Gamekeeper Podcast
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.
Episodes
348 episodes
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 Botto...
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EP:347 | Big Bream Update
On this episode we are joined by Sarah Parvin and we get to meet her dad, Dr. Dennis Olive, to get an update on the progress of the Slab Lab. We learned a lot more on this episode about the history of the pond and how they had grown largemouth ...
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EP:346 | Understanding Weather
On this episode we’re joined by wizard weatherman Eric Snodgrass who studies weather around the world to help farmers make the most informed weather based decisions. Weather obviously affects all of our daily activities, but we’re selfishly int...
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1:04:35
EP:345 | Public Land Sale Explained by Joel Pederson
On this special episode the CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Joel Pedersen, gives us an education on the proposed public land sale. His thorough analysis of the situation and understanding of the process is centered...
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EP:344 | Kyle Lybarger on Native Plants
On this episode we have Kyle Lybarger of the Native Habitat Project to talk about his crusade to save and enhance all things native. Kyle and his compadre Luke Chaffee are all over social media teaching the world why we need to be concerned. It...
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EP:343 | Joe Gonyo and the Russell Moccasin Story
On this episode we’re joined by Joe Gonyo, who is best known for his role in driving the Russell Moccasin Company for many years. We met Joe thirty plus years ago and bonded over a shared the love of turkey hunting and waterfowling. The history...
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EP:342 | The Story of Stocking Whitetails
On this episode we are joined by Mr. Fred Pringle who tells us about the process of re-stocking whitetails in and around Alabama. It’s walk back in time with a gentleman who worked almost 50 years for the Alabama Conservation Department. Mr. Pr...
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EP:341 | Bonus: Goulds and Ocellated Turkeys
This week we sit down with Manuel Enriquez of the El Halcon Lodge in Old Mexico to talk about Goulds and Ocellated turkeys. Manuel and his family have a 35 year history of hosting and guiding hunters in his native country along with a thorough ...
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EP:340 | The Latest Turkey Talk with Dr. Chamberlain
This week we’re joined by Dr. Mike Chamberlain (@wildturkeydoc) to talk turkey and learn insights into the latest research. We always enjoy talking to Mike and find ourselves fascinated by the work he and his cohorts are doing to better underst...
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EP:339 | Bonus: Do You Really Know Your Bucks Age?
This week we are joined by Arthur Stephens and Carolyn Nistler of Matson Lab in Montana. Many of us have tried to age deer the old-fashioned way using jawbones, and some believe we can judge a buck’s age on the hoof. But once they get past five...
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EP:338 | Foxworthy VS Copperhead
This week we’re joined by our favorite Gamekeeper, Jeff Foxworthy. This one is pure fun as we hear the engaging story of Jeff getting bitten by a copperhead—and the chaos that followed. You’ll be surprised at what a snakebite can cost. He also ...
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EP:337 | Bonus: Tennessee Elk
This week we’re joined by Garrett Clevinger of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to tell us about their successful elk restoration project. It’s an example of conservation, cooperation and hard work. Garrett tells the story of how t...
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EP:336 | Understanding a Deer’s Anatomy
This week, we get down in the weeds with Brian Johnson, a.k.a. @anatomyhunter, to better understand why we sometimes lose whitetails after what seems like a perfect shot. There’s a lot at play here, and Brian is on a mission to help hunters gai...
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EP:335 | Bonus: 500 Pound Shark
This week, we’re joined by Capt. David Stiller and Capt. Lew Childre, who share the incredible story of the giant bull shark they recently caught in the coastal waters of Alabama. David Stiller’s story is nothing short of amazing—he’s a real-li...
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EP:334 | The Wolf Trapper, Paul Antczak
This week, we’re joined in studio by Montana wolf trapper Paul Antczak and Bill Duke of Duke Traps. You may recognize Paul from recent seasons of the History Channel show Mountain Men. A lifelong trapper, Paul shares his fascinating jo...
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EP:333 | Bobcat Attacks and Much More
This week, we’re joined by Claude Strother of Wilcox County, Alabama—a seasoned turkey hunter who was recently attacked by a bobcat during a hunt. The story itself is fascinating, but there is much more to the man than that incident. He is a se...
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EP:332 | Watching Poults Grow
This week we’re joined by our good friend, Dr. Marcus Lashley, a.k.a. @drdisturbance, from the University of Florida to discuss the beginnings and future of a recent study involving Osceola subspecies turkey poults. His team incubated wild turk...
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1:36:42
EP:331 | The Secrets to Spraying Success
This week we’re joined in studio by spraying experts Twinky Estes and Bryson Whitmon of Nutrien Ag Solutions. We thoroughly discuss the benefits and techniques of sprayer calibration and the nuances of spraying effectively. There are so many be...
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EP:330 | Tagging and Monitoring Poults
This week we’re joined by Dr. Colter Chitwood of Oklahoma State University and his grad assistant Cyrena Bedoian to learn about their poult research project. It’s an amazing story as his team has actually been capturing young day old poults and...
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1:38:33
EP:329 | Do You Believe in Miracles?
This week we celebrate Mr. Fox Haas killing yet another turkey! We are joined by Neill, Daniel, Vandy and Toxey to tell the incredible details of this hunt and its effect on everyone. It’s an inspirational story and one that will make you belie...
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EP:328 | Turkey Talk with Spring Legion
This week, we’re joined in the studio by Hunter and Chase Farrior, the Spring Legion guys. It’s a conversation about turkeys, turkey hunting, and the lifestyle we all love. Everyone’s red-eyed and tired, but that’s just the classic look of turk...
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EP:327 | Bonus: The Snow Goose Dilemma
This week, we are joined by a team of snow goose experts to help explain the changes occurring in the mid-continental snow goose population. Not too long ago, their numbers exploded—but now, they are trending in a troubling direction. Waterfowl...
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EP:326 | Understanding Hunting Pressure on Turkeys
This week we’re joined by Dr. Brad Cohen of Tennessee Tech and the Cohen Lab. We discuss hunting pressure, gobbling activity and what they have learned through research and monitoring GPS banded gobblers and hunters. Brad participates in many r...
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