Mark McMurray, owner of Bluff City Outdoors (https://www.bluffcityoutdoors.com/) at 2813 E Broadway, Alton, Illinois joins us for the entire show. In this segment we talk about his building expansion, archery range addition, new concession stand, why their hours are better than other archery ranges, the importance of local bow techs, timing the grand opening around the 2022 Alton Catfish Classic, and the 2 Rivers Family Fishing Fair at Pere Marquette.
Tim Kjellesvik, Editor In Chief of DeerCast and Co-Host of The 100% Wild Podcast at Drury Outdoors, joins us for this segment. In this segment we talk about how to prep for archery season, which fish people forget about when on the Mississippi, Tim’s latest Missouri Conservationist articles about secret fishing hotspots, why the Ned Rig is so good it should be prohibited, how to keep from killing fish that live in waters with low oxygen levels, bow fishing and which ones are illegal to shoot, whether Asian carp are still considered a nuisance, the deer that broke into a bank in downtown St. Louis, and finding bears wandering around Fenton.
Mark McMurray talks about the amazing success rate fisherman have when they use a Bluff City Outdoors guide, how he made money to pay his way through college by trapping and cutting firewood, why trappers are good for coyote control which improves turkey and deer hunting, and Tony shares a story about a raccoon attack. Don’t forget to check out https://www.bluffcitytackle.com/ for your tackle gear.