Podcast Episode 535: Turkey Hunting is Hard Revisited
Kory from the HN Crew talks with his friends Jeremy, Tony, and Tyler about turkey hunting. Topics range from how to scout and prepare for the season, how to set up and call birds, some recipes, and a whole lot of missing shots.
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Links:
Turkey’s amazing hearing and eyesight
Check out The Way We Hunt’s video on How to Clean a turkey

Recipes:
Turkey and white wine fricassee

Show Notes:
Jeremy’s start to turkey hunting and his success
Tony and his son’s start to hunting and their successes
Tyler’s lack of a turkey hunting history
the benefits of the early hunting hours for spring gobbler
Shooting birds before work
The benefits of COVID for turkey hunting
Reversing Nature when calling turkeys
Late-morning gobblers without hens
competing with hens
HOT TIP: Go to breakfast
how much to call
All the time we’ve been busted by turkeys
Everything that kills turkeys
different types of calls
don’t practice turkey calls in the house with your wife around
different sounds when calling
how hunting pressure affects the turkey hunting
Does your calling need to be perfect?
Tips for scouting for turkeys
population decline of turkeys
getting turkeys to shock gobble to locate them
roosting turkeys in the evening and how to do it
HOT TIP: know the area well before the season starts
don’t bump them off the roost
How to set-up on birds
Patterning your shotgun – Why and How
TSS Loads
Recipes
Don’t leave the turkey legs and thighs in the woods
HOT TIP: Use a rangefinder when turkey.
effective ranges with a shotgun
our most memorable turkey hunts
Allen’s Shocker Series Gear review
Ben Franklin liked turkeys