Ep. 37: Mountain Gobblers with John Weik
In Pursuit
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4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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This week on the show, Jason is joined in the field by guest John Weik as they discuss their recent turkey hunt. They discuss separating themselves from other hunters in the area, both in terms of distance and strategy.
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| 0:51.8 | Welcome to Cutting the Distance. |
| 0:53.1 | Today I'm live from the field. |
| 0:54.6 | I'm joined with John White of Northwest Bird Chasers. |
| 0:58.0 | He served 35 years in the military and military aviation work. |
| 1:01.4 | He's originally from the Northwest Hardwoods of Connecticut where he started hunting at |
| 1:05.1 | the age of 10. |
| 1:06.4 | He moved to Washington about 28 years ago. |
| 1:09.0 | From there, he started hunting turkey shortly after and he's never looked back. |
| 1:12.6 | To describe the way John hunts turkeys is a mountain turkey hunter who'd rather sit at |
| 1:16.6 | home and watch TV than hunt turkeys out of a blind. |
| 1:19.8 | He has a running gun style chasing him setting up on goblin birds and it's his only style. |
| 1:24.8 | Today's episode I want to give a quick recap on the Kansas turkey hunt as well as the hunt |
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