Outdoors With Luke Clayton

This week, Luke visits with his great friend Jeff Rice and talks hog hunting. Jeff and Luke hunt hogs year around and enjoy putting the wild pork to use in many camp recipes as well as making cured ham and sausage. 

Join Luke and his guest Lake Fork Guide Seth Vanover (www.lakeforkcatandcrappie.com) this week and learn all about catching shallow water catfish. Luke also gives some tips on spring squirrel hunting and gives a great recipe for smothered squirrel. 

This week Luke visits with lake Fork sandbsss guide Jeff Sanderson. Tune in and learn some of the guides tricks for catching jumbo size sandbsss from one of the best lakes in the region. Contact Sanderson via Facebook by liking Flatline Guide Service.

This week Lake Tawakoni catfish guide Tony Pennebaker (903-474-3078) to talk about current catfish patterns. The traditional 'big blue catfish' bite is nearing it's end for this season and now is the time to load the cooler with lots of tasty 'eater' blues weighing between 2 and 10 pounds.

This week Luke visits with Coy Hirth, owner of Slappys Hog Trapping (Slappys Hog Trapping on Facebooik). Mr. Hirth traps hogs and uses Kubys Meat Processing to process the meat and then sees to it that that it gets on the plates of folks that can use it. In today's show Hirth explains his plan for utilizing the excellent wild pork. His plan is one that folks all across the state could put to use. 

This week Luke visits with his friend Jeff Rice and recaps the details of a very fun couple days spent in the wilds of east Texas hunting wild hogs and catching catfish on a trotline and spawning white bass in a creek.You can watch the action  on Youtube by searching A SPORTSMANS LIFE episode 100. 

This week, Luke talks about a crappie fishing trip earlier this week with his good friends guide Chris Moody (www.garfishingaddiction.com)  and Larry Weishuhn. They were fishing a remote creek and  caught limits of crappie using Moody's hand made jigs. Then, Luke heads up to Lake Texoma and visits with another grea friend, Bill Carey (www.striperexpress.com) and talks spring striper catching. 

This week Luke visits with award winning chili maker Roger Foltz. Roger goes into detail describing what it takes to become a top notch competitor at the biggest of chile cooking contest and cook some tasty chili for the family as well. YES, adding beans to chili is  acceptable in chili,making, just not at the competitions! 

Luke visits with Lake Tawakoni catfish guide Michael Smith (Contact: (903) 227-9711) this week and discusses the High Fins Blues Club Tournament Series.

Many folks share my inherent feelings about predators - we dislike them because of their nature but know they are an intricate part of the natural world. They are genetically programmed to kill to survive. 

PREDATOR AND PREY  

by Luke Clayton

The 4th Annual Texas Fly Fishing & Brew Festival will be held on February 27-28, 2021, at the Mesquite Convention Center. Attendees can check out a myriad of fly fishing manufacturers, attend lectures on techniques and topics of interest to fly anglers of every stripe, and taste some of the Lone Star State’s best microbrewed beer.

This week, Luke gives a great camp recipe for making goulash and spends some time talking about the upcoming outdoor Ren De Voux in Greenville on March 6.

Standing on the side of a mountain on the Eason Ranch, way out in Pecos County, I found myself somehow caught up in a time warp as I glanced across the vastness of distant mountains, just as the morning sun began to light them up.

ACROSS THE PECOS FOR MULE DEER

by Luke Clayton

This week, Luke is joined by Richland Chambers guide Chris Moody (www.garfishingaddiction.com) for a  discussion on the bounty of Richland Chambers Reservoir's blue catfish. Now is a great time to catch not only jumbo size trophy catfish but plenty of good eaters as well.

Join Luke this week as he discusses late season hunting opportunities. Muzzleloader season in open in many counties for the next week and waterfowl season is in full swing. Contact Luke via email at lukeclayton1950@gmail.com with any outdoor related questions you might have. His website is www.catfishradio.org

Judy Rhodes joins Luke this week to talk about the education and support of women learning about all aspects of an outdoors lifestyle.

This week, Luke visits with Joe Henry, the executive director of Lake Of The Woods Tourism (www.lakeofthewoodsmn.com). Joe gives a great account of what it's like to enjoy winter ice fishing on one of the best walleye lakes in the world. Thinking of making plans for a fishing trip 'up north'?  Make sure and listen to this weeks show!

Luke gets a deer hunting update from his buddy Randy Douglas, manager of Dale River Ranch (www.daleriverranch.com) this week and recaps a hunt in far west Texas last week with Kenneth Tallent and Larry Weishuhn.

Guide Tony Pennebaker (903-474-3078) joins Luke and gives a good update on fishing Lake Tawakoni during the falls. The cormorants are present in large numbers and fishing has been very good around the trees the birds use for roost sites.  

This week Luke visits with Mr. Arlan Sheets, owner of Cedar Cove Ranch (www.cedarcoveranch.com).  Luke spent the day scouting for deer and hogs and fishing here this past week and ranks the ranch an ELEVEN on a ten scale! Situated near Purtis Creek State Park, the ranch is truly a sportsman's paradise. 

CEDAR COVE RANCH- A SPORTSMAN’S DREAM

by Luke Clayton

This week, Luke visits with his buddy and discusses state of the art trail cameras that send the photo, real time directly to your cell phone. 

The opener of the general whitetail season is right around the corner. This week, Luke's good friend Jeff Rice drops by to give a current northeast Texas whitetail update as well as some expert tips on videoing your next hunt. 

This week Luke visits with Mr. Coy Hirth with Slappy's Hog Trapping. Coy has found a way to get the excellent meat from the wild hogs he traps to families that really need it. His 'model' works like this: He traps hogs that are tearing up farmers fields or the lawns of businesses, field dresses the animals and delivers them to Kuby's Game Processing in Dallas where for a nominal fee, the wild pork is processed. Hirth then arranges for the meat to go to families that need it.

This week, Luke visits with Lindsay Thomas with QDMA ( Quality Deer Management Association - www.qdma.com). and gives a good overview of what the organization is all about. If you are a whitetail hunter, make sure and tune in to this weeks show.  

This week, Luke discusses a topic near and dear to many Texans...charcoal cooking.

In today's show, Luke talks about choosing a good hunting blind, give some bowhunting tips and talks about his newspaper outdoors column this past week, "WHY HIRE A GUIDE?".  

This week, Luke talks boats with Jeremy Coe with Sea Ark Boats (www.seaarkboats.com). It's a discussion you don't want to miss. Jeremy and Luke give a good bit of history on exactly why the aluminum boat is still as popular today as ever. 

This week, Luke visits with wildlife photographer Dave Richards and discusses Dave's Book, Observing and Evaluating Whitetails that was co-authored by Al Brothers.

The book is available in many book stores and through Dave's website, www.richardsoutdoorphotography.com. 

I enjoyed a summer hog hunt with some great friends recently and, as is often the case, I volunteered to be the camp cook.

CAMP MEALS THE EASY WAY

by Luke Clayton

This week, Luke talks striper fishing with Bill Carey with Striper Express (www.striperexpress.com) up on Lake Texoma. Luke also shares some tips on keeping safe from insects during the summer months. 

TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN THE OUTDOORS

by Luke Clayton