Magnet Fishing Couple Latches on to a Sunken Safe with $100K Cash Inside 🤑

If you are a dad, pour yourself one and give yourself a pat on the back. One of the main pleasures of life as a man is to marry a great woman and build a family. This weekend, we honor all those who have embarked on that journey and continue to build this great country the way God intended: with the family at the center of it all.

But before we get to running around with the kids all weekend, let’s grab that coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get caught up on the outdoor news and views from the past few days. 

Here's what caught our eye this week...

• Getting paid - New York magnet fishing couple hits the jackpot 🤑

• Shoplifted deer - New Jersey police find a fawn in a shopping bag 🛍️

• Trampled chihuahua - Another deer attack, this time in B.C. 🐩

• Hog hunting scandal - Imported pigs foil would-be cheaters 🐖

  Storm chasers - Insane Illinois duck hunters in the middle of a ‘nado 🌪️

A magnet fishing couple has reeled in the mother lode after attaching their ‘hook’ on to an old safe in the bottom of a lake in the middle of New York City. While this wasn’t the first time they ‘caught’ a safe, it was the first time the contents contained $100,000 in cold hard cash.

Using it as a way to get outdoors during the pandemic, James Kane and Barbie Agostini of New York got into magnet fishing. The hobby, which is like fishing, but instead of hooking into fish, the goal is to hook on treasure at the bottom of lakes and rivers. Calling it “poor man’s treasure hunting,” Kane and his wife have since become quite successful at the obscure pastime, hauling in jewelry, watches, coins, a drone, a motorcycle, and multiple guns. 

As part of their exploits, they’ve launched a successful YouTube channel in which they document their findings for the world to see. With the channel stacking millions of views since they launched last year, this latest ‘catch’ is sure to help push things along…

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🛍️ Want me to bag that for you?  A New Jersey man surprised police by revealing that he had a young deer hidden in his shopping bag. Responding to a shoplifting call, police arrived at a ShopRight location where they found the suspect, Matthew Keithley, 23, clutching a shopping bag just outside of the store. As officers began to question the young man, a fawn poked its head out of the bag, changing just about everything surrounding their investigation. 

Reports stated that Keithley gave officers a fake name and was also in possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia (surprise, surprise).  Keithley is charged with illegal possession of a deer, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest by flight and providing false information to a law enforcement officer. 

The young deer was later released in a nearby forested area.

🐩 Chihuahua trampled - In yet another case of backyard tramplings, this story coming out of British Columbia ended with a dead chihuahua and an injured owner. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service reported that a woman was walking a pair of chihuahua’s on a leash when they were suddenly attacked by a doe. 

In what officers believed to be a defensive attack, the deer managed to kill one of the dogs in the process while the other one, along with the owner, escaped with only minor injuries. Signs are now posted in the area warning other residents to stay clear of calving deer this time of year.

🎣 Louisiana tightens up redfish regs - For the first time since the ‘80s, Louisiana is implementing redfish harvest restrictions in the midst of population declines. With one of the best redfish fisheries on the planet, many are hopeful that the restrictions will help populations bounce back.

With many in opposition to the new restrictions, including guides that believe that the state has a habitat loss problem, not an overfishing problem, the new regs begin on June 20. The new rules will include reducing daily limits to four redfish per person (reduced from five), with a minimum size limit of 18 inches (increased from 16 inches) among other changes.

🐖 Hog hunting scandal - Six Louisiana men found themselves in hot water after they tried to pull off a pair of multi-state pig hunting scams. According to a release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the six men were found to have imported hogs from neighboring Texas that they used to win both the Dingler Wild Hog Roundup in February and the Swamp Time Hog Hunt in March. Obviously, using out-of-state pigs is against the rules for both contests and the men are now facing a slew of charges including hunting contest fraud that brings up to a $3,000 fine and one year in jail, criminal conspiracy, which carries a fine in the same manner as the offense contemplated by the conspirators. They are also charged with violating interstate commerce, which brings a $900 to $950 fine and up to 120 days in jail, obstruction of justice and a possible $10,000 fine and five years in jail, and hunting under a hunting license suspension, which brings a $250 to $500 fine and up to 90 days in jail.

Hope that Texas bacon was worth it, fellas.

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🌪️ Storm chasers: When a group of Illinois duck hunters get a tornado warning while they are out in the blind, they make the most of it. Rather than fleeing, the hunt goes on and they have the incredible footage to prove it.

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Why your dog is so obsessed with picking up sticks. These colorized photos taken in the 1920s make me wish I had a damn time machine. Is soda the most underrated marinade for juicy meats? Yes, people are actually eating cicadas. Strap yourself in, back in the middle ages, Euro beer actually contained hallucinogens. When it comes to tales about family, I got hooked on Wright Thompson after reading Pappyland. His article about Father’s Day is pretty good as well.

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