Gamekeeper Podcast Mossy Oak

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 mytho...

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 ...

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 som...

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. Show Notes:Watch The Disease: https://go.mossyoak....

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 ...

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.Show Notes:Woodhaven Calls: https://woodhavencustomcalls.com/ When does deer season start? If you want the best deer herd possible this fall - then deer...