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EP:386 | A Young Hunter’s Dream: 14-Year-Old Tags a Pennsylvania Elk

Gamekeeper Podcast

Mossy Oak

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we learn about the incredible elk restoration project and the hunting opportunities in Pennsylvania. We are joined by Jeremy Banfield, the elk biologist for the PA Game Commission, who shares the more than 100-year restoration story. We are also joined by 14-year-old elk hunter Sammie Bartlett and her father. Sammie harvested a giant bull and tells a great story. Listen, Learn, and Enjoy. If you enjoyed this Gamekeeper episode, send the guys a message and don’t fo...

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0:00.0

I have Jeff Foxworthy and welcome to Gamekeeper Podcast.

0:03.9

If you want to learn more about farming for wildlife and habitat management, then buddy,

0:08.5

you are in the right place.

0:10.4

Join the gamekeeper crew direct from Mosey Oakland Enhancement Studio as they discuss the latest

0:15.7

wildlife and habitat management practices, news, and of course hunting.

0:20.6

There's no telling what you'll learn, but I'm going to tell you, I bet it's interesting.

0:24.8

Enjoy it.

0:26.0

We're live in three, two, one.

0:30.2

Guys, it has rained.

0:31.8

I don't know how to, I don't know how to act.

0:34.1

I don't either.

0:35.2

I got stuck yesterday, put it that way. Yeah, is that that, that's what you call that, like, liquidy looking stuff? Coming from the sky. Yeah, this one was kind of unexpected for us, you know. We had a full week of podcasting and planting kind of lined up. Now we've got to wait for it to dry. Yeah. But, you know, it's not up there at your world.

0:54.8

You haven't been up there today, have you?

1:09.9

He got to stop. Remember, I left the seed out? Yeah, okay, that's right. I heard about that story. You had to do that. But I looked at the rain gauges. Yeah, it's not. It did not get that much up there. It'll be right to work tomorrow. Yeah, you think I can use that drill?

1:11.4

Yours?

1:13.9

I mean, one way to find out, if you don't get it stuck, you can.

1:11.0

Well, I'm I can use that drill? Yours?

1:11.5

I mean, one way to find out, if you don't get it stuck, you can.

1:14.1

Well, I'm not talking about, I'm talking about a drill.

1:16.1

Like, how long should I wait after rain to use a drill? Or can you use them right after rain? You could, depending on the soil. Yeah. Depending on the side of a hill, the drain's good or in the bottom where it collects.

1:25.2

And you got a lot of heavy clay up there, so you might.

1:28.4

Yeah, I bet if it's been diced or something and sticky you might want to wait that's right if it's been disc it's but if it's it's been burnt yeah but it hadn't been disc i think you probably be right i don't punch that seat right into the moisture it is time it's the bottom don't even talk playing food plots right now. It'll be a rabbit hole of all rabbit hole. I shouldn't even went there. Sorry about that. Well, welcome everybody. Here we are, West Point, Mississippi. Once again, we're all gathered around the table, and we've got an interesting topic to discuss. Very interesting. This is gamekeepers it gets, if you ask me. Well, when you think about elk, I don't know that your mind automatically goes to Pennsylvania. No.

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