Gators, Ducks & Froggin' with Leah Robinson

Artemis

This week we're headed to Mississippi with Leah Robinson, an Artemis ambassador and sportswoman of the South. She fills us in on what alligator season is like (gator nuggets, anyone?), the tradition of froggin', and some of the finest waterfowl hunting in the U.S.

2:00 Alligator season in Mississippi

3:00 So... how much meat do you get off a 10.5-foot alligator? #gatornuggets

6:00 Getting to the BIG gators (catch and release is harder than it is with fish)

9:00 Two lines and a snare

11:00 Feisty female gators

12:00 Dispatch, hauling into the boat, then a hot tip for quickly measuring a gator's length

15:00 Mississippi Wildlife Federation

16:00 Childhood sweetheart, gator wrangling BFF... #allinahusband

18:00 Getting hooked on bird hunting (and getting your first turkey five years in)

21:00 Building a community of sportswomen by starting with camaraderie and education

23:00 A hunter-to-bird ratio on the rise in the Mississippi Delta

29:00 Academics Afield

31:00 Nurturing a family culture of hunting, even as the family grows up

35:00 Hey Yeti, you ready to sponsor the Artemis pod?

38:00 Memorable duck hunts

40:00 Game warden encounters

42:00 "There's just something so special to me about froggin'"

48:00 Doing something new (like pheasants) as a family

52:00 The kind of turkey hunt that's worth waiting five years for

1:02 Gun/ammo incompatibility

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