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Mississippi Outdoors Podcast episodes

October 28 Food Plots for Deer: What to Plant, When & Why
What should you actually plant in a deer food plot? MDWFP Private Lands Biologist John Henderson joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to break down food plots from the ground up, including what to plant, where to plant it, when to get started and how to avoid wasting money.
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33 min
October 21 Better Habitat, Better Duck Hunting in Mississippi
Houston Havens with MDWFP, James Callicutt with Mississippi State University Extension and Kevin Nelms with the Natural Resources Conservation Service join the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to talk about wetlands, waterfowl habitat and the outlook heading into the 2026–27 season.
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48 min
October 14 Getting Checked by a Game Warden with Lt. Karri Fulton
What should you do when a game warden approaches you in the woods, on the water or at the boat ramp? Lieutenant Karri Fulton joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to explain how hunters and anglers should handle an interaction with a conservation officer.
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23 min
October 07 How a Mississippi Broom Company Became a Crappie Fishing Giant
How did a Mississippi company that started by making brooms and mops become one of the biggest names in crappie fishing? Jack Wells of B'n'M Pole Company joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to tell the story of a business that has called West Point, Mississippi home for nearly 80 years.
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29 min
September 30 How One Mississippi Landowner Is Rebuilding Wildlife Habitat
What can a private landowner actually do to improve wildlife habitat? Mississippi landowner and lifelong hunter Randy Taylor joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to talk about the changes he's making on his family's property after decades of managing deer and hunting the land.
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32 min
September 23 50 Years of Primos Hunting: Jimmy Primos on the TV Show, the Business & His Favorite Hunts
Jimmy Primos joins Matt Wyatt on the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to look back on 50 years of Primos Hunting, from making turkey calls in a backyard workshop to building one of the most recognizable brands in the hunting industry.

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42 min
September 16 How Do Geckos Stick to Walls? What a Mississippi Professor Is Discovering
Did you know geckos live in Mississippi, and that you may have them around your house without ever noticing? Travis Hagey, a professor at Mississippi University for Women, joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to explain the reptiles living around us and the unusual science behind gecko feet.
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30 min
September 09 Why Turkey Trumpet Calls Work: Bill Lester on Sound, Craft & Calling
What makes a turkey trumpet different from every other call?

2025 Mississippi Sportsman of the Year Bill Lester joins the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast to demonstrate the calls he's spent decades developing and explain why he believes the ability to call softly can make such a difference on a gobbler.

Bill takes us from traditional wing-bone calls to acrylic trumpets, brass mouthpieces and some of his newest designs. He also shares stories from a lifetime outdoors — homemade bird decoys, his first dove hunt, calling turkeys from a quarter-mile away, teaching art at Delta State for 38 years and the artistic side of building every call by hand.
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37 min
September 02 Post-Civil War Outdoor Magazines and Mississippi's Forgotten Writers with James T. McCafferty
Outdoor magazines go back further than most people realize. In this episode of the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast, Matt Wyatt sits down with returning guest James T. McCafferty, author and outdoor historian, to talk about the writers who documented hunting and fishing in Mississippi as far back as the 1830s.
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43 min
August 26 Growing Trees for Wildlife: Meet the Tree Guy at Mossy Oak, Dudley Phelps
You know Mossy Oak for deer and turkey hunting gear — but did you know they have a tree expert on staff? In this episode of the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast, Matt Wyatt sits down with Dudley Phelps, known around Mossy Oak as "the tree guy," to talk about growing trees for wildlife habitat.
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30 min

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Listen to the Mississippi Outdoors Podcast, hosted by Matt Wyatt. We'll dive into fascinating conversations about Mississippi's rich outdoor life, where each episode brings new knowledge about…