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

Late Season Turkey Hunting Tactics with Mike Chamberlain This week, Mike Chamberlain joins Cameron and Andy to discuss late season turkey hunting tactics. Most of you know that Mike is a wild turkey biologist with the University of Georgia, and his students are spearheading quite a few studies on wild turkeys. In addition to his full time job of managing his students and grad students, Mike is a turkey hunter. Most of the podcasts and seminars Mike has been on are purely about the biology of the wild turkey, but this week Mike joins the show to discuss some tactics he uses to hunt wild turkeys during the late season. Mike's vast knowledge of the bird itself gives him a different take on hunting turkeys during the early, mid, and late parts of the season. Mike definitely does not disappoint during this interview where he drops a couple of tidbits of information that will make us all a little more successful during what can be a tough time of year to kill turkeys. Listen in!

A Hot Bowl of Turkey Soup This week, Cameron and Andy have a nice hot bowl of turkey soup for the listeners to help beat the summer heat. In this episode, we spend a great deal of time talking about wild turkey news in Pennsylvania. We also cover some turkey news from Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Dakota, Maine, and Rhode Island, as well. Listen in!

Hunting the Big Flock Cameron shares one of his hunts from this past spring with us this week. In this hunt, he and his brothers have setup on a big mixed flock of turkeys roosted in a creek bottom next to an ag field. This hunt is full of amazing turkey talk audio that any hunter can use to practice with. It also has a couple of gunshots and an odd ending to it. Listen in!  

Woodsmanship with Cameron and Andy This week, Cameron and Andy wrap up the series on woodsmanship. Cameron and Andy share their thoughts about what woodsmanship means to them. Several woodsmanship and hunting tips are shared throughout the show. Quite a few stories are shared as well just to give some examples of different techniques that have paid dividends in the past. Listen in as Cameron and Andy share a slightly different take on woodsmanship.

Woodsmanship with Ray Eye This week, Ray Eye joins Cameron and Andy on the show to talk about woodsmanship.  Ray is a former turkey calling champion, writer, video host and producer, radio show host and producer, and all around great guy. Ray is known for being an amazing story teller, and he does not disappoint on today's show. Listen in as Ray talks about what woodsmanship means to him and how he uses woodsmanship to kill more turkeys. Ray also talks about some fall turkey hunting and a little turkey hunting history as well.  This is a great episode that you will not want to miss.

Woodsmanship with Jeff Budz This week, the Grand Slam King, Jeff Budz, joins Cameron and Andy on the show for another discussion on the series of woodsmanship. Jeff has more Grand Slams registered with the NWTF than any other hunter in the country. so who better than to talk about woodsmanship than another great hunter who travels the country hunting turkeys and guiding hunters who want to kill a Grand Slam themselves. Jeff shares tips on how woodsmanship carries over into our everyday lives from the people we encounter while we are working or even they are working as they can provide valuable information about where to find turkeys. Listen in as Jeff shares lots of information that will help improve our woodsmanship skills as well as just make us better overall turkey hunters. 

Woodsmanship with Doc Weddle This week, Doc Weddle joins Cameron and Andy in the first episode in their Woodsmanship series of shows. Doc shares some things that come to mind for him when he thinks of woodsmanship, and he shares how he uses some of those woodsmanship tactics to help him kill more turkeys each year.  This should be a very interesting and educational series of episodes and our first guest does not disappoint.  Listen in!

A Piney Woods Turkey Hunt This week Andy shares the story of his second successful turkey hunt from the 2022 season. This hunt marked another state off of Andy's list and left him with needing 7 states to finish his super slam. This hunt took place on some public ground in some beautifully managed piney woods. Listen in as Andy calls in 2 good gobbling turkeys.

Hunting Henned Up Gobblers with Cameron and Andy This week, Cameron and Andy tackle the topic Hunting Henned Up Gobblers in the last episode of that series. Cameron and Andy both share some great tips that they have learned on their own in their travels around the country, and they share some tips that they have learned from listening to industry pros talk about the topic. Listen in!

Hunting Henned Up Gobblers with Brian Lovett This week, Cameron and Andy are joined by Brian Lovett for another week in the Henned Up Gobbler series of episodes. Brian is the author of several turkey hunting books and more turkey hunting magazine articles than we can count. Through the years, Brian has had the pleasure of turkey hunting with some of the biggest names in the hunting industry, and he has lots of tricks up his sleeve.  Listen in to this week's episode to learn some of those tricks and help yourself have a little more success early next spring when hunting henned up gobblers.

Hunting Henned Up Gobblers with Donald Devereaux Jarrett This week, author and guide, Donald Devereaux Jarrett, joins Cameron and Andy on the show to give his strategies for hunting henned up gobblers. This is part 2 of our Hunting Henned Up Gobblers series where we have different hunters on the show to discuss the exact same topic. Donald shares his strategies for hunting henned up Easterns and Merriams wild turkeys as well. There are some great takeaways from this interview that I think will help us all to have more success during early season hunts. Listen in!

Hunting Henned Up Gobblers with Andy Cantrell Andy and Cameron are joined by Andy Cantrell this week to talk about some strategies he uses to hunt henned up gobblers. This is the first episode in our new series of episodes where we will discuss the exact same topic with different guests from different parts of the country. This week Andy Cantrell, author and certified turkey killer, join Cameron and Andy on the show to discuss how to hunt henned up gobblers. Listen in to learn some new strategies for hunting henned up gobblers - both public and private. 

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 some meat in the freezer. Also, in this episode, Cameron shares a story of his Osceola hunt this spring that involved a gun malfunction. You've gotta hear this. Listen in!

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 collecting reptiles as well. Braedan and his parents also started a non-profit whose cause is to educate others on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and to find a cure. The cause is near and dear to Braedan and his parents because Braedan has Duchenne. If any of you want to learn more about Braedan's non-profit and Duchenne, you can go to his website by clicking here - http://braedansbridge.squarespace.com/ or by going to Facebook and searching Braedan's Bridge - https://www.facebook.com/braedansbridge/ Listen in to hear us chat with one of the coolest kids around.

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 calling and hunting given by these two guys that this is an episode you will not want to miss.  Listen in!  

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.  Listen in this week, and enjoy the show!

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 about the Wild Turkey Stamp and use this link to buy one or one hundred of them. https://www.mossyoak.com/wild-turkey-stamp

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 Bandit of Oakland's rose garden - Gerald The Turkey.    Listen In!

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 property that morning to hunt this turkey.  Listen in to this awesome hunt.