WiseEye Trail Cameras Year-Round with Cole Legnon

Alex Rutledge, Redbone, and special guest Cole Legman from WiseEye Technologies discuss why running trail cameras year-round is essential for hunters, farmers, and property owners. Topics include new WiseEye features (DC2 live streaming, population studies via Hunt Control), law enforcement and government camera uses, security applications, the Ranch Plus subscription plan, CWD and tick research, Eagle Seed food plots, and off-season land management. The bonus segment features fish recipes including redfish boulets, Italian dressing marinades, and Louisiana-style catfish.

Chapter Markers:

• 0:00 – Intro & Show Open
• 2:06 – Meet Cole Legman – WiseEye Marketing Team
• 3:43 – Current Events: Baseball & Sports Talk
• 5:36 – NFL Contracts vs. Military Pay Debate
• 10:06 – Segment 2: Why Run Cameras Year-Round?
• 12:24 – Cameras for Security, Law Enforcement & Wildlife Monitoring
• 13:57 – CWD, Ticks & Ivermectin Research Discussion
• 17:12 – Segment 3: Cameras, Food Plots & Off-Season Monitoring
• 27:13 – Segment 4: Farmers & Ranchers Using WiseEye Cameras
• 30:57 – Ranch Plus Plan & Subscription Options
• 32:06 – Camera Placement & Security Tips
• 38:30 – Bonus Segment: Fish Recipes & Cooking Tips

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 We've got some new features coming out. Um, we recently released a new, uh, version of our Hunt Control software, which is our app and interface that you use your cameras with. And, uh, with that, we've got some new features coming to your cameras. Like for the DC2, we came out with live stream this year, so you can now live stream from your DC2. Um, we'll also have a lot of new features in the Hunt Control side, like we'll be able to do population studies with, uh, animal surveys. You can, you can take your, your photos from your 🎵 🎵 Camo boots on my feet, bow in my Walking in the early dawn to climb up in my stand 🎵 Well, Alex, I know it's about food plot planting time. What are you gonna plant this year? Okay, in the spring I like to plant different things, and also in the fall, but my go-to all the time is the Eagle Seed Smorgasbord, because it has a variety of blends. You know, when I was a kid, and even as an adult, I loved to go to a smorgasbord. I bet it's the same for deer. It is. They l- they have a variety to choose from. Instead of eating one thing all the time, they got a variety, just like you walking into a restaurant. Get Smorgasbord today and you'll hold more deer and turkey. How can I go about getting that Smorgasbord? To go to a dealer near you or go to www.eagleseed.com. Wise Eye Technologies presents Intro & Show Open Welcome to American Roots Outdoors. It is a beautiful day here in the Ozarks, everybody. It's windy, and the humidity isn't bad, is it, Redbone? No, it's not too bad, but it's going to be as we get into tonight. And we're recording, I wanna make sure people know, we're recording on Wednesday afternoon. But, uh, yeah, by tonight and Thursday and the weekend, humidity's gonna be pretty high. Yes it is. Yes it is. You know, this first segment we're talking about current events in sports, and we've got a great show lined up for y'all, and this show is dedicated to WiZi DataCam trail camera users, and we've got special guest Cole Legman joining us. Meet Cole Legman – WiseEye Marketing Team Thanks for joining us. Cole is a part of the marketing team. Thanks for joining us, Cole. Absolutely. I'm, uh, I'm honored to join y'all. Yeah. Now, what's it doing in Louisiana right now? I know you said- Well- ... it's been raining. I, let me tell you about Cole real quick, everybody. Cole is an avid outdoorsman. This guy loves turkey hunting, deer hunting. He hunts everything, and fishes. He's an excellent fisherman. Him and, and Colton come up and fished with me last year, and we caught the fish. But, uh, what's the weather doing? It's, uh, it's a bit wet. Uh, everything around here is starting to grow gills, including myself. Um, the humidity's higher than it's ever been, and it won't stop raining. Um, so we're pretty depressed around here. All we wanna do is go fishing, but we can't because everything is now a lake. And, uh, yeah, it's, it's just, it's just nasty outside, man. It's, it's too much. Yeah. And we're, we're ready for the rain to stop. All right, Cole- Uh, isn't, isn't that kind of- Oh, what? ... isn't that kind of, uh- What? a, a, a, a, a tradition in the spring in Louisiana? I mean, aren't y'all about where you should be, or is it, or is it wetter than normal? It's definitely wetter than normal. Uh, this year's been weird, man. Like, usually, usually the, the rain'll come mid to early April- Yeah ... somewhere in there, but it's been two weeks in a row, just rain, rain, rain. And, and it's been like that for two months now. I mean, it- Oh, wow ... just won't stop raining. This is more rain than we've had in probably eight, 10 years. Well, we could use some of your rain up here, because we've been dry. Now, it's raining a little bit lately- Well, I'm glad that it's ended that way ... but we could use some rain. All right, guys. Current Events: Baseball & Sports Talk Cardinals, Redbone. Man, I watched a good game the other night. They was playing Milwaukee. I believe it was Milwaukee, or Minnesota. Minnesota. Nine to eight, they got beat. Cardinals is playing very good baseball. Are you a baseball fan, Cole? Absolutely. I grew up playing baseball. Oh, what's your favorite team? Um, MLB, I'd have to go with the Rangers, and, uh, college, you gotta go with LSU Tigers. Ooh. Redbone? Uh, there you go. Well, uh, you know, of course, Cardinal fan here. And, uh, yeah, Cardinals are playing really well right now. And the young pitching, Alex, we talk about it every week, they're hanging in there. Liberatore and Palante- There they are ... and those guys. And, and the Mays kid threw a complete game one-hit shutout, uh, earlier this week. And then Palante follows it up with seven innings of just four-hit ball. So they're... The young pitching is coming around. They may be all right as the season goes on. That's gonna be a pitcher in there Yeah, it is. Now, Cole, what position did you play when you played baseball? I played second base, shortstop, pitcher, and catcher. Oh, man. I was kind of everywhere. You was versatile. Versatile. Let's switch gears a little bit here. I wanna make mention, my nephew, along with two other boys from Mountain View/Birch Tree/Liberty Eagles, uh, went and played the All-Star game in Columbia this past weekend, Redbone. Uh-huh. How'd it go? Yeah, my... Uh, I don't know. I haven't talked to him yet, but they- Jim played in the All-Star game with a Jester boy, and I believe the other boy was a Holden boy, I believe. The other boy that went from Liberty that, that played. And another boy that, uh, I can't remember his name. But, uh, anyway, it was an honor to see my nephew play the All-Star game in Columbia, Missouri. Uh, switching gears, NFL. Uh, you see where they NFL Contracts vs. Military Pay Debate signed Mahomes for $500 million. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, first player to ever sign a half a billion dollar contract, and I don't, I don't know, Alex. You know, these... And I don't, I don't blame any player that signs a contract like that. I'm not bla- blaming the players, but somewhere it has got to stop Well, you think about it, we got athletes, and I, I, I, I'm a big fan of sports and- Yeah I believe in them making great money. But who puts their life more on, uh, uh, risking their lives than a military person? Now think about that. Yeah. I always want to put the military people above that's in war, fighting the front lines, above any athlete, country singer, pro hunter or anything. Your thoughts, Cole? Yeah, man, I agree with you. I, I, I love the, the veterans and the, the war heroes, especially right now, 'cause there's a lot of junk going on and the world's turning crazy, and we need to funnel all of our resources towards those guys. Absolutely. Exactly. Redbone, your thoughts. Uh, my thoughts, well, I, you know, I'm kind of split on this. A- and number one with the athletes, I don't blame them because if somebody was to call Redbone Mike Race and say, "We'll pay you $50 million to come broadcast," I don't care, football games in Alaska, I would go. And I would st- I'm not worth $50 million, but I would go. And Alex, if somebody did the same thing to you, you would go. So you don't blame the athletes for signing the big contracts. And, and I do think our military people deserve more money than they, than they're getting paid. But on the other side of that, it's an all-volunteer military, so those guys know what they're signing up for when they sign up. Yeah. Well, it's volunteer athletes too. Yep. Well, yeah, yeah, it is. Well, it's- It, it is volunteer athletes, but you have to be- Yeah ... a premier athlete to get into Major League Baseball or the NFL. Not just anybody can volunteer- Well- ... and say, "Hey, I want to play left tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs. Pay me $10 million," and then go and play. It doesn't work that way. I understand your point. Yeah. But I understand like the Navy SEALs and stuff like that, Special Forces, uh, the people that's on the front line, I still think they need more money. I do too. That's where I'm gonna stand on it. Yeah, I do too. Yeah. And I, and I think they n- they need to be, uh, better taken care of when they do get home, and, and when they retire their benefits should, uh, be better, but they're not. And this- No, they're not. They're the real heroes in my opinion. Oh, absolutely. And no disrespect- Nobody, nobody- ... to athletes. No disrespect to athletes or country singers or entertainers, actors or anything, but that's just where I'm at and that's where I'm gonna stand on it. Yeah. And, uh- Well, I agree ... we've got a great sh- we've got a great show lined up for everybody. Uh, we're gonna talk about some new stuff with Wiseye, uh, data cams and with Cole Leggett, and we're gonna talk about why it's important to run your cameras year-round. I know I run 23 of them year-round, and security reasons, we're gonna talk about all those reasons, and to monitor the wildlife on my properties. And especially the fawning and turkey po- Harvest, uh, I say hatches and to, to keep count of inventory. So we're gonna go to a break. We come back, we're talking with Cole Legnant. Don't go away. We'll be back with more right after this. Hey guys, Bradley Roy, Major League fishing angler, and you're listening to American Roots Outdoors right here, right now. 🎵 🎵 Hunting off the farm, wishing on some love. I been on a big boy for a while. I could load him in the back of my crew cab. 🎵 Redbone. Wise Eye has just gotten better with these new cameras that they come out with. How could it get better? Well, they got the new Mini and they've got the new DC2. DC2? They have a... Yeah. DC2, you can actually go live anytime you want and film your own hunts with the Wise Eye data cam. Now, wait a minute. You mean I could be getting ready to shoot a deer, and I could go on my phone and activate my camera and boom, film- Your own hunts ... my hunt? Well, that's amazing. That's amazing. Okay, Alex, you convinced me. How do I get one of these cameras? Go to a dealer near you or go to wiseeyetech.com. Order yours today. Take it to a field across the creek. If a big- 12 Point Hunting Blinds presents. Segment 2: Why Run Cameras Year-Round? Welcome back to American Roots Outdoor segment two of our show. If you're listening to us, we are recording on Wednesday. And again, our special guest, Cole Legnant, and he's part of the marketing team with Wiseyee Technology out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This guy's like, like my little brother, him and Colton, and, uh, these guys are doing an excellent job in marketing for Wiseyee. Wiseyee's had tremendous growth, Redbone. They have exploded and, uh, I, I'm so proud to be a part of this family. Uh, again, welcome to the show, Cole, and, uh, why is it important to run cameras year round from your perspective? Well, the way I look at it is there's really countless reasons to use a cell cam. I mean, you can put it on pretty much anything. You can put it on your, your driveway well, for security. You can watch your chicken coops. You can watch your deer. I mean, there's really countless opportunities for cell cameras. But the way I look at it is, especially during the summer, you get to see what's going on on your property. You get to see if you have a dog problem, if there's dogs coming in there from somebody who turn them out. Like, I actually experienced this last summer, and I would have never known about it unless I had my, my trail cameras out. And so, um, with the Wiseyees, it'll, it'll let you know what's coming in front of your camera, what, what is actually there, if it's a person, if it's a dog, if it's a, a deer, whatever it's gonna tell you. And, uh, the more, the more your cameras are out during the summer, the more data your cameras will build. And so during the fall, when it's actually time to go out and hunt, you have all that data from the summer patterns of your bucks, and you know where and when to sit and kill them there. That's awesome, Redbone. Yeah, yeah, I think that's a great point, too, that, that you're continuing to build that algorithm the more your cameras are out and the more they're active. Is that kind of an easy way to say it? That's exactly right I, I wanna say this, and, uh, I'm kinda putting you on the spot, and I don't know if you can talk about it, but a lot of the, the, the police officers Cameras for Security, Law Enforcement & Wildlife Monitoring a- and FBI, and they're using our cameras and, and even the National Park Services is, are using these cameras to monitor Yellowstone Park, correct? Yeah. They're, uh, they're using these cameras for a lot of different things, man. Um, they're using it to monitor water tanks in Texas and, uh, some trails up in Alaska for, uh, studies on whether hikers interact with bears or anything like that. So there's a lot of things going on with government officials and law enforcement. They're using our cameras to their advantage because no other camera platform provides data and analytics like ours does. So they bust a lot of people on theft or, or illegal drugs, uh, with these cameras as well. Yeah. So actually- Yeah. Actually, right now- Great. All right ... right now they're, uh, they're using our cameras for a tire dump in New Orleans. So people are going and dumping a bunch of tires on the side of the road, and that's highly illegal. And so the, uh, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is actually out there using our cameras to monitor that and catch criminals dumping tires Red Bone? Yeah. I know here, this ranch here beside my house, the Jack Fork Ranch we call it, and they call it Rocky Creek, uh, MDC property. Uh, the, the MDC's running I, I believe 15-plus cameras all over this property in here to monitor it, and it's walk-in only right now, and hopefully they'll get it opened up. And since we touched on MDC, I wanna make mention of something. I, I read an article today before we go to a break, an article today, people talking about putting CWD, Ticks & Ivermectin Research Discussion ivermectin in treating corn to keep insects, ticks away from deer. And they, they've proven, said the article's proven that it helps keep the ticks away from the deer. Uh, I know it's illegal to do that in Missouri, where I'm at in my county and surrounding counties because we're a CWD county now. Mm-hmm. But, uh, I don't mean to get off subject, but that's pretty neat information right there if that's true. You know anything about this information, Cole? Uh, I haven't really kept up with that kind of stuff, but, um, CWD doesn't really affect us much down here, so we, we can pretty much do whatever we want as far as- And you feed, you feed year-round, you guys do, in Louisiana? Yep, we sure do. If we want deer to show up, we, we can feed year-round. Same thing with Texas. Uh, we don't have any feed regulations, so that's pretty nice. That's crazy. Red Bone, your thoughts- Yeah, well- ... before we go to break. Yeah, I saw that same article, uh, actually a couple of days ago, Alex, and I think I shared it on my, uh, Facebook, but it, it's actually a chemical that's very similar to ivermectin. And, uh, here's the thing. It won't keep the ticks off the deer, but when the deer, when the tick bites the deer, the chemical is in the blood and it kills the tick, and then eventually the tick will fall off. Um, but, um, it kills the tick. Doesn't keep the ticks off the deer, but it does kill the ticks, so they aren't sucking the, the blood from the deer and, and making them sick. So, um, I think it's a great idea if they can get it to work. And as far as the CWD goes, I've been a believer from the beginning that the only reason we didn't know about CWD 20 years ago was, was because there wasn't a test for it. Yeah. Well, I believe there is a, a little bit of merit in CW- CWD. I do, too. And again, we're getting off subject a little bit, but, uh, that's why we talk with Wise Eye because it's, a lot of these cameras are used for monitoring white-tailed deer, elk, et cetera. Yep. And, uh, I think, uh, it can be taken a little too, how would I say this? Uh- I think we can overreact Exactly ... but also we can under-react. With that said, we're gonna go to a break, and when we come back, we're talking with Cole Legman, marketing team of Wise Eye. Don't go away. We'll come back with more right after this. Right here, right now, this is Chance Walters listening to American Roots Outdoors with Alex Rutledge, the Ozark Herd Bull. 🎵 Year after year, got my hunting gear 🎵 Remember when a hunter was measured by how well he shot, not how much he spent? When memories were measured in rooster tales, not dollar bills. We do. We're Spandau. Reliable, easy to operate, extremely balanced premium firearms offered at a price that proves you still know the true measure of a hunter. Spandau, making the American hunting tradition available to all. 🎵 Pass down deep in the ground around your heart so you never gotta worry 🎵 Eagle Seed presents. Segment 3: Cameras, Food Plots & Off-Season Monitoring Welcome back to American Roots Outdoor, segment three of the show. Again, I'm sitting at home on the porch taking a break here. My wife has got me honey-doin', Redbone and Cole. We're cleaning out my garage. It hadn't been cleaned out in two years. We're getting ready to get rid of a bunch of stuff. If you're listening, we're gonna have a yard sale. I'm gonna have all kinds of hunting stuff. A- the old cameras, not WisEye, some of the old ones I used to use. Getting rid of all that old stuff. Uh, possible tree stands, all kinds of stuff, and we're getting rid of fishing tackle, uh, here in a couple, three weeks. I don't know yet. But, uh, again, we're talking WisEye Technology with Cole Eggemann, uh, part of the marketing team. Cole, I'll tell you one of the things I love about running my cameras during the off-season of hunting, turkey season just over, is monitoring the deer to see how bad ticks are affecting the deer. Yeah. That's a big thing, man, especially with, uh, you're just watching your fawns grow up. You can see if there's things that you need to improve on your place. Like, if you, if they're just, they seem kind of malnourished and the does do as well, you can go and plant a food plot, or you can supply some supplemental feed. Um, you can do all kind of stuff. If you need to burn, uh, let them fawns grow up a little bit, and especially waiting till like, I don't know, after, after hunting season's usually a good time to burn. But once you burn- Yeah ... you'll get some good stuff growing. It'll nourish the next generation fawns and poults and all kind of stuff. So there's a lot of land management things you can do, and you can learn a lot of this from just your cameras. You know, that's one of the things I love about WisEye too, Redbone, is that they're conservatives, man. They're conservationists, and they, they love to study and do research with other, uh, colleges, et ceteras, biologists, et cetera, to help the wildlife. They're giving back as a company. Instead of just worried about selling cameras, they, they know what the future holds, and they're trying to help the future stay strong. I love that about WisEye. Cole, Redbone. Yeah, and I would, I would think you would have to be that way to be the business, to be in the business that they're in, and to continue to make these cameras better and better and better. Because the better the camera is, the better the pictures, the better the video, uh, the better it collects the information, the, the better it is at taking that information and, and confu- or not confusing, but fusing all that information together to create a report. And I mean, you've, you've gotta believe in conservation and making things better because if not, you'll just put out a camera that shoots a picture and call it a day. Yep. So I gotta say this, I've done something that I haven't ever done in years, and I, I'm a big advocate of Eagle Seed. A smorgasbord, I usually plant at the end of August, and it's got five different clovers, and kale, and trophy wheat, and oats, and radishes. It's a pretty neat blend. I planted it this year, uh, about the first week of April. You would not believe the turkey and deer that's coming to it in the springtime. I've never had them concentrate to an area like they have by planting, so that's something people want to take in consideration. If you're a smorgasbord Eagle Seed user, plant it in the spring, because man, it holds the turkeys and deer and everything in the spring months. Yeah. That's where my Wiseyes, my Wiseyes set up on these locations. Yeah, go ahead. It'll give them some, uh, it'll give them some, some easy access food. 'Cause once all the blooms and the, the buds come up in the spring and those are gone, they need some more easy access food, and they have to wait till about late summer for the muscadines to start falling and all that stuff. So when you plant food, like the smorgasbord by Eagle Seed, man, they, they'll get in there and they'll eat it because it's easy access and that's probably a lot of the only things they have around to eat. And so, uh- Yeah ... planting food plots is huge, man. It's huge. Yeah, we done a controlled burn on 40 acres, I did, Linda and I, this past winter, uh, like in January, and we burnt 40 acres off. And a lot of, of sprouts coming up and vegetation, protein there. But man, uh, the turkeys was in it this spring. The gobblers were going, and never gobblers, they end up. But I never even turkey hunted my property this year. But the Wiseyes, guys, I'm telling you, you need to ask yourself, how serious of a hunter am I? Am I a conservationist? How serious do I take hunting? And we sleep, eat, breathe it, Cole and I, and Colton, and, and all the Wise Eye, uh, staffers and, and the Wise Eye users, most of us live it year-round. So it's so crucial to monitor and keep up with what's going on on your property because of several reasons that Cole touched on. But, uh, the big things is, is I feel more comfortable and I'm more prepared for the upcoming archery season coming up with these cameras collecting all the data and planting the food plots and all of this. It's, uh, it's amazing. Yeah, I would agree. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, go ahead, Cole. The more cameras you have out, the more things that are running, the more data you build for the fall. Exactly. Talk about, before we go to a break here, we got about three and a half minutes left here, four minutes. What's new at Wiseyez? We've got some new features coming out. Um, we recently released a new, uh, version of our hunt control software, which is our app and interface that you use your cameras with. And, uh, with that, we've got some new features coming to your cameras. Like for the DC2, we came out with live stream this year, so you can now live stream from your DC2. Um, we'll also have a lot of new features in the hunt control side, like we'll be able to do population studies with, uh, animal surveys. You can, we can take your, your photos from your land and we'll have our s- hunt control software analyze what, what pictures of what you have. It'll build some population studies for you. It'll show you what your numbers are lacking on as far as deer, turkeys, or hogs or whatever, and you can learn to manage your property and your land better using that feature. That's awesome. Redbone? Yeah, that is awesome. And, and here's one thing I've always wondered, uh, uh, Cole, if, if you are running the Wiseyez cameras and you're collecting that data, is that data belong to the person that owns the camera? Does that belong to Wiseyez? And does that camera share, is that camera's information shared with other people? Well, it's, it's really owned by the customer. Okay. Um, if the customer wants to keep their stuff private, they absolutely can. They can also share their data with other people. They can share their data with us if they would like. Um, but technically the owner does, uh, the owner of the camera does own the data. Okay. That's awesome to know. Yeah, now I'm gonna switch gears here a little bit. We're still talking cameras. I'm gonna ask you a question, Colt. How many farmers do you have using cameras now to monitor their cattle, horses, hogs, whatever? There's a few. Um, you'd, you'd be surprised. I don't have an actual number on hand, but, um, there's, there's a few, man. People are using them for, for calving in the winter. Uh, they use them on their, their dairy farms. Like, I actually saw a customer the other day using it in, uh, I think it was, uh, Illinois. He had a, a dairy farm, and he had his, his Wise Eyes watching the rotation of cattle as they went out to, to graze and come back to get milked, and it was pretty neat to watch that on the, on his, uh, on his feed. Yeah. Well, I know some farmers, uh, had a predation problem and something run all their cattle into a fence, and they called me and said, "Hey, can you bring your Wise Eyes over?" And we set them up, and once we set the Wise Eyes, uh, cameras up, we never had another problem with that. But farmers are beginning to catch on to the Wise Eye technology to monitor their gates, their properties, and everything. It, it's pretty amazing, Redbone. Yeah, and I, I think that there are ... or it would be a good idea anyway to any farmers out there, if you're having a problem with the black vultures, uh, having a Wise Eye camera out on your herd would be a good way to determine what issues you're having with those black vultures, and then you can call MDC or AGF or whoever and, uh, get your permits to get rid of those dudes, 'cause those black vultures are becoming a problem. They actually- Go ahead. Go ahead, Cole. They actually just gave, uh, farmers permits in Louisiana to, to take care of them themselves. Yeah. So we don't have to rely on the government anymore. The farmers are just taking care of the, the vultures now as the calves come out, so that's pretty neat. Yeah, and you can, you can play in that- Yeah, we're doing the same thing here in Missouri. And with that being said, it's time for us to take a break and, uh, we're gonna go to a break. When we come back, we're talking more with Cole Legnant, part of the marketing team for Wise Eye Technologies. Don't go away. We will be back with more right after this. This is Brenda Valentine and you're listening to American Roots Outdoors with Alex Rutledge and friends. 🎵 🎵 What the wind might do. American- 🎵� Everybody, Alex Rutledge. I'm excited to tell you about 12 Point Hunting Blinds. Seven-foot walls, perfectly camouflaged, snowproof, waterproof, tinted windows. They will not reveal you in the 12 Point blinds. We're proud to work with this Amish-made blind, made in America, made in USA. 12 Point Hunting Blinds. For more information, go to 12pointhuntingblinds.com. Hornady Ammunition presents. Segment 4: Farmers & Ranchers Using WiseEye Cameras Welcome back to American Roots Outdoors, the final segment of our radio show. We do have a bonus segment, but you gotta listen to it by going to your favorite podcast carrier. We air in 19 countries, and, uh, the bonus segment, we usually talk about recipes and et cetera, and, uh, hopefully Cole's got us some Cajun recipes for the end of this show to share with you all. But, uh, Cole, I want to talk more, Redbone Cole, about the importance of these cameras year-round, and we touched on it a couple times throughout the show. Excuse me. Think I swallowed a fly. I think I did. No, I didn't. I'm joking. But anyway, farmers, why should farmers, Redbone and, and Cole, your perspective of it, why should they run cameras on their cattle? It sa- it could save them money for one, driving out to their property every day. If they set 'em up over in a frequented area where all the cattle gather, he can count his cattle, et cetera, and take it, uh, uh, and do a live stream or whatever on 'em right there. Your thoughts Well, knowing a, a few farmers, I know that they, they just naturally go out there every day. So for me, the, the driving out there every day is kind of out, off the table just because they... This, this is their job, they have to go out there every day, but they can't be in 90 places at one time. So if they're on the other end of the farm working on a busted pipe or something 'cause of a freeze, and they have a camera on their calving barn, they can keep an eye on their calving barn without having to be there. So there's a million different reasons for farmers to use cameras on their farms just because of security, keeping an eye on things that you can't see all the time, uh, different things like that, man. I mean, there's, there's, like I said earlier in another segment, there's a million uses for snow cameras. Redbone? Yeah. Well, Al- and you mentioned it earlier, Alex, and that's predation, uh, which gets to be a problem sometime for farmers. You know, young calves are, um, you know, are, are a target sometimes of predators and, uh, you know, you can put those cameras out and you'll see if you've got predators, and you can then get something taken care... You know, get somebody to come out, take care of those predators, and protect your herd. Or maybe you have a problem with cattle theft, which happens. It occurs quite often in the Ozarks. You can keep a look at your, uh, gates all the time, and if there's a problem at a gate or somebody is at a gate that's not supposed to be, uh, you can actually get pictures of that vehicle, that trailer, that truck, whatever the case may be. So, you know, security is a, is a major concern with the, uh, trail cameras that can help you keep an eye on all the remote locations on your farm. You know, Cole- And going off of that- Go ahead. Go ahead, Cole. And going off of that, man, the, the Wise Eyes, they give you all picture... All of your pictures from your Wise Eye are all HD. And so if you're watching a gate or something and somebody pulls in that's not supposed to be there, you can easily read the license plate, man. You can get videos of it. Yep. Um, there's, there's, there's a lot of different opportunities for the Wise Eye cameras on your property. Yeah, I think it's important that, that these farmers really listen to what we're talking about here. It can save them a lot of money in, in going and checking cattle because of these fuel prices, et cetera. And, uh, maybe, like you said, Redbone, cattle theft or whatever. I mean, it can save a guy a lot of time traveling and make it much easier. Uh, and what do you recommend for these farmers? Is it better to buy more than one camera? I know you got different Levels that they can buy it. You got an outdoors program. Have you ever thought about creating a farmer's program? So that's actually why we created the Ranch Plus Plan & Subscription Options Ranch Plus plan. Mm-hmm. Okay. And the Ranch Plus plan is a very easy to use, a totally unlimited platform for anybody with over one camera now. Um, and so when you buy cameras and put them on the Ranch Plus, it's $8 a camera for nine and below, and once you hit 10, that rate drops to $6 a camera, and you only pay for the data that you actually use. And so if I have 12 cameras and only run three, I'm only gonna pay for those three cameras and not worry about the rest. And so we made this plan to be super flexible. You can add as many cameras as you want. You can take them off as you go. Um, and this is a huge thing for ranchers and farmers and things like that, just because they can have cameras and use them on hand and not have to worry about a subscription that they have to pay for. It's just a super pay-as-you-go, easy-to-use plan. That's awesome. Now, I, I, I'm gonna switch gears here again, another, uh, angle to cameras. When setting these cameras, Camera Placement & Security Tips do you want to set them for security where people can see them, or do you want to hide them? I know there's a, a pole out there that you can slap into a tree and screw in a screw to mount a camera. Talk about that, Colt. Well, it depends on how well you want to be hid. I mean, uh, some people don't care. Some people are very anxious about it. Um, I've seen several different use case scenarios, like, uh, I've seen some people put them probably 15 high, 15 feet high up in a tree, um, and point them sharply downward to catch some people or animals, whatever they're using it for. But some people like to put them about chest height and just watch it like that, because once they, once the camera sees the person, even if they steal it, you already have the pictures on your phone, so it really doesn't matter if they take it, much less the, the money in your pocket's gone too because of the camera. But I mean, you're, you've already caught them at that point. Good stuff, Redbone Yeah, I, I would agree. And, and you know, also if you put that camera, Alex, I don't know, you know, what your thought is, but if you put that camera where the guy's driving by, he sees it, he's not gonna stop at that gate. I mean, it, you know, it's kinda like, you know, the local police, you know, going up and down the roads in town, they're not looking for speeders over on 2nd Street. They're just being seen so that there won't be any speeders on 2nd Street. So it's the same way with the cameras. Just the cameras being seen out there can be a deterrent from someone, you know, coming to trespass or, you know, do something else on your farm. Well, you know, Wise Eye's come out with these signs now that you can purchase that says, "This property is monitored by Wise Eye Technology." Okay, there you go. And if you put those signs up... You know, I had a problem, uh, here two springs ago where I had a young guy pulling in to my gate before turkey season, and I know he was gonna poach. And, uh, my cameras caught him. I instantly posted it on Facebook and showed his, his face and the vehicle he was driving, everything. I never had another problem going forward. Then I purchased some of the Wise Eye Technology monitoring signs and posted it all around on my property with purple tape. I've never had another problem. Something to keep in mind as a listener. Cole? Absolutely, man. We, we actually just came out with new, uh, security signs this year, so there's some new ones. You can check them out at wiseeyetech.com. This is good stuff, Redbone. You know, we talk about the new technology, the new things and, uh, different usages of the Wise Eye cameras and, uh, man, I tell you what, every time I, my phone dings or vibrates and I look down there at Wise Eye, it's like Christmas. I know I say it a lot, opening up a Christmas present, especially during turkey season or during the rut, and I can't wait to open it up to see how big the buck is or how big that gobbler is. It's something to keep in mind. It's, it's really addictive, Cole. Would you agree? It's very addictive. It is very addictive. We've had some people tell us that it's addictive and they need to stop it, and at the end of the conversation, they're buying four or five more cameras. Well, and- I wanna give a, I wanna give a quick shout-out to my buddy Darren Williams from Kansas. He just bought the ranch program this, earlier this week. He called me. He said, "Hey, man, I, I'm doing the ranch program." I wanna thank him for buying Wise Eye Technology. He's gonna be tickled to death. And, uh, Redbone? Yeah, I was just gonna say, you know, we were talking about the farming, but this, these Wise Eye cameras also can offer security at your house. You know, just to kind of throw that out there I've got them all around my house, my driveways. I can tell you it goes up and down the county roads. Yeah. I was saying that that's an option too. And Alex, we are, uh, we're about out of time. Well, Cole, thank you again for being a wonderful guest, and we do have a bonus segment. We're gonna talk about some recipes of fish. You know, Cole's a big fisherman, and we've been talking fishing the last couple of weeks on the show, and I thought it would be a great time to talk about the Wiseyez cameras, why we should use them year-round. Uh, not just for hunting, but for farmers and for any outdoorsman. Not even an outdoorsman, someone that wants to watch your property, et cetera. Go to www.wiseyeztech.com. Cole, any closing words before we wrap her up? I appreciate y'all having me, man. It's, uh, it's gonna be a great s- season this year. Uh, hopefully y'all have some successful fall hunts this year and, uh, we'll see you in the woods. All right. And we hope, and we hope you- Well, your old brother Harold laid down the Grayface nine-point. He killed an old deer, about a six-and-a-half-year-old buck with me. I don't know who's coming this year. Uh, maybe you're on that roster. I know you guys are coming up sometime in July or the end of June or in August to small mouth fish with me, I know. Yep. I'll get you a- So are you coming with Daryl? Yes, sir. I'll be there and I'll be ready to throw upriver. Throw upriver. That's it. I kept getting on to him, Redbone, about throwing upriver and getting hung up- Yep ... last time we went. Yep. Yep. Anyway, guys, remember this. This whole world needs more love and not hate. Teach your boys to become men. Teach your girls to become ladies. And when your roots run deep and strong- There is no reason to fear the wind ... there's no reason to fear the wind. So you never gotta worry what the wind- American Thank you for joining us for today's American Roots Outdoors Radio with Alex Rutledge. You can find us on Facebook. Look us up on the World Wide Web at americanrootsoutdoors.com. We'll be back again next week on this great radio station Accurate, deadly, dependable, Hornady ammunition. From a two-man operation in 1949 to a world-leading innovator of bullet, ammunition, reloading tool, and accessories design and manufacturer today. Hornady, each piece is hand inspected to ensure consistency and quality. Ammunition engineered to perform flawlessly. Simply put, the best. Hornady ammunition. Find Hornady ammunition at a retailer near you and at hornady.com Ed Dow Arms presents. Bonus Segment: Fish Recipes & Cooking Tips Welcome back to American Blue Shop Doors, our bonus segment. If you're listening to this, no telling what country you're in. We air in 19 countries. I hope there's a translator that can talk with the Southern slang that we got- ... and understand us. That's a heck of a prayer. Yeah. So Cole, you love to eat and cook. I love to eat. And I know you love to eat and you love to cook too. Your daddy's a heck of a cook. I see some of his stuff sometimes. So what is your favorite way to cook fish? Give me a recipe. I love... Well, there's a few different things you can do. It depends on what kind of fish you got. But my f- I mean, everybody's favorite go-to is just fried fish. And, uh, last summer I went up to Alex's place and had my first walleye, and that was, uh- ... out of this world. But if you're ever in my neck of the woods and, uh, you do a little bit of in-shore fishing, it's really good to catch some redfish. You can take them home, you can broil them. Um, you can put some, uh, Route 66 sauce on there, uh, either that or some remoulade, and bake those redfish. Or I, I like to make boulets out of it, which is a, uh, a pretty much a Cajun way to say a fish cake. You just take- Mm ... some fish cake and some, uh, some green onions and a little bit of, uh, cayenne pepper, and you beat those, uh, those fish filets up and make them into little patties, and you can broil them in the oven. You can fry them. You can do a lot of different things with it, but that's probably my... If I w- if I could eat fish right now, I'd probably eat some redfish boulets. I love redfish. Red bow? Yeah, I like redfish too, but, uh, you know, I, I just want to say here that, uh, you know, Cole is from Louisiana, and I use the Louisiane fish breading when I fry fish. And, and the reason is, number one, it, you know, I don't believe in, in trying to reinvent the wheel whenever I'm cooking and using seasonings. If there's one I like, I just use it, and it gives whatever fish you cook in it just a little bit of a kick. And I also put it in my hush puppies Yeah, wow. Yeah. Well, I gotta share a story with you. Okay. Uh, my buddy Crop- Crumpy Chris Burkhart come down and he brought three big bags of crumpie filets- Mm-hmm ... he's called, here about three weeks ago. And he brought some pre-made hush puppies already made, and you get them a different flavor. It had sweet corn in it. Mm-hmm. And you can also get them with jalapenos in it. It's the best hush puppies I've ever eat in my life. I ate on the leftovers for two days. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You can buy those pre-made, and I can't remember the name of them. I'll get Crumpy Chris on the show sometime- Okay ... to share the name of them. But, uh, I also want to share a recipe of fried fish the way Brandon Miles does it. He took me trout fishing there a couple weeks ago. We caught our limit, come home, cleaned them, filet them fresh, and we deep-fried them here on the porch of the cabin, the lodge. He never salts or peppers his cornmeal with any flavoring. Hmm. He cooks his fish in Amish cornmeal, which is finer than regular cornmeal. Mm-hmm. And you would not believe the texture of the fish. Then he puts the salt and pepper on the fish and taters once he takes them out. And I gotta say that the flavor of the fish seems different. Now, I'm a spicy type guy. I love seasoning. I love cavenders. I, I cooked catfish this past Sunday, you know, my birthday was Saturday, I'm 62 now, and crappie filets, and I put some smoke flavoring seasoning, uh, for a barbecue rub in my cornmeal and fried 'em. Hmm. And everybody went crazy over that. So don't be afraid to try different seasonings if you love seasonings in your cornmeal- Yeah ... when you cook it. And another thing, a lot of the guys wait to cook the hush puppies after they're done with the fish and everything, and, and now this was shared to me, an old man told a friend of mine, "You always cook your hush puppies with your taters or your fish. That way you won't burn 'em, and they'll get done better and cooked through and through, and they won't be burnt." Yep. As soon as them hush puppies start floating, it's time to pull the fish. There you go, Redbone. Yep. That's the recipe. I actually, uh- What a great- I actually have one more thing I wanted to share. Yeah, yeah. We, uh, we cooked some bass this past week here at the office, at the WAZAA office, and, uh, we tried three different batches. So we had kind of a plain batch, and then we had one with the traditional mustard binder- Uh-huh ... and some, uh, some homemade flour and some, uh, Cajun seasoning in that. Put some onion powder and garlic powder in there too, so that, that was pretty good. And then we tried a new one, and so we took a, a jar of Italian dressing, and we soaked a, a batch of filets in the Italian dressing for 15 minutes before we b- breaded them and fried them. And I gotta tell y'all, it was, it was pretty dang good. I was, I was blown away. The, uh... One of my bosses actually gave me that idea. He said, uh, that's the way he does it. And man, you can learn so much stuff from just listening to somebody te- tell, tell you how to cook or teach you something. Yep. It's, it's, it's actually really wild. Italian dressing- I gotta share one more, then we'll go to a break. You gonna wrap her up Duck Sheridan come up here and brings catfish filets, and he's from New Orleans. He comes up, deer hunts with me. He marinates his filets in Louisiana hot sauce, then rolls them in cornmeal and season them, then deep fries them. The best catfish I eaten in my life. I'm gonna try the, the, the dressing thing, Redbone. What about you? Yeah. Well, Italian dressing is kind of a secret that people use for marinating a lot of stuff. Now, I've never heard of using it for fish, but I know there's a world famous restaurant over in Holcomb, Missouri, Alex, called Strawberries. Yep. They make the best, they make the best pork steak on the planet. These things you can... They're about a half inch, maybe three-quarters of an inch thick. You can cut them with a fork. They marinate them in Italian dressing for 90 minutes before they put them in their smoker. So- Wow ... It- Italian dressing- Maybe we need to go over and eat over there when you and Daryl are here. Well, that'd be- Oh, yeah ... that'd be great. I'm down. Yeah, it's not that... It's not very far from where we are and, and, uh, it, I mean, it's world famous. But yeah, that Italian dressing, it's kind of a key to a whole lot of recipes. Awesome show, guys. Thank you again for being a wonderful guest today, Cole, with great information. Hopefully the farmers will catch on to this and it's gonna help them save a lot of money by using these Wiseyez data cams. Thank y'all for having me. Well, let me say this. Yeah. You're, you're great. How can people follow you? Uh, I'm, I'm on Facebook, Instagram. Um, you can follow me on TikTok at Wiseyetech TikTok. Um, but my name on Instagram and Facebook is just Cole Wagner. You can look me up there. Yeah. Anybody needs any consulting or, or cameras set up on their farm, you... If they buy enough cameras, would you come up and hunt with them and help them set their cameras up? If they wanna feed me, yeah. Stock up on the Italian dressing. All right, everybody. So w- Italian dressing. You gotta have Italian dressing. And remember this, this old world needs more love and not hate. We need to put Jesus first, man. Amen. If we know Jesus, we know what love is and not hate. If we followed the Bible, we wouldn't be having all these arguments we're having over genders, et cetera. I love everybody. I hate no one. Teach your boys to become men, your girls to become ladies. And when your roots run deep and strong, Cole? There's no reason to fear the wind. 🎵 Hit the ground. Big time coming, it's what we do. From a whippoorwill to an ol' owl too. Sitting still 'til it's time to shoot. American roots. Take it to a holler. Take it to a field. Across a creek and up a hill Your heart so you never gotta worry So deep and strong. There's no reason to fear the wind. American roots will rise again Family and friends and living the truth Yeah, got family, friends, and living the truth 🎵