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The Spring Legion Podcast — 156 episodes

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Take the Road Trip | Western Gobblers, Wolves, and Fun Hunting

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Hunting New Turkeys in New Places - What Changes and What Stays the Same

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Talking a Gobbler Out of His Bubble - Hunting Henned Up, Stubborn, Public Land Turkeys

4

49-State Super Slams with Brooks Henry and Sophie Hooker

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Wild Turkey Archives: Turkey Hunting Culture, History, and All Things Old-School

6

Textbook Roost Hunts: Hunting Creek Bottom Gobblers on the Limb

7

Trumpet Calls and Georgia Turkey Hunting with Clay Townsend

8

A Special Turkey Hunt | Navigating Crowded Public Land Gobblers

9

A Mississippi Turkey Opener for the Ages - Hunting Gobblers in the Pine Straw Jungle

10

Turkey Season Preview: Our Top 5 Goals for Spring 2026

11

Sleazy of Pinhoti Project | Old-School Turkey Hunting and Most Memorable Hunt

12

Road Trip Hunting Tips with "Curl" from The Hunting Public / Turkey Van Tour

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Inside 21 South: Cameras, Travel, and Turkey Hunting Passion

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BONUS Episode: Untold Turkey Stories from Seasons Past

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How Variety In Turkey Calls Changes The Hunt

16

Listening For Turkeys: Pre-season vs Hunting - When, How, and Where to Scout with Your Ears

17

Successful Turkey Hunt Setups: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

18

Scouting and Finding Turkeys: E-Scouting to Boots on the Ground

19

Silent Gobblers: How To Scout, Find, and Hunt Quiet Turkeys

20

Turkey Vests: From Old Faithfuls to Making Our Own in 2026

21

Turkeys Given and Taken Away: The Best and Worst Luck We've Ever Experienced + Hunter Goes Deer Hunting

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Repeat Encounters in the Turkey Woods: 3 Hunts, Same Tree

23

Drumming Turkeys: A Series of Old Hunting Stories

24

Maximizing Chances in the Turkey Woods + One Wild Delta Deer Hunt

25

Turning Mistakes into Woodsmanship: Top Lessons from Turkey Season

26

Best Turkey Hunting Stories of Spring: Our "Why" and Close Gobblers

27

Traveling Turkey Hunting: Tips, Essentials, Advice, and Hard-Earned Wisdom

28

Slick Southeastern Gobblers - Hunting Turkeys in Various Conditions

29

Eastern Turkeys: Dr. Chamberlain - Roosting, Breeding, and Behavior Tendencies

30

Gary Stanton - Scouting Foreign Terrain & Turkey Hunting Trips, Successful Strategies for Multi-Day Hunts

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Adjusting Setups and Being Where Turkeys Want to Be

32

Tight Lipped Gobblers: Navigating the Challenges of Early Season

33

Turkey Season Opener 2025: How’d it go?

34

What's in Our Turkey Vest? A Detailed Breakdown of Calls, Gear, and Other Hunting Essentials

35

The “What If” Factor of Turkey Season and an Untold Misadventure

36

What is Woodsmanship? Our Top 10 Tips for Turkey Hunting (BONUS EPISODE)

37

Public Land Turkey Hunting | Tips Tactics and Hard Earned Wisdom

38

“Patient” Turkey Hunters and One Wild NWTF Convention Recap

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Situational Turkey Hunting | Henned Up Gobblers, Calling to Roosted Turkeys, Locating, and more

40

Finding Turkeys to Hunt | Scouting Public and Private Land for Turkey Season

41

Hunting Mean Old Bottomland Turkeys on the Big Black River

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Hunting Turkeys in the Pine Belt with Pro Bowler Logan Cooke

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Hung Up Turkeys | Hunting Stubborn Gobblers and How to Prevent Hang-Ups

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Roosted vs Unroosted Turkeys | A Few Good Stories on Hunting Them

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A Beginner's Perspective | Learning How to Turkey Hunt from Scratch

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Every Step Matters | Creating Your Best Chance at a Successful Turkey Hunt

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Choosing a Successful Set Up in Turkey Hunting // Where to Be and When to Call

48

Cold Weather Gobblers - Hunting New Turkeys in Unfamiliar Conditions

49

2025 Gear Launch + New Learnings from the Wild Turkey Woods

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Long Live The Real - The Highs, Lows, and Reality of Last Turkey Season

51

River Bottom Longbeards, First Turkeys, and Hunting Tight Lipped Gobblers

52

Opening Week in the Turkey Woods - A Recap of Hunting the Early Days of Turkey Season 2024

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Early Season Turkey Hunting - A Different Approach in Scouting, Calling, and Setup

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George Mayfield: The Art of Turkey Hunting - Setups, Calling, Silence and Patience

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Turkey Hunting Wisdom and Woodsmanship with George Mayfield

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Preparing for Turkey Season: Listening for Gobbles, Gear Prep, Scouting, and Trapping

57

LIVE From Starkville: Talking Turkey with Lake Pickle and Jordan Blissett

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Traveling for Turkeys: Part 2 - Re-Hunting Gobblers with a New Call + The Tolls of Extending Turkey Season

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Traveling for Turkeys: Part 1 - A Series of Wildly Unforeseen Events + Hunting the Heartland

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Tough Turkeys to Hunt: Part 2 | Competitive Nature + The Loudest Drumming Longbeard We've Ever Heard

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Tough Turkeys to Hunt: Part 1 | Creek Crossing Gobblers + Alabama Hammers

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Hunting Early Season Easterns in the Hardwoods | Calling a Pair of Gobblers Downhill

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Hunting Turkeys After a Rain - When and Where You Should Be | Scratching vs. Calling + 2 Untold Hunt Stories from Last Spring

64

Death, Taxes, and Missing Turkeys - Why it Happens and How to Fix it

65

Public Land Turkeys - Scouting, Hunting, and Understanding Them + 1 Very Wild MS Opener

66

How One Last Call Resulted in Chase's First Osceola - A Florida Roadtrip Story

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Calling Turkeys with Purpose and Timing - Mississippi River Bottom Longbeards

68

It Won't Be Long Now - Turkey Season 2024 Preview + A Quick Henned Up Gobbler Story from Last Spring

69

Public Land Easterns, Self-Filming, and Real Emotions

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Turkey Calls and Season Openers with Josh Grossenbacher and Spence Halford

71

Pure Passion and The US Super Slam with Chasing 49's Keith Ott

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Turkey Hunting Talks - Live From Starkville

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Scouting for Turkeys, Henned Up Gobblers, & Live Q&A - LIVE from Nashville

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Hunting Hung Up Gobblers & Setup Locations - LIVE from Auburn

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Making Turkeys & Taking Turkeys with Dr. Marcus Lashley

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Trapping for More Turkeys: Detailing When, Where, and How to Trap

77

Time to Get Your Mind Right - Turkey Season 2023 Intro

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Rutting Bucks & Florida Football

79

Arkansas Duck Hunts and Public Land Misfortunes

80

Calling Deer & Turkeys with Curiosity

81

What to Expect for Spring Turkey Season 2023

82

Overthinking Turkeys & First Hunt Stories

83

Winter Turkey Flocks, Trail-Cam Surveys, and Birds of Prey

84

Mississippi Mountain Birds

85

The Rundown on TSS & Choke Tubes with Jebs Chokes & Rogue Ammo

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Calling Competitions & Camp Conversations with Hunter Wallis

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Cold Fronts and Dropping Acorns

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Food Plot Hacks and Praying for Rain

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Old Hunting Pictures, Stories, & Three-Legged Dogs

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EP 67: Topicless Hunting Talk with Jordan Blissett

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EP 66: A Hunting Gear Breakthrough with Lite Boots

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EP 65: Bow Hunting Turkeys, Archery Setups, & Traveling with Close Proximity

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EP 64: Small Scale Habitat & Wildlife Management with NWTF

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EP 63: Finding Wild Turkeys Using Plants, Trees, & Bugs with Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Dudley Phelps

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EP 62: Discussing the RESULTS from TFT's Turkey Hunting Survey & Spring 2022 Research (Very Interesting)

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EP 61: Hunting and Legislation: How to be heard and take action with HOWL for Wildlife

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Ep 60: Moving Forward: The Off-Season Gameplan

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Ep 59: Montana Merriams & Other Turkey Season Tales with Gary Stanton

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Ep 58: Hunting Stubborn Hard-Earned Late Season Longbeards with Chase Farrior

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Ep 57: Reality in Turkey Hunting - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

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Ep 56: Tips for Turkey Hunting Trips & Traveling with Bonce Stanley of The Bayside Legion

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Ep 55: Mastering the Pot Call in Turkey Hunting with Terence Williamson

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Ep 54: Georgia Gobblers, 12" Beards, & Pawn Shop Shotguns

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Ep 53: Mouth Calls - How to Choose, Use, and Care with Josh Grossenbacher

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Ep 52: Hunting Silent, Henned Up, & Good Gobbling Turkeys in MS, AL, & FL

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Ep 51: Turkey Call & "The Disease" with Nathaniel Maddux

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Ep 50: Turkey Vest Essentials, Must-Haves, and Old Faithfuls with Gary Stanton & Logan Cooke

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Ep 49: Wild Turkey Behavior with Dr. Mike Chamberlain

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Ep 48: Talking Turkey with Lake Pickle & Jordan Blissett - LIVE from Starkville, MS

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Ep 47: Turkey Hunting Stories with Cuz Strickland ft. Cranky & Matt

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Ep 46: Woodsmanship, Turkey Decoys, and Silent Gobblers

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Ep 45: Turkey Season Scouting and Henned Up Gobblers with Land Smathers

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Ep 44: The NWTF Convention & Sport Show 2022

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Ep 43: The Conversation - Dave Owens | Pinhoti Project

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Ep 42: Wild Turkey Report 2022 with David Hawley

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Ep 41: Turkey Hunting Then vs. Now with Brad Farris

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Ep 40: Setting the Tone - A Higher Standard for Turkey Hunting

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Episode 39: Until Next Time - A Thank You to Turkey Hunting

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Episode 38: Touring & Turkey Hunting with Gary Stanton of Muscadine Bloodline

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Episode 37: Calling to Roosted Gobblers and Using Locator Calls in Turkey Hunting

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Episode 36: Rolling Thunder with Spence Halford

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Episode 35: Wild Turkey Habitat 101 with Carter Mascagni of HABCO

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Episode 34: Pass It On - The Power and Responsibility of Turkey Hunting

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Episode 33: Low Birds & Slick Gobblers with Lake Pickle and Jordan Blissett

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Episode 32: Brand Building, Gator Hunting, and Remembering the Early Days

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Episode 31: Conservation Talk with NWTF's CEO, Becky Humphries

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Episode 30: TSS and Shotgun Patterning with Apex Ammunition

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Episode 29: Wild Turkey Habitat and Prescribed Burns with Dr. Marcus Lashley (Dr. Disturbance)

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Episode 28: Turkeys For Tomorrow with Jim Ronquest and Chase Grubbs

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Episode 27: Built Better with Chêne Gear's Jeff Jones

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Episode 26: Public Lands & Door Knockin' - Midwest Turkey Tour II

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Episode 25: Turkey Hunting and Traveling | The Single-Season Grand Slam

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Episode 24: A Nationwide Obsession: The Turkey Hunting Lineage

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Episode 23: Music City Turkey Hunters with Tyler Chambers and Jay Siske

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Episode 22: Tornadoes and Texas Turkey Hunting with Breck Farrior

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Episode 21: Under 36 - A New Wild Turkey Grand Slam Record with Slade Johnston

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Episode 20: Situational Woodsmanship - Stubborn Gobblers

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Episode 19: The Hunt of a Lifetime with Justin Hutton - Rare Color Phase Turkeys

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Episode 18: Tagged Out in Florida - Osceolas, Stinging Nettle, and a Six-Hour Turkey Hunt for the Ages

140

Episode 17: Still Wingin' It - Turkey Season Edition

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Episode 16: Turkey Hunting in Today's World with Gary Stanton of Muscadine Bloodline

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Episode 15: Turkey Hunting Q&A - Patience, TSS, Early Season

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Episode 14: Boots on the Ground - Scouting, Planning, and Listening for Turkeys

144

Episode 13: Turkey Vest Essentials, Superstitions, and Preparations

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Episode 12: Turkey Tour Stories with Jordan Blissett

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Episode 11: Turkey Season Preview with Lake Pickle

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Episode 10: MS Super Hunt - Youth Weekend for the Disabled

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Episode 9: Turkey Temps & Situational Hunting | Answering Listener Questions

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Episode 8: Ballad of a Turkey Hunter | New Book Release

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Episode 7: The Best of Both Seasons with Hunter Renfroe - Turkey Hunting and The World Series

151

Episode 6: Early Scouting for Turkeys, Public Land Pressure, and How to Catch an Iguana

152

Episode 5: The Styles of Turkey Hunting: Curiosity vs. Persuasion

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Episode 4: Old-School w/ CamoRetro Founder Logan Webster

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Episode 3: Woodsmanship vs. Turkey Calling vs. Land Insight

155

Episode 2: Family Ties

156

Episode 1: Wingin' It