2024 Mid Season Update This week Cameron and Andy share an update on how their 2024 turkey seasons have been going so far. There have been quite a few turkeys that have been taken so far this year. You'll hear a little about that as well as what both Andy and Cameron have learned during the season and what the highlights of their seasons have been so far. Listen in! Buy some merch and great sounding The Turkey Hunter diaphragm turkey calls from our Shopify store by clicking...

Beau Brooks Seminar from the 2024 NWTF Convention This week, Cameron and Andy replay the seminar about hunting western wild turkeys that Beau Brooks put on at the NWTF convention in Nashville. This is a very informative seminar that I feel like everyone can learn a little something from, especially those of us east of the Mississippi River. Beau is a phenomenal caller and natural voice caller, and the presentation is very entertaining as well. Listen in! Buy some merch and great sounding The...

Results from the TN Delayed Season Start Study This week, Dr. Craig Harper and Dr. David Beuhler with the University of Tennessee join Cameron and Andy on the show to discuss their recommendations from their 7 year study regarding the effects of delaying the start of turkey seasons and the potential for increase in poult recruitment. The results of the study showed that moving the start of hunting season to later in the year did not greatly affect the initiation of nesting or the start of...

Turkey Talk with Mark Prudhomme This week, Cameron and Andy are joined by World Champion Caller of All Critters, Mark Prudhomme. Mark has won just about every type of calling contest known to man. He is a student of the talk of wild turkeys, and he is always willing to share information with us on this show. Mark talks about being on the stage at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville to introduce the 2024 Grand National Calling Champion, Matt Van Cise. We also discuss how today's technology has...

The Sweet Voice of the Wild Turkey with Denny Gulvas - Part 2 This week, Cameron and Andy bring you part 2 of the interview with Denny Gulvas.  In this episode, we discuss in much more detail about certain similarities in the characteristics of hen yelps and turkey talk. Denny also gives some tips on things to listen for in hen yelps and how he believes a gobbler can remember the voices of the hens in his flock. Denny also discusses how to run his turkey calls and talks about an exercise that...

The Sweet Voice of the Wild Turkey with Denny Gulvas This week, Denny Gulvas joins Cameron and Andy on the show. Denny has devoted the latter years of his life to videoing the wild turkey and studying their language. There likely is not anyone more expert on the voice of the wild turkey than Denny. We discuss not only the calls of the wild turkey, but practically everything else about the bird that fascinates us turkey hunters.  This is a great episode, and it is one of two. Get your pen and...

Wild Turkeys and Bluegrass with Winky Hicks This week, the very talented turkey call and musical instrument maker Winky Hicks join Cameron and Andy on the show. Winky is never at a loss for a one liner or a great sounding turkey call.  This show covers the gamut from talking turkeys to how Winky got into making turkey calls to bluegrass and some of the great artists that Winky has encountered over the years. We even talk Winky into doing a little picking for us. This is a very entertaining...

Get Off of My Lawn with Kenny Mount - Part 2  Join us for part 2 of the interview with Kenny Mount this week.  Kenny, Cameron, and Andy really sound like 3 grumpy old men sitting around the local gas station at 5 AM complaining about the youngsters in the neighborhood. Maybe it is part jealousy on Kenny's and Andy's part because they didn't have all of the amazing tools that today's younger hunters have when it comes to turkey hunting. Kenny brings it again this week, and you'll really enjoy...

Get Off of My Lawn - Part 1 HE'S BAAAACCCCKKKKKK! This week, Cameron and Andy have part 1 of their most recent interview with Kenny Mount, aka Chubbs. Kenny is always an entertaining guest to have on the show, and this episode is no different. Not only is there a great deal of turkey talk and laughs, but we even get to discuss banana pudding and nilla wafers. We all get down a few rabbit holes in this interview, but that is part of what makes Kenny's interviews so fun and popular. Listen...

A Hodge Podge of Turkey Talk with Chad Claycomb This week, Chad Claycomb with Claycomb Outdoors joins Cameron and Andy to talk about a hodge podge of turkey topics. Chad hunts mountain turkeys a fair amount, so we discuss the challenges of hunting in the mountains. We also talk to him about traveling and hunting and competition calling.  Chad is a great guy, and this is a great interview that I think we all can learn a little from. Listen in! To check out Chad's pro tip of the week, become a...

Talking with a Turkey Calling Champion with Matt Van Cise  This week, Matt Van Cise joins Cameron and Andy on the show for a full interview for the first time ever.  Be sure to catch the Rapid Fire Q&A. We actually discuss more turkey hunting than we do competitive turkey calling. Matt tells us what he listens to for his inspiration while practicing his turkey calling. Matt delves into the differences between competition calling and calling while hunting. His description of the difference...

Tube Calling with Mark Prudhomme and Harold Knight This week Cameron and Andy share the Tube Calling seminar that Harold Knight and Mark Prudhomme put on at the 2024 Unicoi Turkey Callmakers Show in Helen, GA in January. This show features two turkey calling legends and some great tips about how each of them uses the very versatile tube call while turkey hunting. From impersonating male and female wild turkey calls to making shock calls to induce a gobble, a tube call can do it all (and as...

All Things Wild Turkey with Dr. Grant Woods  In this week's episode, Dr. Grant Woods joins Cameron and Andy to discuss all things wild turkey. We talked about how the frigid temps experienced a few weeks ago might affect the young and old turkeys. And, we talked about how we can sometimes do more harm than good when we begin a supplemental feeding program for wildlife and introduce foods to them that they are not used to eating at that time. Grant also shares how small tract landowners can...

2024 Unicoi Recap Show This week, Andy shares the audio of the interviews from this year's Unicoi Custom Turkey Call Maker's Show held in January of 2024 at Unicoi State Park outside of Helen, GA. This call maker's show features some of the best custom call makers in the country, and it is an amazing place to go and put your hands on hundreds of turkey calls and learn from the call makers themselves. It is also a place to pick up some great artwork, books, turkey call cases and turkey totes,...

TFT and Turkey Talk with Jason Lupardus This week, Jason Lupardus, Director of Business Operations and Partnerships for Turkeys for Tomorrow, joins Cameron and Andy on the show. Jason shares some information about some of the studies that TFT have going on. TFT is creating chapters around the country as well, and Jason shares some information about those chapters. This is a great episode, listen in! Buy some The Turkey Hunting Podcast, visit https://theturkeyhunterpodcast.myshopify.com/ To...

Turkey Talk with Walter Parrott - Part 2 This week, Cameron and Andy have part 2 of the interview with Walter Parrott for you. Walter shares several more great stories and tips in this part of the interview.  Walter shares story about getting permission to hunt a place that no one had gotten permission to hunt. Cameron asked whether Walter thought his having video cameras helped him to get permission to hunt there. He also shares the story about a friend who worked at Bass Pro who believed...

Turkey Talk with Walter Parrott This week, Cameron and Andy have a first for you guys. Walter Parrott joins the show to talk turkey. Walter shares his introduction to turkey hunting and competitive calling as well. He shares how he got hooked up with Knight and Hale to be on their pro staff and do some filming for them in their early years of business.  Walter eagerly joined in on the rapid fire Q&A, which led to some great follow up questions and answers. He also talks about his...

Podcast Rebrand and Important Announcements for 2024 This week, Cameron and Andy launch the rebrand of The Turkey Hunter Podcast to celebrate the start of their 10th year of the podcast. We discuss the origins and final copy of our new The Turkey Hunter Podcast logo that was designed by Clayton Worrell, @grizhawk on Instagram. Clayton is an amazing photographer and artist, and he was the artist who put the edginess and awesomeness into our new logo. Cameron and Andy couldn't be more pleased...

A Little Alabama Afternoon Delight This week, Andy shares the audio from an afternoon hunt in his home state of Alabama. Although this turkey did not gobble a great deal, he showed just enough interest in Andy to keep Andy's interest in him. Sometimes the old longbeards just don't gobble a whole lot, but they eat just as good as the two year olds. If you hang in there with them for a long enough time, they might just break and come to your setup. That is exactly what this old bird did. This...

Christmas Turkey Soup This week, Cameron and Andy discuss wild turkey news from around the US (and the world), in what we call a "turkey soup" episode because it contains a little bit of everything. States discussed in this soup episode are Missouri, North Carolina, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and West Virginia (with a little exploding fried turkey). Listen in to this week's episode and do not forget to buy some raffle tickets for your chance to win a Rio Grande wild turkey hunt in...

2024 Unicoi Custom Call Makers Show Preview Show This week, Mark Sharpe joins Cameron and Andy on this week's episode to talk about the upcoming 2024 Unicoi Custom Call Makers Show. The show in 2024 will take place January 12 and January 13 in Helen, Georgia at Unicoi State Park. Mark shares who the new call makers attending the show will be at the upcoming show. He also shares what other products will be available for purchase at the show. He also tells us what is so special about the Unicoi...

Turkey Talk with Adam Butler This week, Adam Butler, the Wild Turkey Program Coordinator with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, joins Cameron and Andy on the show. Adam discusses the state of the wild turkey within the state of Mississippi, recent regulation changes made in the state, and the history of the wild turkey within the state and how trap and transfer efforts helped to reintroduce turkeys in certain areas. Adam also talks about how flooding affects the...

Home At Last Is The Hunter with Chip Gross This week Chip Gross joins Cameron and Andy on the show to talk about his book, Home At Last Is The Hunter. Chip is a former Wildlife Officer with the state of Ohio, and he is also the author of the book Poachers Were My Prey that is about RT Stewart's undercover Wildlife Officer work. (RT Stewart was on the show a few weeks ago talking about some of his undercover operations.) Chip shares some stories about how he came to write the book about RT,...

The History of the Wild Turkey with Brent Rogers This week, Brent Rogers joins Cameron and Andy to discuss the history of the wild turkey in America. We talk about the role of the wild turkey in the lives of settlers of the US, the decline of wild turkeys due to subsistence before and during the Great Depression, relocation, restocking, and the boom of turkey populations. This is a fun episode with lots of discussion of historical accounts of wild turkey in America. Listen in! Don't forget to...