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During the discussion of Kimmy Werner's difficult duck hunting experience in New Mexico, someone makes a literary comparison saying 'I feel like I'm reading a Larry McMurtry, which I don't remember where this lands in the Lonesome Dove series.' This reference was made to compare the dramatic, consequence-filled nature of their hunting story to McMurtry's epic Western novels.

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Referenced when discussing the generational transformation of the American West, specifically Rachel Schmidt's family history moving from logging and mining to outdoor recreation industries. The speaker compared her family's story to a 'Larry McMurtry novel about the like Lonesome Dove.'

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Multiple references throughout. First mentioned as Larry McMurtry's most famous work. Later, Punke says 'my favorite, uh novel of all time is is Lonesome by by Larry McMurtry, which people have probably read' and describes it as 'about the first ever cattle drive from Texas to Montana.'