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5 min readWhen the Hunt Becomes a Date-Night Negotiation
The MeatEater Trivia crew opened their 922nd episode with a marriage counselor's dilemma dressed up as a hunting question. Madeline L. wrote in with a problem familiar to couples who hunt together: she and her husband treat hunting season as date night, alternating whose turn it is to shoot each year. Two years ago he harvested his first black bear. Last year was her turn, but they never saw a bear, let alone fired a shot. Now they disagree about whose turn it is this year. He argues that last year was her opportunity regardless of outcome. She argues she never got to shoot at all.
The room divided quickly but lopsidedly. Six of the eight crew members sided with Madeline. The consensus, articulated by multiple players, was that the calculus changes depending on whether she had an actual opportunity. As one put it, "It would be different if she missed a bear." Since she never even saw one, the prevailing view was that her turn should continue until she gets a legitimate chance to shoot. Laura took the literal route, noting that the couple's own rule was "turns each season," and striking out means the season didn't count. The dissenting voice belonged to the husband's corner, arguing that if you strike out, that was your season and now it goes back to him.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Show Intro & Advertisements** - Host Spencer Newworth opens the episode with a block of ads for OnX Hunt, OnePay, and American Military University, followed by the standard MeatEater Trivia rules and prize announcement.
- 2 (02:30) **Mailbag: Whose Turn to Shoot?** - The crew debates a listener question from Madeline L. about a couple alternating hunting seasons; she had a turn last year but never saw a bear, and now her husband claims the next turn.
- 3 (06:58) **Q1: AKC Beagle Classification (Hunting)** - The first question asks which American Kennel Club class Beagles belong to: Sporting, Working, Herding, or Hound.
- 4 (10:11) **Q2: Risqué 2013 Discovery Show (Woodsmanship)** - The crew tries to name the Discovery Channel reality show that debuted in 2013 and was called "more voyeuristic than educational."
- 5 (13:36) **Q3: Sinkhole Alley Location (Nature)** - The question asks which U.S. state's central region is known as "Sinkhole Alley," where porous limestone creates the highest frequency of ground collapses.
- 6 (16:19) **Q4: Swedish Chainsaw Brand (Gear)** - A nine-letter Swedish brand best known for chainsaws, though it made firearms for 300 years.
- 7 (18:24) **Q5: Fish Shortened to "GT" (Fishing)** - The name of a fish often shortened to "GT," described as one of the fiercest fish predators in the world.
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Show Notes
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Max Barta, Cory Calkins, Nate Mason, Reva Hansen, Omar Lopez, and Laura Mascari.
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