Uncle Si Lands in Hospital from Unsuspecting Sting!

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast Summary

Episode: Uncle Si Lands in Hospital from Unsuspecting Sting!

Date: September 23, 2025
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan, Jacob Mayo

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Overview

This lively episode centers on Ben’s wild encounter with a scorpion in his Louisiana home, leading to a discussion about parenting, wildlife surprises, and the difference between snakes and scorpions in the southern outdoors. With characteristic humor and tall tales, the Duck Call Room crew blend family anecdotes with a dose of practical (and sometimes comical) advice for hunters and parents alike. The show concludes with a spiritual application drawn from Ben’s scorpion sting—reminding listeners to “walk in the light.”

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Parenting: The Infant and Toddler Years

(Starts ~01:03)

• Ben shares updates on his three-week-old baby and juggling night shifts with his wife. He’s adjusting to sleep deprivation, figuring out “day vs. night” routines, and laughing about inevitable parenting mishaps.
  • Quote [02:42, Ben]: “My wife is incredible. She’s been knocking it out the park. And I’m there…on the support team… I’ll take the early night shift.”
• The crew swaps stories about dropping babies, toddlers grabbing dumbbells, and kids’ remarkable resiliency.
  • Quote [05:34, Godwin]: “The good news is…the more you do this, the more you find out they're made of rubber.”

2. Potty Training Chronicles

(~07:31)

• Early parenting talk turns to baby “accidents” as Ben and others recall some hilarious and humbling moments.
  • Quote [07:31, Ben]: “That boy’s first action on earth was urinating in his own mouth.”
  • Quote [07:53, Hunter]: “The show always goes back to peeing.”
• They reminisce about classic kids’ behavior—stripping off clothes, public peeing, and the oddities of cultural norms (leading to a side debate about urination customs in Germany vs the US).
  • Quote [09:42, Hunter]: “Dear German listener, if you’re out there, will you please explain to Poom Pod that that’s not a thing anymore?”

3. Hunting Season Gear & Conservation

(~11:15)

• With duck season near, the team plugs the necessity of a federal duck stamp, highlighting the ease of digital purchases (and their benefits for conservation).
  • Quote [11:24, Godwin]: “All you got to do is show it, share it…even if you don’t duck hunt, it’s a great way to support conservation because 98% goes straight back in.”

4. Relationship Updates & Halloween Hijinks

(~13:06)

• Hunter’s girlfriend joins the chat, sharing tales of quirky dates like trying on Halloween costumes (without buying them) and early pumpkin carving. The group jokes about the seriousness of relationship “costume try-ons” and the privacy of images.
  • Quote [14:16, Hunter]: “You went on a date to the store in the abandoned building that just has Halloween costumes…in advance?”
  • Quote [18:18, Hunter’s Girlfriend]: “Yeah…I’m not showing her face for the fans to know what she looks like. I like keeping that side private.”

5. The Scorpion Incident: Ben’s Story

(~18:30)

• The episode’s highlight: Ben recounts being stung in the toe by a striped bark scorpion in his living room. He describes the pain, tracking the culprit, and researching risks (thanks to ChatGPT). He brought the squashed scorpion to the studio for show-and-tell.
  • Quote [19:02, Ben]: “This is a true story. I got the scorpion. I killed him and brought him with me.”
  • Quote [21:18, Ben]: “I get a house shoe, and I smash that dude…this is his remains.”
• The crew analyzes scorpion habits, risks to kids vs. adults, and prevention tips. They swap additional stories of stings, ER visits, and outdoor life where scorpions, snakes, spiders, and wasps make surprise appearances.
  • Quote [22:46, Hunter]: “Look how easy—I’m definitely getting one of those Stopboxes.”
  • Quote [24:44, Ben]: “No, he was just on the floor in the living room and you stepped on him?”
• Discussion on what attracts scorpions—mostly wood piles and hunting cabins—leads to more laughter and anxiety about what lives in their shoes or beds.

6. Fears, Survival, and Tall Tales

(~29:47)

• The crew rank their least favorite wildlife (snakes win for most), and discuss how encounters with critters change how you approach outdoor chores.
  • Quote [31:22, Ben]: “My entire house—I’d burn it to the ground behind a snake.”
  • Quote [33:21, Godwin]: “So I think this was a boy looking for love, which is probably what got him on the move.”
• They riff on scorpion gender, behavior, and the odds of infestations—plus brief biology lessons with plenty of banter.

7. Spiritual Application: Staying in the Light

(~53:12)

• Ben reflects on the episode as a spiritual metaphor, linking his scorpion sting to the importance of “walking in the light.”
  • Quote [53:54, Ben]: “Whenever I turn the light on, it exposes the threat.”
  • Quote [54:27, Hunter]: “And Jesus replied…‘I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions’…We got the authority of the Lord, figuratively, literally.”
• Discussion draws from Luke 10:19, as the team encourages listeners to seek spiritual protection and discernment.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Parenting:
  • [05:34, Godwin]: “The good news is…the more you do this, the more you find out they're made of rubber.”
  • [07:31, Ben]: “That boy’s first action on earth was urinating in his own mouth.”
• On Wildlife Encounters:
  • [21:18, Ben]: “I get a house shoe, and I smash that dude…this is his remains.”
  • [31:22, Ben]: “My entire house—I’d burn it to the ground behind a snake.”
• On Life Lessons:
  • [53:54, Ben]: “Whenever I turn the light on, it exposes the threat.”
  • [54:27, Hunter]: “And Jesus replied…‘I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions…’”
• On Louisiana Life:
  • [13:47, Martin]: “North Kakalaki. Yeah.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Baby & Parenting Discussion: 01:03–07:30
• Potty Training & Kid Stories: 07:31–11:14
• Duck Stamp & Conservation Plug: 11:15–12:25
• Hunter’s Girlfriend & Halloween: 13:06–18:18
• Scorpion Sting Story Begins: 18:30
• Show-and-Tell with Scorpion: 19:33–21:59
• Wildlife Defense/Biology Deep Dive: 22:00–37:14
• Comparing Fears: Snakes, Scorpions, Spiders: 29:47–36:55
• Spiritual Application – Staying in the Light: 53:12–55:05
• Episode Wrap-Up: 56:07–57:12

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Overall Tone

As always, the Duck Call Room blends down-home humor, relatable family chaos, wild animal adventures, and Christian wisdom. The crew’s good-natured teasing and storytelling shine, along with candid moments of gratitude for family, faith, and learning—even from life’s stings.

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For more stories of the outdoors, family, and faith (with a hearty side of laughter), check out the full episode!

Transcript

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[Martin]

Foreign.

[Godwin]

Welcome back to the Duck Call room, ladies and gentlemen. We. We wanted to give Rucker a morning off, so.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, there's been a lack of sleep in my home.

[Godwin]

Has it? So this one's not asleep.

[Hunter]

He's 15. Man, grow up.

[Ben]

Well, the new.

[Hunter]

Why is he sleeping and what are you doing?

[Ben]

There's a new one. Oh, and he's only three weeks old, so.

[Martin]

Three weeks.

[Ben]

Three weeks.

[Godwin]

I don't want to hear it. You just got one.

[Hunter]

That thing's older than three.

[Ben]

You had to do two at once, which is. That's only three weeks.

[Hunter]

It's only been three weeks.

[Ben]

Only been three weeks.

[Godwin]

There you go.

[Ben]

Oh, wait a minute. Yeah. This week will be four.

[Martin]

I'm thinking this week will be four.

[Hunter]

Are you sure?

[Ben]

Yes.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

What is the child's birthday?

[Ben]

I know his birthday.

[Godwin]

Do you?

[Hunter]

What is it?

[Ben]

The 20th. August.

[Godwin]

August 20th.

[Martin]

20Th August.

[Hunter]

I'm going to fact check that just.

[Ben]

In case it's the 20th of August.

[Godwin]

Yeah. So three days from being a month old. There you go.

[Ben]

But things are going good. He is sleeping about four, sometimes five hours.

[Godwin]

But you know, during the day.

[Ben]

Well. Well, I've been. So this is what I did. Right. And. And look, you can't really sleep train them at this stage because you got to eat every two to three hours.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But during the day what we do is open up all the blinds, turn on all the lights, and then at night, shut it all down, make it quiet and dark so that way, you know, he realizes there's a difference between daytime and nighttime.

[Godwin]

Yeah. And I Remember doing all that, man, it was because even during the day you wanted to sit in the dark because you were so tired. But my wife, easy to want to close the blinds and just kind of hunker down, Mo. But now you got to have that sucker lit up like a Christmas tree at all times.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Well, my wife is a man. She's incredible. She's been knocking it out the park. And I'm there. I'm. Look, I'm. I'm on the support team, you know, I mean, I'm there for encouragement to help, you know, and I'll take like the. I'll take the early night shift, so I'll get home from being out and about doing things that I have to do to provide. And then, you know, I'll. I'll take between the hours of somewhere from five to midnight, you know, let her sleep, and then I'll go to bed at midnight. So we kind of got a little system rolling.

[Godwin]

Yeah, that's awesome, man. Yeah, I mean, that's kind of same deal we did. When I'd get home from work, I'd take over. I did all the night stuff though, because, like, I could sleep through that stuff.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Hunter]

You dropped him yet?

[Ben]

No, I ain't dropped him yet.

[Hunter]

I dropped Ben's. You're gonna want to eat at 2am I might fall asleep holding you and you might hit the ground. Just part of life.

[Ben]

Well, I have, you know, I've held him and fell asleep and, And. But he hadn't hit the ground or nothing. You know, let's.

[Hunter]

Ben's was all swaddled up, fell out. I just kind of watched him roll. Yeah, me, bro. If you're watching this when you're older, I apologize.

[Godwin]

Then you get to the age yesterday where Jackson thought he was a big man and grabbed a 10 pound dumbbell.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Godwin]

And held it for a minute.

[Ben]

That's impressive.

[Hunter]

Nope.

[Godwin]

But. Oh, both of them.

[Hunter]

Both of his feet.

[Godwin]

Yeah, he dropped it. Fell long ways.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

And. Yeah, both of them. Yeah, that's a good time. But that's not really a parenting win, so to speak.

[Hunter]

10 pound dumbbells laying around the house.

[Godwin]

Brittany does. Yeah. In the closet.

[Hunter]

Do a little this, a little that every day.

[Godwin]

Yeah, she. She. She gets up in the morning and does her. Her stuff in our closet. And so generally a pretty safe place. But every now and then they. They wander in there. They don't generally go in there a whole lot, so it's never been an issue. Yeah, it was kind of. That's kind of a boundary zone because that's where my gun safe and gun products and all that. So it's always. That's just kind of been a no fly zone.

[Ben]

Yeah. Hey, get out of there.

[Godwin]

So most of the time they don't even wander in there.

[Hunter]

But yesterday they are doing them weights.

[Godwin]

Yeah, yesterday did. He picked it up and I guess he didn't know how to sit it down or I don't know. I mean the kid A but 3 and holding 10 pounds. I guess that's pretty good now.

[Ben]

That's good.

[Godwin]

I don't know. I mean I don't know if that's strong or not, but you know, who knows.

[Ben]

Well, if he held it for a minute, like you know, pick it up. Okay. But like for a three year old to pick it up and hold it.

[Godwin]

Yeah. It must have been walking with it or something to get both feet out. Nobody knows really because it was just kind of a disappear moment. We were all, you know, cooking dinner, got the dog, like all the things and the next thing you know you just hear a blood curdling scream and you go in there and you find out like oh yeah, that's a toughie.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

But it's fine.

[Godwin]

The good news is the longer you do this, the more you find out they're made of rubber. So.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[Martin]

Bounce back.

[Godwin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

I am enjoying, I am enjoying the new baby though, man. Like really am.

[Godwin]

You know, it's been a long time.

[Ben]

It's been a long time and yeah, it's just, it's, it's cool. You know, he's a super, super cute little kid, little baby and you know, that's about it. Well, yeah, you know, you can't really.

[Hunter]

You know, ain't a lot going on. Can't play catch with him yet.

[Ben]

Now the, his only communication method is screaming at this point.

[Hunter]

Oh, so does he yell at you a lot?

[Ben]

Oh yeah, oh yeah, he let.

[Godwin]

He's a screamer.

[Ben]

Oh, he's a screamer. He's not, you know, his cry isn't very soothing. His cry is more of a scream. He kind of sounds like pterodactyl or an eagle.

[Martin]

It gets your attention.

[Ben]

It's one of those high pitch just out there.

[Godwin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't miss that stage now.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

At least now when they cry it's a. There's legitimately something wrong.

[Ben]

Right, Right. Yeah.

[Godwin]

It's not. You don't have to play the guessing game, which is what I hate.

[Martin]

Yeah. What? What is it?

[Godwin]

Yeah, now we can. Oh, I'M thriving now. Now with. Now it's my tummy hurts. Or, you know, we can at least talk about what the issue is, right? That first while the communication is only that, man, that was hard for me because you just throw stuff at a wall, man.

[Ben]

Well, you see him, like, at this. That newborn, literally, you see him grow so rapidly and change like so when, you know, when he's first born, obviously changing a diaper was highly upsetting to him. He was not a fan of getting his diaper. I thought you're going to say to you, no, no.

[Hunter]

Which is fine.

[Ben]

No, I mean, agreed. But now he's, like, chilling. You know, whenever he gets his diaper change, he's like, okay, now I know what's happening here.

[Godwin]

Yeah, now I know my. Yeah, now I know my tallywacker ain't going to be cold. It's a brief moment of cold, and then we'll get through this.

[Ben]

I will say this. That boy's first action on earth was urinating in his own mouth. Oh, I'm telling you, that's how it happened. He. He came out the womb. They said him, you know, clean him up, set him on her chest, and he went for it. And he was crying and it right in his mouth.

[Hunter]

The show always goes back to peeing.

[Godwin]

It did the other day.

[Hunter]

We're back.

[Godwin]

Yeah. I will say that when Waylon and Jackson entered this world, they peed all over their mama. First thing they held them up, show them to us. And they're just like a sprinkler.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. I mean, the aim was impeccable. There was no cleanup necessary. It was just.

[Godwin]

I'm just glad in our group text between my wife and Johnny D's wife and Johnny D that it was not. It's not weird for you to take pictures of your kids peeing because Johnny D went through the. Johnny D went through the archives. I'm ready to be out of this stage, in the stage where we're going duck hunting and all the things. And then that way we can get them their very first digital duck stamp@duck stamp.com.

[Hunter]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And.

[Godwin]

And that's what you got to do whenever, kid.

[Hunter]

Get them a digital duck stamp. A real duck stamp. Duck stamp dot com.

[Godwin]

But mainly get out of the potty training stage. Like, where you're at looking back is not bad. This. This stage of never knowing where the human excrement is going to end up is not very.

[Hunter]

Although I'm really sad I don't have that. I thought I had a video of me just Spraying a kid down in a flower bed. I couldn't find that.

[Godwin]

Well, the most impressive one you sent was Carter peeing at the beach or whatever.

[Hunter]

I put that one up the other day.

[Ben]

That is he just right there at.

[Godwin]

The beach, buddy, palm over your head.

[Hunter]

Sunset in the back.

[Martin]

It was like over your head.

[Godwin]

He would have cleared your head.

[Hunter]

How are we back here?

[Godwin]

Because you sent a view, sent a bunch of pictures of your kids peeing, and they were.

[Hunter]

You're about to be the stage where they never put clothes on again.

[Martin]

Well, that's fine. That's the thing about Germany, okay?

[Hunter]

In Germany, what are the Germans doing? Oh, no, hey, I'm serious, you German freaks.

[Martin]

No, no, look, I'm serious. Germans, if they're walking down like a sidewalk, they just got to take a leak. Hey, they just whip it out and take a leak.

[Hunter]

You have not been to Germany in a long time. I don't think that's probably changed.

[Martin]

Hey, they still do it. I'm telling you.

[Hunter]

Dear German listener, if you're out there, will you please explain to Poom Pod that that's not a thing anymore?

[Martin]

Well, I'm just telling you. Hey, they do it, okay?

[Hunter]

Please email in.

[Godwin]

Well, they do it in New Orleans all the time. Don't make it right.

[Martin]

Well, no, but I'm just saying I.

[Ben]

Don'T felony charge nowadays.

[Martin]

New Orleans, hey, it's. It's the culture, okay? Oh, I'm serious.

[Godwin]

What is the culture? Piss on it.

[Ben]

When you got to go, you got to go.

[Godwin]

Oh, that's.

[Hunter]

I've been to Germany. I don't. I never saw any of that.

[Martin]

I've had it.

[Ben]

You were in the wrong places.

[Martin]

I've had it happen numerous times. Well, I did spend 12 years over there.

[Hunter]

Was it you did you do?

[Martin]

Oh, I did it before, yeah. No, no, hey, it was part of the culture.

[Hunter]

Just in the street.

[Martin]

Well, I'm just saying. Hey, when in Rome, do. What's Romans do?

[Hunter]

You weren't in Rome. You were in Germany.

[Martin]

I know it.

[Godwin]

Hey, hey, to be fair, I've seen sigh urinate in some pretty questionable places. The man drinks a lot of tea.

[Hunter]

I've seen a couple fines happen on a plane.

[Martin]

Yeah. If you go away. If you drink 2 gallons of tea a day.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Martin]

You use restroom a lot.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Martin]

You pay in some pretty question and Right.

[Godwin]

Yeah, you pay in some pretty questions.

[Ben]

Well, in certain times of inebriation, I did the same thing.

[Martin]

Well, you know what I mean.

[Hunter]

Fitted more into New Orleans than Germany.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Godwin]

All right, fellas. Duck season's. Coming, baby. Some places it's already here, which means it's time to get legal. And that means buying your federal duck stamp. Because you got to have it. No matter where you hunt, you got to have a federal duck stamp. But this year, it is easier than it's ever been, thanks to our friends over@duck stamp.com because you can get a digital stamp and boom. It shows up in your wallet app, on your phone. You don't have to wait in the mail. You don't have to wonder if it's coming. You don't have to wonder if you're legal. It is 100% compliant.

[Hunter]

Looks like this Martin's got his right there.

[Godwin]

All you got to do is.

[Hunter]

That was fast.

[Godwin]

Boom. All you got to do, show it, share it. Look, you're supporting conservation when you do it. And the cool part about it going to your wallet is it doesn't matter if you have service or not. Like, all that stuff's already there. So it's in your way. If you're off the grid, which a lot of the best hunting places are, you've got it. You don't have to worry about it. You don't have to worry if it got wet. You don't have to worry if it, you know, you dropped it. Did you remember all the things because you always remember your phone, so it is always there and it helps all the conservation. Millions of acres of wetland habitat protected for our future generations. So whether you're chasing mallards or just collecting the art, this one is a no brainer, y'.

[Ben]

All.

[Hunter]

No brainer. It's that simple.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Get on your phone, get your duck stamp. You're ready to go.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

And even if you don't duck on, it's a great way to support conservation because 98% of it goes straight back into conservation for purchasing wetlands leases, all the things that. That make ducks ducks. Right? Like, we want to keep ducks here, not just to hunt them, but just so that our kids can experience them. Look, get your digital duck stamp@duck stamp.com today and make it official. That's Duck Stamp.com Duck. Let's hunt. And Hunter dropped at Celsius. So I'm seeing a mad scramble over there.

[Hunter]

If you never hear from us again, it's because Hunter just dropped a 4 full energy drink on the control board. Is this your first day?

[Godwin]

Hunter's back.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I'm just a little sick, Hunter.

[Godwin]

How much?

[Ben]

The dude's sickly, man. He's.

[Hunter]

Have I not told you about AG1 yet? I mean, good grief, Hunter, it's been five years and you're still sick?

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I'm just. I. I got off the plane and immediately got sick.

[Ben]

Well, the. The Louisiana air do that to you?

[Hunter]

Oh, it won't.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah, that's. That's what longdistant love affairs do to you.

[Godwin]

You sick?

[Hunter]

He was so sad to be away from his woman. He got up there, he landed at home.

[Martin]

And when he got sick.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

No, I landed there and got sick.

[Martin]

Oh, he landed there and got sick.

[Ben]

Where's she at? North Carolina?

[Hunter]

Yeah.

[Martin]

North Kakalaki.

[Ben]

North Kakalaki. Yeah.

[Godwin]

How was your visit?

[Ben]

Yes, update us on things.

[Martin]

He had a wonderful time. Except for getting sick.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We went to Mellow Mushroom.

[Hunter]

Again with that. That is the most.

[Godwin]

I've never been.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We sat at the mushroom table. It was cool.

[Ben]

Oh, what is. Is this a restaurant?

[Hunter]

It is a chain of pizzas.

[Ben]

Oh, it's a pizza place.

[Martin]

A pizza.

[Hunter]

It's okay.

[Godwin]

Yeah, it's not terrible.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We had a date at a spirit Halloween, and we carved on.

[Hunter]

Hold on, back up, back up. You went on a date to the store in the abandoned building that just has Halloween costumes? Yes, and a month and a half in advance?

[Ben]

Yeah. That's weird.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

Correct.

[Hunter]

Did y' all wear the costumes?

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We did.

[Godwin]

Did you purchase them or did you just try them on?

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We just tried them on also.

[Ben]

Hold on. You said that y' all carved pumpkins there. Like, is that.

[Godwin]

No, no, no, no.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We carved pumpkins, like, later that day.

[Hunter]

So you're just not gonna see her. So you said, you know what? It's October 31st. Let's do this.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Let's just have Halloween today.

[Hunter]

Yeah, but then you didn't even purchase.

[Ben]

The costume, and I didn't even get no candy.

[Godwin]

It's kind of the way I do Britney's birthday cards. Gets close to her birthday. I'm like, hey, read one of them. I'm not spending $7 on it.

[Hunter]

I used to give people, like, 2250 in a white piece of paper and say, could have. Could have got you a card, but enjoy this extra 250.

[Godwin]

Yeah, there you go. Yeah, the.

[Martin]

What?

[Ben]

What.

[Godwin]

What? Costumes? What's your thing?

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I got pictures.

[Martin]

I got.

[Ben]

All right, them. So. So y' all getting pretty serious now, right? Like, this is a.

[Hunter]

Well, yeah, they're going try on costumes but not buy them. How much more serious can you get?

[Ben]

Well, but I. I mean, so you're.

[Hunter]

Not even committing to the costume, man.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, y' all didn't buy the costume? Y' all Put them on there.

[Godwin]

Yeah, they just tried them on. I mean, he didn't want rocket money to get him, right?

[Martin]

We're just.

[Hunter]

We're just getting them all.

[Martin]

What? What.

[Hunter]

What was that Spirit Halloween in a Bed, Bath and Beyond, or.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

No, it was some strip area.

[Hunter]

But what did it used to be? You can always tell it was a strip mall.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I don't know.

[Godwin]

I'm not from there.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I don't know anything.

[Ben]

Are any of these costumes, like, known characters and stuff? Because I want to take a guess here.

[Hunter]

I'm going to go with no. Don't know what this is.

[Martin]

Oh, I like it. I like it.

[Ben]

What?

[Martin]

It's.

[Hunter]

That's. Y'.

[Godwin]

All.

[Hunter]

Y' all are scary costume people, aren't you?

[Ben]

Well, that's.

[Hunter]

We're still never going to know what Hunter's girlfriend looks like because she's got a mask on and everything.

[Godwin]

What they. Like, they've started. That's.

[Ben]

That's a Walmart.

[Godwin]

At Walmart.

[Ben]

That's a Walmart, dude.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

Oh, yeah, that's at Walmart.

[Godwin]

So they started making Scream like Power Rangers.

[Ben]

What is that?

[Godwin]

Different colors of screen. Okay.

[Ben]

Oh, okay.

[Hunter]

I thought they made memes of pumpkins. You were the most Gen Z person I know.

[Godwin]

Actually, she.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

She made the meme. I was doing a calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle.

[Hunter]

I don't even know what.

[Godwin]

Say I would.

[Hunter]

I never feel old.

[Godwin]

Is yours the back?

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

No, that's hers.

[Hunter]

That's Elmo in front of the fire.

[Martin]

I' that.

[Godwin]

Oh, really?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

That's on the Internet. I don't know.

[Godwin]

I would have called that, like, Heat Miser from the Year Without a Santa Claus, but.

[Hunter]

But Hunter's got some mad pumpkin carbon skills. He's got layers to this thing, and he told me what it was, and I still don't know.

[Ben]

It's Calcifer.

[Hunter]

What does that mean?

[Godwin]

He's a.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

He's a fire spirit from an anime movie.

[Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

Okay, here we go. Yeah.

[Hunter]

Hunter.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

Anyway, I had a lot of fun. Thanks for asking.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

I love Hunter.

[Martin]

I love sick and got out of a lot of fun.

[Godwin]

Oh, man. Hunter.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's. Okay. Well.

[Hunter]

And he went and had pizza.

[Godwin]

What a life.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

So that was the costume. What were the costumes? I don't even know.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

We were just being goofy. That's the Scream mask.

[Godwin]

And. Yeah, well, I knew that.

[Hunter]

I don't know.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

I dressed her up as a plague doctor.

[Godwin]

A plague doctor? Are you worried about the plague? No.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

It was funny.

[Ben]

That is true.

[Hunter]

Plagues are always hilarious.

[Ben]

Hunter, I'm happy for you, man. You're flying hours away and you're spending time with a woman, and I feel weird. You know, you got weird stuff going on, but, you know. Hey.

[Hunter]

Hey, man, I was really hoping it was going to be like when you said we tried on costumes. I was like, he's about to send me the greatest, like, no, like, Star wars couples costume ever. And instead it's just.

[Martin]

Just a matter what's what. She got on a face mask.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, it's a mask.

[Hunter's Girlfriend]

Yeah. I'm not showing her face for the. For the fans to know what she looks like. I like keeping that. That side private.

[Godwin]

Oh, hey, man, that's what.

[Martin]

I wouldn't want to kiss her. She'd suck your face off.

[Ben]

I do have an interesting story that I don't know if any of y' all have experienced this. I know you've probably seen them, but you maybe had an experience. I got stung by a scorpion yesterday in my house.

[Godwin]

A scorpion?

[Ben]

Yep.

[Godwin]

In Louisiana.

[Ben]

Yep. Striped bark scorpion.

[Godwin]

Wow.

[Martin]

Hold on.

[Godwin]

We've got them. I've never seen one bed.

[Ben]

No, no, no, no. It was so.

[Hunter]

So can we. Can we preface this with. He also thinks he's French and Indian.

[Ben]

Continue. No, this is a true story. I got the scorpion. I killed him and brought him with me because.

[Hunter]

Why are you pointing.

[Godwin]

Why is he not in here?

[Ben]

He's in my truck.

[Martin]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Godwin]

Okay, step out. We're gonna take a break.

[Hunter]

Yes.

[Godwin]

Go get the scorpion. Because I'm going back to the NWO days also. And so sting here.

[Hunter]

I gotta pee.

[Martin]

Cause I had the same adventure you had, except it was in bed.

[Ben]

All right? So all of. All of. All of the listeners, viewers, I apologize.

[Hunter]

For thinking you were crazy.

[Godwin]

I want to see this.

[Hunter]

Because he brought it in. And that. That thing is scary.

[Ben]

Oh, no. So look, let me tell you the story. So.

[Godwin]

Oh, man, that's stinger.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

They'll pop.

[Ben]

You know, Hunter, put this. Put this on the camera somehow, I don't know.

[Godwin]

Oh, we'll do some close ups.

[Ben]

Yeah, we'll do it.

[Hunter]

Yeah, that thing's great.

[Ben]

So look, here's the deal, all right? So my wife in the. In the newborn babies in the room, and I'm trying not to wake them up. Right. Because they're getting some sleep that they need.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And so I walk. I need to put my belt on. Belts make noise when you put them on. Because I'm.

[Hunter]

What?

[Ben]

Yeah, because, like, whenever I put a belt on, I, like, let it hit the floor. And all kinds of stuff. Anyways, look, dude.

[Martin]

All right, all right, look.

[Hunter]

Asking any questions.

[Ben]

So look, I. I walk in the living room, and I'm putting my belt on, and I got. I'm just wearing my soc. You know, no house shoes, nothing. And I'm in the living room, and I feel something, like, sting my big toe. No joke. And it's, like, right on the tip of my big toe, and I feel something sting. And I was like, man, did I step on something? Is there, like a tack on the floor or something? Well, then it started throbbing, and I said, well, that's not normal. So I walk over there, and I turned the light. I almost didn't. I'm glad that I did. I walk over there, I turn the light on, and I start looking like, man, what did I step on? What?

[Martin]

What?

[Ben]

And then I seen this dude just hanging out on my living room floor. Right? So we got hardwood floors and stuff. Like, so it's. And I'm like, oh, you know, I mean, it takes you back. Oh, it's a scorpion.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Right. So me, I'm more of a. Whenever it comes to fight or flight, fights my typical go to. So I get a. I get a house shoe, and I smash that dude.

[Hunter]

Fights my typical go to.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

Grab my house shoe.

[Ben]

So I grabbed my house shoe and I. And I squash him. I hit him. And. And this is. This is his remains. This is him. And I was like, well, okay, because I think they're venomous and stuff. So I start. I start looking it up. And thanks to AI Chat GPT, I was able to successfully identify the scorpion and realize that the only time I should go to the ER is if I have difficulty breathing, if I start drooling or something like that. But it was. I mean, it caused. I mean, my toes swollen up. It caused some pain all the way, you know, kind of up to my knee. And he really got me.

[Godwin]

And we got two scorpions here.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah. So you got this one, which is the striped bark scorpion.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And there's another one.

[Godwin]

The other one sounds way more terrifying.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Godwin]

Well, the southern devil scorpion.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

What?

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. I recently had a baby, and that's made me really consider getting a stop box.

[Hunter]

You're not really considering you're going to.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Right now, my kids, they're about to be three. They are into everything. And now that we've been introduced to hunting, they love daddy's guns. Well, now I know just how important it is to keep them where they can get to them until they fully Know everything about a gum, but I still need to be able to get to them in case something were to happen in my home and quickly.

[Hunter]

Watch this.

[Ben]

Look how easy I'm definitely getting one of those. Stop box.

[Godwin]

Yeah, it's right there on my bedside table. The Stopbox Pro. Look, the stopbox Pro is 100% mechanical, so it works every time. Power outage, no problem. No. No worrying about keys. No worrying about little batteries that you have to special order online because they can't use a regular one. No codes, no nothing.

[Martin]

Right.

[Godwin]

It's all mechanical. It's all that simple. All Stopbox products are made in the US Of A. The craftsmanship is top notch, and they're creating jobs for American workers. Look. And the Stopbox Pro is also TSA compliant so that you can securely transport your firearm through checked baggage when you fly. And our friends at Stopbox have a bunch of other cool products. They've got a vehicle safe, a chamber lock, and other gear to keep you prepared and protected wherever you are, so you don't have to worry about security and readiness ever again. Stopbox Pro, they make that. They make it easy. You get both without the hassle, right? Can keep keys, wallets. You can keep all kinds of things.

[Hunter]

Watch this. My phone's in there. Oh, I'm getting a call. It's okay. I can get it out quick.

[Godwin]

Got it.

[Ben]

You could put. You could put that box anywhere.

[Godwin]

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[Hunter]

And these are in our homes.

[Ben]

So they. They live under. They live under wood, rocks, and things like that. This one didn't really climb walls or anything. There's one in Arizona. The bark scorpion. Not. Not striped bark that'll climb walls and whatnot.

[Hunter]

I love how much. When did this happen?

[Ben]

Yesterday.

[Godwin]

I'm learning more about them than I.

[Hunter]

Ever, in 18 hours has learned more about scorpions.

[Ben]

No. I'm getting ready to take Noah to school. He's 15, and he's like, dad, I think you should go to the doctor. I'm like, nah, I'd be fine. He's like, dad, I don't think that's normal. Most people don't get stung by scorpions around here.

[Martin]

Oh, good point.

[Ben]

And I'm like. I'm like, nah, it' fine. So me and him, we sit there, we researched it, you know?

[Godwin]

Yeah. No, I don't blame you. I'm sitting here researching it now because that thing. I've always known that I didn't really care for how scorpions looked.

[Hunter]

Yeah, they scary.

[Godwin]

But seeing one right here beside me now, I can confirm. We call him Pesty.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Godwin]

And he ain't got no place in my home.

[Ben]

No, no, no, that's. My next phone call was to a realtor. No.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Godwin]

I'm out to the fire department. House is on fire.

[Hunter]

Don't ever invite me to your house.

[Ben]

No, the exterminator. Hey, what's. What preventative options we got.

[Godwin]

So he was in your shoe? No, he was just on the floor.

[Ben]

He was just on the floor in.

[Godwin]

The living room and you stepped on him?

[Ben]

Well, I stepped near him because he tagged me with that. He tagged me with that thing?

[Godwin]

Yeah, that stinger's like. That's crazy.

[Hunter]

Your toe changed any?

[Ben]

No, it got swollen and stuff. It was red, but it. It. You know, it doesn't affect. It's not deadly.

[Godwin]

Yeah, not to adults. Children and the elderly have to be really careful.

[Martin]

Actually went to the emergency room. Okay. Like, two days later. Okay. Because I popped it, you know, where he had stung me on the elbow.

[Hunter]

You got stung in the elbow?

[Martin]

Oh, yeah. Where? And it swelled up. It pussed up. Well, I popped it like an idiot. Well, when I did, two days later, I come home and, hey, I think I'm having a heart attack. Oh, yeah. No, no. When my wife raises my T shirt up and I've got blood poisons, you can see the veins. And, hey, it's going all across my chest.

[Hunter]

When was this?

[Martin]

It's been over years ago.

[Hunter]

Oh, my God.

[Martin]

But I actually spent the night in the hospital with IVs and all this crap, and they watched me, like, for two days.

[Ben]

I think I got lucky. Number one, I was wearing socks. Right.

[Martin]

So I think he didn't pop you with full.

[Ben]

Full. I think that maybe helped me a little bit. I recognize. You know, it was quick. And it says, look, you got to wash the area. Put. Put, like, ice on it. I didn't do any of that. Yeah, I didn't do any of that. You know, I texted Caitlin.

[Martin]

Well, you got a good immunosis.

[Ben]

Well, I texted Caitlin, and I was like. I was like, look, I. I'm not really too concerned, but you know what? You know, she's like, I'll take some Ibuprofen, Benadryl, if you feel funny. And so. But yeah, I mean, and the. I'll tell you this, as a father, I'm thankful that it stung me.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And I'm thankful. I'm thankful that, like, it was good.

[Martin]

Have got your baby.

[Ben]

Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm thankful that it stung me.

[Godwin]

And especially with the boys at the age that they are. I can see them, that they about to make him friend, right? In their mind, he's a friend.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, no.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

But I have lived here. That's why I say the other one's way more terrifying, because it says only about an inch and a half long and similar in size to a family fingernail. You would never think nothing about that.

[Ben]

No, no. But this one's big. I mean, you could. I mean.

[Godwin]

I mean, but that's still small in the grand scheme of that. Like, I always thought they were bigger than that. I guess. I don't know why I would.

[Ben]

Well, so growing up in Texas, like, you know, and I. And I've. I've been on a few construction sites in my day. They would come in through the, like, where. Where we were getting bricks from before you lay the bricks on new.

[Godwin]

New construction, which checks out.

[Ben]

They would. They would come in.

[Hunter]

Martin is deep in his. No, I mean, for those that aren't watching. Martin has learned more in the last 10 minutes about scorpions than I will in my life.

[Godwin]

Well, let me tell you something. It's all about how to avoid them. Suckers.

[Martin]

I didn't find the one that popped me because, look, he woke me up out of a deep sleep. And look, you know.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Martin]

I've had other people try to wake me up, and I get followed. When you wake me up, well, I scream.

[Ben]

And you're.

[Godwin]

You're sure it was a scorpion?

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Godwin]

And not a spider.

[Martin]

That's what the doctor said.

[Godwin]

Oh, okay.

[Martin]

Like, when I got out of bed, I took the sheets out, took them and looked, you know, all the way. I didn't find it when I went into the emergency room, you know, that's what the doc said. He said you got stung by a scorpion.

[Ben]

Well, I almost did not go and turn the light on. I almost was just like, went on about my business. And I'm glad. I'm glad I turned the light on and I seen him. But it take you back a second because he was alive. He didn't look like that whenever I saw.

[Martin]

Yeah, no, no, he's walking. He's walking with it. Up in the air behind him.

[Ben]

Oh, and look. And he wasn't easy. I had to, I had to hit him with that shoe two times.

[Martin]

Oh no.

[Ben]

After the first time I hit him, he, he put that, that tail up with his finger and he started. I mean desperation shots is what he was.

[Hunter]

I mean I'm disturbed.

[Ben]

I mean. Yeah.

[Hunter]

And I'm really kind of pissed.

[Martin]

Hey, it's soft wood. Rotten. Where that's what they're in.

[Hunter]

Well, so we, I legitimately thought these things were like only out in like the desert.

[Godwin]

Oh no, I knew we had them. I just have no.

[Ben]

Well, that's what I'm saying. Like where do you live, shooter?

[Godwin]

Okay. Oh well that.

[Ben]

But, but here's the thing. So up until this year, because of the baby, all I heated my house with was a wood burning furnace. So I, you know, during the spring we're cutting wood, splitting wood, stacking it up. So I got wood stacked everywhere.

[Godwin]

That's his house.

[Martin]

That's where he come from. Yeah, that's where you come from. The wood pile.

[Ben]

Yeah, you better go burn the wood.

[Hunter]

Pile because his brothers and sisters are there.

[Godwin]

Well, and it's makes you wonder is it male or female?

[Ben]

I don't know. You figure that out.

[Hunter]

Martin, don't touch it, dude. It could hurt you.

[Ben]

So the house that we live in was my father in law's and, and so I, I said hey, you ever had a scorpion issue? He said, oh yeah, we had them in the past, you know, so it, it all.

[Martin]

They're plentiful.

[Ben]

I mean.

[Martin]

Yeah, they're plentiful.

[Hunter]

I've learned so much today.

[Ben]

I would rather one of them than a snake. Sigh 10 times out of 10 sigh.

[Hunter]

Would you like to weigh in?

[Martin]

No, no, no, no.

[Hunter]

I'm scorpion or snake.

[Martin]

I don't want any one of them.

[Ben]

I'm telling you, spiders don't bother me. Scorpions, I can handle them. I know now, I didn't know up until yesterday, but now I know.

[Hunter]

Now you know.

[Ben]

But snakes now dog can't do it.

[Hunter]

I have a matt. When Max.

[Martin]

There's both, there's both. You got a wood pile strikes get in there.

[Ben]

Oh yeah, no, I will.

[Martin]

Oh yeah, yeah, I will. Yeah.

[Ben]

When you my entire house and burn it to the ground behind a snake.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I'm just telling you, I don't like anything. No, the Lord needs to come back this earth for more than one reason.

[Hunter]

The scorpions is what's going to put me over the edge.

[Ben]

Yeah. No. And so it's got those two dark Stripes down its back. That's how I knew it was the striped bark square.

[Hunter]

If you're just listening going down the road, I implore you to go watch the YouTube and like. And subscribe and watch biologist Martin for the last 10 minutes just trying to.

[Godwin]

Figure out if it's a male or a female. Because I'm trying to figure out how concerned you need to be about potential infestation.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Now. Yeah, yeah.

[Godwin]

Apparently from the limited research. And I'm not touching that thing.

[Martin]

That's a little one.

[Godwin]

No, that's full grown.

[Ben]

That's full grown.

[Martin]

But I'm saying it's a little. Hey, they got them things that like 4, 6 inches long.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

That's why I said when you see one of them.

[Martin]

Yeah. That stinger is like a crab crawl.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. We don't have those in Louisiana. At least we're not.

[Martin]

They got them in Arizona in the desert. Desert areas. Texas, Arizona. Yeah, they got them. And hey, they like four or six inches long. And look that I ain't got one in pants if you have one. They got things about the size of a regular pin.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah. According to my research, Arizona is the spot you don't want to be. Oh, yeah, the scorpions for sure.

[Martin]

One of them in Arizona. Say, Poppy, you. You got a good chance of dying.

[Godwin]

Did you know females are often more aggressive and more apt to use their stingers, likely as a compensatory defense due to their slower movement.

[Hunter]

And that one couldn't get away from Rucker. So it's a female.

[Martin]

Maybe a few bail.

[Ben]

No, it did. It was sitting there.

[Godwin]

I mean, if I had to guess, just looking at him, I'm going to go with male. But because it said they got a longer tail and the females tend to be more robust. And he was squashed and he still ain't robust.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

So I think this was a boy looking for love. I think he was trying to find him a girl, which is probably what got him on the move.

[Ben]

Yeah, well, he found himself a bad situation.

[Godwin]

Well, that happens a lot of times when you go looking for love.

[Hunter]

Looking for love in all the wrong.

[Ben]

Place and you look for love in the wrong places. It could cost you your life.

[Hunter]

Go to church and find your woman there. Scorpions.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[Martin]

Are you paying attention? Hunter.

[Ben]

Hunter's got him a good one, man. You know, they go to.

[Godwin]

He does Halloween. We made her very similar. She's a good looking little one.

[Ben]

Oh, y' all met her?

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Hunter]

She's real.

[Martin]

Yeah. Good looking woman.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Hunter]

We can confirm.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Hunter]

Godwin, I've got something for you today, my friend. Now that you're retired, are you ever a little restless? Getting bad sleep? You're always out on the road fishing.

[Godwin]

Stay up late.

[Hunter]

Yeah, staying up late, waking up, taking care of yourself.

[Godwin]

Just can't be still.

[Hunter]

It's hard to wind down at night sometime. Whether you're retired or working all the time.

[Martin]

I got to figure out what I.

[Ben]

Got to do tomorrow.

[Hunter]

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[Martin]

But go cold with a night.

[Hunter]

This one's chalky. You can make hot chocolate, though. There's no rules against that.

[Godwin]

That's what I'm talking about.

[Martin]

Right?

[Hunter]

Drink it while it's hot.

[Godwin]

Drink it while it's hot.

[Hunter]

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[Ben]

Look, you guys are outdoorsman.

[Godwin]

Yeah, man.

[Ben]

Johnny D. And. And I felt like this is one that y' all hadn't experienced.

[Martin]

No, I had to experience.

[Hunter]

I'm not gonna experience.

[Godwin]

I haven't. Yeah, I haven't. No, you don't.

[Martin]

Hey, you ain't missing nothing.

[Ben]

It really. It really wasn't that bad. I think I got lucky. But as far as, like, the sock.

[Martin]

May have helped you.

[Ben]

I think my sock helped. I think my sock helped me.

[Martin]

The son, when he popped me, I'm in. I'm in a dead sleep and for it to wake me up. Yeah, yeah, he'd done something and it was. It was painful. Like you saw me. Soon as he popped me, it was pain and I. It just started. It's like a bad toothache.

[Ben]

Just whoom.

[Godwin]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I'm probably gonna have a nightmare tonight.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Ben]

Well, now you really. Now, you know, I walk around the house and I'm, you know. You're looking now.

[Martin]

No, no. Well, most of them. Most of them are like 2 to 3 inches long. The big ones for Louisiana.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Okay. It was probably that devil with other one that y' all looked at.

[Godwin]

That one's a couple inches long. I mean, I can imagine if he didn't have his innards splattered. Well, I mean, he got got by a house. You a double tapped house. You mind you not. Not just a single one. Which is a lot nicer than I'd have been because I'd have used my own foot and squashed and. Yeah, we'd have went side.

[Martin]

You'd have heard.

[Ben]

Well, but I was. I was wearing socks, so I was there.

[Godwin]

You didn't have a shoe on.

[Ben]

I didn't have a sho. How he got me. So I was like, man, let me.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You know. And. And Noah. Noah, because he was. He was in the restroom. I have to run by his restroom to get to where I keep the shoes in the. In the mud room. And so he sees I said, move, move, move. And he's all like. He goes, what I said is a scorpion just stung me. He said, a scorpion?

[Godwin]

Yeah. I. At 15, I'd have been the same way.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

And it's at that point, I'd have been on top of my bed and been like, dad, that' like homeboy get.

[Ben]

Homeboys walk around the house barefoot. Last Night. I said, hey, son, I'm just going to tell you might want to just watch where you're walking some shoes on.

[Godwin]

Because that one was just in transit. It says most of them happen because they're in your shoe or something. And you don't realize you put you on, he pop you. And lucky for me, I don't have very many shoes, so thank God for that.

[Ben]

Well, this is. You talk about dealing with stuff in stages of life with your children. When you get a teenager, let me tell you what you'll deal with. It's just a whole lot of. Well, it's a lack of. Of common sense, right? So this dude. This dude is like.

[Godwin]

It took me approximately 26 years for me to pull my head out my rear.

[Ben]

Well, that's what I'm saying, dude. Walking around barefoot. And I said, hey, you might want to watch where you're walking. He's like, wow. And I said, because I got stung by a scorpion this morning.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

He's like, oh, yeah, yeah. You know, like, that's what that. Teenage boys. That's your future. That's what you were dealing.

[Godwin]

Oh, yeah. I mean, I see that deer hunt, you know.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

You see them year and a half old bucks get out there on the food plot and just, you know, lose all good sense. Right? Like, hey, the easiest thing in the world to get is a young male. Exhibit A. Yeah.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And he stung me and he. He. Because it wasn't like I quickly went and turned the light on.

[Godwin]

Oh, what would you have done if you'd have popped him in like a bunch of little baby scorpions right now? Talk about nightmare.

[Ben]

With the baby in the house. I would have got my family and we would have left. What we would have did. And I, like, look, we would have booked.

[Martin]

Oh, man.

[Godwin]

Yeah. I'd have been down front Sunday because I'd have been saying some things I shouldn't have. I can assure you that we'd have had to go have a meeting with Elder.

[Martin]

About what?

[Godwin]

Everything that transpired from that point forward.

[Ben]

I'd have moved my family to the church. We'd have been sleeping in my office.

[Hunter]

That's great.

[Godwin]

Oh, man. Well, that's cool. It sucks for you.

[Ben]

Well, yeah, but it turned out okay. I mean, look, we're talking about it now. We're educating people.

[Godwin]

I'm educating myself, man.

[Ben]

It's.

[Godwin]

This is cool.

[Ben]

But I figured, you know, I was. I brought him with me yesterday because it was like, hey, if this venom thing gets serious, hey, what kind of scorpion was it?

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I believe it was a striped bark scorpion, but here he is. You can look at himself.

[Hunter]

You played it right.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

You know, because I wouldn't have believed you.

[Godwin]

Yeah. You always go get the body if you can. You get the body.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's. That's what I. And it gave me a chance to teach Noah that. I said, look, something gets. You kill it, Take it with you that way.

[Martin]

That way. There ain't no. Well, I think. No, you don't need to think. You need to know.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Martin]

You know, that's like when a snake bites you, you kill him, take him with you.

[Hunter]

Yeah, you kill.

[Martin]

Well, there ain't no doubt about it. Was he poisonous? I don't know. I ate snake.

[Ben]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Hunter]

I ate snake.

[Ben]

You know, everybody's always like, hey, that's this snake. Don't kill that snake. He's a good snake. I know that. Martin's one of those. I don't believe I'm. If I see it, he is dead.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Whenever I work it outside at my house, I walk around with a snake shooter on my side. Like, that's how. Like, there's no.

[Godwin]

Yeah, you know the difference between me and you? I find that way more terrifying. Yeah, I can see that snake.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Like, I ain't worried about him slipping up on me.

[Ben]

And I'm not really scared of snakes.

[Godwin]

Enough.

[Hunter]

Do you live in the wilderness?

[Ben]

I live in. Yeah. I mean, we're out in the middle. I mean, that's crazy.

[Godwin]

If you really want a good read, you go read about the mating process of the bark scorpion.

[Hunter]

Friends, I promise you this. We got about 15 minutes left in this room today. I ain't looking at no scorpion. I'm. I'm shook. I don't like.

[Godwin]

The most disturbing part is the post mating. After fertilization, the female may sometimes try to attack and eat the male. So he typically.

[Ben]

That checks out.

[Godwin]

He typically leaves quickly.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Ben]

Typically leaves quickly. You know, before I got married.

[Godwin]

That's why they so mean. It's a bunch of fatherless households around there, man. That's why they walking around stinging.

[Hunter]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Dad needs to stay involved, man.

[Ben]

I mean, that his.

[Hunter]

His absent fathers is the quickest way his life of crime.

[Ben]

His rules of engagement was sting first, ask questions later. Because this dude did not. Like I was just standing there. It ain't like I stepped on him.

[Godwin]

Oh, God.

[Ben]

You know?

[Martin]

Yeah, he come up.

[Godwin]

Yes, I did.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Hunter]

Martin, pbs. You have a floor.

[Godwin]

Scorpions don't lay eggs, which I knew that they give birth to live young. Do you know the average number of live young of that thing? 65, 13 to 47. And they live on their mother's back for a week or two. That's why I said that about man. Golly, I'd have died.

[Hunter]

That's the scariest thing, I think, because.

[Godwin]

I've done that as a younger fellow. Like when you see, like, during the fall. I know it's the fall. Yeah. It's like fall going into winter, you'll run across, like, the wolf spiders in your yard or in your driveway or something, and you're. Oh, yeah, golly, that thing's fat. I'm Step on it. See the squish? Right. Like, because you don't know any better. Well, what you don't realize when you do that they look so fat because there's 100 baby spiders on their back. And then when you do, they all go. So that's why. What got me to think, which wolf spiders. Whatever. I'm not worried about a wolf spider, but I am.

[Ben]

What?

[Godwin]

A wolf spider.

[Ben]

I'm trying.

[Hunter]

The only thing in my mind is every scary creature we're talking about was on that ark with the Noah.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

What you doing, man? Close that door.

[Godwin]

What you doing, Terry? Yeah, like, put it in reverse. Put that door in reverse and kick that scorpion out, man.

[Hunter]

Yeah, Let that sucker drown.

[Godwin]

How does somebody not open the window and let the mosquitoes go? Like, just.

[Ben]

They weren't necessary. I don't know, as a.

[Hunter]

Actually a wild thing to consider as a biologist.

[Ben]

Are mosquitoes necessary for anything?

[Martin]

Yeah, yeah.

[Godwin]

I mean, they really are because they.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

They in turn pollinate. They also feed fly catchers. I mean, there is a design to it all.

[Martin]

God did not create anything.

[Godwin]

I just don't know why he had to make us a food source.

[Ben]

Yeah, no, exactly. Well, what's the point of a scorpion now? We need to figure out.

[Godwin]

To scare me out. Yeah.

[Hunter]

If Martin's scared of something, I'm out. That's a rule in my life.

[Godwin]

I'm not scared. I just don't like it.

[Martin]

They have ego.

[Godwin]

Here's the deal. Between me and him, I know who's going to win.

[Ben]

Right?

[Hunter]

Like, you don't.

[Godwin]

Oh, you don't.

[Hunter]

What if he's in your shoe?

[Godwin]

Oh, I know.

[Hunter]

What if you're asleep? Like, so.

[Ben]

But this one can't kill you. He can't kill you.

[Godwin]

I mean, unless you. Unless you're a kid or the elderly with underlying conditions, you should be fighting us.

[Hunter]

He's an elderly kid. Right here beside me.

[Godwin]

But that man beat the C word, bruh. Yeah, like, scorpion ain't got a chance.

[Ben]

Nah, man.

[Godwin]

My man went into the hospital with the thing that was knocking off everybody, and he's still here.

[Ben]

That's what I'm saying. Like, he's got wherewithal.

[Godwin]

Yeah, he can. The good Lord ain't done with him yet. And I don't. I don't see size fittingly going out with a scorpion sting or a snake bite because ain't gonna get close enough for that, so. Yeah, but, like, the terrifying part about that thing is that he could be anywhere. But I ain't scared, like, because when it comes to me, think Noah had.

[Hunter]

Like, a special section in the ark that's like, don't open that door.

[Martin]

Well, no, no, that's like, okay. They can be anywhere.

[Godwin]

They can be. They can get. Most places.

[Martin]

They can get in stuff that you don't think they can get into.

[Godwin]

But a snake will generally give himself up. Like that guy right there. Gets in the end of your shoe. You won't know. You.

[Martin]

You'd be too late. Once you slip your foot in there. He's doing pop.

[Godwin]

Well, see, I'm the world's worst. About. When you clean out shoes, like, most times, people shake them out, right? Yeah, I just, like, run my hand in there real quick and like. Like, I just try your hand. Well, that's what I try to do. The old swipe, you know, like the swipe and grab. But like I said, I don't have a lot of shoes, so this isn't.

[Hunter]

All I can think about.

[Godwin]

I take a pair of shoes and wear it till I just bust out the sides of them. Then I go get me another pair.

[Ben]

But I will take. That's why, like, I'm not a. I don't. I don't leave boots on the porch. That's why you got to think about right now.

[Hunter]

Because when I left my house, I looked at some shoes that I've had.

[Ben]

On the porch for.

[Hunter]

We're gonna say an uncomfortable amount of time. We're not gonna tell you how.

[Ben]

Yeah, but I looked at.

[Hunter]

I said, I need to move those inside. But now I think I'm just gonna throw them away.

[Godwin]

I wouldn't move. My first move wouldn't be inside. I would. I would. I would shake out, get them closer to where you want them to be.

[Hunter]

Things been out there for a minute.

[Ben]

Sometimes whenever I'm doing it, I've. My paranoia kicks in. So, like, I'll shake them out, knock them together. And then I'll put them on the ground and step on the shoe just to be sure.

[Hunter]

You know what my new favorite thing is?

[Martin]

What?

[Hunter]

Boasting. Sounds rude, but when you're talking about a wireless company like Pure Talk, you might just want to boast and brag all about it.

[Godwin]

Hey, if it's saving you that much money, there's a reason to boast and brag, everybody.

[Hunter]

I already told y' all about Luke. Luke from Wisconsin saved $130 a month. I'm saving money. America's saving money. And you know what else? You can brag about what they're doing for Americans and our veterans. They've given away a thousand American flags to deserving veterans. They forgave $10 million in veteran debt. They've raised almost half a million dollars to prevent veteran suicide.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

In other words, when your wireless company is Pure Talk, there's a whole lot to brag and boast about. You can brag about the coverage you get, which is a 5G network that's insanely fast, dependable, and secure. You're like, oh, I don't want to switch to some smaller company. You can't tell the difference. It's fantastic. And you can definitely brag about how much money you save. And you can go spend that money on whatever you want because it's some. You just got more money in your pocket.

[Godwin]

Amen, buddy.

[Hunter]

Unlimited talk text, plenty of Data is just 25 bucks a month, saving the average family over a thousand dollars a year. I'm on Pure Talk, and I can tell you the coverage is second to none.

[Ben]

It.

[Hunter]

It's fantastic. So do yourself a Favor. Go to PureTalk.com and save an additional 50 off your first month. Again, PureTalk.com to make the switch today. Pure Talk wireless worth bragging about.

[Godwin]

Man. Saturday morning in the dark. Teal hunting just got a lot more interesting.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You gotta be.

[Godwin]

I used to be concerned about cottonmouth and everything else. Now I'm gonna be thinking, well, what if one of them's there?

[Martin]

Yeah. What if one lives there?

[Godwin]

What if one of them little suckers is on the bench in the blind and I sit on him? I mean, he. He gonna get me. I get him. But he gonna get me.

[Ben]

And, well, it won't be too bad. I mean, it really wouldn't. It'll make you.

[Martin]

Oh, that depends on one. Which one gets you.

[Godwin]

I just don't like the thought. Like, I'm way cooler with this one than that one. That's an inch and a half Long. It says it's about size of your fingernail. That ain't. That ain't right. No, like, that ain't. That ain't.

[Martin]

Oh, that's why I said they about 2 to 3 inches. Okay. Because when he rares up, when you. You confront him, you know, hey, that bad. That boy's bad. And hey, when he pops you with that one.

[Godwin]

Yeah, that's why that. That's why that stinger splash always worked.

[Martin]

Oh, no.

[Godwin]

No wrestling, right? That thing hurt.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Good on you for bringing the body, though.

[Ben]

Well, that's what I'm saying.

[Godwin]

That is very interesting conversation. And if you really want to have fun, it's a little fly. What you do is you just go here, go office to office and just, you know, kind of.

[Hunter]

He brought it too close to me in the break and we almost.

[Godwin]

Yeah, but you know. Oh, he was. I was looking at his belly.

[Ben]

No, no, no. I think that's a bit.

[Godwin]

I don't know. He's just kind of flat now.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, he got. He got worked over pretty good.

[Godwin]

I do like your style. Record Double.

[Hunter]

Slipper and Jet.

[Martin]

Yeah, that's a house. You and.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

A couple of good hits.

[Godwin]

Yeah. You all. Hey. I will say you only want one person telling the story, so you only want. When it comes down to it, you only want one side of the story to have to tell.

[Ben]

So I, you know, so just is. It's. It's an interesting thing, but.

[Godwin]

And I just confirmed I will not move to shooter. I just don't want to have to put my shoes on and worry about that like something.

[Ben]

So in our mud room, I have all the shoes. Like there's a shoe rack that keep it on. So I think because these guys don't climb walls or nothing. These are. These are your floor walkers.

[Hunter]

Them things started climbing walls. We got issues.

[Ben]

These are your floor walkers. So I think if you got them up off the floor, you're pro it clear.

[Hunter]

We've got how many years between us? 70 plus.

[Ben]

That's why I like size. Sigh You. You guys stung in the bed. It wasn't one of these guys. I don't think 100.

[Godwin]

You know, that's what I. I would bet size was a spider over.

[Martin]

But no, the doctor said he, you know, because, you know, blood test and all that. He said that's Scorpion.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

We're right around 180 to 190 years. Only two has happened.

[Godwin]

That's the first one I've ever seen.

[Hunter]

I feel better about it, but I don't like, it.

[Martin]

It was just like someone stuck me with a knife.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Martin]

When he popped me, I thought.

[Ben]

I thought I stepped on, like, a tack or something.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Ben]

What it felt like.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Yeah. Which kind of like a wasp. I mean.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

You know, this time of year, they get inside your house, and they'll get on the floor.

[Hunter]

Like, you got wasp in your house?

[Godwin]

Yeah, I mean, they get.

[Hunter]

I got lizards in my house.

[Godwin]

Yeah. They get in, like, if you hate them, but they.

[Hunter]

At least I'm not afraid of them.

[Godwin]

So, like, right now, here's them. Here's what? Like, and this is time of year we all go back to the camp. Right. So this will be. And this is when wasp and all that are getting to their wintering spots, which is generally in walls of things. So, like, what's crazy is, like, you go to somewhere during duck season, and you turn on the heat. It's cold. It's been cold. And you turn on the heat, and the walls start vibrating because the wasps are getting warm.

[Martin]

And.

[Godwin]

And then you look up, and there's walls coming out of every crease and crevice and all the things. And then next thing you know, you turn the heat off and you just freeze while you sleep because you don't want to have to worry about them no more.

[Hunter]

I can have that. I'm going. Spirit Halloween 1.

[Martin]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

I ain't going. I ain't never going.

[Ben]

So you can.

[Godwin]

You can ask old Jared. Living proof. Like, last year, we stayed at a place, I think the walls. I turned the heat on in there, and you just. And I said, jared, it's about to be cold in here, buddy.

[Martin]

Yeah, we're going.

[Godwin]

I went from the heat to the air.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

And it was already 30 degrees outside. I said, but I'm not going to have to worry about something dough popping me while I sleep. Like, no one end up like that.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

You know, don't leave. Don't leave, like, sleeping bags and stuff.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Rolled up now.

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Martin]

No, in camps. Because just what you're talking about, when you walk in there, you get close to it, you hear. It's just. It's a weird sound. It's a humming sound that goes from low to. Starts getting high.

[Godwin]

Yeah. When it gets high, you know, they're warm.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

And then you get to. It's time to go.

[Martin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Godwin]

As long as it's still that low bass deal. You're like, oh, y' all ain't. Y' all ain't feeling yourself yet.

[Ben]

So real quick, I'm gonna Get y' all to help me with something, because this is obviously one of those things you make an illustration out of of. What's the spiritual application?

[Hunter]

Oh, I. I got the Bible verse of all Bible verses. I'm very excited.

[Godwin]

The spiritual application. Well, you were walking in the dark, right?

[Ben]

I was walking in the dark. I was walking in the dark.

[Godwin]

You were walking in the darkness, and the light is the way, buddy.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

Would you have. Would you have stepped on him old.

[Martin]

Enough where you can see?

[Godwin]

Would you have stepped on and were you walking in the light?

[Martin]

That's right.

[Ben]

If I.

[Godwin]

But no, you turn the light on and you. You turn.

[Ben]

Whenever I. Whenever I turn the light on, it exposes the threat.

[Godwin]

There you go. So stay in the light.

[Ben]

When you stay on the light. When you stay in the light, you can see the enemy. Just.

[Hunter]

You can't wait for what I have for you, sir, I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Hunter]

At one point, Jesus, he sends out 72 people, basically tells them, hey, the harvest is plentiful. Go out there, go get people that listen to you. They love me. They're going to listen to you. The people reject you are rejecting me. And they came back and they're like, it's crazy. Stuff's happening.

[Martin]

Yes.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Hunter]

And they said, lord, even the demons submit to your names. And Jesus replied in Luke 10, 18, and 19 is when I get excited. He replied, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. This is the words of Jesus, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. That's there.

[Ben]

I mean, there it is.

[Hunter]

We got the authority of the Lord, figuratively, literally.

[Martin]

We.

[Hunter]

We gonna take a house shoe. That's what I'm saying is to Satan, to anything that comes our way, especially that thing.

[Godwin]

I'm just glad to know Jesus put them in the same category. I kind of think that's what I'm saying here.

[Martin]

So, hey, the people that handle snakes and all that, that's the verse they use for doing that. And I didn't.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, yeah, I know you talk about.

[Martin]

You talking about, you know. You see what I'm saying?

[Godwin]

Yeah.

[Martin]

They didn't. They didn't translate at that. Right.

[Godwin]

I much prefer the way this was handled.

[Martin]

Yeah.

[Godwin]

If you'd have brought a loud one in here.

[Ben]

No, yeah. Not.

[Godwin]

I mean, as long as he would have been in confinement, we'd have been okay.

[Hunter]

Gotta have had this podcast. Look, look, I got worms to sell, baby.

[Ben]

I am Not a.

[Martin]

Hey, let's.

[Ben]

Let me try to, you know, safely collect this. I'll kill it. I'm just going. Look.

[Hunter]

MyPillow.com duck slippers.

[Godwin]

I'm a. I mean, I, I, I. I fancy myself a conservationist and a naturalist, but once you trespass, we got a problem. I'm not trying to trespass on you, right? You stay where you stay, and we're fine. But when you trespass, we got a problem.

[Hunter]

Before we go, though, do. Do you have one of those cameras in your living room?

[Ben]

No. Oh, damn.

[Hunter]

I would like to.

[Ben]

I've been.

[Hunter]

I've been thinking Luke 10, 19.

[Martin]

I've been thinking Luke 10 19, step.

[Godwin]

On the snakes and I gotta go.

[Martin]

I gotta go. Read that.

[Hunter]

Read the. Read all Luke 10. It's Jesus sending people out.

[Godwin]

The snakes and the scorpions.

[Hunter]

And he says if I. If I got your back, ain't nothing going to stop you. Even what might be the grossest and scariest thing you can come up with was just snakes and scorpions.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Martin]

Hey, make sure you let your little light shine, baby. If you walk in the dark, you get like rucker. You get popped by, you get dope up.

[Ben]

Oh, I got popped by many things walking in the dark over my years.

[Godwin]

Yeah. Or pain. Probably the friendliest scorpion.

[Martin]

Jesus loves you. And so do we.

[Godwin]

Hey, man, we love you guys.

[Martin]

Beautiful week.

[Godwin]

Yeah. And I'm not done studying this guy yet, so we'll see y'. All.

[Ben]

No, I don't want him.

[Godwin]

We'll see y' all next time.

[Hunter]

Out of here. I'm going home.