EP:211 | Cannon Netting and Relocating Mississippi’s Wild Turkeys

Gamekeeper Podcast

Mossy Oak

Land Management, Sports, Wilderness, Mossy Oak, Bottomland, Hunting, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Wild Turkey, Food Plot, Whitetail Deer, Gamekeeper

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a truly special guest in Mr. Benny Herring. Anybody that turkey hunts in Mississippi owes him a debt of gratitude, you see Mr. Herring was one of the first team of biologists that trapped and relocated wild turkeys across the state. During the late 1960’s through the early 80’s he was involved in over 90 cannon net captures and releases. His stories are fantastic and transport the listener back into time when there weren’t many turkeys or turkey hunters. The story of this sm...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jeff Foxworthy, and welcome to Gamekeeper Podcast.
0:04.0	If you want to learn more about farming for wildlife and habitat management,
0:08.0	then buddy, you are in the right place.
0:10.0	Join the Gamekeeper crew direct from Mossy Oak Clan Enhancement Studio as they discuss the latest wildlife and habitat management practices, news, and of course hunting.
0:20.0	There's no telling what you'll learn, but I'm going to tell you I bet it's interesting enjoy
0:28.8	Welcome everybody once again West Point Mississippi home of Marshall Camo, the Game Keeper Studio.
0:35.0	We got a lot to talk about today.
0:37.0	It's going to be real interesting.
0:39.0	So it's going to go by fast.
0:40.0	Yeah, the suspension is building daily.
0:43.0	The countdown zone.
0:45.0	Youth season starts one week from yesterday.
0:48.0	No, today.
0:50.0	By the time this airs, it'll be brought upon us, but it is now officially March 2024 as of this morning.
0:56.9	Yeah, we had to go through that long February.
0:59.0	Yeah, it was a doozy wasn't it?
1:01.6	29. And for about the 15th year in a row we have an early spring.
1:06.0	Is it 15 in a row? I mean that's when I started noticing it but you know you look at your old pictures with the red buds blooming in the background from opening weekend of turkey season.
1:18.0	Well, guess what? We're two weeks away from that and the red buds are already in full bloom.
1:23.4	Mm-hmm.
1:24.0	So I got a new word for you, Lanny.
1:27.0	Oh, antler exodus.
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