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

Government and Wild Turkeys There are many different variables that go into whether or not you have a successful season in the woods hunting wild turkeys. Weather, calling skills, woodsmanship, proper setup, knowing when to move and when to sit still are all important factors in determining our success. But, how often do you think about the fact that if we didn't have wild turkeys your turkey hunt...

2020 Turkey Season Recap In this week's episode, you can listen to the crying, wailing, and gnashing of teeth about the 2020 spring turkey hunting season ending across the country. After that, we recap our seasons for you and give you a little taste of what is to come in the next few months as we will be sharing a good many of those hunts with you to take you through the off-season. Listen in this...

Lets take a break from all the Eastern Wild Turkey action from the past weeks and head down to Texas as Cameron attempts to knock off the Lone Star State with a desperate Rio Grande. After an unsuccessful day 1 in the Hill Country of Texas, Cameron finds a bird that is willing to play off the roost on Day 2. Listen In!

Cameron's Second Tennessee Turkey This week, Cameron and I share the audio of the hunt from his second turkey in Tennessee.  This hunt took some maneuvering and woodsmanship skills to be successful. With a good bit of gobbling and some vocal hens, Cameron was able to keep tabs on these turkeys and reposition on them for 3 different hunt setups before he sealed the deal on a nice tom. Listen in to...

A Textbook Opening Day Tennessee Turkey This week Cameron and I bring you the audio from Cameron's first Tennessee turkey hunt - his opening day turkey hunt. Cameron is joined on this small piece of property by his new turkey hunting buddy who has a bit of a surprise calling strategy planned for his own hunt. Cameron did not despair, and he got in tight with this Tom and made something happen. Lis...

The Bad Luck Streak Is Broken This week while Cameron is on turkey hunting vacation, I take over the show and share with you one of my turkey hunts from this season. This was a great hunt with a lot of gobbling by two Alabama turkeys. This hunt includes 4 moves, 5 different setup spots, 2 busted heads, a shotgun blast, and a lot of reflection and gratitude. It was a very fun hunt. Listen in!

Another Georgia Public Land Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I share an early season hunt on public land in Georgia where we try to get my friend and fellow Super Slam chaser, Chip, a Georgia turkey. After being all around a flock of turkeys for the majority of the morning, the hunt got pretty hairy right around midday. There was a missed opportunity, some whisper yelling, and some frustration i...

How COVID-19 May Affect Our Wild Turkeys This week, Cameron and I have Drs. Bret Collier and Mike Chamberlain on the show to talk about the possible impact of COVID-19 on our wild turkey population across the country. Hunter numbers and wild turkey harvest numbers are increasing dramatically as millions of Americans are sheltering at home. Will this increase in hunting pressure and harvest of wild...

This week Scott McDonald joins us to talk about and share his first successful hunt in Mississippi of 2020. We will discuss the story of the hunt and share in the LIVE audio from his day in the woods of Mississippi. We hope you enjoy sitting right there with Scott as he takes on an old monarch gobbler that he has dueled with in days past.  

A Georgia Turkey Hunt and COVID-19 Update This week, Cameron shares his Georgia turkey hunt with us as he marks off another state from his list of states needed to complete his super slam. This is a really good story of a good hunt, despite Cameron forgetting to turn his recorder on so we could hear the audio of his hunt. Also, Cameron and I share some news regarding COVID-19 and traveling for tur...

A Mississippi Opening Weekend Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I share his opening weekend hunt in Mississippi from this season.  Cameron went to Mississippi to hunt with his friend Andrew LoCicero, and they had a heckuva hunt. Cameron was able to capture some amazing audio from this hunt that I think all of us turkey hunters will really enjoy. Listen in closely. I think you'll like this one, an...

A Successful Mississippi Youth Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I have Scott McDonald on the show with us to share with us the audio and story of a successful Mississippi youth turkey hunt. Scott, one of his friends, and his friend's children went out in pursuit of a first turkey for the young hunters on the opening day of Mississippi's youth turkey season. After setting up the blind, practicing...

Cameron's Second Osceola Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I bring you some amazing audio from Cameron's second Osceola turkey hunt on opening day of turkey season in Florida. We have John Kellum on the phone with us as well so John and Cameron can share their story and experience of their first Osceola hunting trip with us. John was running the turkey callers and Cameron was manning the shotgun...

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An Osceola Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I have the audio from the first turkey hunt of the year for you guys. Cameron is in Florida hunting Osceola turkeys with his friend John, and the two of them have one awesome hunt right off of the roost. This hunt takes place on public land, and after quite a bit of scouting and map studying the two of them find some turkeys on their first day of scout...

Turkey Calling Lessons from a Legend with Preston Pittman This week Cameron and I have Preston Pittman with Pittman Game Calls on the show to talk all about diaphragm callers.  We discuss the different cuts and which ones are better for certain types of turkey calls. We also get some lessons to go with our education about diaphragm callers from someone who has been making callers for decades. List...

2020 NWTF Convention and Sport Show Recap This week, Cameron and I have lots of clips from interviews and seminars from the 2020 NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville.  We have interviews and seminars from a bunch of turkey hunting pros, like Will Primos, Jimmy Primos, Eddie Salter, Harold Knight, Jeff Budz, and representatives from outdoors companies, like OnX, LaCrosse, GoWild, Federal Pre...

Grand National Calling Champions Panel from 2019 NWTF Convention This week, I have a little Throwback Thursday for you guys. No, this is not a repeat episode, but it is the final seminar recorded at the 2019 NWTF Convention and Sport Show. This is a great seminar where 7 Grand National calling champions share their insights on callers, calling turkeys, and turkey call strategies. This week, you wi...

Turkey Hunting Book & Filming Turkeys With Ron & Tes Jolly In this week's episode we talk to soon-to-be NWTF Hall of Fame inductee Ron Jolly and his wife Tes about his new book release. We also discuss many topics about photographing and videoing wild turkeys. In this episode you will learn many tips and tactics on capturing your interaction with turkeys as well as getting the perfect picture of y...

Hunting Runners with Scott Ellis In this episode we discuss a situation that happens to many of us while turkey hunting. We all have experienced a bird that gobbles good on the roost, but when he hits the ground, he is always on the move. We call those birds by many names - runners, vagabonds, nomads, circuit riders, etc. These can be some of the most frustrating turkeys to fall in behind, but can...

Introducing the New Turkey Hunter Podcast Co-Host This week, the new Turkey Hunter Podcast co-host is introduced and interviewed. We get to know the new co-host a little better and talk about where he is headed this coming spring on his quest for the US Super Slam as well as a little about some of the turkey hunting books that he has read in the recent past. Oh yeah, and you get to hear the story...

The First Turkey Soup Episode of the New Year Listen in as I share turkey and turkey hunting news that you need to know this week.  In the news this week is Missouri, Iowa, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Wyoming, Minnesota, Tennessee, and probably one or two states that I can't remember right no...

2020 Unicoi Custom Turkey Call Makers Show Interviews This week is all about the 2020 Unicoi Custom Turkey Call Makers Show in Helen, GA. I walk you through my weekend at the show, and I run some of the turkey calls that I got while at Unicoi. I also have several interviews for you from some of the vendors at the show like Mark Prudhomme and Larry Proffitt, just to name a couple. Mark Sharpe and R...

2020 NWTF Convention and Sport Show Preview with Pete Muller This week I have Pete Muller with the NWTF on the show to speak about the upcoming NWTF Convention and Sport Show happening February 13 - February 15, 2020 in Nashville, TN.  Pete shares with us the huge change the NWTF has for this year's show regarding the dates of the show. He also lets us know about the details of the calling contest...

2020 Goals and Listener Survey This week I reflect back on my 2019 turkey hunting goals and share my 2020 goals with you. I also share my goals about the podcast with you as well. My favor this week is to ask for your help giving me feedback on the show by taking the listener survey. Listen in!