Gear: Chapter 5

Speaker 10:00

Did you think it was gonna be easy? Did you think you were gonna waddle your way through it? Prepare yourself now for chapter five.

Speaker 20:12

Okay, ready? Mm-hmm. Pull. (gunshot) Five, six- That was my first time ever shooting a gun.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:21

This was my second.

Speaker 20:24

Pull. (gunshot) Five, six. Too low.

Speaker 40:26

You're just rushing now.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:27

That's Fisher Neal. He's a hunter and a hunting coach.

Speaker 20:31

Six.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:31

A Hunter named Fisher.

Speaker 40:32

(gunshot) Oh, you were really close with that one.

Speaker 20:35

Right over there.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:35

Fisher's being so patient with me. We were on public lands in New Jersey where you can shoot turkey, or in our case, shoot clay pucks. Or in my case, miss clay pucks. I was so bad at shooting.

Speaker 20:49

Do you want another gun? You don't wanna keep trying? I don't know. Try again.

Speaker 40:52

Here, take this.

Avery Trufelman· Host0:53

That's my friend Rebecca. She actually is a hunter, even though she lives in New York City where it's very hard to go hunting. She was here brushing up on her skills with Fisher. This is her hunting lesson. I had just come to tag along with my microphone, and then I got roped into this lesson.

Speaker 41:06

And then...

Avery Trufelman· Host1:06

You guys are talking weapons. I'm like, "Let's talk about clothes."

Speaker 41:09

We'll get there.

Avery Trufelman· Host1:09

I really wanted to ask Fisher and Rebecca about camouflage. I imagined it was an important part of hunting. It's what I associate most with gun culture, right? Hunters wear camo.

Speaker 21:21

Wait, so can I ask you about camouflage?

Speaker 41:23

Not yet.

Speaker 21:23

Is that too- (laughs) Okay, okay, okay.

Speaker 41:24

(laughs) (laughs) Not yet.

Avery Trufelman· Host1:26

I assumed camo would be fundamental. I thought it'd be the first thing we talked about.