Ghostrunners - 386 - Hunting in South Dakota

Episode Date: November 25, 2024

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Boy Hey You just go yeah, okay Hey, it's Monday. We're good boys We're good boys here on a Monday Jacob Good boy timing Good boy Good boy

This is gonna be an episode that's so hard to explain good boy We got a lot a lot for you guys to look at this episode Oh, yeah, I'll say that it's a it's an audio podcast, but if you're watching on video man, it looks nice in here There's a lot of see a lot of colors. Good boy. Good boy, Rachel Good decorations, Shiloh. Good boy, Rachel. Good decorations, Rachel. We'll explain it all later. Uh-oh. Ooh, I think this tight-beat means that it's going down

with some random thoughts and white meat, too. Midwest best friends eating fast food on repeat. So come along, let's have some fun and go ahead. Get on your feet, because this is a ghost from his podcast All right, so first things first I got home from the hunting trip and Rachel had redecorated the whole podcast studio So awesome, which this is pretty hard to do by yourself, I would think. Not if you're Rachel Koop. Not if you're Rachel Graham Koop Triplet.

No. The first. Yeah, I bet it would be. I think wrapping anything in general is super hard. Yeah, much less, yeah, 11 foot wall. So yeah, we got wrapping paper behind us. We got a new tree she just bought and brand new ornaments. She said each of them means something. Can you figure out what oh fun of a mean? I mean, I see the bacon

What's that for? Good. Good boy Good ranchers Um, I see the s'mores here s'mores for s'mores first Uh this that is so fun of rachel to do all this. Yeah, that is awesome. Uh The horse for timon, equine one. Good boy. Good boy, Tymon. Good smelling, Tymon.

This one, rooster for resin hunting. That's for us. For chicken, for good ranchers. Coffee for Main Street Roasters, of course. Guitar, because I play guitar. Guitar for jingles. I think jingles. Okay, good boy. And then a snowman with sunglasses on it because it's Christmas time. It's valid or get off my high snowman. My highest of all of the snowman. And then what is this golden thing? Got a

microphone up here. Oh, I don't know what the microphone could be for. Now that's hard to figure out. Standupcom, oh no. I led worship for a while. You led worship for a while. Okay. You also like to, you, there for a little bit,

you were playing a lot of pickleball. A lot of pickleball, yeah. It's a hobby of mine. And then. This one, oh this one, why is it a bit? What do we got there? Does it say nightlife? Nug life.

Yeah, it's a chicken nugget that says Nug life fast food on repeat very good very good tree Good tree Jacob Yeah, we're all decorated even timon's microphone is decorated. Yeah hiding the What's called cable zip tie zip tie? Yeah, good tie time It's gonna be a good episode I don't even know where to start. I don't know where to end. But we've got a lot of memories.

Yes. And really just a lot of inside jokes. I don't know what your experience has been trying to tell people about the trip, but nothing even comes close to how funny I remember it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we were. So let's podcast about it. Yeah, we just got back from our pheasant trip.

What, Monday? This is Thursday, so yeah, we were spouting, spouting? We were shoving? We were throwing around memes yesterday. What verb were we doing with the memes? Dishing out. We were dishing out the memes, and I tried to explain a few of them to Catherine.

She appreciated them, but not like I think we did. Yeah, so I've never been in a group text like this, never been on a trip like this. I mean, the whole thing's special, but yesterday was Wednesday. So we've been home for two days now. And it starts off with Harrison just sending like, oh, Harrison texted and said,

I wore my hunting pants to work yesterday, which is just funny out of the blue. And then he like creates his own meme and it's like a pheasant hunter in the field. And over the top of that, he said me. And then over the top of the pheasant, it said emails. Like, oh, that's kind of funny. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, that's what you were doing at work yesterday. And then I think Harrison got a good response from that. And so then he made a couple other just like very specific, our pheasant hunting trip memes. And they were so funny. And then I was like, I have to get home memes. And they were so funny. And then I was like, I have to get home. I have to add to this.

Where were you? I was driving when they started coming in. I was like, I gotta get in on this. Brad started getting in. And then the next thing you know, I'm in tears. I'm crying at my desk, home by myself. Like, this is so funny. This is so funny.

Which one got you in tears? All of them did. They're all so good. Oh man. I mean tears? Do you remember? All of them, dude. They're all so good. Oh man. I mean, none of them make any sense to anyone outside of the- They will by the end of the episode. How about that? Yeah, maybe by the end of the episode.

How about that? That's a great point. That's great storytelling right there. And then maybe we throw them in Patreon. Or maybe we throw them somewhere. That's a great, that's great. That's how we do it. We're coming up with this on the fly.

Patreon.com slash Ghostbusters. Yeah. Where to begin? Do we talk, do we begin with the roster? Just a quick overview of the people that came. I had that thought. I think it'll come up naturally though. I think it'll be like,

everyone will get brought up at one point or another. We could start off with the roster, at least the people who work for Fellowship Adventures. Okay. You have Jeff Moore, who is the contemporary Christian music artist. He's probably what, late 50s now? I don't want to guess. No, I'm just kidding.

Probably. He told a story about when he was little and he went and met Bart Starr. I'll go, Bart Starr, how old are you? Bart Starr. He's like, I was a young kid, okay. Like, was this in black and white, Jeff? What's going on here? Yeah, like I would say that if your parents are in their 50s, they know who Jeff Moore

in the distance is. Yeah, if your parents grew up in a Baptist church, they know who Jeff Moore is. If your parents, yeah, ever liked Christian music that had a baseball theme to it, they know who Jeff Moore is. Yeah, he has one hit above all else, at least in the pop, Christian pop circles.

Yeah. Home Run. Home Run. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, need a home run. Need a home run. Oh, so good. Catching. Let's do a lot this weekend. So I would say if your parents are 60 to 70,

they might not know. Like my parents are late 60s. My dad's 70, I believe. I don't know if they know them, but like I think maybe my sisters were on, my sister's early 40s might be on the cusp of that a little bit. The Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeff Moore line is strong. Yeah. But yeah, he's written a lot of songs. He was a solo artist. He was Jeff Moore, the distance, but I think

home run came out when I was three. And at some point I remember listening to that in my childhood, like a baseball Christian song. Yeah. So apparently Harrison did a play where he was the picture. It was like a reenactment, like synchronized to the home run song. He was the pitcher who gave up the game winning home run. Harrison might've been the devil. Yeah, and so I played that song for the kids yesterday, you know, cause I was like,

Bo's gonna love this song, it's awesome. And as we're playing it in the kitchen, Catherine, it was like, it was like one of those, it was like born identity where it's like, I don't know how I know this. How do I know this? She just starts going, gotta keep your eye on the ball. She's like looking around like what in the world?

Like she knew every word to it. And yeah, it's like, she's like, I did this, I did this song for a play. I think she did the same play as Harris. Wow. Texas man. She's like, maybe it was like one of those like, you know how sometimes VBS is like the same. You share curriculum. Summer to summer, yeah.

It's like this week, this year is break a rock beach. You know, this year is home run. Yeah, this year we're swinging for the fences in our quiet time. Yeah, and so all of a sudden it was like, it was like she had no idea and then she just knew every word. It was hilarious. That is a bored identity thing. Like it was like, it was like she had no idea and then she just knew every word. It was hilarious.

That is a bored identity thing. Like something is like, I know, who did I used to be? And it like unlocks all these memories of like, oh, now I'm thinking about lining up in the choir loft to go onto the stage and I'm wearing my baseball shirt. You know, it's like all these different things. Some like type of therapy type stuff, like connect yourself to some old,

like really cherished memory and then see what else comes up. Musical will do that about as music and smells. I feel like smells as good as anything. Yeah. Yeah. Especially when you haven't smelled it in a while. Yeah. So had a good conversation with Zach. Where a hand came on the trip license counselor. We were talking about, I think it's EMDR.

Okay. Shout out to the LPCs out there. Okay. Kind of stuff like that. It's kind of this crazy type of therapy. Really need to get into it, but just shout out that. So anyway, yeah. So Jeff, big musician, but also has always enjoyed the outdoors. And so he decided he wanted to do this ministry

through Fellowship Adventures is what it's called. And so he's the main guide. And then he always has some people helping him. One of them being our boy, our boy, Kenny. Kenny from North Carolina. Yeah. Played football at App State. Just, just a stud of a guy. And I would, I would go ahead and venture to say that no one knows Kenny like Jake Triplett. So I was the one person who flew into South Dakota. And so I get picked up from the airport by myself in a 15 passenger van pulling a trailer. Kenny, you don't need to do all this, but it was great.

So I spent probably an hour and a half with Kenny before we left Sioux Falls. And then it was just over two hours to Platte, South Dakota. So we spent a lot of time together before I saw anybody else. It's always texting the group Kenny updates, just like we went and had lunch at like sitting at a bar somewhere and I'm like sitting with Kenny, talking to Trump.

And apparently half the group didn't know that I was getting picked up. Like Will Severance was fully convinced. I just befriended someone at the airport, like, dude, you want to grab a bite? And then the next photo I sent was like, heading to Shields with Kenny. And then Will was like, wow, they're like still hanging out.

Dude, you're like really like doing something like special in this guy's life. Make sure to share the gospel with it. Yeah. And Will was like, this is so funny, dude. I was like, no, he's like my ride. He's like my chaperone. That's true. I have to hang out with Kenny. Yeah, Shields and with Kenny. Shields and with Kenny. And so, so foreshadowing, I did go through with what I said I was going to do last week. I picked up some camo face paint while I was at Shields.

By camo, you mean? There were three colors. Charcoal. I went to the charcoal section and just burned a bunch of that and put it on my face. Eye black and mainly that and a lot of it. So you bought that as Shields? Okay. Yes, bought that as shields, yeah, because I didn't have time to get it before.

I was like, if it happens, it happens. And yeah, Kenny needed something as shields. He tried to explain it to me three times that he was getting, had to do with guns and ammo. I have no idea what he bought that. Just like that mechanic that acts like you know what's going on. Yeah, I'm doing something with my choke over here. Like, ah, is that for guns or?

Can't put away from my neck. Yeah, that's right that for guns or? Keep it away from my neck. Yeah, right. Oh, are you okay? Cranberry Poppy came up a little bit there. I was trying to kind of laugh, but also kind of. Oh my gosh, sorry guys. Anyway, so yeah, you were with Kenny, bought some KMO. Yeah, and that might be why,

so when Brad is saying good boy, he's impersonating Kenny. And maybe it's my extra time with Kenny, but that is so funny to me every time. To preview to the very end of the trip or skip ahead. So I cried laughing every single day of the trip. And on the last night, we're sitting around the fire and Jensen, it starts off like doing like a Trump impersonation or like, that's so good.

Keep doing it. And then, you know, someone's like, do you have any others? And he starts doing like doing like a Trump impersonation or like, that's so good. Keep doing it. And then, you know, someone's like, do you have any others? And he starts doing John Piper and that's like really good. And then like Alistair bag, which is even more like niche than John Piper. Yeah. I thought it was like Alex Trebek. And I was like, this just sounds nothing like Alex Trebek. Alistair bag.

Yeah. It's like a Scottish pastor. Yeah. Yeah. So random. And then someone's like, do someone else, and you know, do Kenny. And Jess is like, oh, no, that's probably it.

I wouldn't even know how to do Kenny. And then about five seconds later, we're all talking about something else, and just out of nowhere, he just goes, good boy, Shiloh. Good boy. Which is one of the names of the dogs. He did it perfectly. Dude, it just popped me.

It was so perfect. It was like, yeah, you can impersonate Kenny. So I was thinking like, yeah, what would he even say? What would he even do? Oh my gosh. Oh, I'll just sit and I'll think to myself about Jensen doing that and I'll start dying laughing again. It's the funniest thing that's ever happened to me.

It's like you have to talk at 0.8x speed, just a little slower. It just takes a little bit extra like something to push it out of your mouth. Good boy. Good boy. Oh, man. It's so funny. It's it's like because with Trump and with Piper, he's like almost memorized, like the best way to impersonate someone. I mean, he's doing he has a monologue and paragraphs and it's really funny.

And right. And then just Kenny, just three words. Good good boy Shiloh, that's about all he said. He just talked to the dogs more than he talked to us. Well yeah, in the field that's like his job. Good boy Shiloh. So yeah, we're getting there, the vibes are high, we stop at Chick-fil-A right away, get a couple of mini trays, shout out Drew Severance for hooking it up.

Oh you got trays, that's fun. Yeah great times And it's always it was like really I really underestimated how much fun It would be for my friends to meet my friends like I love stuff like that You know what I mean? Like probably exactly like you described it so perfectly and you said this is like Brad's bachelor party Yeah, that's like it's like bringing us all together. Yeah, and like Like because I didn't think that Zach had never met Gunnar before yeah, you know, it's like it's like bringing us all together. Yeah, and like it like because I didn't think that Zack had never met gunner before Yeah, you know, it's like we've always known Zack. We've always known gunner therefore They should know each other and so just seeing them like meet each other and everything

But yeah, the the van was just a vibe on the way there apparently I was driving the truck and so I but I get a text Saying hey, we're making a stop I was like, okay, and they send a're making a stop. I was like, okay. And they send a link for a casino. It's like, all right, here we go. And we stop in, what is it? Cedar Falls? No, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Great. Right outside of Omaha. And we all lose a bunch of money real quick. But then apparently Justin, our friend, my friend from church who had to text his wife and be like, FYI, they said we should go to the casino. I wasn't my idea. And I was like, this seems like somebody who shouldn't be at a casino right now. Uh, but he just really quickly won $500 playing crap. Just kind of quietly just standing there. Just like, Hey, do you mind if we

just stay a little bit longer? I was like, Oh wow. Yeah, sure. He's just flying chips. But yeah, great times. Overall, we get there. I reunite with Jeff. This is my third time seeing him at this hunt. Uh, and he asked me, he's like, he's like, so what's, is there like a common thread between all you guys? Uh, and I was like, I mean, I was like the Lord, I mean, we're all the Lord in lack of, we're all- The Lord and lack of hunting. That's what we have in common. Yeah, city boys. I was like, a lot of us are Canuckuck people,

you know, but not really. And even before Jeff got there, the owner of the place, Nova, Nova and Tom, Nova saw us and she's like, this is a really young group, huh? Like, I think they're used to like median age of 50, maybe 45, 50. Yeah, much older. And so I think we brought some new energy

and I was so proud of like how much of boys we became good boys with Kenny. You know, like Kenny and Jeff like became like our friends. Like Kenny- Like they were a part of. Kenny was great at just like inserting himself like, like Kenny was laughing at the jokes. It wasn't like he was like, hey, I'm just here to work.

I'm just here, I'll be in the background. Like he was like he was like, hey, I'm just here to work. I'll be in the background. Like he was like getting in there, having intentional conversations with us. So is Jeff. And so by the end of the trip, I feel like we were all tight, you know? Even, like Jeff is in our group chat now. Yeah.

You know, maybe much to his chagrin. He said, incredibly. Yeah, he texted us yesterday. He was like, I got back from hunting with some people to 156 texts in here. He's like, do I regret giving you my number? No, no, keep it up. Uh, so yeah, I've right off the bat. So I learned later to skip ahead once again, I, when I had my ride back to the airport on the last day, I rode with Jeff and he let me know that we are possibly probably the most inexperienced group he's ever taken hunting. So I'm guessing they had to be a little nervous that first day of hunting.

I don't know if I could perfectly go in chronological order here, but from what I remember is that first walk through the field, that first like pass or whatever you call it in hunting, I thought it went fine. I don't know what's normal, how many birds you normally get, whatever. We get back to the ATVs and all the guides are saying, that was absolutely worst case scenario for 11 brand new hunters. I was like, really? Why?

He's like, oh, there were like six different, like low birds. He's like, that doesn't normally ever happen. None of you guys have ever shot before. None of you ever went hunting before. I'm so glad nobody killed anyone. I was like, oh, all right. Oh, I had no idea.

Great. So we passed the test. They strike the fear of God into you real quick on that safety, like safety training. We're gonna eat a steak tonight. Oh yeah, we got to finish the roster of the people. Yeah, Tom. Tom, Tom was the owner of the place.

Tom has been there forever. You walk in to this place and there's 15 pictures on the wall of Tom and Nova and these famous people that have hunted there. You know, Tim Tebow, Kurt Russell. George HW Bush. Yeah, HW. 15 pictures on the wall of Tom and Nova and these famous people that have hunted there. Tim Tebow, Kurt Russell. George HW Bush. Yeah, HW.

And then there's Charcoal Jake. No, there's all sorts of people. Michael W. Smith, Stephen Curtis-Jabman, Jeff Moore in the distance. Jeff Moore in the distance. Carrie Noem, the governor of South Dakota. Yeah, very inexperienced group. Nova made some comment when she saw us, even just putting on our clothes,

I think she was like, this is gonna be like herding cats out there, like shaking her head, like, oh boy. Yeah. I'm really getting something too. But yeah, the safety talk was, it was good. It was mainly about safety

and less about even hunting or strategy. Because when we get out there, the dogs are moving, the dogs are beeping. I'm like, what is all of this? You didn't tell me about the dogs beeping. Yeah, they already explained that, which I guess I don't need to know it, but I was a little bit like, what's the strategy?

How are we, what is the beeping? What does its tail mean? What does a bean mean? Yeah. But yeah, so Brad did all the room assignments. Jensen was my roommate. And so I kind of decided, hey, whoever's my roommate, let's go in together on the face paint.

Ha ha, joke. Cause yeah, we're dressed like this. You're not trying to camouflage yourself. I was like, it'd be funny if I just come out and fully camouflage. Well, there is in this makeup kit, it's black, green and brown. So I was like, let's avoid any controversy here.

I'm gonna start off with the green. Get a nice of green all over the face. Like, whoa, that's just Shrek. That's actually embarrassing what I look like now. I don't look like Camel Flesh at all. I'm just bright green. It's just like, I look really sick. Yeah, I'm like, dang it.

All right, I should have like mixed this beforehand, like I'm painting or something. So then I'm like, let's make up for this. Let's get the black on there and kind of it'll meet in the middle. You put that black on. Equal ratio. And now I'm like, let's make up for this. Let's get the black on there and kind of it'll meet in the middle. Put that black on equal ratio. And now I'm just black. Yeah. I mean, it just went over the top of the green and I'm panicking. Yeah. I'm like, well, nothing's darker than black. I got black all over my face. There's a group photo of all of us and I'm never going to post on the internet. Yeah. I ruined a couple of photos

for myself and for others. It's not good. We can't even show it. Did they ever even like comment? Cause I knew what you were doing as I walked in, but I walked in like after you had been there probably for a few minutes. So I didn't know if they said anything to you. Yeah.

You don't need that. You know that, right? It was so I'm desperately trying to like go back over with green, go back over with green go back over the brown I think Browns make it worse like don't I mean brown or black who cares sure both not good So I'm just trying to what I decide to do is like I kind of create streaks and my own face My dad is kind of maybe better. Okay, and it's at some point. I have to go. You know what? It's not we're not going out in public

We're not you know Like everyone's gonna understand what I was going for. The birds aren't gonna be offended. And I'm more than anything, the birds aren't gonna know I'm there. That's right. Which is the point. Your face, they're gonna be like, whoa, where did Ichabod Craig just hit me over there?

Dismembered torso just shot me. Right. And so I go out there and all of our friends are kind of like laughing, like, oh, that's funny. You know, me and Jetson look ridiculous. And, but I'm a little nervous what Jeff or Kenny or Tom might say.

That's what I have like a little nervous for. And walks in sees me. He goes. Oh full face nice Full face was such a like a military way of describing it or you with some face I was speaking of military something happened on the ride there Bob who is another guy, you from church, none of us knew, but he earned the nickname Military Bob. Military Bob, yes, so that was a van thing. I think somebody said something, like they were having one conversation, you know,

whatever, I don't know, in one part of the bus, or the van, and they're like, oh, were you in the military? And he's like, oh no, I wasn't in the military. And I think somebody else overheard him like, oh, I heard that you said you were in the military? And then I think it just like stuck. so stolen valor all weekend, you know with military Bob We're like is this I bet you're just so excited to get back to the barracks

Is this is this just like this just like base camp for you? Whatever? I think there was one time Bob was I mean, I think he was sharing something serious But in the midst of that, he was like, it's just been so good to be with you guys and reminds me of being in the barracks. Yeah. So funny. Oh, we erupted.

Yeah, we're just leaning into it. Yeah, it was that last night that we kind of shared some thoughts and feelings and all of a sudden, yeah, he said that and we all just clapped and yelled and hooped and all, hooh-wah! You know? Hooh-rah! Yeah, so Military Bob,

I think I mentioned him a couple weeks ago, because he was the one I was most nervous, like, gosh, I hope he's not offended by my friends here. Like, he's just like, he's just like the greatest, nicest, kindest, like most godly man. How much older is he than us, probably? I think he's 45. So, yeah, 10 years or so.

And so, yeah, and so, yeah, I think we're the, Peter and I are probably the next oldest. Yeah, we're 35, 34. So I was like, I don't know what this guy's gonna think. All these group chats going back and forth. Gunner asking if, oh, do we need to bring a bathing suit for the hot tub? You know, it's like, oh, Bob.

Bob's like, what am I getting myself into? And Bob was electric. He was so much fun. He by the end of the trip He was he was giving people a hard time back and all this stuff and military Bob and I mean Sharpshooter of all sharpshooters. Yes, so Bob Justin and Zach Warhand were the three people who like go hunting Brad's been hunting on these trips I was gonna say I'm a, I'm a three time vet.

They had their own guns. They had their own guns. Those three had their own guns. They might have grown up hunting a little bit. It's fair. And I had the pleasure that entire first day being next to Bob the whole time. Yeah.

And cause for me, it's not about the personal accolades. It's not about how many pheasants I shoot. Right. It's how many pheasants the left side of the line shoots. Left side. And it was every one that we had a chance at. And I had zero. You're like, this is great. Yeah. This is awesome. I've seen a lot of birds go down. My safety was on, but I hit that one. I know. Yeah. I don't know. It's still kicked. Yeah. So yeah. We talked about how like, you know, uh, it'd be like, hey, Jake,

did you get that one? We hear it, cause like sometimes the left side is like, there's a tree line in between us. So it's like, Jake, was that you? You get that one? You're like, maybe, but I think it was Bob. Yeah, I would just yell, there's a chance, but Bob's right next to me. So let's be honest.

Let's be real here, it's Bob. We were joking that like, Bob is gonna start treating me like his own like son or something. We're like, I'm lining up and I shoot one. I'm like, I got it. And then like, Bob is gonna start treating me like his own like son or something We're like, I'm I'm lining up and I shoot one like I got it And then like Bob is six inches behind me putting his gun down. Yeah, you did Jake. Good job Sure did son. Good shot. Good boy. Good boy, Jake Yeah, exactly. So got to see a lot of birds go down with Bob. It's fun I mean it was like man, it's hard not to jump around with this, but yeah. No, you're good.

Who cares? Yeah. That first like hunt, it's like, okay, all of a sudden, like I've got a gun in my hands, I'm hunting. And the very first thing they're like, all right, Jake, walk through that milo. And I had heard that word before, didn't know what it was, found it, learned it afterwards.

They plant that strictly just for the pheasants to come there and they hunt it, hunt them up. Yeah, this whole land is like attended to 10 months out of the year, or nine months, to make it perfect for pheasant hunting. It was great. Yeah. And so I'm walking through this, just like thick grass, thick crops.

That's like a rite of passage to go through the Milo. I started in the Milo. Yeah, baby. I was born in the Milo. That's right. Good boy. Good boy. And you're having to walk kind of with your gun up high so as to get caught in like I mean, I'm 15 seconds into hunting. I look over at Bob. I go I feel like I'm in Vietnam He's like this is nothing like Vietnam

Hollywood No, what Vietnam was like yeah I feel like I can like imagine like an image of just like trudging through waters and yeah, yeah your gun up Oh, it's gum. That's what I felt like I was doing. I had to keep your gun up high. Forrest Gump. And that's what I felt like I was doing. I had to keep my gun up, you know, guns up. Yeah, guns up. That's part of it. That's a big thing.

And it was just like fun. Like even though you don't need to be quiet, I think it's actually advantageous to not be quiet. I was like, I kinda like the idea of like sneaking up on these birds. It's kind of fun to just be like, yeah, just be quiet. Cause if you're quiet and everyone else is quiet and there's just like the rustling of the grass

a little bit, shh. And then the dogs have those collars, the beeping on the collars. And so it's kind of like this ominous like, here we go. And then the collar like beeps one way when they're just kind of running around. But if they stop and they point at something, because they see something or they smell something,

it like changes to a different beep. And it's like, turn off the safety and get ready. Haunt them up. Haunt them up. Haunt them up. Yeah, there was something I feel like that unlocked some testosterone in me, but just like walking through a field in a line with a plan with other guys,

I was like, this is the closest I'll ever get to the military, but I like, this is a good distance away. But I'm still- I'm enjoying what I'm experiencing here, okay? Do you hear me, Trump? I don't wanna get drafted. I don't want anything additional, but I like this feeling of like we went in here

with a plan and we have guns and we're walking in a line. It's so simple, but I was like, this is really cool. Dude, it was so hard the very first field we went in not to like coach everyone because people were not in a line at all. Right. It was bad. And I was like, we're going to shoot each other. I was like, but the guides are supposed to be the ones saying all that stuff.

So I'm like, I'm going to let it go. I finally had to say something to Steven Swick because he kept talking to the dogs and I couldn't help it. OK, OK, we have to talk about this. We have to talk about this. So during, I would say throughout the course of the weekend, I mean, this place is like they want you to just like have fun and relax. We have to talk about this. So during, I would say throughout the course of the weekend, I mean, this place is like,

they want you to just like have fun and relax. Nothing is sanctioned, nothing structured. There was about only three rules the whole weekend. It was like, take gun safety serious, be on time for meals. And when the dogs are working, don't talk to them. I mean, that was seriously one of the only three instructions we got the whole time was don't talk to the dogs.

We get back to the fire one night and Brad is like telling us for the first time. I finally let it loose because I was like, is that first? Like I know Steven, Steven's ghosty. And, and so like, like I know Steven, but I haven't hung out with him that much. So I'm like, I don't know how much I should like give this guy a hard time, but he claims he's never been offended. So I'm like, all right, I'm going to give him a hard time. Like, and yeah, he just, you know, like these guides are like having specific commands for these dogs. And watching the dogs is unbelievable.

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Eli Shiloh, I hear tough here. Yeah, forget the other names of the dogs tough. You hear shy a lot because Shiloh was kind of a bad the bad dog having to yell at Shiloh a lot because Shiloh was kind of a bad dog. Having to yell at Shiloh a lot. Kenny was getting mad at Shiloh. Every once in a while you hear a, ha, and it's like because I had to press a button on him. But they'll say, yeah, they'll say dead. You ever heard that one?

Dead, dead, dead, dead. Dead bird. Here, here Shiloh. And then they bring them, bring them the dead bird and they just stuff in their pocket. Yeah. So anyway, it's like, it, I, like these guides are saying things to these dogs.

And so it's like, let them say it. And almost every single time the guide said something to the dog, Swick would say the same thing. And so, you know, you got a kid to be like, good boy, good boy, hunt them up. And Steven's like, yeah, hunt them up, hunt them up. And finally, it's also Steven's like 10 yards ahead of me. And I'm like, get back.

And you got to like, stop, you're messing with the dogs. Stop talking to the dogs. Let the guys talk to him. He's like, dude, I'm just telling him to hunt them up. Like he just doubled down, like no, no shame of like. I'm saying the same thing they're saying. I've never done this before, but I'm telling him to hunt them up.

So I know what I'm doing. I was like, stop, just'm saying the same thing they're saying. What's the deal? I've never done this before, but I'm telling them to hunt them up. So I know what I'm doing. I was like, stop, just, just let them do his thing. Hunt them up. Yeah. Hunt them up. Come on, hunt them up. Come on. A dead bird, Shylo. Dead bird. Yeah.

It's like, oh, I mean. Oh, we were dying laughing when he told us that. Cause that point, everyone had gotten to know Swick a little bit, learned some character qualities. And it was just like, of course he talked to the dogs. Right. Oh, Swick. Also learned later on that Swick just decided,

I don't know if it's every day or just the last day, second day, but he's decided, he's like, I'm just always gonna keep my safety off so I'm ready to shoot. Yeah, we're around the- Which is very dangerous and stupid. Yeah, we're around the fire that last night and he kind of just like,

he asked like our half of the fire, he's like, so how often did you guys have the safety on? And we go, I mean the whole, the whole time. He's like, Oh wow. He's like, once we're in the field, I just took it off. Like, dude, what? Well, I'm glad we're alive, but who was it? Gunner starts dying laughing and he's like, I made a point to never be near him. Gunner. Yeah. First day Gunner goes, I would keep my distance from that guy. And that's like saying something coming from Gunner. You know what I mean? Like, so I, yeah, I rode into the field with Gunner and I said, give me your top three list. Who are you afraid of? And so we were going back and forth because, um, yeah, we were just like, well, one was funny is, but Gunner put both of us, him

and I, we put each other in the top five. It's like, I don't know if we're in the top three, but maybe I'm fourth or fifth. I don't know. I mean, we're just kind of, because we also, before you hunt each day, you go to the clay pigeon range. We're there for 30 minutes. You can just shoot probably 30 shells. 25.

Is it 25? It's that little, yeah, little box, 25. And anyway, I'm sure that first morning, we had to disappoint the boys. I was honestly, as somebody who's done it before, I was kind of shocked at how bad we were. I was like, these guys, because I haven't shot very many times, but I was like, it's not that hard to figure out, I thought.

And then that first time, it was like, oh, boy, I guess this is harder than it looks. I don't know. But then we got it. We started getting there. Yeah, we did. We got a little better. Yeah. But yeah, Swick talking to those dogs was so funny. Hunt them up. Hunt them up.

Come on, doggy. Hunt them up, puppy. What's your name? Shiloh? Come on, Shiloh. Hunt them up, Shiloh. Good boy, Shiloh. Oh, man. One thing that happened on the very first night, we got a lot of camp guys, a lot of guys who just know how to

cultivate fun and how to have a good time. I think it was Peter and Tate Unruh were the main instigators of this, but they started creating kind of a hat or a cauldron that we were going to draw consequences out of. Cauldron of consequences. And not a lot of them really took place. But I do want to read off just some of them that were like options,

because I just thought they were so funny. This is such a just like dude thing. Yeah. So one was, one that you got was take your shirt off while hunting for an hour. For an hour. Hunt for an hour with your shirt off.

Honestly, I was planning on doing it and we got done so fast. I was like, I should have done it right away. It was so warm, you actually could have. I know. And it wouldn't have been that bad. It would just look ridiculous. Just the vest over your shirt.

Well, cause Zach found this like, traffic vest that he had. Oh, that's great. And it was like, Bob was looking at it, he's like, this is like the lingerie of orange vests. It was like this really sk skimpy little vest. So that would have been perfect. Steven Swick said he got one that was to do a desk pop in the field

with no birds are flying. That's why that's why his safety was off. Yeah. Shock. He did one out of nowhere. I feel like somebody did that. There was one time out of nowhere. I didn't hear a bird or anything. I just heard a pop. There was. You know who it was? No, I was on the wrong side.

Maybe I was with you. Yeah. One was ask Jeff if he's got any home runs lately. Hey, Jeff, hit any home runs recently? That was Will was going to like memorize the words to home run and just like sprinkle them in throughout conversation. Well, you got to keep your eye on the ball. One was where all the clothes you packed hunting one day.

Go up to Tom five times in the duration of a hunt and explain how your gun is broken and ask them to fix it. Which Tom we haven't talked about him too much, but he's like, just by far the most serious one there. He gave the safety talk. Yeah, he's a little more no nonsense. He's a nice guy still. Yeah. But also a little bit like-nonsense. He's a nice guy still. Yeah.

But also a little bit like I don't want to make him upset. Yeah, I'm not going to be as jokey around Tom, I think. Last year I was a blocker one time. And I only had two. I had like what's called an over-under gun. So I only had two bullets. Oh, OK. And like most of the guns can have five bullets, right?

And as a blocker, sometimes it gets really hectic over there. And so I shot a few and then one flew right over my head and he goes, shoot it, shoot it. And I didn't have any more bullets. I was like reloading and he's like, you can't be a blocker anymore if you only have two. I was like, all right, sounds good, Tom.

All right. Good boy. Good boy, Bradley. Next time I'll be a good boy. Yeah. One was interrupt like Jeff or Tom, ask if you could pray and then sit in silence for 30 seconds.

Like, do you mind if I pray for this one? All right. So God, we just come for you. Yeah. Come to you. One was a will got this one and executed it. It was once the once the meal is served ask them if there's a gluten-free Option I know these all make me uncomfortable because I'm like, oh gosh I don't I hope they knew that we were messing with them one was call someone's wife and tell them their husband has been shot

That was pretty serious. I was like dang It's okay. Everything's okay. But yeah, and then one of the consequences was the whole time We're hunting don't stop talking to the dogs coming to find out Stephen was doing it anyway That's amazing dude, yeah, the the consequences were great. I remember the first night I hadn't even heard about the consequences really yet But like you get it you get a consequence when some like we all kind of agree, you have to draw. You draw. You're dumb, you earned it. And we're all sitting around the fire.

And you know, at that point, we're still kind of getting to know each other, but everything that Will Sever just say, and people are just, the way Will talks is just funny. And he could get in a rhythm where, and he could be the funniest guy in the group, or also the hardest to comprehend in the group of like, which makes

that's a joke or like, I can't tell at all. And so, uh, yeah. And sometimes he like, he's pretty good at like reeling people in. He's like, you know, something I've been hearing, there's two kinds of loves that you have in your life. It's like, he's like, okay. Like, yeah, here comes a pheasant analogy. He's, he's, he's got the room kind of, but anyway, he said something at one point we were just like bantering back and forth. It's like, he's like, you're like, okay. Like, he comes to pheasant analogy. He's got the room kind of, but anyway, he said something at one point, we were just like bantering back and forth. He's like, yeah, you know, like, it's like the Christmas story when like they do this

and Ralphie's like that. And everyone just kind of looking at him silent. And we all just started laughing. And we're like, draw, draw. He's like, oh, I'm glad we all draw. Yeah, the movie on 24 hours during Christmas season on TBS. Sorry. None of you guys have seen the more of the most popular Christmas movies of all time.

Oh, so yeah, we were, we were dying laughing at that. Yeah. That first night I was like, what's Jeff thinking of, of our group here? Yeah. But I think we just, we were great times. So, uh, I'm trying to think of any other specific instances that first night or first hunt. Yeah. I want to hear more about just like, so first, first field, first, well, let's call it the first hunt. First day of hunting for you was, was a net positive, awesome scale of one to 10.

Cause there was a point where I was like, this isn't exactly how it was my first year. And I really want it to be like that for my friends. And then dude, I, maybe I said this already to you guys, but I like, no, I think I told Jensen later. I was like, I prayed, uh, at the end of our field one time, like near the end of our first day of hunting, I was like, God, I really thought it was cool. My first year when near the nearly in like a ton of birds just came out. And then like literally like 20 seconds later, do you remember like when there was like 10 that came out at once?

It was crazy. I was like, that was wild. And I'm like, I know that my friends are having fun no matter what, but that'd be really cool. Cause I remember that being really cool. Yeah. It was, it was a great first day. I mean, I just love just like getting the feel for how this works and like how quickly they can fly away from you.

About to sneeze. Just got done sneezing. Bless you. Thank you. It was fun. I feel like I was a decent part of the action. Those first two like passes through, like I probably had shot my gun 15 times at that point. I think we're like, all right, we could probably do one more pass through

before we hit our limit. And, um, Cause it's three per per person. Yeah. We get three birds, three thousands per person. And, uh, somebody brings up like, well, let's, let's make sure Garrett gets in the mix. He had got to have a shot yet. It's like, wow. That's probably why I was feeling a little bit is cause I could hear like I could, I was kind of close to Garrett and he would just like, you know, people will be like pop, pop, pop.

And you'd be like, that sounds pretty fun over there. Sounds like a lot of fun. And I'm like, Oh, it is fun. So yeah, we made sure that they got to shoot and I don't think it was them being hesitant. I think sometimes you're just like, you know, sometimes you go through a feeling like that just no birds flew my way. But anyway, wanted to share that because that's up a meme later. Yeah Let's see after another just random memory after our first morning on the clay pigeon range we were walking back

We're like, alright, we're gearing up to our first hunt and we've all done terrible on the range I just remember Harry Harrison looks over to me. He goes. I can't believe they're gonna let me go out there He's like so disappointed in himself. I'm surprised they don't just keep me inside and just feed me the rest of the day. Yeah, I think Harrison looked better than anybody else out there. But I don't know.

Yeah, I think Harrison was solid. Yeah, no, I mean just like his style and his. Yeah. He's just a tall guy shooting. Yeah, he's looked like a natural out there. But I don't know if he was hitting as many as we wanted him to. I also, there was a moment that first day

I got back in the ATV with Peter. We were gonna be like blockers or something. So we're getting driven up and I was like, how to go to it? He goes, I kicked one. I said, you kicked one? He said, yeah. I think he was reloading or something. Or maybe there was just like,

there was one on the ground right between him and Tate. He's like, I'm not gonna shoot it on the ground. So he just kicked it right said it was a blast That's what they say They say like do not if it's on the ground don't point it down like get ready for it to fly Yeah, like cuz that's how you get hurt. That's how you shoot a dog It is fun when you see him on the ground cuz you know, it's like, yeah, here we go It's a potential bird go get that thing and everyone saw the dog just runs it down. It's kind of amazing. Yeah Yeah, there were a few times that first,

I don't know if it was the first field or the first day, at least, where because they were telling us, do not shoot a low bird, there were times where a bird would fly low, like right past somebody, and they would just kind of have their gun right on their shoulder and just not even be prepared. And there was one time one flew right over Tate. I was like, Tate, turn around and shoot that thing.

Yeah, we were a little, which this is the right way to do it, but a little like extra safe, that first hunt I feel like. Which is great. There was, we'll make this a trivia, get you involved, Tyman. All right, so one person in the group did something somewhat unsafe the first day. One person in the group did something somewhat unsafe the first day. One person in the group did something somewhat unsafe the second day.

I'll give you two guesses for each one out of the whole group. You do know this person on the first day who won most dangerous hunter. Isaac McDonald? Most dangerous kill. Isaac, that is a good guess. He was actually the one put in danger. Oh, okay. Most likely that is a good guess. He was actually the one put in danger. Oh, okay. Most likely to be shot was Isaac. You, good guess.

No, I had military Bob next to me, so I was just fine. Jensen, I guess, did you see it? Yeah. Jensen. Okay, you can describe it then, I didn't see it. Jensen, pretty good shot though. So if he wanted to shoot Isaac, he would have. Jensen was popping him. I think he was getting a little too confident. I don't know it. Jensen, pretty good shot though. So if he wanted to shoot Isaac, he would have. Jensen was popping them. I think he was getting a little too confident.

I don't know what it was. I don't know. On one hand, I'm like, I don't know if it was as bad as everyone acts like it was. On the other hand, I'm like, well, I wasn't Isaac in this situation. So there was like, it's all about like, don't shoot low birds, Timon,

cause like, cause you're walking one way, but there's other people that are standing at the end of this thing. So if you shoot too low or they shoot too low. Yeah, they're across from you. You have Revolutionary War style. Right. And so yeah, Jensen, there was one bird that kind of flew,

I don't know, kind of around him. And I think part of it was because the guides the guides will yell out low bird, low bird. And that means don't shoot it. Don't shoot it. And, and so I think Isaac had kind of let his guard down because low bird and then Jensen turns and Isaac's like maybe where you are timing and Jensen's right here. And so it's not like he was pointing it at Isaac, but like pretty close and, and pretty low.

It just pops it. And you see Isaac just like duck down really quick. Yeah, cause I think he was following the bird. And so in Jensen's follow through, it got near Isaac. Like he was done shooting, but the gun ended up kind of pointed at Isaac. Maybe so, oh yeah. And so it was one of those like silent, like, okay.

Everybody good. Okay, we're good. Yeah. This do, do we need to like reprimand him anymore? Does he know about this? Uh, yeah. Apparently Jeff gave him some, like some movie reference or something. He's like, you ever seen this movie? And then he's like, no, he's like, well, there's a dance move that they do in that movie. And they say, you can only do that dance move one time. He's like, well, there's a dance move that they do in that movie and they say you can only do that dance move one time It's like son. You can only do what you did out of that field one time Jensen's like got it. All right. All right. Yeah, sir. So that was day one. Yeah, huh? Who do you think? Did it on the second day do I know this person you know this person, okay

Um, can I guess Isaac again? No, no new people new people I'm just trying to think through who I I Don't know I need like a list. I'm looking through Something can have the guy a subtle hint about they're in the room with us now. Was it you Jake it was Brad Brad What'd you do Brad I never thought it would be me What'd you do Brad? I never thought it would be me. What did it say at the office?

I can't believe it was me. I can't believe it was me. Okay. So like I said, Timon, there's what's called blockers and walkers. Obviously the walkers are the people going through the field until they get to the end of the field where the blockers are standing waiting to like flush these birds up. So I was a blocker with my boy Willie. There was a bird that got away from us. It

was, it was, it was a sad day. We were shooting at it and that bird did not, that bird made it to the next pasture over or whatever. And so I was determined. I could hear this dog, this dog was on point. I could hear the beeping. And so I, I, I Stephen Swick that thing. I took my safety off, I was ready. And I don't know, how far do you think, were you there, Jake? I was somewhere nearby, I was to the side. Okay. I was safe.

I had no qualms with what you did. How far do you think it was 30 yards? How far do you think we were away from each other? Oh. Ish. Sure, maybe. Yeah, we were far apart. We were 40 or 50 years Okay, the bird was what 10 yards in front of you. No, I don't know. It was no it was like a hundred yards. I was kidding This bird comes up and I'm not letting this one get away

Wasn't quite as patient as I should have been and I think before it people even said a word about it. I popped it That's I came away impressed. I was like, that bird's still in the grass. I mean, how'd you even know it was there? I could hear the dog, the dog, man. It really was crazy how like, John Wayne quick draw. I mean, since now, like you knew there was a bird there. Cause otherwise there was no way you could have drawn a gun and shot it that quickly.

Cause it was really, it was just kind of just barely above the like, hay line. I definitely felt like I was shooting up, but I definitely was not shooting like up. You know, it was, it was a little, and so I heard, I heard Jeff yelling, that's too low. No more low shots. And Kenny, Kenny, Kenny was like a great father figure at that moment because Kenny was pretty close to me and he goes, Bradley.

He goes, and, and you know, everyone's yelling like that was low, that was low, whatever. And he looks, and I was like a little bit shook. I was like, I shouldn't have done that. I was dumb, whatever. And he just goes, he knows what he did. Like he didn't have to reprimand me. And then freaking Swick is next to Kenny and he goes, Hey Brad, at least you shot it. At least you hit it. And I'm like, that doesn't matter right now. Yeah. Hey, at least you shot it.

Hunt him up Eli. Oh my gosh. And Kenny goes, that doesn't matter right now, Steven. Oh man, it was so funny. He knows what he did. He knows what he did. He knows what he did. He knows what he did. He knows what he did.

Like it was just like, it was like he could tell he didn't have to discipline me anymore because I was disciplining myself enough at that moment. Yeah. I was like, dang it, I should have waited. But honestly, a little part of it was like, there are 15, no, there are probably six guys that are gonna shoot at that bird.

I wanna shoot at the bird. Like, you know, like it was a little bit selfish. It wasn't just like. You know, you could use a little time next to Military Bob. Yeah. That'll get you acting like a team player again. Yeah. Hey, I want us to get this bird.

Right. Bob, I need you to get this bird. That was, that shot for me was right before Military Bob had his own heyday. Yeah, so our very last day, it's going quick. I mean, and the weather this whole time was gorgeous. It'd get up to like 58, 59 by the time we're like done hunting. I mean, it was hot. It was-

Couldn't have been more perfect. It was awesome. And the pheasants are flying. We're getting our limit pretty quick. And so, yeah, right around after Brad shoots that one, it's like, all right, I think that's it. I think that's our limit. And so we're walking back to the ATVs and I know me and everyone else I was with,

we had all unloaded our guns, like we're done for the day. And then as we're like all next to each other, Fezzet flies up, about the second you even realize what's happening, boom! You look over, you see the bird go down, you look back, it was like a movie, like who did that? And Bob is already reloading his gun. Like there's gonna be more, like we're not done. You look back it was like a movie like who did that and Bob is already reloading his gun

Like there's gonna be more Done yeah, it was it was out of a movie. He's a gangster. Yeah, he wasn't unloading it like alright. I'm done. Yeah, seriously I'm done. He was reloading his gun. It was awesome. It was like I'm so glad it was Bob I'm so glad it wasn't somebody else. He was the only one who had his gun loaded It took him one shot killed the pheasant on his own. And there's no questioning who did that. Right. Military Bob. That would be me. That'd be Lieutenant Bobby.

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even if you are not a coffee drinker because somebody in your life is and somebody deserves a gift. 10% off. Main Street Roasters, GRKC, peace. That was really fun. When we got done there, they do a little ritual with all the like first timers.

And so they put like the pheasant blood on our face. And that was fun. There were multiple people that I sent that picture to that were like, Brad, why are you the only one that doesn't have blood on their face? I was like, you noticed that? You zoomed in? Yeah, I was saying you took the time

you zoom in on everyone's face. Yeah. That's funny. So it was literally a picture of all these put it on everyone's face. Yeah. That's funny. So it was literally a picture of all these guys with blood on their face and me. Cause I was just responded like, ah, it's icky. I just, I don't like that. I was just along for the ride.

When I go fishing, I usually have Katherine take the fish off the hook for me. Cause I don't like it. Dude, I don't like that. That's true. That's so true. Sorry. Sorry. That's the best part of fishing. I love taking the fish off the hook.

Do you really? Yeah. What if it like, sometimes it like cuts you or something. You get, I mean, their teeth are a little sharp, but it's part after after it's part of the fun. You have a little bit like a tough thumb. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. You're talking about. It's just like it rubs off a little skin. We're going with tough thumb. We feel good about tough thumb. You have a tough thumb. There's green thumbs. There's tough thumbs. Boy.

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if I want to. I'm not a fisher guy. I need to. Fisher guy. I'm not one of those fisher boys. I don't know. Maybe I need to go more fishing.

I don't know. I don't understand the allure to it. I don't get it. I'll be honest. I'm kind of in the same page just in general with fishing. Some people are obsessed with fishing. Some people do get really obsessed with fishing. And I, I could see why it would be fun for a second when you catch it. But anyway, um, this, some of these things are already probably triggering

to people, whatever. Uh, I'll trigger some people more. Uh, so often when, uh, you shoot a bird, it falls down, but it's not quite dead yet. Because you're shooting a bunch of pellets. And so yeah, you're wounding it pretty easily, killing it very rarely. Sometimes it's like, oh, that's obvious. We got that thing, you know?

But the dog will often retrieve it, dead, dead. Dead bird. Go retrieve it and bring it back to the guide. And the guides have these vests and they're like deep super deep pockets If you look in here, and so they shove all these birds in there Bird pocket and every once in a while Yeah, they have like one still like flapping or whatever and so they take it and they just ring its like ring its neck like a chicken And that's just the circle of life guys. I don't know what to tell you if you're eating chicken nuggets

It's the same thing. All right, but I will say, nothing prepares you for that first time seeing it, though. They're so nonchalant about it, right? Yeah, he's like still walking. Good boy, Eli. Thank you. Thank you. All right, boys.

Let's keep walking. Good boy. Let's keep walking. Man, this thing's not a fun. And we're walking. Hunn'em up. This thing's living for a while. All right, keep walking, guys.

Hunn'em up. Yeah, hunn'em up. Good boy, Steven. So I remember the first time seeing it and seeing feathers coming off of it. Yeah, hunt him up. Yeah, hunt him up. Good boy, Steven. So. I remember the first time seeing it and seeing feathers coming off of it and the feathers like going on Harrison in his eyes. It was so big, like, oh my gosh.

What have we done here? What have I, am I an accomplice? Right, good boy. And so, you know, out of all the guys in the group, it did not shock me one iota that Gunner Duckworth as we're, as we're walking the fields, he goes, Hey, do you need me to stuff one in my pocket? Like, to me, I'm like, I'm not, I'm not walking around with dead birds in my pocket. That's weird.

And he's like, can I, can I ring one? And like, I'm not saying Gunner's like some country boy, but at the same time, like Gunner's the kind of guy that would be like, I'll try anything. And so he did one in the field, did a pretty good job. And then we're, we're done with the field. We're back at the, the rigs, the four by four side by sides. And there's one that's still kind of flapping a little bit and Gunner's like, I'll take care of it.

Here we go. And so I have a video of him. Have you seen it? No, well, I was right there. It's Catherine's favorite video. No way. She's like, you have to send me that video. I need to watch it. It's like up there with that video of you

exploding a campfire. I didn't know we had a video of it. Cause I remember it. It did not go well. It did not go well, but at the same time, I mean, yeah, maybe let's just watch it together and we can put it in post if that's all right. Great.

Timon. Yeah. First of all, Will was going to do it. Will's like, well, let me do one. And then right away, Will's like, I can't do it. Just gunner. So he tries. He does a pretty good job, but it's still flapping. It's still, and he's swinging around.

Take it to yank down He throws it in there and it's still flopping around it so he gets it back out again The way he throws it in there afterwards. Oh, Catherine can't get enough of it. Yeah. I mean, he was just kind of like whack a mulling it like this should should do it doing it above his head. I told a gunner later and every now and then you could pop gunner where he immediately

he's like wheezing immediately because I was telling Gunner I was like this reminds me he hadn't even seen the movie but there's a movie called Me, Myself, and Irene, where Jim Carrey's a police officer, and I think he hits a cow with his car. He's like, oh man, I gotta put this cow down. And so he's like, oh, this is not gonna be fun. But he like shoots it with his pistol or whatever. He starts walking away, and then the cow's like,

ah, and he's like, oh my gosh. And then he like shoots it like four more times. Oh my gosh. and then the cow's like, Grrr, and he's like, oh my gosh, and then he shoots it four more times. Oh my gosh, and then the cow rears up again, so then he starts wrestling the cow. He's getting the headlock, and he's putting his fingers in his nostrils. I was like, Gunnar, that was you with this pheasant. Just could not kill it.

So funny. Gunnar was such a vibes guy, dude. Before we left my house the first day, we all put our hands in and broke it down and then we we stopped for Chipotle for lunch Did the same thing broke it down every single day. We were breaking it down Great Sunday morning breakdown all-timer. Yeah So before our last day of hunting like our boys our last day bring it in here Kenny's kind of nearby like Kenny come in here break it down for us. Yeah, Kenny's like, all right, boys, our last day, bring it in here. Kenny's kind of nearby. We're like, Kenny, come in here, break it down for us.

Kenny's like, all right, boys. Sunday morning, yeah. Yeah, day of the Chiefs game. He said, all right, let's go Kansas City on three. We're one, two, three, Kansas City. It's something about yelling Kansas City. I don't know who started it, probably you. But then the Tomahawk Chop just breaks out with all of us.

All of us. Everyone is going nuts just like, you know, yelling. Like, it wasn't like, come on guys, let's do this. Like a few guys are doing it, let's all do it. It was like, one, like we just all started going nuts on it. I mean, yeah, Jensen and Swick, not Chiefs fans. Doesn't matter. We're saying some pretty anti-Chiefs things

the night before, you know. Doesn't matter, they were so into it. It was awesome. It was even, I think Tom was even like, can you guys do that again? Let me do a video of this. Video this thing, yeah. And Swick got done.

He's like, I'm a chiefs fan now. I love my homes now. Yeah, that was great. So just the breakdowns every day. All right, we're breaking it down. You know, before we left, we broke it down, all this stuff. So we break it down and me and Jensen are in, in one of those rigs.

We're running out, heading out to the field with Tom. Tom's our driver. And before we can head out, we're trying to tell her, I mean, there's like Brad's in a little rig with six people crammed in. We've only got two of us, you know, so like, hey, we have room. If anyone wants, all right, no one wants to sit with us.

All good. And we start driving out there and Tom starts telling us a story like, make sure we got everybody. There was one time, a couple months ago, we left a guy who was on the can and we actually left him and he was not happy, but he was kind of a rotten egg anyway.

I mean, he was late to every meal and stuff like that, talking about this guy, like dang, sorry to hear that. And Jensen asked him like, how often would you say you get just like a rotten egg like that? Like a guy who just kind of ruins a trip and Tom goes oh, there's one in every group and we go every like well not every group Tom was every single group There's a rotten egg and then Jensen. I just kind of look at each other and then we look at the two open seats We're like, I guess it's one of us

No one wanted to sit next to us. Read the room, yeah. But Jetson, seriously, asked him to clarify like three times, every group? And he looks right in the eyes, every group. Afraid it's every group. I don't think so. There's no way, yeah. I don't know.

Was it something you said, I think in previous trips you've been in or gone on, normally you don't get full participation like this, like around the fire and stuff like that. Like normally some guys are inside, they go to bed early. And this was like all 14 guys were together at all times. Yeah, we did fire pits every night. We did a time where we went down to like this shooting range

and shot all these cool old guns, pistols and stuff. Rifles. Once Bob taught me how to aim, I became much better. You were a marksman. I had no idea what I was doing. Yeah, it's fair. Like once, once somebody told me what to do and how to do it, it's a lot easier. It's a lot better at it.

Yeah. Um, yeah. But like almost always it's like majority of the guys, but you know, it's always like a little bit more, you know, split up or maybe somebody wants to just get to bed earlier or whatever. And it was always like, everyone's at the fire pit. Everyone's, everyone's watching the chief's game. Everyone's down at the gun range. Like it was awesome. It was so cool. And I'm part of me is like, I don't know if they realized everything was optional. Like

they could go, you know, whatever, hang out. But at the same time, it was like so much more fun that way. Cause like one of the nights, a great conversation starter, fun thing to do that Jeff, like one of Jeff's little fun things he does is he's got the Bluetooth speaker hooked up and he just goes around and he says, all right, what was your first concert? And we listened to one song per person, like of their first concert. Time. What's your first concert? I think it was like Andrew Peterson. Like I Christian. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So we listened to an Andrew Peterson song. And so there was a few times where like we listened to the songs, dude, still every day since I've listened

to Irene by Toby Mack. Oh, really? I think I say take my hand. Also take my hand. Cause that's a good one. Those songs, take my hand by Sean McDonald, Irene by Toby Mack, both those songs. Isaac was sitting next to me. He's like, never heard these songs. He's like, these are great songs. And better than you remember, folks. I said, hey, little girl, with the pressures of the world on your shoulders.

Y'all so good, dude. Good song, Toby. Great song. Good song, Toby. Toby. Anyway, so that was a fun time. But yeah, every single person was there. And it was great, because it was like, it clearly showed most of it. I mean, it kind of says something about you like,

like Tate, who's our age, his first concert was Dan and Shay. I was like late bloomer, you know. But then a lot of ours were like, you know, Christian concerts. And then it gets to Justin. He's like, my first concert was Drake and Nicki Minaj. Yeah. But if you don't count that, then it's Eminem. If you don't count that, it's Kid Cudi. He's like, I was saved in college. So yeah, Kid Cudi. So that was fun to go from Stephen Curse Chapman to Drake. Yeah.

Yeah, it was fun. Yeah, the Chiefs played while we were there, which was fun. Everyone was circled around, watching the game together. That was a fun memory. That Chiefs lost to the Bills, if you guys didn't know. Tyman, did you know that? Yes. Thank you.

Good job. That's the only thing I can think of that it would have been better if, like, if that would have, if we would have come back in that game, that would have been, That would have been quite the weekend. The most crazy, because we were all still so into it. So going crazy for him.

But yeah, it was really fun watching Jensen and Steven, who are not Chiefs fans, kind of experience like, you guys are down by 10 points, and you still believe you're going to win. It's like, yeah, we do. We probably will. Yeah. So we'll get it back.

I bet we beat the Panthers last week. Hope so. If not, beat the Panthers last week. Hope so. If not, then we might be in trouble. We ate some pheasant, which was good. At night we had pheasant cooked in some sort of, or smothered in some sort of white wine, mushroom sauce. That was amazing. Whatever that was.

White wine, cream, sauce. Yeah, had some mushrooms and rice or whatever. That was amazing. You like that one? Yeah, that was good. It was the pheasants that we shot. So like Jensen took a bite and ate a BB. Yeah. Pretty fun.

Got a free t-shirt. Free t-shirt. It's like when you get the little thing in your cake in New Orleans, you get a little BB in your pheasant in South Dakota, you get something for it. Yep. Yeah, that was, I'm glad you liked that. That's like my least favorite of all the meals.

Oh my gosh. I stopped, I cinzettis myself that night. Did you? Yeah. Yeah, that was that was I'm glad you like that. That's like my least favorite of all the meals. Oh my gosh I stopped my since Eddie's myself that night. Did you? Yeah. Well, that was the cookie skill at night, too Yeah, cookie skill. They had great food really good dessert, which I know like all desserts good but not like this not like this It was great. I really I ate very well. I normally don't eat like a ton just quantity wise I normally eat on eat like a ton just quantity wise. I normally eat till I'm like 80% full. Great. I like to snack. Who cares? And this was like, eat as much as I possibly can. It was awesome.

Yeah. And it was like every single meat. Well, not breakfast, but every lunch and dinner had dessert. It was like save room. I always got coffee every night. They would always offer coffee. It was like, that sounds good with dessert. I took a picture of it at one point. It was Main Street Roasters coffee too.

Was it really? It really was. Yeah. Oh, that's cool. Yeah picture of it at one point. It was Main Street Roaster's Coffee too. Was it really? It really was, yeah. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. Fun. At one point at dinner, I took a picture of Peter's plate. So this is dinner.

I mean, this is 8.30 at night. And Peter's got, he's got a roll he's still working on. He's got coffee, non, it's not decaf, full on coffee. He's got wine, just those two alone. And then he's got a cheesecake and a water. And he's working on all of those at the same time. It's like, Peter, what are you doing? No wonder you're gonna be in the bathroom

with your coffee, wine, cheesecake. Let's talk a little more about Peter. Great memory of Peter. So second day after we're done hunting, it's a little surprise to the guys, but I knew we always go to the burger barn for lunch that day And so out there they grill burgers. They make they fry pheasant nuggets

And we're just all hanging out pheasant nuggets yeah, yeah pheasant like yeah pheasant nuggets like What else would it be? I don't know okay? That's just the guys who went on the trip Pheasant nuggets and for the guys who went on the trip. Fessent nuggets. And yeah, so we're just all hanging out, sitting around eating and kind of out of nowhere, really. I just, all of a sudden Peter's falling backwards on the ground. Two miles an hour.

Yes, so slowly just like, just falling backwards. All of a sudden. He's just his chair is just down on the ground You just barely go on barely going his last ditch ever for whatever reason he slams his brownie The ground and the guy mark the the chef was like hey, I mean I'll get you new brownies like nope Nope, this is my brownie. This is my fault Yeah, that was funny. I think you have a picture ofie. He's like, nope, nope, this is my brownie. This is my fault. Yeah, that was really funny. I think you have a picture of that one, of him falling on the ground. Somebody does.

Yes, I think Swick took it. So glad we have that documented. Oh my gosh. What was I gonna say? Oh, our second day on the rifle range, of course we were like, let's make this a competition. Yes. I had just been taught how to aim right beforehand.

So I was a great draft value, probably drafted towards the end. I really tried to help out my team. You were the Tom Brady. I prefer Brock Purdy. He's a friend of the show. He's all right. So we're getting divvied up into teams. And it doesn't matter how many.

I don't even need to explain the rules. Basically, our first matchup on our team, we have Steven Swick, we have no safety Swick. On the other team, we have Garrett Gibson. And so the competition is like, all right, shoot these six targets, regardless of how you do, then you get one last target that's like 120 yards away, it's the money ball shot, and it's worth three. So itick's going, miss, miss, miss, miss. Garrett makes two. So it's two to zero going into the moneyball. Moneyball would win it. Garrett misses, and then Swick hits the target.

You hear, but ding, we're like, we're going nuts, oh my gosh, you know, because we thought, we're like, does he even know, is he even close? We can't see where these bullets are flying. We can't believe he hit the target. Well, then Garrett is quick to be like, how do we know he hit the target we were aiming for? He was like, conspiracy,

because there was like, the money ball was like a torso sized green thing, you know, yeah, a hundred some yards away. So you can't see it being hit, you just hear it. But then right next to it is a full size buffalo in metal. And so Garrett's like, I know he aimed for the buffalo. The buffalo is five times as big as the money ball. Oh, I hadn't heard this theory. Oh really?

Yeah, Garrett was convinced. He's like, how can we even confirm he hit the money ball target? He definitely just aimed for the buffalo. Oh, Garrett's just bitter. He's just bitter. It was a loophole. It was a flaw in the game.

You can just go for the buffalo. I don't know if Swick did or not. He wouldn't confirm it. No, Garrett, Garrett, you know, you lost fair and square bad boy Garrett Man, yeah, I think yeah, if we definitely hit it in our team one, we dominated actually that was what turned the tides You know if we don't win that first match who knows what happens? Yeah, then we just went on to just dominate set the tone you dominated

I forget who you beat but you beat him. I was actually only one who lost to Tate that I'm a Tate's good Turns out if you play four years of D1 basketball and overseas basketball, you got some hand-eye coordination turns out Yeah, you pick up shooting pretty pretty high-level athlete Thanks. Sorry. I thought you won you shot. I did good. I did good. I got a lot of points Nah anyway, uh I got a lot of points. Nah. Nah. Anyway, what else do we talk about? I'm just starting to think of all the inside jokes and all the fun times. I don't know, man.

I was decked out in Steve Coop's clothing, who is going to be joining us for Wednesday's episode. So get excited for that. That will be awesome. Can I just say I liked I said multiple times, maybe you heard me, maybe you didn't. But I was like, I like the way Jake's looking. Thank you. Yeah, I didn't said multiple times. Maybe you heard me. Maybe you didn't but I was like I like the way Jake's looking Thank you. Yeah, I didn't mind it either you you looked a little like Like like there was one day. I was like he looks a little funny, but there was another day

I don't remember what you were wearing. I was like this looks good on Jake like I liked it Here's all say yesterday. I went to Bass Pro to return something and I walked around for a little bit Doesn't feel like hey, I have a little more validity being here now. I kind of know how all of this works. Right. Kerosene heater for camping, yeah. Yeah, sure, maybe.

You don't know. Yeah, deer skin gloves, yeah. Yeah, sure. Deer urine, I don't know, maybe. Yeah. Hunt them up. Camo, hunt them up. Okay.

Also just a quick aside, the girl who took my return, she goes, you got abundant life? I go, wow, yeah, I return, she goes, you go to Abundant Life? I go, wow, yeah, I do. She goes, you have that podcast? I said, yeah, I do. Hey! Double whammy. All right.

That was kind of fun, shout out to Ali. What's up, Ali? But yeah, I really enjoyed going through Bass Pro. I'm a change man after this weekend. I like the clothes, I like Bass Pro. Also Isaac needed stuff to wear, and I was like, well, Steve Koop had a whole car full. I was like, let me give you some of his stuff.

And so I left it at home. It was like, Isaac, when you go to Brad's house, just stop by, grab whatever. And what he ended up grabbing was not what I, because there were like a pair, I'm almost positive, it was black Carhartt coveralls, which were too long for me. I think they would have been perfect, high quality, like the perfect thing.

Brand new probably. Yes, instead Isaac opts for the like, I mean, what do you think he looks like? We were calling him like a railroad worker. I said he's been, I was like, you've been working on the railroad? Yeah. Like, yeah.

100% like these like pinstripe, like seersucker looking overalls. Kind of light blue, yeah, overalls. And then he had like some, I think they were pretty legit boots, but with the overalls on over them and they look like boat shoes. It looked like he was wearing sparing topsiders With the seersucker railroad overalls pinstripe and the best part of the overalls Yeah, we're walking to the clay range that first day and I think Peter or someone goes Isaac. Are you wearing a diaper?

Exactly what? He's like dude your butt like, it's sagging. I can't figure out, it's an optical illusion. What's happening? And then so we're all like, Isaac, keep walking. He's like, I wanna see. No, you keep walking, let us look at it. And so we're looking at it, we're like, yeah,

there's like a part of his like butt that's just like hanging down. I mean, it really just looked like he had a diaper on. And then we're like, all right, bend over. And we're like putting Isaac in all these positions. And we find out that, yeah, it is like, the overalls have been patched. So it's just like the patch is just like drooping down

a little bit, but yeah, I called him patched quite a bit that weekend. I just couldn't stop staring at it. Patches, I'm gonna send it to you, Tymon, just so you have a little visual here. That is a video, or that's a picture of Isaac and Jensen hugging it out after Jensen almost shot him in time. Good view of the patch. Like, hey man, I'm really sorry about what I did there.

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awesome campaign for that. Because Healing Waters truly cares is doing something amazing for the people of this world bringing them safe clean water. So once again, give.healingwaters.org slash Ghost Runners. Go there today. Thank you guys so much. So, yeah, Isaac, I mean, everyone was hilarious, man. I mean, you and Swick wearing your whatever those gators are like you did. I was like, I've never seen anybody. Yeah, prison Mike over here.

The dementors. The pheasants. The pheasants. Flying around. What are the pheasants. The pheasants. Flying around. What are the pheasants eat? Gruel. Nothing but gruel. Yeah. Just you guys look like it was so funny, dude. I still had one of those gators from years before, but I just took the one that they gave me home and I was looking at it last night with the kids and there was like seven different ways that you can wear that gator. Like as a picture of it. None of them were the way that you were wearing it.

I really like to bet no one else's gator had black makeup all on one side of it. But yeah, I just loved everything about it. It was like, I mean, just gearing up for it. When you kept reminding me who is going, I already had a lot of expectations like, oh my gosh, Garrett Gibson is going. Tate Unruh, we've never really hung out like this.

It'd be so fun. And yeah, I feel like I had pretty high expectations and it still surpassed it. Pheasant hunting just as an experience, as a sport was really fun and really cool. But that was only two hours of the day. Then the other 12 hours were awake, whereas hanging out, having so much fun,

just laughing, making so many fun, just laughing, making so many memories, catching up with guys. I mean, it was just, just about the perfect weekend. Yeah. Yeah. I'm so glad to hear it. Cause I feel the same way. Like my, like some of the guys were like, what's this like for you?

Like, is this meeting your expectations? How does this compare? And it was like, it's different than before. Cause obviously it's like me and my friends versus new people. Steven Curtis Chapman. But it's like so encouraging, like being with your friends and like, and it was really cool. Kenny and Jeff both were like, these guys are awesome. Like these guys, like Jeff, Jeff said at one point, he's like, what do you say? Well, he's like, show me your friends and I'll show you your future. And he's like, you got, you got a good future.

Like he's like, these guys are awesome. Swick said something along those lines too. your future. And he's like, you guys, you got a good future. Like he's like, these guys are awesome. Swick said something along those lines too. That last night he was like, you know, I live in Ohio. You know, I'm kind of the outsider here, but it would be very tough for me to find just the quality and quantity of guys you assembled here. Like you guys have something special and don't take it for granted. And I'm like, yeah, that is really true. This is a really cool group. It just how much everyone's been able to make me laugh after the trip.

Yeah. I mean, like Garrett was saying, you know, I think last week on the podcast, you were like, you know, we can't get Garrett to reply. I don't know if he's coming. And so Garrett made up for it with like a full on summary of every person and every inside joke. And that had me dying laughing.

And then the memes. Yeah. I'm gonna pull up what Garrett said. See if we missed anything. We're just so funny. And then the memes. Yeah, I'm gonna pull up what Garrett said, see if we missed anything. We're just so funny. Oh dude, yeah. I mean, I was talking to Justin about some things I'll say in a second. Let's see.

Man, so many texts, dude. I looked through Garrett's texts earlier. I think we got most of it. Yeah, I was talking to Justin. I think, Tymon, hear this as a younger person and heed our advice. How about that? Take heed of, take heed. Okay. He did it. I think, and obviously you're not in college. You might not ever go to college. It's fine. You're smart buddy. It's okay. But I think in college you have, you are, you are like at the peak of your community

and fellowship experiences. Maybe not peak, but you are, you are hungry. Oh yeah, I've talked about that. I mean, you live within a mile of like your 200 closest friends and acquaintances. Correct. Like you are special. It's so special. It's so easy.

We'll call it like to find community. It's so, it's life-giving, like, like college is so life-giving in so many ways in that it doesn't have to be college, but it's like, there's a time in your life where you are going to have really great community. And then I feel like, and it's a little bit different for us, Jake, because we did ministry things right out of college. But in general, you graduate college and like, there's a really large lack of this feeling of community and fellowship after college. Like you're in, you're in the workplace, you're talking to people, interacting with people, but how many

of those conversations are very intentional or very in depth. And at first, like the first year or two out of college, it's like, man, I really miss college. I really miss those friendships and that community. But then I think to an extent you become numb to it. Like you become numb of like, maybe I don't need that fellowship as much as I thought I did. That was a part of my life. And that was a good stage, but it's not realistic to expect that kind of thing anymore. And then there's weekends like this, where it's like, we had such solid fellowship and like so many guys were like, like this invigorated something in me. This motivated me to be like in better community or like

there was a guy that was like, like I've kind of, I had kind of almost given up on this idea of like, like that there's this, that this still exists with guys, my age or with guys and, and like, or somebody else was like, it's so rare to see like people that you can have fun with in that, like are solid believers, you know, of guys. It was just like, it was just a really encouraging thing of like, don't get numb to it. And if you are numb to it, try to, I don't know, whatever reinvigorate the scar tissue or whatever the analogy is for that. Cause I think timing, you're probably right now just like so naturally, like I got all my boys, we're hanging out constantly. Like it's easy for us to find time for each other and then things get in the way. But it's like there, there's so much value in fellowship, so much value in getting

together and being intentional. So like I told Justin, I was like, keep me accountable. I'm going to just put on a Google calendar every single month, probably for 2025. But I'm just going to have a fire pit at my house, kind of like we did at the pheasant hunt. And anybody that wants to come can come. And I might ask one intentional question, and we might just joke around the rest of the time

or whatever. But in my head, I'm like, if I don't set that now, I'll find excuses not to do it. Because I'm still numb to it to an extent. You know what I mean? Like, I'm still like, like, oh yeah, it'd be good. But like, I could also just really use a night to myself or I could really, I mean, you could find a million excuses or like, oh man, but the kids probably,

you know, Catherine's been with the kids. So she probably wouldn't want me to take a little more time away from her, you know, whatever. But it's like, I mean, I think Catherine, our wives get home and they're like, or we get home and we see our wives are like, you're different, like you're acting different, whatever it is.

So I think there's just tons of value to it. So anyway, that's thoughts I have on fellowship. So really thankful for this trip, thankful for everyone that made it happen, that we're able to come and yeah, it's just so fun, man. It's just the best. It was a special trip. Yeah, it was cool. It was great. I'm glad you assembled everyone the way you did. And shout out Jeff, Kenny, Tom, Nova, Rose. Yeah, dude. Shalo. Shalo. Good boy.

That's great. Anything else? Do we talk about we, do we talk about the memes? Do we post them to Patreon? What do we do with those? I think we post them to Patreon. I don't, I don't know if there's any that we need to explain anymore. It's tough to explain something. There's one. It's not really a, I mean, I kind of did it as a meme. It was more like a GIF with a caption, but there was one night where Swick just took on the entire group by throwing out the, the, the hot take that my home, Patrick Mahomes is not likable. And he just got absolutely dunked on. Yeah. So like, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. You mean like, cause you're like a bingo,

like you live in Ohio, like your bias. He's like, well, no, no, no. Just like objectively, I think everyone would agree. Mahomes is not like, he was just throwing stuff out there and we just, we just didn't let him, let him, it was, we were relentless to him. Uh, and so there's a gift. I don't know what that is. It's game of thrones or whatever, but there's a guy like pulling out his sword against like a hundred people. Yeah. Um, that was funny. So I'll give you Jackson. I'll give you Bernie. You're saying Patrick Holmes. Oh yeah. He's like, what guy in the league? Yeah, jerk. Oh, and then there's another one that I sent out. Apparently the first day,

Steven didn't even bring a gun to the clay range. He forgot a gun, going down to the clay range the first day and then left his gun there the second day at the clay range. I didn't know he left it there. Yeah, second day he left it down there. So how did he get it? I mean, he realized like halfway up the walk, like, ah, second day he left it down there. So how did he get it?

I mean, he realized like halfway up the walk, like, ah, shoot, you guys all have guns. You guys are all carrying something. I'll just put my hands in my pocket. Oh, there's another meme. Harrison. So it's like a big deal. Don't shoot the hens, right? Only shoot the roosters.

Oh, yeah. Because the hens, you know, obviously lay eggs for the roosters, um, create more birds. And so anytime there's a hen, it's like, don't shoot the hen. Uh, so you hear that, like you'll hear them yell out hen, hen, hen. And like, you know, most of the people aren't shooting. And then you kind of wait for a second of like, is somebody going to shoot that thing? And then you hear in the distance just one pop. Hen! And Harrison's like, I thought they were saying hit it! They said hit!

Hit, hit! So that's pretty good. But anyway, for the, for the most part, we, yeah, we had some good memes in here that I think you'll understand. But yeah, nothing, it's so fun to be able to like share that experience with my friends now. Like, cause it's like, I tried to explain the last two years and it's like you were like that sounds fun. It's nothing like doing it. Right. Right. And now it's like this place that I love so much is now like a place that we all love so much. You know, and Jeff like this friend that I have is now our friend, you know, like just so good. So

Anyway, this trip was a real home run. Right. like just so good. So anyway, this trip was a real home run. Right? Yeah. Timon, can we play a key? Put home run in as the last song for this thing. Uh, after, after everything said and done, I think, yeah. I think people will be like, Oh yeah, I remember that song. You're gonna be like Catherine starts singing along. No idea why you're doing it. That was so funny when she did that. She was like looking around like, is this a prank? Am I while you're doing it. Dude, that was so funny when she did that. Gotta keep your eye. She was like looking around like, is this a prank?

Am I? Eye on the bar. Shall we do our reviews of the week? Yep. Let's do it, buddy. We got a lot of new ones, I believe. Oh, good. All right, this one's from Zach Kelly.

Have we done that one yet? I had commitment issues, five stars. I don't know. I've come to notice a trait in my life where I typically don't stick with a podcast for longer than a year or so. Maybe it's because I'm afraid of getting hurt or I'm just too picky when it comes to finding

the perfect pod. I see what he's doing here. Whatever the reason, I seem to bail out after several months at most, but the Ghost Runners podcast has made me an honest man. I'm thrilled to announce I've made it past the one year mark listening to this podcast every single week. Jake and Brad are genuinely funny, clean cut guys with a gift for inviting the masses into their circle of friends.

This is the first and probably only review I'll ever write for a podcast because I'll never because I've never met a podcast. I felt like I could put a review on and call my own. Thanks, fellas. Now I'm finally a committed man. My wife will be so proud. Zach Kelly, that's well put, and I really appreciate the words specifically. Thank you for listening.

Week in, week out. Mine's coming from AIO for life. Das wassup, five stars. Little bit of a long one. I started listening about three to four months ago, and I've been hooked ever since. I originally found Jake from Correct Opinions opinions and I always thought Jake was hilarious. One day I was looking at the suggested podcast and I saw Ghostrunner.

So I decided to listen. Now I'm currently listening to all the old episodes and still keep me up with the new ones. I'm only in 2021 crying emoji. I'm going to be sad the day I catch up because I won't have endless episodes to listen to, but I'm hoping to join the Patreon as soon as I can. I introduce the podcast to my dad and sister and my sister listens every week. I can't say I've been a ghostie since day one, but I'm proud to say I am now. I'm from the Springfield area. So it's always fun to hear Jake's stories from

whenever he was growing up. By the way, if you ever come to the Chick-fil-A on South Glenstone in Springfield, let me know and I will for sure be there. Oh I'll be there South Clinton stone. What's his name AIO? Doesn't say his or her so please stop assuming gender. I was so upset I couldn't make it to SDC when y'all were there and unfortunately not get a season pass this year I hope you all come back next year I love you guys into the pot every month and the pot very much and I hope you to keep it going for years to come Bye. Bye

So alright, so I gotta go to Chick-fil-A and just almost Topgolf Rachel style. Just kind of wait to be noticed. You AIO? Every Monday morning. Yeah. Anybody know that? Anybody know that one?

On your feet. I'm on my feet right now. On my feet? No, I'm just on my feet. Honey roasted barbecue on my feet. All right. Mr. James here. I know. On my feet. No, I'm just on my feet. Honey roasted barbecue on my feet. Alright. Mr. James here. Hey, I.O. Don't me. Don't me. Okay, you want to end this episode with a jingle? Yes. Let me find a good instrumental track for it real quick. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Good jingle, Brad. Good jingle.

Who wrote this one? This one's from Russell Wells, man. Oh yeah. Long time ago. You were meeting him. Nice young bloke. That guy's a nice young bloke. Rachel's always calling people that.

He's a nice young bloke. I sent it to you, Time. Is that all right? Email? right, I sent to you time all right email Oh, I just sent you the link here. Okay. No worries. Got it. Just now I will I will go ahead and forward this email to jake in case he wants to yeah. I love emails You know me in case he wants to get in there Get on with his bad self Also Full full disclosure. I bet you'll be able to tell, but have not practiced this one. So we'll see how it goes.

All right. Hey, hey, hey, teach me how to go. They be like string. What can you teach me how to ghosty They be like string, what can you teach me how to ghosty? You know why? Cause AIM chicks love me We just need content that's clean and funny And for you, you, you to turn it up and ghosty Put the part on and worries aside They're gonna see you laughing when you hit that ghosty ride

There ain't nothing better than Jake and Brad in the mic Time in my home school, but has fingers like I do Ghostrunners.life for the best hoodies So much structure, best podcast in Kansas City We dropping some bangers thanks to writers like him at E Ask them who's in charge, they say Big Daddy MD That's, that's right, birthed my kids right in Pub City Now you can't catch me driving them in the Odyssey.

Belting these jingles so the walls are always moving, just like my homes. Yeah, you know we never losing. Hey, teach me how to ghostie. Teach me, teach me how to ghostie. Teach me how to ghostie. Teach me, teach me how to ghostie. AIM tricks love me.

A-I-A-I-M tricks love me. AIM tricks love me. Always joking with the ghosties. Teach me how to ghostie. Teach me, teach me how to ghostie. Teach me how to ghost ghostie Teach me, teach me how to ghostie Teach me how to ghostie Teach me, teach me how to ghostie AIM tricks love me

AIM tricks love me AIM tricks love me Always joking with the ghosties The name is Gene For listeners who don't know me I'm from Missouri But I can teach you how to ghostie When I got engaged

All the girls unfollowed me Only golfer stippin' Rockin' back Sunday swaggerin' Travelin' the country Perform performin' comedies. Swap the pod, ain't enough? Come catch me at a show. Catch me backstage. Maybe I'll put your purse on the floor.

And let's be honest, I always got the best schmores. Way better than some. Y'all smellin' horses. Got the brain, actin' slow time, and you should get that perm. You'll be the best member of the whole cast when you're done come back and teach me how to ghost teach me how to ghost teach me how to ghost teach me how to ghost joking with the ghosties hey teach me how to ghost teach me teach me how to ghost teach me how to ghost

teach me teach me how to ghost a i m tricks love me, AIM tricks love me, AIM tricks love me, always joking with the ghosties. Ayy, Monday morning, Wednesday morning, Monday morning, Wednesday morning, always with Jay and Brad, ayy, ayy, ayy. Perfect hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Let's do it now. Say the F word. I want you to say the original. I kind of want Timon to do it right now. Russell, he gave me a hard time. Not even Russell's version. I'm sending you, I'm forwarding this to you, Timon. We're running it back right now. Nope, Timon. Nope. I've never listened to this song.

Doesn't matter. You just heard it. Four seconds in a meeting. You just heard it, Timon. And then that right now. Well, it's forwarded to you. Play it again. You're our puppet.

All right. You do one verse. No, whole thing. A. Play it again. You're our puppet. All right. You do one verse. No, whole thing. I did not see an email yet. I don't know. Let me do it again. All right. I forwarded it to time in at Ghostrunners. I don't know. Maybe I tore it. Oh, here it is. Okay. All right.

Hey, I got no, no, no, no. You haven't practiced either. All right. You teach me how to ghosting. You know why? Because IIM chicks love me, AIM Is this, so there's not the repeats in here And just Have you practiced the timing? I can't tell Do you know where I'm supposed to be right now? Yeah Okay, okay

There ain't nothing better than Jake and Brad in the mic Timing maybe homeschool he has fingers like lightning Ghostrunners.life for the best hoodies So much structure, best podcast against the city We dropping some bangers thanks to writers like Heather Lee Ask them in who's charge they say Big Daddy MD That's right, Bird Like Kids, right in Puddle City You can catch me driving up in the Odyssey Built in these jingles so the walls are always booming

Just like my homes. Yeah, you know we never losing. Teach me how to ghostie. Teach me how to ghostie. Yeah. Teach me how to ghostie. Teach me how to ghostie. AIM chicks love me.

AIM chicks love me. Always joking with the ghostie. Teach me how to ghostie. All right, good job, Ty. Good job. Good job. Yeah. We gotta get moving.

We gotta hunt them up the rest of the day. So. Hunt them up. Hunt them up. All right, well thanks for listening. Good ghosty, good ghosty. Good fans. Good fans.

Good boy. Thanks for listening. Henry, if you're listening, good boy. We'll be back Wednesday with Steve Koop. Where he's going from hunting to farming. This is who we are now. That's right. We're new men.

We are country boys. Yep. And make sure you watch on YouTube so you can enjoy Rachel's decor. And our decor. I don't even know if we even acknowledge what we're wearing right now. You know though.

You figured out. Also, just leave some comments on YouTube. It's getting a little bit dry out there. You think so? I mean, dry. We're so active on Facebook. So I'm not really complaining, but it's just fun to see comments interactions

They're nice. So thank you to all those who comment. It can't all be Nina Nazi. I can't but we love you guys We'll see you Wednesday. See you Wednesday