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Christian Huff joins Rich to talk about faith, hunting, fitness, and what it looks like to pursue something with purpose. They get into Christian’s late start in hunting, his growing love for deer season, the humbling side of bowhunting, and why training for something matters.

They also talk about David, discipline, fatherhood, and how the outdoors has a way of pointing you back to what matters most. It’s a fun conversation with plenty of laughs, missed shots, big goals, and a real look at the kind of work that shapes a man.

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Steven Rinella, Brian Lynn of the Sportsmen’s Alliance, and the MeatEater crew discuss: Washington’s crooked Game Commission; Idaho hunting tech bans; the biggest and most hated wildlife crossing in the world; a plan to save Great Lakes whitefish; Clovis first; and more.

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On his birthday in 1971, Wisconsin game warden Neil LaFave went out to post “No Hunting” signs. He never came home. The next morning, searchers found his body buried in a shallow grave. The brutality stunned investigators: multiple gunshots, and a horrifying attempt to conceal the crime. Suspicion quickly centered on a young poacher with a history of conflict with LaFave. But proving it would take something new: one of the first wiretaps ever used in a Wisconsin murder case. What followed was a breakthrough that changed the investigation, and revealed just how far someone was willing to go to avoid getting caught.

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This week on the show Mark is discussing the case for a one buck limit (currently proposed in Michigan), and joining him is Brent Rudolph, the deer, elk, and moose specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

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On his birthday in 1971, Wisconsin game warden Neil LaFave went out to post “No Hunting” signs.

He never came home.

The next morning, searchers found his body buried in a shallow grave. The brutality stunned investigators: multiple gunshots, and a horrifying attempt to conceal the crime.

Suspicion quickly centered on a young poacher with a history of conflict with LaFave. But proving it would take something new: one of the first wiretaps ever used in a Wisconsin murder case.

What followed was a breakthrough that changed the investigation, and revealed just how far someone was willing to go to avoid getting caught.

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On December 26, 1990, 17 year old Jason Dean was accidentally shot in the back during a North Georgia deer hunt causing an injury he shouldn't have survived. What followed was a chaotic, desperate effort to save his life deep in the woods, with no cell phones, limited resources, and miles standing between him and the only possible chance of survival.

As the story unfolds, it reveals far more than a hunting accident—highlighting the power of family, the weight of responsibility, and the role of faith and forgiveness in the face of the unthinkable. It’s a gripping account of how quickly life can change, and what it takes to fight your way back from the edge.

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Shelby Huber guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Katie Finch, Kelsey Morris, Sydney Williams, Carrie Henderson, Sara Calkins, Adrienne Taylor, and Alex Barta.

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It doesn’t take long for two duck hunters to fill a limit when the conditions are right. Seven birds per person can come together quick, especially on a good morning in Montana.

John Carullo of Simms and Matthew Krekelberg of Bozeman didn’t stop at a daily limit, or even a possession limit. The two are now facing felony charges for allegedly killing and stockpiling 223 ducks on the Sun River in January, according to court documents first reported by the Billings Gazette. That’s roughly ten times the legal possession limit.

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks game warden Per Wolfisberg was granted permission from a landowner to check two duck hunters who had set up on private land along the river on Jan. 14. Wolfisberg watched the pair shoot several mallard drakes before he approached them.

The hunters, identified as Carullo and Krekelberg, both had valid hunting licenses and were carrying two shotguns apiece. Wolfisberg also found piles of dead ducks on the ground. When he was done counting them out, the sum total was 66.

The daily bag limit in that part of Montana is seven ducks per hunter, with species restrictions layered in. The possession limit, which applies anywhere you have unprocessed birds stored, including a cooler or freezer, is only 21 birds.

Krekelberg admitted that he had lost count of how many ducks he’d killed. He also admitted to exceeding the limit because he wanted the meat to last all year, according to court documents. Carullo told investigators he had hunted the Sun River Valley 20 to 25 times that season.

Wildlife officials later searched Carullo’s shop and found even more ducks, some freshly killed, others already butchered. In total, MFWP officers counted 223 ducks, 120 of which had been killed over two days in January.

There probably isn’t a waterfowl hunter alive who hasn’t worried about limits, counting birds, and carefully identifying species to make sure they’re on the right side of the line. When limits are ignored on this scale, it probably isn’t because of a moment of poor judgment or simple misidentification.

Both men have been charged with felony unlawful possession, shipment, or transportation of game birds and face fines up to $50,000, up to 5 years in prison, and loss of their hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges for up to 3 years.

Under Montana law, each duck is valued at $25. With 223 ducks, the value of Carullo and Krekelberg’s stockpile reaches $5,575. Most of the ducks were seized as evidence. MFWP allowed each man to keep the 21-duck possession limit.

Carullo and Krekelberg are scheduled to appear in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court on May 1.

Note: Feature image does not show the actual ducks taken in this case.

Everyone loves the early season for turkeys, but the last couple of weeks can still provide plenty of gobbler action provided you know how to call, what decoys to use, and how to be patient enough to let a jaded bird get to your set up.

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A tangible and fascinating landscape record of the human past in the West exists in a form barely found elsewhere in America. So-called rock art, images incised and painted on rock faces, still reach out of the past to connect us with the thoughts, dreams, gods, and myths of ancient America.

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