Pinstripes to Camo

Ben Smith talks with Hunter McCool and Ellie Chain.   Our last show of "Ladies Month" features Miss Teen Hattiesburg, Ellie Chain. Why have a beauty pageant queen on the show? Because Ellie is also a better hunter than most everyone we know. She joins the show to talk about her love of the outdoors and her passion for the Mississippi Hunter's Harvest program that helps feed needy families acr...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Kerri Marsh. Ladies Month continues with Kerri Marsh of Alabama. Kerri is an A to Z deer hunter that does it all. Kerri began hunting when she was 15 years old and has worked in the outdoor industry for over 14 years. On the show she details her life in the outdoors, as well as her work as a bow technician. Also on the show, Hunter and Matt ge...

Ben Smith talks with Hunter McCool, Matt Langford, and the Sippi Girls. PTC has designated February to be "Ladies Month" and what better way to kick it off than with five Mississippi women in the outdoors! Ashley Jones, Ivana Williams, Brynne Fisackerly, Emma Powell, and Nicole Wall make up the organization "Sippi Girls" and join us for the evening. Each lady details their love of the outdoors and...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Donald Rawls. Trapping isn't what it used to be, but Donald Rawls is crushing it. Donald, a business owner from Columbia, MS,  joins us this week and takes us through various different setups that he uses to catch predators. Donald explains how he arranges his traps, bait, and how the weather affects success. He also gives an account of w...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Travis Ham We know it's not turkey season, but we thought we'd get the jump on it. Travis Ham joins this week to talk turkey...literally. Ham, a multi-time NWTF calling champion and last year's third runner up at Grand Nationals, takes us through the process of building and using diaphragm turkey calls. Ham is the lead turkey call designer for...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. For most of Mississippi, the rut is finished...but duck season is heating up! The guys take a trip to Float Road at the edge of the MS Delta for a little waterfowl shooting. Matt details the trip while he and Hunter poke fun at Ben's youth model shotgun. Hunter talks about turning his truck into a camper and Ben kills his first ever Mallard. Al...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. The first show of 2023 covers a multitude of things in the outdoor world. The guys go over Alpha-Gal Syndrome from ticks, CWD spending in the new spending package, where turkey conservation money goes, the killing of the famous "Buck 140", and a new idiot of the week (from Georgia). The guys also give hunting season updates including Matt's rec...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, USM Baseball Player Graham Crawford, and WCU Baseball Player Brady Wilson. In the last show of 2022, PTC chats with some college baseball players participating in the First Annual Big Buck Contest between Southern Miss and William Carey. WCU currently has a healthy lead, but there is plenty of season left! Matt joins the show in between taking care of a buck tha...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. If you compare the number of hunters from 1960 and 2020, the trend is unsettling for the sport of hunting. The group discusses some reasons for the potential decline of hunting in America, as well as "hunting out of necessity" rather than for trophies. Matt discusses his big weekend in the woods where he was fortunate enough to kill some ducks...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Neal Cannon. Most of us will hunt all of our lives and never see a buck like "Stickers", let alone kill one. This week's guest, Neal Cannon, details his buck of a lifetime. Cannon killed the 180" monster with his bow during the 2021 Illinois Archery Season. Cannon and Ben also discuss their time together as college teammates, and Neal's son, C...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. For the first time ever, the PTC Podcast comes to you entirely remote. When you catch Covid and have to quarantine, what better place to do it than hunting? Ben details his quarantine experience from a tent in the woods. Hunter and Matt discuss the current deer season, as well as the upcoming duck season. Hunter shares his story of a 72 yard ar...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, Mackenzie Smith, and Neil Langford. Weeks ago, we thought it would be a good idea to have our kids on the show to tell about their first ever deer...and boy were we right! Ben's oldest daughter, Mackenzie, and Matt's oldest son, Neil, both join us for Episode 6 of Season 2. Both youngsters describe their first times to kill a deer while hunting wi...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Brooks Tinsley. Every year there's the debate on what the best whitetail cartridge is...PTC settles it. A new "Idiot of the Week" is crowned for being, well, an idiot. The guys discuss why it really doesn't matter what round you are shooting, as long as you make a good shot. The second half of the show is dedicated entirely to Lite Boots. Foun...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Pat Newcomb. Episode 4 of Season 2 begins with a new "Idiot of the Week". Poaching is a sure-fire way to be featured on the show (not in a good way). The group moves on to discuss the top wild game animals to consume, followed by how each of them like to prepare whitetail deer. The second half of the show is all Nukem Hunting with Pat Newcomb...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. Ever wonder what to get your hunting buddy, or spouse, for Christmas? This week, PTC is providing you with 30 items to satisfy the outdoorsman (person) in your life. Ben, Hunter, and Matt all picked 10 items each that they use on a regular basis. The items range from low budget to upper end and are sure to make your hunter happy. Sponsored by W...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Chris Coulter. We aren't always able to pack up and head out of state to hunt, but it's always fun to hear about a friend doing just that. Chris Coulter joins us again, this time from the Big Woods Hunting Camp just outside of Hattiesburg, MS. Chris takes us through a recent hunting trip that he and his son, Mack, went on in Kentucky where Mack was able to fi...

Ben Smith talks with Hunter McCool and William Carey University archers, Kenna Stuart and Hanna Collins. Season Two starts off with a bang...well really more of a whoosh. The first guests of the second season are senior Kenna Stuart and freshman Hanna Collins of the William Carey University Archery team. During the show, each girl gives a detail of their bow setup, as well as what events they each...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Toler Robinson. You may not know it, but Southern Outdoors Unlimited hosts one of the coolest events in Mississippi each year...Super Hunt. This event makes sure that those with disabilities get the opportunity to hunt deer, and get out and enjoy the outdoors! Headed up by Toler Robinson, the event will take place the final weekend of October....

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Ben Ward. Ben Ward, member of the Mississippi Blood Trailing Network, joins us for Episode 31. After successfully trailing over 100 deer last season, Ben is pretty well seasoned in finding your wounded trophy. Ben takes us through the entire process, from the initial contact to how the dogs work. The Mississippi Blood Trailing Network operates as a free of ch...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Kyle Turner. With the Mississippi Velvet Season about to be open, now is a good time to learn about how to care for your trophy. Kyle Turner, one of the owners of Turner Brothers Taxidermy in Hattiesburg, MS talks about how to properly care for your deer before you bring it in. Kyle also details other services they offer, including fish and du...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Tim Carley. As we get closer and closer to deer season in Mississippi, our thoughts turn toward food plots...hence Tim Carley being back on the show! The guys briefly talk about the alarming rate of alligator related deaths in the U.S. and the potential reasons why. Next, a quick conversation on the beat to death topic of the upcoming Mississippi Velvet Seaso...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Jimmy and Jessica Sandifer. Episode 28 has a lot going on. The guys bring back "Idiot of the Week" for the first time in a while and another Mississippi catfish record is broken. Ben brings up whether or not game wardens should have the ability to put up trail cameras on public land. Hunter talks about his newfound obsession with spearfishing...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Swamp People's, Ashley "Dead-eye" Jones. As a testament to how tough Mississippi women are, we give you Ashley Jones. Entering her 5th season of the hit show "Swamp People", Ashley sits down with us to talk gators. Coming to you from the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza, the group discusses the differences in hunting gators in Louisiana versu...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford, Hunter McCool, and Josh Carney. Josh Carney (Son of the South) makes an appearance on the Pinstripes to Camo podcast for the second time. This time the group chats from the 35th Annual Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza. A wide variety of topics are covered including handgrabbing catfish, and hunting alligators. Each guy tells what their favorite thing about the...

Ben Smith talks with Matt Langford and Hunter McCool. There are some ridiculously stupid hunting and fishing laws on the books, so we thought we'd talk about some of them. From a proposed New Jersey law that forces you to give your neighbor a written letter before you go hunting, to the new CWD check-in law for the Mississippi velvet season, we cover it. The group also details plans for the next f...