The Southern Outdoorsmen Hunting Podcast

On this strut report we got our buddies Si Colley and Devin Duncan, who have each put down a pile of turkeys this season, to talk about what has led them to such awesome success this season. We hit on topics that can help you turn a bad season around, or help you fill those last tags you have burning a hole in your pocket. Share this with your buddies, and as always we greatly appreciate 5 star re...

What to do at different stages of a turkey hunt? We sit down with our friend Wayne Lackey to talk about knowing when to sit down on a turkey, knowing what calls to use at what times on a turkey hunt, building an inventory of turkeys to hunt and a lot more. We also discuss Andrew's latest successful turkey hunt and how moving on a bird 5 times led to a successful hunt.  Our Sponsors: * Check ou...

On this weeks strut reports we get turkey hunting updates, tips and tactics from hunters in South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Illinois, and Georgia! Thanks for tuning into The Southern Outdoorsmen Podcast, Your home for turkey hunting stories, turkey hunting tactics, and the strut report! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outd...

On this weeks episode we cover a ton of ground starting with some recent hunts dealing with birds that seem to not want to move! Andrew shot another turkey, but it did not go as expected and we cover that and how Mark & Andrew sat on this bird for well over an hour before he finally broke and came in. Late in the episode we also talk about the early stages of planning a Western trip for this f...

On this weeks strut report we cover gobbling activity, as well as what turkey hunting tactics are working right now in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Illinois & North Carolina! The Southern Outdoorsmen Podcast is your home for everything turkey hunting in the spring, and deer hunting in the fall. Please leave us a 5 star review and share us with a buddy! Good luck this weekend in th...

This week we are joined by our friends Clay Colley and Mark Turner to discuss our eventful weekend of turkey hunting some of Alabama's rougher terrain. This episode is slap full of funny stories and good lessons learned from the successful and unsuccessful hunts this weekend. Subjects include finding unpressured birds, moving on turkeys in the mountains, trying to get the turkeys fired up on a...

This week we break down several hunts, including Andrew's two successful hunts from opening week! Subjects discussed include getting in a gobblers bubble, hunting birds right off the roost, finding likely roosting spots on a topo map, knowing when to call when the bird is cooperating vs when he's not, subtle calls that don't include vocalizations, red dot sights for turkey hunting and...

The first strut report of 2020 is live! In the strut report we give weekly updates on turkey hunting activity around the South. We cover gobbling activity, hen activity, where turkeys gravitate to after fly down, and turkey hunting tips from local hunters across the south! This week we cover Alabama, Florida and Georgia, and at the end of the episode we answer listener questions about beginner tur...

Our buddy Chris Jenkins came on the show to talk about his recent success on some Mississippi public land hunting some henned up toms! We hit a wide array of topics that include moving in on turkeys that have hens with them, locating turkeys, hunting on those days that they don't want to gobble, hunting from Mississippi bottomlands to Georgia mountains, being a woodsman, snake safety tips and...

Devin Duncan was one of our most popular guests from deer season (hunting mountain bucks), and we have brought him back to talk turkeys! We discuss how to hunt turkeys in windy or rainy weather, blind calling to birds, subtle sounds that tell you a turkey is near, and Devin gives some great advice for newer turkey hunters who may not be good at calling yet! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and...

Cuz Strickland has always been a listener favorite, and today we had him on to talk turkeys! We spoke to cuz on a variety of tactics, including old school turkey hunting, how turkey hunting has changed through the years, the future of turkey hunting and more! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://r...

Billy Yargus came on the show to talk about using calls other guys aren't using, scouting turkeys, practicing setups and calls on live turkeys, hunting bumped turkeys, understanding what stage the gobblers in your area are in and more! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...

Hunting on VERY limited time, knowing if a gobbler has hens with him based on his gobble, understanding what a turkey perceives, knowing if a turkey is killable, clucking to kill him, open woods early season hunting, and patience. Thats just a few of the subjects we covered with Mike Pentecost, a man who has been killing high pressured turkeys on Alabama public lands for decades!   Our Sponsors: *...

Scott Ellis grew up hunting Osceola turkeys in south Florida. He has also won several Grand National Calling competitions, so today we have him on the show to discuss both of those things! Scott tackles how to find oseola turkeys in south Florida both with map scouting and boots on the ground scouting, how they are different than other turkeys and how to approach them. Then he dives into things yo...

We sat down with Shane Simpson of Calling all Turkeys to talk all things finding and hunting turkeys! We cover a lot of ground in this episode, starting with how Shane consistently finds turkeys on land that he has never been on before. Shane hits on subjects such as finding habitat and topo features on a map that often lead to turkeys and how to effiecetly scout areas to not waste time. Then we d...

Locating turkeys, determining if a turkey is "ready to die", how to kill the turkeys no one else can kill, hunting bumped turkeys, using terrain to set up on early season gobblers, subtle details that lead to dead turkeys, windy day turkey hunting, and why its almost impossible to kill a turkey if your setup in a bad spot. Those are just some of the things that we discussed with Dave Owens...

Josh Driver has an interesting take on post season scouting, pointing out that it can lead you in the wrong direction and hurt your hunting more than it helps! We discuss how to avoid common mistakes, how to find meaningful things while post season scouting, why buck beds don't matter to Josh right now, what makes a good spot vs a great spot, keeping tabs on bucks for early season success &amp...

Today on the show we dive into the best of the best of the 2019 deer season. With so many interviews with so many good deer hunters we had plenty of new things to try this season, so we go over what worked for us, and the listeners who sent us their success stories.  Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: h...

Eric Mcgee tagged a 169 inch buck this year on South Carolina public land, and he credits that success to post season scouting! Tune in to hear about Eric's post season scouting strategy, how he gets away from other hunters and finds deer in piney woods and swamp bottoms, finds the thick cover, predicts which trails deer will be using each day, hunts storm fronts and more! We also discuss the...

Wes Moye has been killing nice bucks on high pressure Alabama public land since 1984 by breaking down large properties into manageable chunks, along with learning those parcels of land like the back of his hand. Wes also uses group tactics with his friends to not only learn the area he hunts faster, but also to have a more in depth understanding of it. We also go into the story of Wes's giant...

We went to ATA to see the latest gear being released for the mobile, public land hunter. If you are looking to upgrade/replace any gear, this should be a helpful episode for you! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We have gotten lots of requests to cover hunting South Alabama, South Georgia and the panhandle of Florida on the show, and today those requests are answered! William Rozier shares his experiences hunting such an area, covering topics such as finding deer in monotonous pine savannas, food sources, bedding, calling and much more! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a...

This show takes all the best tactics we have learned both through out guests and our own experiences this year and wraps it into one episode! We also cover how to chase Alabama's late rut into January and February both as a resident or non resident! Our Sponsors: * Check out Outdoorsy and use my code OUTDOORSMEN for a great deal: https://www.outdoorsy.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...

Our buddy Will Kissinger has forged a dream season on a very limited schedule on Alabama Public lands this year! After having a tough season last year he has turned it all around this season having already filled 2 buck tags on great bucks! We got Will on the show to discuss how he made it happen by hunting diversity, compounding features and other subjects recently discussed on our last episode!...

Josh Driver has killed some giant Southern deer, and he has done so with some very aggressive, no BS, straightforward tactics. For our seasoned listeners, this episode is VERY Glen Solomon like in the fact that Josh is a woodsman, and he hunts the deer where they are, not where he wants them to be. Tune in for tactics with trail cameras, thermal hubs, social hubs, hunting a crows foot, identifying...