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Georgia Quail Hunt Part 1
Bob heads down to South Georgia to our friends at Southern Woods Plantation for some early winter quail hunting and on this week’s Sportsmen Table we feature a southern inspired tuna recipe.
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[Narrator] On this week’s Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine. Bob heads to south Georgia to Southern Woods Plantation for some early winter quail hunting and on this week’s Sportsman’s Table, we feature a southern inspired tuna recipe. All this and a whole lot more and it begins right now.
Gosh, it’s been a great day! Look at that, wow, lemme hold that thing. Nice! Well folks welcome to our show this week. Again we’re down at Southern Woods Plantation and I’ve got a great wing man and hey got a bunch of good guests that are gonna join me today but here on my far right over here is Kurt Newbruck. He is the Chevrolet marketing manager for the southeastern United States and I’ll tell you what, he’s got some great guests from Chevrolet with us today and Kurt, bud, it’s always good to have you as my wing man.
Hey, glad to be back this year.
Well, listen, introduce these two guys that are gonna hunt with us.
Sure, we got.
This mornin’ and tell everybody who they are.
Yeah, I got two great dealers with us here. We got Jonathan Megel from John Megel Chevrolet in Dawsonville, Georgia. And Bill Hall from South Town Chevrolet in Newnan, Georgia.
Well, listen, I tell you what, it’s always great to get Chevy dealers and you as well ’cause I don’t get a chance to do that very often to get out here and hunt but I tell you what. I’m lookin’ forward to it. The weather’s great. Dogs gonna be workin’ hard and I tell ya what, let’s go do it okay.
Gonna be a great day.
My first brace, Kurt Newbruck right here. All right, boys, come on Kurt. Get on up there. Now, folks I gotta put in a good plug for my good friend down here at Southern Woods, Newt Hughes and, oh, bird! Nicely done, Kurt, nicely done. The boys and girls say we got birds out here. Nice shot! Okay. All right, Kurt we look like we got a good point in the back here.
[Kurt] Yes we do.
[Bob] Look at that beautiful setting over there. Oh, there we go.
[Kurt] Gorgeous.
[Bob] Nice done, nicely done. Nicely, nicely done! Man, you’re even shootin’ good. You even scared the duck off the pond.
[Kurt] That’s right. Well, gotta keep up with you.
[Bob] No, no, man. Wow. Great rise there.
[Kurt] Oh, looks like we got a couple more here.
[Bob] I’m tellin’ ya, you’re on target this mornin’. That’s a good thing. Oh, take him! Almost, all right, all right. Nicely done.
[Dog Handler] Whoa, Bill, whoa.
[Bob] Get reloaded, they’re all goin’ your way now.
[Kurt] I know, well, they felt bad for me. I’m ready. There you go, Bob.
[Bob] There we go.
[Kurt] I sent one your way now.
Okay, thanks, man .
[Kurt] That was a good little covey.
[Bob] Yeah it was, nicely done, man.
It’s kinda nice when they spread out too and not all at once.
I know, I’m tellin’ ya. It’s just, it’s quail huntin’, brother.
Yeah, it’s quail huntin’.
You know it’s been a while since we’ve had a chance to get together but one of the things and folks I want you to pay attention to this because this guy is gonna talk to us later in the show about something I’m really excited about and I know you will be too and that’s the new 2020 HD Duramax Silverado.
Yeah, you know, we launched light duty trucks the year before and then now with the heavy duties, it’s a great package and lookin’ forward to talkin’ to ya about that.
Well, we’re gonna show ’em. I’ll tell you what, my ride, it’s a sweet ride.
Yeah it is.
High Country both and we’re in great country here too.
That’s right.
All right, let’s go get some more birds. All right, here we go Jonathan. I’m gonna dedicate this covey rise to a good friend and who I never met but he watches the show, this one’s for you Garland Bastrid. And it go, down. Awesome. I tell you what, they’re gettin’ up and movin’ out. Find ’em Dixie.
[Dog Handler] Whoa!
[Bob] Yep, that’s dead. Right there we’re down, finally. You know, that’s right. All right guys, so what do you think, Dixie? All right Jonathan, come on up, brother. Listen to them ducks down there in that corner. Oh my goodness. All right Dixie. There we go. All right, up and down. Great shootin’ Jonathan, man! I think you need to get reloaded on that one. You know, I know it’s hard to focus ’cause you’re a duck hunter.
Oh, I was lookin’ at those greenheads on that first shot.
I know you was . Oh my goodness. All right boys and girls. Well, look.
Will they get that one over here?
They will. All right, bud, great shootin’ now.
Thank you.
Now folks, Jonathan Megel has been down here in Southern Woods with us before but I felt it, you know, it was just appropriate to put this guy on camera because the one we’re missin’ here is his dad John and he’s actually out in Arkansas huntin’ so when hear these ducks down here, okay.
Oh, he’s thinkin’ about.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, I’m getting excited. I don’t know whether to go for the ducks or the quail so.
Well, I tell you what, both of you guys are great. Not only Chevy dealers but great outdoorsmen and.
Well, I appreciate that. We enjoy it.
Yeah, the dealership, I know that folks, that’s a treat to come in there with all the mounts that you guys have in the showroom. You know, you and your dad just do such a great job.
Well, I appreciate it, Bob. We enjoy it and it’s our passion and it’s what we love to do so.
Well, and you’re a great shot there.
Thank you, appreciate it.
Let’s go get some more, man.
Let’s do it.
Now, I know you’re gonna be twichin’. Newt’s ready he said. All right, boys, nice point. Come on up, Bill. Don’t let the tree get ya. All right. awesome, nicely done, Bill. Nicely done. There may be some more in there, get reloaded brother.
[Dog Handler] Whoa, whoa!
You never know. There’s not just one. All right. Aw man, all right, we gotta talk about it. Folks, I gotta tell ya. What I didn’t tell ya before, this is Bill Hall’s first quail hunt, okay? Now, he’s a big outdoorsman, big deer hunter but upland birds he just never had a chance to do it and so, okay, I gotta ask ya, what do you think?
I think it was great.
Huh?
I think it was great. I enjoyed it.
Listen, you did good, man. Well, tell me a little bit about, you know, your dealership is huge down in South Town and I tell ya Newnan, Georgia is the place to be man, okay?
Growin’ by leaps and bounds. Amazon’s goin’ in, three months.
Wow.
2800 employees, puttin’ a stadium for minor league baseball team. That area is growin’ tremendously.
And you’re gonna have all them Chevrolets, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac.
Absolutely.
Ready to rock and roll?
That’s right.
And now you’re a quail hunter, okay? I expect to see you out there somewhere else on the course, okay?
I will, I’ll be back.
Well, listen, there’s more coveys. Newt and the gang is gonna get us on ’em. Let’s go do it, okay.
Thank you.
All right, man.
[Narrator] Stay tuned for more quail hunting from Southern Woods Plantation. Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine is being brought to you today by these following sponsors, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, life’s just better outdoors, by Abu Garcia, Abu Garcia for life, by Browning Ammunition, Browning the best there is, by Southern Woods Plantation, offering the best in southern comfort and quail hunting and by Santee Cooper Country, discover the natural wonders of South Carolina’s great lakes.
Well folks on our second brace here at Southern Woods Plantation down in Sylvester, Georgia, well, I tell ya what, it’s just an honor and a privilege to have another couple of our Chevrolet dealers are gonna join me as my wing men this mornin’ and the first guy to my right here is Shawn Boyd out of Megel Chevrolet out of Dawsonville, Georgia and Shawn, boom.
Happy to be here. It’s been fun.
[Bob] Listen, it’s awesome, man. We’re glad you could come and I really appreciate it.
Thank you, I appreciate the invite, yeah.
And the other guest that I’ve got folks is a good friend of mine, long time friend and that is Richard Pendarvis from Pendarvis Chevrolet down in Edgefield, South Carolina. I tell you what, this guys have got more stories than any joke book that you could ever dream of, okay? He is such a pleasure to have on any trip, and you know Richard, it’s just, it’s just awesome. What do you think about huntin’ quail at Southern Woods.
I’m tellin’ ya, the weather’s perfect today. I don’t think we coulda picked a better day and bein’ here with all my buddies and you is always, it’s just a great trip and always have been.
Well, guys, I tell ya what. I think Russell Lee, not any relation to the General, but I think he’s got some quail out there for us so let’s go get ’em.
Let’s go get ’em.
All right. Don’t get me hamstrung over here, Richard. Get behind that tree.
[Russell] Nash, Nash, no!
[Bob] Beautiful point and back.
[Russell] Tell me when y’all ready.
[Bob] All right, we’re ready.
[Russell] Let’s go, gentlemen.
[Bob] Always love to see a puppy work. There we go, take ’em! There we go, nicely done, Richard, nicely done brother. Nicely done.
[Russell] Here we go. Whoa!
[Bob] I love to see that little puppy work. He’s down. Good shot. I had to wait round that dang tree.
[Russell] Good shot, Bob!
[Bob] Nicely done, Shawn, nicely done, awesome. I got one.
[Russell] Nash, Nash, no, Nash, no, whoa! No, no, Nash, tell me when y’all ready, Nash!
[Bob] That’s okay.
[Richard] Still got birds on the ground, Bob.
[Russell] Nash, no, no, Nash, no! Everybody ready?
[Bob] Yeah man.
[Russell] Here we go, we got a puppy. Hey, bird up!
[Bob] Nicely done.
[Russell] Whoa, Nash!
Hey, we got him.
Good shot.
All right. All right, ready, Shawn? There, take him! Nicely done, great shot. Awesome! Hey, I’m tellin’ ya, even Peaches is helpin’. Brother, that’s what I’m talkin’ about right there, man. Listen, it has been awesome, okay.
Had a great time.
And you guys down at Megel Chevrolet, what a mainstay. How many years you guys been down there?
We’ve been there in that location since 2004. Before we were in Dahlonega. So we moved down about nine miles outside of Georgia 400.
Well, I have to tell ya, I remember when you guys were in Dahlonega because way back when I was in college, okay, I went to U.S. Army Rangers School and that was the mountain ranger camp up there.
Yeah, that’s right.
And I remember, okay, Megel Chevrolet in Dahlonega, Georgia so.
Yeah, we do a lot with the rangers still.
Oh yeah, I, that one night on Yonah Mountain.
Oh yeah.
Comin’ down on one foot and rappel, matter of fact I hurt my heel on that thing and it still hurts me today so, but, you know you guys do a great job for the outdoorsman, for Chevrolet and I just gotta thank you guys.
Thank you, we appreciate it.
You bet man.
I’ve enjoyed it.
All right, though. Russell’s got us on some birds here.
[Shawn] There we go!
yeah, there you go, good shootin’, Richard. Nicely done, bubba, nicely done. Pond in the background, huh, that’s what I’m talkin’ about. Uh oh, wait a minute. Got one more.
[Russell] Dog out front, y’all gotta watch out for the dog out front.
[Bob] Got it? No, we’re gonna let that one go. I’d rather be safe than sorry. All right.
[Shawn] All right Bob.
[Bob] Nash has got ’em brother.
[Shawn] Take no prisoners.
[Bob] Here comes Peaches. Take him Richard! Nicely done, Richard, nicely done.
[Russell] Whoa, that’s over a bird. Whoa, whoa, Nash come here.
[Bob] Even Peach is like.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ease up.
[Shawn] That’s a bird.
[Russell] Nash, no, Nash no!
[Bob] Even Peaches liked it.
Peaches, Peaches, no!
[Bob] Poor Peaches just can’t get no respect.
[Russell] Hey, bird out.
I just flat missed that one. Absolutely missed that one. Oh well. Gosh, you can’t get ’em all. I’m just excited about Peaches. Come here, Peach, come here, Peach.
Peaches.
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh, look at this dog. Come here, Richard, I got Peaches here, lookee here. Yeah, I know! Look at that.
Peaches.
Good dog. Oh boy.
She’s only what, eight months?
Yeah, look at that.
[Russell] Four months.
Four months.
You’re a pistol. Yeah, there you go. Thank you my friend, it was awesome. Now, I tell you what. For an outdoorsman, you do it all, okay? And one of the things that I wanna talk about right now is the annual dove shoot that actually your daddy, Butch, started how many years ago?
34.
Wow.
Just got through his 34th year two weeks ago.
And I hate it that we didn’t get to come. Next year, I promise you, okay? I’m gonna come, I’ll come with an umbrella, a bubble.
You gotta come early.
[Bob] A tent or whatever it is.
We’ll put you to work.
Okay. So, folks Richard is so generous to me. He handles all my Chevrolet vehicles over there in Edgefield. He takes ’em and we’re gonna talk about the latest one that he got ready for me and that’s the 2020 HD, comin’ right back here on Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine.
[Narrator] The Sportsman’s Table is brought to you by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. Whether you live in South Carolina or out of state, be sure to buy South Carolina grown meats, vegetables, and fruits. Make sure your food is South Carolina certified. It’s a matter of taste.
Folks, welcome, we’re here at Deck 383 in Wacca Wache Marina at beautiful Murrells Inlet, South Carolina and I’ve got the sous chef here at Deck 383 joinin’ me today. This is Felicia Davis. She is a former student at the International Culinary Institute here in Myrtle Beach and she’s gonna cook a fish recipe for ya. This is actually one that you did before you graduated, huh?
Yes sir.
Well, good. Okay, tell me what we got today?
Today we have a pecan crusted mahi with a wild rice and an orange ginger soy reduction, all local.
Okay, Felicia, what are we gonna do here to this fish today?
We are going to pan sear it.
Okay.
So I’m gonna go ahead and pick it up and get it for ya nice.
[Bob] That’s a nice cut of mahi.
[Felicia] Yes sir.
[Bob] Now, caught right here off the coast of South Carolina, right?
[Felicia] Yes sir.
[Bob] Yeah, there you go, okay, awesome. Now how long you gonna cook this for?
[Felicia] It’s about two minutes on each side.
[Bob] Okay.
[Felicia] Get it nice and golden.
[Bob] Just a nice brown, okay.
[Felicia] Yes sir.
Now once you get it cooked, are you gonna have to put it in the oven at all to finish it or is it gonna be ready to go?
You can absolutely put it in the oven if you like your fish a little bit more on the rare side, you can go ahead and take it right out of the pan and put it right there. I personally like to stick it in the oven just to get it nice and golden and fully cooked.
[Bob] Okay. Ah, yeah.
[Felicia] Nice and beautiful color.
[Bob] And look at the pecans there.
[Felicia] They add a nice little crunch to it.
[Bob] It does.
[Felicia] With that sweetness, like it’s just.
Now in order to cook this, olive oil, butter, which do you prefer?
I prefer butter, olive oil works great if you’re trying for a healthier alternative.
Okay.
You can do any kind of nut with this. You don’t have to do just pecans. You can do macadamia nuts, cashews, peanuts, any nut you wanna think about, you can absolutely do it with this piece of fish.
But while that fish is renderin’ and cookin’ here, I gotta ask ya, this is your first job outta school.
Yes sir.
Down here at Deck 383.
Yes sir.
How do you like it?
I absolutely love it. There’s nothing quite like it. The owners are fantastic people. They really care about their employees and their customers. I’ve never heard anything bad about this place.
See, and every once and a while you can get out of the kitchen back there, okay, if Chef Jermaine’ll let ya and look at what you can cook over, huh?
Absolutely, we have wonderful sunsets. Great backdrops for dinners. If you wanna come in for lunch, beautiful weather, great breeze, there’s nothing quite like this place.
No there is not. All right, we about there, Felicia?
Yes sir.
Okay. You know mahi mahi is a great fish, okay, and not everybody thinks that that’s only in Hawaii.
Absolutely.
But that thing is caught right here off the coast of South Carolina so. Okay, now what are we puttin’ this on?
So we have a wild rice here that was also locally grown.
Okay.
[Felicia] But we’re just gonna place this right on top.
[Bob] Oh wow.
[Felicia] Just like that. And then I’ve got a ginger soy orange reduction here.
[Bob] Okay.
[Felicia] That we’re just gonna drizzle right on top.
[Bob] Oh great.
[Felicia] Nice and around it.
[Bob] Fantastic.
[Felicia] And there we have it.
There we go, mahi mahi over local rice right here at Deck 383. Felicia, thank you so much and congratulations on your first job here.
Thank you.
Okay, what a better place. I’d love to go to work here every day.
Absolutely.
Yeah, there ya go. Well, folks, listen, that’s our Sportsman Table recipe from beautiful Wacca Wache Marina down here in Murrells Inlet at Deck 383 and again log on to certifiedscgrown.com and see what’s on the menu fresh every day and come on down to Deck 383 and join’ em for lunch, dinner, you name it. You come on down or just to have a brew. The folks down here are glad to have ya and I tell you what, you can’t miss it. We’ll see you right back here again next week on another edition of The Sportsman’s Table.
[Narrator] To find out more information on food that’s fresher and tastier, go online at certifiedscgrown.com. Buy certified South Carolina grown products. It’s a matter of taste. Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine is being brought to you today by these following sponsors. Chevrolet, the official vehicle of Bob Refern’s Outdoor Magazine. By the South Carolina Agriculture Department, it’s a matter of taste. By Browning, Browning, the best there is. Buy Wacca Wache Marina and Deck 383, located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. By the Old 96 District of South Carolina, come discover the unexpected wonders. And by South Carolina Embroidery and Screen Printing, your source for all your promotional product needs.
Folks, welcome back to the show. Down here at Southern Woods Plantation. Quail is king and Chevy trucks and Kurt Newbruck of the Chevy marketing manager for the southeastern region’s gonna talk to ya about, well, a truck that I’m excited about and I love drivin’ it, is my 2020 HD Duramax High Country. Kurt, man I gotta tell ya, Chevrolet has hit the target on this one.
Hey, we’re excited about this truck.
Well, tell me, you know, there’s a lotta changes in this thing, okay. Not from just the ride and the drive but there’s a lotta stuff that you guys did to it.
Yeah, I mean you can see from behind us here, we’ve got a 19 and a 20 as well but bigger and bolder truck for sure. We got a new 66 gas engine with 464 foot pounds of torque. We got the new Duramax diesel with the 10 speed Allison transmission. That’s got 910 foot pounds of torque and it’ll tow up to 35,500 pounds and it’s made to work. You can see trailering mirrors are standard on all trims so it’s ready to do the job.
Well, and you know one of the great things about it, you gotta tell everybody about the camera system, okay? ‘Cause that is just, that is a great piece of addition.
Yeah, that advanced trailing technology, it’s got eight cameras and 15 views so hopefully you’ve seen the ads on TV but it does a great job and a lotta safety involved with that as well.
Well, you guys have outdone yourselves. I’ve enjoyed havin’ you guys down here behind these bird dogs, okay. It’s always a pleasure to hunt with ya and, you know, I just can’t thank Chevrolet and all you guys so much for what you do and the dealers, okay? Show casin’ the dealers on the show today. It was great to get them out. It’s, you know, they do and they love the outdoors, just like you.
They do and Chevy trucks is there every step of the way and we’re proud to be a partner.
Well, folks, I tell you what. That’s our show from Southern Woods down here. Got a question I’m gonna ask you before we go, what’s in your garage? If it’s not a Chevy Silverado HD Duramax, well, maybe you need to get on down to your local dealer and you find one for your very own. As I always like to say, each and every week, the outdoors are my passion, I want it to be yours too. We’ll see you back here again next week on another episode of Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine.
Southern Woods Quail December 2019
Bob heads again to Sylvester GA and Southern Woods Plantation to hunt quail.
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[Announcer] On this week’s Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine, Bob heads to Sylvester, Georgia to do some quail hunting at Southern Woods Plantation! And on this week’s Sportman’s table, we feature another South Carolina certified recipe! All this, and a whole lot more, and it begins right now!
Oh man, It’s been a great day. We shot this hog. Look at that, wow! Lemme hold that thing!
[Man] Nice!
Well folks, welcome to Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine. This week, we are back down in South Georgia and I’ve got some special guests, and I’ve got a great guide. I’ll tell you what, when we are at Southern Woods Plantation in Sylvester, Georgia, I always like to bring some of my best friends down here. And I’ve got two of the best that I know in the country who love bird hunting, who love the outdoors, and let me introduce the guy right here. To my immediate left, there’s Mr. Jim Rockmore. He is a CEO and President, he is a Georgia boy actually, but he lives in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He is the CEO and President of a Super-Sod, and you all have got grass in your yard, he probably helped put it in there! Then, the guy over here on the other side is the Commissioner of Agriculture for the great state of South Carolina. A good friend of mine for years, I’ll tell you what, this guy absolutely SC certified and I tell you what, he’s got so many great programs that’s Mr. Hugh Weathers. And then on the other side over here is our guide premier today, Newt Hughes from down here Southern Woods Plantation. I tell you what, guys, I just want to thank you all for having the opportunity to come down here and be on the show today.
Good to be here, Bob.
Hugh, I tell you what, I just have to ask you before we get started here, I know your love of the outdoors as a youngster growing up, okay. I know all about this guy too, we’re going to ask him. From your perspective, just how important is your job now as the Commissioner of Agriculture? And agribusiness and all those kind of things, but I mean that’s one of the premier things that you have done since you’ve been in office.
Well, it’s where agriculture happens, outdoors. For so many of our farm families across the state who make their living in agriculture in so many different ways. Really, I’ve got the best job in the state. I get to work with these people, to experience their livelihoods, and help create opportunities for them. But you are right, the outdoors is where it happens in agriculture, no matter whether you are growing sod or sweet corn, and just getting to work with those farmers is a real privilege.
Well, and you brought a good friend of yours that you’ve grown up with from Orangeburg right here. Jim, I’ll tell you what, it’s just a privilege to have you join Hugh and I today, and I tell you what, you’re a guy after my own heart. Shooting a 410 Browning, it don’t get any better than that, okay, you got Browning, the best there is. But you know, Jim, just growing up here in Georgia and then moving over to South Carolina, of course, that’s where home is. You’re such a big outdoors man, okay, and I know it’s so important to you as well, conservation and what we are about to do today.
Well, it is, there is no better way to spend the day than behind a bird dog with good friends, and it’s just great. You just look around at the peace and tranquility and the beauty of the Lord’s creation. It’s just unbelievable, and to be able to be outside and be a guest of both of y’all is just a special privilege, and thanks for having me, I look forward to a great day with Newt, I know we’re gonna have a good time and kill some birds.
We are, that we are. Hugh.
All right, brother! Let’s get behind them dogs Bob. Bob, it’s all up to you now! All right folks! But I tell you what, Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine, Southern Woods Plantation, great friends! Guys on my right and my left, listen, stay tuned cause I’m telling you it is going to be some action you’re always going to remember. Find them! Oh look at there. Oh my goodness! Oh wow! There we go! Look at that! There’s South Georgia snow. Get reloaded boys!
[Hughes] Bring it in, Bill.
There you go, take it! Nicely done Jim! Nicely done! Yeah! Yeah, they always do that! They always do that! Got two down there. Good shooting, guys! Good shooting! Great shooting! Let’s get reloaded ’cause I think the boys say there’s more in here. A little more in here. Here he comes, we got to wait on the man. They may have got out of there. There he goes! Nice! There he goes! Get reloaded, boys! Get reloaded. There we go! Take him! There he goes, Hugh, get him! Nicely. There we go, all right, awesome! Awesome! All right. Jim, now I got to tell you man. Both you guys, huh? You’re out a lot here, I can tell! You guys have been getting on the circuit a little bit! Listen, tell me just real quick about Super-Sod and what that’s meant to you your whole life. I know this outdoor business is huge, but that’s something I want our viewers to know about because the business that you’re in, we all need grass. Look at that! Hugh’s still knocking them down! I’ll go talk to him in a minute. But tell me a little about the business.
The Super-Sod Company started in Lakeland, Georgia, 40 miles south of here. I moved to Orangeburg 35 years ago. We’re in three states; North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We ship more sod than anybody in the world. We shipped out 18,000 tractor trailer loads this year. It’s a big logistics business. Most of our grass goes in somebody’s yard. Our team is all from Aycock. A hundred people are unbelievable how they sell, how they deliver, how they take care of it. And like this business it’s quality and service if you wanna stay in business. And I think that’s been our key to success. This is my 51st year working with the company. I started planting grass when I was 13. So 51 years, I’ve loved every day.
[Announcer] Stay tuned after commercial break we head back to Southern Woods for some more quail hunting on this week’s Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine! Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine is being brought to you today by these following sponsors; Chevrolet, the official vehicle of Bob Redferns Outdoor Magazine. By the South Carolina Agricultural Department, it’s a matter of taste. By Browning. Browning, the best there is. By Wacca Wache Marina and Deck 383, located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. By the Old 96 District of South Carolina. Come discover the unexpected wonders! And by South Carolina Embroidery & Screenprinting. Your source for all your promotional product needs.
[Bob] I know, buddy.
Take him! Nicely done, guys!
[Hugh] I shot a dead bird in the butt!
[Bob] That’s what I’m talking about right there!
[Hugh] I shot a dead bird.
Woo! Good shot, listen let’s take a second. We’ll let, Jim see if he can find some more birds out there. Listen, talk to me just a little bit. You are 15 years in as the Commissioner of Agriculture. What’s so important. I know agribusiness is important to you. That was one of your mainstays. Let’s talk to all the folks out there for just South Carolina.
South Carolina is still a rural state. We’ve got Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville. Those economies are thriving. But agriculture is still our state’s largest industry. It happens in all of our rural counties. Our focus is to provide more opportunities for agribusiness to expand in those counties. Either by a farmer adding something to his or her mix, to vertically integrate that way, or by attracting industries to come to this state, back to South Carolina and use farm products, and build up that way. We done some things pretty aggressive, in order to encourage that. I’ll tell you what I’m most pleased with from Governor McMaster and the commerce department and others. They are beginning to recognize what we’ve known in farming just how important it is. But we’ve got great partnerships and I think that will just bode well for the future. Again, growing this industry. We think we will reach a 50 billion dollar impact by 2020. So what do we do? We set our sites on fifteen years down the road and see in the year 2035 when I’m rocking on the porch in a nursing home. What can that impact be, and how can we get that next generation of farmers to see it just as a great career choice?
[Jim] Which way you wanna take us?
[Bob] Go that way, or swing around a little bit?
[Hugh] Wanna pivot this way?
[Bob] Here we go.
[Hugh] Okay, I just didn’t know.
[Bob] All right, let me get right in here. Are we good, guys? All set?
[Jim] All set.
All right. Man, that’s beautiful points. Hugh, I got a feeling they’re coming your way.
That’s their best chance for survival.
No, that’s not true! See I told you! There you go! Nice shot!
That breeze had that tip blowin’ a long way.
[Bob] Listen, well, I’ll tell you what, and that was an excellent shot now! I have to compliment you on that one. Because that thing zipped and dived. Oh my goodness!
He did a flyby and he buzzed the top.
[Bob] There he goes! Take it Jim! There we go! He’s falling! There you go! You got credit for that one! I tell you, come on, man! Nah, that’s alright!
[Announcer] When we come back, we head to the Sportsman’s Table for another great recipe from Deck 383 in Murrells Inlet in South Carolina. The Sportsman’s Table is brought to you by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. Whether you live in South Carolina or out of state, be sure to buy South Carolina grown meats, vegetables, and fruits. Make sure your food is South-Carolina certified. It’s a matter of taste.
Folks, welcome to Deck 383 here on Wacca Wache Marina in Murrells Inlet. We’re back here on the Sportsman’s Table with another great recipe. Jermaine Austin, he’s our main guy down here on Deck 383. Got a special shrimp and grits recipe for you today. This is absolutely awesome. Jermaine, it’s always a pleasure my friend! – Thank you, Bob. Thank you for having me back.
Well, let’s get on with this, man. ‘Cause I tell you what, shrimp is always in season in South Carolina!
Especially, fresh local shrimp
There you go, okay.
Fresh local shrimp. All right, how are we going to cook this up?
This is one of our recipes here that’s outstanding. We serve this and people just love it. It’s a little country recipe. Our shrimp and grits, and it’s the bomb.
Okay, all right, man.
So we are going to start off with Bob, we’ve got some fresh South Carolina-certified onions and green peppers. We’re going to throw those in here.
[Bob] Mm!
[Jermaine] Oh yeah!
Okay.
[Jermaine] Let that kinda start cooking a little bit.
[Bob] Aw man, when you start hearing that sizzling down here on Deck 383, woo, mmm, that’s what I’m talking about!
[Jermaine] You don’t want to cook these too long, because you them a good al dente. You don’t want it too soft, you don’t want it too firm.
[Bob] I gotcha, okay.
[Jermaine] So we just let that cook–
[Bob] Now we’ve got that in butter, as opposed to–
I like cooking with butter, ’cause it’s a little more flavor to the…
Yeah, there ya go. Plus, you know, when you come to Deck 383 you’re not down here trying to worry about losing weight, man. You’re down here to enjoy the food! Yeah, there you go!
Get good food, enjoy the view!
Yeah!
So we got our onions cooking a little bit, onions and peppers. We can go ahead and add our fresh, local shrimp. I use 2125, but you can use 4150, 1620–
Any size you want?
Any size you want.
Yeah, okay, that’s good. All right Jermaine, what else we got to go in this shrimp and grits?
We’ve got our last two finishing touches for the shrimp and grits. We’re gonna throw a little chopped bacon.
[Bob] Okay, bacon always makes everything good!
[Jermaine] Oh, you never can go wrong with bacon. The smell of bacon and shrimp mixed together.
[Bob] Oh goodness.
[Jermaine] And let that saute a little bit and cook down. And then we’re gonna be adding what?
[Jermaine] Fresh made, brown gravy.
[Bob] Oh, goodness.
Made fresh right here at Deck 383.
Oh, wow!
Get that gravy in there.
This is a different twist on shrimp and grits, Jermaine!
Oh yeah, a lot of people use a tomato, a touch of ham gravy, some people use a cream gravy. I was raised on the brown gravy.
[Bob] Well I tell you what, that looks great! Oh wow! No wonder folks come down here to eat your cooking!
[Jermaine] Yes, sir! And we are going to top it off with a little green onions there.
[Bob] Deck 383 cooking, makes you good looking!
[Jermaine] Oh yes sir! Why do you think I’m so beautiful?
I know that! I’m telling you, man! Thank you for the recipe today and hosting us here at Deck 383 and folks listen, I will tell you, come on down to the Wacca Wache Marina down here at beautiful Murrells Inlet at Deck 383 and log on to certifiedscgrown.com and see what’s fresh on your menu as well as what’s fresh on the menu down here.
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I’ve got a whole new group of South Carolina guys from up and around Columbia and I’m going to introduce them now. They’re going to be my wing men on this segment of the show. The guy on the far left is Duncan McIntosh, he’s the Vice President and legal council for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. Next to him is Tripp Jennings. He’s our MD, our Doctor. He’s actually the son of Buddy Jennings, who you’ve seen on the show before. Of course right here, Grayson is Buddy’s brother-in-law but he’s actually a construction manager for Impact Consultants there in Columbia. Then I’ve got Bobby DelRossi, he’s our guide. And who do we got here?
That’s Little Bear.
Oh man, Little Bear! And of course, my long time friend here Buddy Jennings the former Director of South Carolina Parks, Rec and Tourism. I tell you what, we just got a great Carolina Contingent down here in South Georgia on our quail hunt today. I tell you what, guys I’m ready to go. I think the boys have got some points for us, okay? You guys are styling and profiling today.
We’re all friends of Bob’s, F.O.B.!
F.O.B. Friends of Bob’s! Okay, well now we got to go do this! Duncan lets me and you go get this covey, Bo, you ready?
I’m ready.
All right man, let’s go do it! Woo!
[Man] You’re shooting the 410 Bob, we’ll defer to you.
[Bob] All right, come on up boys. Nice points. You know Duncan, I’ll tell you what, sun’s shining in South Georgia… Hup! Them things got going, in a hurry! Gottta be more in there.
[Man] Come on up, Bob.
[Bob] All right, you ready?
[Man] OK Zeke, get ’em out. Find em’ Zeke! Find em’ Zeke! There’s one, kill him!
[Bob] Nicely done, nicely done guys! Nicely done. Man when they get up, they get down. Oh there we go, more in there. Get ready!
[Man] Get ’em out Zeke. There he is, kill him!
[Man] Good shot, Bob!
[Man] Boy! Close Jill, close Jill, Jack! Get in there and help her Jack! Close! Go get her Jack, close! Good boy, Jack!
[Bob] Maybe? What do you think, boys?
Check it, Zeke.
That it, Zeke?
I think that’s it boys. All right, come here Tripp, Duncan. Come here guys! Let’s talk a little bit while Bobby gets reset now. One of the great things, get over here Tripp, that I love is having great sportsmen behind bird dogs, okay? And you guys have done y’alls work. Now tell me a little bit about what Blue Cross and Blue Shield is all about. Everybody knows it’s insurance, it’s that sort of thing and it’s protection and medical care. And then I’m going to get to you in just a second. Because having the medical expertise on staff there, and the legal expertise, you guys are a great team. Well, we are and I appreciate you asking Bob. It’s interesting, Blue Cross of South Carolina is a smaller blue cross plan, and we are only in South Carolina. That’s the rules of the association, we use the name and the mark. But we’re a bigger company because we do a lot of back office processing for the government and for other Blue plans. We’ve got what, 15,000 employees? It’s a big company for a small footprint. And it’s getting to one of the few corporations left in South Carolina, and it makes a difference to the community.
Well now Tripp, okay this guy can get us out of jail. Okay, you can make sure that we’re healthy when we get there. But as a medical doctor, okay? And what you do now at Blue Cross? Tell me just a little bit about how important it is what you provide these guys.
Well, I think certainly from the standpoint of traditional insurance, thinking about just having that, in case something happens. But we’ve really transitioned over the last few years to say what can we do to keep people healthy. And how can we help the community, the state, and even those that might be… The corporation’s based in South Carolina, but they have employees outside of the state. How can we keep them healthy? And so that’s one of the big things we focus on, value-based care, trying to move away from fever service, but really helping the employers which still pay for the majority of insurance in the middle of the nation. How can we help them keep their employees at work, happy and healthy.
Well what’s so heart-warming for me from both of you guys, you guys are big outdoorsmen, and I love that, but you are also good shots, okay. So it’s nice to have wing men on the right and left, who really love and do what I do, and I want to thank you both. Listen, we’ve got more coverage out there, okay? All right, let’s go get them okay? Cause we are set up here! Look at that setting back there! The lakes, I hear the mallards on the pond.
[Man] Ya’ll good?
[Bob] I think we’re good! There they go!
[Duncan] Pick them up Zeke!
[Bob] Okay, reload!
[Duncan] Come on Zeke, you got two? Good boy Zeke, you got two birds!
[Bob] Oh my goodness!
[Man] Another bird in here I think, Bobby.
[Bob] All right, here they go! Here they go! That one got away from us, boys. That’s okay, he’ll live to fly another day. Well folks, that’s our show from Southern Woods Plantation in Sylvester, Georgia this week. I hope you’ve enjoyed as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing it to you. You watching it and all of the guests, I’ve got to thank those guys for coming down here. It’s a beautiful place. The birds are flying, it’s always a treat to come down. Benji Delotch and all the staff do a great job. Check ’em out on Bob’s Top 16. Southern Woods Plantation, and I’ve got to close the top on my Browning shotgun this week. As always I like to say each and every week, the outdoors is my passion and I want it to be yours too. We’ll see you right back here again next week on another episode of Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine.
Four Branches Sporting Preserve
Bob heads to Polkton, North Carolina to visit the beautiful new Four Branches Sporting Preserve to do some plinking and shooting around on the sporting clays course. As a “tune-up” to get ready for quail and pheasant hunting, he’ll be trying out the brand new shotgun from Browning, the 725 Citori Sporting.
Full Transcript
[Bob Redfern] Welcome to Polkton, North Carolina. On this week’s show, we are at Four Branches Shooting Preserve. This is a brand new facility up here. I’m gonna introduce you to the two co-owners, Logan Scarborough and David Griffin. We’re going to do some plinking and shooting around on the sporting clays course up here. But you know, I have to take time here, we are always getting ready for upland bird season. You’ve seen me shoot upland birds on the show. I enjoy it. One of the favorite things that I do in the fall and during the hunting season, is shoot quail and pheasant. And, well, nonetheless, today, I am going to show you a brand new shotgun from Browning, the 725 Citori Sporting 410. Now, over the past couple of years you’ve seen me shoot quail with a 410. I absolutely love it. But, today as a tune-up, this is a brand new shotgun. As I always say, you can a brand new Browning shotgun out of the box in the morning, and head on out to the field later in the day. Well, that’s not to be anything short of, really, basically, this shotgun today. This Browning 725, I tell you, it’s low-profile, triple-trigger. It’s 32 inch barrel. It is just an awesome specimen, made by the folks at Browning, again, the best there is. And, I’m gonna be shooting it today as a little tune-up here on the sporting clay course up at Four Branches. One of the other guns I want to show you… Well, I have to tell you too, this is new from Browning. This is the Cynergy Wicked Wing with the new Cerakote finish on it. It’s in 12 gauge, 30 inch gun. This is primarily a duck hunt, but I will tell you, this gun can be used for turkey. You’ve seen me before, with the Browning Cynergy, the Ultimate Turkey, they make that model, this is new from Browning here. Primary to take out to the duck blind with you, but if you can only buy one shotgun, this will, kind of do it all. Sporting clays, duck hunt, as a matter of fact, you could probably even do this with turkey. But, if you want to know more about all these great shotguns, just log on to browning.com and go to a dealer near you, and you too, can fire one. But, I’m going to show you this one, a little bit on the range today too, cause I get a pre-season tune-up right here on this week’s show. But, without that too, I got to put in a little plug for my ammunition. Of course it’s Browning ammo. This is the performance target that I’ll be using out here on the clays course. But also, the 410, the sporting clays and the performance target that I’m gonna use today in two and three quarter. But with that, we’re really excited about being up here. Polkton is just a few miles west of Wadesboro, North Carolina. And these guys have put together a great facility. Right now the sporting clays course is up and running. The Five Stand course pro shop. Log on to Bob’s Top Sixteen, and you’ll find those guys right there. You need to come on up, do some hunting with ’em. They’re gonna have quail later in the 2019 season, and the 2020 season. Deer hunting. They’re gonna have a full range of hunting for the outdoors man up here. Even in the future duck impoundments. Wild birds are right here in the heart of North Carolina. But with that, we’ve got a great show lined up for you this week. We’re headed on over to the Five Stand to start the show. We’ll be right back, stay tuned for more right here on Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine. It’s just been a great day. Who shot this? Look at that! Wow. Nice! Well folks, welcome back to the show. We’re up here in Polkton, North Carolina, just outside of Wadesboro, at a brand new facility. Well, it still smells new. And the two guests that I’ve got on today’s show are gonna do a little plinking with me, shooting. Get a pre-season tune up here at Four Branches Shooting Preserve. And the guys that are gonna, well, really hopefully show me up here today, is David Griffin right here. He’s one of the co-owners in the middle. David, thank you very much for hosting us up today. Man, you’re the contractor, okay? Of this operation.
Yes, sir. Thank you very much for coming, we appreciate it.
Well, and the other guy over here, the big tall guy. He is a forester by trade, and this guy loves trees, he loves the outdoors, both of these guys do, and that’s why they started this operation. Logan Scarborough. Logan, thank you very much for having us here hosting us here. I tell you what, Four Branches has got a bright future, okay?
We appreciate that. And I just tell you, there’s a beautiful Five Stand facility behind us, I can’t wait to start plinking a little bit. And I even brought the small gun, you know? I’ve tried to change it up a little bit, and I enjoy shooting upland’s birds, and I know that’s in you guys’ futures here as well. So, tell me just really quick, you’re in phase one right now, pro shop, you’ve got that all ready. The chow hall for food, you could host corporate events here for sporting clays. Tell me just a little bit about it.
Well we started about 18 months ago. We had a lot of challenges to go over. Being Hurricane Florence, being one of the main ones back in September of 18. David and I, we started this. Didn’t really know what we were gonna go with, but it’s morphed into a really nice facility for sporting clays as our first phase, and we’re gonna get into some of the hunting sports as our second phase. Right now, we’ve learned a lot really, really quickly. Even down to the caliber of firearms, and gauges of firearms. People are coming out with just like that 410 there, we have a lot of people shooting sub gauge, small gauge firearms, and we’re really happy what we’re learning so quickly. Especially in the sporting clays part of it. So it’s just the first phase, but we learned real quick that we don’t know everything about it. Far from it. But we’re learning as we go.
Well, you know David, I know your specialty is, of course, you’re a commercial contractor and that sort of thing here, and you’ve been doing that for about ten or 12 years. You and your guys’ work here… Of course I know it’s a co-effort, okay.
Certainly it is.
But it takes a village to put a facility together like this. The village on the ground, and of course you with all the facilities here. Tell me a little more about your vision and the outwards here of what do you bring special to the table here?
Well we just wanted to make sure we had a really nice facility for Anson county. We’re limited in being able to have a facility where corporate groups, families, can come out and enjoy the outdoors. We wanted to give them a nice place where they could come and relax and hang out and enjoy the outdoors together.
Well, guys, I tell you what, I really appreciate you inviting us up today. Hopefully this won’t be the last time we’ll come up. I’d love to be on side of some bird dogs with you. Maybe shoot some ducks. Maybe do little deer hunting up here, because the future is you’re gonna kind of do it all, and then eventually I think heads on beds perhaps? On some of the property on the out…
Yeah, we’d love to.
So when folks, yeah. That’s gonna be a real special facility right here in the heart of North Carolina. You’re not very from Charlotte, okay. You know folks, all you folks living out there in Mecklenburg county you want a great place to come, enjoy, bring the family, just spend the day right now shooting sporting clays. These guys have put together a great course as you’re going to see on our show. Guys, I’m ready to go. You?
Yes sir.
Yes sir, we’re ready.
All right, Boe.
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Well folks, welcome back. We’re here at this beautiful Five Stand facility. I’ve got to talk to the guys about this before we shoot. I know you’re thinking, “Redfern, will you shut up so you can just “start shooting some targets.” We’re gonna do that in just a second, but this, guys, is a unique facility here, okay? You’ve got ups and downs. You got different platforms, levels. What went into the though process to build this thing?
Well, you know, we wanted something that was little bit different being that we have a lot of flat land in this particular part of the facility. We wanted something with a little bit different, more challenging shots. So every time you change levels, on the five different stations here on the Five Stand, it changes the shot, a lot. And that works very well for beginners, intermediate and the professional shooter. And we’ve seen that already from already opening. So we just wanted something that was diverse, unique and that is different than just that normal Five Stand. Everybody in the ground, everybody beside each other.
Pull.
Oh, nice breaks David. Nice breaks. Wow.
That’s fine, that’s fine.
You gonna go next?
Yeah, I guess so.
You guys are being too nice to me this morning. I’m not sure. You know I really like that array of cue, guys. I mean the way we’re elevated? That is special. That is a challenge.
All right, Josh, this is gonna be a report, correct?
[Josh] Yes, sir.
All right, pull.
Nice.
It’s good shots.
Man, I don’t… Listen guys, I don’t know whether I can follow that or not.
It’s not whether you hit ’em or not.
I know. Well listen, that’s some good breaks. But folks, before I do anything here, I gotta introduce the facility manager here. Josh Blanton. Josh, listen, are these guys good to work for?
Oh yeah, it’s great.
The best?
They’re great guys. Great place to come. Great customer service.
Bump, give me five, man. You’re a good target puller. All right, here we go. Pull it! Whoo! Oh, man! Now folks, believe it or not, that 725 Citori Sporting 410? That’s brand new, out of the box. As I always say, you can pick it up at the store in the morning, later the same day, you can take it right on out to the range, and you can have a lot of fun. Okay guys, I tell you man, that’s awesome.
Awesome!
Man, oh man. I could spend all day right here, but we gotta go out. And folks, what we’re gonna be doing is we’re gonna take a drive around the sporting clays course, and some of their special targets that would get us tuned up for upland bird season. So, stay tuned. When we come back, we’re gonna be out on the course. All right guys. Man, I’m all about it.
[Announcer] Coming up next we head to the Sportsman’s Table for a great South Caroline certified seafood recipe. The Sportsman’s Table is brought to you by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. Whether you live in South Carolina, or out of state, be sure to buy South Carolina grown meats, vegetables and fruits. Make sure your food is South Carolina certified. It’s a matter of taste.
Folks, welcome to Sportsman’s Table this week. We’re at Deck 383 restaurant down in beautiful Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Wacca Wache marina. If you had never been there, come on down. But I tell you what, this guy right here is going to be responsible for serving you some great food, and he’s agreed to come on today to do another great recipe for the Sportsman’s Table. Jermaine,
Bob.
You’re all over it brother. Jermaine Alston, the head chef right here at Deck 383.
A pleasure, my friend. What have you got for me today?
Well, I’m doing one of our dishes on or menu, it’s a fish taco.
Okay.
We use catfish for our fish tacos, and it’s local caught catfish.
Okay, awesome. All right. So what’s the first step, brother?
The first step we’re gonna do, we’re gonna put some oil in our pan right here.
Okay. All right. Give me it.
Let that heat up a little bit.
You know, everybody loves catfish.
Oh, everybody loves catfish.
But who’d a thought having catfish tacos? Huh?
I mean, you can vary. You can use mahi, people use grouper.
[Bob] Right. Sea bass.
Sea bass. All kinds of fish. I’m gonna just go ahead and blacken these.
[Bob] Yeah, but the main thing is that it’s all local caught.
Local caught, yeah.
[Bob] Certified SC.
Yes, sir.
[Bob] There you go.
Our tomatoes for our pico, our cabbage for our Asian slaw.
Gotta load up that tortilla.
Yes sir.
Okay.
We’re gonna go ahead and drop those in the pan.
Okay. Now you’re just gonna coat one side?
Yeah, they’re real thin.
[Bob] Okay, I got you.
The cooking time is not going to be real long on ’em. All right, Bob, we’re good to go. The fish is ready to go to the tortillas.
Okay man, all right. Tacos coming up!
Tacos, tacos.
Now folks, if you want a copy of Jermaine’s recipe, just log onto bobredfern.com
I’m just putting this catfish right here.
Oh man. And that’s a staple here at Deck 383.
Oh, we sell a lot of these. Bob, we sell a lot of these.
Oh, wow.
Our fresh Asian slaw.
[Bob] Oh, wow. Asian slaw. Okay, who would have ever thunk it.
They love this slaw.
[Bob] Oh I can imagine, look at that. Wow.
We’ve got some pico.
[Bob] Okay. Fresh tomatoes. South Carolina.
Some South Carolina gold right there from Lee’s Farm.
Lee’s Farm in Murrells Inlet, yeah. Lee’s Farm seems to be the go-to place.
They’re good guys. They’re good guys over there. They come through for me all the time.
There you go. You in a pinch? Even.
Yup. We take some red cabbage here. Like that.
[Bob] Oh yeah. It’s all about the eye of the beholder.
Oh yes, sir. Like I said, all this produce is South Carolina certified.
[Bob] There you go, man. That’s the way Deck 383 loves it.
Yes sir. We’re gonna take some of our cilantro-lime aioli.
[Bob] Okay. Oh, wow. Oh, nice. Man! That is nice, Jermaine. There you go.
And that’s our fish tacos.
Jermaine, as always my friend, you never cease to amaze me.
Bob, thank you. Thank you for having me on, man. I appreciate it.
Well thank you very much for all you do for all the folks down here along the coast at Deck 383. Folks, listen. Buy and eat local. Certifiedscgrown.com. Log on to see what’s fresh on the menu. As well as drop on in on Deck 383, down here at Murrells Inlet. And we’re gonna be right back again next week with another great recipe on the Sportsman’s Table. We’ll see you then.
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Welcome back to the show. Well guys, look, we’re here on the sporting clays course. I mean, everybody saw the Five Stand. What wonderful facility, I just have to applaud you guys for that. You know, that’s kind of a vision thing. And I know that’s very special. Tell me about the fourteen stations that you’ve got across the course here. What’s the diversity there and the variance for the average shooter?
Yes, so our 14 station course, it was really whatever we could dream up is really what would work, as long as the shots were shootable shots that did make sense. It was really whatever we could dream up as far as those different style shots and wherever the thrower’s A and B might be. Josh was a big help, our facilities manager here, when it came to that. But really it came down to where we could build roads. And we had to build all these roads, bore and mine dirt from across the road. From our pond that you went by, right when you come into our facility. That is where we bore dirt from to build these roads. Once we had a good idea where there wouldn’t be any flooding issues, anything like that, that’s when we started laying it out. It was really important to David and I for it to be pretty close to a 360. In a circle. So it’s just over a mile right now, so it’s not super large, not super small by no means, but it gives you some good area in between each course, or in between each station, where you’re not up against everybody. We can even have a lot of shotgun starts where people can people can start on station seven, and end at station six. Yeah, we really like it, and it’s unique. There’s no doubt about it.
Well David, look, I know you’re very fond of upland bird hunting and duck hunting.
Yes, sir.
You love ducks, you know what I’m saying? So any of the stations out here… Is number one station one of your favorites here for-
Number one gives a good upland bird shot. You got a nice vegetation here on the course, and we’re gonna just try and see if we can mimic that bird, and that real life scenario as best we can.
Well folks, before I start putting some rounds down range here at station one at Four Branches, I gotta show you this brand new Wicked Wing from Browning. This is the Synergy Over and Under shotgun. They’ve got it, well, I just tell you what, they’ve got it down to a science. For you duck hunters out there, this is a 30 inch gun, and it comes with extended choke tubes, it has a great recoil system on it. You’ve seen me shoot the Ultimate Turkey, it’s the sister gun to this one, but this one is for the duck hunters. But, if you can only afford one, that’s okay. But you can use this one for ducks, you can use it for dove, you can take it in the turkey fields. This shotgun right here will do it all. And let’s see how we do, well, my tune up right here on station one at Four Branches. All right guys, man. Pull it! Whoo! Wow. Okay.
[David] What tune up?
It’s a tune up, yeah. I tell you, I love the feel of this shotgun, guys. I’m telling you, this recoil system that they put on here. For you duck hunters out there, this will take up to three and a half inch shells. It’s a well balanced designed gun. All right, here we go. Pull it! Man! If that don’t make the duck tremble, wow!
Pull. Uh, oh. Pull!
[Bob] All right, get on ’em, Logan. Get on ’em buddy. Nicely done! Great shot. Nicely done! Two out of two. He’s putting pressure on us.
I wan’t sure if it was report there or not, so I had to go down, you know? Help everybody out.
All right, David. Come on, get up there brother. Make us proud man.
Pull.
[Bob] Nicely done, David! Nicely done.
David sandbags me sometimes.
I’ve noticed that, okay? He did that on the Five Stand over there too. Come here brother. Man I tell you, you play that awful, quite, kind of meek, mild, and then boom, out he comes.
Then you start smiling.
Bullets, you out the box.
Then you start smiling.
You know, guys, I will tell you, I can’t stress enough just how special this facility is here, for me being here the first time. You guys have done a great job laying this thing out. And you’ve really put a lot of thought process. But you know what’s really impressive? The energy between you two guys. It’s not often that you get two guys, young guys, that are partners like that, and I know you guys have been friends for a long time, but it’s not very often that you get that kind of synergy between two guys and the excitement. And I can just tell that you guys are so excited. I know you’re wives are part of the package as well.
Most definitely.
So it’s kind of a family deal, and that’s really what folks look for, and they really do.
I appreciate that. Yeah, we got a really good group. Right before our opening on the 19th, that night we had a dinner for our employees and I’d like to think I said it pretty well, we’ve got the dream team. Our employees are what made it happen. We helped, but people like Josh, our marketing manager, Jordan Barrier. Mr. Robert Taylor that does a lot of the grounds keeping. We’ve got the dream team and they’re really good at what they do, and we’re really proud of ’em.
Well you guys have put together a great team. David, I have to shake your hand my friend. It is an honor and a privilege to be up here. And Logan.
We thank you very much.
I tell you what, I hope that you have us back, when we get under phase two, phase three, and phase four. Because again, that’s what we’re looking for. We’re looking for those special destinations for outdoors men, and you guys got one of the special ones right here. Really, it’s all of our back door. And you’ve really put that together. So with that, we gotta come up here, and we gotta do some quail shooting.
Yes sir, absolutely.
Well folks, that’s all we got time for this week right here on Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine. The guys have rally put together a great facility up here in Polkton North Carolina. Four Branches Shooting Preserve. Log on to Bob’s Top Sixteen, go right there, schedule your family, or if you’ve just got some friends that want to come on up, tune up, or just come out the weekend. During the weekday, man, these guys will absolutely put you on the course. The young facility manager out here, boy, I tell you what, he’s a pulling fool, and he’ll make sure those targets are, well, they’re ready to go for you when you arrive on scene. As I always like to say each and every week, the outdoors is my passion, I want it to be yours too. We’ll see you right back here again next week on another episode of Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine.
Southern Woods
This week Bob is back down at Southern Woods Plantation in beautiful Sylvester, Georgia, one of his favorite bird-hunting locations.
Joining Bob as his wing man, is Kurt Neubrecht, the Field Marketing Manager for General Motors in the southeastern region.
Grab your shotgun and get ready for some action!
Full Transcript
[Bob] Folks, welcome to our show this week. I’m back down at Southern Woods Plantation in beautiful Sylvester, Georgia, one of my favorite bird-hunting locations ever, and with me today, and my guest, and my wing man, is Kurt Neubrecht. He’s the field marketing manager for Chevrolet in the southeastern region, and I tell you what. You know, Kurt, it’s always a pleasure to have you just with a shotgun in your hand, but I also have to say, about a year ago we were doing this, okay? We had a little bit of different conditions.
We did, and I’m glad to be back. It’s a little bit better this time, but looking forward to it. It should be a great time.
Well, you know, one of the things that I love about bird hunting is this fellowship and that sort of thing. You know, it’s bird hunting and trucks, man, I’m telling you what. And, you know, we’re also gonna get a chance to talk about the new Silverado Platform, the 2019, okay? I’m excited to hear from you on that, and maybe a sneak preview on what’s coming here soon.
Yeah, we’ll talk about all that. Looking forward to it. Should be a great time.
All right, well, listen. On the buggy we’ll be, and folks? Stay tuned, ’cause I’m telling ya, there’s gonna be birds flying, and Kurt? Well, he’s gonna be stylin’ and profilin’ this morning. Beautiful right there. What I thought initially, he might have been a jay. Fish on. Double up, double up, there. This looks like a birdy spot. Mm.
[Newt] Don’t keep coming on past the dogs. Come here, Jake. Get the birds.
[Bob] Dix, he’ll find ’em. Dix, he’ll find ’em. There we go. Oh! Ah, very nice shot. Nice shot, Kurt. I had kind of safety in mind. I really don’t like taking them behind me, you know? It’s better to be safe than sorry sometimes. Hey, that’s a great shot. Hup, there they go. Woo!
Two for two.
Woo, man. Mm, mm, mm, mm. All right, let me get reloaded here.
[Kurt] What do you think about that, Bob?
[Bob] Ah, buddy, let me tell you something. All right, Dixie. Ah. Well, I just flat missed that one. I’m sorry. I tell you what, the tree this morning just kind of got me hammered.
[Newt] Check it out, Dix.
[Bob] There it goes, Kurt. Your bird. Hey, nice shot. Nicely done, man.
[Kurt] Thank you.
[Bob] Nicely done.
Thank you.
Woo! Mm. What do you think, Dot? There more in there? Dot says I’m just faking you out. Okay. All right, man. But yeah, that’s awesome shooting over there.
He killed a double to start with.
[Kurt] Yes.
Okay.
And then…
Yeah, with the last one.
Yep.
I didn’t see but one crawl. Were both on this side?
Two fell right here and then one right back.
Give me bump, buddy. You on your game this morning.
Yeah, I guess I am.
You know, wow. I knew there was a reason I asked you to come quail hunting.
[Kurt] I’m feeling it today.
Yeah, I’m telling you, you are feeling it. Dixie says there’s birds in here.
[Kurt] I see one. Right there.
They’re like Shake ‘N Bake, but I helped.
[Kurt] Man, I’m on fire today.
Yeah, I tell you, bud, you are. Man! I ought to call you Quick-Draw McGraw. Okay. There we go. Man!
I don’t fool around.
Hey, listen. Nicely done, bub. Nicely done.
Thank you.
You know what it is? It’s the no snow.
It must be, but the Georgia snow.
I tell you, folks. A year ago, it was snowing hub-deep to a Ferris wheel. Nine degrees. Matter of fact, neither one of us could hit a thing.
Yeah, I think we were too cold!
Oh, man. It does make a difference. Woo. Well, folks, stay tuned. We’re gonna have more great bird-hunting action from Sylvester, Georgia, Southern Woods Plantation, and tell you what. I’m shooing a Browning 725 .410 this morning with Browning 2 3/4 ammo. Ah, the best there is. I’ve got both combinations. Stay tuned, we’ll be right back.
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[Bob] All right, Kurt, get ready, brother.
[Kurt] I’m ready.
[Bob] Dixie’s reset.
[Newt] Get the bird.
[Bob] Maggie and Dot, mm.
[Kurt] Well.
[Bob] There we go.
Nice.
The tree got me, man. I had to get him on the second. Oh. Awesome. Birds down. Mm. Now, Kurt, that’s the kind of snow I like, okay?
That’s right.
Not the white kind. I like Georgia snow.
Feathers.
Yeah, with feathers flying. Yeah, man. All right, Dixie’s got the bird. Look-it here. Mm-mm. All right. Wow. Mm. Well, listen, Kurt. Come over here, man. We gotta introduce our guide for the day. We got, folks, Newt Hughes. He’s from Nashville, Georgia. Been a guide, how many years you been a guide down here?
I don’t know. Been a while.
Well, listen, I tell you what. Here at Southern Woods, we really love coming down here, and, Newt, you know, it’s dogs like Dixie and Maggie and Dot and all the different dogs that you use, and I know you’re a dog trainer. You raise those dogs and so, that’s really what makes the hunt special for folks like us. So, I just got to give you a little bump out there, bro. But, I tell you what, man. It’s nice having you as a wing man, huh?
I appreciate it.
All right, let’s go get the next birds.
One off the bat.
Yeah, man. All right, Dixie. Come on, find them birds. Your brothers there and sisters are working hard. Hup! Nice.
[Kurt] One down.
[Bob] Welp, got him down.
Got bird down.
[Bob] Woo, nicely done. That’s a beautiful rise right there.
[Newt] Get down.
[Bob] Mine’s on the left over here. Oh, there may be more in there. Get ready, Kurt. Hup! Down, down, down, down, down, down. I saw it. Yep, there it went. Mm. Oh wow. Let me get reloaded, woo-hoo! Okay.
[Newt] Welp, whoa.
[Bob] Nope. Mm. Dell and Callie. Led by Dixie. What you thinking, Dixie? Now, let me get out from behind this tree. I’ve been behind trees all morning.
[Kurt] That your excuse?
[Bob] Yeah, I gotta stick to that one, too. All right, Callie’s whiffing them. She’s whiffing them. Whiffin’ ’em. Woo! Mm, one down. That’s all, I only got one shot. Man, that’s a pretty point, golly. Wow. All right, Kurt, you ready, brother?
[Kurt] Yes, sir.
[Bob] All right, man.
[Newt] Dix. Get the bird. Dix, come here, heel. Come here. Get a bird.
Dixie says I’m working at it, Dad. Hup! No bird on the back. I got one. Dixie’s got it.
Moving fast.
Here we come. Get it, Dixie, thank you. Thank you. Gosh, I mean… You know, South Georgia quail hunting of the morning, huh?
[Kurt] Nothing better.
Now, I know you like snowmobiling, okay? And, you know, you being from Michigan originally, but I’d rather have this than snow any day. Come on up, Kurt, I’ll slide a little bit this way. There we go.
[Newt] Dix, heel. Heel. You want to get in the front, go and try and try to find them?
[Bob] There, we good.
[Newt] All right. Ready? Get the bird, Dix.
Got him!
I got one. I really didn’t get the other one. Dixie’s got it. One down. Okay, looks like we may need to get reset, Kurt. How many you got down over there, brother?
One, sir.
Got two down. One down? Okay.
[Kurt] One down.
[Newt] Come here, dog.
[Bob] All right, Maggie says there’s more birds there. Now Dot’s getting reset. Is that pretty, Kurt, or what? Mm.
Unbelievable.
[Bob] Listen. You came in a Tahoe today.
[Kurt] Yep.
[Bob] I think your wife would love, and the kids would love, to have a dog when you go home.
[Kurt] They would. Have you been talking to my wife?
[Bob] No, but I can.
[Newt] Dixie! Dixie, don’t do it.
I shouldn’t have done that. I knew I couldn’t catch up to that dog. Oh, there it goes. Folks, stay tuned. When we come back, we’re gonna have another great recipe on this week’s Sportsman’s Table.
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Welcome to Chive Blossom Café on The Sportsman’s Table this week, and joining me is my guest chef Andreann Geise with My Big Fat Greek Kitchen here in Myrtle Beach, and she’s got a great recipe for us. It’s got some fresh green tomatoes, certified SC-grown. Okay, Andreann. Well, I tell you what. I’m gonna let you tell everybody what you’re building here, okay? Because I love green tomatoes.
I’m baking a Greek dish called moussaka and I’m substituting the eggplant with green tomatoes. They’re a wonderful substitution for it, and they’re fresh, local tomatoes.
Oh, that’s great. Well, what’s the first step?
So, the first step in the dish is you’re gonna cook off some potatoes, and you’re gonna put them in a pan. They’re layered into a pan, and they’re just fork-tender.
[Bob] You want me to help you here a little bit?
Yeah, I’m gonna lay this over here. The green tomatoes were lightly floured and salted and sauteed up, and they’re just gonna be layered right on top of that.
Oh wow.
So you’re basically just squeezing in there. The flour that I coated them with helps it make a nice sauce and thicken up while it cooks.
[Bob] And folks, if you want a copy of her recipe, just log onto bobredfern.com. Go to The Sportsman’s Table and it’ll be right there.
The next layer is gonna be meat sauce, and let me put this to the side. I browned some ground beef. You could do pork, you could do whatever, deer meat, if you want to. I browned it off, putting it back in a hot pan with a little bit of olive oil. Oops!
[Bob] There we go.
[Andreann] It’s decided to jump on me. There we go. Told you, everything’s so fresh, it’s alive here.
[Bob] Yeah, man, I’m helping you. I’m trying to get my certified flipping. Okay, there we go.
[Andreann] I’ve also sauteed some onions with a little bit of garlic, salt, and pepper.
[Bob] Am I shaking it right?
You’re shaking it right.
Okay.
I’m gonna mix that up a little bit. And now this is my own spice blend that I’m putting in there.
Okay.
It will be listed on your website, so I’m gonna give away my secrets.
Yeah, there you go.
And I like to make my own tomato sauce and I jar it, but you can buy whatever garden tomato sauce you like or your favorite tomato sauce, and that gets poured in.
[Bob] Wow.
Once the sauce has simmered a little bit and the flavors melded together, you pour the sauce on top, and you want a nice thick layer. The potatoes on the bottom are gonna drink a lot of this sauce. So you just pour it on there, get it pretty even. It doesn’t have to be exact.
[Bob] Oh yeah.
And we’re gonna press it down a little bit. We want it nice and flat because we have the last layer going on, which is a Béchamel sauce, but I wanted to add a little South to it, so I added some stone-ground grits to my Béchamel.
Oh, wow. Now, how long is this gonna have to cook for?
It’s gonna cook at 375 for about 35 to 40 minutes until you get a nice brown topping. Let me lay this over to the side here. And in this pan, I’ve got… Thank you.
I’m helping.
I appreciate it.
I’m your sous chef today, how ’bout that?
Well, you’re a wonderful sous chef.
Thank you.
So, I’ve got the bechamel cooking. As you can see, it’s… It’s kind of like a real–
Really thick.
Yeah, it’s thin for grits but thick for a Béchamel, but it’s gonna bake and it’s gonna fluff up. Okay, so we pour that on top. And it’s not gonna puff too much, so you want it pretty much almost to the top of the pan, but not quite, and you just kinda spread it even.
[Bob] Okay, that’s easy.
Yeah, it’s a quick dish, and it’s all in one. You pretty much have everything you need in one dish. You got grits. You got potatoes, You got a nice meat sauce.
You do, here, let me help you with that.
Okay, put that to the side. So, this’ll go in the oven.
Okay.
And we’ll put that in the oven and when it’s done, it’ll look like this.
[Bob] That is awesome. Look at that, mm. Got a little bit of salad on top there.
Yes, I do a little fresh salad. It’s got parsley, tomato, onions, a little bit of cucumber, and it gives it a little bit of color. It’s a little brightness to the dish.
There you go. Thank you so much for being our guest chef today.
I appreciate it.
Folks, listen, if you would like more great recipes just like you saw today on The Sportsman’s Table, you can also log on to certifiedscgrown.com and see what’s fresh on your menu, as well as the next time you’re in Myrtle Beach, come on down to The Chive Blossom Cafe, Pawleys Island, or contact My Big Fat Greek Kitchen and you could have Andreann, well, she could prepare a meal just for you at home. That’s all we got time for this week. We’ll be right back next week with another great recipe, right here on The Sportsman’s Table.
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[Bob] This one’s gonna be kind of tricky, Kurt. Hup!
[Kurt] Boom.
I kinda had to let it clear the limbs.
[Kurt] Nice shot.
[Bob] Grab it up, girls.
[Kurt] Bird down. Oh.
[Bob] Dixie says maybe more. Maybe not.
[Newt] Hup!
Here she comes. Maggie’s got it. All right, dude, I’ve got to ask you. I know you’re older than me and you’ve been doing this stuff a long, long time, okay.
All right, talk to me.
Tell me how many years have you been guiding, how many years have you been raising dogs, ’cause you know, that’s a part of the sport that’s dying.
42, 42 years.
42 years, oh my goodness. Well, folks, our guide from Nashville, Georgia right here. Newt Hughes. He’s got some great dogs today. Southern Woods Plantation. It don’t get any better than that. Come on down. Log onto Bob’s Top 16. You too can come on down and book your bird hunt of a lifetime. Hey, great food, great place to stay, and great guides like this, okay? And dogs just like Dixie. All right, man, woo-hoo! Well, folks, before we go on our show this week, I’ve had some great bird hunting, and listen. This guy was just target-on with all of… I tell you, bird hunting, you making it all over today.
It was a great time.
Well, you know, and folks, I wanna take just one quick look at the new 2019 Silverado. The all-new Silverado. This one behind me happens to be mine, and these guys have put me in such a great ride. You see me in Chevvers all the time, and you have for over 18 years plus, and these guys never cease to amaze me and what Chevy and all the engineers, and, well, just everybody that goes into building these great trucks, what they do to these trucks to make them for us and the outdoors. Great, and you’ve got to talk about this new Platform. It’s all-new.
Yeah, all new from the ground up. Re-engineered. Basically, it’s the strongest, most advanced Silverado that we’ve ever made. They’re 450 pounds lighter than the previous generation. It’s got air Kurtains in the front for aerodynamic efficiency. It’s got a new trailering package integrated with the camera. LED headlights in the front and rear. Easy-lift locking and folding rear tailgate, so a lot of great features in this new truck.
[Bob] Plus, it is the first one that they’ve put a lift kit in.
It is. You are correct. This is the first Chevrolet Silverado with a factory two-inch lift. So, as you can see, it really makes that truck look good. It’s the Z71 package on top of that, so it’s a dynamite look on that truck.
Well, the Trail Boss, listen. I get great looks wherever it goes. Man, on the road, and I just can’t thank you guys enough for what you do for us here in the outdoors. Not only on our show, but what you do in the outdoors in general across this county, because everybody that drives a Chevy, everybody that proudly displays that bow tie, it’s a tribute to the folks at General Motors and Chevrolet.
It is. Thank you.
You’re wild, man.
‘Preciate it.
We gotta do it again. This time, maybe it’s a rod and reel? Now that you’ve mastered the shotgun.
That’s right, on to the next sporting event.
Yeah, man, we’re gonna do it.
‘Preciate it.
Well, folks, listen, that’s our show for this week. As we always like to say, the outdoors’ our passion. I want it to be yours, too. We’ll see you right back here again next week on another episode of Bob Redfern’s Outdoor Magazine. Man, I’m just telling you.
Youth Scholastic Sporting Clays with SCDNR
Join us this week as we check out the new South Carolina Youth Scholastic Clay Target Sports Program with two young participants in the DNR Outreach Program. Bob will be on location at the new NWTF Palmetto Shooting Sports Complex in Edgefield, SC. Tune in and see if Bob can keep up with some really top notch shotgun shooters!