The MeatEater Podcast - Ep. 755: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXIX

Episode Date: August 27, 2025

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Corinne Schneider, Nate Mason, and Sarah Delany. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to Meat-Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newhart, and today we're joined by Janice, Brody, Corinne, Nate, Seth, and Sarah. This is a 10-round quiz show. with questions from meat eaters for verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking,

and there is a prize. Meadeter will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. For the stat of the week this week, we're looking at the number 35. That's how many years old Phil Taylor is today. Happy birthday. Hey!

Thanks, Spencer. What does an old man like you, 35 years old, do on his 35th birthday? He didn't shave, I can tell you that, that's true. Yeah, I'm doing a thing right now. I do this like maybe once or twice a year where I just like, I think maybe 35 is the year where I can grow a beard. It never, it never is.

I'm hoping 36 is the magic number. I don't have any plans tonight. No Balders Gate, no nothing. Brody? I bought your Instagram post, Phil. After the kids are in bed, Baldur's Gate might be on the docket there. Okay. I'm playing, I'm playing, I made Randall a Baldur's Gate character, and I'm, he's my main character.

So I'm going to see what kind of, you know, horrible situation. I can put them in. All right. Happy birthday, Phil. Thank you. Now, here's our infrequently asked question segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to trivia at the Medeater.com

with the subject line IFAQ. Ben Anderson says, I'm 14 years old, and I have a question for Phil. What types of software does he use to record trivia? And does it differ from what you use to record the normal podcast? Birthday, Phil, what do you got for Ben? He's 14 years old. Yeah, hey, Ben. I don't actually use a computer software

when I'm recording the podcast in the studio I do everything into this big this fancy Let's see if I can move this camera here If you're watching on YouTube Ben you'll be able to see this This is real That's the mixing board here It's an Allen and Heath digital mixing board And I record that onto an SD card

The podcast onto an SD card And it's also being fed into the video hard drive So I have got like I've got a backup as well And then I take all those files and I put them into my computer upstairs with my office and I use a software called Pro Tools which is kind of like the film and TV

industry kind of that's the software that all the audio mixer's using that's what I learned on and I'm really, that's the one software I'm very fast on and I'm scared to stop using it because yeah that's the only one I'm good at

some behind the scenes from Bill you're getting probably too old to learn about new software yep and for Phil's birthday for Phil's birthday Corinne said he's going to get a new studio in 2026

Corinne, you're doing that for me? Is that a thing you promised this morning? Tell us more about this, Corrine. We're going to get a new studio at some point, as Phil's 35th birthday present. That sounds like it could be good for all of us. You might have to wait like six months or so, but Corinne made the promise. A bigger media. You're not going to replace him with AI, are you?

Bud, no. Brody, why would you even put that thought into the ether there? We have some housekeeping on a previous episode of trivia. We had a question about the National Park Service Project. That is, quote, a way to introduce children and those young at heart to the natural wonders of the park that was referring to the junior ranger program of which no one in the room had any experience with. But then, just days later, Phil the engineer went out and got himself a few junior ranger badges. Phil, tell us about that. Yeah, this program is way more hardcore than I thought it was.

You can't just walk up to a park ranger and ask for a badge. There's a whole booklet, and depending on your age, you have to complete a sort of. certain number of activities within the park, you know, sort of like find this or find that or there's stuff like crossword puzzles and word searches and mazes and everything. The older you are, the more activities you have to do. And then you show, you bring that to a park ranger once it's completed. And then they ask you questions. They kind of like quiz you about stuff that you've seen. And then they make you take up a pledge, an oath. And it's different at every park and every national monument. And then after you do that, you get a little ranger badge.

What did your boys have to do to earn those badges? Well, I mean, so like the six-year-old, the seven-year-old only had to complete seven of the activities, but the 12-year-old had to complete 12. So that's sort of like the range. But then I will, I'm going to call out. So we went to Mount Rushmore, we went to the Badlands, and we went to Devil's Tower National Monument. And all of those, oh, sorry, I'm forgetting one. I think we went to four different.

But the Mount Rushmore Badlands all made us. They were really strict about completing the packet. Oh, yeah, Wind Cave, that's right, Wind Cave in South Dakota. They were all very strict, but there was a guy at Devils Park who were just handing out badges like candy. I'm not going to give his name. I don't want to get in trouble, but it definitely made it feel less special. Were the boys stoked on them or was like, eh? Oh, yeah, no, that became the activity for the trip was collecting these badges.

So, I mean, yeah, it's effective. It's working. Great job, National Parks. Nate was here that day. We talked about those. Is anyone else in the room have a junior. Ranger badge. Yeah, well, my boys do.

Uh-huh. From Rocky Mountain National Park and Yellowstone. Were they stoked on that, or was it, uh, like, what are we doing this? I mean, it was a while ago now, but yeah, they were stoked. Now a coveted piece of merch at Phil's home. All right, the Shelby index for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score alert. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil.

Look, I need to know what I stand. to win everything how's that just tend to win everything is time to win everything is it a which of these animals is a pachyderm is it a goose

a hippo a newt or a bear Which of these animals is a pachyderm? Goose, hippo, newt, or bear? Brody and Nate, quick to answer. Nate, do you have this one right? I think so. It's like somewhere, what's Steve always talking about?

Emonculus. That's the one. I think he's got it. Brody, do you know this? Unless you're pulling a fast one on us. Which, like, you never used to do, but lately it seems like it happens now and then. Which of these animals is a pachyderm? Goose, hippo, newt, bear.

Yannis, how confident are you? Pretty confident. You got this one, right? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate and Sarah and Janus and Seth. The whole room says hippo. The whole room got it right.

The correct answer is a hippo. A pachyderm is a non-ruminant animal with thick skin and hooves or nails, such as elephants, rhinos, and hippos. It used to be scientifically accepted as a class of mammal, but biologists later learned that they're not that closely related. Pachyderm is still used as an informal grouping at zoos, though. Question two, the topic is gear. This next great question is via Miguel Rivera.

What is the 11-letter instrument that measures the speed of a bullet or arrow in flight? What is the 11-letter instrument that measures the speed of a bullet or arrow in flight? Nate, and Brody again, quick to answer. Do either of you boys own one of these 11-letter instruments? I don't, but I got one in my truck right now. Oh, there's a little hint for maybe Yannis knows the contents of Brody's pickup. Yanni, do you know what's in Brody's pickup right now? I was with Brody.

yesterday and we almost used this what a coincidence would have you gotten this right if this didn't just happen yesterday okay yes I would have again question two the topic is gear what is the

11 letter instrument that measures the speed of a bullet or arrow in flight I've used a few over the years always fussy these instruments made a good cloudy day

I was just going to say I feel like lighting is a big part of that You're like in a machine shed versus outside You said you own one I have over the years I don't think I own one at the moment

The one I own it is very great Is it the normal one everybody's got You'll have to tell us about it After we get the answers Is everybody ready Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Nate Saying chronograph

Sarah says Spidometer Yannis And Seth Say chronogram Corinne says Oh meter And Brody says

Chronometer The correct answer is chronograph I had chronometer too I'm sorry I gotta see if that's That's also accepted I've never heard that It's interesting because they're both 11

Chronometer I see that as a watch Yeah I think that's a Rolex thing Yeah that's a Five watches specification How did we both Write that down. That's tough.

I'm seeing everyone online. Calling that the thing that measures the speed of a bullet or an arrow chronograph. Chronometer. We're wrong. That's life. It's like it's a timekeeper that's certified by an astronomical like observatory. We're not going to accept that. That's right.

So those watches, chronometers are always better than not. There are three primary types of chronographs that outdoorsmen use. There are optical chronos, which have sensors the projectile passes through. There are magnetic chronos, which typically attach to the barrel of your gun, like a bayonet, and then there are Doppler chronos, which use radar waves to track the projectile. Which one do you have, Seth? I have the Garmin one, which is... The Doppler?

The Doppler, I believe. Okay. I was told recently that that one's not as good as the... the lab radar, it's not as consistent. As far as accuracy? Yeah. I'm gonna say because it works way better than the lab radar. Yeah, the lab radar is a little more

finicky. Which one's the one with the little metal rods and the... That would be the optical. That's what I'm like if you're in a machine shed, your arrow may not be seen the same as if it was a crowny day, cloudy day. Question three, the topic is

conservation. What state is Great Basin National Park located in. And the room is stumped. Oh, no, I'm not stumped. Okay, just taking their time. I either lived in this state or the one next to it. Oh, well, there's a hint for the rest of the room.

What state is Great Basin National Park? We have six blank whiteboards in the room right now. What state is Great Basin National Park? located in. Yanni thinks he's lived in that state or near that state. That's a big hint, man. I've lived in a lot of places,

Brody. Not that many. Yeah, but I'm telling you, I can't remember if it was in that state or the one next to it. That really adds a lot of other options. Great place. I think you're messing with Brody a little. Lots of states in that one, right? What state is great

Basin National Park located in. Nate, how do you feel about your answer? I'd give myself like one and six. Okay. Seth, how do you feel about your answer? It's kind of a guess. It's up to you two to get the perfect game today. Yanni and Seth are already out of it. I'm out of it, too.

Broit, Yonnie and Brody and Brody are already out of it. It's a lot of pressure. What state is Great Basin National Park located in? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. we have Nate saying Utah Sarah Utah Janice Utah

Seth Utah Corinne Nevada Brody Nevada and he crossed out Would you cross out? Oh really I have a chance that may be getting this right Because Brody I don't know

The correct answer is Nevada Corinne and Brody Got it right Dang Great Basin National Park is located in eastern Nevada along the Utah border. It was established in 1986 and is one of

the least visited parks in the country. Great Basin is where the forgotten Winchester was discovered by park employees in 2014. The 143-year-old gun was found leaning against a juniper tree with archaeologists speculating it was left there by its owner

over a century ago. Here is a picture that was taken on the day of its discovery. That's so cool. It's very cool. I've never heard of that. The forgotten Winchester discovered in 2014, it is now in their visitor center. You can go see the thing. I feel like you'd have to rip up

that whole tree and make like a diorama of it. Well, actually a wildfire passed through there, I think a year or two later and this thing would have just been forgotten them for real. So they found it just in the nick of time standing there just like the day

someone left it. I'd like to know, it's good to know there are places in this country where something that big, could be leaning against a tree and not be seen by a human for over a hundred years. I like that observation, especially when you have someone negative like Steve, who says there's too many people and not enough things to do in national parks. We'll look at there, Steve.

There's guns out there to be found that have just been sitting there for a hundred years. You've just changed his whole mind. Unlikely. I'm surprised they didn't grow into that tree. They said, so the butt of it was in five inches of soil at that part, at that point. So it was starting to erode away. But look at the stock, too. There's some enormous cracks there.

Yeah. Laid there for just 100 years. Question four, the topic is hunting. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Sam Rival. For sending this great question, Sam is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week,

then send your question to trivia at the meat eater.com. The D-H-P vaccine for dogs is maxed. to prevent blank, hepatitis, para-influenza, and parvo. So we know three of the things it's meant to prevent. We're looking for one more. The D-H-P vaccine for dogs is meant to prevent blank, hepatitis, para-influenza, and parvo. Nate, very quick to answer.

Sarah has now joined him. Sarah, do you have this one right? Uh, I have a virus that could, in theory, appear in dogs. Nate, how confident are you? I think this might be a people virus. Does Chip have this vaccine? Yeah, but I don't know what the D is in it. The D.H.

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I'll change it up. For dogs is meant to prevent blank, hepatitis, paranoid influenza, and parvo. Nate, did your answer, start with a D. Yeah. Okay, it did. I think if it's starting with a D is a hint, it's pretty far off base, and I think it's a valid. You weren't going to get it right to begin with. Yeah, I think it's valid. D.HPP vaccine for dogs is meant to prevent blank hepatitis, para influenza, and parvo. I feel good now. I changed up. I feel real strong. Nate likes his answer. Brody, do you like your answer? We'll find out. Okay. I think we have six dog owners at the table today. Corinne's making up for me for not owning a dog.

She has four now. How did you get the fourth one? I haven't heard the story yet. Pinata? Pinata. She also has the biggest of dogs and the smallest of dogs. I was going to say, what's the weight difference between those dogs? She's missing a small.

She has medium. I think pinata is probably like 15. Now. Wow. Less? Less than 15? Less than 15. I was eating lunch on the little balcony on the second floor.

floor last week, and I see Yupi in the pond. I look down and Penaata has an entire dead fish in her mouth. I was like, oh, it's a great day. It was a desiccated trout or white fish from the back of our little pond here, which she proceeded to later vomit

on to the carpet in my office. Is that also what's in front of the door? What? Do you know what I'm talking about? The front door? No? No. Okay. Looks like a vomited up fish. Oh, this is last week. Check it out later. Oh, shoot. The second floor, the second floor is like dog bombing, dog shit zone in this office.

The third floor is pretty safe, I think. Yeah, that's second, yeah. But Corin, how did you get the fourth dog? So Penaata is my partner, Matt's daughter's dog that she adopted a couple of months ago. And it used to be like 50-50 at both of the houses. And then she really just ended up at our place and is our puppy now. Good for Penaata. Yeah, she's very happy.

She's best friends with squid. Again, question for the D.HPP vaccine for dogs is meant to prevent blank hepatitis, parinfluenza, and parvo. Is everybody ready? I didn't get this right. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying distempered. What's that say, Sarah? Diphtheria.

Yonis. Diphtheria. Seth, not an answer. Corinne, diphtheria, Brody, rabies. The correct answer is distemper. Let's go. Got it. Stay strong.

The DHPP vaccine is considered a core vaccine, meaning it's recommended that all dogs get it. Distemper is a highly contagious virus that also affects foxes, coyotes, wolves, raccoons, skunks, and ferrets. There's a 50% fatality rate for dogs who have it, with survivors often left with nervous system damage. It is distemper, hepatitis, para influenza, and parvo. Can I ask a dog question real quick? Sure. The rattlesnake venom vaccine thoughts, anybody? We did it for our dog and it just abscessed and was another vet visit.

That sounds terrible. I recommend not doing it. We had a professional vet write an article for our website about his thoughts on the vaccine. I don't remember what his conclusion was, but you and anyone else curious about that. I could go read that. Cool. Question five, the topic is fishing.

This next great question is via Daniel Knooth. This holy tool, which is also called a persuader, is the small club that anglers use to kill fish. Where is it? Oh, we have one in the room somewhere. Who walked off with it? Is it hanging with those? Yeah, behind Spencer's left.

Holy H-O-L-Y, this holy tool, which is also called a persuader, is the small club that anglers use to kill fish. Brody, very quick to answer. Were you looking for a specific name? Yes. It's a holy name. This holy tool, which is also called a persuader, is the small club that anglers use to kill fish.

Brody has found one in the podcast studio. My old man made that thing like 50 years ago. What's it made out of? Steel rod, homemade handle, a little garden hose on there. Got notches on there for the salmon. It's killed with it. Oh. Why the garden hose?

What does that add to it? So it doesn't make a bunch of noise rattling around an aluminum boat. Okay, that's a well thought out, persuader. Among other things, I think. What else is that killed? Oh, I think this is primarily salmon killing machine, killing tool. This holy tool, which is also called a persuader, is the small club that anglers use to kill fish. Now, did your dad call it the answer we're looking for?

Did he call it a persuader? Did he call it something else? He had a name for it. It wasn't persuader, but it was along that lines. I'll have to, we'll update it later, but I can't remember his exact word for it. Yanni, how you doing over there? I don't know the answer. I'm trying to make one up.

Seth, is there one of these in your boat? I used the backside of my gaff. Okay. So it's probably not gaff. And I don't call it. I don't call it anything holy. If you got a good stout scrub brush in your boat, that'll work too. Yeah.

Nate, do you have this one right? No, dude. Total guess. This holy tool, which is also called a persuader. is the small club that anglers used to kill fish. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying, Iron Cross.

Sarah, without an answer, Janice says, devil's club. Seth, without an answer, Corinne says a bonker baton crux. And Brody says priest. The correct answer is priest. Brody, got that one right. I'm really not doing well for a file from Shelby Index. The name comes from the notion that anglers are administering the last rights to the fish before crushing their brain. Priests have also been used as bold murder weapons in pop culture, such as the BBC series Father Brown, the Ethan Hawk podcast, Fish Priest, and the Sam Mills novel, Poachers Priest.

Man, if you whack a halibut on the nose right with one of those things, instant death. Lights out. You know what I heard about yesterday? A couple of you anglers in the room will appreciate this. We're talking about bringing large halibut aboard, and a fellow is telling me a story about being on a sailboat, and he sailed up and down six different times between here and not Montana, but the west coast of the U.S. and Alaska.

And he was up, I think he said Misty Fjords, and they landed a 200-pounder, and he goes, and you know, I always keep a little vodka in a squirt bottle, Because you just give them a little squirt of vodka on their gills and boom. Oh. Yeah, anesthesized, just like mellow yellow and then you can go to work. I tried petting him on the belly like Heather's dad did. Doesn't work for me.

Like just putting them to sleep. Yeah. He's got a magic touch because it did not work for me. A big one, you want to make sure you're past the belly rub the stage before you bring it in the boat because it's chaos. Phil, we are halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update. Yeah, at halftime here, everyone's on the board. Tied up at the bottom of the barrel are Sarah and Yannis for one point.

After that, our Seth and Corinne with two points apiece, and tied up in first are Brody and Nate with three points. Shelby's going to be in the running to win this episode. Shelby might. Hey, folks, exciting news for those who live or hunt in Canada. You might not be able to join our raffles and sweepstakes and all that because of raffle and sweepstakes law, but hear this. On-X hunt is now in Canada.

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McCormick says this herb, which has leaves that resemble pine needles, has in, quote, unmistakable woody fragrance. McCormick says this herb, which has leaves that resemble pine needles, has an unmistakable woody fragrance Sarah, Corinne, Nate Brody, all quick to answer Corinne, do you have this one right?

If I'm right, I got some growing right now. Hot tip. The room is very confident on this one. Oh, and Nate, he says, I don't know if that would be in someone's garden. Nate was my main competition. McCormick says this herb, which has leaves that resemble pine needles

as an unmistakable woody fragrance. I'm also not sure that's how I describe the fragrance. Yeah, I don't... If I have this right, I'll be pissed. I thought about that, but then I was like, well, I don't know how I would describe it.

I'm gonna go home and smell it. I like what McCormick says. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate and Sarah and Dionis. The whole room says Rosemary. The whole room. You got it right.

I had it already, dude. You made me question, my answer. The correct answer is Rosemary. Rosemary flavor has been described as piny, peppery, lemony, savory, and woodsy. For that reason, it naturally complements wild game.

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I'd say that's like my favorite fries. Yep, prize. Yeah. Question 7. The topic is hunting. Dale tells Hank that the best part of deer hunting is, quote, getting out in the woods away from the government in a 1998 episode of this show. We've got six blank whiteboards in the room.

Dale tells Hank that the best part of deer hunting is, quote, getting out in the woods away from the government in the government in the room. a 1998 episode of this show. Corinne, do you have this one right? No. I think I know the show and can't remember the name. This may be a zero percenter. No, it won't be.

Okay. Oh, Yon. He knows it. Got an answer. Dale tells Hank that the best part of deer hunting is getting out in the woods away from the government in a 1998 episode of this show. Phil, would you get this one right? I would. I didn't watch a lot of this show, but I know the character's names just through cultural osmosis.

Uh-huh. That's exactly why I know I'm right. Okay. Bill just... There we go. Bill just made me feel real good. Thanks, Bill. Seth, do you have this one right? I don't know. Okay.

It's just the first thing I thought of. You have a show from the 90s that maybe has characters named... Bill, are you going to be able to do an impression of one of the characters after this? Nothing I love more than when Spencer and Yannis Q'd be up for an impression that I can't do. Dale tells Hank that the best part of deer hunting is... Brody, I can't believe you can't remember the name of the show. It's just escaping me.

And the thing is, are they doing a reboot of this thing? There's a hint from Brody. Dale tells Hank that the best part of deer hunting is getting out in the woods away from the government in a 1998 episode of this show. No matter how many times he's saying. I know, dude. And Brody's hint, and not help anybody, despite him being right.

Is everybody ready? I wonder if Shelby got this one. Go ahead and reveal. Oh, wait, wait, no. Are we going to give it too? Nothing happened. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying the show of the General Lee, Sarah, without an answer.

That's what I was thinking of. Yannis says, King of the Hill. Seth, King of the Hill, Corinne, Beverly Hills 90210. Brody, King of the Hill. got it. The correct answer is King of the Hill. What you were you doing? Ninety-six. Right at the buzzers.

Getting out in the woods away from the government is also Steve's favorite part of hunting. In that episode, Bobby goes on a high-fence deer hunt in Texas, but declines to shoot a baited buck. Then, later that day, while learning to drive, he kills a white tail with his dad's pickup.

Dale says they're going to, quote, take old Mr. Buck right to the rendering plant for sausageification. You know, I can tell you what Steve would have said about that Winchester. Right to the ring. And about why the whole thing actually buttresses his argument because the reason he doesn't like national parks is people don't really go out and enjoy him as much. You can't do things there.

That's what he says. There are a place you go to not do stuff. Yeah. Because I feel like if that gun was laying against any old tree outside of a national park, The likelihood of it getting found in the last 100 years is much, much higher because of the way hunters and anglers explore. In national parks, there's a lot less exploring going on, a lot more just driving, staying on the trails. But think about how many times that's happened with just some dude, and he just took it home and nobody ever heard about it. So what now?

He's saying like that happens on some BLM land. Or are you saying in the park? And some dude just like, you know, outside the park on BLM takes it home and just now it sits above his fireplace and nobody knows. about it. He dies. His kids don't know what's going on. It goes in the trash. And you don't get hear some cool anecdote about a gun left there for 100 years. I think if you don't like Parks, you're just doing them wrong. I think I think that's right. Yeah. Better to have them than not have them. I'll tell you that much. Question 8. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Matt Bauer. What does the forestry acronym TSI stand for? Oh, thanks,

Spencer? What does the forestry acronym TSI stand for? Yanni and Seth, they're going to get this one right for sure. Well, damn, Bobby. That is great. Thank you, Phil.

That was good, Phil. I know that Hank says Bobby a lot. That's what I know about King of the Hill. That's good. What does the forestry acronym TSI stand for? I think Yanni was hoping for is it Boomhauer that's like

just mumble talk? Is that the impression you're hoping? Oh, you wanted Hank? Yeah, Hank. Yeah. Phil nailed it. Again, question 8. The topic is conservation. What does the forestry acronym TSI stand for?

Nate, do you have this? Come on, Corinne. No, dude. I'm falling apart, dude. Second half. Sarah, do you have this one? That's all we talk about. Three words. I. Start with the right letter. one of them at least is relevant to the topic. My brain stopped working a few years ago.

It's probably the lasagna. Oh, I definitely feel like I ate too many carbs. Oh, me too. Brody, how we do it over here? Yeah, I'm just making something up. What does the forestry acronym TSI stand for? One of my most favorite things to do these days. If you follow Yanni on Instagram, if you

pay attention when he's on media radio. Don't get this one right. So that makes me second guess my answer. Is everybody ready? I'm just blank. Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying tree stand improvement. Sarah,

timber sale initiative. Yannis, timber stand improvement. Seth, timber stand improvement. Corinne, without an answer, Brody. Total soil index. Yeah. The correct answer is timber stand improvement

I don't think we're going to give it to Nate that becomes something else that's like changing that's like changing racket straps I'm talking about improving the stand of trees

TSI is timber I think this is worth of trees as a concept least of vote Seth and Iani got that oh that's trash dude you're gonna that's trash

Timber stand improvement is a way to remove unwanted trees from a forest. The goal is often to stimulate new growth and increase the productivity of trees. TSI can come in the form of prescribed burns,

chemical control, or logging. Yanni, do you think he should get it for tree stand improvement? No. I'm going to do this real quick. Seth, as the forestry man, should he get it for tree stand improvement? Because if you took away improvement and you said, okay, well, what is a tree stand?

No one ever is going to say a stand of trees. A forester would, a hunter might not. Seth, would a forester say that? Tree stand improvement? Yeah. No. Oh, no. Okay.

Tree stand improvement can refer to timber stand improvement, which is a land practice, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Can refer to you. Is that what Google is saying? Is that what Gemini popped up? That's what Google overlords. Gemini didn't go to college. Forking for forestry.

Seth did. Seth, what do you have on TSI? What do I have on TSI? Yeah, you do a lot of TSI when you were in college. Oh, yeah. Dude. Yeah, I've done it, you know, for personal use to on the hunting property and P.A. You get jealous of Yanni talking about all that TSI.

Oh, I do. I miss doing that stuff. It's fun. It's fun to, you know, manipulate the landscape in a positive way and then see it pay off. It's fun way to look at it. Yanni, how's the TSI going this year? You know, I personally haven't been doing as much. The logger did most of the TSI.

It's done for 2025 at this point? I'm going to be there for a short couple of days to do some herbicide application in October, and if I have time, I'll maybe bust out the chainsaw and do a little TSI. Okay, Nate is still Googling. Nate, can you come with a strong? I'm looking at my trail camping. It's pretty pop in this afternoon. All right, Phil, let's get a scoreboard update with two questions to go.

Well, Seth has scurried his way up the leaderboard. Look at that. We've got Sarah with two points, Corinne with three, Nate, and Yanis with four points a piece, and then now tied up in first place are Brody and Seth with five points. And how many questions do we have left? Two left. Here is questions. The topic is fishing.

This 10-letter word is defined as, quote, the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width. This 10-letter word is defined as the junction of two rivers, especially rivers, of approximately equal width. Brody and Seth, both confident. Nate, joining them as well. Yanni is doing his hangman. He likes his answer. This is question nine.

This 10-letter word is defined as the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width. Some friends of mine own a marijuana store in Three Rivers, Michigan, and buy this name. Oh, that's a good name for a marijuana store. I like that. I don't think I have this right. Is everybody ready?

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Nate saying Confluence. Nice. Sarah, Conversion. Janice, Confluence. Seth, Conflu. Corinne, without an answer, Brody Confluence. The correct answer is the marijuana store confluence.

Confluences can either be two rivers forming a new river, such as where the Jefferson and Madison create the Missouri in Montana, or it can be one river joining another, such as where the Yellowstone meets the Missouri in North Dakota. That is where their state record paddlefish was snagged in 2016. It eventually always comes back to paddlefish with Spencer. That's right. You'll find that.

All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was Hi, chronograph. Three, Nevada. Four, distemper. Five, priest. Six, Rosemary. Seven. King of the Hill.

Eight, timber stand improvement. Nine, confluence. Bill, let's get another scoreboard update before question 10. Here we are. Seth and Brody. Seth and Brody are still tied up in first place with six, but Nate and Yanis can catch up. They are right behind them with five points of piece.

Wow, a lot of ways we could go to a tiebreaker here. Here's the final question. The topic is wildlife. This is the largest terrestrial slug in North America, which is named after the food it resembles. Mm. Nate and Brody and Sarah and Seth, everyone is feeling confident.

It may be a 100%er. Mm. This is the largest terrestrial slug in North America, which is named after the food, it resembles. Is everybody ready? No, I'm changing. Oh, okay. Hmm.

Has anyone seen one of these? Lots. I saw one recently that was so big I had to stop a conversation and be like, look at the size of that. That's good. Where were you, Seth, when that happened? New Jersey. Don't tell him.

That's a good answer. Is everybody ready? Again, this is the largest? Terrestrial slug in North America Which is named after the food It resembles Go ahead and reveal your answers We have Nate and Sarah and Yannis and Seth

And Corinne and Brody saying Banana Slug they got it The correct answer is Banana Slug The Pacific Banana Slug can grow up to 10 inches long And weigh four ounces And as the name implies they are bright yellow They can help

They help clean the forest floor, eating animal droppings, dead leaves, moss, and fungi. Pacific banana slugs are found from Alaska to California. Is that where you saw your banana slug? Yep. In Alaska. Prince Wales Island. Is that where you see a lot of them at, bro? Yeah, the kids, well, they used to, like, mess them with them more.

Now they'd rather go fishing. Not interesting anymore. They'd fill a bucket with those things up there. Would you cook them like snails? I don't think, I think slugs are no place. Show me how big This Pacific banana slugs Oh, it was like

That's a booner I know I know of a story of a friend A friend was telling me the story They I forget how it goes exactly They like bet a friend In high school or something

To like eat one And it almost killed them Yeah Like caused so much mucus and stuff That was just like blocked his airway I think I saw that in Harry Potter Yeah, not good to eat Throwing them out.

Okay. Good PSA from Seth. All right, we are going to overtime. Play the drop, Phil. Tiebreaker. In overtime today, it is Seth and Brody. This will be a numerical question. Whoever is closest to the correct answer

will be declared the winner, but the whole room will play along because if somebody else gets it right on the nose, we will add an extra $100 to today's donation. All right, the tie-breaking topic is hunting. What is the minimum score for a non-typical American elk in the Boone and Crockett record book? Hmm.

What is the minimum score for a non-typical American elk in the Boone and Crockett record book? Whoever is closest between Seth and Brody would be declared today's winner. No quick answers Thought one of you may just know this Off the top of your dome If I get this I'm telling everyone I won today

Yes, please do Nate Looks like we have a lot of guesses happening Yanni is watching Seth write down his answer What do you think of his answer Yanni? I think he's a little low Little low I had it high and I

Change it to the lower I think the non-tipical minimum score for a non-typical Now do you do the awards or the all-time In this case it's the same Oh So that's why I felt good

Using this question Brody is now going to change his answer I changed mine back to my original Wow What is the minimum score Oh you can't do that after I give you advice American elk Brody's just in the boon and crows

I'll put it back if Seth puts it back. I don't care. I just thought that... It was only a five-inch difference. Maybe Yanni's wrong. Could be? Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers.

We have Nate saying 365. Sarah, 375. Janus, 390. Corinne, without an answer. And our two players left. We have Seth. saying 370, which is what I had.

And Brody saying 380. The correct answer is 385. Brody was five inches off and is the winner. The minimum score for a typical American elk is what, Yanni? Do you know?

360. For a Tully, it's 270. And for a Roosevelt's elk, it's 275. Again, the answer for that one was 380. 85 is the minimum score for a non-typical American elk

in the Boone and Crockett record book. All right, Brody. What are you going to do with your $500 donation today? I got a request, but I got to look it up real quick for the name to get the name right. Okay. The request out of Pennsylvania. Yanni, what's the closest

Boone and Crockett elk that you have at home? Anything? Not even close. The biggest one I've killed is I think around 305. Okay. Nothing that's, uh, that, like, this one might make it. No. No.

Okay. This is, uh, this is, uh, this is, uh, coming from Phil and Pennsylvania. We're going to donate to the French Creek Valley Conservancy. Um, French Creek's a, it's more like a river that I used to fish a lot. And it's a very pristine, uh, stream that's not damned up. It has a lot of species that were around back when George Washington was around. He almost died on French Creek. when his canoe tipped over.

So we're at French Creek Valley Conservancy. $500 going their way. Well done, Brody. Almost, Seth. There's a close. Job, Seth. Close. But not close enough.

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