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

Happy Birthday Merica Turkey Soup This week, I bring us all up to date on turkey and turkey hunting news, and I chat with Steve Stoltz about his 2019 spring turkey hunting season. Mississippi, Alabama, Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are some of the states in this week's turkey soup. Listen in!

Phillip Vanderpool Q&A Seminar from 2019 NWTF Convention This week I have the Phillip Vanderpool seminar from the 2019 NWTF Convention in Nashville, TN. Phillip filled in on very short notice for Ray Eye during the convention due to Ray's leaving the show to tend to an emergency at home. Due to the short notice that Phillip had to fill in, he did not have his usual video presentation so he hosted...

Early Summer Turkey Soup This week I try to catch us all up on some turkey hunting news - after what, in retrospect, sounds like a little bit of a rant. In this week's news is Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Rhode Island, Ohio, Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Nebraska, and Wisconsin turkey hunting harvest results and announcements of brood surveys being conducted. I also make mention of tru...

Apple Orchard Turkey This week I tell the story, and share the audio of, my first New York state turkey.  This was a rather odd hunt - at least the first 1/2 of the hunt anyway - but it turned out to be an exceptional hunt when all of the dust settled. In our first setup we were skirted by 3 toms and several hens who did not come into view for me, but were standing about 5 feet from my buddy Chip....

The Cow Manure Turkey with Preston Pittman This week, Preston Pittman joins me to share the unbelievable story of a turkey hunt that took place in a 60 acre cow pasture.  This story will make you stop and ask yourself if you could do what it takes to kill a wild turkey the way that Preston did this one.  Preston and I also discuss TSS, whether he thinks turkey hunting will cycle and we will lose s...

A Turkey Hunting Trip for the Ages with Hunt Audio This week I highlight my recent annual out of state turkey hunt with my buddies from college where we wreaked havoc on the wild turkeys in New England. I also play audio from one of the hunts that we had on that trip. On this trip, we visited New York, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. We had an amazing experience traveling and hunting the beauti...

Turkey Hunting Trip Planning Time This week, I have a replay for you where I talk about planning a budget out of state turkey hunting trip. Now is the time to start planning your trips - at least the bare minimums of what state(s) and dates. From there it is a matter of really nailing down the details of where you are going within those states, where you will stay while hunting, and what you may d...

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 mo...

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 f...

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 a...

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 duri...

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.  Listen in!

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. Listen in!

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 happ...

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...

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 o...

All About Turkey Chokes with Mike Ponder with Indian Creek Shooting Systems This week, I have Mike Ponder, one of the founders of Indian Creek Shooting Systems, on the show to chat about shotgun chokes for turkey hunting. We talk about shotgun chokes in their simplest form, the advantages of an extended choke and a ported choke. We also discuss how chokes help to separate the wad from the shot whe...

226 - 2019 NWTF Convention One Question Interviews with the Pros What would your approach be for hunting a henned up Tom if you could not make the boss hen angry enough to want to fight you and bring that Tom with her and right to your gun barrel? That is our 1 question that we asked many pros while we were at the NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville this month. We got some great answers, a...

2019 NWTF Convention and Sport Show Recap This week I recap my entire weekend at the NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, TN.  I have highlights of seminars that I recorded as well as interviews with some of the exhibitors who were at the show with their new turkey hunting products. Jimmy Primos, Cuz Strickland, Matt Morrett, Eddie Salter, Brenda Valentine, Scott Ellis, Michael Waddell, T-...

A Trumpet Caller Playing Lesson with Mark Sharpe So, I'm still trying to be more consistent with my playing of the trumpet caller, and I knew that I needed some help and some pointers about how to improve my calling with it. So, I knew I would be in pretty good hands if I could trick Mark Sharpe into giving me a lesson on running a trumpet caller.  Mark agreed to help me, and we thought that he co...

Setting Up on a Wild Turkey with Will Primos This week, I have Will Primos on the show to talk about the very important topic of properly setting up on a wild turkey hunt. We discuss distance, approach, picking a spot to sit, standing, setting up on a field's edge, decoys, setting up in unfamiliar woods, and many more topics. Listen in to one of the nicest guys in the hunting industry and see if h...

222 - Dear Turkey Killer - A Rough Draft So, I recently started putting together a list of actions and items that I need to do before, during, and after turkey season - a turkey hunting to do list. This season, I don't want my usual screw ups to mess up a hunt or two the early part of season like normally happens. So, I put together a list of items and actions that I need to take in order to corre...

Another Turpin Interview from Unicoi Turkey Call Makers Show This week I am playing the interview from the 2019 Unicoi Turkey Call Makers Show in Helen, GA with Doug Morgan and Richard Hudson. Doug and Richard are two custom call makers who make the Turpin style box calls. I ask Doug and Richard what makes their calls different, how they got started making these calls, and if they make any other s...

2019 Unicoi Turkey Call Makers Show Recap and Interviews This week I recap the 2019 Unicoi Turkey Call Makers Show at the Unicoi State Park near Helen, Georgia. The show lasted 2 days and featured some of the premiere custom turkey call makers in the country. Most of the turkey calls on display and for purchase were not only works of art, but pure turkey as well. In this episode, I speak a little...