Tennessee WildCast

Janet Ivey, host of Janet's Planet, joins us for this edition of Tennessee WildCast. We will learn just about everything we need to know for the August 21st solar eclipse. Janet is really excited about this once in a lifetime opportunity! She has some great tips for enjoying the event, information on how it will effect wildlife and and all the safety tips. Enjoy the show and thanks for watching.

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The Tennessee Outdoor Youth Summit(TOYS) teaches the next generation about the exciting world of outdoor recreation and fundamentals. If you had to make a list of skills essential to outdoor lovers, what would be on it? Most likely you'd put down camping and hunting, which of course includes things like marksmanship, turkey calling, antler scoring, archery, wilderness survival, fishing, boat driving, plant identification, and photography. Now that's quite a list! But those are only a few of the activities taught at the Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit. Join us as we talk with a few of the instructors and leaders, then adventure out with the kids to get a behind the scenes look. All right here on TN WildCast.

Join us for a conversation with new Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Tony Sanders. He is no stranger to the microphone and talking about the outdoors. You can catch him on his own show, Tony Sanders Outdoors on Talk Radio 102.3 WGOW. In this episode we will learn a little about Commissioner Sanders and his life in the outdoors. Talk about what it is like to be a commissioner and so much more. #tnwildlife

Are all snakes bad? Is any snake bad? Learn how to tell venomous from non-venomous snakes in Tennessee. Pandy English is our guest today and we will be talking all things snakes. Thanks for joining in.

He’s an excellent young sportsmen who enjoys fishing and hunting, but on a spring day last April he had an especially historic day. Join Tennessee WildCast as we speak with Cord Maddox of Huntingdon about his record setting wild turkey recently verified at Tennessee’s number 1 “typical” bird by the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Roger Bitz is the manager of Springfield Hatchery in Robertson County and every now and again he actually gets to take a day off to go fishing. When he gets out, he is very good at catching bass. If you want to catch lots of bass and even large bass, you need to understand summertime patterns and certainly learn how to read your electronics. Roger will give us all a lesson on both, plus discuss Florida largemouth bass that he is helping raise in Springfield. While this video was shot on Kentucky Lake near Paris Landing State Park, the summer pattern is common on all Tennessee lakes. Take notes!

Managing deer has come a long way since the earliest days of restoration decades ago. While deer populations are healthy statewide, there are always concerns about the best way to manage deer populations in such a way that a variety of interests are taken into consideration. Deer Project Management Leader James Kelly discusses deer management in 2017, which includes the current definition of antlered versus antler-less deer. Deer Hunters WILL NOT face big changes this coming season, but will continue to be important in providing data and input needed to determine the best possible scenario for Tennessee’s whitetail population and hunting interests.

Mike Bramlett has seen a lot of fish in his days caught by somebody else. That is because he is the main person in charge of helping certify state record fish, making sure trophy fish are recognized through our TARP program, and helping determine the age of bass and other fish that are caught—with really good gear—by TWRA staff. Mike will discuss how to get a potential state record fish certified, talk about some of the great state and WORLD record fish Tennessee has (Do you know the world record walleye comes from Tennessee?), and let you know the best way to determine the age of fish. Hint: it’s not by looking at their teeth. Mike will also discuss this year’s Free Fishing Day and the dozens of catfish-filled events scheduled for kids. And you adults, check out those events, because after the kids leave most of the areas that were stocked with catfish will be open for you to fish. Also, we think you can find the TARP information very interesting to your fishing pursuits and you might want to earn a few certificates and patches.

The agency has cold and warm-water hatcheries across the state and is constantly working to raise fish to help supplement Mother Nature and improve your opportunities of catching fish in your favorite lake or river. Statewide Hatchery Coordinator David Roddy is one busy person as he coordinates hatchery managers across the state to determine the various needs of various lakes and rivers. David will also discuss Florida largemouth bass and the recent addition to one of our West Tennessee hatcheries that eventually should help TWRA raise and distribute more than 1 million of these popular fish to designated bodies of water.

Bobby Wilson is our assistant executive director, but he spent most of his 30-plus year career trying to improve fish numbers and fishing opportunities as an agency biologist. We cover a lot of topics that Tennessee fishermen should know about, from the big take away from this year's meeting of fish managers from across Tennessee, to the results of a study that might surprise catch and release anglers fishing deep water. It's a quick half-hour with Bobby.