Gators, Ducks & Froggin' with Leah Robinson

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices