Old Lever Action Rifles & Fragmented Habitat

In this days before Christmas episode, we talk central Mississippi rutting deer, old lever action rifles, slip or still hunting, and what has caused the severe decline in quality of duck hunting in Mississippi. Check it out! 

Kurt Colgrove and Justin Ballard are the owners and operators fo Paragon Aerial solution based out of Alabama. In this episode, Jordan interviews them about their use of drones to survey properties for deer and land management purposes, putting a whole new twist on capability in being able to understand what the deer herd is like on any particular property. We must say, this is one of the most innovative and constructive uses of drones that we have seen to date! They also discuss a specific property survey they conducted with a property with Jordan the very day the interview was recorded. Y'all have to Check this out! 

The whitetail rut seems to have arrived early, however Jordan has yet to capitalize on it. We took Jordan's young daughter duck hunting and had a blast, I accidentally gave my wife the scare of her life getting up to go duck hunting this past weekend, and we still are pondering when the ducks will get down here. Check it out. 

Lake recounts his New Mexico elk hunt. Jordan tells stories of choir practice and getting winded by doe deer. Both go back and forth about their level of optimism surrounding the upcoming Mississippi duck season and the remainder of the deer season. Check it out! 

What's the deal with land taxes, or inheritance taxes, or taxes in general really? Who or what is to blame about mallard declines in the Mississippi alluvial valley, and as always, hunt updates. Check it out! 

Lake has been gone for two weeks chasing ducks, pheasants, and whitetail bucks in the  Dakotas. Jordan has finally taken to the deer woods and found success, and he also has a pretty cool story about getting back his bow that he bought he was 15 years old. This episode is chock full of stories you won't want to miss. Check it out!

One this episode Jordan talks with our friend, Keith polk and discusses the challenges of Logging in the south. Keith, also tells some great stories about time in the woods hunting!

This episode contains stories from deer hunts during the Midwest whitetail rut in November.  As well as discussions around the noticeable differences between whitetails in the southeastern U.S versus the midwest. Of course, Jordan nor I are biologists, but it makes us wonder sometimes if they are even the same subspecies of deer. Check it out! 

This week we discuss how and why hunting and fishing always gets portrayed so poorly and inaccurately on mainstream TV shows. Also some news updates on people using AI to get hunting info, another lightning caused hunting casualty, and pogie boats in the gulf. Check it out! 

This week Lake shares the story of his latest public land deer hunting success, which spirals into a bigger conversation about how much the perspectives on deer hunting has changed and shifted in the past decade. There is also conversation about hunting products that make us mad, and trying to decide what to hunt during the month of November. Check it out!   for more info on Ag Up Equipment go here: http://agup.com/  for more info on Southern Ag Credit go here: https://southernagcredit.com/