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 passionate woodsman and is raising a family around his love of the outdoors. From every aspect of bow hunting to introducing his kids to the outdoors, we can all learn a thing or two from him. Listen, Learn and Enjoy! 

Show Notes:
(1) Get more bow hunting tips at bowhinting.com  Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:187 | Bow Hunting Strategies with Brodie Swisher

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.

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This week’s BONUS episode is a deep dive into understanding chufas. Our expert guests Travis Sumner of SC and Jacob Gray of MS, are two long time Gamekeepers who have literally planted thousands of acres of chufas for turkeys. We talk about where they came from, why turkeys love them, when to plant, how to plant, fertilizer and herbicides. Suffice it to say, we learned a lot. If you’re interested in turkeys and plant chufas or are thinking about it, this podcast will help you. Listen Learn and Enjoy.    Show Notes:
BioLogic’s NWTF Turkey Gold Chufa Seed: https://www.plantbiologic.com/products/turkey-gold-chufa-food-plot-seed  Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:236 | Bonus: Chufas

This week we welcome Anthony Ballard the MDWFP Bear Coordinator and Dr. Dana Morin a carnivore expert from Mississippi State University to talk about the black bears of Mississippi. The Magnolia State has a long, historic tradition with black bears, dating back to when the Delta region was still massive old growth timber and full of bears! Then of course there is the infamous Theodore Roosevelt hunt that led to the creation of the Teddy Bear. We’ll look to the past, discuss the present and then look to the future in our conversation. It ends up being an interesting look at an often maligned animal that’s making a comeback against the odds and a chance to hear from the people that are dedicated to see it be successful. Would you climb 25 feet up a tree to look in a den and check on cubs knowing the momma bear was there also? That’s the dedication of a biologist that cares. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

Show Notes:
MDWFP Black Bear Program: https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/black-bear-program/
MSU Carnivore and Population Ecology Lab: https://www.carnivore.fwrc.msstate.edu/people.php Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:235 | The Black Bears of Mississippi

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.  Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:234 | Bonus: Catchin’ Cats

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.  Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:233 | Hand Grabbling Giant Catfish

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.    Show Notes:
Growing and Managing Sunflowers: PDF Enter for your chance to win your very own LS MT225s Compact Tractor and accessories. Learn more and sign up at: mossyoakgamekeeper.com/giveaway Support the Show. Stay connected with GameKeepers:   Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/  Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers   Facebook: @GameKeepers  Twitter: @MOGameKeepers   YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers   Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/  Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine   Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue   Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch   
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EP:187 | Bow Hunting Strategies with Brodie Swisher

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