The Turkey Hunter Podcast With Andy Gagliano | Turkey Hunting Tips, Strategies, And Stories

Dealing with Outside Factors When Turkey Hunting In this week's episode of The Turkey Hunter, I talk about some factors that we have no control over when we are turkey hunting - those outside factors. I talk about how I've dealt with a few in the past, and a few observations I've made over my years of turkey hunting that may help you sometime in the near future. Listen in!

167P - The Delayed Double - An Unbelievable Story You asked for more stories, and you get more stories.   Today, I'm joined by my good friend, Todd, as we share the story of our very first double.  Well, it actually was a delayed double that wasn't really the same hunt.  But, the story of that morning is so unbelievable you've got to listen in.

2017 Recap and 2018 Planning Session In this week's episode, we have a 2017 recap and 2018 planning session.  We talk about where we have been and what we accomplished in 2017, but more importantly we plan to accomplish in 2018 both in the turkey woods and on The Turkey Hunter podcast. I also share how you can help me help you be a better turkey hunter.  Participate in the 2017 End of Year survey to help me learn a little more about you so I can give you better shows in 2018.  Also, I ask you to email your show topic suggestions to me. Listen in!

Wild Turkeys, Conservation, and Politics with Becky Humphries This week, I am joined by Becky Humphries, the CEO of the NWTF, to discuss wild turkeys, conservation, and politics. In this episode, Becky discusses some pieces of legislation that are currently in the Senate and House of Representatives that will affect conservation efforts on our public lands and our access to those public lands for hunting and fishing. We also discuss some actions that we hunters and conservationists can take to help protect our interests and our rights to use our public lands. Becky also shares an amazing turkey hunting story with us and 1 or 2 things that made that hunt a successful one. Listen in!  

The Final NWTF Board of Directors Nominees Interviews This week I have interviews with the final 2 nominees for the NWTF Board of Directors. Bill Lafayette from California is on first to tell us a little about himself, why he is running for the NWTF Board of Directors, and why we should cast one of our 3 votes for him. Scott Hill from New Jersey is up right after him to do the exact same thing. Listen in to learn more about these nominees.

More Interviews with NWTF Board of Directors Nominees This week I have more interviews with the NWTF Board of Directors Nominees for you as I speak with Mike McKernan from South Dakota and Phil Savage from Alabama. Listen in to learn more about each nominee and to hear the story of their most recent successful turkey hunts.

Talking Turkey with Jeff Budz This week, I have an interview with Jeff Budz with Tag It Worldwide on the show to talk about his spring 2017 turkey season. Listen in!

Interviews with NWTF Board of Directors Nominees This week, I interview Greg Sitrick from Arizona and Ronnie Reagin from Georgia about their bid for a seat on the Board of Directors of the NWTF. Listen in as we learn a little more about each of them, why they want to be on the Board, and why we should cast one of our 3 votes for them.

Becky Humphries on the NWTF Board of Directors Election This week I discuss the current NWTF Board of Directors election with NWTF CEO Becky Humphries.  We discuss what the Board does, why it is so important, how many members are on the board at any time, and how the current nominees were nominated to run for the Board of Directors. Listen in to learn more about the NWTF Board of Directors and how we, the NWTF members, can shape the organization for the future.

A Conversation with a New Turkey Hunter This week I have a new turkey hunter on the show who has several questions for me.   Justin Beene is new to hunting and turkey hunting as well, and he has lots of really good questions for me. We talk about everything from cows to fences to bourbon when he turns the rapid fire Q&A session around and asks questions of me. Listen in!

How We Miss Turkeys This week I share 6 reasons how we miss turkeys when turkey hunting. It seems so easy. All we have to do is get our shot within a foot of the turkeys head at 40 yards, and one pellet from our shell is surely to hit the mark and down our bird for us.  But it doesn't happen sometimes, and we watch in disgust as the turkey we worked so hard to get within gun range of us flies off into another county. There are some common causes to our missing a shot at a wild turkey, and that is exactly what I'm talking about on today's show. Listen in!

This week I share the story of some of the hunts that resulted in my largest wild turkeys harvested. I also share my takeaways from those hunts as well, in hopes that those takeaways will help some of the listeners become better turkey hunters. Listen in as I share the story of the turkey that was almost a mounter, Chief Osceola, my first turkey, and the one spurred birthday bird.

Talking Turkey with Chris Parrish This week I have Chris Parrish on the show with me to relive a little of his 2017 spring turkey season.  Chris experienced a little of a mid season lull at home in Missouri this spring, even though he had productive mid season trips out of state.  He ended up closing out his Missouri season with a successful hunt on an old bird by paying attention to the patterns of that particular turkey.  Listen in to hear the story of this hunt and to hear how the rest of his season went.

More Turkey Calling Mistakes This week I cover more turkey calling mistakes that we turkey hunters make in the woods when we are hunting turkeys.   Some of the mistakes covered in this week's episode are a little more obscure than the ones we covered in the first turkey calling mistakes episode, but that doesn't mean that these mistakes are not equally as important to correct as the mistakes that I covered in the first episode. Listen in as I discuss 4 more turkey calling mistakes and what we can do to correct them.

More Turkey Calling Mistakes This week I cover more turkey calling mistakes that we turkey hunters make in the woods when we are hunting turkeys.   Some of the mistakes covered in this week's episode are a little more obscure than the ones we covered in the first turkey calling mistakes episode, but that doesn't mean that these mistakes are not equally as important to correct as the mistakes that I covered in the first episode. Listen in as I discuss 4 more turkey calling mistakes and what we can do to correct them.

Packing for an Out of State Turkey Hunt with Brenda Valentine Brenda Valentine, The First Lady of Hunting and spokesperson for the NWTF, is a well traveled hunter - not just for turkeys but for all types of game all over the world. In this episode Brenda shares with us how she handles packing for an out of state turkey hunt. We cover packing our dufflebag, gun case, and even how we can get our wild turkey meat back home with us if we are successful on our hunt. After having traveled to half way around the world for African safaris, hunting in 24 states in the US, and hunting in Mexico, I still learned something from Brenda in this interview. Listen in!

We are on vacation this week with a replay of a great interview with Corporal Dave Painter with the Michigan DNR where we are talking about public land hunting etiquette. This is an interview that I think we can all learn a few lessons from. Listen in!

Turkey Calling Mistakes This week I discuss some of the most common turkey calling mistakes we make when turkey hunting, and I share a few turkey hunting stories along the way as well.  Listen in!

How a Wild Turkey Hen Chooses a Mate with Dr. Richard Buchholz This week I have Dr. Richard Buchholz on the show to talk about how a wild turkey hen chooses a mate. Dr. Buchholz has dedicated his career to studying mating behavior in the wild turkey, and we talk about some of the factors that have been tested in Dr. Buchholz studies and experiments. We also discuss some of his findings as well. We talk about snood length, caruncles, beards, spurs, coloration, skull cap width, and many other factors that may have to do with why a hen chooses a male turkey to breed with.  We discuss that the hen uses those aspects of a gobbler's appearance to determine his healthiness and his ability to pass on good genetics to the hen's offspring. Listen in and learn a little more about these amazing birds and their mating behaviors with Dr. Buchholz.

This week, I have a bit of a hodge podge of a show for you - kind of a turkey soup, if you will. We are discussing scouting for fall wild turkeys, using trail cameras, additional tag buying opportunities in Wisconsin, fall turkey hunting forecasts in Missouri, and money to be invested in Texas by the NWTF Texas state chapter.