FFOD310 : Why Tungsten Changed Turkey Hunting

Fist Full of Dirt

Mossy Oak

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail This week on Fist Full of Dirt, I sit down with Jared Lewis, one of the cofounders of Apex Ammunition, and Boomer Brown, to talk about turkey loads, tungsten shot and why Apex has earned the trust of so many serious turkey hunters. We get into how Apex got started, what separates tungsten from traditional shot and how current tariffs are affecting the cost and availability of ammo. I learned a lot from this discussion, and I think any turkey hunter who cares about doing thing...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Fistful of Dirt, the official podcast of Mossy Oak Properties.
0:09.3	Whether you own a small farm, lease land, or just love hanging in your backyard.
0:14.8	We're all about the outdoor lifestyle and how to get the most from your time in God's great outdoors.
0:20.7	Now here's your host, Ronnie Cus Strickland. Is it my life? and how to get the most from your time in God's great outdoors.
0:23.9	Now here's your host, Ronnie Cus Strickland.
0:26.1	Semi live from the Camo Cave. Semi live.
0:27.3	All right, this official turkey season is, as far as the fistful of dirt, is well underway.
0:33.2	Yeah, we have flipped the switch.
0:35.6	How about Laura Bates talking about her dad?
0:39.4	That was so special.
0:40.5	Colonel Tom Kelly.
0:41.9	I thought that was so special just because I relate to that dynamic so much so on a very
0:47.4	personal level.
0:48.9	But listener feedback, that's not just me relating to her and her daddy in those
0:53.7	stories.
0:54.2	That's all the turkey hunters love it.
0:56.9	Yeah.
0:57.7	I throw them little clips up of some of the interviews I did with,
1:00.6	and the comments are just fabulous.
1:03.4	I don't know if she was paying that much attention,
1:05.5	but I told her one of the reasons I was so fascinated with him
1:09.1	was how much he reminds me of my dad.
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