Roamin' the BSR with Ted Fowler - SAS CLASSIC

Summary

The Steve Austin Show — SAS CLASSIC: Roamin' the BSR with Ted Fowler

Date: November 18, 2025
Host: Steve Austin
Guest: Ted Fowler

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Overview

In this episode, Steve Austin, broadcasting from the Broken Skull Ranch in South Texas, teams up with longtime friend Ted Fowler for a laid-back, humorous discussion while cruising the ranch in Steve’s 1996 Ford Bronco. With Bloody Marys in hand, the duo reflects on the past hunting season, shares stories from Christmas, delves into deer management, jokes about life in Texas, and looks ahead to the new year. The episode is a classic blend of Austin’s candid charm, ranch anecdotes, hunting banter, and genuine camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Holiday Reflections and Family Traditions

[01:25–11:01]

• Steve opens the show describing life at the Broken Skull Ranch, highlighting his loyal dog Hershey and a non-traditional Christmas feast: enchilada casserole, tamales, queso dip, and Mexican rice.
• “Mexican food is my favorite food in the world. So since I'm not such a big turkey guy, man, I made out like a bandit.” — Steve Austin [03:07]
• Steve confesses to sneaking two dozen tamales, which he eats “with ketchup and a glass of milk.”

Notable Quote

"When I eat my tamales, I eat them with ketchup and a glass of milk. I'm telling you, those things ain't very healthy. But you talk about tastes good. Mister, I am in hog heaven."
— Steve Austin [03:53]

• He details the ongoing saga of remodeling their Los Angeles home, confiding it’s mostly his wife managing the logistics and him “just sitting there like a bump on a log.”

2. Podcasting from the Ford Bronco

[11:01–12:21]

• Steve and Ted set out in the Bronco for a mobile podcast. Steve describes the Bloody Marys as providing “creative impetus.”
• Ted cracks jokes about the Bronco’s color and infamous snake inhabitant.

Notable Quote

“I think we've done this a time or two in the past… Inside the Bronco. We got some Leica range finder binoculars. We got a video camera in case we see an outstanding deer... and we're rolling with a couple of Broken Skull Ranch Bloody Marys just to give us a little bit of creative impetus.”
— Steve Austin [11:12]

3. Broken Skull Ranch Life: Weather, Wildlife, and Tire Troubles

[12:21–15:39]

• They vent about constant flat tires on the Bronco and joke about starting “Ted’s Tires.”
• Discussion shifts to Texas weather and Austin’s humorous climate conspiracies:
  • “I still don't believe we landed on the moon... But God dang, I'm a big believer in global warming because when I was a kid growing up in South Texas... it was a lot colder back then.” — Steve Austin [15:00]
• Ted confirms South Texas stays warmer longer than it did years ago.

4. Ranch Work, Hunts, and Deer Management

[15:50–46:08]

• The crew’s been busy with projects — like the corral teardown — and relentless hunting. Both hosts admit their workouts have suffered.
• Austin praises the cycles of ranch life, noting, “It's an endless cycle and it lasts for two and a half months.”
• Ted humorously confesses to being a bit tipsy during morning hunts.

Wildlife Management

• They explain the challenges in balancing the local deer population:
  • Deciding which bucks and does to cull for herd health and genetics.
  • Emphasis on thoughtful deer management and record-keeping.
  • “We, on our original aerial flyover, we were designated to take 15 bucks. Right now we are at 14... And we got five extra tags.” — Steve Austin [36:11]
• Discussion of natural herd behaviors, the rut, and how dominant bucks can negatively impact genetics.

Notable Quote

"From a wrestling standpoint, number one, you're a pro athlete. Also, you're a rock star because everybody wants to party with you. On the other hand, you're also a truck driver because you're driving yourself to all these places."
— Steve Austin, on the entertainer’s lifestyle [22:20]

5. Music Legends & Celebrity Losses of 2016

[19:20–23:37]

• Reflecting on recent celebrity deaths — George Michael, Prince, Michael Jackson — and their impact.
• Steve shares memories riding around to Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall,” hailing it as Jackson’s breakout work.

Notable Quote

“There'll never be another Michael Jackson. Sometimes that Bruno Mars guy reminds me of Michael Jackson, and maybe he's influenced by him... But dude, there's one Michael Jackson. There'll never be another one.”
— Steve Austin [20:55]

6. Food, Drink, and Hunting Styles

[27:32–44:21]

• Recap of Christmas meals, the joys (and perils) of excessive tamale consumption, and the creative re-use of leftovers.
• Ted laments missing out on the communal feast due to dog logistics, leading to his solitary ramen noodle Christmas dinner.
• Comparing hunting strategies: Ted prefers camping in one blind to film everything, while Steve bounces between stands.

7. Ranch Anecdotes & Family Moments

[54:57–62:02]

• Steve's nephew, Neil, joins in, discussing ag classes, welding, school plans, and hunting prowess at the ranch.
• Steve praises Neil: "That's a good young man right there… Real hard working, good shot. Real responsible." [61:49–61:50]

8. Looking Forward: 2017 Goals & Resolutions

[63:46–66:52]

• Ted hopes for more business growth, time for fishing, and perhaps romance (with comical nonchalance).
• Steve looks forward to podcasting with fresh guests and hoping for a better year than 2016.
• Both express appreciation for the show’s listeners and the unique lifestyle afforded by their time on the ranch.

Notable Quote

"I'd like to talk about things that are going on in the world, but I don't know what's going on in the world because I'm in Broken Skull Ranch, Texas and I'm signing off."
— Steve Austin [66:18]

9. Closing Thoughts & Listener Engagement

[66:52–End]

• Steve encourages safe driving, hints at upcoming guests, and invites New Year's resolutions from the audience via email.
• He offers instructions on scoring whitetail deer, emphasizing the “gross Boone & Crockett score” over the "net score" for their purposes.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “I'm gonna get a shirt that says Broken Skull Ranch home with a flat tire.” — Steve Austin [12:11]
• On Ted’s hunting attire: “That's about as redneck as you can get.” — Steve Austin [14:04]
• “The entertainment industry... many times you're living three lives in one body.” — Steve Austin [22:20]
• On deer management: "So we didn't want that deer passing on as genetics. And the deer we're trying to leave out in the herd are the ones that we want passing on our genetics.” — Steve Austin [36:11]
• “It's easy to talk to Teddy… just shoot from the hip and off the cuff stuff like that. And it's just so hard to do research, to talk to anybody that I'd really want to talk to, because you've got to do so much research.” — Steve Austin [52:27]
• “This is my vacation. But like I tell everybody that I deal with in California... my agents and stuff like that, people think, hey, yeah, Austin's down there. Deer hunting. This is the hardest time of my year and I enjoy it. I'm spending time at my ranch, but I work harder out here than I do all year.” — Steve Austin [52:41]

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Segment Timestamps

• [01:25] — Steve sets the stage from the ranch, Christmas recap, and hints at the episode’s content
• [11:01] — Bronco ride begins; ranch life, tire tales, and prepping for the hunt with Bloody Marys
• [15:00] — Climate chat, moon landing conspiracies, and South Texas weather nostalgia
• [19:20] — Celebrity deaths and the toll of entertainment
• [27:32] — Christmas feasting (or missing out), traditions, and Ted's food quirks
• [36:11] — Deer harvest by-the-numbers; management philosophy
• [44:21] — Hunting styles and field lessons learned
• [54:57] — Arrival of nephew Neil; ag classes and ranch work
• [63:46] — Pranks on Mitch, wrapping up the season, and new year resolutions
• [66:52] — Closing thoughts, safe driving PSA, and sign-off

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Final Thoughts

This episode reflects Steve Austin’s signature mix of storytelling, humor, authentic ranch talk, and unscripted camaraderie. Whether you’re a wrestling fan, hunter, or simply enjoy tales of rural life, the conversational flow between Steve and Ted offers laughs, insight, and a genuine slice-of-life from the Texas wilds.

Listeners Walk Away With:

• Behind-the-scenes ranch life and hunting practices
• Candid perspective on entertainment, hard work, and traditions
• Holiday humor, “redneck” fashion, and memorable food tales
• The importance of friends, family, and simple pleasures

For more stories, questions, or to share resolutions:
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Notable Mentions for Further Listening:

• Steve’s tutorials on deer scoring (search “how to score a deer” on YouTube)
• New season of Broken Skull Challenge airing on CMT
• Follow Steve (@steveaustinbsr) and Ted (@tedfowler361) on Twitter/Instagram

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“Hope everybody had a very merry Christmas… Keep your head on a swivel, man, the world’s getting crazier every day...”
— Ted Fowler [66:44], Steve Austin [66:46]

Transcript

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[Ted Fowler]

From Hollywood, California by way of the Broken Skull Ranch. This is the Steve Austin Show.

[Steve Austin]

Give me a Hell yeah. Hell yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

Now here's Steve Austin.

[Steve Austin]

All right, everybody, waiting for Steve Austin Show. I'm coming to you from South Texas here at the Broken Skull Ranch. Hershey the wonder dog is sleeping right in front of me, laying down on the bed. She has been hunting her fool head off for about six weeks. Every single time I go to a deer stand, this old trusty dog is with me. And we've been doing this together for about nine years. 10 if you want to count the year I spent down there in Cotulla when I bought her my faithful hunting companion, Hershey the wonder dog. I tell you what, I don't know who's more tired, her or me. God dang man. Hope everybody had a good Christmas. We did down here at the Broken Skull Ranch. We all loaded up well, my wife and I, Hershey and Moola, our chocolate and silver lab, and headed down to Victoria, my old stomping grounds where I used to live. You know, that's why they used to say stone cold Steve Austin from Victoria, Texas, because I used to live there. And we had a pretty damn good gathering. All my family was there, my mother, my father, all my brothers and my sister. And was just thankful they were all still around. All Getting along pretty good. All my nephews, my nieces and all my other family was there. And we had kind of a non traditional Christmas, you know, wasn't like it was turkey and dressing and mashed potatoes and green bean casseroles and sweet potato casseroles, man, it was enchilada casserole, tamales, some queso cheese dip, some other kind of dip, some beans. Of course there was some Mexican rice. So that's the kind of Christmas dinner we had. And Mexican food is my favorite food in the world. So since I'm not such a big turkey guy, man, I made out like a bandit. I made a big ass to go plate. It was probably about 9,000 calories. And then my wife, on the DL, on the kayfabe to all my brothers and sister, snuck me two dozen tamales that a close friend of ours had made there at their house. I didn't share my two dozen tamales with nobody. And when I eat my tamales, I eat them with ketchup and a glass of milk. I'm telling you, those things ain't very healthy. But you talk about tastes good. Mister, I am in hog heaven. And by the time I get back to the mean streets of Los Angeles, specifically Marina del Rey, I'll be fat as a damn hog hitting the gym, trying to train it off. I tell you what, what's going on in my life. The remodel continues at 316 Gimmick St. Turns out builder ran into a couple issues. Couple of things we ordered wrong backorder, we gotta wait. So all of a sudden we thought we was going to spend our Christmas vacation here at the ranch. And then when we rolled back to Los Angeles, everything would be ready and we would just move back into our house. However, that is not the case. So I told my wife, I said, man, I tell you what, we're going to have to spend an extra two months in South Texas. That's going to be heaven for me. Actually, I'm ready to get back to Los Angeles because I'm working too hard out here. Well, that didn't work out so good for my wife because she's been six to eight weeks without her Zumba class and all of her workout classes and seeing her friends since she's a little bit more social than me. So we thought of the next best thing. Our next door neighbors are moving out of their house because they're moving to Napa Valley. So turns out we signed a short term lease to the house next door to 316 Gimmick street for two to three months while they finish construction on our home. Ah, dang. I ain't never remodeled nothing. My entire life, my wife has been doing all the permits, doing all the planning, talking with the designer, talking with the builder, talking to the guy who, what's he called? The structural engineer. Talk about shear walls, all this bs, which is just like a foreign language to me. All I'm doing is helping write the checks. Well, actually my wife writes the checks too. So I'm just sitting there like a bump on a log, wondering when it's gonna get done. But God dang, at least we was able to get the house next door rather than try to rent another house in a different neighborhood, rent a condo, stay down here in South Texas. Damn hunting season is gonna be over. We done taking all the deer just about that we've needed to take by the time we leave here anyway. So I'm ready to get back to Los Angeles. I appreciate you guys listening to the podcast for the past three some odd years that I've been doing this damn thing. I sure appreciate it because it gives me an outlet, it gives me something to talk about. It gives me a way to stay in touch with a fan base that I created, you know, over 20, 25, 30 years ago through the body of professional wrestling, some BS acting. But now the podcast is probably one of my favorite things to do, along with hosting the broken skull challenge. And that thing is going to wrap up in an extreme fashion. Don't miss the last two episodes. But I'll tell you what, I've been trying hard to stick with these podcasts down here at the ranch. This is where I work the hardest, where I try to catch up to all the work that we should have got done over the year. But since I live in Los Angeles, you know, when we come out here, it's mowing, it's taking care of the deer herd, it's feeding, doing all the repairs, and it's so time extensive that, man, I ain't got time for nothing. My workouts have suffered. I think my podcasts, they probably some of them could have been a little bit better. But when I get back to Los Angeles, I've got a bunch of new guests coming up, going to get back in and start talking some more professional wrestling, which I think those are my favorite guests to have on the show. I enjoy talking to people from all walks of life. I especially enjoy talking to a lot of the stand up comedians. I've got a couple of them booked on the show and some people from the music world as well. But really, truly, and to be completely honest with you, it is very hard to try to do any quality research on someone that you're going to try to interview for a podcast. Because my work day starts at 5:20 when the alarm clock goes off. We get out into a deer stand and then we start working on projects such as the corral project that you'll hear about later on in the podcast. Back in the deer stand. And then it's dark so you just want to have a cocktail, eat dinner, visit with your family and your friends that come over to see you and then it just starts over. It's an endless cycle and it lasts for two and a half months. So I appreciate the patience that you guys have shown me while I try to slug through the back end of 2016 and looking into 2017. I tell you what, I had my shoulder rebuilt last year. Well in 16. I was sure hoping that don't have anything rebuilt in 2017. And, and really it's a little bit better year than 2016. Was a little bit of a rough year and I think it probably was for a lot of people. If it was a good year for you, then hopefully your 2017 will be a good one as well. I'm going to eat a truckload of black eyed peas on New Year's Eve. That's one of those things. It's probably a superstition. Maybe it's a tradition that you're supposed to eat black eyed peas on New Year's Eve to bring in a great new year. Here's to hoping 2017 is a little bit better for us than it was in 2016. But I ain't gonna sit here and piss and moan because it wasn't a bad year at all if you look at it all in its totality. Hey man, that's enough of me flapping my gums. I got so much stuff going on here at the ranch, I'm fixing to take a shower. I smell like a deer and a hog combined. I need to shave and put some deodorant on and, and brush and floss my teeth. That's what I'm about to do. I've been hunting all morning long. We was out there cleaning deer, was out there processing stuff and taking stuff, getting it ready to take to the butcher shop. So everything's going good at the Broken Skull Ranch, but I'm ready to get back to Los Angeles here in a couple weeks. Ted Fowler will continue to stay out here for a whole nother month and finish taking the dose that we got to take. Hey man, let's talk a little bit about business. A few plugs before we get to the show. This show was me and Ted Fowler rolling around in my 96 Ford Bronco having a Bloody Mary Broken Skull Ranch style. That means it was full of vodka, shooting the breeze and reflecting on 2016 and reflecting on this past hunting season.

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[Steve Austin]

Alright, I'm rolling around the Ford Bronco 1996 model. It's green and silver. I bought this thing off ebay many many years ago. My wife is not very fond of the color scheme but I love it. Sitting in the shotgun passenger seat is my buddy Ted Fowler. 361 we're rolling mobile. I think we've done this a time or two in the past. I've got the volume turned down on my recording meter so we try to take out some of the ambient noises. We ride down the gravel dirt roads here at the Broken Skull Ranch. This is the last family Friendly show of 2016. I thought of no better way to wrap up the family friendly year than with my buddy Ted Fowler rolling down the roads. Inside the Bronco. We got some Leica range finder binoculars. We got a video camera in case we see an outstanding deer. I got my number one gun, Remington Camouflage.308 with a Leopold scope and we're rolling with a couple of Broken Skull Ranch Bloody Marys just to give us a little bit of creative impetus. Teddy, how you feeling this morning? Are you feeling creative all? Do you have anything to talk about as we wrap up the year of 2016?

[Ted Fowler]

I feel phenomenal. I'll tell you what, Kristen may not be too chilly red hot on the paint job on this thing. I'm not too jazzed about the fact that a snake lives up underneath the dashboard myself.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, but God dang I told Teddy man. I was sitting there struggling for a podcast and you know I'm gonna get back to Los Angeles here in about two weeks. We're scheduled to get on back around. You know, first two weeks of January, I gotta start getting back to, you know, the swing of things. Getting some different guests out here on the podcast. It's been a blast talking to you so much and hunting so much with you. But when we came out here to get in the Bronco, I looked out the window and of course, par for the course had two flat tires, back left tire and the front right tire. And we were doing pretty good on the tire situation till my dad got my Bronco, locked the keys and proceeded to drove this thing all off the road. You know, Teddy, you can ride around out here and stay on the roads and anything you bring, I could be out here, my wife's BMW X5 and not get a flat tire if I stay on the roads. But my father gets out there in my number one rig and God dang, we've got headaches, hassles, and all kinds of stuff out here. I'm gonna get a shirt that says broken skull Ranch home with a flat tire. Cause there's two flats on this thing. I had a flat on my utility trailer, which wasn't my dad's fault. And me and Teddy, just for good measure, we aired up the tires and the thing, and then we put in the compressor tank in the back of the Bronco there in case we go down and have a flat tire. We're not going to be stranded four miles from the camp and have to walk back because, Teddy, I might have to pull up a hamstring on that one. Send you on in for the damn Kawasaki mule to bring us back to.

[Ted Fowler]

Camp, I'm thinking of striking up another side business. Ted's Tires. Yeah, as much as we have hassles out here. Yeah. And the one time I decided to wear my flip flops out with you instead of snake boots. Be the time we break down and I gotta walk back.

[Steve Austin]

Dude, I was wondering who's more redneck, me or you? Because I just got on camouflage shorts, a dry fit black cutoff sleeve T shirt, and then you roll up in a pair of jeans with about 30 holes in them. And I know that those weren't the kind of designer jeans that you buy at the store where they make the holes for you and charge you for them. And then on top of that, you're wearing flip flops, but you got your socks on. So you got your, you got your flip through your fucking. You got your divider thing splitting your Big toe and the rest of your toes on your sock. That's about as redneck as you can get.

[Ted Fowler]

You never know when a cold front is going to blow through here.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I tell you what, we had some good weather there for a while. It was about 10 days worth. It was overcast. It was nice and cool a couple times. It hit in the 30s, and then it would stay in the 60s. And now we're back to status quo. We've got some cloud cover here. It's not dead dog hot like it was yesterday.

[Ted Fowler]

No.

[Steve Austin]

God dang it, man. I just don't know what's happening to all the coldness that used to be in South Texas back in the day. I'm a big proponent. A lot of people got mad at me the other day when I said, I still don't believe we landed on the moon, and someone saw fit to correct me when they called me an idiot and said it was 1969, not 1962. So I stand corrected on the date. Still don't believe we was there. But God dang, I'm a big believer in global warming because when I was a kid growing up in South Texas and I lived in Texas almost my whole life, it was a lot colder back then. Teddy, you come from Arizona. How long you been the great state of Texas? And can you vouch for any kind of the heat or cooling trends that you've seen?

[Ted Fowler]

Ben? I've been here about 12 years, and it's definitely remaining warmer longer. I mean, here it is, the tail end of December, and we're squawking because we can't get the AC on in the Bronco. I mean, would you ever have thought that we would need that during hunting season?

[Steve Austin]

Well, the thing is, I just had a mechanic out here. He's working on all my stuff. And then last thing that I got him to do, my dad's Bronco was, wouldn't start. He fixed that thing in five minutes. I thought we needed a new starter, right? He just got up underneath the hood, and he's very honest. And which is unbelievable that you find an honest mechanic out here in the middle of nowhere. And he knows what he's talking about. Out of all the things I forgot to tell him, hey, man, check the AC unit on my green and silver Bronco because I didn't think he was going to need it. As we ride and record this, it's December 26th. Yesterday was Christmas. And again, dude, I won't need a jacket for the rest of the year. Looking at the forecast Correct, Correct. That's best poor.

[Ted Fowler]

We're supposed to have a little front come through Wednesday night or Thursday morning where the high is going to be down to 62. You know, the high yesterday was what, 82, 83, something like that?

[Steve Austin]

No, it's too damn hot for me.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

Hey, man, you've been keeping up with what's going on in the real world. Because since I've come out here with all the work we're doing, Cousin Neil and you and me was cutting down that corral. My older brother Scott's over there cutting them pipes right now. Been in the tractor mowing. We've been hunting from daylight to dawn damn near every single day. You know, in the morning and in the evenings and then working. I ain't even had a chance to work out. I look like a piece of trash. How you feeling about right now, man?

[Ted Fowler]

I. I may have been a little tipsy this morning when I went. Went to the deer blind, to be perfectly honest with you.

[Steve Austin]

Did y' all stay up late over.

[Ted Fowler]

I had a couple more just to, you know, kind of wind down from the evening's event after I said goodnight to everybody. So, yeah, it was probably. It was between 11 and midnight that I shut it off, man.

[Steve Austin]

I tell you what, I was planning on getting an early night in and then everybody went home because, you know, we was trying to wrap it up. We got some more guests coming out. Mitch, my wife's brother, who guides in Nevada, is coming down on Wednesday. And, man, that guy's a pure mountain man. He's a ton of fun and super knowledgeable about the outdoors. So we're looking forward to kicking it up with him. I'm trying to save him little bit for when he gets down here because I'm pretty damn burnt out. I got a call from the Smithsonian Institute the other day that said, hey, man, you still gonna donate your liver when you kick a bucket? Yeah, you're gonna put it right there on that by that moon rock from the lunar landing, because it's gonna look like about the same damn thing.

[Ted Fowler]

Either that or Ripley's Believe it or not, one.

[Steve Austin]

As many. Well, yesterday had an unfortunate event come out. There was a deer taken that didn't need to be taken. So that's what my night entailed. I went back out with my 8 by 10 or 8 by 11 and a half legal paper. However big legal paper is, I guess it probably changed from 62 to 69 when I got my moon dates confused. But I went back out to the cooler and remeasured that deer.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

And I took a drink out there. I was drinking Crown black and water. We're going down a gravel road right now. Let me see if I get over here in the grass and remeasured that deer. And it was just a hell of a deer. And I would have liked that deer to been out in the field a good another year.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct, Correct. Yeah. Was. Was not quite his time to leave.

[Steve Austin]

And so trying to a lot like.

[Ted Fowler]

George Michael, we lost.

[Steve Austin]

You know what? That was a real shocker for George Michael. Be gone at 53 and you know, hell, I didn't realize a whole lot of George Michael's music. But you know, when, when Wham. First came out, you know, way back in the day with Wake Me up before youe Go Go. I mean those guys had a great career and George Michael was a hell of a talented singer. And it's sad that the guy left. Did you what they said he has a heart attack.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, yeah.

[Steve Austin]

53 is young for a cat like that to go from a heart attack.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct, correct.

[Steve Austin]

I mean, and dude, he was over. I mean, Wham was over. Then those, those guys broke up and George Michael continued. But I don't know, I don't know what happened to him, but it's just sad to see that the cat left us so soon. He was very talented guy.

[Ted Fowler]

He didn't have much of a reputation as a. As a drug user, did he? I don't.

[Steve Austin]

I don't know anything about the man. Yeah, but the fact that, you know, back in the day, good looking dude, good entertainer, great voice, catchy songs.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, dude, 53. And to have a heart attack, that is way too young.

[Steve Austin]

So I'm sitting there sipping on a damn broken skull Bloody Mary. Almost said, here's one of them guys leaves. And I said, okay, well, hell, George, last 53, I mean, I got outlast him with due respect, shout out to everybody that was a George Michael fan and to his family respects for the guy. But like when Prince left us last year, when was it? Didn't expect that guy to go so soon. I think there was a lot of painkillers and stuff involved in that one. Yeah, I ain't on no painkillers, but these bloody Marys don't get me to margaritas, Will.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, Michael Jackson, how old was he when he died?

[Steve Austin]

Was he 55? Yeah, but he was like. I mean, I don't know if you say he was a young 55 or an old 55 because the guy has seeming to me just watch his performance, so much energy. I mean, to me, he was one of the greatest talents that was ever in the music business to begin with. There'll never be another Michael Jackson. Sometimes that Bruno Mars guy reminds me of Michael Jackson, and maybe he's influenced by him. And I know Bruno's trying to be his own guy and he's a very talented guy. But, dude, there's one Michael Jackson. There'll never be another one. I just thought. I remember we used to ride around in Edinburgh, Texas. I told this story before. My buddy, his brother had a Malibu Classic and Maroon two door. And that was when the off the Wall album came out. Michael Jackson. We'd ride around the mean streets of Edna, Texas, listen Off the Wall, and, you know, he would have other albums that would be bigger than that, The Thriller and all that, some other stuff. But to me, the off the Wall one was the one that broke him out, and that was, to me, his best work.

[Ted Fowler]

You know what? I applaud his musical talent. I didn't particularly care. I didn't listen to his music, you know, but I know the guy was a real showman, that's for sure. I'll tell you, I had no idea that the entertainment industry was so, you know, taxing on one's health. If we do this next year, I'm going to have to renegotiate my podcasting contract with you to include some type of wellness program.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I tell you what, the entertainment industry in general, from pro wrestling on up to acting or singing, touring, whatever, whether you're a rock star, a movie star, a professional, professional wrestling star, sports entertainer star, or even boxer or football players. I mean, if you just live such an extreme life, you get the extreme things that are attached with it. And it's like I always used to tell people, pro wrestling or an entertainment business, many times you're living three lives in one body. From a wrestling standpoint, number one, you're a pro athlete. Also, you're a rock star because everybody wants to party with you. On the other hand, you're also a truck driver because you're driving yourself to all these places. So, man, once you get into all those different kinds of activities that are, you're burning the candle at two and three ends. And I did that for a long time. And so you might as well just get in the entertainment industry. Teddy, can you sing? Can you play the tambourine? There's always that guy on stage in one of the big bands, he plays the tambourine. That's the guy you think really Are you. Are you crapping me? He's going to stand there and sing back up without even a microphone. He's playing a tambourine on his leg.

[Ted Fowler]

I could be that guy with the old BSR band. Yeah. I'll get out front and do a little break into a little soft shoe routine I've been working on in my flip flops and my socks. The Steve Austin show. Steve Austin show.

[Steve Austin]

What will you do when you return? See, here's the thing. I gotta leave out here in about two weeks. You're gonna spend a whole nother month out continuing the hunt. You're probably gonna back off the pace a little bit once I leave. I mean, with respect to drinking.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, no, I like partying with you, but it's. It's healthier when you leave.

[Steve Austin]

It's healthier for me when I leave, too. But there's something just about being out here in the outdoors. It just changes you. It makes you more coarse, it makes you more callous, and it makes you more thirsty for alcoholic beverages.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct.

[Steve Austin]

I mean, it just goes hand in hand. I mean, I don't know how all the farmers and ranchers are complete alcoholics because for some reason I'm driven to drink out here. And right now I'm driving while I drink, but I'm only going five miles an hour. And I'm going to be quite frank with you. We're not wearing a seat belts. Thank God this is a 1996 Ford Bronco. Look at that javelina. Thank God this is a 1996 Ford Bronco. And it's not one of those vehicles that every two miles, if you're not wearing your seat belt on, it starts beeping like crazy. It's like, man, all this technology is great, but how about if you just gonna leave the decision making. If I want to put that seat belt on, I will. Or you do the old click back behind you. So it's engaged and it doesn't know whether you got the seat belt on or not. It's just made that connection.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah. And then you got that thing rubbing a hole in your hip the whole time, you know, when you click it behind you.

[Steve Austin]

Now, I understand the whole click it or ticket campaign coming out of Cali because I do believe in wearing my seat belt there. And when I'm in Texas, I mean, I don't know what's the seatbelt. I was in Texas.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh, yeah, you gotta buckle up.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, I buckle up for safety when I get my truck. But again, my 2003 pickup, it don't do that. It'll come on one time and then it'll stop. But on those newer technology vehicles that I lease, all those, them damn things come on every three or four minutes.

[Ted Fowler]

I wonder if that's mandated by the government.

[Steve Austin]

Oh, of course it is.

[Ted Fowler]

You know. Yeah, I mean that's, that's irritating. You ought to be able to turn that thing on or off. But you know, it is what it is. This was about where the rattlesnake was.

[Steve Austin]

A moment of silence for the rattlesnake. That was taken by a.308 fired by.

[Ted Fowler]

Ted Fowler 361 at extremely close range.

[Steve Austin]

We're riding down to a deer stand we call Tombstone. And Tombstone is about 150 yards in front of Lake Tombstone. And that's where Ali Gator lives. I came down here the other day with something for Al to eat that was taken in the field. And I guess he ate it because it ain't no longer there. Have you been feeding Al?

[Ted Fowler]

I have. We tried to feed him what was left over that ham.

[Steve Austin]

Honey baked ham.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, yeah. He didn't particularly care for that. I think he's more along the sushi line of food products. He wants, wants stuff that hasn't been cooked. Big fan of raw food.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I'm telling you what. Hey, a big shout out to cold steel knives out there in Ventura, California. Anytime, anywhere. They make the strongest, sharpest knives in the world. But they said to two honey baked hams and I believe we've already went through one of them. It was spectacular. We're saving that other one for when Mitch gets to, gets here. And you know what, dude? Prior to getting that honey baked ham, I just wasn't, I'm not really a ham guy. When they got, you know like traditional Christmas, you know, stuff out. You got the turkey and there's ham. Dude, I, I think I ate more of that ham than anybody that was there. Then of course, the next day we used it to make Reuben sandwiches. That's one of our traditions. That was some good ass ham.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh, you know what, man, I love ham. Christmas, Thanksgiving, whenever. I'm not a big big turkey guy at all.

[Steve Austin]

What's good about our Christmas dinner this year was it was all Mexican food. It was enchilada gastroe, man. We had dozens and dozens of tamales, all kinds of chili cheese, queso dip. I mean everything that you looked at had a thousand calories a serving in it. And I piled it on. I was gonna bring you a big ass plate. But dude, you had brought down like nine dozen tamales. So since basically my meal was the same as what you brought down from that guy in Rockport. Thank you very much, man. I had my last three tamales for my midday lunch today. And if I don't eat another tamale for at least another couple months, I'll be good because God dang, as much as I love those things, those things ain't nothing but pure fat.

[Ted Fowler]

Boy, I wish you had brought me down a plate because I about starved to death. And that was just, you know, an oversight on my part because I did. I didn't go with you guys to Christmas dinner because I've got my three dogs. You got your two dogs. There's already two dogs there at the house. And I thought it would just be a three ring circus, you know, to bring my pointers. So I stayed here. And I'm so used to the routine that we're in, you know, cook eggs for breakfast, make a sandwich for lunch, and then I go over to your guys house after the hunt for dinner. So when you guys got back, come over to your house, I sat in the chair like I always do and I looked in the, in the kitchen and there's not a single pot or pan out on the stove. And I'm like, oh man. And I was looking for something under foil, you know, about seven different plates because you guys know I don't want my stuff to touch. I didn't see any of that. And I'm like, I just, you know, I assumed that Kristen was going to cook something and I assumed incorrectly. So, you know, had a couple of beers and I was like, well, I'm heading home early, I'm going over to place.

[Steve Austin]

Man. We had loaded up our gullet so much at that damn Christmas dinner that I didn't need supper. And I think I had like three or four tamales left from the batch you and me was eating prior. So yeah, you, you got, you got hammered on that deal. Not in a good way.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh, I went over to the house and got one of those instant like ramen noodle meals and you know, whipped that up. And your brother comes walking in and he looked at me, I'm like, you know, man, I forgot you guys ate. I'm starved to death. Yeah, that was, that was my Christmas dinner.

[Steve Austin]

He made a skillet full of stew the other night. Did you any of that stew?

[Ted Fowler]

No. Dude, did you see how much stuff was interacting in there? No.

[Steve Austin]

Well, tell me about the interaction.

[Ted Fowler]

There was what, carrots and celery and potatoes and tomatoes and you know, deer meat and you know, whatever kind of broth he, he had percolating on the stove, you know, all morning. No, that's it. That was way too busy for me.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I saw it sitting because he was kind enough to at least go through the paces and make something to bring it over. But I don't think anybody touched that stuff with a ten foot fork. And I don't think he did either. I think he was eating on what we ate.

[Ted Fowler]

He kind of ate on that most of the day, you know, I didn't know. I didn't know what he was doing.

[Steve Austin]

Well, you ate some of my wife's soup the other day. She makes a damn good soup, stew, whatever the hell you want to call it. What was the defining factor to get you to sample that stew? Because you got all the vegetables and everything in there touching as well.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, that was more soup than anything because it had what, cabbage and cauliflower floating around in it and all I had was the broth. I didn't have any of the hard products that were in there. I just had a little of the broth because she feeds me all the time, man. You can't see snub the cook. I'm smart enough to know that much. This November action is free on Pluto tv. Go on the run with Jack Reacher.

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[Steve Austin]

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[Ted Fowler]

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[Steve Austin]

TV stream now pay never. And we're rolling down the west fence line. We're heading toward the southwest corner. I saw a deer down here. I think I videoed him from the west fence line about a mile back several times. And that deer was wide. I couldn't really see much of his horn. And I got a doe yesterday at turnbuckle and I decided to ride around and I found you over there on the east side. You had just taken down a. Was that a ten point buck? Yeah, ten point buck. And I passed you and said, hey man, what's going on? We traded stories about what happened. So I was gonna come down here to the southwest corner and see what's been going on down here. Because after I shot those two kobuks, I thought, you know, I was going to let this place kind of simmer down a little bit. So I climbed up in there and that Wide buck was out there, and he had his butt facing towards me, and he was, you know, bent down eating corn. And so I was whistling, and it was almost dark. Of course, I forgot my video camera. But he was. That deer had to be outside. He had to be 23 inches outside, at least. But his tines weren't real long. All of his G's were probably anywhere between 4 and 6 inches long. But I couldn't get an age on him either because it's so dark. And so I'm gonna take my microphone away from my mouth so I can whistle. But I was giving him the old. I was giving him that. I mean, more than that. And I was in that deer stand, and I had my chin rested on the shelf, and I was whistling so loud that the sound was reverberating back or echoing back into my ears. And I made my ears start ringing because I was whistling so damn loud. So then I stuck my fingers in my ears while I was whistling for the sapsucker to get his ass to turn around so I could get a good view of him.

[Ted Fowler]

You know you've got a video feature on your iPhone, right?

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, but you can't video 130 yards away.

[Ted Fowler]

No, I'm talking about videoing yourself sitting there in the blind. I'm smelling YouTube money, mister.

[Steve Austin]

I'm gonna make me a YouTube account of me sitting in a deer stand. God dang, if that deer. Finally, I turned him around a little bit. Never really got a good look at him. And sure enough, you know, when after I'd whistled enough, he's like, hey, this idiot with the bald head and the goatee is whistling at me so much it's hurting my ears. I'm gonna turn around and walk straight away from him so he still can't see me. So he kayfaved all the way down the line. But I think that's the deer that I found on that west fence line in that tall grass. And he's nothing to brag about but just how wide he is. But we're not gonna do anything with him. We'll carry him on for next year. But it was a real interesting buck, and it's a buck that I hadn't seen so far this year.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, that width and the main beam length that goes along with being wide is a very desirable trait that you'd like to pass on to the rest of the herd.

[Steve Austin]

You'd like to see those G's get longer so I can start getting up on the Boone and Crockett score at the end of the video, the close of the show, I'm gonna give you guys something to watch. It's how to score a deer. And so it's about a nine minute video, give or take. It's in the close of the show. And when you're looking at a deer or when Teddy and I are looking at these deer, we're trying to think, okay, what needs to stay, what needs to go? If we're trying to continue our management program here with our whitetail deer at the ranch, which we are. And so there is a lot of thought and a lot of video and a lot of time that goes into the decision making process when we decide to take a deer. And Teddy made a case for the deer he took last night. And I was like, well, at first I was like, I don't know if he's copacetic on this one. And, you know, I saw the video. When I saw the deer on the ground, I was like, yeah, you're right. That deer 100% needed to go.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, we agreed on it before I pulled the trigger.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

You know, so, yeah, it wasn't. Wasn't like we took a chance and said, you know, well, rolling the dice. And hopefully Steve approves of this. No, I mean, I brought back the video and we watched it a couple of times and pointed out more bad than good. So he got a thumbs down. That was it.

[Steve Austin]

And so we didn't want that deer passing on as genetics. And the deer we're trying to leave out in the herd are the ones that we want passing on our genetics. And then through the continuation of this process. And next year will be 10 years going nine years at this point. And we, on our original aerial flyover, we were designated to take 15 bucks. Right now we are at 14. We're at 14 bucks. I got five extra tags. As Ted and I were discussing, there's a couple of other deer that really need to go. Just because that's not what we want out here. We still have to be very careful to take X amount of deer out of each age group. So we don't shoot a hole in any age group. And then we were scheduled to take 24 does. 24?

[Ted Fowler]

Yes, sir.

[Steve Austin]

And we got five extra tags. I. I do believe, and I hate taking does, but I think we're heavier on the does than we need to be. So I think we will exercise the extra five tags.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh, you're absolutely right. I mean, I'm not real jazzed about taking does either. But you know, what if we don't do our management, you know, then it's, it's a waste of time, money, effort, everything.

[Steve Austin]

Well, along with the fact that so many of the does this year are kicking out twin fawns.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

So then you've got a two for one. So now you've got three extra deer instead of just, you know, two extra deer. You know, if the doe stays and she has one fawn, these does are kicking out too. And all of a sudden you start adding that up. With their tremendous survival rate that we've been able to have out here. Overpopulation. Too many does.

[Ted Fowler]

I mean it was a great year with all the rainfall, the grasses. I mean, look at, we're driving down the road now that's been cut what, month ago?

[Steve Austin]

Yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

And it's already growing back and it's green, you know. And here it is, the tail end of December. They've got so much to eat and you know, the environment is so conducive to, you know, good, good healthy living on their part. A doe that drops two fawns and a bunch of them is just going to create more workforce next year if we don't control it now, man.

[Steve Austin]

But one of the things that's been surprising to me because we had so much rain here, we were late cutting a lot of grass. You had most of the perimeter, most of the senderos cut. And then we cut some other things. I cut the entrance and the front of the house a few weeks ago for my hydraulics went out on my komodo tractor. But dude, it's like right now we're on the west side. As soon as we get on the south side, there's so much grass that we haven't even worn our tracks back in on the road yet. Now back in the drought, you had two lanes that were going down. You know, that's where your tire tracks are. And you get on that south side that the grass grow. There's been so much prolific rain that you can't even see where the road is supposed to be. And we know where the roads are. So it was part of my process was if I didn't have anything to do with the hydraulics being out of the tractor, I would just ride the roads, just try to wear them back in.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh yeah, dude, we've been driving around a bunch and you're absolutely right. I mean, this used to be just a two track dirt road that we're on and it's still a ton of grass. It was a good year all the way around. And the deer herd reflects you know, the kind of year we had, the.

[Steve Austin]

Rut just kicked on. I think the, I think the rut kicked in when the bucks really started chasing the does about a week or so ago. But right now I think it's. Would you say it's hot and heavy?

[Ted Fowler]

I would say it's real hot and heavy, yes, sir.

[Steve Austin]

Anything surprised you? Okay, well, here's one thing that surprised me. I haven't seen as many fights as I have in the last few years.

[Ted Fowler]

Dude, you're absolutely right. I filmed one fight a couple of weeks ago and it was a good one. But no, I haven't, I haven't seen as many fights. And you know what? I think that is a testament to us getting our buck to doe ratio where it needs to be.

[Steve Austin]

But it was in close. It was, it's always been close. But here's the thing. I think in taking out a couple of the nine, a couple of nine points that were five and a half years old that every time they came in was with that attitude that they're looking to kick the crap out of any 10 point. I mean, they were the dominant bucks.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct, Correct.

[Steve Austin]

And I think part of that has been due to the fact that we took out the dominant bucks that displayed the attitude that were the bucks that we didn't want breeding, but they were going to kick the living hell out of anything else just because you can look at body language. Hey, they might have got their ass whipped, but they're fighting for breeding rights and we don't want them breeding.

[Ted Fowler]

I'll tell you what, that's a, that's a funny thing to witness is the posturing of those deer and you know, their body movements and how a bigger, a bigger horned deer will give way to a smaller, more aggressive buck, you know, and you sit there and stand and go, dude, you could, you know, you could beat the tar out of him, you know. But some of those bigger bucks are, you know, a little, little passive on that. You know, they're, they're lovers, not fighters.

[Steve Austin]

That's 100% correct. And boy, I tell you what, those ones come in with that attitude. You gotta see it, because I call it the John Wayne walk. Because they kind of come in just kind of sideways and they're looking at the sides of their eyes and they got their ears either laid back or flared back. And then they'll bristle up so they look bigger than they actually are. And holy smokes, I mean, dude, it is on.

[Ted Fowler]

That is so cool when they bristle up because, you know, normally They're. They're a tannish gray. And then when they bristle up, it goes to chocolate brown. You know, they look. Look like a little poodle, you know.

[Steve Austin]

And that's danger, Will Robinson.

[Ted Fowler]

Danger, you know, but they kind of cock their head to the side and kind of looking, you know, looking out the side of their eye as they. As, you know, they kind of do si do around the other one going, you know, hey, dude, are we gonna hook this up or not?

[Steve Austin]

And then, I mean, it might take them just a little bit. And here's the thing. What I always kind of like, for. For the most part, they'll do a little do si do. And it might last a little bit longer than other times. But then when it starts, it's on. Yeah. And they are locked and they get their legs spread, low center of gravity. And. God dang it. You see some of those deer? Well, I saw one of them get flipped over an entire gigantic bush last year. Literally flipped 5ft in the air. And they'll get their necks cranked at such extreme angles, you think, God dang, he's going to break it. Mfer's neck. Yeah. And just a calamity. And then two bucks will be fighting. And like the video that Ted shot the other day, a third buck was watching because the first two bucks started fighting. This guy wanted in.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

He goes, hey, I want some of that. It's a three way.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah. Well, remember a couple of years ago I was at. Where was I? No, I was at titanic. And I shot that buck and I put. Put the gun down, Put the camera down. And the other buck that was the dominant buck in that area came up and. And I've already dispatched the one buck he's laying on the ground. That dominant, smaller horn buck come up and started to gore him as he was laying there on the ground. Yeah, I mean, they. They're just. They're just feisty when it comes, you know, to the rut.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I'll tell you what, you talk about aggressive and mean spirit when the. It's like putting the boots to guys on the ground. Because that's what he's done.

[Ted Fowler]

That's what he's done.

[Steve Austin]

He did. And deer's still trying to kick his ass. We got here binoculars employed, southwest corner. It was like a dawn.

[Ted Fowler]

Two fawns.

[Steve Austin]

Two fawns rolling down the south fence line. And the thing out here, you know, teddy, you could sit in a deer stand out here all day long because that's what you could do. But the fact that the whitetail deer, what is it? Deciduous? I think that's the word. They eat twice a day. They like to eat in the morning, like to eat in the evening. So that. That's the way we hunt them, the way we do.

[Ted Fowler]

Didn't you and I have two. I mean, when it comes to looking at deer and seeing deer, we got two different hunting styles. You know, I mean, I go to a blind and I stay there the whole time. You know, I rarely move around, and I'm a big, you know, camera guy, big video guy. I always stay there and, you know, film, film, film, and you bounce around going from blind to blind to blind, you know. Yeah. So we. We pretty much got it covered as far as, you know, what's on the ranch and what we know is here.

[Steve Austin]

But that's the first time I've really ever done that. And it was because, you know, we've, you know, I've got two more weeks here. You'll be here another month. But we got to take X amount of does, and so we have the majority of the stands position so the. That you can sneak in them while the feeder's gone off and get in there unnoticed and be able to take multiple does from different stands just because we got to get that work done. And so this is really the first time I've ridden around as much as I have. And in doing so, it's made me learn so much more about the ranch, about the numbers of the deer, whether they're does, fawns and bucks, young through mature, that go to the feeders. And in riding the roads as much as I've done this year, saying what does not go to the feeders. Because, like, I was talking to Macy Ledbetter, our wildlife biologist, he said, hey, Steve, you know, some deer are social, Some are party animals. They want to be around with the crowd. But you got those other deer that are very private, and they don't go to feeders, and they just. They'll walk the roads. And it's funny, like, we're looking at a road, a diagonal road that cuts from the south fence line over to the west fence line. And you'll see these deer that never go to the feeders. And so if you sit in all the deer stands, you still won't know what you have on the ranch because not everything goes to the feeders. So in riding the roads as much as I have, I've just seen different behaviors of the deer, different places. I'd like to set up stands because of that and to take some of the stands off the fence line and put them more in the brush.

[Ted Fowler]

Dude, I just thought you were rolling around more because you're running out of patience.

[Steve Austin]

No, no. Well, you. Well, it's been interesting because I've seen so many good deer while I've been riding around. It's like, these deer aren't going to the feeders.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

And I'm not shooting out of the vehicle. I'm simply videoing.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct.

[Steve Austin]

And glassing to see what we got.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct. I mean, there's. There's parts of this ranch that, you know, we. We've seen from the air, Never seen it on foot. And. And there's deer that we have never seen. Every year it turns out to be that way. You know, we'll see a deer and be like, who is that? Where'd that one come from?

[Steve Austin]

Well, and there's been a couple of trademark deer that have happened this year. And the one we saw together was like, man, that was a six inch drop tie. And that was a hell of a damn deer.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

And we'd never seen that. It was a mature buck. But that deer ain't never been to no feeder. No, no. So that's. I know. So just in riding around then, that's been a real eye opener for me. How many does. How many bucks Stay away from those features because you think, hey, man, we'll look at it this way. The brokers go. Ranch is 2,100 acres. You're probably looking about 1700 acres under high fence shaped like a rectangle. Okay, let's talk about the 1700 acres under high fence shaped like a rectangle. We got our roadways cut in. We got a couple of food plots. We have some senderos. You're looking about 80% brush coverage, 20% stuff that we can see.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct. Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

I mean, would you. Could you put a different percentage on the net? No, no. I mean, with the roads so much coverage.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, yeah. With roads in the food plots that are cut or the areas, you know, in front of the blinds where the feeders go. Not. Not exactly food plots.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

It's probably 20% of the surface area is mowed down to where we can see.

[Steve Austin]

Man. We were flying this ranch a couple of last month, we was flying it, and you get up in the air and all of a sudden you think, man, you know, stuff don't look that thick from here. But all of a sudden, you know, when you watch a whitetail buck crash into the brush and you know, we get off of them pretty quick because we don't want to disturb them. We want them to hurt themselves or put them under too much stress, but just to get a good head count on them. Look at the horns. And they're crashing through that brush and you're just, just hauling ass. And you sit there and you think, you know, that brush doesn't look that thick. But then you see the struggle that that deer is putting forth and all of a sudden you know, you have to go walk out in that stuff to try to track one down that made it into the brush and you get your ass cut up. Man, the Texas brush country is like, well, Mitch, my brother in law, Kristen's brother, who's going to come down in two days, he calls this the toughest land he's ever hunted in his life. And he hunts a big country, Nevada, that's tough country. And you've been up there, that Rocky Mountain cold stuff, Brutal, brutal, but just with respect to vegetation. He shot a deer out here a couple of years ago and it went about a hundred yards in the wood. By the time he got out, you know, it looked like he, Freddy Krueger had got a hold of his ass. And that's when he took on a whole different respect for the brush country of South Texas.

[Ted Fowler]

I remember that poor guy come walking back in and he was just tore up the cactus. I mean, dude, you can't get through there. I mean you can, but you definitely pay the price.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, boy, I tell you what, if you're going to shoot something that's going to go off in the brush, you better have your Carhartt jacket, some thick ass pants, some rattlesnake boots, and a pair of welding gloves because this damn country out here will beat the tar out of you.

[Ted Fowler]

We've been real fortunate this year. I mean, everybody's making real good quality shots and we haven't had to track anything into the brush, you know, any, any distance. I mean we've had them roll a little bit, but nothing, nothing bad. And we haven't lost any animals either, so that's always a bonus.

[Steve Austin]

Boy, there was one quality shot that I wish wouldn't have happened. But that's a whole nother story for another podcast as I bounce across the rocky side of the east fence line. Holy smokes, Teddy. I'm looking to wrap up 2016 out here. We had a good Christmas. We didn't do nothing. We got a Christmas tree. You've seen it. This is probably our smallest Christmas tree we've done in the last few years. Last ones have been about a foot and a half tall. I think this one struggled to meet even 12 inches tall. It was the same Christmas holiday spirit, don't get me wrong. And I hope everybody had a great Merry Christmas. How was your Christmas?

[Ted Fowler]

Christmas was good. Christmas was good. I mean, I was. Although that was Christmas Eve that you guys went to Edna or Victoria, rather. No, dude, Christmas was good because you called me up and said, hey, you know, after the morning hunt and after breakfast, dude, we're not gonna work. We're just gonna have some fun. We went to the range, shot guns, had a mixie or two and just kicked back and took it easy, you know, took the day off of work to actually come out and play. And that was. That was a good Christmas.

[Steve Austin]

It was good. But, you know, the only thing got me, it didn't really feel like Christmas just because it was so God dang hot. I mean, because, you know, December. Yeah, you'd like it to be kind of cold with that Christmas spirit. But, I mean, you know, we all fired down a margarita. We all took a ride. Myself, you, Chris, and my brother Scott. Thankfully, he got to come down this year.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct. Correct.

[Steve Austin]

And hang out with us, do a little bit of hunting. But right now, he's over cutting on this corral we're gonna ride up on. But hell, Teddy, let's look forward into 2016 because we're going to talk again. Probably doing a New Year's resolution podcast. Maybe if y' all send in some New Year's resolutions or some motivational speeches, we might be able to kick one of those out. If you send in the emails to [e-mail] if not, I'll just get back to doing my thing. I did make a call to a former wrestling friend of mine and booker, and we'll see if he returns my call. I know I got a conversation coming up with him. I think you guys are gonna get a real kick out of that podcast. All of my guests for the coming year have been lined up for January, so I got some cool people that I'm talking to again. It's been fun out here at the broken school ranch, and, man, this is my active vacation. Teddy. Correct.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct.

[Steve Austin]

It is so hard. It's easy to talk to Teddy about everything that's going on out here. Just shoot the breeze and just kind of just shoot from the hip and off the cuff stuff like that. And it's just so hard to do research, to talk to anybody that I'd really want to talk to, because you've got to do so Much research. And with so much work being done out here with all the hunting, this is my vacation. But like I tell everybody that I deal with in California, my agents and stuff like that, people think, hey, yeah, Austin's down there. Deer hunting. This is the hardest time of my year and I enjoy it. I'm spending time at my ranch, but I work harder out here than I do all year. But with respect to just having people that you got to do research on just don't have time to do it. So I'll get back to all those wrestling people that I love to talk to. Some more stories from the business coming up down the road. But Teddy, as I talk about my podcast, heading down the road into 2017 and trying to deliver toucans of audio whoop ass. I know as you fire up Ted Fowler construction in another month, you know you're going to get busy. You're one of the busiest guys over at Rockport because of your business and your reputation for doing high quality work. And if you say something's going to happen, it does. But what about your personal life? You're going to start cruising and maybe trying to chase some of the South Texas woman of San Antonio, maybe get down in Corpus, maybe go down into the Valley or stick to the rockport scene. Does 2017 see you in a serious, committed relationship? Will you ask some lucky lady, will you marry me? Any details on the specifics of the Ted Fowler romantic scene with regards to a special lady in your life?

[Ted Fowler]

Dude, I think your bloody Mary must have been stronger than mine because I. Apparently you haven't done your research on me either.

[Steve Austin]

No, I'll tell you, I'm thinking. I'm thinking Lionel Richie if he wants. Twice, three times a lady.

[Ted Fowler]

No, you could have stopped after the once. No, dude, I'm hoping to have such a prosperous year that the trim comes to me. That's how I roll. I'm gonna get a couple of pictures of the redone mule. Say, honey, if you play your cards right, perhaps we can roll the BSR in this thing. Get that sound bar fired up. Boom tick a boom boom.

[Steve Austin]

Hey, we're over at the project on the east side of the ranch where we're cutting down this corral. My brother Scott has got the whole top rail about two thirds cut down. Someone's coming down the road. Oh, that looks like Neil coming down in his pickup.

[Ted Fowler]

Okay.

[Steve Austin]

Because I said, man, that'll look like my white Chevy. I think that's Neil coming up down here. Because I'm like, man, somebody riding my Ranch that. I don't know who it is. And I got a.308 sitting here on the center console.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, we got $5,000 worth of binoculars sitting in front of us.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, we look like, hey, who could that be?

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, pull forward. I can't see.

[Steve Austin]

You know, Is that a shooter?

[Ted Fowler]

Depends whose shoe.

[Steve Austin]

No, did I. I'm ready. All I need is my passenger mirror right here. I think it's gonna be Neil. He rolled in. I think my nephew, he started this job. He's wanting to cut all the bull panel off.

[Ted Fowler]

Looks like he's solo.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah. Got my nephew Neil riding up in the pickup. He chiseled off of me last year.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, you shot a good deer the other day, boy.

[Steve Austin]

He did. He made a good shot on it, too. An eight point mainframe. Mainframe eight with a G2 fork.

[Ted Fowler]

Yep.

[Steve Austin]

So end up being a nine point right? At 20 inches wide inside. Deer was four and a half years old. Good shot. Not a good deer to get off a ranch. Boy, this project is looking pretty good. I'm thinking we're gonna be able to push and pull those things out of the ground if we get the hydraulics working, nudge them a few times at the bucket to start rocking them. And then we'll take them things and get them out of here. And then we'll have this whole place cleaned up.

[Ted Fowler]

We'll just dally a chain around them like we did down on the river and pull them up out of the ground because, you know, they're set in concrete, but I believe they will come out pretty easy.

[Steve Austin]

You talking about just hooking onto the top of them or trying to pull them up with a bucket? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

Just dally with the chain and then pull the bucket up. Pull them up out of the ground.

[Steve Austin]

What the hell has Neil got over? He got a broom or a rake. He must have brought something. My brother over here and he got a shovel. Oh, he's talking about trying to. I think he's looking at trying to cut them things down and subgrade.

[Ted Fowler]

Oh, yeah.

[Steve Austin]

Oh, no, no, no. We got to get some 411 on this before we start doing that. It'll be a decision made that was not made by the person that needs to make that decision.

[Ted Fowler]

Apparently, he circumvented the chain of commands.

[Steve Austin]

It might have been that stupid movie I did a couple years ago called chain of command. God dang, I wish you had to remind me of that.

[Ted Fowler]

Dude, you say that about a number of your movies. I think you're being awfully Hard on yourself?

[Steve Austin]

I deserve to be hard on myself. Calling my nephew Neil over here. He got him a damn broken school ranch shirt on. Neil, what's going on, partner?

[Neil Wiggin]

Nothing much. We're just cutting down this fence over here with acetylene and oxygen.

[Steve Austin]

What time did you roll into the ranch?

[Neil Wiggin]

Rolled in about 1:30.

[Steve Austin]

How was it? Safe. Did you get a ticket?

[Neil Wiggin]

No, sir. Didn't get a ticket this time.

[Steve Austin]

Diablo sandwich and a diet Dr. Pepper.

[Neil Wiggin]

I got damn fast my brother over.

[Steve Austin]

Stomping on another fire. So you got a pickaxe and a shovel in your hand. What are y' all planning on doing on that?

[Neil Wiggin]

We're gonna dig around the post and pull them up.

[Steve Austin]

Well, how you gonna pull them up?

[Neil Wiggin]

Well, you can do that either way.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, but how are you gonna pull them up? Because we ain't got nothing to pull them with.

[Neil Wiggin]

Got a rope or anything?

[Steve Austin]

Well, I mean, no sooner see you in the ground, little brother.

[Ted Fowler]

Dude make a muscle like that.

[Neil Wiggin]

Let me see with my left hand.

[Steve Austin]

With your left hand. Like it's gonna make a difference.

[Neil Wiggin]

I'm not that. I'm sorry.

[Steve Austin]

No, no. But you got good hair.

[Neil Wiggin]

I do.

[Steve Austin]

I have great hair. So how long you staying for? I'll be back From a close in your mouth like this. There you go.

[Neil Wiggin]

I'll be leaving Wednesday morning.

[Steve Austin]

So. Neil is my nephew. He's 17 years old. If y' all saw my Twitter account, Steve Aust, I posted a picture this badass. It's about almost 2ft across circle. It's like a sign he made in his ag class. Made out of stainless steel. Was it quarter inch steel?

[Neil Wiggin]

It's quarter inch steel.

[Steve Austin]

How long take y' all to make that?

[Neil Wiggin]

Well, the plasma cam cut it out in about 20 minutes.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah, but what about the plan and all the. All the work going into the design.

[Neil Wiggin]

That took probably close to two and a half hours, three hours. Just trying to get the design done on the computer. And then the computer actually had to restart. So we lost all our work. We had to redesign it, redo everything we lost. So I'd say probably around a good three hours.

[Steve Austin]

Yeah. I'll tell you what. Hey, man, that Ag class has really been handy because you know how to weld, you know how to run a cut and torch. You taught me and Teddy both had to work cutting torch. And we need a few more lessons probably so we don't blow ourselves up. So your senior year, you know, when you complete this year for your senior year, will you take ag again? And what more is there to learn?

[Neil Wiggin]

I will continue taking ag. There's really not much more I can learn. I can just get.

[Steve Austin]

What about the mechanical part? Because have y' all rebuilt engines yet?

[Neil Wiggin]

We don't do that.

[Steve Austin]

Okay, Stop doing that.

[Neil Wiggin]

We won't do that. No one does in our region.

[Steve Austin]

Back in the day, I had a friend named Chad Starry. We rebuilt a lawnmower engine and a 283small block, and both of them didn't fire up. Somehow I passed the class. So I took the same class you did. But I didn't learn how to run a cutting torch or learn how to weld, so I didn't get nothing out of it. But it's a great class to take.

[Neil Wiggin]

It is.

[Steve Austin]

So with your academic background, I mean, you're one of the top kids in your class? Yes, sir.

[Ted Fowler]

Top five.

[Steve Austin]

You're looking to go to probably college in a couple years. You know what you're going to do yet?

[Neil Wiggin]

No, sir, not yet. But I do know I want to go to Texas A and M University.

[Steve Austin]

Will you start off there? Will you go juco first?

[Neil Wiggin]

I'll probably go blinn junior college first, save some money and then work my way up, get my GPA up. I'll probably have a good enough one to start with, but, you know, just. Just take it slow, ease into it. Coming from a small town.

[Steve Austin]

Hey, man, you was able to take a couple of good bucks out here at the Broken Skull ranch. You're looking ready to get back into deer stand this evening.

[Ted Fowler]

I can't wait.

[Neil Wiggin]

I'm at you for it.

[Steve Austin]

We're trying to maybe take some does out, do a little scouting, see if we can get Mitch on something. So we're gonna put a video camera in there with you and see if we can find a particular buck you down for.

[Neil Wiggin]

That sounds great.

[Steve Austin]

Did you bring me any tamales or anything As a surcharge for putting up with your ass?

[Ted Fowler]

Not this time.

[Steve Austin]

God dang it. All right. That's my nephew, Neil Wiggin. He's doing hard work out here at the Brokerskull Ranch. And I always look forward to seeing his smiling face when he shows up out here. I'll see you here in a little bit.

[Neil Wiggin]

Yes, sir.

[Steve Austin]

What are you gonna hunt this evening?

[Neil Wiggin]

Tombstone.

[Steve Austin]

Tombstones. We're gonna let it go, okay. Yeah. We're not gonna take any does. And we're not gonna let anything be taken out of there. Okay. So you got run of the ranch. Other than that.

[Ted Fowler]

Okay.

[Steve Austin]

Talk about now, so.

[Neil Wiggin]

Okay.

[Steve Austin]

I'm glad to see you.

[Neil Wiggin]

Sounds good. See you Later.

[Steve Austin]

Catch you a little bit. My nephew, Neil Wiggin goes riding off to help my brother Scott. That's a good young man right there.

[Ted Fowler]

He's a real good kid.

[Steve Austin]

Real hard working, good shot. Real responsible. As I fire up the Ford Bronco. I'm getting thirsty. It's time for another Broken Skull Ranch Bloody Mary. Teddy, how you doing over there?

[Ted Fowler]

I've been out for a while.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I have too. Yeah, And I'm out of Bloody Mary mix, so we'll have to switch to margaritas. You were talking before young Neil came over to the Bronco and his pewter Chevrolet pickup truck. So you're talking about letting the women come to you.

[Ted Fowler]

Yes, sir.

[Steve Austin]

So how would you do that? Will you learn to play a musical instrument, such as a clarinet?

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, I'll go. Give me a box full of me undies and a clarinet.

[Steve Austin]

Dude, you got to get the camouflage ones. They're the most comfortable underwear I've ever worn.

[Ted Fowler]

I'm gonna take your word for it.

[Steve Austin]

You seen how much I've been smiling lately? It's because I'm so comfortable.

[Ted Fowler]

Drawers.

[Steve Austin]

Where you going this evening?

[Ted Fowler]

Probably go back to Lone Star. There's a number of does there that can still go. We gotta get our numbers right, man.

[Steve Austin]

We gotta get our numbers right.

[Ted Fowler]

What about you? Where are you going, man?

[Steve Austin]

Numbered does over at Turnbuckle. I think I'm gonna go to Turnbuckle and maybe do one more there. Really waiting for Mitch to come in. Taking does is not my favorite thing to do.

[Ted Fowler]

No, it's not my favorite thing to do either. But I mean, you know, we need to.

[Steve Austin]

When you sign off with program, I mean, that is what it is. You got to do it, dude.

[Ted Fowler]

I am excited to have Mitch come in because of all of the pranks and shenanigans we're gonna play on that guy.

[Steve Austin]

God dang it.

[Ted Fowler]

I mean, you talk about a three ring circus between us and.

[Steve Austin]

Plus we got him on home turf. Yeah, because we. If we. If we was the visitors out there on his turf, then he would destroy us. Fact that we got home field advantage as premier.

[Ted Fowler]

Correct. Correct. Yeah, we gotta. We got a couple of good gags we'll have to talk about later.

[Steve Austin]

Hey, and wrapping up his podcast. Anything else to add? No, not really.

[Ted Fowler]

Just, you know, enjoy the time we've got out here. The weather is completely wrong for what we're trying to do, but it is what it is. You think global warming for that?

[Steve Austin]

How? Did you catch any flak on your Twitter account for me not believing in that we landed on the moon.

[Ted Fowler]

I got a couple of things, couple of things. I get more grief from people, you know, about my dietary, you know, habits, you know, well, how do you eat a sandwich?

[Steve Austin]

You know?

[Ted Fowler]

And like I said, that's like, you know, pasta and sauce, you know, those. That's a food group. I mean, all those things stay together, you know what I mean?

[Steve Austin]

Pasta sauce is a food group.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, in my mind, you know, like bread, cheese, meat, mustard, mayonnaise, stuff like that.

[Steve Austin]

Pickles.

[Ted Fowler]

You don't put them on the sandwich. You got to put them off to the side, you know, but that's, that's its own little group.

[Steve Austin]

So sandwich is a food group, like a set.

[Ted Fowler]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Steve Austin]

All right, this is Steve Austin riding down the road in a 96 Ford Bronco on a broken skull ranch. The Ted Valley 361. Hope everybody had a very merry Christmas as you return to work and go on about your lives. A lot of people just take the whole time off from here on to January 1st. But a lot of people don't have that luxury. Teddy, you got a luxury you off to. Damn February. Lucky bastard.

[Ted Fowler]

Boy, I'm down with that.

[Steve Austin]

I gotta get back to Los Angeles. I gotta start talking to some people on the podcast. I got a couple of meetings I got coming up. Looking forward to 2017 and 2016. Like I said, that was a rough year. So I'm hoping 2017 is a better year. Any, any hopes that you look into 2017 or was 2016 copacetic for you? No, I really, I really busy. Yeah.

[Ted Fowler]

But I want to focus a lot more on my business and growing my business. I've got another prospect, believe it or not, a younger guy that wanted me to get a hold of him after the first of the year. Young carpenter there in Rockport. You know, bring somebody else on to keep Willie in check. My number one guy. And I really want to start taking more time off during the week to go fishing, you know.

[Steve Austin]

You like fishing that much?

[Ted Fowler]

I like fishing that much. I like catching fish that much, you know? Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

Go out there and throw a lure in the water and you ain't catching stuff. You just ain't gonna keep doing it. It's all. But, you know, it goes with the territory because you ain't gonna get them every time.

[Ted Fowler]

No, but those guys that I, that I fish with because they network so much, man, we, we rarely go out and get blanked. So it's, It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun.

[Steve Austin]

Well, I'd like to talk about things that are going on in the world, but I don't know what's going on in the world because I'm in Broken Skull Ranch, Texas and I'm signing off. The close of the show is coming up and that's all I got to say about that. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram, Steve Austin, bsr. You can follow Ted Fowler on Twitter and Instagram Ted Fowler361 and we need to put up that stand for that pop up line right there.

[Ted Fowler]

Well, he's going to cut those, cut some stakes. Yeah.

[Steve Austin]

Teddy, anything to add?

[Ted Fowler]

No, just have a good year and everybody be safe out there. Man, the world's getting crazier every day, so just keep your head on a swivel.

[Steve Austin]

I got a long winded email I got from somebody about traffic. I'm gonna read that on the Unleashed podcast, talking about all the idiots and crazy people out there on the highways and byways of America. If you're one of them, hey, tone that down and use your blinkers and don't be crazy. If you're one of the safe drivers, watch out for all the crazy people. That's all. Goodbye. All right, everybody, it's time to wrap up this podcast and ride off in the sunset. I've got a lot of work to do out here at the Broken Skull Ranch. Before I get out there in the field, I gotta give you guys something to watch. I've received countless emails of Steve, what kind of deer are you trying to take out there at the Broken Skull Ranch? And how do you score them? How do you come up with the score? What does it all mean? Well, if you go to YouTube and type in how to score deer, you'll come up on this video. It's 9 minutes and 31 seconds long, 157,000 views. And you'll learn how to measure a whitetail deer. You know, you're going to look at your main beam length, your mass, your foremast measurements, your inside spread, all of your tie and lengths from your G1 to however many points the deer has. So all of that stuff inside spread, main bean link tine length, mass is added together to get your total number of points. And then they want to use a system where you subtract the deer's imperfections of if one side scores, let's just say one side scores 90 and the other score scores 70. You'd be doing a 20 inch deduction. I don't do that. That would give you a net score. I only use gross score. I add up all the points together. That's what the deer grew. I don't count the imperfections or lack of symmetry against the deer. I only use gross Boone and Crockett scores. And for the most part in South Texas, that's when everybody goes on not net. And I don't really care about entering any of my deer in a Boone and Crockett contest to begin with. But this is the measurement system which we employ out here at the ranch and pretty much in all of South Texas. I don't care about net score. It's all about the gross score. Anyway, let's don't beleaguer the point. It's time to take it home. The new season of Broken Skull Challenge is wrapping up Sunday nights at CMT 109 Central. All the shirts that I'm wearing on this last season of Broken skull challenge are prowrestlingtees.com steveaustin and all you people over in the United Kingdom that are just now seeing the show, there's been a ton of T shirts going over there and I appreciate you guys supporting the show and how excited you are about it. I can't wait for you to get your hands on season four and check that out. The badassery continues out the Broken Skull Ranch and I hope we get greenlit for another season. I'm so proud of the show, so proud of the athletes who came out this year for all of the seasons, and I'm glad to see that you guys are finally getting a chance to check out the show. If you live in the United States of America, you've got to see the final two episodes of this epic show. It is completely off the chain and you will agree with me once you've seen it. Hey, I appreciate all you guys sending out all your tweets for the Broken Skull IPA was given for a lot of Christmas gifts. The cold steel Broken Skull knife was a big Christmas gift for a lot of people this year. I couldn't thank everybody on Twitter. There were so many of them out there on my Twitter account. Steveaustinbsr I'm so happy that you're happy with the products and I appreciate your support and I hope you will enjoy them and use them because that's what they're made to do. And if you're looking for the best IPA available in the United States of America, get The Broken Skull IPA from El Segundo Brewing Company. If you're in LA, stop by the brewery at 140 Main street in El Segundo or Cali you can pick it up at Whole Foods and Total Wines or order it from insidethecellar.com if you live in a state that they ship to. And you can find [e-mail] including the broken steel knife. Buy cold steel knives, folks. The 62nd AP news headlines are coming up next. Until then, my name is Steve Austin and I will catch your ass down the road.

[Ted Fowler]

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