The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 357: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XX

Episode Date: August 10, 2022

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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without cell phone service as a special offer. You can get a free three months to try out OnX if you visit onxmaps.com slash meat. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I am your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we are joined by special guest Clay Newcomb. Clay, how are you feeling about this round of trivia? Man, I'm feeling confident, just because I've been studying so much, but I feel good. How do you study for Meat Eater Trivia?

Just every day, man. Just cram. Every day. Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Just everything. Google. Podcasts. Podcasts. All the P.D.s. Yeah. Now, we don't have Steve Rinella here today, but we are joined by Giannis Patelis, Ryan

Callahan, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Corinne Schneider, and Corey Calkins. If you're not familiar, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions born out of meat eaters for verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking,, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions born out of MeatEater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. MeatEater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Now I'm going to give listeners a peek behind the curtain here. We are recording today's episode in early May, but it likely won't publish for a couple months. This is a break in case of an emergency show.

If we ever hit a stretch where we can't get together to record a new episode, this is what you're going to hear. Now, Giannis, why don't you make some predictions about the world like two months from now? Do you have like an NBA champion or who's going to be sloppiest at Seth's wedding or how many turkeys you're going to kill this month? NBA, you know, I don't even know who's in the playoffs, buddy. Make a guess. Pete Alonzo has hit, let's see, July-ish.

That's baseball. Almost 20 home runs. Oh, man. That's a heck of a pace. Yeah, buddy. He's the man. What else do you want me to predict? Whatever you want.

Seth, who's going to be the sloppiest at your wedding when we record again after the show? You're going to have an answer for us. But right now, what's your prediction? Not Clay Newcomb. Not Clay Newcomb. Phil Taylor. Maybe. I could see it. I wasn't invited to

this. I wasn't going to say anything. I can't remember if I'm invited. Yeah, I think you are. Wow, you're really awkward. Phil, you're invited. Phil, I'm inviting you. You're invited.

Now you're invited. And you better get hamskeed. I don't know. It could be. I mean, I think Chester's going to go pretty hard. What? No. Seems like a safe bet.

He's just going to be so happy. He's just going to be so happy. Can't be putting the brakes on. I agree with that. I'll put a fiber in the chip. Like, anyone else want to lob any more predictions out there before we move on? It's your chance. You can look great or look like a fool.

Chester and I will have taken 14th place at the Fort Peck tournament. Heck yeah. And that's like what, 120 teams or something? 100. 100. 14th is dang good. Well done, boys, for getting 14th. I'm proud of you.

Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah. Did you guys want to take a minute to thank your sponsors? Yeah. Humminbird, Minn Kota, Alumacraft, Mustang Survival, 13 Vision.

Is that a Wild Horse and Burrow Conservation? What's that? The Bear Grease Podcast would like to sponsor your boat. That'd be great. That'd be great. Count us in. Yeah. Okay. Talk to the financial people. I'll do that. I'll send them an email. Now we have some housekeeping before we get to trivia. On a previous episode where we talked about the five least visited national parks, Sean Curry wrote in to let me know that we are royally butchering the name of Isle Royal in

Michigan. He said it's common for our crew and others to mess up by combining a French pronunciation with an English pronunciation. Here's what he means. If you want to make it French, you call it Isle Royale. If you want to make it English, you call it Isle Royale. The incorrect way, which is often how I do it, is pronouncing it Isle Royale because that's making the first word English and the second word French. So we should commit to one or the other as a show and either call it Eel Royale or Isle Royal.

What do you guys think? Isle Royal. I think we need to just stick with what we're comfortable with. Isle Royal. He said that the James Bond movie Casino Royale was the bane for Rangers at Isle Royale, who then always had to hear it pronounced afterwards as Isle Royale, as I did. Pick your fights, Rangers. I get real particular about pronunciations.

Uh-huh. Like what? When I hear someone else do it. Like what? Like Ouachita's. So there's a mountain range. Ouachita's. And people call it Oachita

And I mean it's just like And when I hear someone do like this I'm like come on this is ridiculous Isle Royale come on Or like bag Bag? Bag Well I'm specifically talking about

Like geographic names and stuff That have a unique pronunciation Like an acorn. Yeah, acorn. Would you care for some water? It's Waukesha. Yep, not New Jersey, Cal. And with that, we are on to Meteor Trivia.

Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? You stand to win everything how's that just tend to win everything game on suckers oh where'd that come from game on suckers actually chester chester has the Game On, Suckers down. Let's hear it.

Game On, Suckers! Oh, dude, let's hear his voicemail. If you got something to say. If you got something to say to my dad, say it at the beat. Question one. The topic is biology. This first great question comes to us via Erica Christensen. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at themeateter.com.

I never trusted in Erica. Well, it's spelled E-R-I-C-A. Does that change anything for you, Clay? I just, no. No, okay. Can't trust any Erica. Sorry, Erica. According to a 1981 study in the Journal of Mammalogy,

what North American mammal has the most color variations? Is it black bear, fox squirrel, eastern cottontail rabbit, or red fox? Again, this is according to a 1981 study in the Journal of Mammalogy. What North American mammal has the most color variations? Black bear, fox squirrel, eastern cottontail rabbit, or red fox? Easy. We can't talk at all? I can't even give commentary about the question? You can, go ahead. So this is a 1981 study so we have to calculate into our answer all the studies that have happened since then over almost 40 years ago.

But I found it cited in like 2016 studies, which I think implies that this is like still the foundation. Still relevant. Yeah. If the only study was 1981, they're like, man, this is not that great of a question. We don't even need to keep on. No, it's actually a great question. I'm thrilled about this question, Erica. Yeah.

I mean, they had color photography at that point, so that helps. Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying red fox, Chester saying black bear, Clay saying black bear, Corinne saying cottontail, Corey saying black bear, Seth saying black bear, and Giannis saying black bear. Nobody got it right. Oh!

Oh, my God. Erica! The damn squirrel. The correct answer is fox squirrel. No. Son of a buck. Fox squirrels are commonly found in gray, silver, brown, cream, red, beige, and black. What did I tell you?

Additional variations can be found with squirrels that have differing colors of dorsal and belly hair. In Florida alone, there are thought to be six distinct colors of fox squirrels. Not easy. No, I don't trust Erica. You need to get Kevin Murphy on speed dial. Once you think about it, though, you're like, okay, yeah. They are probably the most diverse mammal in North America.

I don't spend that much time thinking about it. Black bears have a lot of color. Not as many as a fox squirrel. There's a lot of in-betweens too. When you really dig into the bear nerds, there's like there's the blonde and the cinnamon and the red and the chocolate and the

the blue one up in Alaska. Yeah, Glacier Bear. Glacier Bear. There's for sure five. The fox squirrels alone in Florida beat that. Like, if they're counting dorsal and ventral coloration too, then like every bear that's got a little white patch or variation of white patch.

Yeah, that would count too, wouldn't it? Yeah. I think we're gonna accept Black Bear. It's just a big squirrel. Hey, uh, have you introduced everybody for this episode? Yes. Yeah, I said now we don't have Steve Ronell, but we do have... He even once again said who's not in the room, which is just bizarre to me.

But we don't need to linger on it. We're on to question two. The topic is deer. Name one of the five states where you're most likely to hit a deer with your vehicle. Oh, gee. Name one of the five states where you're most likely to hit a deer with your vehicle. A lot of quick answers in the room. Oh, boy.

Now, you write down more than one, and I will not accept it. So with all that scribbling, Giannis, it better just be one state. He's drawn the shape of the outline of the state. I got my answer from Giannis' grin. Okay. I'm going based off of experience. Poker face. Does everybody have an answer?

Yep. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying New Jersey, Chester saying Wisconsin, Clay saying Michigan, Corinne saying Wisconsin, Corey saying Michigan. Corinne saying Wisconsin. Corey saying New Jersey. Seth saying New Jersey. And Giannis saying Michigan.

I got to go with the home state. The top five are West Virginia, Montana, South Dakota, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Oh! Wow. Striking out. Wisconsin wasn't in there? No. I absolutely knew Pennsylvania was in there,

and then just as I absolutely knew New Jersey was in there. There is way more deer hit in Wisconsin than Montana. Tell you what, you talk to State Farm about their insurance policy and their claims. Really? There's no State Farms in Wisconsin. That's why. For the 15th year in a row, West Virginia ranks number one in the likelihood of hitting a deer with your vehicle. In 2021 there, the odds of it happening were one in 37.

The months it is most likely to happen are November, October, and December in that order. But this is the stats from one insurance company. From State Farm, who I have found to be... Is there any correlation to the amount of State Farm locations there? We're not going to look any deeper than this. I mean, I'll just tell you right now. Corey, look for an email from me.

I have personal experience with State Farm insurance. I wouldn't trust those suckers as far as I could throw them. Here's the weird part. They're the ones that introduced wolves into the lower 48 with the Clintons. That's right. Mm-hmm. And here's the weird part about Clay arguing this.

Is he got it correct? Yeah. I just saw Giannis' grin and knew it was Michigan. We are on to question three. That was a home state grin. The topic is cooking. What does the acronym FIFO stand for? Again, this is cooking. What does the acronym FIFO stand for? Again, this is cooking.

What does the acronym FIFO stand for? That's F-I-F-O. Is anybody confident on this one? I worked at a Target, so. It's kind of a hint. Not really. How? Wow.

That's a hint? Phil said he worked at a Target, and that is a hint. He was a security guard. So I'm repeating it. Yeah, scare him away. Nighttime security guard? I can't even come up with a creative, dumb answer. F-I-F-O is what we're looking for.

I don't know. I don't. Here's where I'm very surprised. Cal and Giannis worked in restaurants. I'm sure others in this room worked in restaurants as well. And they don't know what FIFO means. Nope. Yeah, never once have I used it or heard it.

Does everybody have an answer? Nope. Who's going to come up with one? Clay is still... Just gibberish. I'm just writing gibberish. You're doing good. Oil.

Oil, Clay. Oil. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Cal says fresh in, fresh out. Fresh in, fresh out. Chester without an answer. Clay saying fire, ice, fire, and oil. Corinne without an answer.

Corey saying first in, first out. Seth saying fire food. And Giannis saying fresh in, fried out. Phil saying fire food. And Giannis saying fresh in, fried out. Phil, what does FIFO mean? Corey's the winner. First in, first out is the correct answer. That is correct. I mean, this is the same.

I'm not going to give it to you, but you were right there. Giannis' was good. Corey got it right. That's right. Good job, Corey. You got it right? Yes, sir. This simply means that the first items you place in the fridge or freezer are the first items that come out.

It's commonly used in restaurants, but is also a good practice for hunters and anglers to use at home. Corey, was that a guess or you knew it? Absolute guess. Really? I've worked in many restaurants and had never heard that before. You always use the first stuff last. Wait.

You didn't do that. I'm sure I practiced that. That stuff looks old. We should probably use it. Yeah. Exactly. I just don't think that anybody ever acronized it. No.

Right? They would just be like, your chef would be like, first in, first out, dude. Now, here's where I recently heard. I was watching the episode of Bar Rescue and Jon Taffer comes in just lighting up the kitchen staff as he likes to do and he yells something about, don't you guys practice FIFO?

So, he did. And Jon Taffer doesn't lie. The writers of that show just made that up. Maybe. No one's ever said that before in real life. We are on to question four. The topic is varmints.

This next great question comes to us via Clayton McFarland. You can ever... Now, Clay, are you a Clayton or a Clay? Clay. Really? Just straight up Clay. Can you trust a Clayton? You know, I've known a lot of good Claytons, but, you know.

Okay. Yeah, I think so. We'll see based on the question. This is from Clayton McFarland. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What part of a raccoon is often used in the homemade moonshine distilling

process? What part of a raccoon is often used in the homemade moonshine distilling process? Clay, how you feeling about this, Clayton? Man, I'm ashamed that I don't know this offhand. It seems right up your alley.

Because the raccoons are in alleys. The poaching episodes that I'm doing for Bear Grease that have already happened by now. Talk a lot about moonshining. Doing some moonshining? Son of a gun. Again, what part of the raccoon is often used in the moonshine distilling process?

Does everybody have an answer? I changed my first answer. I'm wondering if I should have went with my gut originally. I'm going to give you a couple seconds, Chester. You want to switch it? I'm keeping it. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying the baculum.

Chester saying the tail. Clay saying the baculum. Corinne saying the gon We have Cal saying the baculum, Chester saying the tail, Clay saying the baculum, Corinne saying the gonads, Corey saying the baculum, Seth saying the tail, and Giannis saying the fat. The correct answer is the baculum or penis bone. All right. Now, what are they doing with it? The baculum is placed at the outlet of a moonshine still to help the liquid flow smoothly into a collection vessel. If you want to learn how to get your own for your own still,

go to TheMedia.com and check out Clay Newcomb's video called How to Make a Raccoon Baculum Toothpick. He shows you how to cut it out of a raccoon, how to clean it, and how to whiten it. I saw it. Great video. Now, if I was a guy making moonshine, I'd cut the tail off that raccoon and clean my pipes with it.

There you go. That's what I would do. And you'd have a pipe cleaner. When you said that, I was envisioning using the coon part, leaving the tail off. I was like, man, you got some big pipes. I'd use the tail as a pipe cleaner. We are on to question five We'll get a scoreboard update after this

The topic is frontiersmen Steve wouldn't have known that Dude I'm striking out Daniel Boone National Forest Which used to be called the Cumberland National Forest Is located in what state God you're giving these all to Clay I feel like it yeah

Daniel Boone National Forest, used to be called the Cumberland National Forest, is located in what state? Clay, do you feel like this one was given to you? It should be, but

after this, I'll give a little commentary on this. Okay. Does everybody have an answer? No. Please. You haven't even given me three seconds. Still thinking about that raccoon baculum. Yeah.

Daniel Boone National Forest, which used to be called the Cumberland National Forest, is located in what state? I'm changing. Changing answers. Last second. Okay. That tells you how confident I am. Now, Giannis, can you read anything from his face? No.

No. Do you know any states? There's a lot of Cumberlands you can go off of. There are, yeah. There's only one Cumberland, brother. Well, maybe, yeah. I know what you mean, but there's some towns. There's some landmarks.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying Tennessee. Chester saying Tennessee. Clay saying Virginia. Corinne saying Missouri. Corey saying Tennessee. Seth saying Maryland. Giannis saying Kentucky.

The correct answer is Kentucky. Oh! Clay, you changed it. Good job. Did you have Kentucky? Okay, yeah, I did. Now, let me tell you why. So when you go to the Cumberland Gap. Uh-huh.

That's like a tri-state area, right? Yeah, so you pass through the Cumberland Gap on a trail, a foot trail, which interestingly used to be a state highway that for years went through the Cumberland Gap because it's the best place to cross the mountains, so there was a state highway that for years went through the Cumberland Gap because it's the best place to cross the mountain. So there was a state highway there. Then they learned the historical significance of it in the 1990s. They built a tunnel through the mountain and rewilded the gap. When you're in the gap, you're on a foot trail and you walk like a hundred yards off the foot trail up to the top of this mountain. And you're at the corner of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

So the gap is actually most of it's in Virginia. And then there's a lot more national forest in Virginia than in Kentucky, so that's why I went with Virginia. But I got smoked. Now, do you know where the Cumberland name comes from? Absolutely. You do? Well, we're going to learn everyone else here in a second.

Cumberland National Forest was named after William Augustus. Oh, you're not asking me? Yeah, no, no. He was a chump from England. Go ahead, Clay. You're not reading a script. Yeah, go ahead. Do it.

No, no, no. He was a chump from England. A chump. Yeah. I've never heard anyone describe him that way, but you're right. As in Cumberland was a chump. His last name was Cumberland, and when the guys came over that first explored the gap, they were loyal to the British and were trying to just look good with their leaders.

And basically, I forgot the guy's name that actually named it Cumberland, but it was basically a political favor to a guy who never set foot in the Cumberland Gap. Now, Cumberland National Forest was named after William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland. He had many nicknames, including the Butcher and the Bloody Duke, because of how he treated Scottish prisoners and civilians in war. When locals realized the area was named after someone who slaughtered their ancestors, they asked to get the forest renamed. And in 1966, that happened when Lyndon B. Johnson officially changed it to Daniel Boone National Forest.

That is funny because, yeah, there's a ton of scotch over there, right? Yeah. Well, I mean, when a bunch of that country was named, we were British colonies and they were doing political favors to people. I hate naming stuff after chumps and it happened a lot phil give us a scoreboard update well i guess we're not gonna name this the clay nukem memorial podcast studio uh this this game is not going as well as the last one we recorded unfortunately we've got uh seth and corinne and chester have yet to make it onto the board.

In second place with one point is Ryan Callahan, and then tied for first with two points are Clay Corey and Giannis Petelis. Son of a gun. All right. We got a game here, fellas. Tough one. We got a game. A lot of work to do.

There is room for comeback, so that's for sure. Anyone can still win at this point. Nobody roots for somebody who's tied. I kind of liked it that time when Steve asked all of us, or maybe you asked all of us, who we would give the winnings to if we won. We'll get down to the end and see who's in it, and we're going to have that discussion. All right. Hey, folks. Exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada.

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we're on to question six the topic is deer camp now this is an audio question a few months ago i played for you guys what i consider to be the worst hunting song ever written. What was it, Giannis? Do you remember? Did it scar you enough? No. I got very lucky in answering it correctly. Some country did.

It was Luke Bryan's Drinking Beer and Wasting Bullets. I'm now going to play for you one minute of the greatest haunting song ever written, and you need to identify the artist. Who sang this? Yeah, I'm looking for the artist. Very confident, Chester. Singing. Keep going. Keep going.

Grinning. I wasn't looking, man. I just got the frantic arm motion by a chant there. I totally saw it. I'm not going to change my answer. I'll be honorable. Put it on mine. This is a good there. I totally saw it. I'm not going to change my answer. I'll be honorable. Put it on mine. This is a good song.

Yeah. It is a good song. Who sings this one? Dwight Yoakam. Oh, good. Again. It's Bakersfield's favorite of mine. Okay, so Corinne did give us a little tip.

Again, that is the greatest hunting song ever written. I'll give you this hint. It's not Luke Bryan. Is it Luke Cone? No. So you were the one that said this was the greatest hunting song ever written. I'm deeming this the greatest hunting song ever written. I like the passion of that.

Does everybody have an answer? I have no idea. It sure sounds familiar. I have no idea. Is he more country or more western, you think? Something in between. I didn't know that that

was from the Blues Brothers. And funny enough, I text my buddy, Stephen Rinella. I says, hey, I'm out of ideas. I need a family movie. No family can watch. He replies with Princess Bride.

My girls had already seen it. Great movie. And they loved it after we pretty much forced them to watch it. And Where the Red Fern Grows, which is very hard to find the original on streaming, I've found. Please, write in if you can help me with that. And then the third one was The Blues Brothers. So I go to my girls and I'm like, well, check out this, Lord of the Rings.

They're like, not into it. I'm like, really? You guys are crazy. And I'm like, alright, I'll just show you the trailer of the Blues Brothers. Let's watch this! I'm like, oh, sure, okay. Is it because of the car wrecks? I don't know. They said, we like to see guys doing stupid stuff.

You know? Next thing I know, my kids are hearing F-bombs, said, we like to see guys doing stupid stuff. Like me, Peter. Next thing I know, my kids are hearing F-bombs, MF-bombs, seeing new and used prophylactics, and holy cow, did I have a lot of questions to answer that evening.

Oh yeah, Illinois Nazis. Yeah, we had to go through all that. Holy moly. Educational. I think Phil needs to be your go-to person Illinois Nazis Yeah we had to go through all that And anyways Educational I think Phil needs to be your go to person to text For family movies from now on Of course yeah anytime Thanks buddy

Alright back to the game of trivia though You've still not written anything down Just trying to delay I thought he was going to get sidetracked And we'd just move on Do you have an answer Janice? Who sang that last one? Yeah did anybody get that one right?

Mel, tell us. All right, go ahead and reveal your answers. Clay and Chester got it right. Hold on, I am going to pick one out. It's going to be, I'm not looking, I promise. We have Cal saying Ryan Adams. Chester and Clay saying, and Corinne and Corey sang the Turnpike Troubadours. Seth sang Whiskey Myers

and Giannis sang Steve Earle. Little thing about these guys, they just got back together. Love it. Whoa, you're real confident. Let's hear him read the answer, okay? The correct answer is Turnpike Troubadours and the song was the Bird Hunters.

They are from Oklahoma, just like an hour and a half from me. Boy, we just had a serious turn in the game right there. The Turnpike Troubadours released that song on their self-titled album in 2015. It's about a quail hunter who has to give up his bird dog when he follows a girl to the city. Medium.com agrees with me, saying The Bird Hunters is a phenomenal song, and it deserves the same treatment we give to Faulkner or Hemingway compositions. Is that really what happens? Yeah.

Well, he's not much of a freaking quail hunter if he gives up his dog to follow a girl to the city. He gives it to his best buddy, Danny, and then he comes back eventually when him and the girl don't work out. Twelve years later? No, no, no, no. The dog has had 12 Decembers by then. Yeah, there was quite a bit. I do not like this guy. You want to talk about chumps?

You've got to listen to the song, man. Oh, I'm sure it's a heartbreaker. The best hunting song ever written. We're on to question seven. The topic is fishing. Smurf meat is produced by this fish with blue flesh that's only found on North America's west coast. Smurf meat is produced by this fish with blue flesh that's only found on North America's west coast. A couple folks that knew it.

Smurf meat, you say? Smurf meat. A lot of folks that are guessing. Smurf meat you say. Smurf meat. Lot of folks that are guessing. You got this, Yanni. Yeah, yeah. I guess that's not a... Does somebody have a fruit-colored marker? Let's go back to this dog conversation. I'm not... How do you guys like that song? Oh, it's great. If you listen to it, you'd like it.

He regrets it. Yeah, yeah. He should regret that. I mean, come on. I wish I had the lyrics. It's like those movies where the kid goes off to college and leaves the dog. Banjo and guitar. Next time you do that, get out your phone and you can text me and Chester and Corinne and Corey.

We'd all really appreciate that. You can text me too. Okay. As long as you got that mullet. Does everybody have an answer about Smurf meat? Yeah, yes. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying lingcod, Chester saying lingcod, Clay saying

doherty, the Pixar fish, Corinne saying pufferfish, Corey saying marlin, Seth saying lingcod, and Giannis saying cod. The correct answer is ling cod and I don't think we're going to give it to you. There's a lot of cod up there, Janice.

They're not even a cod. Ouch. We're not brutal. Did you mean ling cod? I was like, he wouldn't need ling in front of that cod. Well. It could be pea cod. You're right. It could have been Alaskan cod, black cod.

It's thought that about 20% of lingcod have blue flesh. Some biologists believe it's a product of a shallow water diet, while more recent studies say it's an indicator that the fish is experiencing nutritional stress. Either way, the blue color disappears when the meat is cooked. You can get blue lobsters too, which is weird. Even more rare. Yeah. But I mean, a shallow water diet.

So what happens to all the other fish with white flesh that live in shallow water? I don't know. Nobody's really certain about it. It talks about how their diet is higher in chlorophyll, if that helps you. More like borophyll. We're on to question eight.

We will get a scoreboard update from Phil after this. So my answer, just if you're wondering, Dory was a blue fish. Talking about kids movies. For those of you wondering. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. What kind of fish was it, Phil? Blue tang. A blue tang.

We're on to question eight. The topic is hunting. This next question comes to us via Chris Jasmine. If you have a question you think is right for MeatEater, you can send it to trivia at themeateater.com. What state has the highest population of bighorn sheep? What state has the highest population of bighorn sheep? Great question. I'm going to get the answer right by looking in Corey's eyes

Because I know he needs it Corey, look me in the eyes Okay, got it Because y'all think it tough It's not Wisconsin, Chester It makes me think I got it wrong It's not Wisconsin Does everybody have an answer?

Not Michigan Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Cal saying Idaho Chester saying Montana, Clay saying Montana, Corinne saying Colorado, Corey saying Montana, Seth saying Montana, and Gianna saying Colorado. Nobody got it correct. Wyoming.

The correct answer is Nevada. Oh, wow. Nevada has a population of roughly 12,000 bighorn sheep, which is made up of desert bighorns, Rocky mountain bighorns, and California bighorns. This is nearly twice as many as the next closest states like Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Arizona. I don't even apply in Nevada. They give out the most non-resident tags as well. I know, yeah, wow.

It crossed my mind. I didn't write it down, though. Phil, hit us with a scoreboard update. I think it says a lot that there are some people with one point, and yet it's still anybody's game. Uh-oh. We've got Seth and Corinne with one point. Cal, Chester, and Giannis have two. And Corey and Clay are tied for first with three points.

Whoa. This is a great game. This is a smoker. Maybe got a little too hard a question. Making all of you at home feel good about yourselves. That's right. Question nine, the topic is gear. This type of arrow, which often has extra fletchings

that are extra long, is commonly used for bird hunting because it's designed to travel shorter distances. A few confident answers. Again, this type of arrow, which often has extra fletchings that are extra long, is commonly used for bird hunting because it's designed to travel shorter distances. Does everybody have an answer? That was quick. I wouldn't be a good poker player.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. I got it. I got it. I got it. We have floo-foo, floo-floo, floo-floo, Corey saying judo. The guy in first place got it wrong. The correct answer is floo-floo. All I gotta beat is Corey now.

While a regular arrow shot through a compound bow can go hundreds of yards, a flue-flue arrow maxes out at about 50. This makes it a popular choice for archers who want to hunt pheasants, ducks, and small game because flue-flues are easier to recover. Chester actually drew one with his name there at the beginning of this game. That's a good point. Hey, I pheasant hunted one day in kansas with flu flus and a

traditional bow how'd that go it was tough man i i went into it with zero practice shooting flying stuff like i just pretty much booked like an outfitted type hunt with wild birds went up there and got a bunch of shots they were wild birds but they were they were they were raised totally in the wild but at these feeders so they were it was kind of you know they weren't like i got 30 shots in a day so that tells you they probably weren't sounds like a normal wild bird hunt does it it was highly supplemented yeah yeah yeah they anyway i actually contacted one bird in like 30 shots. It didn't kill it. Another real fun thing to do with them is go to your Home Depot and get some foam siding.

Cut it in circles, like a big round circle. You can toss those circles up. It's fun. Trad bow. Get a trad bow. You're saying like the skeet version. Skeet version. Practicing with your flu flu arrows. We are on to question 10. Phil, saying like the skeet version. Skeet version. Practicing with your flu flu arrows. We are on to question

10. Phil, give us a scoreboard update. Well, we've got Clay in first with four points, but then, hot on his tail, we've got Cal, Chester, Corey, and Giannis all with three points. Man, we could have like a four-person tiebreaker here. I'm cheering for

you guys. I'm not cheering for Clay. Clay's got to get it wrong. I'm not cheering for Clay. Is this where we're going to ask the possible winners where you might give your money to? Tell us, Giannis. Howell.org. And why? Well, because they're kind of new, up and coming, and boy, I feel like they're really hustling their tails off to keep us all educated on what is trying to take away our

right to hunt in the states in all of our states. Clay is a big fan of them as well. Yeah, I'm glad you said that. That's who I'd give to as well. Howell? Howell. Howell for wildlife but it's howell.org. Yeah. A group called Howell for Wildlife. Chester, who are you playing for?

I'm probably going to do maybe like a local montana thing okay what do you guys think about like backcountry horsemen clearing trails didn't know it existed i love it if you if public lands waters public land water and uh access plwa Landwater Access, PLWA, is a great one. Yeah. For like local. Local. PLWA or Backcountry Horseman, I'd have to think about it. Cal, what are you thinking? We got, this comes out in June?

This summer. July, this summer. Oh, this doesn't even come out if you don't even want it to come out. I forgot about that. This is in case somebody else really screws up on the podcast and we can't put it in there. I don't know what's going on in June. I'll give it to PLWA. And Corey Calkins, what are you thinking?

We're going to have a low water year, so it's going to be a high conflict year. And PLWA does a lot of the litigation for folks who like to close off stream access and roads and stuff like that. They do a good job. To keep it close to home and close to my heart, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation. All right. That is what's on the line here with question 10. The topic is biology. This question comes to us via Shane Lichty. If you have a question you think is right for Meat Eater Trivia, you can send it to trivia at the meat eater.com gorillas dogs beavers rabbits and mice all practice coprophagia which means they

eat blank gorillas dogs beavers rabbits and mice all practice coprophagia, which means they eat blank. Nobody knew it. Seems like everyone's just taking educated guess here. Corey, ever get one of those shirts, just Bob Marshall standing there? Mm-hmm. That's a great shirt. What a beautiful fellow. Yeah.

Their shirts shrunk so bad. Every time I'd get one, I'd get to wear it for like a week and then finally have to throw it in the wash and ruin it and have to give it away. Maybe Corey's donation will get them some higher quality fabric. Does everybody have an answer? Chester's got a question. Spencer, do you mind reading that one more time just to make sure I'm on track? Gorillas, dogs, beavers, rabbits, and mice all practice coprophagia, which means they eat blank.

That changes it. Okay. You got some new intel? It's not Copenhagen. Fail. You gonna change your answer? I don't want to. This is the last question.

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Cal saying poop, Chester saying grass, Clay saying feces, Corinne saying poop, Corey saying grass, Seth saying poop, and Giannis saying feces. Their own feces. The correct answer is feces. Right. Making Clay Newcomb today's winner.

It's just feces. They eat all kinds of feces or they eat their own feces? They eat their own. Now, while most animals do this to excess nutrients they couldn't digest the first time around, dogs are the exception. It's believed they do this as an ancestral response to protecting pack members from parasites in their stool. A 2012 study estimated that about 16% of dogs regularly eat their feces. I feel like not putting their own in front of feces

is kind of like not putting Ling in front of the cod. Not at all. So you're not counting his. Can we get a definition of coprophagia? Coprophagia, I think it means the practice of eating your own feces. So it is your own. Yes, but I'm not going to ding

anybody for not writing your own. I'm leaning Giannis' way on this one. I mean, come on! It's almost like they're not just out there eating feces. You're eating your own. But they are eating feces. They are eating feces. But not just any feces.

Oh, you're trying to get me off the board. Clay Newcomb wins. Clay Newcomb wins the game. Oh, I see what's going on. Yeah, 100%. You're just like off the board. Clay Newcomb wins. Yeah. Clay Newcomb wins the game. Oh, I see what's going on. Yeah, 100%. You're just like, yeah, they eat dog feces, they eat fish feces, deer feces. Spencer, what's the email for this one? How do people get a hold of the podcast?

Email Corey Calkins. And talk about who actually won this last question on this episode. Write to meedeater at themeedeater.com. Then Corey Calkins has to do it. I think in the court of law, we'd be good. All right, Clay, where are you donating the $500? You've got to remind us. I'll go with Howl for Wildlife.

Howl for Wildlife. Yeah. I like it. They do basically what they do, and they are a young organization, but they highlight where anti-hunting legislation is going on. And they have a really streamlined process for people getting involved. So basically you go in, you sign up just one time, and then you kind of have an account with them, and it's pretty easy. And then you can send well-thought thought out letters to the appropriate people easily and you know it's some people

might be like that's maybe not the best strategy but it actually is a pretty darn good strategy just a pile pro whatever we're after emails into these people's inboxes and they may not read them but they know they got 4,000 emails that say we're against this or for this. And they've been doing stuff like hosting Zoom meetings for people that are planning on showing up at other government meetings to speak on behalf of said legislation or against it.

And hosting Zoom meetings to sort of better arm people so they can better articulate their thoughts about X, Y, and Z. So a lot of good education there. And we're sending $500 their way. Well done, Clay. That's it for this episode. Join us next time for another round of Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

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