The Bryant Land Show

JA Caldwell

AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, interviews JA Caldwell, landscaper by trade, that AB3 calls ‘one of the most underrated deer hunters in the state of South Carolina.’ JA Caldwell talks about the mix of his landscaping business, comedy and deer hunting, using tree stands, and what resources he prefers to use for deer hunting. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

• AB3 talks about some health challenges he has recently faced. 
• AB3 introduces JA Caldwell, a South Carolina-based deer hunter. 
• AB3 talks about his landscaping work. 
• Does landscaping help with deer hunting?
• What is JA’s experience climbing for deer hunting?      
• What are JA’s preferences with positioning himself when hunting deer? 
• What type of climber does AB3 use? 
• What is the Tree Lounge Tree Stand? 
• What happened to the company that sells the Tree Lounge Tree Stand? 
• Is JA Caldwell a crossbow or a compound guy? 
• AB3 talks about the Facebook hunting groups he is in.     
• JA Caldwell discusses the areas where he goes doe hunting. 
• What is JA’s hunting strategies? 
• What is JA’s take on using golf carts for hunting? 
• How did JA get involved in hunting?
• Adam is the most excited for this upcoming deer season that he has ever had.
• JA has not been into duck hunting?
• How has JA’s turkey season been? 
• What type of rifles does JA Caldwell use?
• Does JA still do comedy?
• How was JA’s trip like in Aruba? 

 

3 Key Points:

1. Be more purposeful with your resources to get the results you want. 
2. When JA Caldwell hunts in a blind, it gets darker quicker, so he would rather hunt in the morning or afternoon to take advantage of the daylight. 
3. Corn and supplemental feed will keep a nice population of does around your property.  

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Go to the doctor. Get your tests. Get your screenings. Whatever the case may be. Cholesterol, blood pressure, whatever. Make sure you get your cancer screenings done. Guys just go. Preventative care is the best care.” – Adam Bryant III
• “You can never put enough lime in your plot.” – JA Caldwell
• “Laurens County is known for having some of the bigger deer in South Carolina.” – Adam Bryant III

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountrypodcast.podbean.com
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• JA Caldwell: Instagram

Deer Blinds and Duck Stamps

AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, your place for everything and anything in hunting, fishing, and sports, talks about deer blinds and duck stamps, what the advantages of both of them are, as well as his personal experiences hunting geese and going out hunting with an outfitter. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

• AB3 talks about his love for the sport of wrestling. 
• AB3 discusses deer season and wanting to purchase a climber. 
• What is a federal duck stamp? 
• What was Adam’s experience like hunting geese in Illinois?
• Adam talks about the advantages of going out with an outfitter.     
• What are Adam’s feelings about traveling on airplanes? 
• Where are some of the different out-of-state experiences that AB3 has had?  
• Adam likes to hunt alligators, deer, geese, ducks, hogs, and turkeys. 

 

3 Key Points:

1. AB3 got his federal duck stamp. 
2. The federal duck stamp is required to hunt water file ducks and geese, and lets you hunt anywhere in the country. 
3. Make time to do your proper scouting and go out with an outfitter for geese and ducks. 
   

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Cameras don’t lie. The deer are out there.” – Adam Bryant III
• “The climbing stand. I really really try the climber. I really want to add the climber to my arsenal.” – Adam Bryant III
• “My goal this year is to get on bigger bucks after I get doe down. I want to get on some of those bigger bucks, especially once late October and November rolls around and I get what I call those pass-through bucks.” – Adam Bryant III

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountrypodcast.podbean.com
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It’s Deer Season!

 AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, talks about what he does to get prepared for deer season, what type of work is required, and the process of deer hunting and planting food seeds. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

•  (AB3) talks about the positive feedback he received for Episode 36. 
• What are things that AB3 does to get ready for deer season? 
• AB3’s kids hunt with him as a form of bonding time. 
• AB3 is considering some squirrel hunts in between deer hunting. 
• How did AB3 approach his first hunting season? 
• Make sure your land is properly fertilized. 
• What were the results of the Warner seeds from South Carolina that Adam Bryant III used?     
• What are the different foods that Adam plants seeds for? 
• Adam named his bow Bruiser Brody after a former wrestler.   

 

3 Key Points:

1. Deer hunting has a lot of pre-season work. 
2. There is peace and calm on AB3’s property.  
3. Trial and error has taught AB3 that the food plot game is a lot of work. 

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “I got a few messages...‘Hey man, I’m ready to go on a hunt. I want to hunt. Man I can’t wait to hunt. I want to get out there and hunt with you. When are you going to take me hunting?’ When are you going to do some work?” – AB3
• “I don’t discourage anybody that wants to get into hunting. Anybody that wants to do any hunting. I don’t discourage that. Come on. But you’ve got to understand. There is work. There is preparation.” – AB3
• “I’m RTH baby. I am ready to hunt. I got blinds. I got them brushed in..” – AB3

 

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• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountrypodcast.podbean.com
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Hunting as a Couple in South Carolina with Rain and Mr. Knockout

AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, your place for everything and anything in hunting, fishing, sports, interviews Rain and Mr. Knockout who are a married couple that hunts in South Carolina. They share how they met each other with Rain being from South Carolina and Mr. Knockout being from Queens. They also discuss their deer hunting experiences and which types of equipment that they utilize. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

 

• AB3 shares a story about a buffalo that killed a hunter in Africa. 
• With Rain from South Carolina and Jason from Queens New York get together?
• Rain’s first hunting experience and talks about deer season? 
• Does she hunt rabbits with dogs? 
• What is their raccoon hunting strategy?    
• How did Jason get involved in hunting? 
• What kind of compound rifle does Mr. Knockout hunt with and what is his comfort range?    
• What kind of release is Mr. Knockout working with? 
• When is deer season open for them and how is their food plot coming along?  
• Rain talks about hunting from trees and ground blinds. 
• Mr. Knockout discusses using the climber. 
• What types of partnerships have Rain and Mr. Knockout gotten?
• They talk about their entertaining Instagram videos.     
• What is next for Rain Outdoors? 
• Are they ready for deer season? 
• Once deer season is over, what will they do next?  

 

3 Key Points:

1. Deer Season opens Monday, September 16th for Rain and Mr. Knockout in South Carolina. 
2. Rain and Mr. Knockout got a pro staff partnership with SpyPoint and Tactacam. 
3. They will be hunting from two properties this year with three cameras on one and two cameras on another. 

 

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “I have found that once you go from the wrist...to the hand release your accuracy is going to go through the roof.” – AB3
• “I’d rather be up in the tree. When you are up in the trees you get a better vision.” – Rain 
• (Using the climber) “The ability to get up and out is pretty smooth as opposed to using that ladder stand because you can set up your climber anywhere.” – Mr. Knockout

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast
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• Rain and Mr. Knockout: | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram for Rain | Instagram for Mr. Knockout 

Finding a Love for Fishing with Amber Smith

AB3, Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, your place for everything and anything in hunting, fishing, sports, interviews Amber Smith who works for Pandora about her experiences fishing at ATV riding in the Caribbean. AB3 and Amber Smith met initially at the 2019 Podcast Movement convention in Orlando, Florida. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

 

• AB3 shares feedback he received from a listener. 
• Amber Smith is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and shares fishing stories. 
• Adam talks about fishing with his kids. 
• How did Amber cook the fish? 
• Did Amber go fishing other times after that first trip?    
• Amber talks about her Caribbean ATV experience. 
• What is the farthest Amber has hiked?  
• What does hunting do for AB3? 
• Adam shares advice about hunting deer and turkeys.

 

3 Key Points:

1. Fishing connects you to nature and connects you to your ancestors. 
2. Amber says that the taste of a fish that you caught tastes ‘10 times better’ because you caught that. 
3. Make a ‘mental landmark’ to help you find your way back in case you get lost. 

 

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• (Fishing) “I’m a water sign so maybe that’s why. It’s so meditative and it’s fun. Like, I did not expect fishing to be so fun.” – Amber Smith
• “My first time out I caught five fish. We ate them for dinner and we brought them back, filleted them. And it’s redfish.” – Amber Smith
• “Thank you for talking about the physical aspect of fishing, because I don’t think that people think this is a really deeply physical activity. Like, no, when that fish is biting you, you are putting your whole body into it.” – Amber Smith

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountry.com
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• Amber Smith:  Instagram |  

Pamela Smith, LPC

AB3, and Host of The Bryant Land Country Podcast, your place for everything and anything in hunting, fishing, sports, and does a shared podcast. He is interviewed by Pamela Smith, LPC Mental Health Professional for her show the It’s All Mental podcast. Pamela Smith works with women and couples assisting them in dealing with relationship issues. During the interview, AB3  shares how he got involved in outdoor sports, a few basic hunting regulations, and personal experiences he has encountered. 

 

Episode Highlights: 

• AB3 shares with Pamela how he got involved in outdoor activities. 
• What was involved in Adam’s first hunting experience? 
• Was Adam ever hunted by animals while he was hunting?
• When is trapping season? 
• Does Adam consume everything that he hunts?    
• Are there are a lot of women and black women that he sees involved in hunting and outdoor activities? 
• What was the progression that pushed AB3 towards hunting?   
• Does Adam believe that animals’ survival instincts are similar to humans?  
• Pamela Smith shares what she likes to do most when it comes to the outdoors. 
• How do couples tend to compromise when they like different outdoor sports? 
• When do the key hunting seasons happen?  
• Does the phrase “in a rut” have a connection to hunting? 
• How do male deer and male turkeys get distracted by females? 
• Can you hunt animals and provide the meat to programs for the homeless? 

 

3 Key Points:

1. You can hunt hogs year-around because they are typically considered a nuisance. 
2. South Carolina has the earliest deer season.
3. Duck seasons are generally from October to December or November to January.

 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “90% of the animals are more afraid of you than you are of them.” – AB3
• “In Metro Atlanta, there is a fishing club that is exclusively for black women.” – AB3
• “November is the breeding season for deer. So that is usually prime time where you can kill like a lot of big bucks, the big males, the trophy-sized males.” – AB3

 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bryant Land Country Podcast: bryantlandcountrypodcast.podbean.com
• Follow Bryant Land on social media: Linkedin | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube
• Pamela Smith: Linkedin | Instagram | Twitter
• Website for Pamela Smith, LPC: Pamelasmithlpc.com

Antonio Marsh

Antonio Marsh from the Marsh Family is back. Him and AB3 talk about their hog hunting experiences and catch up on getting ready for deer season.

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Bonus Epz-What is PM19?

This last week AB3 took a trip to Orlando to for the Podcast Movement 19 Convention. He tells you all about the trip and how it will help the podcast be better.

Shout out to the South Carolina deer hunters in this episode and find out what coming down the pipe on the Bryant Land Country Podcast!

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Summer Revival

We’ve returned with Jonathan from Black Duck Revival. You may remember him from episode 7. Since then he has been keeping busy both with a newborn, the Black Duck Revival bungalows and creating more delicious recipes from the wild. 

This past turkey season Jonathan said he learned patience. He had an opportunity at kill had he remained position for an extra 30 minutes. He has been focused on showing the dexterity in the wild food game. He forages with his family and creates recipes and meals out of what he’s found. 

 

He likes to show food that’s delicious and interesting. He shares some different ideas to forage some food sources like nuts and edible flowers. He believes it’s important to harvest for yourself. It makes you healthier and you have better relationships with others.  

Jonathan spends a lot of time in the woods conducting field identification and understanding what the animals are feeding on. If you know where the food source is it means you know where the animals are and that makes you a better hunter. We get deep about what it means to take hunting to the next level. He created a syllabus to help those who are interested in becoming proficient at field craft and woodsman ship.

There is no lack of information. Black Duck Revival is about bringing non-traditional hunters from various backgrounds and from various places in the States. He believes it’s important to gain experiences from people who are not like you. 

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Southern Attraction Mudslangers Part 2

We are back with part two of Cornelius Newton also known as Fred Newton. If you missed the first part of this episode feel free to check it out here. He is an outdoors man who loves to hunt, fish, and ride four wheelers. 

He is the founder of Southern Attraction Mudslangers and Southern Attraction Huntin'. He’s also a member of the New Show South Arkansas Wild. But not only does Fred put together some epic ATV rides he also hosts bow hunting tournaments.

He loves getting people together to eat and enjoy themselves. Fred has been hosting bow hunting tournaments for the past 10 years. However, he doesn’t make it easy for the winners. The winners win trophies and hunting related prizes. Check out his next bow hunting tournament which is scheduled for September 22, 2019 at Strong, Arkansas. 

In this episode we explore which feeders work the best. Gravity feeders are Fred’s favorite. We discuss some different kinds of feeders like open top and trough feeders. Now we all know raccoons and other pesky varmints who eat the food from the feeders and there’s a trick that you can use to keep them out. Because they will destroy your feeder. 

The trick is to use grease and vaseline, find out how you can use this trick to keep the varmints out. Now, do you barbecue and grill raccoons? It’s a thing, a very popular thing. We talk about raccoons and how popular they are to catch and cook. 

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Southern Attraction Mudslangers

Cornelius Newton also known as Fred Newton is an outdoorsman who loves to hunt, fish, and ride four wheelers. 

He is the founder of Southern Attraction Mudslangers and Southern Attraction Huntin'. He’s also a member of the New Show South Arkansas Wild. He is the guy to know when it comes to the ins and outs of ATV’s and riding. 

Fred is the host and curator of 4wheeler Rides and Bow. People travel from far away to be a part of his iconic rides. At one point he had 350 bikes on the trails. He is also passionate about his benefit rides and tournaments that he curates for charities. Many of the benefit rides are to help support people going through tough times or illnesses. 

We talk a lot about ATV riding in this episode so if you’re wondering about which ATVs are the best Fred gives us a few tips on the one he enjoys riding the most. This is just part one of a two part show.  Stay tuned for the next episode where we focus more on the hunting part of Fred’s life. He has been hosting bow tournaments for the last 10 years. 

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Black Steve Irwin

Eeland Stribling works for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife as a Wildlife Nuisance technician. His job allows him to get really close to all types of animals from the wild. 

His name means largest African Antelope. One of his early experiences with animals nature was with his grandfather, who was the head of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. They would sit together and watch animal planet and Steve Irwin's Crocodile Hunter. 

While Eeland was at Colorado State University, he began tying flies and fishing and quickly found himself in New Zealand, fly-fishing. He helped to create the CSU fly-fishing club and loves working on conservation projects with @pigfarmink, @brownfolksfishing. 

But not only is Eeland a great outdoors man he’s also a great stand-up comic. He has performed in Wyoming and all over Colorado. He believes in connecting with people, whether that means teaching kids to fish, or taking friends to his favorite Colorado valley (he'll never tell), or laughing with strangers about human experiences. He'll talk nature, music, philosophy and whatever else you care about.

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Fishing While You Work

The Bryant Land Country Podcast is up for your listening pleasure. In this weeks episode AB3 covers a few topics. A hog hunt that didn't happen, update on the fresh food plots he planted last week and how one NBA star almost missed out on a contract while fishing.

AB3 was also a guest on "When the Hunt Calls." Cliff Cadet from @urbanarcherynyc had AB3 on his instagram live show and that is recapped. Make sure you check out "When the Hunt Calls" 9pm ET on instagram and click on the link to see AB3's episode.

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Baiting and Food Plots

The Bryant Land Country Podcast is up for your listening pleasure. In this weeks episode AB3 recaps last week's podcast (My First Hunt) by reading some listener accounts of their first hunting memories.

AB3 then gets into baiting and food plots. Is there a difference, not really. He will also talk about the things he's doing to get those plots and bait stations ready for the upcoming deer season.

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First Time Hunting

This week on the Bryant Land Country Podcast AB3 will reflect on his first hunting experience. Back in October of 2015 he went on a hog hunt in South Georgia. They ran the dogs on this hunt and he used a bow. Hog hunting with dogs is a full out adrenaline rush. Things start out quiet in these hunts but once the dogs get on a hog, its on! So listen to AB3 as he recaps that.

Also AB3 get's into his work trip to Detroit for baseball. He his back on the grind for a small stretch and goes into detail about that. 

Last thing covered in this episode is a quick commentary about last weeks episode with Patrick Durkin. The feedback we received was mostly positive. And why a lot of folks didn't necessary agree with him or Patrick at least they were respectful.

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Patrick Durkin

Patrick Durkin of Waupaca, Wisconsin, is an award-winning outdoor writer, newspaper columnist, and general outdoors reporter. He also provides editing services for books and magazines.

He was a contributing editor of the Archery Trade Association and writes frequently for national archery and hunting magazines. In addition, he has been MeatEater's wildlife research contributor since June 2018, and an editor for Inside Archery magazine, an archery industry trade publication, since December 2014.

Durkin has written a weekly outdoors newspaper column since 1984. His weekly column has appeared regularly in over 20 Wisconsin newspapers during his career.​ His magazine articles have appeared in several publications such as the American Hunter, Outdoor Life, Bugle (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation), Quality Whitetails, Whitetail Journal, etc.

It’s no secret there is a lack of participation in the hunting industry by people of color. The lack of representation of people of color in the hunting industry is what led Durkin to become curious about this issue. It led him to ask the question is hunting too White?

As a result of this curiosity he wrote an article "Is Hunting Too White?". As a Black hunter I'm always asked if I'm fearful of hunting with White men with guns. Some hunting outfitters have their names with the word plantation on it without realizing how that impacts people. Frankly, hunting is a test on how well you get along with people, especially when you're sitting in a blind.

We discussed some things that need to change so hunting can be more inclusive. Organizations are entering more cities to reach more Black and Latino children. Durkin recognizes there are lots of things he doesn't have to think about because of his position in the world. Not everyone has access to land, rivers and different places to hunt and fish. This is a thoughtful discussion about a touchy subject.

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Blackbill Outdoors

 

This week our conversation is with YouTuber and hunter DJ Jones. We spend some time talking about his transition into and out of playing football at the college level. When his football career ended abruptly, he found more time for hunting.

Being an outdoorsman is a family tradition for DJ. His uncle used to take him hunting unbeknownst to his father. He fell in love with hunting. But he mostly grew up deer dog hunting in Florida and then later was introduced to hog hunting.

He harvested his first buck in Minnesota. This buck weighed about 189 lbs with 9 scorable points. DJ shoots his own hunting videos in which he published on his social media channel BlackBillOutdoors. The recovery of that buck gained over 10,000 views on YouTube. As a result of his social media presence he is now an ambassador for the Legendary Whitetails.

We spend some time discussing the adjustment from living in Florida to Minnesota. The rules of hunting in MN are much different than FL. DJ also shares with us why hunting on public land isn’t his favorite option. He’s excited to travel to more states to hunt more species specifically the black bear and mule deer.

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Bears, Cougars and Taxidermy

This interview is a bit different. It’s an in person interview with a self-taught renowned taxidermist. With state, national, international and world championship awards Dave Polak has been a trusted authority for professional and artistic taxidermy services for over 25 years. He does quality work using the best materials.

Dave specializes in Custom African and life size mounts, specialty bird mounts, rugs, mammals, deer, birds, fish, shoulder mounts, pedestals with habitat and cabinet bases. With the amount of knowledge that Dave has acquired he also teaches others how to do the same.

We get into his taxidermy business where Dave provides great advice for those who want to get into the business but also shares some things to consider when you’re looking for a taxidermist for yourself.

Recently, he finished a cougar hunt but he also enjoys bear hunts. Most of these kinds of hunts require strength and endurance. And of course, lots of patience.

Sometimes you’re in the woods for days and other times you kill your prey a lot quicker than you think. Nonetheless, there’s a lot of hiking and waiting involved in the wild. Therefore, if this is something you’d like to add to your hunting repertoire then tune in.

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Bonus Epz-Gone Fishin'

It's summertime and the kids are out of school. They came up to visit AB3 in Milwaukee for a few days and had a great fishing trip on Lake Michigan with Captain Brian Griffin from Griffin Charters. The Captain and AB3 goose hunt together in the winter so it was natural that they fish together.

The kids talk about the trip, having to get up early and a little friendly competition. A competition that led to the sister having to help out the brother. Also find out who caught the biggest fish of the day. 

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Hunting With a Camera - Part 2

We are on part two of episode 21 with Lance Krueger. In this episode we dive even deeper into some of the techniques that he uses to capture his wildlife photos, cameras, sitting in the blinds and family life.

However, in the last episode we discuss how Lance got into wildlife photography and created a name for himself in some of the top wildlife and hunting magazines on the market. Household names include Field & Stream, and Outdoor Life.  

Today, Lance shares in detail the the types of cameras he uses to photograph the animals. He provides some tips that could save you thousands and thousands of dollars on camera equipment.

We then spend an incredible amount of time discussing how he sits in the blinds to capture those up and personal shots. If you remember (last episode) we talked about understanding the behaviors of the deer.

Clearly, a lot of patience is needed. This process is not for people who have difficulties with delaying instant gratification. Lance sits in the blind for hours and sets up his cameras for days so that the deer become comfortable enough with having them around that they let their guard down. This allows him to take incredible shots.

One thing's for sure, Lance recommends not using camouflage for inside of the blind and outside of it. The idea is to eliminate movement not create it because this allows you get even closer to your prey. He tells us exactly what we should wear when we’re sitting in the blinds.

Lastly, Lance created a lifestyle for himself and his family that most of us would dream to have. He has been fortunate enough to share his passion with his family and he tells us how he was able to do that unconventionally.

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