Wild at Heart - 4/25/18

Bill Cooper and Jerry Cook talk hunting, fishing, and outdoor activities with outdoor experts in their fields.  Topics this week include:

• A very informative discussion with Missouri Conservation Department Deputy Director Aaron Jeffries on:
  • The Turkey season - not many turkeys being harvested in Missouri so far.  
  • Chronic Wasting Disease in the deer population.  What's the status in MIssouri right now, and what's being done about it?
    • Is it dangerous to humans?
  • What the department is doing to promote legal hunting in Missorui, and to discourage poaching.
  • How does MDC go about changing the hunting regulations?  
    • How do they gather input from the public?
  • How much land does the department acquire each year?  How do they do it, and why?
• Fisheries Biologist Mark Van Patten
  • How the "Clean Streams" program started, and how it's doing today
  • The Roubidoux Fly Fishers, and some interesting information about the river itself
  • The history on the regulation to get rid of felt soles in waders in Missouri
• Guest host Ray Eye on turkey hunting in the Missouri Ozarks
• Bill's new Labrador puppy, Billy Jack
  • How do you train a retriever?