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

In this episode, Mike Schiavone with the New York DEC discusses the science behind setting turkey hunting seasons and bag limits. With turkey populations on the decline in many parts of the country, our state wildlife biologists and game and fish department officials have a difficult task of setting the length of our turkey hunting seasons and setting our bag limits as well.  The difficulty comes...

In this week's episode, I speak with Jenna Barron to hear and answer the story of and questions from a newbie turkey hunter. Jenna has never hunted before, and she has a burning desire to get into the woods to turkey hunt this fall.  I asked Jenna to come on to the show to share her story as to why she wants to start hunting at this point in her life, and to see if I can help to get her a little h...

After doing a good bit of research and talking to the boys, we have made some decisions about our 2017 spring turkey hunt.  Listen in to this week's episode to learn how we weeded out at least 1 (and possibly 2) state from our very aggressive plan of attacking 4 states in the spring of 2017.  I also discuss the results of the conversations that I had with a couple of the game biologists in 2 of th...

In this week's episode, I let you in on the beginning stages of my planning the 2017 spring turkey hunting trip out of state. This year, my buddies and I plan on hunting in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. 4 of us killing a bird in each state will take a great deal of luck and skill as well as a great deal of careful planning before we ever leave home. Over the next couple of episodes, I'm...

In today's episode, I list 6 tasks to do today to kill more turkeys this season.  

This week I have a couple of new and exciting products that I want to introduce to you in the World Deer and Turkey Expo interviews that I conducted this past weekend.  In this episode, you will hear of a great new product that I think all of us turkey hunters will want to check out. Phil Bullock with Bunkerhead joins me to discuss the Bunkerhead facemask system. The Bunkerhead system effectively...

It is time for a one week summer vacation, so this week's show is a "Best Of" replay of one of my favorite episodes. I have the replay of my interview of Fall Turkey Hunting with Dogs with JT Byrne.  I really learned a lot during this interview with JT, and that is why it is one of my favorite interviews. JT's passion for fall turkey hunting with dogs really comes out in this interview as well. Li...

In today's episode, I am discussing wild turkey diseases with Heather Fenton with the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study in Athens, GA. Dr. Fenton discusses Avian Pox, Blackhead Disease, Lympho Proliferative Disease, Salmonella, and other diseases that affect wild turkeys.  We also discuss the symptoms of the diseases, the causes of the diseases, and the mortality rates of turkeys tha...

Why not add some wild turkey breast to your 4th of July BBQ menu? Here are some tips for cooking wild turkey on the grill or smoker that will help your turkey breast to come our moist and delicious. Grilling or smoking wild turkey breast often produces a dry, tough, and chewy meal, but it doesn't have to. By following a few of the tips in this week's show, your grilled or smoked wild turkey breast...

Jeremy McCarty joins me this week to talk about reaping wild turkeys. Reaping and fanning wild turkeys have become very popular over the past several years, and Jeremy shares his thoughts about the strategy as well as some safety tips for those hunters who wish to try reaping a wild turkey.

We are chasing the Grand Slam of wild turkeys with Jeff Budz in this week's episode of The Turkey Hunter.  If you are looking to start your first Grand Slam or complete a single season slam, then you can probably pick up a few tips from the man who has 92 of them under his belt.  We are talking hunting Osceola's, Rio Grande's, Merriam's, and Eastern's on public land. We also discuss traveling with...

In this episode, we are talking about summer and fall plantings for wild turkeys with Scott Bronkema, with Boneyard Seed, LLC. Ensuring that the wild turkeys on your property have enough food to eat year round, will go a long way to helping to make sure that you have turkeys to hunt during the fall and spring seasons. Chicory, chufa, peas, clovers, and grains are all great foods for turkeys and wi...

In this episode, I'm sharing Episode 02 of my new podcast called Spurred.  Spurred is a narrative hunting podcast where I actually take you along on my turkey hunts from the spring 2016 turkey season. These hunts take place over 5 different states and approximately 50 days.  I have audio of 9 different gobblers being shot at, not to mention some hilarious stories and great fun along the way. To ge...

Join The Turkey Hunter podcast intern, Cameron, and I as we discuss our 2016 turkey season recap and takeaways. Cameron and I recap the 2016 spring turkey hunts in Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. We also discuss our takeaways from the season - what we learned, or relearned, from our hunts throughout the season.

In this episode I discuss some of the factors affecting gobbling in wild turkeys with wildlife biologist Derek Colbert. While getting his Master's Degree at the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry, Derek Colbert headed up a study to determine how weather, nesting, and hunting pressure affect gobbling in wild turkeys. During his study, Derek and other volunteers gathered and analyzed...

In this week's episode I interview my hunting buddy, Chip, about our unsuccessful outfitted turkey hunt.  We discuss a few things that we feel like we did wrong when booking the hunt.  Listen in to learn why we feel like an outfitter who provides lodging helps our success.

Turkey Hunting Q&A with the Turkey Hitman In this episode of The Turkey Hunter, I answer some of the questions that listeners to the show have asked over the turkey season. I answer questions about missing turkeys and calling them in later, hunting in West Virginia, roosting turkeys, hunting afternoon turkeys, and calling too much.

This week I discuss tag team turkey hunting, or turkey hunting in pairs. There are certain strategies that hunting with a partner allow you to execute that you can't execute hunting solo.

Chris Parrish joins us to share some turkey calling tips and tactics. With turkey season in for the majority of the country, turkey calling is something that we all need to learn more about and practice as much as we can. Chris tells us how he approaches early season gobblers and mid season gobblers. He also shares some tips to try when running and gunning.

In this episode, Cameron (The Turkey Hunter intern) and I list our 5 favorite turkey hunting tips from the list of 101 Turkey Hunting Tips that is available to any listener who wants the list by texting "101Tips" to 44222. The list of tips is a great reminder for us experienced turkey hunters and a great learning tool for those beginner turkey hunters as well.

Author J. Wayne Fears talks high tech turkey shotgun shells and turkey shotgun chokes in today's episode of The Turkey Hunter podcast. Wayne and I talk about what the numbers on a box of shotgun shells really tells us, what the constriction of a choke means to us, and different shotgun pellets. We also talk about how today's high tech turkey loads will require a more open constriction choke than t...

Brandon Jacob is a turkey hunter from Texas who is on a mission to help restore wild turkeys to eastern Texas. Brandon is tackling a 5 month long thru hike on the Appalachian Trail. This hike has been on his bucket list for a long period of time, and Brandon decided that now is the time to take on the challenge. Brandon wanted to do a little more than just hike the trail. He wants to do something...

Preston Pittman with Pittman Game Calls and Long Leaf Camo discusses how weather affects wild turkeys in this week's episode. Not many of us turkey hunters always have the luxury of hunting only on "blue bird" days - those days where it is sunny and 65 degrees with no wind.  For those of us who take turkey hunting trips out of state each year or who live in states that have very short week long se...

Today, we are dissecting a diaphragm turkey call with Mitchell Johnston from Dead End Game Calls. Mitchell shares with us what goes into a diaphragm, or mouth, call. Diaphragm turkey calls are a great method for calling turkeys while keeping your hands free. Diaphragm calls do have a couple of downfalls though. Diaphragm turkey calls can be difficult for the beginning user to master, and some user...

In this episode, Keith Beam, the co-founder of Double Bull Blinds and current owner of Drake's Adventures, shares some tips for turkey hunting from a ground blind. Keith shares some tips on how to choose the perfect ground blind for our turkey hunting needs. Choosing a blind that is too big for our needs can be an added unnecessary expense, but choosing a blind that is too small can be a hindrance...