Uncle Si is Proud of His Son Overcoming PTSD in the Most Wholesome Way

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast

Episode: Uncle Si is Proud of His Son Overcoming PTSD in the Most Wholesome Way
Date: August 21, 2025
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, Jase Robertson, Willie Robertson, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan

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Overview

In this heartfelt and humor-filled episode, the Duck Call Room crew gathers in the iconic Duck Commander space to share hunting tales, pop culture commentary, family stories, and life updates. The central theme emerges as Uncle Si opens up about his pride in his son Scott, a veteran overcoming PTSD through working with wild horses—a story layered with personal reflection and uplifting support from the family. The group banters about poker escapades, wild animal encounters, nostalgic stories, and listener interaction, all while weaving in their signature wit and warmth.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Black Panther Sightings & Wildlife Debates

• (01:10 - 03:12)
  The crew debates a photo sent in of a mysterious animal—Si insists it’s a black panther, while Jase and Willie maintain it’s just a black lab, launching playful arguments about how to distinguish cats from dogs in blurry trail cam images.

“That’s a black panther.”
— Si Robertson (02:02)

2. Podcast Production Mishap

• (03:08 - 05:51)
  Producer Hunter is ribbed for accidentally uploading the same episode twice, but the team commends him for owning up to the mistake.

“You owned it. Key thing that’s missing in today’s world, you owned it. You did not shift the blame…”
— Jase Robertson (05:20)

3. Beach & Wildlife Stories

• (06:04 - 08:12)
  Talk turns to the dangers of the beach, including dirty water, stingrays, and the tragic story of Steve Irwin, with ribbing about life lessons from wrestling wild animals.

4. Poker Night Tales

• (09:48 - 19:19)
  A recurring topic, the group recounts their high-stakes poker games, legendary hustlers, and the unlucky losses (and rare wins). Humorous sidebars about the “beaver card marker” and Willie's success in Oklahoma tournaments are included.

“The last three times I played, it’s just... been the worst bad beats. I’d have a boat, he’d have a bigger boat...”
— Willie Robertson (14:08)

5. Si’s Son Scott & Equestrian Therapy for PTSD

• (20:10 - 28:00)
  The emotional heart of the episode: Si shares how his son Scott, a veteran with PTSD, is finding healing by working with wild mustangs. The group celebrates Si's decision to support Scott's venture to gentle wild horses, recognizing the therapeutic value.

“He gets them and gentles them down and breaks them and makes them rideable… which I gotta write him another check, but I said I’d do it.”
— Willie Robertson (20:52)

“I had to physically, me, him, and his wife picked him up... he literally mentally shut off.”
— Si Robertson on Scott's PTSD (26:59)

Jase and the group affirm the importance of giving veterans meaningful, healing work.

“You’re helping give him that opportunity. I 10 out of 10 support on that deal.”
— Jase Robertson (27:46)

6. Animal Attachments & Loss

• (33:40 - 34:58)
  The men discuss the deep bonds formed with dogs and horses, and the heartache of losing them—interrupted, as always, by humor.

“They get in your heart and they really... become your children.”
— Willie Robertson (34:42)

“I’m on my bonus years with God. Everything else is... freebie from him.”
— Willie Robertson (34:22)

7. Listener Questions: Food Recommendations

• (47:00 - 51:25)
  A highlight is the fan email about making a “Captain D’s pilgrimage” inspired by the show. The crew offers detailed, debate-laden recommendations for Captain D’s and Waffle House orders.

“If I was traveling all the way from Southern California to a Waffle House... you’re gonna say, give me an All Star Breakfast. Two eggs over medium, triple hash brown, scattered, smothered, and covered with a side of bacon.”
— John-David Owen (50:06)

8. Honoring Phil Robertson

• (51:38 - 55:08)
  Martin reads a heartfelt letter honoring Phil Robertson’s impact:

“Thank you, Phil, for your obedience to Christ, for your courage in speaking the truth, for showing us what it means to live a life of faith. The seeds you’ve planted will continue to bear fruit…”
— Justin Martin’s tribute to Phil (52:08)

Jase follows up with a snippet of his son Jackson saying “I’m unashamed,” inspired by the “Unashamed” podcast and song, acknowledging Phil’s ripple-effect influence.

9. Spiritual Takeaway & Invitation

• (55:08 - End)
  Si closes with Romans 1:16, inviting listeners to Duck Commander Sunday and upcoming baptisms, underscoring the episode’s mix of faith, community, and hope.

“For I am unashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”
— Si Robertson (Romans 1:16, 55:08)

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Memorable Quotes

• “You owned it. Key thing that’s missing in today’s world, you owned it. You did not shift the blame…” — Jase Robertson (05:20)
• “I’m not gonna ever spend it… so I might as well help Scott get started.” — Willie Robertson on supporting his son’s therapeutic horse venture (27:49)
• “He gets them and gentles them down… which I gotta write him another check, but I said I’d do it.” — Willie Robertson (20:52)
• “They get in your heart and they really... become your children.” — Willie Robertson (34:42)
• “Thank you, Phil, for your obedience to Christ, for your courage in speaking the truth...” — Justin Martin (52:08)
• “For I am unashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.” — Si Robertson (55:08)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Black Panther / Black Lab Debate: 01:10–03:12
• Podcast Upload Mishap (Accountability): 03:08–05:51
• Wildlife & Steve Irwin Story: 06:04–08:12
• Poker Night Saga: 09:48–19:19
• Si’s Son, PTSD & Mustangs: 20:10–28:00
• Animals & Losing Pets: 33:40–34:58
• Fan Food Recommendations: 47:00–51:25
• Phil Robertson Tribute: 51:38–55:08
• Closing Faith Message & Invitation: 55:08–End

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Tone & Feel

Throughout, the conversation is candid, playful, and deeply Southern, mixing nostalgia, honesty, and faith. Even in serious moments (PTSD, loss), the group keeps things hopeful and grounded in humor and community.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a showcase of what makes Duck Call Room beloved: the mix of realness, family tales, unfiltered camaraderie, and faith. Whether you’re here for the laughs, the hunting stories, or the wisdom of experience, you’ll leave reminded of the healing power of purpose, family support, and giving back.

Transcript

[Si Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

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[Willie Robertson]

Huh? Whoa.

[Jase Robertson]

A black lab.

[Si Robertson]

That okay.

[Jase Robertson]

Whoa. Look at that black lab walking down that bridge.

[Willie Robertson]

Look at that black lab. Yeah, that's black lab all right. S. Hey, I know what that is, son.

[Si Robertson]

Thank you.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, stop. That's a dog.

[Si Robertson]

Seth from Chattanooga sent me a big yellow eyes are shining well from his spy point just south of Chattanooga.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, yo. Hey, look, the first time I look, you know what? I seen that tail were going down behind him.

[Si Robertson]

Ain't no dog.

[Willie Robertson]

That's the first thing I looked at was that tail going by.

[Si Robertson]

I just feel like we hadn't had a good black panther sighting in the duck call room.

[Jase Robertson]

That's a freaking dog, man.

[Si Robertson]

Are you kidding me?

[Jase Robertson]

Like, I look, I. I'm fine if you want to show me a picture of a cat. But when I look at that, my first reaction is dog. He has the gate of a black lab.

[Si Robertson]

That's a. That's a black panther.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay? That's what you want to go. When I look at that, I see canine. I don't see.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah, it's got that.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't see cat.

[Si Robertson]

How do you not see cat there?

[Jase Robertson]

Because a cat generally has like a little. A little swoop in his back, but that looks like a dog out just for a walk. I mean, I'm not trying to be a naysayer on that one. Like, you show me a picture of a cat, I'LL tell you it's a cat. But that to me, when I see that, I see black Labrador.

[Willie Robertson]

The body.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, it just.

[Willie Robertson]

He looks like the body ain't right on for. For a dog, though.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, okay.

[Willie Robertson]

No, I'm serious.

[Martin Robertson]

Well, I want to see the image.

[Willie Robertson]

He's too slender.

[Si Robertson]

See the image.

[Willie Robertson]

No, I want.

[Martin Robertson]

I want to see it. And like, like a dog. Take the black and white. Like you could zoom in on it.

[Willie Robertson]

Be splendor. I'm telling you, cat, that's his honor. The leg looks. The leg come down.

[Martin Robertson]

Is that all you got, Johnny Dog to me.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, hold on. That's who you're getting on your side?

[Jase Robertson]

I'm just saying. I'm just saying, get somebody with. No, there you go. No bias to whatever.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, but Hunter.

[Jase Robertson]

Hunter doesn't believe.

[Martin Robertson]

Hunter doesn't have a dog in the hunt.

[Si Robertson]

Hunter uploaded the same podcast twice last week and had me answering 4 billion emails about what went wrong. So Hunter's opinion no longer matters.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, Hunter. You did what?

[Si Robertson]

Hunter, explain to the people what happened. We must address it. I. I made a mistake.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay, that's fine. You're human.

[Martin Robertson]

What happened?

[Si Robertson]

I accidentally, last week, accidentally uploaded. Tuesday's episode is Thursdays, and thankfully and Tuesdays, the kind people have reached out to me non stop to let me know that I did that. I mean, I don't even know how my phone did that, but at 7 o' clock last Thursday, the people were like, we've already seen this and they needed to let me know that something had gone awry.

[Martin Robertson]

The podcast, same one ran again.

[Si Robertson]

I did it on audio only.

[Jase Robertson]

I. The video, I did correctly.

[Si Robertson]

I. I just. I got confused and messed the whole thing up. Oh, it's all right. That's what happened. For the people who listened to the same episode twice, it was Hunter's fault, but we love him.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey. And he admitted it.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I fixed him, though.

[Jase Robertson]

Hunter, you're not really. That's not a really good thing. When they were. I bet they're rescinding their thoughts for giving you a raise from that one episode. Go, go.

[Si Robertson]

Read the comments. They did mention that the Instagram messages also mentioned that too.

[Martin Robertson]

Well, they. Were they rough on you?

[Si Robertson]

No. I started to give Hunter a raise thread in the comments and now Hunter uploaded the wrong episode. Like, I literally had the guys back. I was like, hunter needs a raise. Can all the fans send in that Hunter needs a raise? And then instead of showing why he needed a raise, he made a mistake. And that's okay.

[Jase Robertson]

He proved his true value.

[Si Robertson]

I still want Hunter to have a raise. I don't. I don't think I need a raise. Please. Bam. Hunter still needs a raise, even though he made a mistake in the comments.

[Martin Robertson]

It happens, Hunter.

[Si Robertson]

And subscribe.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, man.

[Si Robertson]

But I. Yeah, I, I, I made a. I made a mistake.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, key, key, Key thing right here. You owned it. Key thing. Key thing that's missing in today's world, you own. You did not shift the blame to the equipment or the. No, hey, he said, I screwed up. No thank you for accountability. Doesn't exist anymore. It was 100% me.

[Si Robertson]

Like, I fixed it. Like, at 8:00am I told my bosses. I was like, I made a mistake.

[Jase Robertson]

I fixed it. Yeah, perfect.

[Si Robertson]

Let me know what else I can do.

[Jase Robertson]

Perfect. That's all you gotta do.

[Si Robertson]

And then we're moving on. And to the people who listen on Thursday nights, you lucky suckers get to listen on Friday night now, because we gave you the opportunity to listen to that episode twice.

[Jase Robertson]

Ladies, gentlemen, Beth's back.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, that's back.

[Jase Robertson]

She's back from the great state of Canadia. Beth. Beth went to Canada and got a sunburn. I don't know how that happens, but.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh.

[Si Robertson]

Never going well. They're closer to the sun.

[Willie Robertson]

Canada. I know they got water, but do they have beaches?

[Si Robertson]

They're different kinds of beaches. Imagine, like, Galveston, but, like, nicer. I said, nicer.

[Martin Robertson]

Nicer.

[Jase Robertson]

I can assure you this. Their water is way cleaner than Galveston.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, I gotta tell a story real quick. I know a guy, he was in the store, and he had this weird.

[Jase Robertson]

Thing on his foot from Galveston.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. What happened? He goes, I got stung by a stingray.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

My man almost lost his foot.

[Jase Robertson]

Really? Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

So be careful when you're in the beach. Dang, them stingrays are serious. They call them stingrays for a reason.

[Jase Robertson]

What happens in that dirty water?

[Si Robertson]

I said, what beach you go to? He said, galveston.

[Willie Robertson]

I said, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Yep, that's that dirty water.

[Martin Robertson]

Who was that that died from a stingray?

[Jase Robertson]

The verw.

[Martin Robertson]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

The crocodile hunter got crocodile.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. If the crocodile mistake was okay, it spared him in the heart. He pulled it out.

[Martin Robertson]

Is that real? Is that really true?

[Willie Robertson]

I'm serious. That's what happened.

[Jase Robertson]

He should have left it.

[Willie Robertson]

He should have left it. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

I'm gonna be honest with you, though. If you're saying the mistake was pulling it out. I'm saying the mistake was being in the water with stingray. Well, he look, no offense, Great man. Loved him on tv. He's got great kids. They do great things I. I just.

[Willie Robertson]

Forgot rule number one.

[Martin Robertson]

What's that?

[Willie Robertson]

He was fooling with something that. Wow. Well, it lived in the wild.

[Si Robertson]

Well, that's kind of okay. His whole M.O.

[Willie Robertson]

Most of the time. If you've. You've fooled enough with stuff in the wild, you get bit back.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

You're gonna get popped.

[Willie Robertson]

You get popped.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

That's like snake. Snake people.

[Jase Robertson]

That is a crazy thing. I wrestled all them crocodiles like dead.

[Willie Robertson]

And a stingray.

[Martin Robertson]

I thought the alligator would get him.

[Jase Robertson]

And then just swimming around.

[Si Robertson]

He was awesome. Tv, too.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, he was.

[Si Robertson]

He was such good tv. Like, wholesome tv. Your kids could have watched it. Imagine what he'd be.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I'm trying to remember how many hours I spent as a kid watching.

[Martin Robertson]

He learned a bunch of stuff.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I. Big animal nerd here.

[Si Robertson]

Anyway, so, like, he actually would be 64 now. That. That was. He died 20 years ago. That's crazy.

[Willie Robertson]

Wow.

[Jase Robertson]

That math works. Yeah. Yeah. That's unbelievable.

[Martin Robertson]

Well, anyway, remember the cameraman that was on Duck Dynasty a while back and had the fingers missing?

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, as Mike. Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

Didn't he get bit by a snake and that. What happened?

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, he was a snake wrangler.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Jay says, no, I don't. I don't need you. And the guy said, what for? He said, hey. He said, you're missing a finger because you got bit by a snake and you're a snake wrangler. Oh, thank you.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Oh, you're out.

[Willie Robertson]

You're out.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

That's like Jim Shockey. Jockey has been all over the world. Okay. I mean, just, you know, unreal. Yo.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. He goes places that he goes and hunts in them stands.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, I don't mess with him.

[Jase Robertson]

Stands, man.

[Willie Robertson]

Yo, they're hunting a little. A swamp deer.

[Jase Robertson]

A tiny thing.

[Willie Robertson]

No, I mean little bitty thing like the German road deer. Yeah. Weighs 20 pounds, lives in the swamp. Well, that, you know, they showed them. They're weighing the water all up on their thighs, and it's hot.

[Martin Robertson]

There's going to be some snakes.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. So there's, you know. Yeah, yeah. But he hunts everything. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

I got a question. Not. This is totally shifting gears.

[Si Robertson]

Shift it.

[Martin Robertson]

Shifting.

[Jase Robertson]

Yes.

[Si Robertson]

We.

[Jase Robertson]

While we were filming, Willie was ragging on you pretty hard about the beaver. About beavers and beating you. Did he come to your house and take your money?

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Si Robertson]

I got some of it.

[Willie Robertson]

This is so weird. You asked me. I went brain dead. It was Jason's birthday, so it was at Jason's house.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, okay.

[Willie Robertson]

That's where we play.

[Martin Robertson]

And Stone cooked hamburgers for us.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go.

[Willie Robertson]

Stone cook hamburger.

[Martin Robertson]

And they were expensive and.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, no, it wasn't just Willie. You know, Philip bought the beaver for me as a president because I used to have a big brass one, and I lost it somewhere. But anyway, he bought it for me, and somebody at the house dropped it and broke the real pretty rock stand it was on.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Willie Robertson]

Because I opened it up, looked at it, and I said, makes sense. Who broke my beaver. Yeah. But when I come there, I had to file it down and get it all where it wouldn't scratch the card. Yeah. But I got it fixed and took it to the poker game instead of that.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, so he's like your card marker.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Hey, look, on top of his bad.

[Willie Robertson]

Cards, everybody at the table jumped on me and the beaver because every time I would bet, okay, the beavers in. So they got on me and the beaver. But, hey, will return and get that thousand I lost to William.

[Si Robertson]

Willie said you lost more than a thousand.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, no, he just owes Willy a thousand.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, but I thought I borrowed a thousand.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, so you lost everything you had and had to borrow another thousand?

[Martin Robertson]

I just sent you a text.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, that happens all the time.

[Martin Robertson]

But look, Willie has.

[Jase Robertson]

Outside.

[Martin Robertson]

Willie has owed psy also in the past.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, but the difference is yesterday when. Psych. I'm walking up Willie, Willie said. Willie said, hey, you got my money?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. He says, hey, there it is. You know, And I look, that's his card. Somebody busted that at the house. See how pretty that wife?

[Si Robertson]

It sounds like you busted it.

[Willie Robertson]

Or the daughter of the man.

[Jase Robertson]

It's back to school time. Look, that means that your kids, they become little petri dishes.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. Especially your kids. They still licking everything they see. You got to get your kids some vitamins and some immunity and everything they need.

[Jase Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

And it doesn't change.

[Jase Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

How much money did you lose though?

[Willie Robertson]

Huh? I didn't know your business.

[Si Robertson]

Speaking of losing stuff.

[Willie Robertson]

What?

[Si Robertson]

Hey, because I saw.

[Willie Robertson]

But hey, it don't know because I'm.

[Martin Robertson]

On a winning streak.

[Willie Robertson]

No, I'm on a downhill foul right now.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, right now. If side was a stock market, you'd want to buy.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

It can't go no lower.

[Willie Robertson]

The last three. The last three times I played, it's just. It's been the worst bad beats. I'd have a boat, he'd have a bigger boat. I got a flush. He's got a bigger flush. Yeah, I got two pair. He's got three of a kind. Just all the last three times I played, I bet it. They call, they have to bet.

[Martin Robertson]

Sigh. But what happens in Oklahoma? You always.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, no.

[Martin Robertson]

Look, I won a tournament and a cash game the last time we went to Oklahoma.

[Willie Robertson]

Every time I've ever played in Oklahoma, always I cash.

[Si Robertson]

Sounds like you always go there to.

[Willie Robertson]

I'm. I'm like 100%, you know, good in Oklahoma.

[Jase Robertson]

What are you.

[Martin Robertson]

Can you explain that, Mark?

[Willie Robertson]

Well, hey, I know what my problem is with this much.

[Martin Robertson]

It's Willie and Jason.

[Jase Robertson]

They won't fold.

[Willie Robertson]

They won't fold. Yeah, because I'll give you a story. His brother came. We invited him talking about Danny come play poker with. He said okay. So he comes there, okay?

[Jase Robertson]

And he Danny for y'. All. So nobody knows Danny. He's a country club hustler, Danny, one of them that walks up on the golf course. You think this boy ain't no good at golf? Then he goes there and shoot 71 all your money.

[Willie Robertson]

Then he take off. Yeah. He shows up. He shows up.

[Si Robertson]

Am I right?

[Martin Robertson]

You are right.

[Willie Robertson]

He shows up, okay? He clipped these clowns that we play with for $4,500, okay? And as we're walking out of the guy's house we played at. Yo, I said, danny, we're going to play Friday again. You want to. He said, don't ever call me. And look, that was, what, 10 years ago?

[Jase Robertson]

That's how you know a real hustler. He saw it and he said, never again.

[Willie Robertson]

Ten years ago. And, like, he ain't bad back because he said. I said, well, Danny, wait a minute. You clipped him for $4,500, man. Come back, get some more from him. He said, oh, no, no, no, no.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

He said, I've never played 10 people that they don't even know how to pronounce the word F O L D. He said, because they. He said, I just. I couldn't believe it, you know, I got quads, you know, and I bet all in. And they say it's call, call, call, call, call, call, call.

[Martin Robertson]

Sa who's the best player between Jace, Willie and Jeff because they were all there playing with you for Jason's birthday.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

In my humble opinion.

[Jase Robertson]

Wow.

[Willie Robertson]

Muhammad Ali. I'm the greatest. Okay. But one that really. Yo. Is the best, Will.

[Martin Robertson]

He is.

[Willie Robertson]

That would be fat boy.

[Martin Robertson]

Me.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, no, he admitted it.

[Willie Robertson]

Willie. Okay.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah, he is good.

[Si Robertson]

Well. But now part of the problem is Willie just gets in your head and makes.

[Willie Robertson]

Here's. That's why I lost.

[Si Robertson]

Then talks about your beaver, and the next thing you know, you know they're not.

[Martin Robertson]

He did get up and do some dances. Didn't he say, willie, here's the reason.

[Willie Robertson]

I lost the other day. Willie normally comes in, sits down at the table, and for the first two and a half to three hours, it's, hey, he's bluffing every hand and showing and showing. Well, hey, so I'm playing the Willie that I know. Well, Willie does change his game a little bit on me. Okay, so he come in. He wasn't bluffing, okay?

[Si Robertson]

The Willie you know is scarier than the one you.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, the problem is you can't. Again, you can't bluff, y', all because none of y' all fold. Hey, none of y' all fold. Don't point at them and say they don't, because you're just as guilty. So.

[Si Robertson]

Really called me that.

[Jase Robertson]

You started this trend. That's Buddy.

[Si Robertson]

It's true.

[Jase Robertson]

This is all on you.

[Martin Robertson]

The funniest thing.

[Jase Robertson]

You're the reason I retired.

[Martin Robertson]

Sigh. Had his poker shirt on. And Willie walked in with his poker shirt that's got an ace up his sleeve.

[Si Robertson]

Did you have your poker socks on?

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

And the beaver the other night.

[Jase Robertson]

Burn them. You may want to go back.

[Willie Robertson]

I got to get a new pair.

[Jase Robertson]

You may want to start wearing bigfoot. Get off of them.

[Si Robertson]

No. Willie called me the next day because he needed some life jackets. And, you know, I don't deliver for many people, but Willie's one of them. And so I was like, yeah, man, you got some cash? I said, I'll just bring them by. Ring it up.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah. He said, I got.

[Si Robertson]

And I gave him, you know, the family discount. And then I. I go hand him all the stuff. He opens his wallet, and I'm like, good gracious. And he goes, oh, yeah. I played poker with s last night. And then he said the amount of money that was on the table. And I was like, willie, I feel like I'm doing all right in life, but y' all make me so nervous. I can't. I can't take it.

[Jase Robertson]

That was happening right down the street from me. It would have been an armed robbery.

[Si Robertson]

I wasn't in your neighborhood. And then I gave him the family discount on them freaking life jackets. I should have charged.

[Willie Robertson]

I used to worry about that until everybody. Everybody comes in, sits down at the table, then puts the glock on the. On the table.

[Si Robertson]

That's true. Stones there. We're not getting robbed.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Stone was there.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

No, but he cooked the hamburgers, and he got paid.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Stone just shows up. Cooks get paid as a drink of whiskey and goes home.

[Si Robertson]

Stone's the smartest person I might know.

[Jase Robertson]

If Stone was in the wild west, he'd be, like, the saloon owner.

[Martin Robertson]

I'll tell you what broke the game up is when Anna brought in that bunt cake. Oh, we all just quit and started eating our cake.

[Jase Robertson]

What kind? And the food was lemon. What'd she bring over?

[Martin Robertson]

Was it lemon? I didn't remember.

[Willie Robertson]

I didn't meet a piece.

[Martin Robertson]

I don't think it's probably gone by the time you got up there.

[Si Robertson]

He was too sad about all the money he lost to eat pie.

[Jase Robertson]

If there's one thing I know about side he don't get sad about losing money? No, no, he gets.

[Martin Robertson]

He just reloads.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, I can't take it with me. Yeah, that's why. That's why my kids. One of them just started. He's got into. He's.

[Martin Robertson]

He's equestrian.

[Jase Robertson]

What? He's horses.

[Willie Robertson]

He does horses now, Scott. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

What do you mean, does horses?

[Si Robertson]

Well, please tell me it's like the prissy ones from the Olympics.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, that happens in Tijuana.

[Willie Robertson]

All right. He come in to visit, you know, me and Christine.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

The other day. Got to talk about it like, well.

[Jase Robertson]

You own a horse now?

[Willie Robertson]

No, my son. That. My son is in the business of it.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Willie Robertson]

But anyway, they was telling me what they wanted to do, y', all, and I said, well, what kind of money are we talking about here?

[Si Robertson]

Horses. Like boat money.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

You got horse. You got.

[Willie Robertson]

These are. Hey, these are the wild mustangs.

[Jase Robertson]

Breaking them.

[Willie Robertson]

He. He. He gets them and then gentles them down and breaks them and makes them rideable.

[Si Robertson]

Nope, no such thing.

[Willie Robertson]

So that's what he's doing now, which I got to write him another check, but I said I would do it.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, that sounds like you're writing. It sounds like you own a horse.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no. Well, I'll have a map.

[Si Robertson]

Inadvertently, my disposal. Yeah, you have wild mustangs at your disposal.

[Martin Robertson]

I like it.

[Jase Robertson]

Man. I can hear Garth Brooks now.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, because I, you know, and I've always loved horses. Okay. Because when. When I was a child in Dixie, Louisiana, when Mom and dad bought that house.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

You had a pony.

[Jase Robertson]

You was a horse thief.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Well, hey, I even got charged with horse death.

[Jase Robertson]

What?

[Willie Robertson]

And the kid just come, told me, he said, hey, Mr. McKinney, he gonna hang you for horsetail.

[Jase Robertson]

The best accent.

[Willie Robertson]

Because, hey, his son. His son owned the horse. And his son had told me, hey, anytime you want to ride, just go ahead, come over, saddle him up and ride.

[Martin Robertson]

But he didn't tell his daddy.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, evidently not. And then they were going, anyway, hang Sid. I felt like riding. So, hey, I saddled up the road and me and the kids, okay. Over the neighborhood was down on the pond fishing, when another little kid walked up and he said, sigh. I said, what? He said, they. They don't call the law. They done called the chef. And the chef's gonna hang you for hostif. It was hostel.

[Jase Robertson]

It's straight out of, like a night. Like, straight out of 1994. Matthew McConaughey.

[Willie Robertson]

Here's what all the.

[Jase Robertson]

Before they had air conditioner in the courthouse. I mean, I love it.

[Willie Robertson]

God, Ever. Ever since time began, okay, Farmers would get together and have a roundup, you know? You know, after winter, to see what their cattle had done, how many of the young babies had been born, all this, you know. So when they would do that, they would all show up at the cotton gin and like, it'd be 60 horses tied at the cotton gym. Well, guess who? Truly. Okay. I'd get on the first one, and they got them tied side by side, and I'd go from one to the other and sit on him talking about.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, okay, so now you're in the horse business.

[Willie Robertson]

So now I'm. Yeah, okay.

[Jase Robertson]

You know, I think that the American dream has shifted, right? It used to be like, grow this, do this. You can be anything you want to be. But now that dream is getting out of debt, man.

[Si Robertson]

Debt free would be the dream, especially.

[Jase Robertson]

With interest rates just boom, right? And then the cost of everything on top of the interest rates going through the roof.

[Si Robertson]

It's crazy.

[Jase Robertson]

It's insane, man. I couldn't imagine being young, trying to get started in this world right now with the mountain of debt I know I'm about to face. And if that has happened to you, we have something for you. It's called done with debt.

[Si Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

Actually possible, and it can happen to anybody. Martin, again. We bought. We bought a brand new car right.

[Jase Robertson]

Before Carter was born.

[Si Robertson]

And then Carter, you know, we had some bills to pay on that. Hotel bills, gas bills. We were driving all over the state trying to keep up with hospitals, and we got in a bind. And so done with debt would have been nice back in them days, for sure.

[Jase Robertson]

Absolutely. And we did the same thing with. With the boys, too. Got a new mom car, remodeled the house. And then all of a sudden, Waylon goes to the nicu. And at that time, we didn't know how Long. So the first thing you're thinking of is, oh, rut row. Like, what is about to happen here? You know, and that it's a. It's a great thing that services like this exist because while we were able to. To dodge that, there are a lot of people that are.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

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[Si Robertson]

There'S 82, 000 wild horses in the. In America.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, Scots.

[Jase Robertson]

The west is still big, man.

[Si Robertson]

I. I just like, I feel like if I was in a parking lot somewhere and like a pigeon flew up to me, I'd be like, that's normal. Or a feral cat. But if a horse just walked up, I'd be like, where's the owner's.

[Willie Robertson]

They're Morgan horses, okay. And they took a stallion and bred the stallion to wild mustang mares. Okay. And that animal is still out there, out there running wild. Okay? So it's a pretty. When he told me, Marsha, of course, cried because I told him. I said, well, hey, y' all are going to get my money anyway. That's a good point. I said, so what kind of money are we talking about?

[Jase Robertson]

You want an hour later?

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

A living wheel.

[Willie Robertson]

You. I said, if you are really serious about this is what you would like to do.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, that's funny.

[Willie Robertson]

I said, I'll help you get started, man.

[Jase Robertson]

I got to come up with an idea.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, y', all, y'.

[Si Robertson]

All, that's what my dad says.

[Jase Robertson]

I got a plan for you. We're gone.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, if it's a good plan, I might do it. Hey, you never know.

[Si Robertson]

Whenever I decide to buy something stupid at the Honey.

[Willie Robertson]

But that fits.

[Jase Robertson]

I mean, that actually fits.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, he's. He's a vet, okay. He's got whatever it is, piece, psd, whatever. Yeah, no, he's got that. That he's dealing with. And I actually seen him have an episode when he lived beside me, and I had to physically, me and him. His wife picked him up and carried him in the house. Yeah, because he literally mentally shut off.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, no, that fits.

[Martin Robertson]

He's a lot like you and the way he cares for people.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, well, no, no, but I said, you know, I said, okay, look, you're gonna get the Money. Anyway, what are we talking about? And I'll let you get started.

[Jase Robertson]

No, I think that's a good deal for Scott. No, I think that's a. That's a good deal.

[Willie Robertson]

Don't have the opportunity.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Do what they like to do.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Jase Robertson]

And you're giving him that. You're helping give him that opportunity.

[Willie Robertson]

I've got the money, okay. And it's. Yo, I'm not going to ever spend it.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, that's. I love it, man. I 10 out of 10 support on that deal. That's cool, man.

[Si Robertson]

I just need you on a wild horse.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, but hey, I didn't say.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I just want to.

[Willie Robertson]

I want. I wanted. I want the horse to have a little spirit.

[Jase Robertson]

I want to see sigh like in the opening of a western.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah. Right now.

[Jase Robertson]

Just walks up to a horse pen, you know, and they're. They're breaking.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, no, no, no. Oh, you talk about as a child. You got to understand, okay?

[Jase Robertson]

You know, kids are crazy uncle size stallions.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, no, no.

[Martin Robertson]

I'd buy one.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, Jimmy Frank and Harold are in LSU timeshare. Hey, look, Jimmy Frank and Harold, my older brothers, they both work on a horse farm while they're going to lsu.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, there you go.

[Willie Robertson]

So guess what? Summertime rolls around. I'm about 14. So they come home and Jimmy Frank says, you know, hey, I got a good idea, you know, for, you know, my younger brother to come spend some time down there on the horse ranch with me. Well, hey, they got a stallion, red roan, beautiful horse. About 17, 18 hands. So guess what? I've been on the road like five hours to get there. So when we hit the farm and the stallions in the corral, well, the first thing I do is, hey, I run, get on the fence. He comes up, I've got an apple. I'm cutting apple off and feeding this stallion. Okay? And we got pretty fence. So I slid on and sitting on him bareback. Bareback. No bridle, no nothing.

[Jase Robertson]

Uh.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, well, the owner of the ranks goes ballistic. He's scared to death. What the. I said, hey, what's your problem? I said, me and him are getting along fine. Oh, get off of him. Get out of there. Yeah, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

He worried about you.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

And the horse.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, and hey, look, it was no problem.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. All right. I get off of. Well, you only weighed about 105 pounds soaking wet.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I wasn't going to hurt him. Holocaust victim.

[Jase Robertson]

I don't know if we can make.

[Willie Robertson]

That joke well, just to say I.

[Martin Robertson]

Was skinny, let's just say skin and bones.

[Si Robertson]

If I ever owned a horse, it would be one of them small ones.

[Willie Robertson]

That are like ponies. Hey. The only thing about that is they got a bad temper.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

They're mean.

[Willie Robertson]

They're mean.

[Martin Robertson]

You ain't kidding at the owl.

[Jase Robertson]

You've got a.

[Willie Robertson]

They got something about being that little.

[Martin Robertson]

We got a horse.

[Willie Robertson]

It's something about being that little. They got an attitude problem. They really do.

[Si Robertson]

I know a few humans like that, but I didn't know there was.

[Willie Robertson]

But I know it's. Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

I think it's transferable across spectrum of.

[Willie Robertson]

Of all wild.

[Si Robertson]

Like Jason's dogs.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Or in my case.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, because whaling, that is a. That is a true statement because, hey, Chihuahuas just. They're so small. They always bad to the bone.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Who had one? And that dog ate me up. You know, she was gonna make me be friendly with him and I said, that dog's gonna bite me. She's. Give me your hand. He ain't nobody. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I should have never trusted her.

[Martin Robertson]

Did you leave her after that?

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. I dropped her like a hot potato.

[Si Robertson]

Can you imagine getting done for how bad your dog.

[Willie Robertson]

Yonasid.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, I just think about all of Silas's ex girlfriends.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no, man.

[Si Robertson]

If you're out there listening.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

For some reason, please email hellocallroom.com. i'd love to have you on and ask a lot of questions, like if Cy misses an episode, we're probably gonna put you in the same room.

[Jase Robertson]

I just wonder if they sit back and look, that could have been me.

[Martin Robertson]

Look what I could have had.

[Jase Robertson]

Look at that. He dumped me.

[Si Robertson]

To be fair, they had had to go through it for about 40 years.

[Willie Robertson]

Before they got there.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. They'd have really had. They'd have really put that faith to the test, you know? Wow, what a life. Now they did, but now they'd own horses. You know, they'd own pieces of horses up and.

[Si Robertson]

Well, they wouldn't own horses, but they would have them available for you.

[Willie Robertson]

Not just horses you don't own. Wow.

[Jase Robertson]

Side and time shared wild mustangs.

[Si Robertson]

That's awesome.

[Jase Robertson]

But hey, that is actually really.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, that's the legacy of the west, though.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I agree. I think it's perfect. I do. I really do. I think it's perfect for Scott. I think that's legacy West. He works with animals. He works probably by himself a lot.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, just like all our vets have got. They got the dogs.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay. Horses is the same way.

[Martin Robertson]

See, that's what we use horses for. Children's home.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Martin Robertson]

We probably got 20 horses out there and 20 horses. One little Shetland pony. And who hates everybody?

[Jase Robertson]

Have you ever ridden the Shetland pony? Because you're kind of like stature. It's a Shetland pony.

[Si Robertson]

Look, now he's all mad at you. It's because he's not very tall.

[Jase Robertson]

Don't bite me.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, this is starting to get deep because the dogs. Okay. The reason vets need them. Okay. A dog gives unconditional love.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, ain't no doubt.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

And that's the same thing about with the horses. Same deal, right? Okay. You know they love you. Okay. They're here to serve you. Okay. And I mean, it's just. It's a wild thing.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

[Si Robertson]

I'm off animals. I'm just gonna be honest. I had that one. That was a good time.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no, because they get in your.

[Martin Robertson]

So you won't ever get.

[Willie Robertson]

When you lose them.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. I mean, we're staring down a barrel. Like, ours will be 11 in a week or so.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Staring down a barrel of. Of either new dog or time without a dog. You know, I mean, she's fine, she looks fine. But when a lab gets over 10, I've known enough. I've owned enough labs in my life. Duck hunting. When they hit 10 years old, it's. You're on borrowed time then, like, it's. You can generally get about 10 out.

[Willie Robertson]

Of them with me right now.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

I'm on my bonus years with God.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay. Everything else is. That's freebie from him.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

Okay.

[Jase Robertson]

You make you making the most out of them.

[Willie Robertson]

No, no.

[Si Robertson]

He said, I don't want another dog to your bonus years.

[Willie Robertson]

Well, no, no.

[Jase Robertson]

Well, I don't want another side.

[Willie Robertson]

You can't help.

[Martin Robertson]

You can't find happy.

[Willie Robertson]

So they get in your heart and they really. They become your children.

[Jase Robertson]

And any run into one, like the one that I got now is probably the best. She knows she is the best I've ever owned. And you know, they always say, like, in a hunter's world, you get one good dog.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, no. Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

So why get another one?

[Jase Robertson]

So if I'm staring down my one good one, I'm like, oh, man. Like, this is. That's just a toughie. Like. And she is good. She's been great with boys and all the things. So, like. But I'm sure we'll get another one. But it'll be their dog. They're going to Be old enough where it's their dog.

[Martin Robertson]

And I can remember when me and my brother, when we were young, we got two dogs. Credits and Freddy and Credit.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, hold on.

[Martin Robertson]

I was five years old. I don't know.

[Si Robertson]

You named it.

[Martin Robertson]

I don't know who named it. Credits.

[Si Robertson]

Clearwater.

[Martin Robertson]

I don't know what it means.

[Jase Robertson]

Credit.

[Martin Robertson]

And Freddie.

[Si Robertson]

And Freddie.

[Martin Robertson]

It's. Something happened to the dog and they were gone. And so I said, hey, where's Credus and Freddie? My dad was like, I had to take them to the. The animal hospital. You know, they're gonna have to get some care. And I was like, okay. So when we went to church Sunday, I told Sister Sarah to pray for Credis and Freddie. Then my brother walked up to her after the prayer and said, I'm sorry, Sister Sarah, we had to lie to Philip. Those dogs are dead.

[Jase Robertson]

But thank you for your prayer. We all know the saying, if it ain't broke, you don't fix it. And that's really solid advice until it comes to a cell phone, because guess what, that's broke, though.

[Si Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

Wait, A36? That's the one that's got that gorilla glass.

[Si Robertson]

It's got gorilla glass.

[Willie Robertson]

Look.

[Si Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Y' all know when cats climb up in the bottom of a car?

[Jase Robertson]

Uh huh.

[Si Robertson]

And then they go on a ride down the interstate.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, as long as they're not by the fan belt.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

Well, one did that all the way to the car line at the school where Allison worked.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh.

[Jase Robertson]

So the cat get loose in the building.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Jase Robertson]

That's hilarious.

[Si Robertson]

The cat got loose in car line.

[Martin Robertson]

Car line.

[Si Robertson]

But not for very long.

[Willie Robertson]

Boom, boom.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh.

[Si Robertson]

So then a teacher, the kids are all like, oh, we've got a cat's eyeball falling out in the car line. It's a bad deal. So then a teacher goes to get the bat, you know, to put the cat out of its misery.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, no.

[Si Robertson]

But luckily. Hold on, hold on. Luckily, they just needed a trash bag because the cats had already gone to be with the Lord. But yeah, that was the first story I got from. So how was second grade?

[Martin Robertson]

Let me tell you about the cat line.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

If I was a kid went to that school and heard that story, I said, hey, boys, what grade you in? You in the second? Boy, you better keep your mouth shut when you go.

[Jase Robertson]

They were going to finish it with a bat.

[Si Robertson]

It's not like they got what they got. A flamethrower.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah. They didn't have a dead cat plan. It's like, what do we do? Grab a stick.

[Si Robertson]

I've seen the handbook. It's massive. There is a plan for everything at.

[Jase Robertson]

That school except for a dead animal protocol.

[Si Robertson]

Except for cat jumps out of engine block into car line, gets squished by other car.

[Martin Robertson]

What are we gonna do? Grab a bat.

[Si Robertson]

And then everybody was like, like, oh, goodness.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, what do we do with the. With.

[Si Robertson]

Is that somebody's pet? And she was like, I don't even know where that cat came from.

[Willie Robertson]

What grade you in, boy? You going to what? Who's you going to? Who? You want to miss baseball?

[Jase Robertson]

Note to self, don't get injured at ocs. They'll take a bat to finish you off.

[Si Robertson]

They got to put you out your misery.

[Jase Robertson]

See, that's the thing. Like, if that happened at West Monroe High School, somebody just went and got a shotgun out of their truck.

[Willie Robertson]

Not.

[Si Robertson]

No More. Not anymore.

[Jase Robertson]

No, not anymore.

[Si Robertson]

Not anymore. They seriously.

[Jase Robertson]

Hey, grab your gun and get this thing over. Yeah, I know you went duck hunting this morning. Go grab your shotgun.

[Martin Robertson]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

Back in the day, that would have worked. Now you just got to either go or get a dumbbell from the, you know, weight room. Drop it.

[Jase Robertson]

So we went from get a bat to get a shovel.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah. So the. The cat's no longer with us, but pray for those kids that saw that, I guess.

[Willie Robertson]

Good Lord.

[Martin Robertson]

That is terrible.

[Jase Robertson]

Ain't nothing happened at OCS like SS Phil showed up there with a dead wood duck.

[Si Robertson]

No. Two years ago, there. Alligator on the playground.

[Jase Robertson]

What is going on out there? You know, it's close to ocs. Under siege, man.

[Si Robertson]

By the Animal Planet, son. Ain't no bad people out there. Just animals, Woodwork, my. Yeah. Carter came home, he's like, dad, there was an alligator on the playground. I said, I beg your pardon.

[Jase Robertson]

Pardon.

[Si Robertson]

And I didn't believe him. But sure enough, there was.

[Jase Robertson]

What a life.

[Willie Robertson]

Man, that reminded me of the fifth grade teacher.

[Jase Robertson]

Was Allison working? Carline.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

She saw it.

[Si Robertson]

I don't.

[Willie Robertson]

I.

[Si Robertson]

Well, you know, hear this. Oh, I love Allison, but she ain't the one. You know, if. If something's gone awry and there's an eyeball laying out, don't call her.

[Willie Robertson]

I can't.

[Si Robertson]

She'll be no help.

[Willie Robertson]

This is horrible. I can't even remember her name, but she. But she was my fifth grade teacher.

[Jase Robertson]

Huh.

[Willie Robertson]

And she. You know, people were always trying to punch her butt. Push her butt button.

[Si Robertson]

Puncher button. Sounds real.

[Willie Robertson]

No, no. Push your button. So they brought in a. A garden snake. One. Multicolors.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

And put him in her drawer. Shut it. You know.

[Si Robertson]

Thank you. She didn't say in her drawer because.

[Willie Robertson]

No, no, because first thing she'd always do when she sit down is she had the roll book in the drawer.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, yeah. Open that middle desk.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, hey, open the middle of desk.

[Jase Robertson]

When they took it. Little green book.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, yeah. And as soon as she opened up, she said, oh, my goodness, somebody brought me a present. She gets it out, you know, starts walking around. Everybody scares snakes. Here we go. Yeah, I'm done out of the classroom.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. Size, size, size. Treed like that cat.

[Martin Robertson]

So me. Me and Rich Nadler did that in about the seventh grade. We wrapped up in a gift box to our teacher, a little garden snake. And so when she started opening, she.

[Si Robertson]

Was like, oh, somebody brought me a gift.

[Martin Robertson]

When she started opening it, I started laughing because you're not, you know, this Is where I shouldn't be laughing. And then I'm crawling out the door because I know I'm going to the principal's office while she's still opening it. And I'm just hee hawing. And she opens up that gift. And then so that little snake, she starts screaming and running around, and people are coming in. I just went straight to the principal's office.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, let me. Let me say.

[Martin Robertson]

I'll meet you there.

[Jase Robertson]

Let me save you a stamp.

[Martin Robertson]

It was me.

[Si Robertson]

I gotta find a kid in Allison's class to do that to her. That'd be awesome.

[Martin Robertson]

Even with a rubber snake.

[Si Robertson]

That'd be hilarious.

[Jase Robertson]

You think?

[Si Robertson]

Oh, yeah.

[Willie Robertson]

No, it ain't.

[Jase Robertson]

We gotta film it, though. If we. I mean this. I'll catch the snake if you can get the gift there. I'm just saying, I will find the critter if you can get the gift delivered. Like, I can get you the goods. It's just Wayland and Jackson like them. They're fun. They don't mind them. They're. They're out on things with wings right now for some reason.

[Si Robertson]

Like, you don't want to mess with something that can fly.

[Jase Robertson]

Why not?

[Si Robertson]

Because, like, aerial attack. Why you think. Why do you think we won World War II? Planes.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, they bring your boys over my house when the Martins are.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

They probably be out on that.

[Martin Robertson]

They're attacking.

[Willie Robertson]

You walk on the porch and it's.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah. So I caught a dragonfly the other day, and that was not that. That he freaked out. Yeah. Wasn't that him sitting there flapping them little clear wings? That didn't do it for him. I don't like that either. But he landed on me. So I just, you know, kind of cradled him in my hand, took him inside. I thought, you know, it was a sign. So. Just trying to get them used to all God's creatures. Of course, then yesterday, while we were filming a dead gum, purple tail wasp lit on my sunglasses. Scared me to death.

[Willie Robertson]

He was fixing to go under.

[Jase Robertson]

Like, I took my glasses off, threw them on the ground.

[Martin Robertson]

Saw you. I didn't know what was.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, purple tail lit right there. Oh, my son.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey. And he was going down.

[Jase Robertson]

He was climbing down my glasses. And I was like, I'm about to get dough popped on the face.

[Martin Robertson]

Now I know the rest of the story.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, I got stung by a bee right under my eye when I was, like, in the fourth grade. That's not fun.

[Jase Robertson]

No, I. I knew. I was like, oh, it's going to hurt here.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, hey.

[Jase Robertson]

Only thing I could think of was get these glasses off my face. So thank you. This isn't a pay dad. Thank you, Costa, for protecting my eyes. Because if they hadn't been there, I would have probably just gotten stung or Right.

[Si Robertson]

Your eyes need protection. Visit the Honey Hole Tackle.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, Costa del Mar. There you go. Get you some fantail pros.

[Willie Robertson]

When my friends would come over, we would get sticks and go to the barn, swat bumblebees. I popped one and knocked him on the ground. Well, guess what? He was like. He was like Rocky. He jumped up and he lit right there.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, no. Jimmy's about to take one.

[Willie Robertson]

Look, Jimmy's about to catch one for. For a week. Okay. I was Jimmy direct.

[Jase Robertson]

There it is. When I saw him go to the nose, I knew it. Jimmy about to catch a stray, son.

[Willie Robertson]

That poor old man. I'm serious. I had to walk like this. I'm walking this way. Cause that's the only way I can see. Hey, my nose. I'm telling you. Look.

[Si Robertson]

Of all the people born in the 1800s, Jimmy Durante just gets shot at more in this podcast.

[Jase Robertson]

That's just more strange.

[Willie Robertson]

Hey, that was a great, great man, oh, man.

[Martin Robertson]

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[Jase Robertson]

You got any email or anything?

[Si Robertson]

Yeah.

[Jase Robertson]

Any emails, voicemails? Hunter, you got any? I mean, we ain't done none of that. You ain't got to be ready now I just ask you, like, try to hit something a little bit different.

[Si Robertson]

I. I do have one of my favorite from Hunter, which, by the way, is.

[Jase Robertson]

Hello. @duckcallroom.com is the email address. This is a perfect number. This is one Philip I don't even remember.

[Willie Robertson]

Philip will like it.

[Si Robertson]

Phillip's gonna love this one.

[Willie Robertson]

Yep.

[Si Robertson]

Because I feel like we're changing the world with this podcast.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

And Hunter from Port Richie, Florida is proving that because he drove his wife all the way to Spring Hill, Florida to. To take her somewhere 25 miles away.

[Willie Robertson]

25 miles.

[Si Robertson]

A little place called Captain Great Little Seafood Place. It's a great little seafood.

[Jase Robertson]

All right.

[Si Robertson]

That's perfect for the voicemail that I have. Right? Because. Okay, so like, legitimately, this dude Was like, I gotta go see what Captain Deeds is all about, apparently, because we're always talking about it and he loved it.

[Jase Robertson]

Really.

[Si Robertson]

It's a great little seafood place.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, I figured somebody in Florida would really shun Captain D's. Like being that close to the ocean. I just figured that was like a big. A major no fly zone.

[Si Robertson]

I was really worried, but.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, they're hush puppies.

[Martin Robertson]

They're good.

[Jase Robertson]

That's the one thing that Brittany says, Martin there.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[Si Robertson]

Got good Mic.

[Jase Robertson]

Postpartum Brittany, for whatever reason, loves and still dubbed it. Not like she was obsessed with their hush puppies there for a little while.

[Willie Robertson]

Who else makes great hush puppies?

[Martin Robertson]

Scott's, the warehouse.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, the warehouse.

[Martin Robertson]

All of them.

[Willie Robertson]

Them little tiny ones down at the casino.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, oh, no, you're talking about Binion Steakhouse.

[Jase Robertson]

So, Hunter, what's your voicemail then? If it goes? I, I'm. I'm interested to know what voicemail ties into Captain D. Hey, guys, this is Joe. Hey, Joe There?

[Si Robertson]

No, there's no.

[Jase Robertson]

There's no, there's.

[Martin Robertson]

He works at Kansas.

[Si Robertson]

That is the most regular Joe I've ever heard in my life.

[Jase Robertson]

Alabama Joe from Missouri.

[Si Robertson]

No, Alabama Joe's from somewhere weird like Utah.

[Martin Robertson]

Tell them Alabama, Southern California.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, wow.

[Martin Robertson]

We're going to Florida soon and I.

[Jase Robertson]

Wanted to know what you guys order at Captain D's and Waffle House, since that's we're gonna have a couple of those buyers mother covered either of these. So I' hear you guys feedback and thanks.

[Si Robertson]

I'm telling you, we're changing the world. Dear Captain D's, please contact slide up in them dm. We'd love to do an ad for you.

[Martin Robertson]

This is how it goes. Take your order, please. I need a deluxe seafood combo. Let me get the.

[Si Robertson]

Oh, you're a regular.

[Martin Robertson]

And I'm going to get.

[Jase Robertson]

Wait, you eat the stuff. You eat the stuffed crab at Captain.

[Si Robertson]

D. Bring the slo. I'm against this.

[Martin Robertson]

Green beans. And cut. Cut the hush puppies. Add breadstick stick.

[Willie Robertson]

That's a hush puppy. And bring me breadsticks.

[Si Robertson]

Really?

[Martin Robertson]

Mic drop.

[Si Robertson]

That's a terrible order.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, that's got twenty dollar order.

[Martin Robertson]

That's got shrimp, it's got fish, it's got the crab.

[Jase Robertson]

That little weird crab.

[Martin Robertson]

Oh, yeah, that's a good crab.

[Jase Robertson]

Is he.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, pass.

[Martin Robertson]

Good. No, it's really good.

[Jase Robertson]

I can speak way more to Waffle House than I can.

[Si Robertson]

I can speak to both and I.

[Jase Robertson]

Can'T wait to that Waffle House. That hash Brown bowl that they have now is like everything all in one convenient little.

[Si Robertson]

That's a good one.

[Jase Robertson]

That's a. That's a good one.

[Si Robertson]

If I was to walk into a Waffle House on vacation, because vacation John David eats way different than at home.

[Jase Robertson]

That normal Johnny D at home John.

[Si Robertson]

David would be like, give me a small hash brown bowl with like two eggs. But vacation John David, yeah. If I was traveling all the way from Southern California to a waffle like this is one shot. You're gonna walk in, you're gonna say, give me an all star breakfast. Two eggs over medium, triple hash brown, scattered, smothered and covered with a side of bacon.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go.

[Willie Robertson]

That's the one.

[Martin Robertson]

Sounds good.

[Si Robertson]

There might be some toast in that, but who cares?

[Martin Robertson]

And they make a good blt.

[Jase Robertson]

Really?

[Martin Robertson]

Absolutely. Me and I have eaten that a lot.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

The Waffle House blt.

[Martin Robertson]

Yes. It's very good. And with hash browns, well, yeah, you could get hashbrown.

[Willie Robertson]

Gotta have.

[Martin Robertson]

Trust me, it's good.

[Si Robertson]

Captain D's. You just get the fish plate though.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah, that's right. But I'm get fish.

[Si Robertson]

I'm going to give you my mom's order at Captain D's now.

[Martin Robertson]

Take your order.

[Si Robertson]

The woman owns a tackle shop and we have 872 chicken stores in this town. And my mom will go to Captain D's and get a three piece chicken strip.

[Jase Robertson]

Janice, you can't do that.

[Si Robertson]

She does it every time.

[Jase Robertson]

You can't eat chicken that's fried in fish grease. You can't. Then, then your chicken tastes like fish. You can't.

[Martin Robertson]

That's probably why she likes it.

[Willie Robertson]

That's probably why she does it.

[Jase Robertson]

You can't do that.

[Si Robertson]

Yeah, you can.

[Jase Robertson]

No, you can't.

[Si Robertson]

We do it every Sunday.

[Jase Robertson]

What? But anyway, let's get out of here.

[Martin Robertson]

Hey, look, guys, I'm not gonna be here.

[Jase Robertson]

You do it. Yeah, I need you to do.

[Martin Robertson]

I'm not gonna be here for the duck Commander Sunday.

[Willie Robertson]

And.

[Martin Robertson]

But I did. I wrote something up to remember Phil. And I want to share this with you guys. I've talked to a lot of you and I know that Phil has changed you guys lives just from watching him. But I got. I've got something I'd like to read.

[Jase Robertson]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Willie Robertson]

Yeah.

[Si Robertson]

This is how we ending it today for sure.

[Jase Robertson]

Oh, you, you. You wrote.

[Martin Robertson]

Actually, yeah, a handwritten letter that's also hand wrote it.

[Jase Robertson]

But then I typed it off this pretty small font and read it.

[Martin Robertson]

Yeah, I can read it.

[Jase Robertson]

Okay.

[Si Robertson]

Need some click?

[Martin Robertson]

No, I don't so today I want to take a moment to honor Phil Robertson for his life lived with bold faith and a heart dedicated to sharing the gospel of Christ. I talked about this a little bit yesterday. Through his words, his testimony, and his unwavering commitment to pointing people to Jesus, he has impacted not only the lives of countless people, millions of people, really, but also me and my own family, which makes it personal. His story is of transformation, reminding us that no one is beyond God's reach of grace. His willingness to live unashamed has been a light in a dark world and an encouragement to stand firm in our own walk with Christ. So today, I want to say thank you, Phil. Thank you for your obedience to Christ, for your courage in speaking the truth, for showing us what it means to live a life of faith. And the seeds that you've planted will continue to bear fruit for lots of generations to come. Thank you for being an example of Christ to me and my loved ones.

[Jase Robertson]

There you go, man. That's pretty awesome.

[Si Robertson]

Didn't know we're gonna get a special this morning, man.

[Jase Robertson]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna. Because you said it right there, right? You said, thank you for living Unashamed. To bring it on a little higher note. Let me. I'm just going to play you. Jackson's new favorite thing is saying, I'm unashamed. I'm.

[Si Robertson]

Phenomenal.

[Willie Robertson]

Oh, that's.

[Jase Robertson]

That's his new favorite, favorite thing. So, yeah. Thank you, Phil, for starting the Unashamed podcast with I'm unashamed. And also thank you to Matthew west for making a song called Unashamed, which is what Jackson is copying there. That's his favorite. That's his favorite jam right now is Unashamed by Matthew West. So now, man, those. Those ripples will continue for all of our families, right? And so, man, it's cool. Yeah, we're. If you're listening to this and you're interested about Duck Commander, Sunday, it will be August 31st right here on site. A lot of us will be here in attendance for that. I've had some of you reach out about baptisms. We are going to do baptisms here at the office. If you want to do that. This isn't going to be. Walk up and say, I want to be baptized. We are going to sit down and talk to you to make sure that the decision you're making is. Is what you're really after. You know, I know that. You know what that means, what that. What that public profession of faith actually means, but we are happy to do that for you right here on site. So ye come join us August 31st right here at Duck Commander. Thank y' all so much for listening. I got a verse, and we'll close it right here.

[Si Robertson]

Romans 1:16. For I am unashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.

[Jase Robertson]

Amen. All right, we'll see y' all next time.

[Willie Robertson]

Sam.