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

A Hardwod Hills Turkey Hunt This week Cameron shares one of his 2022 spring turkey hunts with us. This is a hunt that took place pretty early in the spring out of state in the hardwood hills.  Cameron was nearing the end of the time he allotted for himself to hunt that particular morning, and he struck a tom while running and gunning. With a little strategy he was able to seal the deal and put som...

Talking Turkeys and Life with The Critter Gitter This week, Cameron and Andy have Braedan Henagar, aka The Critter Gitter, on the show to talk about turkeys and turkey hunting. Braedan is a 16 year old young man who lives in Ohio and is absolutely gung ho on all types of hunting. Braedan's favorite animal to hunt is, of course, wild turkeys. He has lots of other hobbies like riding 4 wheelers and...

Tube Calls and Trumpets from 2022 NWTF Convention This week, Cameron and Andy play the recording from the Tube Calls and Trumpets seminar at the 2022 NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville that took place in February. Our friends, Harold Knight and Mark Prudhomme, led this seminar that was primarily about tube calls and trumpet calls, of course. But, there are so many amazing tips about calli...

2022 Mid Season Check In This week, Cameron and Andy share some stories about their 2022 turkey seasons and some laughs as well. So far, the 2022 turkey seasons for Cameron and Andy have been drastically different. While Cameron has enjoyed a good bit of success on some out of state trips as well as his in-state hunts, Andy has been struggling at home and experiencing some success out of state.  L...

Trapping Seminar with Alan Probst from 2022 NWTF Convention This week, Cameron and Andy have the trapping seminar from the 2022 NWTF Convention for you guys.  Not only is there some great tips on trapping, but there are some great statistics too. Listen in and improve your trapping success.  

Raising Money for Wild Turkey Research This week, Daniel Haas with Mossy Oak joins Cameron and Andy to discuss Mossy Oak's new Wild Turkey Research Stamp. Proceeds from this good looking stamp will go towards funding wild turkey research projects across the US with Dr. Mike Chamberlain and Dr. Marcus Lashley helping to pick the projects to be funded. Listen in to this week's show and learn more ab...

387 - Turkey Season Turkey Soup and More Check out this week's episode as Andy and Cameron finally get together on the phone mid turkey season. In this episode we discuss many different topics from all over the USA in regard to turkeys and turkey hunting. We also share some listener audio that was submitted to us this past week. We even revisit a prior turkey soup story by checking on the Bearded...

Scott McDonald Marks Off a New State This week, our friend and fellow turkey hunting addict, Scott McDonald, joins Cameron and Andy to share a hunt he had last season in a state he needed to continue his quest to finish the US Super Slam. This is a very cool hunt with a very vocal and hard gobbling wild turkey. After the hunt, Scott learned he was not the only person who showed up at this piece of...

Trumpets and Turkey Talk with Mark Prudhomme This week, Cameron has Daddy Duty, so we have a very special co-host on the show, Ms. Josie Weddington. Cameron, Andy, and Josie are joined on the show by World Champion and Grand National Champion caller Mark Prudhomme. Mark is not only a champion turkey caller, but he is also a champion duck, goose, predator, and owl caller (as well as some other crit...

Hanging at the Hunting Camp with Chubbs Part 2 This week, Cameron and Andy have the second part of the interview with Kenny Mount with a killer bonus turkey hunting story for you. Listen in!

Hanging with Chubbs at the Hunting Camp This week, Kenny Mount, aka Chubbs, joins Cameron and Andy on the show for what is another great interview.  Listen in as the guys talk about all things turkey - exercising before season, the changing landscape of turkey season openings, late season turkey habits, southeastern states changing seasons to adjust for neighboring states who have done the same, a...

Playing the Game with Andy Cantrell This week, Andy Cantrell joins Cameron and Andy to talk about turkey hunting and his 2 books, Paying Your Dues and Playing the Game. Andy Cantrell is an author from Mississippi who comes from a turkey hunting family in the eastern part of the state. His father is a retired game warden and has taken Andy turkey hunting since he was a small boy. Andy learned a lot...

The History of the Truth with Will Primos This week, Will Primos joins Cameron and Andy on the show to talk about the history of The Truth video series. Primos The Truth turkey hunting videos were the old school YouTube videos of today where hunters could get a little education on turkey hunting while watching old gobblers getting smacked. Those old school videos feature a lot of personalities tha...

A Flash Hunt on Steroids This week, Andy shares a hunt with us from this past turkey season that went from low to high in a matter of a few minutes.  This hunt resulted in 3 shots fired, 2 turkeys tagged, and a wild turkey show full of testosterone and insanity afterwards. Listen in to this hunt where if you listen close enough you can hear the angels sing from the church at the hilltop overlookin...

A Quick Chat with Denny Gulvas This week, World Champion Turkey Caller, Denny Gulvas joins Cameron and Andy to talk turkey talk. Not only is Denny an award winning turkey caller, but he is a student of wild turkeys and their conversations. Denny does not believe wild turkeys call just to call to locate each other or alert each other to danger. He believes there is much more to the calling of wild...

An Unbelievable Bow Hunt This week, Cameron shares a turkey hunt where he "guided" a friend on a bowhunt.  If you like hard gobbling Eastern wild turkeys, then this is a hunt you will love to listen to. This bird gobbles well on the roost and all the way into Cameron and Mr. Hewitt's setup. This hunt will get you fired up for turkey season, if you are not already there. Listen in!

How Turkey Hunters Hunt with Alaina Gerrits and Bret Collier This week, biologists Alaina Gerrits in Wisconsin and Bret Collier in Louisiana join Cameron and Andy to discuss a study that shows us how turkey hunters hunt. This study took place over 5 years where turkey hunters were asked to carry a GPS tracking device with them while they hunted turkeys. There is some fascinating information garner...

Recap of the 2022 Unicoi Custom Turkey Callmakers Show This week, Andy shares with Cameron the stories from this year's Unicoi Custom Turkey Callmakers Show in Georgia.  Andy made away with some amazing sounding turkey calls by Dan Harris, Lamar Williams, and Mark McPhail. He also got some great audio from the call collector's seminar held on Friday night and some awesome interviews with Will Dutt...

2022 NWTF Convention and Sport Show Preview with Pete Muller Pete Muller with the NWTF joins Cameron and Andy this week to discuss the upcoming NWTF Convention and Sport Show held in February at the Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN. The biggest turkey hunting sport show is back live and in person this year at the Opryland, and it is sure to be a great time.  There are a couple of changes in store...

A Turkey Hunter, Three Toms, and the Kitchen Sink  Join Andy and Cameron as Cameron shares an exciting hunt from this past turkey season.  Cameron sees these turkeys in a field on some private ground, and he worked pretty hard to get these toms away from a hen. Despite the weather not cooperating and the fact that these birds were hanging out on private ground, Cameron stuck it out and put a tag o...

Some Christmas Turkey Soup This week, Cameron and Andy share some turkey soup with stories covering South Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida, Maryland, and several other states. The good news is that the stories covered are not all bad news. Listen in to catch up on the goings on in the world of the wild turkey and turkey hunting and hopefully have a laugh or two.

A Turkey Hunt That Almost Didn't Make the Show This week, Andy shares the turkey hunt that almost didn't make the show with us. This successful hunt was almost not a successful hunt, but luckily for Andy all of the stars aligned. Listen in as Andy shares this cool hunt with a very up close gobble with us.

Disturbances for Wild Turkeys with Marcus Lashley   This week, ecologist, turkey hunter, and all around great guy, Marcus Lashley joins Cameron and Andy to talk about creating disturbances for wild turkeys.  Land clearing, creating fields, establishing warm season grass habitat, and fires are just a few of the topics discussed in this week's episode.  This is an episode you won't want to miss. If...

The Story of a Tricky Old Gobbler This week Cameron takes us along on a live hunt where he tricked a trickster of a turkey this past season. This episode is full of gobbling and action and is sure to get you fired up for the upcoming Spring turkey season. This live audio and hunt may have some useful information and add a trick to your bag for spring 2022. Enjoy!

The 2022 Unicoi Custom Call Makers Show Preview This week Mark Sharpe joins Cameron and Andy on the show to discuss the upcoming 2022 Unicoi Custom Turkey Call Makers Show in Helen, GA to be held in January 2022.  The Unicoi Custom Turkey Call Makers Show is one of the biggest and best turkey call makers shows in the entire country each year. The 2022 show is sure to be no different, and it is a s...