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

Hen Fight!!! A West Virginia Turkey Hunt

This week, my buddy Zach Lucas shares with us the story of and audio from an awesome turkey hunt that we were on in West Virginia this past Saturday. 

The hunt had a little bit of everything that we turkey hunters love. There was lots of hen talk, gobbling, strutting, fighting, shooting, and fun all wrapped up into one hunt. 

Listen in as I check off one more state in my quest for 49!

Turkey Science vs Turkey Fiction with Mike Chamberlain

In this week's episode, I have Mike Chamberlain on the show to pick apart some of the propaganda floating around social media about a few of the reasons that turkey hunters attribute the decline to in turkey populations.

We discuss prescribed fire (more specifically, growing season burns), predators, hogs, nest parasites and hosts, the human factor, season lengths, bag limits.

Mike also shares the story of his most recent successful turkey hunt with us.

This is an episode that I'm pretty sure we can all learn a little something about our favorite game bird, the wild turkey.

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A Good Ending to a Weird Season

Today, I'm sharing my final hunt of Alabama's 2019 turkey season with you. 

As Colonel Tom Kelly so accurately and eloquently stated in his book, Better on a Rising Tide, “Turkey hunting is a magical, intellectual, tactical exercise conducted out of doors.  It is a personal, contemplative sport, and does not require the production of a dead turkey to be classified as a success.”

I sometimes wonder if we turkey hunters use that line or thought to justify our blunders or lack of success in the woods. But the truth always comes back to my mind soon after having those thoughts. The truth is a successful turkey hunt is what we want it to be.

For me, I crave the interaction with the bird. Knowing that I can cause him to respond with a gobble or drumming or maybe even change his course, even if only briefly.

When I get that interaction with a wild turkey, for me, that is a successful turkey hunt.

Listen in to today's show. It was a very exciting hunt, if only for a very brief period of time. But, it was a hunt that I learned a few things from as well - mainly about the turkeys on my hunting property.

An End Around Turkey Story

This is the story of another catch and release turkey hunt from my 2019 turkey season. Listen in as my buddy, Drew, and I chase after a hard gobbling Eastern on our home turf in Alabama.

You probably will be amazed about the story of the crazy hen that we dealt with for the better part of the morning as well.

It was a great hunt and a pile of fun. I hope you enjoy it.

A Catch and Release Turkey Hunt

This week I share the story and audio of a hunt with no shots fired.

This is a very exciting hunt with 2 new turkey hunters with good gobbling and a pretty interesting twist to it. There is also a challenge issued to you guys listening. After hearing the audio of the hunt, can you tell me what I did wrong during this hunt? If you think you know what I did wrong during the hunt, then shoot me an email. The first person to submit the correct error will receive a Strut Commander maintenance free box call. 

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A Mississippi Turkey Hunting Story

This week I have my buddy Evan Murphy on the show to talk about our successful turkey hunt in Mississippi.

Thanks to Evan for helping me to mark Mississippi off of my list of states that I need to kill a turkey in. We had a great and unique hunt together. 

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Back on the Board in Bama

This week, I have Scott McDonald on the show to share the details of our successful Alabama turkey hunt and to play the audio of that file.

Scott also briefly shares his story of his successful hunt on public land in Georgia and which states he plans to hunt this spring to move closer to completing his Super Slam.

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Mississippi Public Land Turkey

This week, I replay a hunt from opening weekend in Mississippi on public land with Cameron Weddington, the former Turkey Hunter podcast intern.

Cameron and I tackled public land in Mississippi on opening weekend of their 2019 turkey season, and we had some very good luck. 

In this episode, Cameron and I share the story of the hunt and talk about some things that happened that really stuck out to us as some reasons why the hunt was a success.

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Soft Calling with Scott Ellis

This week, Scott Ellis joins me to talk about soft calling turkeys.

Soft calling is a form of calling we all need to master in order to work turkeys into close range effectively.

In the interview, we talk about calls that are not turkey vocalizations, how to change the mood of a Tom, and different scenarios when we can use soft calling techniques.

For the icing on the cake, Scott shares the story of his most recent turkey hunt with us.

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Competition Turkey Calling with Steve Stoltz

This week, Steve Stoltz with Woodhaven Custom Calls joins me on the show to talk about competition turkey calling. 

We discuss how someone who is interested in competition calling can get into the sport, and we also discuss the differences in competition calling and calling while hunting. 

I ask Steve in the interview who is the tougher judge a 4 year old public land turkey or the human judges on the panel of any given contest.

Steve demonstrates some calling for us and shows us the difference between calling and calling with emotions.

Listen in!