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December 18, 2023 2 mins
In this bonus episode of "Behind The Curtain," John gives his review on the steer show at the Georgia National Fair.

This is the final show of this season. If you are interested in hearing more, reach out to John and let him know. If you liked this podcast, please share it.

Reach John Maples at 334-703-0923 (he says texts work great for him). Or find him on Facebook. (He is the one pictured with his family and a goat).
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(00:01):
Welcome to Behind the Curtain. Inthis podcast, show cattle expert John Maples
from Alabama gives his unique perspective andtakes a look behind the curtain and everything
behind the scenes from the show CattleWorld. Reach John with questions at three
three four seven zero three zero ninetwo three, or find him on Facebook.

(00:24):
Find details in the show notes foreach podcast. And now John Maples
Behind the Curtains. And this iswhat we call a bonus episode, and
it's our last episode for the season. John Maples is calling from on site

(00:47):
somewhere I don't know, out ofthe building this time. How are you,
sir? Doing great? Yeah,just on the farm, been halted
breaking some calves and look forward todoing this review, the bonus review,
final finishing up this final season.Okay, what'd you go for? Go
ahead and shoot and take it away, yes, ma'am. Right now,
we're gonna jump straight into a showreview. We're going to go down back

(01:08):
to Perry, Georgia. At theGeorgia National Fair. Brian Fox was sorting
the show and looking at the steershow. The top five stiers the fifth,
fourth, and third overall all inthe twelve hundred pound range. Nice
good, solid progress steers the ReserveGrand Bumping eleven hundred right where a guy

(01:30):
would suspect the one should be foran October show, and then moving into
the Grand Champion Deer weight in atnine hundred and thirty two pounds, which
did create a little bit of talkin the barns. Nine hundred and thirty
two pounds in October? Is that? Is that the weight that we're really
looking for for a progress Steer showbrings up conversations of possibly introducing a profect

(01:55):
division for the Georgia National Fair likewe do in July one hundred and seventy
five pound weight limit. Everything underthat is prospect, everything above that is
progressed. So y'all reach out tome. This is some more content y'all
would like to hear, you wouldlike to contribute to about properly running shows,
seeing things done accurately and transparency.Y'all reach out to me and love

(02:19):
to hear from. This has beenBehind the Curtain hosted by John Maples,
produced and edited by Shelby Mitchell.Views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily
those of the producer, management oriHeartMedia. Reach John Maples at three three
four seven zero three, zero ninetwo three, or find them on Facebook.

(02:39):
You can also find details in theshow notes for each podcast. Thanks
for listening to Behind the Curtain.
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