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EP:213 | Turkey Tuesday with Dr. Mike Chamberlain Mar 19, 2024

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This week’s podcast can only be described as a deep discussion with Dr. Mike Chamberlain aka @wildturkeydoc on some thought provoking issues. We discuss social dominance issues, the latest research that is trying to understand a gobbler's personalities (whether they are home boys or risk takers), and how that affects their mortality. It gets deep when we talk conceptually about killing the risk-taking turkeys, and how we may end up with turkeys that behave in ways that make them more difficult to hunt. Speaking of bad behavior, we ask about tree hopping turkeys and gain some insight. Finally, Mike shares the story of his hunt with us last year and what went wrong. We can all learn from this. It’s a good one. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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EP:212 | BONUS: Mastering The Pot Call Mar 15, 2024

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BONUS: Mastering The Pot Call. Join us and experience a Turkey Calling “Master Class” on a running a pot style call. Guest Terrence Williamson answers all our questions and teaches us how a little friction can sound like a sweet hen with some practice. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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EP:211 | Cannon Netting and Relocating Mississippi’s Wild Turkeys Mar 12, 2024

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This week we have a truly special guest in Mr. Benny Herring. Anybody that turkey hunts in Mississippi owes him a debt of gratitude, you see Mr. Herring was one of the first team of biologists that trapped and relocated wild turkeys across the state. During the late 1960’s through the early 80’s he was involved in over 90 cannon net captures and releases. His stories are fantastic and transport the listener back into time when there weren’t many turkeys or turkey hunters. The story of this small group of men, learning and perfecting their craft is one every turkey hunter needs to here. Similar stories were unfolding in many states and these Keepers of our Game were communicating best practices to help each other and the wild turkey. It’s a great story and one want you’ll want to share. Listen, Learn, Enjoy.

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EP:210 | Dr. Bret Collier Talks Nesting, Gobbling and Long Beards Mar 05, 2024

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This week we share a podcast recorded recently at the NWTF national convention with none other than Dr. Bret Collier of LSU. Bret has been studying turkeys a long time and actually took part in the first GPS turkey study. He tells the story about how it all this got started at a bar with a drawing a sketch of the GPS unit on a napkin. Later he melts our minds as he explains his thoughts of raccoons and other so-called nest predators actually being nest scavengers. You might have to listen to this one twice for it to sink in while the take away is we need to continue our focus on habitat, but also step up our larger predator trapping skills. In the end, he has some sage advice for turkey hunters that he has gleaned from his studies of hunters and gobblers. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Stay connected to Dr. collier:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drshortspur/?hl=en
X: https://twitter.com/drshortspur?lang=en

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EP:209 | Doc Weddle Turkey Discussion Feb 27, 2024

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This week we are joined by one of our favorite turkey hunters, Doc Weddle. It’s a fun discussion of turkeys, strategy, calls, public land issues and having the right attitude to enjoy it all. We really benefited from this one and know you will also. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Stay Connected to Doc Weddle:
Instagram: @docweddle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.weddle.104/

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EP:208 | Understanding and Calling like a Barred Owl Feb 23, 2024

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This BONUS episode is all about Barred Owls. We are joined by world class owl hooter Tony Graydon who teaches us some of his contest winning techniques that we hope to apply to locating gobblers. Lannie demonstrates hooting on a reed call and then Dr. Scott Rush from Mississippi State gives us a scientific insight and understanding of what the owls are doing when they make their ubiquitous calls each spring. Who doesn’t love an owl? Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Dr. Scott Rush: https://www.fwrc.msstate.edu/people/sar358

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EP:207 | Talking Turkey with Tes Randle Jolly Feb 20, 2024

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This week we are joined by Tes Randle Jolly, a world class wildlife photographer that specializes in wild turkeys. This lady is a lifelong hunter and practically lives with a flock of birds each spring while witnessing behaviors that we as hunters often miss. She also manages her farm to the nth degree to make her turkeys and other wildlife feel welcome. It’s a fascinating conversation and we all learned something. It’s a long one, but trust us, it’s a good one. Listen Learn and Enjoy.

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Stay Connected To Tes:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jovtes/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tes.jolly

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EP:206 | Talking Turkey with Dave Owens of the Pinhoti Project Feb 13, 2024

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This week we’re joined by Dave Owens of the Pinhoti Project and we discuss turkeys and turkey hunting strategies. This one has been a longtime overdue and turned into an interesting introspective as to why we do certain things in the turkey woods. We all learned something and Bobby even taught everyone something about pileated woodpeckers. The season is almost here and this one is certain to get you fired up. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

Show Notes:
Dave Owens: the Pinhoti Project
Website - https://pinhotiproject.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pinhotiproject/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pinhotiproject/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveOwensthePinhotiProject

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EP:205 | Nest Predator Trapping Explained Feb 09, 2024

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This week’ in studio guests are Bill Duke of Duke Traps along with a very successful husband and wife trapping team, Karen and Dave Linkhart. The unique couple hail from Ohio, but travel all over trapping raccoons, otters, coyotes and many other varmints. This couple has an interesting story and are as serious about trapping and their lifestyle as you should be when setting a conibear. We ask a lot of basic questions about trapping from a nest predator trapping perspective and are certain anyone can learn something from these trappers years of experience. Many of us are on a mission to reduce nest predators on our properties and save more poults. These trappers have the answers to many of your questions. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

Show Notes:
Duke Traps: https://www.duketraps.com/
National Trappers Association: https://www.nationaltrappers.com/

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EP:204 | Wild Turkeys and Old Bucks Feb 06, 2024

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This week we are joined by one of our favorite guests, Dr. Mike Chamberlain of UGA to talk about his latest study regarding gobbler harvest. Mike has been managing a study of the largest group of radio collared gobblers ever for a scientific study. Mike carefully explains the data so that even Dudley can understand it. If you’re concerned about turkeys and considering adjusting harvest totals on a struggling property, you need to listen to this one. We also have a great conversation about judging old run down bucks and how they all can change appearances during the season. It’s a great podcast. Listen, Learn and Enjoy.

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Stay connected with Dr. Chamberlain
Wild Turkey Lab - https://wildturkeylab.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wildturkeydoc/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michael.chamberlain.31/
X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/wildturkeydoc?

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