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

Dave Owens is a turkey hunter on a mission - a mission to kill a turkey in all 49 states that have turkeys. Dave is tackling this mission hunting primarily public land. 

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter podcast, I interview Dave about how to choose public land for turkey hunting. Dave shares how he chooses public land, how he chooses spots for hunting on public land, and how he helps to minimize the chances of failure hunting these public lands.

Listen in to learn some great tips on how to choose public land for turkey hunting. I learned a great deal in this interview, and I'm sure you will pick up on a few tips as well.

Be sure to listen in to Part 2 next week.

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter Podcast, I discuss 3 unconventional turkey hunting strategies that you may have never tried.  These 3 strategies are a bit unique and are not necessarily strategies that you will want to try every time you go into the turkey woods.

These strategies are designed to get you to think about ways that you can mix up your turkey hunts to counter the unpredictability of wild turkeys.

If you are going to kill turkeys, then you need to find turkeys. One of the best ways to do that is to use locator calls to help pinpoint the location of a lovesick Tom. 

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter podcast, I discuss 10 types of locator calls and some tips on how to use those calls to get better response from turkeys.

Listen in as I talk crow calls, owl calls, hawk calls, gobble calls, peacock calls, pileated woodpecker calls, rooster crows, turkey calls, and coyote howlers.

In this episode, I share 5 random turkey hunting tips that will hopefully help you to save money, stay safe while hunting, and to kill more turkeys.

You've done everything right on that early morning hunt, and that turkey you've been working steps into range for your 12 Gauge. You get your cheek down on the buttstock of the gun, aim, and slowly squeeze the trigger.  Now what?

In today's episode I'm going to discuss what to do after your shot. There are several safety concerns that are addressed in this episode. If you watch lots of hunting television shows, then you see lots of hosts of those shows do these things incorrectly. 

Hope you enjoy the show, and thanks for tuning in!

LIsten in to this special alligator hunting episode of The Turkey Hunter podcast where Jeff Gregg shares the story of harvesting what could turn out to be the new record alligator taken on Lake Eufala in Alabama.

This gator topped the scales at 920 pounds and measured in at approximately 13' 6". The gator yielded over 200 lbs of meat for Gregg and his hunting partner, Scott Evans. 

Enjoy!

In this episode, outdoor writer and photographer, Steve Hickoff, shares some Fall turkey scouting strategies to help us locate turkeys before we venture into the woods with a gun this Fall.

We discuss some of the turkey sign that we are looking for in the Fall, some preferred late Fall and early Winter food sources, and typical turkey habitat during that time of year.  

J. Wayne Fears is a well known and well respected outdoors and shooting writer.  In this episode of The Turkey Hunter, J. Wayne shares some of his knowledge of the tranformation of turkey guns over the past decade.  We also talk about common reasons why we miss turkeys and what to look for when patterning your turkey shotgun before season.

In addition we get to hear the story of J. Wayne's most recent successful turkey hunt.

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter podcast, I talk turkey hunting gear and being prepared at the drop of a hat. 

If you call me and tell me that you know where a gobbling turkey is and that you'll pick me up at the corner gas station in 15 minutes, I'm going to beat you to the gas station by ten minutes. And I won't forget anything that I need.

I give a list of all the things that I have in my turkey hunting container and how I rarely am without any of the essential turkey hunting gear that I need to be successful in the spring woods.

Turkey hunting is filled with myths that instill magical powers in wild turkeys.  "Turkeys have x-ray vision. Turkeys can do this.  Turkeys can do that.  Turkeys are better than you are. Etc, etc, etc."  These myths get into our heads while we are hunting, and sometimes prevent us from pursuing a bird that we could actually kill if we made an attempt at doing so.  

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter Podcast I tackle three of these myths that pollute our brains while we are in the turkey woods in hopes that we can put these myths to bed and get on with slaying turkeys.