Speak the Language Podcast
Hosted by Lake Pickle and Jordan Blissett, the Speak The Language Podcast is made with the goal to put out content that centered around Hunting, fishing, conservation, and all other things involving the natural world. Join us as we swap stories from our favorite times spent in the woods, discuss current events, seek out answers, and take the occasional dive into history! This podcast is meant to engage, entertain, and equip outdoors men and women from all walks of life. Join us!
Lann Wilf- The Old Biologist
Lann Wilf - - Old Biologist on YouTube
Husband for 10 years.
Father of 2 daughters.
Associates Degree in Forestry ICC 1999
Bachelors in Wildlife Management Arkansas State 1999
Masters in Biology Arkansas State 2004
24 years experience in Wildlife Management and Environmental in State and Federal Service.
Florida FWC Wildlife Biologist on Kissimmee River Public Use Area and Hickory Hammock WMA for 2 years.
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Deer Program Biologist for 10 years and Program Leader for 2.5 years.
USDA APHIS Airport Wildlife Biologist at Columbus Air Force Base for 8 years.
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Bow Hunting From the Ground
Holy smokes, y'all, it's November. Where in the world is the time even going? Jordan is leaving after today's podcast recording to head to Kansas for a bow hunt. I'm leaving in a few days to go to Iowa. There's just a lot of good going on in the world of hunting right now. I recently tried my luck on my property, and actually tried to bow hunt off the ground with what I would call reasonable success. We also have several other funny stories to tell from the woods, as well as a news update about the Mississippi...
Scary Stories And Wholesome Hunts
Happy Hunting friends! Man, oh man it just keeps getting better! The weather down here is cooling off, we're knocking on the door of the rut in the Midwest, and we're just weeks away from home duck season! This week is a little different as we will be sharing some listener submitted stories about some scary/unexplainable stories from their time in the woods! Check it out!
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Bucks That Make You Puke
Boy, do we have a pile of stories for y'all this week. I just returned from a 9-day jaunt in the Dakotas duck hunting. Jordan has spent most of his time awake deer hunting here at home, which involves a bunch of crazy tales, one involving a bizarre encounter with an alligator. Check it out!
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Keith Polk
Keith Polk is a highly respected forester, known for both timber and wildlife management. He is also a life-long Mississippian, church elder at Crossgates Baptist Church, a dedicated hunter, and long-time friend of the show.
Enjoy this conversation with him and Jordan because Lake went to duck hunt in North Dakota without telling anyone he was leaving. Check it out!
Missing Bucks & Breaking Ankles
How has deer season only been open for 5 days? Seriously, it seems like so much as has happened already and do we ever has some entertaining stories to share with y'all. We have everything from 160 inch bucks inside of 25 yds, broken hearts, and broken ankles! (well, sort of) Also, we have a chance for lucky listener to win a brand new pair of Muck Outmax boots! Check it out!
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What Makes You Realize It's Fall?
Fresh back from the elk country of New Mexico, and fresh off the John Deere tractor, we have a pile of stories and news to share this week. The biggest news is that Mississippi has a new law for hunting deer over bait, and frankly, it's now easier than ever to bait deer if that's what your into. We also have elk hunting stories from New Mexico, as well from a college professor in Pennsylvania. Check it out!
The Great Moose Hunt
This wonderful week of entering late September we are joined by special guest, Josh Thrash, a life-long Mississippian, turkey hunter, and relatively new moose hunter. Throughout full-length discussion, all kinds of topics are covered that are worth your time, the most intriguing being the story of Josh's most recent archery moose hunt that you won't want to miss. Check it out!
Baiting Laws & Moose Charges
If you're around central Mississippi today be sure to stop by AgUp in Canton, MS for the Deere Season kick-off event from 3-8pm! It's going to be a heck of a time! in this episode we talk failed velvet hunts, cell cam ethics, proposed law changes involving deer baiting, moose charges, and disgruntled hog hunters. Check it out!
How Expensive Is It To Bow Hunt?
Man, oh man do we have a full show for y'all today! Hopefully all of you are coming off of a burner of a Labor day weekend filled with dove hunts, cookouts, and college football! In the news we have the 2026 waterfowl population report, a very well thought out email from a listener, and serial poacher! After that, we play the Price is Right, archery edition! That leads to talk of what in the world does it cost to get into archery these days! Check it out!
Food Plots & Yosemite
Holy smokes it's September. All this time waiting and enduring the endless summer days and all of the sudden we are back in action. The dove opener is this weekend, velvet season will be open soon, along with elk, and a whole lot more. To top it all off, we have a week's worth of news to catch up on. New boat ramps being installed, more explanation on the roadless rule, and the new news about the Trump Administration supposedly putting together a land swap involving part of Yosemite National Park. Also, Jordan fills us in with what he...
Funky Bucks & Roadless Rules
Jordan and I have a pile to talk about this week. Some of it's fun, some of it's not. A listener sent in picture of a strange looking buck deer, we see a disturbing video a whitetail doe killing her own fawn, we talk about the border wall at Big Bend, and the proposal to rescind the roadless rule. Then to round it all of we talk about the dove opener and the upcoming Mississippi velvet season. Check it out!
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Don't Believe Everything You Read
Welcome to the first Video version of the STL Podcast! You can check it out on our new YouTube channel "STL Show". We have a barrel full of news to talk over this week including:
-shooting hornet nests out of trees
- deer hunting with dogs controversy in South Carolina
- More CWD drama
- a Nebraska outfitter doing prison time for poaching charges
- an Iowa man jailed for catching and selling an endangered turtle in Alabama
and whole lot more. Check it out!
Hope For Us All
Thanks to a lot of your support, we believe that the Prairie Pothole region for now is safe. Rest assured, we will keep all of you in the loop as more news surfaces. We also talk about a recent poaching case that involved a young man in Ohio that will hopefully land at redemption down the road. Lastly, we firmly take a stance in taking up for a good colleague of ours who has recently come under fire. And we round it off with some standard food plot season and land management talk. Check it out.
Radio Controlled Killer Bears
Don't drain the duck factory! Some crazy folks are trying to drain tile some VERY crucial nesting grounds for our waterfowl! That's the top news of this episode and if you care about ducks and wetlands, you must submit a comment by this Friday, August 7. Also, there are folks out there that believe there are radio-controlled killer bears. That's not a joke. I mean, it is a joke, but it's not a joke that some people think that. Lastly, we discuss the ongoing Arkabutla Lake controversy. Check it out!
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The Government Wants Us To Hunt More Deer
It's still summer. It's still hot, but we are close enough to fall hunting seasons and cooler weather that we can at least talk about it, dream about it, and report on current news that will affect the upcoming year. and yes, the government is literally asking us to hunt more deer. Check it out!
Bonus: How We Got Ready For Our Hunt
In this bonus episode we will be talking about a topic that cannot be over-emphasized. Practice. It may seem rudimentary, but I'm telling you because of all the practice we did, we came to Africa more confidently than I have ever approached any other hunt. In this episode we will break down exactly what we did, the drills, the numbers, and why we did all of it. Check it out!
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Turtle Lawsuits
It has been an oddly busy week in local outdoor news. It's also been very hot. This episode involves trail cam talk, some very early beginnings of 26/27 deer strategy and some very interesting news updates. such as:
- a turtle lawsuit in Mississippi
- people losing their minds over black bears
- a corps of engineers lake controversy
and more! Check it out!
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Bonus: What You Need To Know For Booking International Hunts
Since our recent episodes about safari and Africa we had a lot of inquiries about booking, travel logistics, and just some general guidelines about do's and don'ts for international hunts. Look, I get it. If you haven't done it, it can seem intimidating but with the right preparation it is very doable.
I hope you find this helpful and if any of you have more questions or think I didn't cover something, reach out
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Urban Goose Massacres, New Public Land, Record Breaking Bluegill
It may be the doldrums of a long, hot summer but there is still plenty going on in the world of wildlife. For instance: they culled hundreds of urban geese in Alabama for a disgruntled HOA, Mississippi has new public land, a man in Georgia broke a blue gill record, and what are supposed to think of data centers? check it out!
Bonus: Lacey the Nyala Hunter
In this special bonus episode we will dive into the untold hunting story of Lacey's Nyala from our recent safari in Zululand. If you can't tell, we have become completely obsessed with African wildlife, African wilderness, and African hunting. Frankly, we think you should be too. We hope you enjoy it. Check it out!
Python Roundups & New Land Practices
Jordan got a new old truck, There is a huge python wrangling competition in Florida, red snapper season is in peril for recreational anglers, and Jordan has a new method for managing land in WRE tracts. Check it out!
We Took Our Wives To Africa
Believe us when we say, we just returned from the most incredible hunting trip of our lives so far- and luckily for us, we got the opportunity to take our wives! In this episode, we have a full-on discussion, debrief, and breakdown of our incredible time in Zululand hunting buffalo, kudu, Nyala, and other things, seeing sights we have never seen before and getting life experiences you simply cannot replicate anywhere else other than the dark continent! I promise this is worth a listen! Check it out!
Have questions about hunting in Africa? Reach out!
A Life Changing Hunting Trip- STL on Safari
Jordan I just got back- as in, got back yesterday- from a week-long safari in Zululand with Garry Kelly Safaris. I am not exaggerating when we say it was a life-changing experience. In this episode we talk with Cullen Kelly and Murray Clayton, our to PHs (professional hunters) for this trip about some of the adventures and hunts we got into. The most important part of this conversation to me, however, is when we go over some of the biggest and common misunderstanding about African hunting, especially in South Africa. Whatever you're up to, I can promise this one...
Egg Eating Lizards, Whistlers, and Roadless Rules
Plot twist! We are not in Africa.....yet. boy, oh boy did the news stack up quick before our departure though. In this episode, we'll cover crooked politics, turkey egg eating lizards from Argentina, and a new hunting season being opened in Louisiana. Check it out!
Aligators & Fighting Roosters
Summertime is here but do not fret, my friends, there is still plenty to get into and talk about. The Mississippi Alligator hunt draw is upon us, and unbeknownst to us, there is a fair amount of controversy around that process and the hunt itself. There was a new record set for Channel Catfish. Lastly, and the most unsettling news, there was a recent bust of a cockfighting ring in Mississippi. Wild times. Check it out!
Things We All Should Know
We are back and so is summer. Man, it's hot. Anyway, we have some updates on the Trump administration opening land to hunting. We have new on the propose Louisiana land grab. We dive into the topic of how to treat property owners when you're on a traveling hunting trip, and Jordan has some thoughts for summer deer strategies that will lead into fall hunting. Check it out!
The Best Turkey Hunting Day Of Our Lives
If you're going to end it, you might as well end it on a walk-off home run - and that just so happens to be what Jordan and I got to do. This has stories of wins, losses, humidity, heat, hunting permission, controversy, and the best turkey hunting day of both our lives. Check it out!
Lousiana Land Grab
They are trying to sell-off 140,000 acres of national forest in Louisiana. A highly controversial candidate just got confirmed to be the new director for the bureau of land management. We've got fresh turkey stories!! Check it out!
New Laws & Wild Flowers
Blazing star, butterfly weed, and rattlesnake master are sitting atop of mind currently. There's some new laws being proposed in Mississippi that would significantly affect nonresident turkey hunters. There was a grizzly bear attack in Glacier National Park. There's a whole lot going on, along with a few more turkey ventures. Check it out!
Crawfish, Snakes, Turkeys, and Comment Sections
It's a wrap up for the final week of the MS turkey season. It's tales of giant snakes and hoards of crawfish swimming upstream like salmon. It's a brand new segment of people arguing on the internet about wildlife conservation. It's a little bit of everything. Check it out!
Back Breaking Yelps
One thing is for sure, Neither Jordan or myself are as young as we were when we kicked this podcast off in 2017. The current ailments we find ourselves dealing with are both inconvenient and comical at the same time. However, I heard a wise man once say, it is what it is. In this episode, we talk about getting old, cagey turkeys, thicket turkeys, and dead turkeys. They all have place in our hearts. Check it out!
Wading Rivers, Boundary Waters, and Hunt Ruiners
Join us for this unique STL episode as we cover some hot-off-the-press hunting stories, some very important news regarding public lands, and discussions of how deer should hibernate during the spring. Check it out!
Clay Newcomb & Josh Spielmaker- Turkey Camp
Clay Newcomb is the house of the Bear Grease Podcast and MeatEater team member. He and his long-time friend and producer, Josh Spielmaker, join us this week to talk about their current trip down in Mississippi for turkey camp. Check it out!
From Zero To Hero To Zero- Turkey Tales
As we get into the month of April we have yet another round of updates from the ever unpredictable spring woods. However, this week's updates will only be brought by Jordan, because Lake can't seem to find a turkey in a grocery store. We also give some pertinent updates regarding turkey stamps funds. Check it out!
Two Turkey Stories & A Couple Superstitions
Welcome back to Springtime STL, where our thoughts, words, and episodes are consumed by wild turkeys. In this episode we have fresh turkey updates to share with you. Spoiler alert: They're both humdinger stories. We also talk a bit about turkey hunter superstitions. Check it out!
Running From Fire & Towards Turkeys
Holy smokes has it really only been one week of regular season!? For some reason it feels like we are already in the thick of it. Maybe it's the warm weather, the humidity, or maybe odd acting turkeys. Whatever the reason, we have pile of stories to tell to get y'all all caught up. Check it out!
Is Turkey Hunting Joyful Or Stressful?
Ladies and gentlemen, we are officially in the throws of it. Regular turkey spring turkey season is Mississippi is officially here, and from here on out until some dreaded time in May, you can expect some form of turkey talk on this here podcast every week! On this episode we have some stories to tell and action to catch you up on! We've got an action packed ending to youth season, a first time experience in the turkey woods, and a hunt that almost went perfect until it didn't. Check it out!
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BONUS TURKEY STORIES- Shot By Another Hunter
Welcome to the first turkey story bonus drop of 2026! This is one unlike any other we have had told on this show before! Check it out!
Gobblers Love Old Churches
Man, oh man do we have a jam-packed episode for y'all today! We have turkey season updates, we have laws that effect how close you can hunt to a church on the Sabbath, we have some current turkey hunting stories from just a few days ago, and we have some pretty interesting news! This one does not disappoint so check it out!
