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Bear Grease

Ep. 310: The Unexpected-Bushwhacking, Wingshooting & Biting Turkeys

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast, host Clay Newcomb brings together one last group of turkey stories for the season told by some of the best story tellers. Stories from custom turkey call makers Don and Sarah Clark, internet sensation Trent Ellis, “the greatest turkey hunter in the world” Med Palmer, story-teller-in-residence Andy Brown, Brother Robin Risher, up-and-coming outdoorsman Bear Newcomb, and newcomer to Bear Grease Johnny Johnston.

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0:00.0

turkey season is here and it's time to break out those calls every serious turkey hunter knows every bird is a little different and you never know what will get them going you may need a trusty old box call light purrs from a pot call or maybe some sweet yelps from diaphragms to seal the deal on that old gobbler but sometimes the hardest part isn't calling them in. It's finding them in the first place.

0:21.7

That's where our locator calls come in.

0:23.7

From crow calls to Al Hooters,

0:25.5

we've got everything you need to get those shot gobbels out of those old Tom's

0:29.2

unwilling to give up their position.

0:31.8

Get fully geared up this season with the best tricky calls in the game.

0:35.3

Check out the full lineup at Phelpsgamecalls.com and make every call count.

0:45.8

I'll get out of the truck and I'll just, you know, with my mouth.

0:51.6

Right before I do my first hoot, I take that breath in, and that sweet heat pineapple deer

0:59.6

sausage last night that I ate hits me because it's mixed with two cups of coffee, prime

1:05.9

coffee with that creamer sitting over there, that coffee make creamer.

1:10.2

And I'm thinking, oh, dear God, this is bad.

1:14.8

And I don't want to run in these woods because they may be a bird, you know, roosted.

1:19.8

And I got in there, I got in there kind of late because it's already blue in the sky, you know.

1:24.6

Like these birds should be gone about that time.

1:26.8

This is our second turkey hunting episode of the 2025 spring, and there's something

1:33.8

that I hadn't told you.

1:35.8

It's that we save some of the best turkey stories for last.

1:39.5

Say you might, how does a person top the greatest turkey story ever told?

1:44.2

Hat tipping to Med Palmer's last story on the last episode

1:47.2

and say I to you, listen and find out.

1:51.0

From being bit by a turkey to chunk in a pine knot at a fox

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