Ep. 857: Turkey Season Changes, the Death Valley Super Bloom, and Bad Poachers
The MeatEater Podcast
MeatEater
4.9 • 37.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella and the MeatEater crew discuss: The Turkey Week Giveaway Sweepstakes; a giant moray eel; biking and fly fishing; Delta Waterfowl hen houses; more on TSS and tungsten; nibbling on nuts; turkey season changes; the Death Valley Super Bloom; bad poacher dudes; Shiras moose; and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | O'hoi, turkey hunters. |
| 0:05.8 | Turkey Week is on now at the Meat Eater store. |
| 0:08.6 | To help you get ready this spring, |
| 0:10.1 | we've rounded up some of our favorite gear for chasing goblers |
| 0:13.6 | from Miriams out west to hard goblin Easterns. |
| 0:17.3 | We've got brand new meat eater logo wear and seasonings, turkey calls from Phelps, |
| 0:23.0 | Camel from First Light, decoys from DSD, packs and accessories from FHF gear, and a whole lot more. |
| 0:30.8 | Select products are up to 20% off from the field to the kitchen. Everything you need this spring |
| 0:37.3 | is all in one place. |
| 0:39.0 | We've also teamed up with First Light to create the ultimate spring turkey giveaway worth |
| 0:45.4 | over $13,000. |
| 0:47.7 | From now until Sunday, you get double entries for every $25 spent. |
| 0:53.5 | That's 20 entries for every $25 spent. That's 20 entries for every $25 spent at themeaterestore.com. |
| 0:59.9 | Check it out now through April 5th at store. |
| 1:03.4 | Dot themeetor.com. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome to the news show on this week's show. |
| 1:10.6 | We got an interesting tale about a big-assed Moore A. Eel. |
| 1:14.0 | Spencer Newhart can't ride a bike and fish at the same time. |
| 1:18.4 | Testicle jerky news. |
| 1:20.3 | Are Chiris Moose going away, but not in the way you think? |
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