Buck Junkie Podcast

This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we're gearing up for the start of summer and getting our plots ready for deer season this fall!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:11 - Turkey Season is over... 06:00 - Cookin' up turkey 07:01 - Summer plans 10:30 - What hunts turkey nests the most? 11:40 - Prepping the dove field 17:38 - Spraying the field 21:20 - Using new sunflowers 26:20 - Fertilizing the field 29:00 - First year of successful soybeans 36:00 - Struggles on the wheat field 37:00 - What to do on those clover plots? 43:21 - Sudan grass planting 49:00 - Pay attention to your animals tendencies 52:28 - Using buttermilk for wild game 56:20 - Mikey's first time cookin' deer meat 1:01:00 - Closing Notes

This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we are BACK and ready to take a DEEP DIVE into our recent turkey hunting adventures over in Texas!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Y'all check out the contest in the community! 01:45 - Who's on the board for North MS Turkey season? 05:00 - Getting in to Texas 08:22 - Mikey and Zane's first morning 19:03 - Malcom's First Morning 24:12 - Celebrating on the first day 25:54 - Setting up in a new spot 28:00 - Running up on a HUGE snake 31:40 - Zane and Malcom run up on a BUNCH of gobblers 34:24 - And then the rain rolled in... 36:39 - Day 2 48:00 - Flying Snakes?!.... 50:40 - Y'all ever see a Mexican buffet?.. 51:45 - One last spot 1:06:00 - Malcom's last spot 1:12:10 - Zane and Mikey's last hunt 1:18:50 - Closing Notes

This week on the Buck Junkies Podcast, we've brought on Mr. Dudley Phelps to talk about ALL things Mossy Oak, Turkey hunting, and living with Alpha-gal!... Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Welcome Dudley Phelps 01:58 - Getting into Mossy Oak 05:10 - What does a day of work at Mossy Oak look like? 07:30 - Sending out trees 11:02 - What's a large order look like for Dudley? 16:45 - The Gamekeeper Podcast 20:26 - What has improved in the hunting world in the past decade? 23:49 - Dudley's Son's first turkey 27:21 - How did Dudley get into turkey hunting? 30:57 - The 'Big Toxey' story 34:01 - Aggressive vs patient turkey hunters 36:45 - Living with Alpha-gal 44:50 - Alpha-Gal Friendly Recipes 47:46 - Foxhole Shootout 51:10 - Rapid fire questions 57:00 - Closing Notes

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 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 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 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

00:00 - Intro 00:03 - The Rut is ON… but where are all the bucks? 02:27 - Mississippi Ruts are built differently 06:30 - How much do bucks eat during the rut? 08:04 - Young vs Old Bucks during the rut 14:36 - Who is the quicker mater - young or old bucks? 19:43 - Mikey's farm report 21:47 - Late Frost, Late Rut 22:54 - What food do deer REALLY want? 26:20 - Where do the deer go during ruts? 28:59 - Is the Nocturnal Rut REAL? 30:47 - Game Cameras: how to set 'em to your advantage! 34:28 - A Hot Doe does Mikey a solid 38:25 - Best time to be in the Stand? 41:40- Ground Hunting: Drives, Scouting, Legality 46:34 - We were lied to about these calls… 48:58 - What is the "Lockdown"? 55:31 - Is Elk meat better than Deer Meat?! 59:10 - The Best Venison Sausage 1:01:43 - Whose on the board this week? 1:05:04 - We out!

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'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'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 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

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