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From the Woods
A Collection of Short Stories
Jim Phillips wrote short stories about his experiences walking the trail system, including encounters with a serial killer landlord and the 59 earthquake. He published the book and sells it to raise money for the Headwaters trail system; he is close to having enough material for a third book.
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I've sold antlers and I've traded antler pound for pound to get some of the weird stuff but I've never bought an antler.
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Episode: Ep. 226: The Life and Times of the Antler Man
Jim Phillips wrote short stories about his experiences walking the trail system, including encounters with a serial killer landlord and the 59 earthquake. He published the book and sells it to raise money for the Headwaters trail system; he is close to having enough material for a third book.
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I've sold antlers and I've traded antler pound for pound to get some of the weird stuff but I've never bought an antler.
The only thing I promote is my books. A collection of short stories from walking the trail system here. I walked it six miles this morning. All profits go to the Headwaters trail system.
What I did was write short stories about walking the trail and there's everything in here from a serial killer that was our landlord to the big sky with the mountain men with the 59 earthquake that we were almost in. But just there's a lot of stories.
And you wrote this, published it and sell these to raise money for? The trail. The trail.
And I've almost got enough for a third book.
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
A Bozeman author wrote a book about oddities in Montana. Jim Phillips was mentioned in a second book by the same author.
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there was a guy from Bozeman that wrote a book about all the oddities in Montana I mean I can't remember something but there were all kinds of oddities that he went around the state and wrote a book y...
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A Bozeman author wrote a book about oddities in Montana. Jim Phillips was mentioned in a second book by the same author.
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there was a guy from Bozeman that wrote a book about all the oddities in Montana I mean I can't remember something but there were all kinds of oddities that he went around the state and wrote a book yeah but I'm not comfortable calling it an oddity.
Idaho's Greatest Mule Deer
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NEW-The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
The podcasters discussed their upcoming book about wilderness skills and survival, mentioning its length and the chapters' content. They expressed pride in the project and the diverse contributions of team members.
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I think that it will do well. Oh, I think a lot of people will be interested in what we've got going.
— Episode: Ep. 223: Shooting Trees to Death
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Episode: Ep. 223: Shooting Trees to Death
The podcasters discussed their upcoming book about wilderness skills and survival, mentioning its length and the chapters' content. They expressed pride in the project and the diverse contributions of team members.
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I think that it will do well. Oh, I think a lot of people will be interested in what we've got going.
Meat Eater's Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
I just wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning section on walking on the ice.
chapters are like things that bite, sting, maul, and kill.
She said something like 150k metric fuckton.
Wild about Mushrooms
The Cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco
The book was mentioned as a source for information on puffball mushrooms, specifically their nickname as "breakfast mushrooms" due to their compatibility with eggs.
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From the book Wild about Mushrooms, the cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. They say some people refer to puff balls as breakfast mushrooms because they blend so wel...
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The book was mentioned as a source for information on puffball mushrooms, specifically their nickname as "breakfast mushrooms" due to their compatibility with eggs.
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From the book Wild about Mushrooms, the cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. They say some people refer to puff balls as breakfast mushrooms because they blend so well with eggs.
The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game
Volume 2
This book was mentioned as containing a section called "barroom banter", which included interesting and offbeat facts about hunting and the outdoors. The speaker stated that these short sections within the book were among their favorites.
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In these, we have these like species profiles all about how to like, you know, prepare it, how to find it, hunt for it, regulatory stuff.
— Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
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Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
This book was mentioned as containing a section called "barroom banter", which included interesting and offbeat facts about hunting and the outdoors. The speaker stated that these short sections within the book were among their favorites.
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In these, we have these like species profiles all about how to like, you know, prepare it, how to find it, hunt for it, regulatory stuff.
And then like the kind of weird shit, you couldn't figure out where to put it. We would just put it in the barroom banter section.
And so that's, that's what kind of the Genesis is for the website here. It's a clearing house for all this off the wall knowledge that folks like us have.
The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game
Volume 1
This book was mentioned as another in the series that contained "barroom banter" sections with short, interesting facts, similar to the small game guide.
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the complete guide to hunting, butchering and cooking volume one big game and then volume two small game.
— Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
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Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
This book was mentioned as another in the series that contained "barroom banter" sections with short, interesting facts, similar to the small game guide.
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the complete guide to hunting, butchering and cooking volume one big game and then volume two small game.
The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone
A History of the Yellowstone Basin.
This book, described as astounding, details the early travel through the Yellowstone basin and mentions the prevalence of white and yellow bears on the Great Plains.
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I'm reading an astounding book right now. But history is called a plainsman of the Yellowstone.
— Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
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Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
This book, described as astounding, details the early travel through the Yellowstone basin and mentions the prevalence of white and yellow bears on the Great Plains.
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I'm reading an astounding book right now. But history is called a plainsman of the Yellowstone.
It's a history of all travel, early travel through the Yellowstone basin.
And, um, the amount of white and yellow bears, the white and yellow kind that people see roaming around on the great plains is amazing, man.
Wild Animals I Have Known
This book contains the story of Lobo, a wolf, which was identified as the inspiration for Cormac McCarthy's novel, "The Crossing".
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That is Ernest Thompson, Seton story Lobo from the book Wild Animals I Have Known what is, I believe the inspiration for Cormac McCarthy's the crossing.
— Episode: Ep. 222: Morels in the Time of Covid
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This book contains the story of Lobo, a wolf, which was identified as the inspiration for Cormac McCarthy's novel, "The Crossing".
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That is Ernest Thompson, Seton story Lobo from the book Wild Animals I Have Known what is, I believe the inspiration for Cormac McCarthy's the crossing.
NEW-The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
The podcast mentioned the authors were working on a book about wilderness skills and survival, and a section about rabies was included in the book.
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In our book we're doing, our wilderness skills, our wilderness skills and survival book that we're doing, me and Brody, writer's cramp.
— Episode: Ep. 221: The Perfect Rock
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Episode: Ep. 221: The Perfect Rock
The podcast mentioned the authors were working on a book about wilderness skills and survival, and a section about rabies was included in the book.
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In our book we're doing, our wilderness skills, our wilderness skills and survival book that we're doing, me and Brody, writer's cramp.
Eagle Dreams
Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia
Kevin Murphy mentioned reading this book about eagle hunting in Mongolia, noting that it detailed an earlier hunting trip to the region that was unsuccessful. He used this book's information to inform his own Mongolian hunting expedition.
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I read a book called Eagle Dreams. I don't know if I got that off author. He's a hunter dog guy, whatever. But I read that book and he made one trip early in the, after they become de...
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Episode: Ep. 218: The World's Best Small Game Hunter Conque...
Kevin Murphy mentioned reading this book about eagle hunting in Mongolia, noting that it detailed an earlier hunting trip to the region that was unsuccessful. He used this book's information to inform his own Mongolian hunting expedition.
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I read a book called Eagle Dreams. I don't know if I got that off author. He's a hunter dog guy, whatever. But I read that book and he made one trip early in the, after they become democratic and they never caught anything.
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
400 Delicious and Creative Recipes for Today
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Pennies from Hell
It was described as a good explanation of Butte, Montana's role in metal mining during World War II, specifically its copper production and contribution to the war effort. The podcast hosts mentioned that they heard about this from someone else.
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There's a great, there's a guy, uh, Ed, there's a right. If everyone read a story about all this, Ed Dobbs has a long article about Butte in the, in the metal mining and Butte called Pennies f...
— Episode: Ep. 213: The Return of the Latvian Eagle
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Episode: Ep. 213: The Return of the Latvian Eagle
It was described as a good explanation of Butte, Montana's role in metal mining during World War II, specifically its copper production and contribution to the war effort. The podcast hosts mentioned that they heard about this from someone else.
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There's a great, there's a guy, uh, Ed, there's a right. If everyone read a story about all this, Ed Dobbs has a long article about Butte in the, in the metal mining and Butte called Pennies from Hell.
The Babbo Cookbook
Dan Ahdoot used a recipe from this cookbook to make a pheasant ragu after his first pheasant hunt.
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I made a pheasant ragout. Okay. I took a recipe from The Babbo Cookbook, which is a great cookbook.
— Episode: Ep. 211: Hunting with Your Enemy
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Episode: Ep. 211: Hunting with Your Enemy
Dan Ahdoot used a recipe from this cookbook to make a pheasant ragu after his first pheasant hunt.
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I made a pheasant ragout. Okay. I took a recipe from The Babbo Cookbook, which is a great cookbook.
Babbo, that's Batali.
Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, 5th Edition
Over 360 Dream-Home Plans in Full Color
Dan Ahdoot mentioned having recently finished this book and highly recommended it to listeners.
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Oh, by the way, I just finished your book In the Plan Over. Oh, yeah. Which one? The Mediator book. Fantastic. Fantastic. Anyone who's listening, you got to get your hands on that book.
— Episode: Ep. 211: Hunting with Your Enemy
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Episode: Ep. 211: Hunting with Your Enemy
Dan Ahdoot mentioned having recently finished this book and highly recommended it to listeners.
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Oh, by the way, I just finished your book In the Plan Over. Oh, yeah. Which one? The Mediator book. Fantastic. Fantastic. Anyone who's listening, you got to get your hands on that book.
Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers
Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance
It was described as the bible for antler science, and the author, Anthony Bubanik, is credited with explaining the pronunciation of the word "pedicle".
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And Anthony Bubanik coined, didn't coin the phrase pedicle, but he told us how to pronounce it, pedicle. He says it rhymes with medical.
— Episode: Ep. 209: The Deer Nut
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Episode: Ep. 209: The Deer Nut
It was described as the bible for antler science, and the author, Anthony Bubanik, is credited with explaining the pronunciation of the word "pedicle".
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And Anthony Bubanik coined, didn't coin the phrase pedicle, but he told us how to pronounce it, pedicle. He says it rhymes with medical.
Elk of North America
Ecology and Management
The book was mentioned in relation to the distribution maps of elk, which were found to be inaccurate due to including locations based on Montezuma's menagerie.
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And if you look in the, not the last Elk of North America book, I think it was a one before it or maybe it was the last. No, it was the one before the last one. And they show elk dist...
— Episode: Ep. 209: The Deer Nut
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Episode: Ep. 209: The Deer Nut
The book was mentioned in relation to the distribution maps of elk, which were found to be inaccurate due to including locations based on Montezuma's menagerie.
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And if you look in the, not the last Elk of North America book, I think it was a one before it or maybe it was the last. No, it was the one before the last one. And they show elk distribution all the way down to Mexico city.
The Sting of the Wild
The podcast host mentions reading the author's book, which details his research on insect stings, including the Schmidt Pain Index. The book was referenced multiple times during the discussion of the pain and chemistry of various insect stings.
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I had just read your book, The Sting of the Wild.
— Episode: Ep. 208: Dr. Justin Schmidt on Why It Hu...
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Episode: Ep. 208: Dr. Justin Schmidt on Why It Hurts So Bad
The podcast host mentions reading the author's book, which details his research on insect stings, including the Schmidt Pain Index. The book was referenced multiple times during the discussion of the pain and chemistry of various insect stings.
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I had just read your book, The Sting of the Wild.
I was asking you about where did it begin? Where did the ability to wallop someone with a nasty sting begin? And you were getting into explaining that here's a bug and it had an ovipositor.
You got into this in your book a little bit, and it's a thing that's kind of puzzling to me.
It's The Sting of the Wild, The Story of the Man Who Got Stung for Science.
You mentioned in your book.
The Adventurer's Son
A Memoir
It tells the heartbreaking story of a father's search for his son, who went missing in the Costa Rican jungle, exploring the complexities of raising an adventurous child and the agonizing experience of losing him.
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A brave and marvelous book, a page turner that will rip your heart out.
— Episode: Ep. 204: It Should Be Difficult to Get L...
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Episode: Ep. 204: It Should Be Difficult to Get Lost Foreve...
It tells the heartbreaking story of a father's search for his son, who went missing in the Costa Rican jungle, exploring the complexities of raising an adventurous child and the agonizing experience of losing him.
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A brave and marvelous book, a page turner that will rip your heart out.
Looking for my son who went missing in Costa Rica.
A heartbreaking story about raising an outdoor son and then losing him in the jungle and trying to find him.
It's like being an alcoholic, I think, you know, like an alcoholic says I'm not drinking anymore, but the next weekend they drink anyway.
ninety nine point nine nine percent sure that he died either from a snake bite or a fallen tree
Crap Taxidermy
It was described as a book about bad taxidermy and was mentioned as being humorous. A child wanted to take the book to school.
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a book called Crap Taxidermy
— Episode: Ep. 201: What Exactly Is the Problem?
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Episode: Ep. 201: What Exactly Is the Problem?
It was described as a book about bad taxidermy and was mentioned as being humorous. A child wanted to take the book to school.
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a book called Crap Taxidermy
It's a great book.
It's a hilarious book.
He really likes the title.
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