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Thursday May 26, 2016
Thursday May 26, 2016
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.
Thursday May 19, 2016
Thursday May 19, 2016
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 over 20,000 hours of audio to determine number of wild turkey gobbles heard at 14 different listening stations on two different pieces of property in Southwest Georgia - one hunted parcel and one non hunted parcel. The goal of this part of a larger overall study was to determine what effects different weather variables played on the amount of gobbling by male wild turkeys and whether the timing of the hunting seasons have a negative effect on the breeding cycle of wild turkeys.
The findings from the study are quite interesting, and further prove the unpredictability of wild turkeys and why they are such an amazing game animal to pursue.
Listen in and enjoy learning more about some factors affecting gobbling in wild turkeys.
Thursday May 12, 2016
Thursday May 12, 2016
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.
Thursday May 05, 2016
Thursday May 05, 2016
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.
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
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.
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
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.
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
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.
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
Thursday Apr 07, 2016
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 the turkey loads from years past where the tighter a turkey choke is, the better.
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
Thursday Mar 31, 2016
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 to help support his passion and his home state. Brandon has started a Go Fund Me account to raise money for relocation of wild turkeys into east Texas.
Brandon has gotten the Texas Parks and Wildlife Division to match the contributions 3 to 1, so a $5 donation will result in a total of $20 being donated for the restoration of wild turkeys into east Texas.
Listen in as Brandon tells his story of how he wants to complete a lifelong goal and help restore wild turkeys in east Texas.
Friday Mar 25, 2016
Friday Mar 25, 2016
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 seasons, we have to hunt no matter what the weather is.
Wild turkeys will move to different terrain when different weather conditions occur. On days when the weather is bad, we can greatly increase our chances of success by knowing where the turkeys are. Once we know where the turkeys are, all we have to do is figure out how to hunt them.
Of course, we can't guarantee every single turkey will react the same way to certain weather conditions, but we can make predictions off of our past observations.
In this episode, Preston Pittman shares his knowledge of where we can find turkeys during periods of high wind, hot temperatures, snow, or rain. Using this information during turkey season can help us to have more success when bad weather interferes with our turkey hunting.