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🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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On this episode, we’re contrasting two eras of turkey hunting with Will Primos and Dr. Mike Chamberlain of the University of Georgia. Turkey populations peaked in modern times in the late 1990s, and with it, the innovation of call makers and outdoor media groups skyrocketed, forging the turkey hunting culture of the nation. Mr. Will Primos stood on the forefront of that innovation and he taught us how to call and hunt. However, recent decades have yielded dramatically decreasing turkey populations in much of the Southeastern United States. Dr. Chamberlain will detail the five biggest culprits of the decline and make some projections for the future.
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0:00.0 | You're hearing turkeys, you're chasing turkeys, they're responsive. |
0:08.0 | I kill birds every spring, fast forward to when my son was born. |
0:13.0 | By the time he got to be the age of, I'm going to become a fanatical turkey hunter like |
0:18.6 | my dad. |
0:19.6 | There just weren't that many turkeys and there had been ten years before. |
0:25.2 | On this episode we're going from the creek bottoms to the ridge tops to contrast two |
0:30.7 | areas of turkey hunting. |
0:32.5 | We'll look at goblin turkeys through the lens of legendary turkey hunter Will Primos. |
0:38.5 | I'm interested in examining his passion for spring turkeys which shaped his life and |
0:44.4 | how the timing of their resurgence gave him a limb to roost on. |
0:49.7 | But the energy will swing hard when we talk with University of Georgia, turkey biologist |
0:55.0 | Dr. Mike Chamberlain and hear his message which has been brought to the forefront of the |
1:00.0 | turkey world. |
1:01.4 | We're exploring the fascination and excitement of spring turkey hunting. |
1:05.6 | The passion that drives innovation and the challenges the wild turkey is facing and |
1:11.2 | what the plan is to help them. |
1:13.2 | We'll leave in here for my friend and call maker Jason Phelps. |
1:18.0 | These are all incredible folks and I doubt you're going to want to miss this one. |
1:23.9 | This is what books are written about. |
1:25.9 | This is what forms companies. |
1:28.0 | This is what makes friendships. |
1:30.5 | This is what God gave us to have the intensity of what He wants us to have in life. |
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