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

Join me as I interview Tim Knight and Corey New about bowhunting turkeys without a blind. A wild turkey’s eyesight is undoubtedly the best of any big game species in North America. They have an uncanny ability to pick out any type of movement or something that is just not right in the woods. Because of their incredible eyesight, bowhunting turkeys without a blind may seem like it is an impossible...

Turkey Hunting Shotgun Modifications Revisited with Laurence Pylinski In this episode I revisit the topic of turkey hunting shotgun modifications with Laurence Pylinski with Pylinski Arms. Laurence has been a gunsmith for 30 years, and he is very knowledgeable on modifications that can be made to shotguns by turkey hunters that may improve our pattern or accuracy. Laurence and I discuss porting ba...

Turkey Hunting Solo Turkey hunting solo can be a rather intimidating thought for newer turkey hunters who are afraid to fail in the turkey woods. Many new hunters will not take to the woods by themselves for fear of frustration of not knowing the sport. Today, I tackle the subject of turkey hunting solo, and I offer a few helpful hints to newer turkey hunters to hopefully provide a little self con...

Cooking Wild Turkey with Scott Leysath This week I'm talking about cooking wild turkey with Scott Leysath, The Sporting Chef. We discuss how to remove that tough silver sinew that surrounds each wild turkey breast. We talk about brining to enhance the flavor of any bird we want to cook, and how we can season our brine to add even more flavor to our turkeys. Scott shares some recipes for preparing...

Getting Permission to Turkey Hunt Private Land For those of us who only hunt public land, getting permission to turkey hunt private land can turn our success level around so that we are consistently filling tags each season because private land turkeys are often less pressured than public land wild turkeys are. The problem with getting access to hunt private land is getting access to hunt private...

Traveling with Your Own Firearm to Turkey Hunt Traveling and turkey hunting are both very exciting activities by themselves. However, when we combine those two activities into one, there are not many things we do that can rival the fun we can have while enjoying both at the same time. Traveling with your own firearm to turkey hunt can make our travels a little bit more stressful than say a normal...

What Makes a Shotgun a Turkey Hunting Shotgun This week, I'm discussing what makes a shotgun a "turkey hunting shotgun." Any shotgun can kill a turkey when shooting the right shells, at the right point of aim, at a turkey at the proper distance. However, there are certain things that we need to know about guns in order for us to have any sort of success in the turkey woods. To make any shotgun int...

Interviewing a Turkey Hunting Outfitter This week I interview a turkey hunting outfitter to question him about his services and accommodations. This past spring, my turkey hunting buddies and I chose to hunt in Idaho and Washington for our 2018 out of state spring turkey hunt. We also decided that hunting with an outfitter is how we need to tackle the states that are so far from home due to time c...

Habitat Management for Wild Turkeys with Grant Woods This week I discuss habitat management for wild turkeys with Grant Woods with www. GrowingDeer. TV . Grant is a wildlife biologist who specializes in habitat management planning for landowners around the US. He also hosts a weekly show on his website where he shares some of the management techniques that he uses on his own property, called The P...

Turkey Hunting Small Parcels   In this week's episode, I discuss a few of the things that I learned turkey hunting small parcels of land this past turkey season. I own almost 24 acres of land in central Alabama, and I spent several days turkey hunting that parcel this past season in search of a tom.  I made several mistakes while hunting this small parcel, and I share those experiences so we can a...

Protecting Your Public Land Access This week, I'm interviewing Andrew Maxwell regarding Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is a non profit organization which seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters. Listen in and see if BHA may be an organization...

Turkey Men with Thomas Pero In this week's episode, I interview Thomas Pero with Wild River Press about his new book, Turkey Men . Turkey Men is a book about the men who have accomplished the goal of killing a turkey in all 49 states that have wild turkeys in them. We learn about Thomas' motivation for writing the book as well as how long it took him to track down the hunters that he interviewed f...

Handling the Disappointment of Turkey Hunting We turkey hunters often spend a great deal of time, effort, and money in preparing for turkey season and for turkey hunting trips out of state or out of the country.  We spend money on gasoline, groceries, licenses and tags, calls, clothing, guns, shotgun shells, hunting club dues, planting and maintaining food plots, just to name a few expenses. In do...

Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) and Wild Turkeys with Nick Charney This week I interview Nick Charney with Apex Ammunition to discuss Tungsten Super Shot and its performance for hunting turkeys. I ask Nick what the benefits of Tungsten Super Shot are over basic lead shot and even the other shot options which are more dense than lead when turkey hunting. I ask if we can use a smaller shot size in TSS tha...

2017 Turkey Hunting Season Recap and Lessons Learned Cameron joins me this week to recap our 2017 turkey hunting seasons and to talk about the lessons we learned and re-learned this season. We talk about the differences between turkey hunting in Alabama and in other states. We also share the stories of our most exciting hunts from the season. We discuss our recent turkey hunting trip to North Caro...

Late Season Turkey Hunting Tips Late season turkey hunting can be difficult at times as toms often find themselves being without female company for long periods of times for the first time in months. Many times we can go days on end without hearing a turkey gobble, and then the next day the turkeys are gobbling to beat the band. There are some things that we can do to help increase our chances of...

This week I answer several questions from listeners to the show. From "Help me kill this turkey" to "What does a cluck and purr really mean in turkey talk?" I cover a lot of topics and try to help some of you guys to kill another turkey or two this season.

Etiquette and Safety for Turkey Hunting Public Land This week, I speak with Corporal Dave Painter with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about etiquette and safety for turkey hunting public land. Corporal Painter has been a conservation officer with the state of Michigan for over 20 years, and he has hands on experience in dealing with lots of hunters on lots of public land and dealing...

The Struggles of a Turkey Hunter This week, I interview a listener, Joe Kosalko, who emailed me to ask for some help in figuring out what is going on with the turkeys where he hunts in New Mexico. Joe struggles with turkeys that will gobble a few times on the roost, fly down and not say a word for the rest of the day.  We discuss what the possible problems could be and what he can do to overcome t...

Understanding the Body Language of Wild Turkeys with Phillip Vanderpool Phillip Vanderpool with The Virtue TV joins me this week to help with understanding the body language of wild turkeys. Learn the signs of what to look for in a nervous turkey, and how to calm that nervous bird back down. Learn the signs of what to look for in a bird that is content and is coming to your setup. Learn what the c...

Scouting Advice from Turkey Hunting Pros This week Cameron and I have some scouting advice from turkey hunting pros for your listening pleasure.  In fact, Cameron brings the majority of this week's show to you as I vacation at the beach before turkey season starts. Cameron interviews Preston Pittman, Chris Parrish, Jimmy Primos, Harold Knight, Eddie Salter, and Tony Reynolds. He asks them 3 questi...

Dissecting A Box Call with Bob Fulcher This week, we are dissecting a box call with Bob Fulcher with Shadetree Callers. Tune in to learn how the thickness of the walls and bottom of a call affect the sound of the call. We also talk about tuning box calls with a pocket knife, and the difference between a one piece box call and a laminate call. We talk about how the density of the wood affects the s...

Early Season Turkey Hunting Strategies with Ernie Calandrelli Ernie Calandrelli joins me this week to discuss early season turkey hunting strategies.  Early season in the turkey woods can be a tale of two seasons. The big dominant Toms are busy tending to their harem of hens; and, in doing so, more often than not are unwilling to respond and come into our calling.  The subordinate, or satellite To...

In this episode of The Turkey Hunter, I conduct the 1 question interviews with turkey hunting pros at the NWTF Convention and Sports Show in Nashville.  Hear the 1 thing that increased the turkey hunting success rates around for guys like Preston Pittman, Eddie Salter, Ernie Calandrelli, Ray Eye, Harold Knight, Chris Parrish, Trent Masterson, Matt Morrett, and Jimmy Primos. I guarantee you will le...

2017 NWTF Convention Recap In this week's episode, I recap the 2017 NWTF Convention and Sports Show that took place in Nashville, TN. With what is sure to be a record breaking crowd in attendance over the weekend, thousands of people enjoyed seminars, calling contests, and an exhibition hall full of vendor booths selling anything from shotguns to turkey calls to facemasks to cover a turkey hunter'...