. But, uh, that being said, let's talk about strategic places to put camera. We talked about this several times, Daryl. Mm-hmm. And in Louisiana, it, it's different than hunting in Missouri and hunting in northern Arkansas, et cetera. Uh, you always tell me to set the cameras at five feet. Mm-hmm, yep. And you, you want them pointed, uh, straight out? Yeah, I like them at a five-degree downward angle, about chest high. You like a five degree? Yep. Chest high. Okay. Now, on turkeys, you know what I've done? I've set them down low, a foot off the ground. Mm-hmm. And got these turkeys strutting right up to them and gobbling on camera. Yes. But you'll get best results at five feet chest high, Rip, though. Yeah, that seems to be the general rule Yeah. And what happens is, you know, we got the No Glow. Let's talk about the No Glow real quick and, and why it's important for some people that purchase the No Glow. Uh, they think, some people think, well, a camera that sends off a signal, a red color or whatever, scares their bucks. So the- Share your thoughts there, buddy ... the No Glow is really made for skittish animals like a big buck that has seen many a trail camera in his life. Uh, usually when that infrared light goes off, they get pretty skittish, and it'll push them out of the area. So we made the No Glow camera to kind of limit that infrared flash and disturbance on the deer, so they really cannot see this, this light coming out of the No Glow at all. The trespassers too. Trespassers too. It's a different wavelength of light- Security ... and so you really can't see it at all. And the quality of the photo is just as good. It's just as good. It's a, you get a little bit blur- uh, blurrier night photos, uh, from time to time. It's just because it's a weaker infrared, but they're still ultra clear. I mean, it's the clearest on the market. Yeah. Redbone? Yeah, I was gonna ask, uh, you know, concerning something like that, uh, do you think that if you leave that camera there, uh, that the deer will eventually get used to it, even if it's got that little red glow? Oh yeah, 100%. I tell you what, I've got pictures of deer, my cameras have been up for months, and I've still got pic- coming up sniffing on them. Mm-hmm. I've, I've had them eat the antennas and all kind of stuff. A deer eat antennas? Yep. I never heard that one. They used to be made out of soybean oil. The elk would- Sure ... elk would tear them things up. Elk would eat the antennas off the camera. Yep. Yep. Didn't deer go by and chew them. You know, my neighbor, he's running Wizeye and he said squirrels chewed his cords up. I've never had a squirrel chew one of my cords. I haven't either. That's why we got the chew-proof cords now. We have the chew-proof cords now, so. Let's talk about that. Yeah. Yeah, we've got, uh, new cords that, uh, we, our development team has come up with. Uh, they're armored cords, um, and, and coated, and, uh, they're chew-proof cords, and they're all the way to the tips on both ends, so there's no wire at all exposed. And, uh, they work really well, and- And the DC2, you don't need cords. It's got the built-in power pack. Yeah, that's true. You don't, but you can. You don't need cords. Yeah. You can- You can still run a cord off for the solar panels. That's right, or the 12-volt battery. Now, talk about solar panels. You know, I, I, here's what I do. My setup is every camera, I got a solar panel, then my camera, then I've got some of the old, uh, MCs and DCs with the runner power cord with 12-volt lithium. When my 12-volt lithium goes out, I just unplug it, plug into my solar panel, take that battery, charge it. I don't lose any photo time or video time. Yeah, that's true. But with the new, with the DC2 and a power pack and solar panel, it keeps the power pack charged, solar panel charged. You never have to visit the camera. Never visit it. It's a constant flow of power between- Yeah ... the solar panel and the lithium pack. Pretty cool stuff, Redbone That is pretty cool. And I know we're at the end of our time here, but I do wanna ask, if I can get a real quick answer. Uh, the squirrel-proof, uh, cords, can you replace the cords on an existing camera or do you have to buy a new camera that has the squirrel-proof cords with it? It's just an accessory. You can buy it off the website. Okay. And, uh, you just swap your regular cord out for the chew-proof. Gotcha. Okay. Very good. Awesome show. Awesome show, Brother Harold. I want you to wrap it up. Share some scripture with us real quick. Uh, 46:10. All right. Be, uh, uh- Be still ... be still and know that I'm God. Be still and know that I am God. Amen. That's what He told Elijah. He told Elijah. Be still and know that I am God. Guys, I love y'all. Thank you for being here with me. We're gonna have a good time at the Legends of the Outdoors. We're gonna eat good, have a good time. Miss Lindberg, we gotta mention her. Amen. Oh, amen. Her 15 bean soup last night. Tell 'em, boys. It was out of this world plus that corn bread. I'm still full. Still full and passing gas. We're passing gas. Got a full tank back here. All right, everybody, we're gonna wrap it up. This whole world needs more love and not hate. Love one another. We may not agree on politics or, or whatever, but all bloods are red. Love one another. Amen. 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Find Hornady ammunition at a retailer near you and at hornady.com Recipes & Wrap-Up Pandow Arms presents Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors. If you're listening to this, you're listening to your, probably your favorite podcast trio. What's your favorite trio, Cole? Apple podcast. Apple? Apple. Apple, Apple. Everybody's Apple. So anyway, you're listening to your, probably your favorite podcast trio, and we're with the Monk boys, King Wazi and Cole Legman, and we've talked everything from, uh, the creation. With the Monarch, Papa Harold Senior, a bass-catching beast, man. He put 'em in the boat today. And, uh, we put a whooping on Daryl Early. I just gotta mention that again. Yeah. I, I tried to make him handicapped, you know? He couldn't use a spinning reel, and he kept crying like a little girl, "I gotta have this bait cast," didn't he, Pap? Amen. He did, and he was rubbing it, and Pap was rubbing it. "Oh, Daryl, unhook this fish for me." Wouldn't you, Daryl? Yep. Get the net. Get the net. Get the net. Get the net. All right, we're gonna talk recipes. You Cajuns like to cook. Oh, yeah. And, and, you know, it's fishing time right now. Just share a fishing recipe with us. Well, if we had some smallmouth, I'd give you- No, no, no, no, no, no, we ain't keeping no smallmouth ... I, I wanted to go with that. I was gonna tell you how we do fried fish- ... and, uh, I would love to show you how to do fried fish, but- Uh-huh ... we couldn't keep any. We might have to go sucker fishing later. But if, but if we was to keep some fish- Uh-huh we filet 'em and cut 'em in finger strips, wash 'em, and you dry 'em good. Oh, you dry 'em as well. Dry 'em good, and then we- Room temperature? Room temperature, dry 'em good, get all the moisture off of 'em, and then we put a little mustard- Ooh ... and stir 'em all together. You put 'em in a bowl, then you put mustard in it? A little bowl with a little bit of mustard, and then we use some of our, uh, we've got, uh, Louisiana Cajun fish fry. It's, uh, you can buy it local. I've got it. I've got some of it. Yeah. You can probably get some. And we stir seasoned fish fry. We stir it up, 350 grease, drop it in there till it floats, less than three minutes. What about Cole Legman seasoning? The Legman family seasoning. You ever use any of that? Oh, yeah. You can tie it- Cole brought us some, and I loved it on that 15-bean soup we ate last night. Man, that's awesome. Mustard in a bowl and deep-fry it, 350, in two to three minutes it's done. Yep. Redbone? Yeah, I have never heard... I, I know I use mustard on my ribs and, and pork butts and things like that for a binder. I've never heard of using it on fish. So I'm gonna have to try that. Yep. That, that's interesting. Thank you very much for that. That's, that's new. I want to share one with you here real quick, and, and I learned it from Duck Sheridan. He's from, uh, New Orleans, Hammond area. Duck come up deer hunting with us, and he'd bring catfish to play. He, he commercial catfishes. He'd sell his catfish. He goes, "I'll bring some catfish." And he said, "I'll cook for y'all." He took and bought Frank's seasoning, uh, hot sauce, and this glaze, and marinated them in it. Then rolled them in cornmeal and deep-fried them I had some of the old Cajuns do the hot sauce and bust it together for a egg batter. Run your fish through it, then drop it in the grease. Oh, that'd be good. Run it through- Sometimes if I want a real thick batter- Henry used to do that ... yeah, if, if you want a real thick batter, I usually do a hot sauce egg wash, and I'll dip the fish in there- There you go and then pull it out, put it in the batter, dip it back in the hot sauce egg wash, put it back in the batter with a double coat, and then fry it. The double coat, it is crisp. That's good stuff. That's probably what they're doing at Kentucky Fried Chicken, ain't they? Oh, yeah. Everything's double dipped. They double dip everything. They double dip 'em. That fish is better if you double dip it. I double dip some smallmouth too, so. All right. Last question here, we'll wrap it up with this. What do you like to eat with your fish? Hush puppies. Hush... Anything else? French fries and hush puppies with a Dr. Pepper. All right. Brother Harold? Uh, pinto beans and red beans and, uh- Yeah, baked beans. Bush beans. Bush beans, baked beans. That's it. Anything else? Uh, french fries, hush puppies and onions. Onions. And onion. Gotta have my dang onion. Onion, yeah. Hot and Daryl? I like a good potato salad- Mm ... and, uh, baked beans. Yeah. Potato salad and baked beans with your fish. What do you like, uh, Redbone? I'm gonna share mine. You know, I, when I, when I fry fish, usually I just eat fish. No, I will, I will make, um, yeah, a little bit of fried potatoes and onions, and you gotta fry those onions with the potatoes in the fish grease. Oh, yeah. And, uh, and also a good hush puppy. Man, it's hard... Now, do y'all ever put honey on your hush puppies after you cook 'em? Yes, it's delicious. Yes, but not- Yeah. Oh, you gotta try it on the cornbread. We might have to try that. Yeah, we're gonna have to go to that little fish house. Y'all try it. We're gonna have to- We're gonna go, we're gonna go eat pasta tonight at Willow Springs. All right, well there you go. Pasta House, real pasta. All right, here's mine. To eat with my fish, and I like my fish crispy, okay? I don't care what it is, it's gotta be crispy. I love to have Linda's chow-chow. We had it last night, and her cabbage, pickled cabbage- Uh-huh ... and jalapenos, and jal- uh, jal- her jalapeno sweet cornbread. That's what I have. Guys, I'm hungry. We haven't had lunch yet and it's 12:45. We're getting off here. Remember, this world needs more love and not hate. All blood's red. Amen. I encourage all my listening friends, if you haven't tried WiZi, you don't know what you're missing. It's just more than a trail camera. It's a data cam. It's WiZi technology. You will love it. Checking your cattle, your horses, keeping an eye on your farm, your gates, and finding these big bucks and these big old gobblers. Remember, love one another. Don't hate each other. Teach your boys to become men, your girls to become ladies. Yes. It's why God created us. Man and woman. (music) And when your roots run deep and strong, Colt, there's no reason to fear the wind Closing Theme We'll be waiting when they hit the ground. Big time coming, it's what we do. From a whippoorwill to an old owl's hoot. Sitting still till it's time to shoot. American roots. Take it to a holler. Take it to a field. Across a creek of a big ol'- heart so you never gotta worry So deep and strong. There's no reason to fear the wind. 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