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

Replay of Winter Turkey Hunting with Rob Keck

This week, I am replaying the interview I did several years ago with Rob Keck about winter turkey hunting.

When I ran into Rob at the ATA show in Louisville, KY, I asked him to come on the show, and I told him I would email him a few topics to choose from for our call. He said he didn't need any topics that he already knew what he wanted to talk about.

That topic he wanted to talk about is late winter turkey hunting, and Rob has some amazing stories about his trips to Kansas for some winter turkey hunts.

Listen in and see if you can pickup some tips that may help you to plan a successful trip for a winter turkey hunt.

Why We Hunt Seminar with Brenda Valentine

This week, I'm playing the Why We Hunt seminar with Brenda Valentine from the 2019 NWTF Convention in Nashville.

During the seminar Brenda recommends we hunters come up with a one word answer to offer people who ask why we hunt. If you think about it, the question is much harder to answer than it seems to be on the surface.

I also read an article that covers the results of a recent studies about the acceptability of hunting for people. The study sheds some light on answers we can give that more people can relate to when we are asked the question why we hunt.

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The Story of a Successful Fall Turkey Hunt

This week, I have Cameron Weddington back on the show with us to share the story of his second fall turkey hunt and first fall harvest.

Cameron killed a very beautiful and very huge gobbler with inch and five-eighths spurs and a ten and a quarter inch beard. In addition to the fact that the turkey he harvested is a monster, Cameron was almost surrounded by 14 different gobblers during this hunt. 

Listen in to hear the story of Cameron's first fall turkey and monster wild turkey gobbler.

A Conversation with a First Time Fall Turkey Hunter

This week, Cameron Weddington joins us to share a story of his recent fall turkey hunt - his first fall turkey hunt. 

Cameron describes the action that took place during his hunt along with his first experience with coyote backstraps.

Listen in as we discuss Trichinosis, wild turkeys, coyotes, shotguns, and crossbows. 

  A Textbook New Hampshire Turkey Hunt

This week I'm bringing you my final spring turkey hunt of 2019.

This hunt was a very exciting hunt and really played out just like we play out hunts in our heads over and over before turkey season starts. These turkeys came in to some soft calling not long after flydown, and the flock ran off minus one turkey. 

Listen in and enjoy the final spring 2019 turkey hunt.

A Backup Pot of Turkey Soup

This week a little technical difficulty prevented me from bringing you the final turkey hunt from my big spring trip. So, I had to cook something up for you guys, and that something this week is turkey soup.

States we cover this week include New Hampshire, Missouri, Maine, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, Arizona, and North Carolina. We talk about upcoming fall seasons, fall seasons currently open, applying for permits and tags for spring and fall seasons, record book 5 spurred turkeys, hunting approval ratings, and outlaws.

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An Awesome New Hampshire Turkey Hunt

This week I have some really incredible audio from a hunt from this past spring in New Hampshire. This hunt took place on the same piece of property that Chip killed his turkey on earlier, and it is really fun to listen to. 

This hunt has lots of hen talk, lots of gobbler talk, and will make you wish you were sitting against a big oak tree right now with a shotgun in your hands.

Listen in and enjoy!

A New Hampshire Turkey Story

This week I have another turkey hunting story for you. This time from New Hampshire as my long time friend Chip tags an odd looking NH turkey our first day there.

Chip's hunt was a strange one, and we turkey hunters just have to take what we can get sometimes.

Listen in as I describe the property we are hunting and the early morning of our first day in the New Hampshire turkey woods.

Matt Morrett's Decoy Seminar from 2019 NWTF Convention

This week I have the decoy seminar from the 2019 NWTF Convention in Nashville that was presented by Matt Morrett.

Matt covers a multitude of topics including decoys (of course), calling, scouting, patterning guns, henned up gobblers, and much more during his hour and 20 plus minute seminar.

Listen in to Matt and learn and laugh a little.

End of Summer Turkey Soup

This week we are talking wild turkey news from New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, Florida, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Massachusetts.

I share stories of record spring turkey harvests, upcoming fall turkey season openers, hunter input on proposed turkey hunting regulation changes, and there's even a little news of the weird.

Our news of the weird this week includes a proposed 6 month long fall/winter season in southern Idaho and a story of wild turkeys terrorizing a senior community in Florida.

Listen in!