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Show Segments

The Power Hot Spot by Solis Energy

December 15, 2009

This is an interview that Johnny D did with our new sponsor of the Hunting Segment of Backwater Outdoors Radio. The inventor and owner of Solis Energy and The Power Hot Spot, Robert Reynolds, gives an inside look at this ingenious and creative product. This can be used for many different jobs and also has [...]

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Lamenting the Loss of the Florida of my Youth

December 8, 2009

By Chuck Echenique As a Florida native, outdoorsmen and hunter for going on 34 years, it’s safe to say I have seen a tremendous amount of change in our state. Some has been good, some not, but all of it has affected my life in some way that has left a lasting impression. I have [...]

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Body Scent and Big Racks

December 4, 2009

By, Tom Loughlin I have only met two people in my life who attract wild game with their own body scents…. Skip Wilson and my youngest brother John Loughlin (aka John Doe).  This is a story of my brothers amazing ability. It started last fall (2008) black powder season.  My brother John was climbing up [...]

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South Florida’s Hidden Fishing

November 22, 2009

By Carolee Anita Boyles            Carolee Boyles BLOG If you get to south Florida and have a day to go fishing, you may think about Florida Bay or the Keys or going offshore on a chartered boat.  But there’s plenty of good fishing in southeast Florida that any angler reach. Fish Management Areas are lakes and [...]

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Protecting Your Canine Hunting Partner

November 19, 2009

By Carolee Anita Boyles Florida hunters love their dogs.  Whether your hunting partner is a retriever, a pointer, a trailing dog, a hog dog, or a feist, there are many ways that a dog can get hurt, or even die, in the field.  But with some protective gear and the right first aid kit, you [...]

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Florida Turkey Registry Provides Recognition for Big Gobblers

November 12, 2009

By Carolee Boyles Stand in the Florida woods early on any spring morning and you’re likely to hear it—the booming gobble of a big turkey still on the roost.  For many of the state’s hunters, a big gobbler is the ultimate quarry, and turkey season is what defines their springtime. Florida hunters have had the [...]

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Burning the Woods for Wildlife

November 6, 2009

By Carolee Anita Boyles When my granddaddy was raising cattle and cotton in the piney woods of Madison County ninety years ago, he burned the woods on a regular basis.  All his neighbors did the same thing.  They knew that putting a fire through the piney woods didn’t hurt the trees; it killed all the [...]

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Finding Saltwater Fishing Opportunities

November 4, 2009

By Carolee Anita Boyles When I moved to Tampa in the late 1990s, it was the first time I’d been in a saltwater environment since I was in high school.  I was fascinated by the idea of fishing in all that blue water, but where to begin?  I’d been away from saltwater for so long [...]

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South Carolina Tidal Marsh Mud Run

October 4, 2009

When the Backwater Outdoors Radio show road tripped to Charleston, South Carolina to broadcast at the SC Duck Run  in May, we spent the second day in the backwater tidal rice marsh running Mud motors and shallow water boats. This is was taken off the Cooper River, and when the tide is out the water [...]

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Gun Dog Training

September 24, 2009

Our Avery Pro Staff field host, Dwayne Padgett, gives a few helpful tips when training a dog for retrieves. Take a look as he and “Storm” & “Skyler” do some preseason workouts.

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