The Turkey Hunter Podcast with Andy Gagliano | Turkey Hunting Tips, Strategies, and Stories

Turkey Season Turkey Soup

This week, following a week off for a turkey trip, Cameron and Andy share a little turkey soup during turkey season.

Many states are starting to report their harvest and licensing statistics. So, Cameron and Andy share some stats for Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa. Overall, so far, many states are reporting excellent harvest statistics. Are these great harvest statistics due to higher turkey populations this year or due to higher hunter efforts and better weather? Well, it is really hard to tell in so many states because they do not know how many turkey hunters they have turkey hunting. So, these states have no clue as to whether there were more turkey hunters in the woods chasing turkeys or some other factor lead to the increase in harvest statistics.

In addition to the harvest stats, Cameron and Andy share the story of a hunter who was shot by his hunting partner, and how at some point he just realized and accepted the fact that he was going to be shot. This is a wild story with some pretty nasty looking pictures showing the wounds. Check them out online.

And, Andy shares two stories of "hunters" who let the dream of a fresh wild turkey in the freezer get the best of them in New York. Thanks to conservation officers enforcing the law, these two hunters were ticketed and had their turkeys confiscated.

This is a fun episode, so listen in!

Check out this week's episode of The Turkey Hunter Podcast to hear Andy and Cameron discuss some questions that have been recently submitted by listeners. 

Your hosts will dive into questions about hunting missed turkeys, eating turkey livers, finding a mentor, and more. 

Check it out and as always Thanks for listening. 

The 2023 Mossy Oak Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp

This week, Daniel Haas joins Cameron and Andy to introduce Mossy Oak's 2023 Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp and to share an awesome turkey hunting story with Tom Kelly.

Daniel is the Director of Brand Marketing for Mossy Oak, so he is in the know about what is going on with Mossy Oak and all of their new projects. They've been quite busy over the past 12 months or so with the 2022 Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp, introducing new clothing lines, reintroducing old clothing lines, rolling out the Mr. Fox turkey vest, and the 2023 Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp, just to name a few things they've had on their plate.

Daniel shares some of the history behind the artwork on this year's stamp as well as how much money was raised last year with their first wild turkey conservation stamp and where some of that money is going.

In addition to the wild turkey conservation stamp, Daniel shares with us his very recent turkey hunt with Colonel Tom Kelly. This is a great story, and the entire episode is one you won't want to miss.

Listen in!

Patience Pays Off

This week Cameron shares a hunt that is fresh on his mind. The hunt is so fresh it is only a few hours old.

This hunt takes place in a river swamp bottom with a couple of turkeys that Cameron thinks he let walk the day before. This is a great hunt in the respect that not only did patience pay off with Cameron's passing on a shot the day before, but also that he had the patience to sit and wait at his original setup spot while the turkey he set up on before daylight flew down, walked off, paired up with a buddy, and came back into the area Cameron was set up in.

This one is a good hunt to learn from. Listen in!

Turkey Talk with Eddie Salter

This week, The Turkey Man, Eddie Salter, joins Cameron and Andy on the show to share an update on his season and some of his most memorable hunts.

Eddie talks about being on the TK and Mike videos from the early 1990's, and how much fun he had doing those videos. He also shares the story of how he missed 5 turkeys in one day, and how he also played a part of killing 10 turkeys in one day.

We get to hear how he has dedicated this season to his grandchildren, and how they are having a great season. Even his 4 and a half year old grandson has killed a turkey with him this season.

Eddie is always a great deal of fun to chat with, and this episode does not disappoint. Listen in!

Taking Quality Harvest Pictures with Clayton Worrell

This week, Clayton Worrell (aka GrizHawk on InstaGram) joins Cameron and Andy to talk about how we can take better quality harvest photos of our turkeys this spring. 

Clayton is an amazing wildlife photographer who can capture images of wildlife that convey a feeling or emotion that we think the subject animal could be feeling at that moment in time. His images are truly a work of art.

Clayton shares with us how we should frame our harvest pictures in a way that we can refer back to that photo decades later and remember that hunt and that turkey. He also shares with us the importance of cleaning up our turkey to show respect to the bird and to get the best pictures that we can get to share on social media. These images very often go on social media and convey an image of us and our pastime to non hunters. We should want that image conveyed to be a respectful and powerful one.

This is a great episode, and one you won't want to miss. Listen in!

437 - TFT Update with Chase Grubbs

Check out this week's episode as Chase Grubbs gives us an update on Turkeys For Tomorrow. 

Thanks for tuning in

2023 Turkey Season Goals and Roosted Was Roasted

This week your hosts give you a quick update on the first hunt of the year and then share each of their goals for this turkey season. After sharing their goals, Cameron lets us join him on an EPIC hunt under a roost full of Rio Grande gobblers on a 2022 hunt. 

Check it out!

435 - Challenging Spring Gobblers with Roger Parks

Check out this episode as Andy shares the recording of the Roger Parks seminar from Unicoi this past year. Roger dives into some useful tools for challenging turkeys in the Spring of the year when they may not come running to those hen yelps. This show will be very helpful for spring and fall gobbler hunting and will add another tool into your bag of tricks this Spring.

Check it out and make sure to let Roger know you enjoyed the info!

When Kings Go To Battle with Michael T Simpson

This week, author Michael T Simpson joins Cameron and Andy on the show to talk about his first book, When Kings Go To Battle.

Michael's book is a relatively new release, and he shares some really fun hunting stories and memories with his readers in this easy read. We also get to learn more about Michael's motivation for writing a book about turkey hunting.

We know that you will enjoy book, and you will find this one a great way to prepare your state of mind for this coming spring.

This is a very fun and entertaining interview with Michael, so listen in!