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Highlighting hunters and wildlife, the Mossy Oak Gamekeepers podcast exists to improve your hunting, fishing and outdoor skills by delivering science based wildlife management practices plus hands on hunt/fish strategies and techniques. Our top notch guests will educate and entertain while we celebrate wildlife, discuss the latest research, detail hunting tactics, explore old legends and listen to some great stories. Managing wildlife and habitat can improve your time afield. Listening to th ...
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This week we are joined by Dr. Bronson Strickland of the Mississippi State Deer Lab and he explains deer anomalies. Occasionally at the skinning rack we notice things about our deer that make us wonder everything from what is that, to, is the meat good to eat? Luckily, Bronson knows all and explains it all without getting too gross. You’ll hear abo…
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This week we have a special in-studio guest who evoked a great conversation. Kevin VanDam has been on many podcasts talking hunting and fishing, but we don’t expect you’ve heard him this relaxed and open on an array of relevant topics from stories to management tips. He is a rare individual and we can all learn from him, whether it’s fishing and hu…
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On this BONUS podcast you get to hear the story of 8 year old Saylor Stiglet’s giant Mississippi eight point. It’s a story of a father and daughter that will warm your heart. Also hear Erick Larson’s unbelievable three year quest to kill his target buck. A true 200 plus inch whitetail. Erick is also a PHD/agronomy expert and shares insightful wisdo…
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This week we question Mark Drury on aging bucks, with a specific emphasis on aging older, more mature bucks. It’s a conversation where he provides the many tips and tricks he’s learned over the years that will help gamekeepers understand what they are looking at. We also questioned him in detail on his strategies for managing all those trail camera…
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This week we have the world traveling hunter, conservationist, museum curator and now author – Jim Shockey. It’s a great discussion of his new book and we also asked about his introduction to hunting, his first whitetail, his love of cultural artifacts, his favorite wild game meats, introducing kids to the outdoors and much more. It’s one of our fa…
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This week we are joined in studio by deer dog recovery expert Zach Crowley and his legendary tracking dog, Dayah (a beautiful black-mouthed Cur). We hope you never need one, but if you do it’s great to know there is a network of recovery dogs that can make the difference in recovering your deer. Zach explains what steps to take after a nominal shot…
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This week we’re joined by wildlife professors Dr. Will Gulsby and Dr. Marcus Lashley, where we discuss the importance of oak trees and the findings on an acorn production study that debunked a long-time myth about fertilizing oaks and acorn production. We dive deep into some intense conversation trying to wrap our heads around the premise and some …
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This week we talk hunting mature bucks with Ben Rising of Whitetail Edge. It’s an in-depth conversation on his whole process and we all learned something as we listened to his explanations. This guy has a trophy room full of big whitetails and more than qualified to lead this discussion. If you’re interested in killing big deer then this one is for…
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This week we are joined in studio by Brodie Swisher – a well-known bow hunter, the editor at bowhunting.com. We talk about early season strategies, preferred feed trees, hunting from tree saddles, making important decisions prior to the shot, broadheads, scouting, the joys of a blood trail and just why bow hunting is different. Brodie is a passiona…
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This week we talk squirrels with master caller and squirrel hunter Jeffrey Wood referred to by his friends as the Swamp Boy. He makes custom calls and he kills over 600 bushytails a year. He sits on the guest couch and he puts on a calling demonstration and explains how his style of still hunting the crafty critters. Jeffrey also has numerous state…
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This week we welcome Dr. Craig Harper of UT for a general deer discussion that begins with the severe drought most of us are experiencing. Will it affect acorns or other natural food sources? We sympathize with the many food plotters that, like us, are suffering. It doesn’t take long for the conversation turn to harvesting does, including advice on…
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This week we have a world famous musician, Mr. Chuck Leavell. While he’s been the keyboardist for The Rolling Stones for 40 years and now the musical director, he was also with the Allman Brothers in their heydays in the 70’s. There are too many more musical accolades to list. You may be wondering why we had him as a guest? Let us tell you – Chuck …
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With deer season now on the brain, we hit up one of our favorite mature buck nerds, Dr. Mike Chamberlain aka The Turkey Doc, for tips and tricks on improving the odds of harvesting mature bucks. Although Mike is widely known for his hands-on and scientific knowledge of all things Wild Turkey, he and his harem of hunting buddies and clients are luck…
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This week we welcome Mitt Wardlaw into the Gamekeeper Studio to talk about his expertise in applying row crop science to food plots. Mitt’s a smart guy who has lots of hands-on experience. We have a lively discussion on planting dates, cereal grains, annual and perennial clovers, myths around lime, the nutritional needs and timing of fertilizer app…
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This week we open our minds to the possibilities of improving our soils and more through “regenerative” food plots. Dr. Bronson Strickland and PHD grad student Luke Resop provide a deep dive into understanding the whole process. Luke is performing a 4-5 year comprehensive study comparing regen plots to those planted using conventional methods and h…
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On this BONUS episode we hear the story of the recently killed Mississippi State Record Alligator. The hunters Don Woods, Will Thomas, Tanner White and Joey Clark join us to tell the exciting story, and former MDWFP gator coordinator Ricky Flynt explains even more interesting details about prior interactions with the same individual. Imagine a 14 f…
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During this BONUS episode we talk with world-class wingshooter Tony Rosetti to learn a few tips to help make us better shots and enjoy dove season even more. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or just getting started, you’ll walk away with something useful from this one. Listen, Learn and Enjoy. If you enjoy the show, share it with a friend and leav…
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This week we welcome Drs. Dwayne Elmore and Bronson Strickland to school us all on aflatoxin. Aflatoxins are produced by a couple of species of fungi in the genus Aspergillus that can appear in a variety of situations, and when ingested can be harmful to the very birds and mammals we cherish. Our expert guests thoroughly explain aflatoxin, practice…
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This week we have a really interesting and hardcore gamekeeper named Andy Orlando, whose profession is “helicopter wrangler.” Andy works for a private firm contracted by various agencies to safely and ethically capture live animals such as pronghorns, elk, big horn sheep, mule deer, bears, and others via helicopter. From there he bails out of the c…
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Put your chaps on, as this week noted herpetologist Jimmy Stiles busts into the Gamekeeper studio with five venomous snakes that any of us could encounter. It’s an amazing podcast of information and education. Jimmy knows snakes, and his explanations help us understand these reptiles a bit better. It’s a fascinating look into something that strikes…
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This week we learn more about the “Slab Lab” and the quest to grow a world record class bluegill. Sarah Parvin from The Slab Lab and Shawn McNulty of American Sportfish Hatchery join us to explain the process and help teach us what they have learned. It’s an amazing story of a father and daughter’s shared obsession and a fisheries biologist pushing…
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This week we all listen in amazement to the stories that our guest Trapper Mike AKA the @pythoncowboy shares. Southern Florida and the Everglades has become an invasive species nightmare with pythons, monitor lizards, iguanas and even herpes infected monkeys. Trapper Mike, a “Gladesman” is doing his part to protect the wild places he loves. In the …
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This week Will from @november_south teaches us about the art of flintknapping and building self-bows and arrows similarly to the way the Native Americans did. This talented craftsman amazes us with his arrowhead/knife building skills and thorough explanations of his processes. His award winning handmade bows are some of the most amazing hunting too…
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On this week’s bonus episode of the Gamekeeper Podcast, we re-hash a visit to the gulf coast near Corpus Christi, TX, where we helped document a team of researchers and volunteers as they successfully re-established new oyster reefs with recycled oyster shells. Dr. Jennifer Pollack, from the Texas A&M Harte Research Institute (HRI) in “Corpus,” and…
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This week we expand our horizons and spend time with Dr. Colter Chitwood of Oklahoma State University. He is known as the @biggamedoc and has many interesting big game research projects that we learn about including one where they catch Pronghorns with helicopters and later they follow the GPS signals of the does, sneak in to try and capture day ol…
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This week, Rob Kinney and Dudley Phelps take over the podcast studio again to hit on a few of the many habitat-related questions we get from our listeners. The questions are short, but in true “Dudley style” the answers are on point yet all over the place at the same time. We wouldn’t have it any other way! Listen, Learn, and Enjoy. Powered by Moss…
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This week we have Hank Parker sitting between the turkeys in the GK studio, to answer our questions and entertain us with stories. We do a in depth discussion on what he has learned through his many years of planting food plots including: how he picks a site, the way he fertilizes, his thoughts on lime, and how he plants his plots. Hank has figured…
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This week the show goes to the birds. Literally. Our guest, Dr. Adam Rohnke of Mississippi State, explains about all the wild birds that are migrating across the country right now. We all enjoy seeing them and attracting them to our backyards but there is so much about them we never knew. Did you know many birds including the diminutive Ruby-Throat…
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During this BONUS episode we deal with the timely subject of over-heating working dogs. Training in the summer and hunting in the early dove season can be dangerous if you don’t pay attention to the warning signs. Trusted veterinarian Dr. Matt Ryan aka the @duckdogvet joins us from the Animal Clinic of Oxford along with our own Mr. Bill Gibson, our…
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This week one of our favorite Gamekeepers, Hank Parker, sits down in studio and we cover so many topics it’s hard to describe. Once we get down to business we discuss building a new pond, how to improve an existing pond, legal issues around building, managing fishing pressure, favorite lures, adding structure, and more. Of course with all of his li…
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This week we discuss an aspect of Mother Nature that we all dread and hate to see, Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease also called EHD. Dr. Bronson Strickland of the MSU Deer Lab joins us to explain the disease and its causation. Later Mark Drury joins to tell us about his experiences and they are plenty. We’re starting to hear reports of sick deer aroun…
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This week we are fascinated to learn about the research and management of two different populations of black bears in Alabama. We are joined by biologists Hannah Leeper, Traci Wood and Dr. Todd Steury of Auburn University who explain it all. Listening to their stories of crawling into bear dens (a couple times while mama bear was still present) to …
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On this BONUS 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 lo…
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This week we have Andy Dumbleton from Wrightson PPG in New Zealand join us in studio to answer our questions about forages. Besides being an avid hunter, Andy is a plant breeder at the highest level, who works in a lab and the field cross breeding plants to develop specific desirable characteristics. He is one of the top scientists behind the new E…
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This week we are thrilled to be joined by Carlton Ward and Tori Linder from the Path of the Panther project. We finally found someone who loves to talk panthers more than us! It was interesting to learn the latest concerning the plight of the Florida Panther and the Wildlife Corridor that could connect the cats to the panhandle of Florida and beyon…
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This week Rob Kinney and Dudley Phelps take over the podcast studio again to hit on a few of the many habitat-related questions we get from our listeners. The questions are short, but in true “Dudley style” the answers are on point yet all over the place at the same time. We wouldn’t have it any other way! Listen, Learn, and Enjoy. Topics Covered :…
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This week we are joined in studio with fisheries manager, Robby Mays, and we discuss how to control and prevent aquatic weeds. Robby has a wealth of knowledge concerning managing fish and ponds, and our conservation covers many topics. A quality pond can provide so much enjoyment...but they REALLY need management. Join on our quest to learn how to …
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This week we learn about ticks and tick borne diseases along with the details of a promising discovery. Researchers have learned the blood of white-tailed deer kills the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. We are joined by Dr. Stephen Rich of UMass at Amherst, a tick and tick disease expert who explains it all to us. We are also joined by Dr. Lyon …
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This week Rob Kinney and Dudley Phelps take over the podcast studio to hit on a few of the many habitat-related questions we get from our listeners. The questions are short, but in true “Dudley style” the answers are on point yet all over the place at the same time. We wouldn’t have it any other way! Listen, Learn, and Enjoy. Show Notes : [1] Nativ…
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This week we welcome Heath North and Jason Pieroni, from Stratton Seed Company, to the podcast to help us understand the magical soybean. There may not be a more nutritious and highly desired food source for whitetails that can provide almost 4 seasons of the year. Soybeans are close to being the magic silver bullet of deer forages, but not all soy…
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On this BONUS podcast, Rob Kinney from the Gamekeeper crew catches up with Scott Rhodes of the Low Country Gamebird Foundation (a 501(c)(3) out of South Carolina) to discuss the Mr. Fox SBE3 28 Gauge they built with Rob Roberts Custom Gunworks, Benelli, and Palmetto State Armory to raffle off in an effort to raise money for Mossy Oak's Gamekeeper G…
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This week Dr. Mike Chamberlain drops in and we discuss a variety of topics. Mike updates us on the extensive research his team is doing on the LPDV virus, we talk turkey hunting safety after learning of several accidents, and he dispels a few old wives’ tales that we bring up. All in all it’s an interesting discussion centered around the wild turke…
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This week Dr. Shane Bernard tells us the history of Avery Island in Louisiana, including fascinating stories about the conservation efforts of E. A. “Ned” McIlhenny (1872-1949), the son of TABASCO® Sauce inventor E. McIlhenny. As the story goes, this man single handedly saved the imperiled Snowy Egret by creating protected sanctuary on the island t…
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This week we tell all about some turkey misses we remember that haunt us to this day. We’re joined in studio by Dr. Michael Chamberlain, who listens to our stories, laughs at us, comments his wisdom and then shares his own story. Toxey joins us late and gives an update on Mr. Fox and a hunt they shared that morning. However – the theme is misses – …
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This week we have a world leader in wildlife conservation discussing the history and future of wildlife conservation. Mr. Shane Mahoney is a well-spoken, lifelong advocate for wild places and the wildlife that inhabits them. Everyone should take the time to listen to his retelling of the past and his insight into the future. It’s an interesting dis…
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This week the Gamekeeper crew continues to entertain our audience with more turkey stories. You’ll hear from an expanded group of hunters as they tell some of their favorite turkey tales. We hang on every word and pay tribute the grandest of all gamebirds. You might even learn something. Listen, Learn, and Enjoy! Support the show Stay connected wit…
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This week we hold court in the Gamekeeper studio and share some of our favorite turkey hunting stories. Have you ever heard of someone killing a turkey in their underwear? You will. What about a miss at three yards, or the turkeys that cause one to make poor decisions – like crossing a raging creek in the dark? You’ll hear a priceless Mr. Fox story…
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This week on the Gamekeepers podcast we talk about how Mother Nature is one TOUGH MOTHER. Our guest is Rick from the Nature is Metal Instagram page, and he’s probably seen more intensive nature scenes play out than anyone else on the planet. We talk about how different nature actually is compared to the warm-and-fuzzy Disney type films. Rick tells …
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On this BONUS podcast we chat with none other than Rob, from Rob Roberts Custom Gun Works! We talk all things turkey guns, including: tight chokes, forcing cones, modern shells, porting, old barrels, trigger work, shot strings, and more. Tight can be too tight, and there is no one-size-fits-all pattern. Rob is truly an expert, and has made a career…
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This week, George Mayfield once again joins us between the turkeys to talk turkeys. George’s turkey hunting career has run the full gamut and he has ended up at the Gamekeeper stage wanting to give back. The old guide has spent many a morning breaking day in the turkey woods and his insight and explanations of their behavior is next level. Because …
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