#2572 - Colum Tyrrell

“So that was 250 yards, I think it was. But when you're doing it, you know, you're looking through a scope and you're shooting with a rifle. That's hard to do. But a bow is exponentially harder. It's way harder. It's way harder. You got to be close.”

“That's different. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you don't do that with the bow. No, but I would do that with a rifle. It makes the rifle more accurate. It's smart. Especially if you're shooting at a distance. He has a silencer on, too, which weighs a ton. Yeah. Well, the silencers aren't that.”

“No, so it doesn't blow your eardrums out. Because if you have a, like, if you have a rifle, like one of my rifles is got what's called a muzzle brake. And a muzzle brake is at the front of the rifle, there's holes in the barrel that allow the gases to disperse.”

“So there's less of a kick when the gun goes off. So a very powerful hunting rifle, like if he's shooting a moose or something like that, you need a powerful rifle, like the kind you want to, if you want to kill Charlie Kirk. You got a powerful rifle, and on the impact, there's a lot of movement, right?”

“So there's a thing called a muzzle brake. The problem with a muzzle brake is it makes the rifle shot way louder. And I have two friends that have lost hearing because they were close to a rifle when it went off with the muzzle brake on it and they blew their eardrums out.”

“100 yards, a lot of guys are comfortable shooting offhand. That means just holding the rifle, wrapping the rifle sling around your arm so you're tight, pushing it to your chest, and then making sure you're not moving and boom.”

“So they want to be laying down. So what they'll do is they'll lay their pack down and they rest the rifle on their pack and they want their whole body to be rested on the ground so there's no movement. And so they're looking through that and all they're moving is their finger.”

“So everything is stable and all they're doing is slowly squeezing. So their rifle is resting on that pack. So there's nothing that could possibly move it. Yeah. It seems. So with a bow, you don't have to. It seems like a lot of fun, or at least a very exciting.”

“So when you're buying a tent, if you're buying a rifle, if you're buying a bow, a certain percentage of that money goes into wildlife conservation. So that funding. REI or one of these kind of places.”

“defense or collecting that's just because because it's 10 percent goes to uh handguns and 11 percent with rifles um it's just because more people have those than go hunting but that's also no one's like fighting against that it's a good it's a”

“And he killed them. They killed people doing their thing where they kind of killed three of them. He killed two of them with a bow, and the guy he was with killed one of them with a rifle. And then they backed off. The wolves took off. They realized that something was wrong. Yeah, they realized. They didn't know. This ain't no bison. Yeah.”

“got an animal from when you're hunting? With a bow and arrow? Yeah. 80 yards. 80 yards. So you'll go out, you'll have your, and this will tell you kind of a distance of something. I have a range finder. So I have a range finder, and I lock in on the animal with the range finder.”

“It gives me a yardage. And then my bow is specifically calibrated with a sight that moves up. There's a reticle on the site that moves up and down depending on where the distance is.”

“That's hard to do. But a bow is exponentially harder. It's way harder. It's way harder. You got to be close. Like the 80-yard shot that I had, the only reason why I would have ever taken that shot, that's an elk that I shot. Nice. That was any support on that thing.”

“So their rifle is resting on that pack. So there's nothing that could possibly move it. Yeah. It seems. So with a bow, you don't have to. It seems like a lot of fun, or at least a very exciting. It's very exciting. Especially if you can... I don't know. Especially if it's like a thing that's needed for the ecosystem to continue.”

“So when you're buying a tent, if you're buying a rifle, if you're buying a bow, a certain percentage of that money goes into wildlife conservation. So that funding. REI or one of these kind of places.”

“I remember quartering it up and carrying it out. I remember all the work. I remember all the hours I practiced shooting my bow. Wow. You have to practice it. People get that kind of feeling, like a little bit of that feeling from fucking growing like herbs in their yard. And then you feel great when you put a little parsley on something.”

“You're holding it. I'm holding it. Yeah. Because my cousin, he brings out like a kind of a big tripod that gets the shot for the gun. That's different. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you don't do that with the bow. No, but I would do that with a rifle. It makes the rifle more accurate. It's smart. Especially if you're shooting at a distance.”

“A buddy of mine, he has fucking hearing aids. Really? Yeah. But the point is that like a tripod or shooting sticks, they sit down allows you to have a much better, like most guys, when they're shooting at a real distance, so there's things, so there's like, say like 50 yards to 100 yards, a lot of guys are comfortable shooting offhand.”

“But if it's anything more than that, you really want to be stabilized. So you want to be on a tripod or shooting sticks. When it's further than like 300 yards, most guys want to be prone. So they want to be laying down. So what they'll do is they'll lay their pack down and they rest the rifle on their pack and they want their whole body to be rested on the ground so there's no movement.”

“was in 1937. U.S. federal law places an excise tax on the sale of firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment to fund state-level wildlife conservation, habitat restoration, and hunter safety programs. So it's 11% federal excise tax on sporting firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment, and a 10% tax on handguns.”

“shows that roughly 73 to 74 percent of the revenue actually generated by non-hunters purchasing firearms and ammunition for recreational shooting home defense or collecting that's just because because it's 10 percent goes to uh handguns and 11 percent with rifles um it's just”

“Just because I just started solo hiking, and it's my favorite thing in the world. So do you get a big backpack with all your food and a tent in it and the whole deal? Exactly. And then it's the most ... I can't even explain it, but it's like a therapeutically ... You pack up all your shit, you have no distractions, you make your food, and then all your goal is just march.”

“I've never done the thoroughfare that's as wild, but I'm definitely going to do it. But you've done the solo camping, where you just put the backpack on? I've done the solo. How far deep into the mountains did you go? Oh, I've never gone too crazy. I've gone along the Appalachian Trail and things like that, so you don't see people.”

“A buddy of mine, he has fucking hearing aids. Really? Yeah. But the point is that like a tripod or shooting sticks, they sit down allows you to have a much better, like most guys, when they're shooting at a real distance, so there's things, so there's like, say like 50 yards to 100 yards, a lot of guys are comfortable shooting offhand.”

“But if it's anything more than that, you really want to be stabilized. So you want to be on a tripod or shooting sticks. When it's further than like 300 yards, most guys want to be prone. So they want to be laying down. So what they'll do is they'll lay their pack down and they rest the rifle on their pack and they want their whole body to be rested on the ground so there's no movement.”

“It makes the rifle more accurate. It's smart. Especially if you're shooting at a distance. He has a silencer on, too, which weighs a ton. Yeah. Well, the silencers aren't that. They're not that heavy. Well, maybe he's a little bit of a bitch about it, but it's not that heavy. I mean, it's not really a silencer.”

“I mean, it's not really a silencer. It's a suppressor. So it really just takes some of the sound out. You can still hear it. Is that so if you miss, you don't scare everything off or even if you're swimming? No, so it doesn't blow your eardrums out. Because if you have a, like, if you have a rifle, like one of my rifles is got what's called a muzzle brake.”

“it. Whereas Xanax, you could argue, is a lot of people addicted to Xanax. But it's not enough that people are tweaking and smashing fucking someone's head in at a liquor store for $20. Exactly. So they're getting away with it, you know?”

“Yeah, it's the same lying. It's the same bullshit. It's the same like fucking doctored results. Have you ever seen someone trying to get off Xanax? No, actually, I haven't lived through that. It is one of the hardest ones, apparently. I know a few people that have had it, but one of them real well.”

“Birding. Birding. Birding is the most fun thing. So you're one of those guys that buys the binoculars and stares at the trees? Yeah. It was really fun. I'm really bad at it. I get it too. It's kind of a little gay. Well, there's two groups of guys who buy high-end binoculars. Yeah. And the biggest market is actually birders. The second biggest market is hunters. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.”

“And it's cool to look out and go, I recognize that bird or I recognize a call. My friend Tommy has this bird feeder and it's hooked up to a camera that has AI. Yeah. And so the AI camera takes a photo of the birds when they show up and then tells him, sends it to his phone, tells him what kind of bird it is.”

“Are they just going to have a fucking mask on? Well, it's the fillers. The fillers are the real problem. Botox is not great, but you're basically putting botulism in your skin, and it can also cause a bunch of other side effects. But I think the real problem is those fillers. Like some people have to get their face removed and scrape the fillers out.”

“I'm a little worried about you, yeah. Do you bring an in-reach or anything? Do you know what that is? Yeah, like a Garmin. Satellite? Yeah. Yeah. I've got to buy a Garmin. Yeah. Or is that how you say it? I'm not going to buy one, an expensive one. I've got to get bear spray, things like that. Yeah. And then it seems like ... People do it all the time.”

“So you'll go out, you'll have your, and this will tell you kind of a distance of something. I have a range finder. So I have a range finder, and I lock in on the animal with the range finder. It gives me a yardage. And then my bow is specifically calibrated with a sight that moves up.”

“So that was 250 yards, I think it was. But when you're doing it, you know, you're looking through a scope and you're shooting with a rifle. That's hard to do. But a bow is exponentially harder. It's way harder. It's way harder. You got to be close.”

“100 yards, a lot of guys are comfortable shooting offhand. That means just holding the rifle, wrapping the rifle sling around your arm so you're tight, pushing it to your chest, and then making sure you're not moving and boom.”

“toying with the idea of moving away from a smartphone. Have you seen the stuff about the TVs going on? Yes. They call it a dome phone, right? Yeah, Samsung TVs might use the mics of connected devices to listen to you. They're definitely listening. So people always think they have. I'm not listening, but it's every other device around you listening and then sending it to an ad company.”

“And my buddy Tim Butterly, who's an amazing comedian? He's in Austin from Philly, he's one of the Philly boys. He brought his telescope with him. He has this huge big telescope. And we search it. We were able to see Saturn. Then you could see Saturn's rings like in detail through the telescope. And it truly was crazy.”

“Oh, cool. And they send me photos of wolves. They just sent me a photo of a wolf that were over a trail cam today. Wow. That's kind of all I want to do right now. I'm organizing a hike in the thoroughfare.”

“There's a great book called. I wouldn't say a great book. It's a weird book. Was it Strange Times in the Canyon? Is that what it's called? Yeah. Something like that. But it's all about how many of these people from the counterculture movement in the 60s had connections to military intelligence. Interesting. Yeah, it's very weird. Weird scenes, I guess. Weird scenes. Weird scenes inside the canyon.”