Joe Rogan Experience #853 — Adam Greentree Transcript

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0:00 with myself five four three two one You've got crocodiles. Well, tell me what happened. more serious called in the police he's got a a gun! Like, that's happened before. and then called the police on him. Definitely is. But when you were up there, did you run into some wolves? Oh, my God. Yeah. went back in the first morning, the next morning, to pack out the rest of the meat,

3:12 And he disappeared like that, like scary. And you would think that a thousand pound animal wouldn't be able to move that quick. How big was it? and the third time he came in he come right into the back of camp like 15 meters away let out this gnarly growl and at this point my buddy grant hughes has come took me three hours to get to sleep and he's like sleep you got fucking sleep what the fuck

6:03 different drop points because it was such a, it was a four days hike camp at like a because we had a few different drop points because it was such a it was four days hike out of meat so we had different drop points along the You parked, and then how many miles did you go deep into the woods? way from anywhere and parked at a trailhead and, so obviously I had 11 days solo by myself

7:26 But it's a different kind of backcountry when you're dealing with wolves and bears. human brain it's like we were talking about our pal Cam Haynes in this 200-mile run he just did. You're not fucking hiking to Maine. Yeah. and the experience in doing it so um i was just talking with with the guys at hoyt and they were then freeze and cold and you just had to stay active

11:32 like a small uh hoodie a little hoodie and i had some undergarments and that was about it for the like a superhero yeah like robin hood and tights so so that was a fuck up right you should have It seems like it's not that heavy. energy and that's it if you go in for 15 days how many days were the No, he hates me. It should, shouldn't it? i don't know why you think you get pissed i told him to do it first at least i told him to drink

14:33 You don't have to worry about going to the jar? Personal hygiene is obviously a big thing, but I'll eat a chocolate bar with with elk blood all over my as well because i'm camped at the top so i want to find the highest water source so i don't have Oh, it's a small pack. You use a 2200 liter pack for a 15 day hunt? So I've got similar. Yeah, just a real little backpack one.

17:14 before those 15 days were up if I was using just that one canister the whole time, conditions but i always think you're better off going overrated you get some bad weather like i But where a lot of people go wrong with the water filtration and the pills or something yeah they're like a chlorine pill yeah there's a few different ones out on the market

19:33 them on the fire that night so it sounds like most of the weight in your pack is food generally bar. Just, yeah, life's good. Keep going. Doesn't matter. desire to actually go and do this trip and do a bit of weight loss at the same time i think if i But yeah, definitely done it on purpose. um I just there was never a point where I'm like oh far out I'm starving today you know I'm not

22:22 Even away from trailheads. and it's a place that you can tick off the list i'm not going back there there was nothing there of days like what what my mind's like you know you've made a bad decision this is a crap spot to be there's the canyon and i did that shot and dude, dude, I teared up. There's walking in. I hope they're not. There's pictures of frigging wolves in this joint everywhere.

26:36 which are the green people that want to – they don't want animals to die But as soon as they reached that number, the people that were involved in the relocation of the wolves and the wildlife protection people and all the people that are like really animal rights advocates, they backed out of it and they said no we don't want any hunting on any of these wolves ever yeah

27:53 Isn't that crazy? So when you go to the visitor area, when you first pull into Yellowstone, like Yellowstone They don't care, yeah. They're all hanging out. heaps more deer back there compared to around the house and there'll be no deer out there at all or they don't want to control the predators they They want the predators to control the game population.

30:55 as well when it comes to things like that some people don't agree with that yeah i understand what to do with them. And it's really controversial. It's kind of interesting. But what they would do It's really, but then they realized that they did a terrible thing by doing that and so they started reintroducing Like, if you want to have cattle, this is the price you pay.

33:04 Fucking cows are everywhere. So we're sleeping on cow shit. Would you just fold the seats back and sleep on this flat area? But wolves like to eat them too. I suppose it's working. But to ensure a healthy wolf population would ensure a balanced ecosystem. And the train line's unfenced so the cattle can cross the train line. the wolves reach a high population number where all the other animals start getting threatened

36:28 The greenies. Yeah. it's we went up there and this is uh we were moose hunting that's where i got this one and uh we found I'd be howling back. That's him. I'll tell you this cool little story. And that caribou, and it was a bull as well, got to the point, drowning in the river whoa how cool is that that they knew that so the the wolves get to the point

39:54 you could find those jamie yeah but uh you'll see this caribou just standing in the water and um for the wolf to grab them at a later date. lung capacity it reduces their lung capacity so it's like they're poisoning the elk before they I'm so torn. are so fucking badass. It's penned in, too. Who doesn't want to be a part of that? Like, it's a big day.

43:07 Like, that's like me and you going, I need a steak knife to cut into this meat. I've seen them drop goats off cliffs. Damn it. of an eagle they're built for it there's a great video They're everywhere. Look at all these fucking eagles just walking around this guy's backyard. It's just so strange that we chose that heartless monster as the American bird.

45:45 like literally a raptor, a flying raptor. we've got a couple of wedge tails that hang around up there, How stressful would your life be? Look at the monkeys like, Except for stare at it and go, Don't touch me. The only one I've seen before is one swoops down and grabs one. I'll get you an headlock. It almost looks like it's got bloody algae growing on it. That green one that's coming up to the road? How weird are they, though? Sloth. You see that one walking, and it's like, it almost looks like it's got bloody algae growing on it.

47:59 Yeah, that's the one. High-rise man. That's the bogey monster. that's one of the main reasons why i'm opposed to zoos yeah i mean i'm i'm pro zoo as far as like Those giraffes are probably just ignorant and they really don't know, you know? That's what they should do. Just eat your lettuce. He looked a bit stressed. You'd be right. Really? That's your instinct,

50:57 where this baby it's just the instinct. Yeah. But as soon as the kid turns its back, the lion can't even help it. No, it's just the instinct. Yeah, and that country is pretty known for mountain lions as well. funny sense you know and i hate saying about because people say i'm bullshit but i'll get a for days on end a week on end with no cell phone service no nothing just quiet woods and animals

53:44 But what it's definitely having us do is move different we're we're we're interacting with each other Outdoors. We've never had it better than we have now 100 if you don't think we've got it better now it's because you're not looking at and you're not appreciating everything that that there is so i like technology in the sense that And in the end, that shit's not even important.

55:52 else to do. Your own rubbish. Probably grow your own vegetables or can be a hard and miserable experience but it makes you appreciate the things in modern life really detached from where their food comes from, really detached from the world itself. And it's And I'm like, dude, you need to check yourself. And he's like, no, they can't sleep. It's as simple as that.

58:59 people have got it that hard that's what they're used to but they've got it that hard and they're By doing that and by detaching ourselves from the natural world, I think we remove just 15, yeah. If it's snowing. And it was last year with Cam in Alberta. And this motherfucker was looking through me. give a shit that's what it is compassionless this is just a part of life if i feel like i'm gonna eat you i'm gonna freaking eat you i remember the first video i ever

1:01:53 They don't care if you're screaming and howling. yeah of course that's how they do it exactly yeah yeah but you don't you don't think of it that way Yeah, but the people, they just, things become they become your friends your your long lost wilderness friends man i've got a cat i've but it's still, that's the human emotion part of it. You know, and that's what, in a sense,

1:04:37 If it's not you, it's going to get eaten by that bear that was sleeping on the carcass or those wolves that were hunting. pray and hiring some supermarket hitman to do the work for you and feeling that you're guilt-free i worked at the abattoirs for I'm like, do you understand that word or not? Spanish Central. Slaughterhouse. Yeah. But I'm saying that meat goes through a way different process i would have to say for a better word brutal process where those animals

1:07:40 I get to inspect every single animal in its natural form because i'm the one there's nothing this is clean meat. And that's some some bacon for our friends that we stayed with ed and k westbrook they were on that bear Like, you let me eat mine though? Yeah. life you know that that's the big push but but i'm always like no you really got to make good money you know you need to be successful in that type of life you

1:10:53 You're never going to do that. I need to do that sort of thing. They seem to be like goalposts of success. that's the trap yeah i do the same thing don't don't get me wrong i'll see an advertisement for so indigenous australia not all of indigenous australia but most of indigenous australia them until they stop living but well well it's like the masterpiece is

1:13:34 Yeah, it does. else. If I had to sell my car to come to America for a month, now and how i feel after doing this trip man this trip was miserable i won't lie to you but it's an It's like you've got to go through hardship to find the good shit in life. warm it's so nice Like if you're born into like some super wealthy multi-billionaire family and you've

1:16:01 I really believe that put me where I am with my family. We were very poor. bow hunting. You know how much I love bow hunting. Shit. I'd drop bow hunting you know how much i love bow hunting shit i'd drop bow hunting for my because i'm just like i care about the person on the street i don't even know that's the that's i'll do anything to avoid them you know and that's why i keep on the straight and narrow and try and

1:19:07 I just don't need it to have fun anymore because I've never had it. I can't imagine. feeding them life, but for mental health. Domestic violence is so ruining in that sense that it just I saw him hit some other people too. And so you develop a much quicker temper and the consequences of being in a dangerous situation respond and rationalize with them.

1:22:04 Well, trying to make you feel bad, right? And so why do you think they're trying to make you feel bad? We have these long conversations about feeling, about communication. When I was eight, I was really dumb. I'm alive. So by having those kind of conversations with them, I think I alleviate at least some of the anxiety It's just part of life. It's all good.

1:24:38 Like, when you see a fucking 11-foot-tall grizzly bear sleeping on an elk carcass and Yeah, we have that. He's probably hiding from his taxes. I do too many things. the same kim's got a little business pretty little party coat and she gets so busy she'll get caught I'd be up until 1 o'clock in the morning doing things for the business roll it back a little bit yeah i've done that more this year. I used to do all the UFC

1:27:58 I need more time for bowhunting. It's hard to pull things back, though. exactly what the attitude is over in Australia. But if I'm not doing something for an hour, I am bored shitless, dude. over the last few years is go on an actual vacation where i go and i could just sit on the beach and drink margaritas There's no break there at all. Bring your kids to Australia too.

1:30:20 is feral cats and foxes to deal with some of the... Well, all the animals in Australia, particularly New Zealand, So they brought in the fox to look after the rabbit. They'd be safe there, right? I've never heard of a fucking feral cat swimming in a lake. fucking pictures of dudes posing with cats yeah they've got a dead cat that's a proud moment for

1:32:32 That's different. They'll frill kill. It's like a porcupine, but he's cooler. A dingo would eat a wolf whole. spiders and i'm in the bush here for one day and there's a giant freaking grizzly bear like at my So I'm in Arnhem Land last year. It's A-R-M-H-E-H. H. We say H. Arnhem. Beautiful. Mosquitoes, crocodiles, buffalo. Yeah, thank Christ for that.

1:35:24 There's too much traffic. So you're in Arnhem Land and what happened? So I just sit down quietly and snap. Like within seconds, that crocodile was sitting on the edge of the bank I'm just going to splash a bit of water over my face and arms. Oh, Jesus. Still a crocodile I don't know Bloody crocodile Dundee. No, it's not. developing a sustainable population

1:37:53 So there's a high likelihood of them achieving a large size. Yeah. They have a breeding population of Nile crocodiles in fucking Florida. Cane toad. There's a cane toad. And they've still got their place there, 100%. And there's that many other bugs than that that the cane toad would have been like, yeah, I'll just eat what I want. and it'll fill that opening.

1:40:03 There you go. Tasmanian tiger. Are they going to reintroduce one? that were thinking about reintroducing the woolly mammoth and they were going to use the dna from a It's a good thing, right? Do we bring back dinosaurs? What if they taste good? He's a slayer. Super lean, cook it quick, sear it. please. Yeah. The city near i'm hunting unfortunately but they catch these problem bears and they'll release them

1:43:26 and this fucking crocodile was just out there swimming by itself. and I was telling him about all the dangerous shit, you know, like we'll go for a quick fish we've got to catch some fish you know we've got to get some some food A 50 is 122. What does it feel like to be out in 132 degree temperature? might be a frog mouth owl or a tawny owl and it's just that hot that it's just it's on the ground

1:45:37 you wouldn't be able to dip your hand in the water So it would have been four-and-a-half hours for a helicopter to come in i've told you dude that's what would have killed us here. Fuck, man. What fucking movie was that? Seven Pounds. Oh, get that fucking thing oh jesus yes anyway when you come out i won't take any of that why are there so many things

1:48:19 That's how I think. The indigenous people that lived there. don't even know whether or not it was a real thing because it doesn't exist right in new south wales they've just introduced a season in the last couple of years and there's kangaroos I mean I have no idea how many of there but they're just running across You can't shoot the kangaroos. Do they?

1:51:22 Didn't you? Well, the red ones are the biggest ones, right? That does not look real. He literally thought it was a statue because it was sitting there. They've got claws like that. That is insane. That does not look it's so strange they're a cool animal oh they're very if you come up the farm when you come out I always think Take his back. Yeah. I'm going to film it.

1:54:41 Oh, there's a great video. This is it. Nice. But it's all the standard moves. other kangaroo, because he puts The kangaroo. I bet people didn't See, he gets a front headlock. He gets a hold of the neck, and he's bending his neck in a really funny way, and he traps If that's his move. What a bizarre bodied animal. Have you ever seen a platypus? They're all over the farm.

1:57:56 kidna is first what's the camera it just looks like a porcupine oh it's one better than a porcupine Only one ear again, Jamie. and just... That's a beak. Well, it's weird. Like, you know, there's a hundred spikes on each hand. thinking about it and these turn back claws like their claws turn back like that it's for digging They lay eggs, but they're a mammal.

2:00:01 They do? Hmm. the wide variety what you were talking about The tiniest little dots for eyes. Yeah, it's delicious, man. It was delicious. It was it was delicious i think after being Yeah. It's got a different flavor to it. And it's kind of fatty, and it's kind of like tender. were so valuable that the richest man in the world in like, you know, like the early 1800s

2:02:45 because the gentlemen wore felt hats, they didn't need beaver as much anymore, Like, if you buy elk or venison in America, most of it is from New Zealand, which is really strange. preserved and wild life the way we think of it they didn't have these thoughts in the 1800s And the system that America's got in place is the best because numbers are down.

2:05:36 there's only 20 bucks in this area at the moment, That's a good population. The majority, though. you've shown on hunting is is how hunters are today the majority of hunters are today we're that money in tags in particular all goes to conservation, to preserving the habitat of these animals. Hunting's not popular? like, um, what's that thing? Cause it was like a compound bow, you know, I'm like, what's that

2:08:55 So I was like, at the time, he must have shot it like 20 times How did, what was the process though? No internet. But my point is you're not my point is you know some recurve bow and some cheap arrows i guarantee you're still going to be successful No, well, it was. I still go out to the range sometimes where I'll just go around shooting clumps of grass or whatever with no range finder.

2:12:09 Is that what you're saying? Like you're cutting your own dowels and the whole deal? Hmm. It was just open-sided. Yeah, you'd weigh your arrows and broadheads. So you kind of kept them in a certain range yeah you'd keep them all identical practice a lot so i can go i'll go with my i've got the hoyt defiant there and i'll sight that bow your head know the arc of the arrow yeah i wouldn't get a new bow every year because i would

2:15:04 just take them and give them meat away to your friends. Everybody would like to come over. list of family that will take the meat off me um which is really good because especially with the Awesome. And the majority of it gets sent overseas. The rut is a crazy thing, man. That's the only thing on their mind. Their tongue's hanging out. They piss in their mouth, right?

2:18:25 You know how I feel about you. we're not going to write this bit in anymore because it's just drastic. You got to scoop them and pull your dick towards your face. Are the other ones that roar like an Orion? Like there's big cats in Australia. Right. Pumas in the UK countryside. Like, welcome to America. Have you tried it? He's just doing it for the fuck of it.

2:20:28 Are they penned up? top of inches right no one ever writes oh this is the closed range stag that i shot in new zealand in australia or new zealand that's going to be the record right that's going to be the absolute Yeah. Because hunting should be so natural yeah and And these people, they put a blind outside of a feeder. It's not really hunting. 12 miles deep into the woods by yourself that's the real deal yeah yeah i mean that is as real

2:24:19 And he's like, it's 10,000 acres. Yeah. you just go find them and get them for meat. Unfenced, period. So when I went to Africa, basically. absolutely hated it you know because I just want an animal that's that's that's there naturally you can only shoot what's big for that area. We'll bring it in and release it. That outfitter, he'd never been to that place or he'd never taken a half a hunter's there or anything like that.

2:27:42 But I won that hunt for a charity auction it was just really bizarre to see people, you know, they're, they're, in can't they just put them out in the wild and let them thrive out there in a closed off area I'm going to be the first one to fucking step over a fence and kill something. Rhino horns. There's no hate in that. that man the people that i was with were friggin racist like i come back from that trip and talking

2:30:40 How dare you say that? that can guarantee they can get in front of these animals yeah i think you've just got to do your It's not like New Zealand or it's not like Africa where they've built a big industry on it. Awesome. We don't have game, but they're going to come anyway because we're known for hunting you book a hunt in australia i guarantee because you didn't even bring anything with you?

2:33:33 because I'm already at my weight limit. and then so that's the real story decision to try to rough it oh that sounds good that sounds better right that's the i thought it minutes that sounds about right that's Now, what about the liver? If you do get sick, don't blame me, but you shouldn't get sick. We should have, now that you've said that. He won't eat liver.

2:35:33 Get a new shirt, dude. I'll do it. that is three and a half days, vehicle's already packed up and if you did the chopper thing you wouldn't be taking any out They'd throw it straight in the fire like that. Because it tastes better. So there's like some spice company that's going to go through indigenous Australia now, Huh. I've done that plenty of times.

2:37:58 and it's beautiful, clean flesh right there. Yeah. that's a, you have an interesting way of saying words Well, there's like South African. A boat. for North America, how the fuck did you guys, That and barramundi for the whole trip. Lures. Oh. Yeah, it was horrible in a sense. It was good, they can be both. Where did you guys catch them? Well, we were camped right on the coast. And it was horrible in a sense.

2:40:10 like an insect repellent and those mosquitoes are that brutal that you'd put that you know and Oh, my God. Fuck yeah, I'm a pussy. a fly buzzing around my head when i'm practicing in my backyard really flies will be breeding in How many days did you guys do that hunt? there if there's no croc slides but we walk the edge and there was no croc slides now and owen's a local he's a teacher up in the indigenous community

2:42:46 water and you couldn't feel that you're going into liquid because the water's that hot as well it's And then two seconds later, you're like, oh, this is uncomfortable as shit. Yeah, that's another extreme. It's stinking hot. They've all interbred, and they're pretty crazy looking. That's a scrub bull. Scrubber. What is that one right next to it, Jamie? With the crazy horns, yeah. Yeah, Yeah, nice scrubber. Scrubber.

2:45:15 Those are American trees? They can't even come over here unless we let them. Yeah. What is that? Other variety of cattle. So they knock the fence down to get some cow pussy? want so so a lot of farmers really push to to shoot them out or get them cold or rounded up or Well, bulls are pretty fucking aggressive. Are they? They're really aggressive. How do you say it?

2:48:41 One word. Yeah, they run wild. carl's there. One of those old bulls, if they see movement, they'll prefer to come at you than turn away. And Carl lifted up the gun, and he shot this bang-tang It was an amazing shot. Yeah, probably. The first hunt that I did with Buffalo was with a gun. So I was like, hey, you want to come on this trip with me? You can.

2:51:25 usually wouldn't like that bulls out in the open and if you didn't have a rifle backup behind you There's no trees. Bullshit. No, no, no, no. rabbits are good yeah come out to australia to hunt a rabbit awesome well you have to kill a not like that i think it's a little bit disrespectful even but it's also it's also Put their head down and start feeding again and toppled over.

2:54:11 my setup like i mostly shoot 70 pounds when i'm shooting 80 at the moment and that heavy arrow that makes a quiet bow and it makes a punch when it hits animals. And it's the Option 5 or Option 6 sight. I've just got the single pin that winds up and down the damn mark. It's so heavy. That's amazing. also you sent me to your website too and i got a chance to look at some of the photos that you have

2:57:25 Wow. God, that picture's incredible. what does that mean i don't know shit about the lingo but there you go oh so the same thing is with bowhunting you're self-taught with Six days ago? Left that on. Man, that's fucking pretty. because there's no artificial, there's no light pollution anywhere up there. You could walk around in the dark up there just because there's so many more stars that you can see it's

3:01:10 photography just go to first man image and um first man image first man image adam oh adam i I think so. with my iphone i just that's the best when you so much, it's the best way to capture a memory because I used to think... I feel like there's a better word for it, like natural life. And then some, right? I'm happy I found it when I found it. Like, I don't care. I don't care if I didn't have any viewers at all.

3:04:02 someone should have that connection. and if i can shoot bows for an hour every day man it just uh it it alleviates stress in some sort of a strange Like they get off the beaten path and they develop these vehicles that are capable of driving over adverse conditions. man i don't i've never done what you've done but when you're out there for 11 days you don't even

3:06:29 No, no. So that sucked. Yeah. Every now and then you'd be like, and then you think like, why do they say that out loud? Yeah, I had a satellite phone. No, there's management within it, but you just don't see it. Oh, man, cool. eating by the wolves that i love so much. Yeah, that's funny. hanging out with you. can people get you? Yeah. Good luck.