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

A West Virginia Turkey Hunt

This week Cameron shares the story and audio of his hunt in West Virginia from the spring 2020 turkey season.

This is a very exciting hunt with lots of gobbling from a few toms surrounded by a big flock of very vocal hens. The audio of this hunt is really good, and it is interesting as well because for some strange reason, Cameron left his recorder and microphone behind with his turkey vest while he made a move on the toms. So, we get to hear his calling and the toms gobbling from a distance. It is as if we were in the woods with Cameron letting him move ahead to low crawl on the turkeys.

There is a great story to go along with this hunt as Cameron shares what happened after the shot.

Listen in to this hunt and enjoy!

Connecting Women to Hunting Seminar from 2020 NWTF Convention

This week, Cameron and I share the Connecting Women to Hunting seminar from the NWTF convention this past February in Nashville.

Although there is not much talk about turkey hunting specifically in this seminar. This was an extremely interesting seminar - really, it was a round table discussion - about how to introduce women to the sport of hunting and some of the ways that we can keep them interested.

I learned a great deal during this seminar, and not just about women's perspectives on hunting, but also non-hunters' perspectives of the sport. There was discussion about why so many women are interested in the sport, and the best ways to keep them interested.

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Final 2020 Tennessee Turkey Tag

This week, Cameron and I play Cameron's the hunt where he fills his 4th and final tag in Tennessee for the 2020 wild turkey hunting season.

This hunt takes Cameron back to the time when he killed his first turkey because that hunt also took place in a swamp in Tennessee. Listen in as Cameron relives this hunt where he kills a monster of a boss tom and takes us along with him. 

Spring 2021 Turkey Hunt Planning

This week Cameron and I talk fairly in depth about our plans for our spring 2021 out of state turkey hunts.

We talk about several of the states that we plan on hunting in this coming spring and a little about how we picked those states. I have plans to hunt at least 5 states that I haven't killed in, and Cameron has plans to hunt 8 - 10 states that he has not killed in yet.

Half of the fun of these trips is planning the hunts, and we dive into that aspect of the hunt this week. Listen in!

Exercise and Turkey Hunting with Lindsay Persico

This week Cameron and I have exercise and fitness guru Lindsay Persico on the show to talk about how exercise can help us to become better turkey hunters.

We talk about how easily this can be done today without going to a gym and how to best start an exercise routine even if we have not exercised in years. We also discuss what Lindsay's exercise routine looks like and how she manages to get her cardio in. Lindsay helps us build our routine by offering some exercises we can do to get in shape.

After the great interview with Lindsay, Cameron and I talk a little bit about our own workout routines and cardio exercises to get ourselves in tip top shape for chasing turkeys around the country.

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A Fan of Alabama Turkey Hunt

This week, Cameron and I share the story and audio of my second kill in Alabama.

This was a hunt in late April where I fanned in a very long spurred wild turkey on my own property. I've been trying to kill a turkey on that property for the past 3 years or so, and I've come so close but just never could get the goal marked off of my list.

This season, I made it happen while challenging what probably was one of the boss toms in the area. 

Listen in to the hunt this week and also to a little extra commentary after we play the hunt.

How Not to Kill More Turkeys with the Primos Gang

This week, Cameron and I share the Primos seminar from the 2020 NWTF Convention and Sport Show. The seminar is entitled How Not to Kill More Turkeys.

As usual, Primos puts on a great seminar that is entertaining and informative. Whatever it is the guys at Primos do, you can consider it to be done well. This seminar is no different. Why they even show a video during the seminar of how to kill a turkey without ever firing a shot. It is truly amazing!

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This Budz For You

This week Cameron and I share an interview with Jeff Budz, with Tag It Worldwide and TSS shotgun shells.

Jeff is somewhat of a regular on the show and a wealth of knowledge as well. We catch up with him while he is on vacation in the vehicle heading north to see his family, and we get him to fill us in on how his season went. We also talk to him about the new shotgun shell manufacturing company that he and a couple of others have started called TSS, which stands for The Super Slam.

Listen in as Jeff shares some turkey hunting knowledge with us this week.

A Steaming Hot Bowl of Summertime Turkey Soup

This week, Cameron and I finally prepare some turkey soup for you guys. 

Our last turkey soup episode was quite some time ago, and a lot has happened in the world of turkey hunting since then, ie - high COVID wild turkey murder rates, etc.

Listen in this week as Cameron and I talk about numerous topics related to turkey hunting while we cover the news from states like Indiana, New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, Maine, Arkansas, and even from our friends north of the border in Canada.

We have a lot of fun in this episode, and I think you will too.

Mentored Hunts with Travis Sumner

This week, Cameron and I have the interview that I conducted with Travis Sumner with the NWTF about mentored hunts.

Travis and I talk about how to put on a mentored hunt, how to find land to hunt, how to find mentors and mentees, how to find gear, which types of hunts make better mentored hunts, and a handful of other topics.

Mentored hunts are a great opportunity for those of us experienced hunters to pass along our heritage and past time to others who may enjoy the sport more than we do.

Listen in!