Gamekeeper Podcast
Gamekeeper Podcast
Mossy Oak
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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 the Gamekeeper podcast will give you a new perspective. You don’t want to miss these.
EP: 357 | The Coon Dog Cemetery
This week we are joined by Lee and Frankie Hatton from North Alabama. These guys are long time coon hunters and caretakers of the world renown “Coon Dog Cemetery” in Cherokee, Alabama. This sacred place was created in 1937 and has grown into legend. The stories of the history and traditions of coon hunters and of this final resting place for over 300 coon dogs flow freely. The respect shown to the dogs will remind you of the special place that hunting dogs can have in our lives. Listen...
Aug 5
1 hr 27 min
EP:356 | The Bowhunting Preacher: Chip Henderson
This week we’re joined by special guest Chip Henderson of Pine Lake Church to discuss his love of bowhunting whitetails and his journey to the pulpit. Chip’s a humble yet vivacious preacher who often mixes his hunting experiences into his sermons. He’s serious about his bowhunting and even more serious about changing and impacting lives. This is one where everyone can walk away with something useful. Listen, Learn and Enjoy. Send a text message to the show! When does deer season ...
Aug 1
1 hr 26 min
EP:355 | Bowfishing For Invasives!
This week we’re joined by Ricky Flynt and Brad Baugh and they tell us about some amazing bowfishing adventures. Brad is a SERIOUS bow fisherman and there is much to be learned from his experience. Their friendship was formed over an alligator hunt, but has cemented in the duck blind and on the bow of Brads deluxe bowfishing rig. It’s a great summer time or off season hunt/fish experience, and the fish populations are invasive and booming, so it’s a very target rich environment. Even if you do...
Jul 29
1 hr 8 min
EP:354 (Timely Classic EP:219)  Barry Smith Talks Ponds and Fish Management
This is a re-air of a Gamekeeper Classic. Our late friend Barry Smith offers so much to a listener, from fishing advice to hunting stories. Enjoy. This week we have Barry Smith, a highly respected fisheries scientist with a lifetime of innovation and experience around managing sportfish. It’s a conversation that includes crappie, catfish, flathead catfish, shell crackers, river fish, bass, crawfish, fathead minnows, the bream spawn, aerators, stratification, fertility, liming wat...
Jul 25
1 hr 57 min
EP:353 | Bill Dance Talks and We Listen
On this episode we’re joined by the legend himself, Bill Dance. The man needs no introduction and his name and image is synonymous with bass fishing. We learned about how he got started fishing as a youngster and how he came to fish in the first ever BASS tournament. His career is an amazing story of doors opening and people helping. We also ask him about managing ponds, picking worm colors, favorite baits and more. It’s so enjoyable just to listen to the man tell his stories. Lis...
Jul 22
1 hr 46 min
EP:352 | Chiggers and Ticks Explained
On this episode we're joined by Dr. Jerome Goddard, Extension Professor of Medical Entomology at Mississippi State University. He is a true character and knows his insects. We wanted to learn about chiggers also called red bugs and ended up learning about ticks and Alpha Gal Syndrome. There is so much a person needs to pay attention to when outside and Jerome carefully explains it all. We really learned a lot during this discussion and also laughed at his wit. It’s important to know how to pr...
Jul 18
1 hr 15 min
EP:351 | Talking Deer with an Old School Biologist
On this show we’re joined by Chris Cook who was a 30 year employee with the State of Alabama focused on managing white-tailed deer. Chris specialized in helping clubs and landowners improve their deer herds and hunting experiences. He was responsible for areas that already had a high population when he started and also areas with hardly any deer. We ask a lot of questions and hear some great info and stories. What do you think was the heaviest deer he saw weighed? How far do you think a trapp...
Jul 15
1 hr 28 min
EP:350 | The State of the Florida Bear Hunt
This week, we’re joined by George Warthen and Morgan Richardson of the Florida Wildlife Commission. They discuss how the scientific management of black bears now requires the addition of hunting as a tool to take the next step in conserving the resource. It’s a frank conversation about how things were, how they are now, and what needs to happen for the state to manage its rapidly growing bear population. With a vote approaching, these gentlemen explain the need to reinstate hunting as a manag...
Jul 11
1 hr 15 min
EP:349 | Talking Crappie with Hayden Jeffries
On this episode we discuss crappie with expert fisherman Hayden Jeffries of Brandon, Mississippi. Hayden has won more tournaments than we can list and is widely considered to be the best at what he does. By fishing 12 months a year he has a handle on what they do and how to catch them in the various seasons. We end up learning a great deal and discuss fishing tactics for different lakes, depth, water conditions and times of the year. He’s a home boy that has the reputation for being one of th...
Jul 8
1 hr 18 min
EP:348 | Catch a Dream and the Bottomland Bible
On this special episode we’re joined by Dr. Marty Brunson and his son Spencer to talk about many subjects near and dear to our hearts. The story of Catch A Dream is a one that will tug at your heart strings and we also learn about the new Bottomland camo Bible that just rolled off the printing press. Along the way the conversation gets deep as we discuss God, nature and how we all experience the wonders of it all. In an open moment Bobby asks the group, have you ever prayed, “Lord, plea...
Jul 4
1 hr 14 min
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