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

A Steaming Hot Bowl of Summertime Turkey Soup This week, Cameron and I finally prepare some turkey soup for you guys.  Our last turkey soup episode was quite some time ago, and a lot has happened in the world of turkey hunting since then, ie - high COVID wild turkey murder rates, etc. Listen in this week as Cameron and I talk about numerous topics related to turkey hunting while we cover the news from states like Indiana, New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, Maine, Arkansas, and even from our friends north of the border in Canada. We have a lot of fun in this episode, and I think you will too.

Mentored Hunts with Travis Sumner This week, Cameron and I have the interview that I conducted with Travis Sumner with the NWTF about mentored hunts. Travis and I talk about how to put on a mentored hunt, how to find land to hunt, how to find mentors and mentees, how to find gear, which types of hunts make better mentored hunts, and a handful of other topics. Mentored hunts are a great opportunity for those of us experienced hunters to pass along our heritage and past time to others who may enjoy the sport more than we do. Listen in!

An Alabama Opening Day Screw Up This week, Cameron and Andy share a turkey hunt from opening day of Alabama's 2020 turkey season. We believe there is just as much to learn, if not more, from a hunt gone wrong as there is from a successful hunt. Today, we have one gone wrong for you. In this hunt, Andy is joined by his friend, Todd, and Todd's son, Pow. They visit Andy's hunting club in central Alabama, and find a lonely tom a couple of hours after daylight. Listen in to this week's hunt to hear about their setup and what went wrong during the hunt.

More OnX Maps with Jared Larsen This week, Cameron and I bring you the interview that I did at the NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville with Jared Larsen with OnX Maps. OnX is continuing to revolutionize the mobile mapping world with their app, and Jared gives us a little bit more of a deep dive into some of the ways that we can use OnX to help us find new places to hunt and hunt those places more effectively and efficiently. Listen in!

Talking Turkey with Preston Pittman This week, Cameron and I have Preston Pittman on the show to pick the winner of the first ever The Turkey Hunter Podcast Natural Voice Owl Hooting Contest. And, of course, after a winner was picked a conversation broke out between 3 die hard turkey hunters.  Listen in as we discuss owl hooting, turkey calling, turkey callers, TSS shot, turkey hunting with sub gauges, and some old school turkey hunters. Oh yeah, and we share a few laughs along the way as well.

Government and Wild Turkeys There are many different variables that go into whether or not you have a successful season in the woods hunting wild turkeys. Weather, calling skills, woodsmanship, proper setup, knowing when to move and when to sit still are all important factors in determining our success. But, how often do you think about the fact that if we didn't have wild turkeys your turkey hunting season would be a big failure? Our federal government as well as our state governments are very involved in managing our wild turkey habitat and the populations of turkeys across the country. There really is a lot of time, energy, and money that goes into managing the habitat and population, but did you know that there is also a lot of time, energy, and money that goes into lobbying our elected federal officials to make sure that they understand how important wild turkeys are to our federal lands and those of us who hunt them? This week, Cameron and I have Joel Pedersen who is the Director of Government Affairs w

2020 Turkey Season Recap In this week's episode, you can listen to the crying, wailing, and gnashing of teeth about the 2020 spring turkey hunting season ending across the country. After that, we recap our seasons for you and give you a little taste of what is to come in the next few months as we will be sharing a good many of those hunts with you to take you through the off-season. Listen in this week as Cameron and I take you back on the journey through our spring 2020 turkey hunting season with the highs, lows, great memories, and interesting people we met along the way.

Lets take a break from all the Eastern Wild Turkey action from the past weeks and head down to Texas as Cameron attempts to knock off the Lone Star State with a desperate Rio Grande. After an unsuccessful day 1 in the Hill Country of Texas, Cameron finds a bird that is willing to play off the roost on Day 2. Listen In!

Cameron's Second Tennessee Turkey This week, Cameron and I share the audio of the hunt from his second turkey in Tennessee.  This hunt took some maneuvering and woodsmanship skills to be successful. With a good bit of gobbling and some vocal hens, Cameron was able to keep tabs on these turkeys and reposition on them for 3 different hunt setups before he sealed the deal on a nice tom. Listen in to all of the excitement!

A Textbook Opening Day Tennessee Turkey This week Cameron and I bring you the audio from Cameron's first Tennessee turkey hunt - his opening day turkey hunt. Cameron is joined on this small piece of property by his new turkey hunting buddy who has a bit of a surprise calling strategy planned for his own hunt. Cameron did not despair, and he got in tight with this Tom and made something happen. Listen in to this hunt and a great story as well.

The Bad Luck Streak Is Broken This week while Cameron is on turkey hunting vacation, I take over the show and share with you one of my turkey hunts from this season. This was a great hunt with a lot of gobbling by two Alabama turkeys. This hunt includes 4 moves, 5 different setup spots, 2 busted heads, a shotgun blast, and a lot of reflection and gratitude. It was a very fun hunt. Listen in!

Another Georgia Public Land Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I share an early season hunt on public land in Georgia where we try to get my friend and fellow Super Slam chaser, Chip, a Georgia turkey. After being all around a flock of turkeys for the majority of the morning, the hunt got pretty hairy right around midday. There was a missed opportunity, some whisper yelling, and some frustration in this hunt.  It really is a good one, and I'm sure you don't want to miss it. Listen in!

How COVID-19 May Affect Our Wild Turkeys This week, Cameron and I have Drs. Bret Collier and Mike Chamberlain on the show to talk about the possible impact of COVID-19 on our wild turkey population across the country. Hunter numbers and wild turkey harvest numbers are increasing dramatically as millions of Americans are sheltering at home. Will this increase in hunting pressure and harvest of wild turkeys have a negative affect on wild turkey populations for years to come? What effect will shutting down license sales to out of staters have on turkey populations in those states? Will our public hunting ground pay the biggest price for COVID-19 government mandated shelter at home orders? Listen in as Mike and Bret discuss these topics and many others with us this week!

This week Scott McDonald joins us to talk about and share his first successful hunt in Mississippi of 2020. We will discuss the story of the hunt and share in the LIVE audio from his day in the woods of Mississippi. We hope you enjoy sitting right there with Scott as he takes on an old monarch gobbler that he has dueled with in days past.  

A Georgia Turkey Hunt and COVID-19 Update This week, Cameron shares his Georgia turkey hunt with us as he marks off another state from his list of states needed to complete his super slam. This is a really good story of a good hunt, despite Cameron forgetting to turn his recorder on so we could hear the audio of his hunt. Also, Cameron and I share some news regarding COVID-19 and traveling for turkey hunting this spring. This is an episode you do not want to miss, especially if you travel to hunt wild turkeys each season. Listen in!

A Mississippi Opening Weekend Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I share his opening weekend hunt in Mississippi from this season.  Cameron went to Mississippi to hunt with his friend Andrew LoCicero, and they had a heckuva hunt. Cameron was able to capture some amazing audio from this hunt that I think all of us turkey hunters will really enjoy. Listen in closely. I think you'll like this one, and there could be some thunder at the end of this hunt.

A Successful Mississippi Youth Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I have Scott McDonald on the show with us to share with us the audio and story of a successful Mississippi youth turkey hunt. Scott, one of his friends, and his friend's children went out in pursuit of a first turkey for the young hunters on the opening day of Mississippi's youth turkey season. After setting up the blind, practicing aiming the gun, and some other coaching, Scott was able to get a youngster his first wild turkey. Listen in to the story and the audio of this awesome turkey hunt.

Cameron's Second Osceola Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I bring you some amazing audio from Cameron's second Osceola turkey hunt on opening day of turkey season in Florida. We have John Kellum on the phone with us as well so John and Cameron can share their story and experience of their first Osceola hunting trip with us. John was running the turkey callers and Cameron was manning the shotgun for this week's hunt.  Listen in for a bunch of calling, a bunch of gobbling, and a shotgun blast near the end of the audio. This is a good one!

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An Osceola Turkey Hunt This week, Cameron and I have the audio from the first turkey hunt of the year for you guys. Cameron is in Florida hunting Osceola turkeys with his friend John, and the two of them have one awesome hunt right off of the roost. This hunt takes place on public land, and after quite a bit of scouting and map studying the two of them find some turkeys on their first day of scouting.  The morning of the first day of hunting Cameron's and John's scouting and hard work payoff with a bird that flies down and comes right on into their setup. Listen in as Cameron marks off another state on his way to 49.