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Ep. 500: The Rodeo Life with Zeke Thurston

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Steven Rinella talks with Zeke ThurstonRyan Callaghan, Janis Putelis, Brady Davis, Garrett LongPhil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider

Topics discussed: being a world champion saddle bronc rider; screwing up decoy placement; the canadian bronc scene; pre-order MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775); renaming birds; deer birth control; feedback about Catalina Island's mule deer; Chetiquette: to check or not to check someone else's trail cam footage on public land?; wolverines protected under the Endangered Species Act; how to judge and score riding; the horse that loved riding so much; half the kickin' horses are mares; born into rodeo;  the earnings conversation; focus on the neck; all the injuries; cheer Zeke on at the National Finals Rodeo; the myth of the synched testicles; and more. 

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