Catfish week continues as we discuss catching cats with more traditional methods than the previous podcast. We ask our catfish experts Geoffrey King, Corey Stout and Ted Swords questions about tight lining, limb lines, jugs and trotlines.  There is a lot of good information here for all budgets and skill levels, and their explanations are a lot of fun. You’ll be craving some fried catfish when this one is over. Listen, Learn and Enjoy. 

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This week we’re talking about grabbling catfish! It’s a crazy sport that has people catching giant catfish with their hands. Would you reach into a hole in the bank and let a big blue cat bite your hand so you can catch it? We are joined by catfish grabbling experts Geoffrey King, Corey Stouts and Ted Swords of North Mississippi who know how to grabble. We ask a lot of questions and they explain how it’s done. Each of these guys have caught catfish over 70 pounds with their hands. We were fascinated at their stories and know you will enjoy them as well. Listen, Learn and Enjoy. 

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On this timely classic episode we do a deep dive on planting sunflowers. Whether it’s a legal dove field or an area for your family to enjoy we learn the latest techniques. We’re joined by Twinkie Estes of Nutrien and he explains the details of the modern herbicide resistant sunflowers that enable a Gamekeeper to grow a clean and attractive field.  Doves love sunflowers and so do we. Listen, Learn, and Enjoy.   

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Growing and Managing Sunflowers: PDF

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This week we have a very interesting discussion with author Erika Howsare, whose recent book, The Age of Deer, The Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors recently caught our attention. It’s a fascinating look at the white-tailed deer and its relationship with man over time. She explains, “deer have been an essential part of human life for millennia and today our relationship is still intimate, yet full of contradictions:  we hunt and protect them, we cull them in suburbs while mythologizing them as icons of the wilderness.”  Erika didn’t grow up hunting and readily admits she was ambivalent about the whole process. However, through her research on deer and an open mind, she develops a very deep introspective into hunting, hunters, and our view of the world.  If you’re a hunter, especially a deer hunter, you need to listen to what she has to say. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.    

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 The Age of Deer, The Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/731239/the-age-of-deer-by-erika-howsare/ 

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On the latest BONUS podcast, we address the often overlooked step of cleaning your firearms after the season. Longtime gunsmith Ed Sanders teaches us all a thing or two. Do you purposely dry fire your rifle to release the spring pressure? Do you apply a coating of oil in your barrel after the season to prevent pitting? What about the newer guns with applied camo finishes? How do you maintain them? Pat Epling of Mossy Oak joins us to explain all that. Lastly Dr. Ned Miller takes a few minutes to help us understand the sleep debt we all incur during turkey season and how to recognize the signs of its time to stop and get some sleep. Wake up and smell the coffee guys, let’s take care of our guns and ourselves. This one needs to be shared with the younger hunters to help them develop good habits.  Listen, Learn and Enjoy.  

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Ed Sanders Gunsmith: https://edsandersgunsmith.com/ 

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This week we have Dr. Steve Ditchkoff from Auburn University on to discuss the latest on the exploding feral pig population. He’s studied wild pigs extensively during his career and thinks they are the smartest critters on the landscape. How come we rarely see many wild pig road kills? Did you know De Soto brought over the first pigs in the 1500’s, yet they never exploded until the last 40 years. Why?  He explains and we also talk meat, diseases, trapping, their sudden spread and how some states are handling them a bit differently.  Steve explains the hope that the new toxicants have for the future. We’ve been wanting to talk to Dr. Steve for a while, and he was well worth the wait. It’s an insightful discussion and one that Gamekeepers can learn from. Listen Learn and Enjoy.  

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More on Dr. Stephen Ditchkoff: https://deerlab.auburn.edu/dr-stephen-ditchkoff/
The Auburn Deer Lab: https://deerlab.auburn.edu/ 

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On this bonus podcast we have Dean “Redbeard” Mundhenke on to talk turkeys. Dean was the focus of the film “The Disease,” and is a legendary call maker. We start out asking about his copper calls and the conversation develops from there. We are also joined by Daniel Haas who gives an update on “The Colonel and the Fox” film. It’s an interesting conversation where we learn much about Dean and his love of turkeys. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.  

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Watch The Disease: https://go.mossyoak.com/videos/the-disease
MadHatter Calls by Redbeard: https://www.turkeycall.co/
MadHatter Calls on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063303303207

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This week we continue with part 2 of our interesting discussion with wildlife and habitat aficionado Mark Thomas. He starts off teaching us where to shoot a charging grizzly bear and from there we learn about neonicotinoids and turkeys, how to build a spray rig boom, a liquid liming rig, understanding surfactants, the importance of eventually cutting timber, understanding human psychology, plants he likes to have in ecotones, warm season grasses, how your neighbors influence how you hunt and more including a tale of his ownership of two Missouri jumping mules. He ends with a story of an encounter with Maine Game Wardens while moose hunting and being filmed for the North Woods Law TV show.  It’s a fun one. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Forestry Wildlife Integration, LLC - https://www.facebook.com/ForestryWildlifeIntegration/ 

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On this week’s BONUS episode we discuss mastering locator calls. Everybody has a “go to” call and we learn from Rip Dickerson and Shon Wright of Woodhaven Calls what all is available, plus how to run them. What’s the craziest sound you’ve heard that makes a turkey gobble? We’ll ask the group. It’s a fun one! Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Woodhaven Calls: https://woodhavencustomcalls.com/ 

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This week we’re thrilled to be joined with one of the most interesting and well versed wildlife and forestry professionals we’ve ever met, Mark Thomas. Marks insane resume proves he’s been exposed to more than can be explained in one podcast. We have a fun discussion and look back at what he has learned over his lifetime of managing properties for enhanced wildlife experiences to help the average guy be a better Gamekeeper.  You’ll learn about ecotones or edges, QVM, hunting pressure, fire ants, turkeys, herbicides, limbing roads, sanctuaries, tarsal glands, agricultural food plots, could you be burning too much, timber management and much more. We guarantee you’ll learn something and laugh more than normal. Listen, Learn and Enjoy. 

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Forestry Wildlife Integration, LLC - https://www.facebook.com/ForestryWildlifeIntegration/ 

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This week we are joined by entomologist Dr. Blake Layton from the Mississippi State Entomology Department to explain the Cicada phenomenon that’s is occurring. For the first time in 221 years, both 13 year and 17 year periodical cicadas will emerge from their underground lairs at the same time. In certain areas of the country the sounds of courtship will be deafening with millions of bugs per acre vying for a chance to reproduce. But what does it mean for the wildlife? Will it be a beneficial? What have they been doing underground for 17 years? How do they know to emerge? Join us as we learn about this event and its effect on the landscape. It’s a fascinating discussion. Listen, Learn, Enjoy!

Show Notes:
Periodical Cicadas, Vol. 10, No. 03 by Dr. Layton: http://extension.msstate.edu/newsletters/bug%E2%80%99s-eye-view/2024/periodical-cicadas-vol-10-no-03
2024's Historic Cicada Emergence: https://www.mossyoak.com/our-obsession/blogs/turkey/cicada-cycles-and-the-historic-2024-broods-xix-and-xiii-emergence 

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