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Buck Junkie Podcast
Buck Junkie Podcast
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When you mix a couple guys with a passion for hunting and a microphone, you get the Buck Junkies Podcast. Each week we share our own fund and southern twist on hunting, fishing, cooking wild game, food plot farming and everything else we love about the great outdoors.
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This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're fired up and ready to talk about EVERYTHING you need to have ready for the 2026 Turkey Season!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:11 - Turkey Season is upon us! 04:10 - Patterning that turkey gun 07:10 - How to sight a turkey gun 11:50 - Putting together a 20 gauge 14:48 - Shooting a bird with a 410 19:37 - What guns have killed the MOST turkeys 25:40 - Get those vests ready! 35:50 - Make sure you've got comfy boots too 42:21 - Turkey Hunting Clothes 47:53 - Keeping ticks off of you 53:56 - New calls 55:54 - Do turkeys know who's calling to them? 59:00 - What other calls are you bringing? 1:04:50 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're recapping the 2026 NWTF convention and gearing up to burn!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Malcom is BACK from the NWTF 04:50 - Eating in Opryland 08:40 - Getting into the convention 14:00 - Y'all be nice to those young turkey callers! 17:20 - The calling contest 24:50 - The coolest calls at the NWTF 31:40 - What is the LOUDEST call? 33:10 - Using a leaf as a call 34:00 - Malcom's favorite pickups from the NWTF 39:30 - New calls being released at the NWTF 42:20 - Barhoppin' in Nashville 51:10 - Burn Prep 55:52 - How do you get ready to burn? 1:04:50 - Burning is one of the most COST EFFECTIVE techniques out there 1:10:00 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're bringing on Deljuan Robison to talk all things football and rabbit huntin'!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Who is Deljuan? 02:40 - Getting into football 07:54 - Playing football for MSU 09:45 - The most memorable parts of playing Football 12:20 - Getting into Rabbit Hunting 16:23 - Deljuan's Dogs 20:10 - What age should you be starting your dogs? 28:28 - The best habitat for running dogs 32:50 - Safety First 39:33 - The most odd places we've hunted rabbits 42:40 - How many dogs should you be running? 47:51 - Hill Rabbits vs Swamp Rabbits 50:10 - The BEST ways to eat rabbit 57:10 - Closing Notes Check out our Merch & Apparel: https://buckjunkie.com/ Listen to the Podcast: https://buckjunkie.libsyn.com/ Connect with the Buck Junkies: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/buckjunkie Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/buck_junkies/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@buck_junkies Join The Community - https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BExLBvcAo/ Have any questions? Shoot us an email: buckjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're covering the aftermath of the 2026 Midsouth Ice storm, huntin' small game, and Malcom's upcoming trip to the NWTF!.... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - The Ice Storm Aftermath 06:40 - The benefits of the Ice Storm 15:57 - Small Game Hunting Season 22:50 - The BEST parts of Rabbit Hunting 30:44 - Cookin' Up Rabbit and Squirrel 33:31 - What to look for in Rabbit Dogs 39:17 - A rabbit hunt almost gone wrong... 43:30 - Training dogs for rabbit hunting 44:38 - Making land better for rabbit hunting 49:12 - Gearing Up for a rabbit hunt 1:00:08 - NWTF 1:04:33 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're talkin' all about the Mid South Ice Storm of 2026 and how drone surveys can improve your habitat for next season!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - What's been going on in Mississippi? 00:55 - Mid South Ice Storm 08:50 - What is all the snow and ice doing to the deer? 13:05 - Collin's Drone Service 23:02 - The best times to do a drone survey 28:51 - How long does it take to do a drone survey? 33:16 - The MOST deer Colin's seen on a property 37:40 - Things that stand out from doing drone surveys 43:16 - How much does a drone survey cost? 44:13 - The least amount of deer Colin's ever seen on a property 46:56 - Deer recovery using a drone 52:50 - How long should you wait to call for a recovery? 55:40 - The process of flying the drone 59:41 - Getting started with drones 1:03:30 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, We're bringing back Chef Michael Hunter to talk about all things cookin', hunting, and conservation!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:23 - Welcome back Michael Hunter!... 01:57 - Who is Michael Hunter? 05:48 - The first animal Michael ever hunted and cooked 09:25 - The beginnings of Michael's restaurant 13:45 - Wild game on a restaurant menu 16:17 - Foraging in the restaurant industry 18:02 - First timers in Michael's restaurant 18:56 - Sourcing wild game in Canada 21:24 - It has been a ROUGH year to find deer... 22:15 - Michael's 2025 hunting season 23:54 - Hunting caribou 29:22 - Mikey's ancestry story 30:33 - Michael's new book 34:46 - Hunting bears 38:30 - Eating bear for the first time 47:20 - Serving grits with bear 52:28 - What do hunters understand MORE about animals than the average cook? 55:02 - Getting into hunting and cooking for beginners 56:40 - Rapid Fire Questions 1:04:20 - Closing Notes Connect with the Buck Junkies: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/buckjunkie Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/buck_junkies/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@buck_junkies Join The Community - https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BExLBvcAo/ Have any questions? Shoot us an email: buckjunkiespodcast@gmail.com
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, We're comin' hot off all kinds of hunting stories from Christmas break of 2025 and gearing up for a year FULL of hunting in 2026!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - We are BACK from Christmas break!... 02:14 - Mikey's Gatlinburg trip 07:06 - Outdoors bathroom mishap.... 09:54 - Malcom's Hondo Texas Trip 25:22 - The BEST food Malcom had out in Texas 29:26 - Mikey and Will's duck hunting experience 33:20 - River Hunt Recap 43:02 - Camping on the River with Mikey 52:53 - Can getting on a deer too soon make it harder to track? 55:11 - Findin' a doe left on the farm 59:09 - What's slowed down the deer movement so much this year? 1:03:45 - Mikey's Circle A Legend Story 1:07:53 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, Mikey and Colin are takin' a deep dive into opening weekend, the WORST stands they've hunted, and primitive weapon season!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Welcome back Colin! 01:08 - Opening weekend recap 06:58 - Mikey's opening weekend 11:55 - The WORST stands we've ever hunted out of 22:17 - The absolute WORST ladder stand(s)... 28:16 - The worst homemade stands 38:51 - Downsides of Box stands 40:07 - Our favorite primitive weapons 56:12 - Finding a black powder rifle 58:15 - Closing Notes
This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're taking a deep dive into ALL things land owning and Mississippi wildlife with John Gruchy and Chandler Strickland! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - Welcome in John Gruchy and Chandler Strickland! 01:13 - What programs does the State offer for land owners? 05:33 - What does John usually see on land daily? 07:01 - How often is a habitat actually "good" 08:48 - The BIGGEST mistakes owners make when it comes to maintaining Habitat 14:35 - Should you use Drone Services on your property? 20:22 - Difference in Hard Woods and Pine for deer 24:53 - Do deer eat natural forage more or food plots? 30:01 - What time is the BEST time to burn on your property? 31:46 - What native plants should we be promoting growth of in Mississippi? 34:33 - What percentage of non-natural browse should be on your property? 37:44 - How much do predators affect fawns? 43:01 - The best things you can be planting on your plots for Winter and Summer 47:41 - The state of CWD in Mississippi 54:08 - Developing land for Turkey hunting 57:01 - Difference in habitat for STRICTLY just turkey 58:44 - Programs for landowners focused on turkey 1:02:47 - The number one bad habit of land owners 1:04:40 - Bringing quail to your land in Mississippi 1:10:50 - Rapid Fire Questions
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!... Timestamps: 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!... Timestamps: 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!.... Timestamps: 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!... Timestamps: 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!... Timestamps: 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
This week on the Buck Junkies podcast, we're covering opening day for dove season, our FAVORITE places to hunt on the field, and gearing up to prep our fall food plots!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Opening Day Recap 06:24 - Is it legal to shoot a bird on a "fake" power line? 08:49 - What to do with Dove Breast 11:45 - Eatin' up pidgeon 13:02 - Using mechanical decoys for dove hunting 18:35 - Do doves move in the same way as ducks do? 21:12 - Is it worth it to spend SO MUCH on your dove fields? 24:15 - Would we hunt on a payfield? 29:02 - Our favorite places to be in the Dove field 35:01 - Dove season has the HIGHEST HIGHS and the LOWEST LOWS 39:11 - When should you be planting turnips? 44:21 - What time are we prepping our fall food plots? 47:20 - Using Night Vision to see ALL KINDS OF THINGS in the sky 51:10 - RIX Thermal Monocular 55:17 - Closing Notes



