Luke Clayton has been an outdoors writer for almost four decades and his byline appears in many different outdoor publications. Luke also pens a weekly outdoors column that runs in 41 Texas newspapers. For the past 15 years, Luke has hosted his radio show, CATFISH RADIO with Luke Clayton and friends which currently airs on 32 terrestrial radio stations and now as a weekly podcast right here on your favorite podcast app! Larry Weishuhn, aka “Mr. Whitetail” has shared a segment of the show with Luke since shortly after the show first aired. Topics are varied each week with four guests talking about everything from catching stripers at Lake Texoma on the Texas/Oklahoma border to hunting wild hogs to shooting and hunting with big-bore airguns. So each week, it’s a good bet Luke and his guest will hit on your favorite topic or discuss something you will be interested in. Luke frequently wraps up the show with “A visit with Luke” where he gives an account of a recent outdoor adventure. There’s always a bit of outdoor cooking talk in every show. Luke has enjoyed camp cooking and especially using his Dutch Kettles outside over embers from a campfire for most of his adult life. For several years, Luke wrote an outdoor cooking column for a major Texas newspaper and he weaves outdoor recipes into many of his newspaper columns as well as here on his podcast. So, settle back, turn the volume up, and see where Luke and his guests take you this week. A new radio show airs each week and the current show will be hosted right here.
Luke Clayton has been an outdoors writer for almost four decades and his byline appears in many different outdoor publications. Luke also pens a weekly outdoors column that runs in 41 Texas newspapers. For the past 20 years, Luke has hosted his radio show, CATFISH RADIO with Luke Clayton and friends which currently airs on 37 terrestrial radio stations and now as a weekly podcast right here on your favorite podcast app! Larry Weishuhn, aka “Mr. Whitetail” has shared a segment of the show with Luke since shortly after the show first aired. Topics are varied each week with four guests talking about everything from catching stripers at Lake Texoma on the Texas/Oklahoma border to hunting wild hogs to shooting and hunting with big-bore airguns. So each week, it’s a good bet Luke and his guest will hit on your favorite topic or discuss something you will be interested in. Luke frequently wraps up the show with “A visit with Luke” where he gives an account of a recent outdoor adventure. There’s always a bit of outdoor cooking talk in every show.
Luke has enjoyed camp cooking and especially using his Dutch Kettles outside over embers from a campfire for most of his adult life. For several years, Luke wrote an outdoor cooking column for a major Texas newspaper and he weaves outdoor recipes into many of his newspaper columns as well as here on his podcast. So, settle back, turn the volume up, and see where Luke and his guests take you this week. A new radio show airs each week and the current show will be hosted right here.
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Segment 1: Rutting Bucks and Hunting Tactics
* The segment focuses on white-tailed deer hunting strategies for the upcoming Texas rut.
* Luke Clayton and Larry Weysun recommend rattling antlers to attract aggressive, high-testosterone bucks that are looking for a fight.
* Weysun explains that hunters can effectively use human urine in buck scrapes, as deer cannot distinguish it from animal urine once it breaks down into uric acid and ammonia.
* Clayton also highlights the netting-style Pig Hog Trap as an effective method for wild hog management.
Segment 2: Mag Feeders and Dry Feed Solutions
* James Reed introduces his company, Mag Feeders, which produces gravity-flow feeders designed to keep feed completely dry.
* The feeders utilize a specialized canopy lip and a rain bead that directs water away from feed like rice bran and range cubes.
* Reed describes three versatile models—the 180, the 150, and the Gator 300—which feature adjustable gaps and can be mounted on trees or fence posts.
Segment 3: Taxidermy Field Prep and Rare Catches
* Joel Parker of All American Taxidermy discusses the rare, historically significant mule-footed hog that Clayton harvested at the Choctaw Hunting Lodge, which Parker successfully mounted.
* Parker provides critical field preparation advice for hunters wanting shoulder mounts, emphasizing the need to cool the hide down as quickly as possible.
* He advises hunters to cut halfway down the deer’s body—where the brown and white hair meet on the front legs—and skin forward to the base of the skull to ensure the taxidermist has plenty of cape to work with.
Segment 4: Choctaw Hunting Lodge Campfire Cooking
* Nacolh Vickery (uniquely spelled N-A-C-O-L-H) discusses her role as the manager and cook at the Choctaw Hunting Lodge.
* She details her popular smothered steak recipe, which involves dusting the meat in flour, searing it to create a crust, and baking it in beef broth for three hours.
* Vickery explains her meal-prep strategies for feeding large groups of hunters, highlighting prepared-in-advance dishes like marinated chicken thighs, dirty rice, and jalapeño cream corn.
* Listeners are encouraged to follow her daily lodge life and recipes on her Facebook page.