Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into the opening week of Youth Season, and our WILD trip to Texas to hunt some HUGE elk!...

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00:00 - Intro 00:13 - We are fresh off some hunts!... 01:22 - Mikey & Randy's Youth Hunt 18:33 - Recovering Waylon's First Deer 19:30 - Carter's Last Youth Hunt 24:40 - Headin' out to Texas 27:55 - Hog Hunting on the first night 34:51 - Chuck's Biggest Deer 41:30 - Doing a full cape job on the deer skull 46:43 - Day 1 of huntin' for Elk 57:01 - Tracking this trophy bull 1:03:53 - Malcom's First Bull 1:08:15 - Getting the bull back to camp 1:14:13 - Day 2 of Elk Hunting 1:23:18 - Seeing the Northern Lights 1:25:42 - Closing Notes

Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're covering the beginning of hunting season, the viral test monkeys in Mississippi. and Malcom's recent pheasant hunting trip!...

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Hunting season is ALMOST here!... 03:02 - Shoutout to our contest winners 04:54 - Desoto County Wild Game Gourmet Club recipes 07:58 - Rabbit recipes 11:01 - Our FAVORITE crockpot recipes 12:31 - Cookin' up some wild hog 20:09 - Monkeys are LOOSE in Mississippi! 28:17 - Malcom's Pheasant huntin' trip 44:04 - Cookin' Up Grouse 45:56 - Duck hunting on Day 2 56:43 - Mikey's geese huntin' trick 59:01 - Closing Notes

Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we've brought on Randy Dyer to give you a run down of all the things you should NEVER do when hunting...

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Welcome Randy Dyer! 02:30 - How did Randy get into the hunting world? 04:37 - What is the appeal to trespassing? 07:16 - How many times would Randy go BACK to a property? 09:11 - Getting a deer back from a property you trespassed on 11:06 - Reasons you would NOT trespass on a property 14:55 - What Randy was looking for in Road Hunting 19:13 - Killing an antlerless deer 23:22 - Running from the game warden 28:01 - Mikey's huntin' lease mishap 32:30 - How Randy lost his license the first time 38:21 - Fishin' the Arkabutla spillways 48:40 - Is the Arkabutla lake EVER gonna be the same?... 52:24 - What's Randy lookin forward to this hunting season? 54:11 - The most CHALLENGING part of taking your kids hunting 56:01 - Closing Notes

Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we've brought on Daniel Beckham AKA BamaSippiMan to talk about all things saddle hunting and how to MASTER gettin' those big bucks on public land!...

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Y'all make sure to check out the brand new giveaway! 02:01 - Welcome on Daniel! (BamaSippiMan) 03:11 - What should you look for in Public land? 09:10 - Determining if you should hunt public land vs somewhere close to home 11:12 - Where should you be setting up on Public land? 14:33 - What kind of deer are Daniel goin' after? 16:42 - If there's a BUNCH of people on public land, what do you do? 19:44 - Daniel's techniques and products for scent control 24:01 - Deer KNOW where you are at 27:38 - Should you stay on the same deer if you lose track of them? 33:01 - Daniel's WILD hunting story deep in a tree 39:11 - Why should you use a saddle instead of a climbing stand? 42:56 - The process of using a SRT 49:29 - What should you look for in a tree? 52:35 - Once you're up in the tree ready to hunt, what's the next step? 55:34 - The budget for getting into saddle hunting 58:08 - Closing Notes

Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're talking about the Ins and Outs of deer processing with High Cotton Processing to tell y'all what REALLY happens to your deer this season!...

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00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Welcome on Daniel & Scott of High Cotton Processing! 01:02 - Y'all check out the BRAND NEW giveaway!... 03:12 - Stories of taking deer to processors 07:20 - Where can you find High Cotton Processing? 08:09 - The process of droppin' a deer off at a Processor 14:30 - If you're gonna bring a deer to a processor, make sure you do it like THIS! 18:51 - You aren't ALWAYS gonna get as much meat as you think you are 21:35 - Is there a difference in meat yield pre or post rut? 22:45 - The behind the scenes of processing a deer 30:41 - The step by step of processing a deer 34:13 - Pricing on deer processing 37:00 - Adding fat to meat when processing 38:59 - The '300 pound doe' story 42:21 - Getting horns back from processing 45:52 - High Cotton Processing's FAVORITE products 48:01 - When can you bring a deer up to High Cotton 50:30 - Most popular products at High Cotton 54:28 - Do you test for CWD when processing deer? 59:05 - Everyone's FAVORITE way to cook ground deer 1:03:40 - High Cotton's Socials

Today on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we've brought on Jeff Jones of Chene hunting gear to talk about what it takes to build a hunting gear brand from the ground up and his experiences along the way!...

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Welcome Jeff Jones of Chene! 00:52 - Jeff's hunting background 05:30 - Was Jeff thinking about making hunting gear growing up? 08:45 - Jeff's history in Hunting Gear 11:37 - How did Chene start? 17:32 - What sets Chene apart from other companies? 23:30 - Where did the name 'Chene' come from? 25:02 - What other products are Chene interested in producing? 29:10 - This is the BIGGEST advice for companies creating a new hunting product 31:04 - The BIGGEST challenges when Chene Launched 34:28 - What does Jeff's hunting camp look like? 40:10 - Getting your kids involved at deer camp 42:01 - Our FAVORITE ways to eat duck 44:45 - Duck hunting or Turkey hunting, what are you pickin'? 47:01 - Juggling hunting life with home life 49:50 - Chene's Conservation Efforts

Today on the Buck Junkies podcast, we've brought on the BBQ Ninja to talk about ALL things hunting and cooking gator in Mississippi!... 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Welcome on Craig! 02:59 - How long has Mississippi been hunting gators? 05:22 - Craig's hunting techniques for Gator 11:21 - The difference in private and public land tags 15:45 - Picking out which gator to go after 20:24 - How many men go out on the boat? 22:53 - What do they use to put the gator down? 26:39 - Dealing with mosquitos 27:50 - Prepping the gator after you've secured it 33:17 - The BEST meat on the gator 37:14 - What do you do with the hide and the rest of the gator? 39:01 - Fishing gators 44:29 - Craig's preferred size for cookin' gator 46:01 - How to cook up gator 56:55 - Other than gator hunting, what else goes on at Craig's camp? 1:02:14 - Craig's FAVORITE things to cook at camp

Today on the Buck Junkies podcast, we're talkin' all about our recent trip to West Point Mississippi for the Foxhole shootout and covering EVERYTHING you need to know about getting those cold season plots ready to go!....

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00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Welcome to the show Colin! 02:32 - Foxhole shootout recap 09:42 - How to fix basket rack 8-points on your land 17:37 - Chef Michael Hunters' wild hog recipes 20:26 - The BEST dishes we had at the Foxhole shootout 23:23 - Workin' at Pizza hut for free.... 26:06 - What seeds should you plant for your Fall Plots? 32:25 - When should you be planting your field? 39:09 - If you're planting early, what should it be? 43:53 - Equipment for planting fall plots 52:12 - What can you do to create an annual plot on a budget? 1:03:23 - When your fields are lookin' rough, what do you do? 1:06:05 - If you're starting a field, here's some tips 1:08:50 - How important is a soil test? 1:16:32 - Closing Notes

This week on the Buck Junkies podcast, we've brought on Spencer and Jacob from Rolling Thunder Game calls to talk about ALL things duck calls and the history of Rolling Thunder!...

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00:00 - Intro 00:12 - Welcome Spencer and Jacob of Rolling Thunder Game calls! 01:54 - How did Rolling Thunder start out? 07:50 - The first calls Rolling Thunder built 12:39 - How to make a great sounding duck call 15:43 - Perfecting the sound of a duck call 17:19 - What calls does Spencer use in his own time? 18:41 - The most memorable hunting experiences 24:00 - Spencer's first duck camp 27:31 - Does Spencer still hunt public land? 28:42 - Everyone's FAVORITE places to hunt 30:59 - Calling techniques in different areas 34:17 - Are there more people hunting now than in the past? 36:16 - What conservation efforts are Rolling Thunder committed to? 42:50 - Old habits die hard 44:51 - If you could only hunt ducks or turkeys: what are you picking? 48:06 - Making turkey calls 53:03 - How does Rolling Thunder get the word out about their calls? 57:36 - Charity Golf Scramble 1:02:34 - Closing Notes

This week on the Buck Junkies podcast, we're talkin about EVERYTHING that went down on opening day of dove season 2025!...

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00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Opening Day of Dove Season in Mississippi 06:11 - Checkin' the fields before shooting opening day 11:11 - Waking up opening day 16:20 - Shootin' opening day 21:51 - Mikey's camera mishap... 24:24 - Utilizing the field effectively for dove hunting 25:57 - How to clean a dove 29:40 - Will got stuck with Malcom's bucket... 31:54 - Mikey's duck recipe 33:55 - Afternoon hunt of Opening Day 38:55 - Cleaning the birds after the hunt 39:42 - Shootin' with Collin's shells 42:43 - Make sure you are aware of your neighbors... 45:53 - What should we do for our field next year? 48:45 - Cookin' up doves 54:28 - Closing Notes