The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 483: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXX

Episode Date: October 4, 2023

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Levi Morgan, Nick Pinizzotto, Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Maggie Hudlow, Randall Williams, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.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'm your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we're joined by Stephen Rinella, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Corinne Schneider, Levi Morgan, and Nick Pinizzato. Levi and Nick, this is your first time on the show. How do you think you'll do at Meat Eater Trivia?

I'm nervous. Okay. Yeah, I'm a little nervous. That you don't think you'll perform well or what? That I won't get? I'm nervous. Okay. Yeah, I'm a little nervous. That you don't think you'll perform well or what? That I won't get a single one right. Okay.

I think you'll do better than that. What's peculiar about this is we just had a long conversation about mental discipline and all that and I see that

he is not applying his own lessons to the trivia. One thing I left out was that confidence was really important to have mental discipline. Okay, well, you work on that in the next few minutes before we get to the show. Nick, how do you think you're going to do?

I came intending to win. I've been studying. I've talked to people who've submitted questions in the past. Really? I feel like maybe I've overprepared. Okay. Yeah, now I've heard from a few people, Steve, that you are probing some folks in your circle for questions for an upcoming episode where you're going to host. I've sent some inquiries out.

How's that going for you? Nothing. Really? Nothing. That's gotten all the way back to Nick, who said he was just with Jim Heffelfinger, and Jim was telling Nick that you were asking Jim for questions. I hit Jim up, and he told me the one that you haven't used, which is what's Aldo Leopold's actual first name. No idea.

That's what had the problem. Like the only one he threw to me was one that he prefaced by saying you won't use it. And it's one of those ones, again, like we always bring up, the point isn't that no one knows. Sure. The point is not that no one would know. The point is that someone would know

that's right someone wouldn't know um so no that hasn't been helpful at all but i'll tell you what i've been very impressed by okay very very impressed by i had no idea the listener submission queue tell me about it well the volume for one volume Volume is incredible. Great, great volume. And then some people are so thorough about it. They even include the, the, the, the tidbit, the talk. Sure. Yeah. Um, you know, you were saying that you gave me like a one in blank is, is usable.

I found like a higher ratio of usable ones. I actually had three. I can't decide. I, when I host, I might do two. Okay. Listener questions. Cause I was so impressed by the queue. We should do a whole episode of listener questions. We will. Coming next week, Steve is going to host the show.

So tune in for that. And really quick, Steve, can you get cozy with Brody over there? You're kind of out of the frame. Oh, yeah. Now, this is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meadeater's Four Verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking.

And there is a prize. Me, Dieter will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing. But this show will be a little different. We are in the middle of Whitetail Week, which runs from October 2nd to October 8th. So in honor of that, this entire episode is trivia based on America's most pursued big game. And that's not a good idea. is trivia based on America's most pursued big game animal. That's not a good idea. It's a great idea.

You're handing it to Nick. What about Levi? He just said that he likes to hunt them, but he doesn't know what protein in a whitetail shapes its hoof. Nick, you're in the pole position. Actually, now I have pressure, which I didn't have before. I don't think I will win. That's now that expectation we talked about is on you. Everything is going to be

whitetail based. Don't sweat it, man. Really? Nah. Now, I would bet like a Mark Kenyon, Tony Peterson, they would get a 9 or a 10 on this. Brody, Steve, maybe like a 5. I think this is going to be a tougher round for you. Challenge accepted. When's the last time you killed a whitetail, Brody? Steve, maybe like a five. I think this is going to be a tougher round for you. Challenge accepted.

When's the last time you killed a whitetail, Brody? Last year? Last November. Okay, how about you, Steve? Last year. What's that got to do with answering questions, though? About whitetails? Remember Pat Durkin's observation?

When he was at deer and deer hunting, he would interview a lot of big buck killers. And he said he was always surprised by how many of them couldn't have told you what tree they were sitting in when they killed a trophy buck. You're going to have to know a lot about whitetails to perform well here. Don't worry, I'll get a zero, everybody. Now, during this stretch that is Whitetail Week, MeatEater will be bringing you its best whitetail content, which you can find on TheMeatEater.com, and its best whitetail deals, which you can get at FirstLight.com.

This whole week is dedicated to articles, videos, podcasts, and gear that will help you kill your next big buck. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the number 40. That's the percent you'll get off some of our favorite items from Firstlight like the Catalyst Whitetail Jacket and Bibs and the Sawtooth Jacket

and Vest. Levi, I know the Catalyst system is a staple in your mid-season whitetail kit. What do you like so much about it? Yeah, I think it's... What are we snickering about over here? Steve's just making a very emphatic... Steve's making a... He's working on a turkey call, I think.

And you can't pick that up at all, can you, Phil, in the mics? Oh, yeah. You mean the squeaking? Yeah, yeah. Oh, definitely. Yeah, I'll quit. Levi the Catalyst system. Yeah, I think it's just become the workhorse for us from October through November.

Yeah. You know, I think it's really versatile weather related, which is why I like it so much. I can wear it standalone if it's kind of warm out or I can layer all the way down to 30 and mid 30s for me. Yeah, that's a good way to put it. It's maybe the most versatile piece in the Whitetail system. Now you get 40% off the Catalyst system right now. The Whitetail Week deals end this weekend. Here's our Zero Percenter Question of the Week,

which tests how much knowledge players have retained from previous shows. This question was from episode 460. The topic was whitetails and nobody got it right. What was the nickname of the AK-57 radar laser triple barrel double scoped heat seeking shotgun into 30 point buck? This question was what I was thinking about coming into this episode of trivia. And I was like, I'm going to bomb. So what's the answer, Maggie? I can't remember.

Anybody even have a guess? I wasn't here for this game. Neither was I. What was the nickname of the AK-57 radar laser triple barrel double scoped heat-seeking shotgun in the 30-point box? I mostly just remember Mark's disappointment in himself. Nobody's gonna know. If you know it, just shout it out. Do you know the answer, Levi? No. Okay, the correct

answer was Betty Lou. I almost said Betsy. Yeah, something like that. I was thinking something like that. I was going to write Betsy. He would have given it to you. The incorrect answers from that show were Susie, Betsy, Old Bessie, Bess, and the Youper Smoke Pole. Now we have some housekeeping to get to.

In a previous game of trivia, we had a question about black market bear organs. When the answers were revealed, Steve mocked our guest, who was a doctor, for writing gallbladder as one word instead of two. Yeah, but I was wrong. Play the answers were revealed. Steve mocked our guest who was a doctor for writing gallbladder as one word instead of two. Yeah, but I was wrong. Play the clip, Phil. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Angela saying gallbladder, gallbladder, gallbladder. Angela has this one word. The entire

room said gallbladder. They all got it right. The correct answer is gallbladder. Gallbladders and paws are considered the top reason that babies get poached across the world. Mocked? How would you describe it? Observed. Sure. Okay.

Well, despite Steve's confidence, gallbladder can be one word and is actually the preferred way to write it. According to places like Merriam-We mayo clinic john hopkins medicine web md good correction i don't know anyone named johnny i just came out on top he was trying to knock me down i came out on top now steve here's your chance to apologize to dr angela perry who i'm certain is not listening right now He was trying to knock me down. I came out on top. Now, Steve, here's your chance to apologize to Dr. Angela Perry, who I'm certain is not listening right now. Well, that's just not how I write it. Was that your apology?

I was wrong. I was wrong. I was wrong. At least I didn't say John Hopkins. Apology not accepted on behalf of Angela. Now, the Shelby Index for today's round is a three. So our winner should get six correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia.

Hold on, tell me again. The Shelby Index is what? Three. But she hasn't killed a whitetail, I think, since 2015. But that's a low Shelby Index. It's a low Shelby Index, but she's not necessarily an authority on whitetails like a few of our players in the room today.

So I like their chances. Play the drop, Phil. Ooh. That was, you caught me off guard there, Spencer. Here we go. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that?

Just stand to win everything. Game on, suckers! Question one. As always, this will be multiple choice, and the topic is hunting. What percent of whitetail bucks killed by hunters in America are one and a half years old? Is it 5%, 16%, 27%, or 38%? and this was as of 2021. Here's the question again. What percent of whitetail bucks killed by hunters in America are one and a half years old?

5%, 16%, 27%, 38%. This stat was from 2021. Steve with a confident answer. You think you have it right? Yeah. Okay. Is everybody ready? Brody?

Sure. 5%, 16%, 27%, 38%. That's right. The question is on the TV behind Phil. Randall, ready? I think so. Maggie, ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Levi saying 38. Nick saying 38. Corinne saying 38. Maggie saying 16. Randall saying 38. Brody saying 38. No, he said D. Steve saying 38.

This wasn't even an option. I can't turn around and look. I just went with the biggest number. The correct answer was 27%. Oh! Dang it. Damn. That's what I had.

Did anybody get it right? That's what I had, and I erased it. Really? Got it right. What would that number have been in 1990? That's a great question. This is via the National Deer Association's 2023 Deer Report.

They found that just over a quarter of all whitetail bucks killed by hunters in 2021 were one and a half years old. That may seem like a lot, but that number has actually been decreasing. In 2009, it was 41%. In 1999, it was 51%. And in 1989, it was

62%. And in 1986, in Muskegon County, Michigan, it was 100%. That's right. 27% of whitetails killed in America. That is really surprising, man. Well, Holmick, is that counting dudes, is that counting shooting fawns? Specifically, well, they wouldn't be. No, that wouldn't count button bucks.

No. Okay. No. Question two. The topic is archery. Nobody got that one right. The Indoor Archery World Series Finals have been held in this city since 2011. The Indoor Archery World Series Finals have been held in this city since 2011.

Really quick, Spencer. What's up? The audience is going to get a peek behind the curtain. Your mic's crackling a little bit. You want to just kind of futz with the cables there and make sure they're all good to go. I know it's kind of a loose piece of hardware there. Yep. That sounds pretty good.

Anything? Is that better? That's good. Okay. Here we go. I'm going to have to touch it. Thank you. Topic is archery.

The Indoor Archery World Series Finals have been held in this city since 2011. Indoor Archery World Series Finals. The World Series Finals. Is he messing up? Archery World Series. I can't think of any city's names right now.

I know two cities that there's an Indoor Archery World Series in, so I'm not sure. Since 2011, it's been in this city since name right now. I know two cities that there's an indoor archery world series in, so I'm not sure. Since 2011, it's been in this city way before that. So since 2011 was the start. Sounds like he caught Spencer in the wrong question.

If he's having trouble with it, I don't have a prayer. What archery world series files have been held in this city? Well, if it's not this one, it starts with the same letter. There's two cities it could be. Is everybody ready? How has it been held in this city? Well, if it's not this one, it starts with the same letter. Okay. There's two cities it could be.

Is everybody ready? Hold on. I got to think about this now. What would that mean? I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. Oh, are you? I think so. Is everybody ready?

No, no, no, I'm not. Okay. I'm not. No, I feel good. I feel good. If it's not that letter, it's another one with the same letter. My alternate guess started with the same letter. Yeah.

So that's. Okay. What letter might that be? The only thing that's throwing me off is the 2011. Because I've been shooting in the same city since 2007. What city is that? So if it just moved there, then I might have got it wrong. Okay.

So I want to see. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying Vegas. Nick saying Vegas. Corinne saying Vegas. Maggie saying Pittsburgh. Randall saying Vegas.

Brody saying St. Louis. Steve saying Salt Lake City. The correct answer is Las Vegas. Yeahall saying Vegas. Brody saying St. Louis. Steve saying Salt Lake City. The correct answer is Las Vegas. The competition has events for men and women shooting recurves and compounds. Our guest, Levi Morgan, took third place out of 267 competitors at

the World Series in 2019. Levi, what do you remember about that day? Um, I didn't win. That's what you remember? that's what i remember not that you beat 264 i remember having a bet with my friends that if i won they got to pick a tattoo that i would get oh no they got to pick yeah i got to pick where that it went they got to pick what it was so i threw it on purpose oh there you go so hold on you had to get a tattoo then yeah if i would have won okay yeah no what was it gonna be you think i have no idea you have to know my friends okay i couldn't talk about it on here anyway now i think that the 2011 part was this archery organization was like four like before that it was two other organizations

that were condensed into one and then it became the world series finals um so it was it was two other organizations that were condensed into one and then it became the world series finals um so it was it was very uh kind of convoluted about when it switched from this event to this event can you help me understand how that's a whitetail deer question because our guest is levi morgan question three the topic is gear i like it this company that's famous for their number 69 Doe and Rutt urine has been in business since 1972. The men in the room are confident. Maggie and Corinne, not so much. Here's the question again. The topic is gear.

This company that's famous for their number 69 Doe and Rutt urine has been in business since 1972. Steve, do you have any of this stuff at home right now? Even though my dad's been dead for 20 years, I could go into what was his office and open his drawer

and I will find you a few of these. Really? You should bust them out and use them every now and then. I'm sure they're in great condition. I don't know if they could be in bad condition. He'd have his wool boonie hat, a couple chunks of paracord, some finger tabs, and some of this stuff would be laying in that drawer. A lot of places this stuff's probably not legal anymore, right? Where you're not allowed to use dough urns.

Does everybody have an answer? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying tinks. Nick saying tinks. Corinne saying bucks gone wild. That's good. Maggie saying scentsy, which is what, like an Avon product or something like that?

Randall and Brody and Steve saying tinks. They got it. Correct answer is tinks. The brand was started by Tink Nathan, who wanted to create lures that could bring bucks closer. Their number 69 Doe and Rut Lure is a combination of Tinks' secret ingredients and urine that's collected from whitetails on their estrous cycle.

They claim their product is the top-selling buck lure in the world. Didn't it have some vanilla in it? That was Vanilla Killa from Dan Fish. I hope that's not the next question. They claim their product is the top-selling buck lure in the world. Did it have some vanilla in it? That was Vanilla Killa from Dillon Fish. I hope that's not the next question. Question four. Topic is conservation.

This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Michael Arden for sending this great question. Michael is going to get a book signed by Steve. If you want a chance to win, then send your question to trivia at themeateater.com. This bean-shaped tissue is what biologists typically remove from deer to test for CWD. Leave me alone. This bean-shaped tissue is what biologists typically remove from deer to test for CWD. No idea.

The groom is yet again confident. No. Maybe. Okay. Everyone is quick to answer. No, my brain's not working today. Because me and Brody are in a tough spot here because the questions aren't even whitetail questions. Brody has a new, different kind of attitude.

He wanted to share answers. No, no, no. I wanted to see what you were writing. I already wrote mine. Brody also came in looking to make a statement. He's wearing a mule deer foundation hat. Knowing that this is whitetail week. Yeah, it's just like little digs, you know?

Get on that mic, Brody, if you could. Thanks. I'm pretty sure it's the same, whether it's a mule deer or a whitetail in this example. I would hope so. The question again is this bean-shaped tissue is what biologists typically remove from deer to test for CWD. Does everybody have an answer? I'll change mine three times, so we'll see.

Maggie, are we ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying lymph node. Nick saying lymph node We have Levi saying lymph node. Nick saying lymph node. Corinne saying lymph node. Steve, do you have any comments for how Corinne wrote lymph node? The lymph node. I'll take it.

Maggie without an answer. Randall saying adenoid. Brody saying lymph node. Steve saying thymus gland. The correct answer is lymph node. There's just no chance for me, man. You folks got it right. The brain stem and lymph nodes are spots where infectious proteins concentrate in CWD-positive deer.

For that reason, biologists have long struggled to find a way to test animals while they're alive. There are some live tests in development, like ones that take rectal biopsies or ear punches, but nothing has been perfected yet. Can you be certain that you can't tell from a lymph, from a thymus gland? Are they bean shaped? Yeah. Okay.

Well, we, I don't think that's what biologists use though. Typically it's, uh, that's also part of the question is that it's like the most common way to test. Nick, how are we doing on live tests for whitetails? Uh, still not a hundred percent there. Nick, how are we doing on live tests for whitetails? Still not a hundred percent there.

It's probably going to be a while before we get there. So unfortunately the best way to test is after the deer is dead. Do you think there's someday in our lifetime where that will be the case? Yes. Really? Yes. Okay. Are most people that optimistic?

I think so. I think the arguments are mostly over how long it'll take to get there. But yeah, absolutely. What do you think that test will look like when it is around? I think it'll just be further development of some tests that we already have that are close right now, probably pretty close to approval. So that's a bit of sunshine. I didn't think we'd get, I didn't think you would, you would be that optimistic that it's

going to happen. It doesn't help us a lot with wild deer though. That's a good point. You know, which is what we're most concerned about. It will help deer farmers. Question five. The topic is woodsmanship. This is a visual question. If you want to see what the room is seeing, then go to Instagram and check out at Spencer Newharth or watch this episode on MeatEater's YouTube channel. I am showing the room a trail cam picture that I got in 2014. Here's their prompt. This plant of many nicknames is a legume that's famous for its hitchhiking seeds. This plant of many nicknames is a legume that's famous for its hitchhiking seeds.

Where'd you take that picture, Spencer? Not going to tell you. We can talk about it afterwards if you're interested. Does that look like a familiar plant to some of you? That's a nice buck. Did you get him?

I did not get that one. No. He had two buddies with him that I ended up killing a few years later, though. This buck I kind of lost track of, though, after he shed his velvet. I got no idea,

but I know what that stuff is okay it does that's right steve does that look familiar to you that plant it does but i'm not real confident but it's like i can't win anyway so it doesn't matter this plant of many nicknames is a legume that's famous for its hitchhiking seeds brody how we doing you are thinking i have an answer but i know it's wrong okay a legume that's famous for its hitchhiking seeds. Brody, how we doing? You are thinking hard. I have an answer, but I know it's wrong. Okay.

Is everybody ready? Yeah. I'll be curious to see what the room comes up with. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying beggar's lice. Nick saying jewelweed. Corinne saying pole bean. Maggie saying houndstooth.

Randall saying hitchhiker. Bro Maggie saying houndstooth. Randall saying hitchhiker. Brody saying houndstongue. Steve saying houndstongue. Acceptable answers would be beggar's lice, creature's lice, tree foil, tick tree foil, stick seed, stick tight, and hitchhikers. I don't know about

houndstongue. I will look that up. I've not heard that one. I never saw that one online mentioned. I don't think that's houndstongue. I will look that up. I've not heard that one. I never saw that one online mentioned. I don't think that's houndstongue. Is that like foxtail? This is like prickly stuff. I picked one off my clothes yesterday. It's like... They're like the little balls.

No, not a cockle bird. Is it a legume? I don't know. It's shaped like this. I'm guessing it's not the same. This thing's like prickly, right? Yeah, it's not the same. Beggar's prickly, right? Yeah, it's not the same. Beggar's lice is a wiry plant that's native to North America.

Its seeds act like Velcro and stick to fur, feathers, and clothes, which is its dispersal method. Despite our hate for it, deer actually love to eat it. To learn more about the plant, read my article on TheMeatEater.com called Beggar's Lice, A Deer Hunter's Friend and Foe. Now, hitchhiker was one of the answers. Hitchhiker is one of the correct answers. I wrote this down in an attempt to be cheeky because you said hitchhiking in the question. I found it mentioned in an article. Oh, no.

I'm thrilled. I'm surprised this was an answer. I think Beggar's Lice is probably the most common one. Beggar's Lice is what he came up with. Does that sound familiar now that you've heard it, though? You've never heard of Beggar's Lice. I mean, maybe I have, but it's not like. It's called Beggar's Lice is what he came up with. Does that sound familiar now that you've heard it, though? You've never heard of Beggar's Lice. I mean, maybe I have, but it's not like... It's called Beggar's. Add that one to your lingo. Phil, we're

halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah, we've got Maggie with zero points. Steve and Rinella with one. Corinne and Brody. That's a new one. Thanks, Steve. One and Brody. That's a new one. Thanks, Steve. One. Corinne and Brody have two points apiece.

Corinne. That's amazing. I'm tied with Brody. Randall and Nick have three, and in first place is Levi Morgan with four points. I still can't believe I got the 27% wrong. I'm not happy about it. Yeah, you're doing real good. Doing well otherwise.

That was the one I had right, and I erased it, so, you know, could be. Doing well otherwise. That was the one I had right and I erased it. So, you know, could be tied with Steve. It's already better than I thought. One point. Hey folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada.

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Levi, Nick, Brody all look confident. Steve also has an answer. Randall is struggling. Lee and Tiffany Lukoski have hosted this whitetail hunting show since 2008. And as you might remember from a previous episode of Trivia, I believe it was Tiffany who coined the term BBD, which means Big Buck Down. Does everybody have an answer? Nick, do you have this one right?

I believe so. Okay. Is everybody ready? Randall, go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying the crush. Nick saying the crush. Corinne without an answer. Maggie saying deer camp. Randall saying the chase.

Brody saying the crush. Steve saying the crush. They got it. The correct answer is the crush. Before the crush, Lee and Tiffany hosted the show Getting Close. And before that, Tiffany was a flight attendant

and Lee was a chemical engineer in Minneapolis. They quit their day jobs in the early 2000s to buy a farm in Iowa and focus on land management and hunting. Question seven. The topic is conservation. What hallowed county in Wisconsin leads the world in Boone and Crockett whitetail entries? Steve thinks he has it right. I didn't even need you to finish. I didn't even need you to finish the question.

What hallowed county in Wisconsin leads the world in Boone and Crockett Whitetail entries? You probably would have got it without even the word Wisconsin in there. I do know it. I just don't have the answer yet. It's called Big Buck County. Uh-huh has anyone ever hunted in this county yes yeah okay and did it live up to the hype no oh really no it's very over hunted because of this is it yeah same thing pike County Illinois does everybody have an answer

Randall no you're good what hallowed county in Wisconsin leads the world in Boone and

Crockett whitetail entries Randall I wrote down an answer I'm not happy with it so I'm

just kind of drawing it out okay you ready go ahead and reveal your answers we have Levi and Nick saying Buffalo So I'm just kind of drawing it out. Okay. Or waiting on me. You ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi and Nick saying Buffalo. Corinne and Maggie without an answer.

Randall saying Adams, which I think is a Wisconsin county anyway. Illinois. Illinois and Ohio. Oh, okay. Brody and Steve saying Buffalo. The correct answer is Buffalo. Humiliating. saying buffalo the correct answer is buffalo humiliating buffalo county has 161 entries in the boone and crockett record book for typical and non-typical whitetail deer that's more than entire states like north dakota new york and pennsylvania after buffalo county the top producers

in america are st louis county in minnesota and maverick County in Texas. How is Buffalo County doing if you look at it over time? Is it's heyday past or is it still cranking them out? I don't know. I can't answer that for you. Nick, maybe you would have a better idea. I don't know. Yeah. I mean, it's still very popular.

Sure. But is it still holding up numbers wise? I'd be curious to see. Question eight. The topic is woodsmanship. The rear indentations in a whitetail buck's track are made by these. This is question eight. We will get a scoreboard update from Phil after this.

Here it is again. The rear indentations in a whitetail buck's track are made by these. I'm coming back strong. Everybody else is strong. You can't catch them because he keeps getting them right anyway. I don coming back strong. But everybody else is strong. You can't catch him because he keeps getting them right anyway. I don't know if I spelled this right. It's like if something bad happened to him

and he couldn't play anymore, like a health problem or something, a while ago that happened, and me coming back the way I'm coming back. Do you know what I'm saying? Sure. It could happen. You needed what happened.

It's too late. It could have happened. A concussion or an ACL tear saying? Sure. Yeah, it could happen. You needed... It could have happened. It's too late. It could have happened, sure. A concussion or an ACL tear on question six would have helped you. Yeah. Maybe like a gas leak in the building. Just exclusively on this side of the table. Here's the question again. The rear indentations in a whitetail Bucks track are made by these.

Randall, do you have this one right? No, I'm not even going to play. Oh, come on. Are you serious, Dr. Randall? Yeah, I am. For whatever reason, I just can't come up with any answers. Randall, I think my stupid might be filtering over to you because I can't.

And Randall grew up in Big Buck Country in Ohio. I did. Dr. Randall has no answer. Take a Hail Mary. Is everybody ready? It's better than nothing, dude. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi and Nick saying

dewclaws. Corinne without an answer. Maggie without an answer. Randall without an answer. No, he wrote hoofs. I wrote hoofs. Which could be. Brody and Steve saying dewclaws.

They got it. The correct answer is dewclaws. Dewclaws are located on the backside of a deer's leg and located slightly above the hoof. It said that the best way to identify a big buck by its track is by studying the dewclaw marks some features to look for include how wide they are how far they are from the hoof and if they're perpendicular to the hoof to learn how to learn more how to spot a mature buck track go read mark canyon's article on the meat eater.com called how to identify a mature i like that perpendicular thing i never yeah that's good i never yeah. Yeah, usually like a good thing

to look for is the size and how weird it looks. We call it when they're pronged out for some reason. That's good. I like that. Phil, we have two questions left. Give us the scoreboard update.

Maggie Hudlow, Corinne Schneider, Randall Williams, and Steven Ranella are no longer in the running. How can that be true? I've been like getting all day. Oh, I must have dozed off during that part.

Brody with five points. And then our two guests, Levi and Nick, are in first and second, respectively. Levi has seven. Nick has six. Wow. Okay. It's going to get kind of fun. Question nine.

The topic is gear dr scott l rod created created this hunting company in 2007 which claims to sell quote the only active in the field scent elimination device oh yeah uh dr scott l rod created this hunting company in 2007 which claims to sell, quote, the only active in the field scent elimination device. Levi thinks he has it. Levi, do you know, do you use one of these? Do you have I have used them a lot, yes.

I think, if I got it right, I have. Give me a minute, man. Sure. Do you want to know something totally weird? When I bought the house I'm living in, there was one of these in the crawl space. The only thing in the house. You're right, that's weird.

The only item in that house I'd be kind of suspicious about your house. Was in the crawl space. What'd you do with it? Put it in the free table. Oh, and it just disappeared. I wonder if they were growing something down there. That's what I'm saying

It was all the stuff I can't remember what the hell it's called Doesn't matter because I can't win anyway That's how I feel This guy's throwing in a towel It's like Oh I remember now what it is Oh okay

This is going to help me come back Is everybody ready? Randall? No. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying Ozonics, Nick saying Ozonics, Corinne saying bye-bye smell, Maggie and Randall without an answer,

Brody and Steve saying Ozonics. They got it. The correct answer is Ozonics. I'll point out. Since the second half, perfect game. I'll point out. Mm-hmm. I still think I'm mad. Since the fifth, the second half, you're on a heater. Perfect game. Yeah.

Perfect game. You're doing good. They were using it probably to clean carpet because that's where it came from. Yeah, I think originally ozone was,

I think like they used it in industrial freezers a lot too when freezers would go bad. They'd come in and clean them out with ozone. Yeah.

Ozonics uses ozone to penetrate a hunter's scent cone and eliminate human odor they have what is considered one of the strongest patents in the hunting industry which scent crusher bumped up against in 2018 when they created their own field ozone device scent crusher sent me one to test and then was sued by ozonics just a few days later scent crusher immediately pulled the device but I never gave mine back and still have it to this day. So, I own one of the only

ScentCrusher field units in the world, and it's one of my proudest possessions. Wow. Sweet. It's very cool. I hope someone asks me about it when I'm out doing stuff. That might be a good auction house of oddities item. It's going to take a lot to get that.

Phil, we're on the last question. Give us a scoreboard update. Well, it's down to Levi and Nick. Levi has eight. Nick has seven. Question 10. The topic is hunting. So Nick gets it right.

Levi gets it wrong. It's overtime? Correct. Question 10. The topic is hunting. Of the states that begin with an I, which one has the fewest white-tailed deer? Of the states that begin with an I, which one has the fewest white-tailed deer? Just checking again.

We have Nick who's leading or Levi? Levi has eight. nick has seven okay we need levi to get this wrong nick to get this right to go to overtime few question 10 of the states that begin with an eye which one has the fewest white tail deer i'm just hoping there's not a state i'm missing somewhere we'll Nick, do you think you have this one right? I believe I do. Okay. We're about to find out. Levi, you feel sort of confident? 50-50. How

excited? We are guaranteed to have a guest winner today. Nice to not have any skin in the game on a last round do or die question. You're like friends and stuff right now. Cheering each other out. I forgot about that one. Go ahead and reveal

your answers. We have Levi saying Indiana. Nick saying Idaho. Corinne saying Indiana. Maggie saying Idaho. Randall and Brody saying Idaho. Steve originally saying Iowa. I think you should have gotten away with it if you hadn't confessed to it.

That was very subtle. The correct answer is Idaho. I was thinking of the ones in that little area together. That's tricky. That killed a white tail in Idaho. The four states that begin with an I are Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Idaho. Indiana has 680,000 whitetail. Illinois has 660,000.

Iowa has 445,000. And Idaho has 232,000 whitetail and 282,000 mules. The only reason you're able to get away with that question is give me the first two states. Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Idaho. No, no. Give me the numbers. 660. Excuse me, Illinois, Idaho. No, no. Give me the numbers. 660. Excuse me.

680, 660, 445, and then Idaho at 232. Had it been different, you're not going to give that question on a 20,000 estimate. That's why I didn't ask the question that way. It's ridiculous. Okay. If the question had been different, it would have been a bad question, Spencer. It's a good point. It'd be like if the question was like, what's one state that begins with a state where there's only one of them?

Do we have one? It's got to be there. If I were to ask that question, yeah, that would have been a bad question. We're going to overtime. Play the drop, Phil. Oh, that was the wrong sound. Tiebreaker. If you ain't first, you're last.

How they just cut it at if you ain't first, you're last, and then like go into other stuff that's funny. I never liked it. Hey, Phil, f*** off, man. Yeah, if I would have asked a state that begins with a G, you're right, Steve. That would have been a really bad question because it could have only been Georgia. Here's the overtime question. This is numerical.

The person who's closest to the correct answer will be declared the winner between Nick and Levi. What did the Dustin Huff Buck score? And for reference, we have a photo of it on the TV. You can see this photo on our YouTube channel. What did the Dustin Huff Buck score? Write your answer to an eighth of an inch, and I'll ask everyone in the room to play along. If somebody gets it right on the nose, we will add an extra $100 donation at the end of the game. Is this a net or a gross score? This would be the Boone and Crockett score, which would make it a net score. Oh, net. What a stud buck, though, man. Stud buck.

I should know the answer to this question. What did the Dustin Huff buck score? Go to an eighth of an inch. Levi, what's the biggest buck you've ever killed? 185 and some change.

185 and something. Did he look like that? No, sir. He was not that big. If I remember right, he was smaller. Quite a bit smaller than that. Does everybody have an answer? Are you guys going off of what you remember about when this happened or are you going off the

photo that you're looking at? Photo for me. I've actually interviewed him and I don't remember. I know it barely missed the world record, though. Are we ready? I know what the world record is, so. I probably don't have enough on here. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Levi saying 206 and an eighth.

Nick saying 231. Corinne saying 200. Maggie saying 243. Randall saying 221 and an eighth. Brody saying 201 and three-eighths. Steve saying 201 and one-eighth. The correct

answer is 211 and four-eighths, making Levi a winner. He was within five inches of the correct answer. Now for more on Dustin's story, you can hear him play trivia on episodes 338 and 339 of the Meat Eater podcast. Didn't he win? He won trivia that day.

He did. He was our first ever guest to win. Went to overtime. He was a good guest, too. The overtime question was the heaviest turkey, and he dang near hit it right on the nose. Congratulations, Levi. Thank you. Well done, Levi.

Way better than I expected. Kills big bucks, and he knows white tails. He's a world champ for a reason, right? That's right. Levi, what happens next is you get to choose where the $500 donation from Meat Eater goes. So what's it going to be? What conservation organization would you like us to send that money to? Let me see.

The Mule Deer Foundation. Let's do the National Deer Association. Oh, my man. Thank you. What do we like about them, Nick? Leadership. What's that $500 buying us? Oh, my goodness.

Yeah. So we're really the only whitetail conservation organization that gets into the science, interprets the science. We teach you how to do your food plot. We teach you how to hunt deer better. We work on policy issues. So we're very well-rounded in that regard. So we certainly appreciate the contribution. And that's where Mr. Huff donated to as well.

Oh, that's great. Excellent, man. Very proud of that. Good time back. White Tail guys stick together. That's right. Yeah, we do. Don't forget, White Tail Week is happening right now on TheMeteor.com and FirstLight.com.

Go check out all the content and discounts before it's too late. Also, as a reminder, Steve is hosting next week. So tune in. It's going to be one of my favorite episodes. Steve, where's your confidence at right now about how well you're going to do? What's been messing me a little bit, and I've been tailoring it,

is I've been tailoring it trying to make a little room for younger players. Oh, okay. Because I would go heavily toward media references, and I've been chilling that out, and I've kept it down to one media reference. Okay. And not getting into like, you know,

because I was like, in what state, in the deer hunter, in what state do they hunt deer? Sure. But that was from the 70s. Is it Pennsylvania? Yeah. And it Pennsylvania? Yeah. And it's a red stag anyway or something? It's the Hartford buck.

Mm-hmm. It's the same buck. You remember the Hartford buck from the insurance companies? That would have been my tidbit. No. The buck that, the buck they use in the deer hunter is this famous buck from the insurance

commercials, the Hartford stag. Oh, okay. Yeah. Good little preview. There was like this Hartford insurance company had this, their logo was this buck, you know, this Red Stag. That's the kind of content you're going to get from Steve next week.

Yeah, great tidbits. Well, actually, that's not what, he's been cutting those out. I feel like. Oh, yeah. But listen, I've been putting a lot of, I've been putting a lot more thought into than he ever did. Nick, Levi, thanks for joining us. That's what we did.

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