How To Hunt Turkey - Erik Barber: Spring Strategies
Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting
Sportsmen's Empire Outdoor Network
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, expert turkey hunter Erik Barber shares his strategies for successful turkey hunting across multiple states, discussing logistics, weather considerations, gear choices, and tactical approaches to different terrains and conditions.
Key Topics:
- Logistics of multi-state turkey hunting
- Adapting strategies to terrain and weather
- Gear choices and decoy selection
- Reading turkey behavior and calling techniques
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| 0:32.9 | All right, everybody, this is the How to Hunt Turkey Podcast. |
| 0:36.3 | I'm your host, Dan Johnson. |
| 0:37.9 | And today I got my good buddy from Vortex Optics, Mr. Eric Barber on the show. |
| 0:42.8 | Eric, what's good, my friend? |
| 0:44.6 | Dan, I'm counting down the days, man. |
| 0:46.3 | I am like 10 days away from chasing turkeys here, and I cannot wait. |
| 0:52.1 | Are you only doing Wisconsin this year, or are you, how many states are you doing? |
| 0:56.4 | I am doing three, four, if you count my home state of Wisconsin. |
| 1:01.4 | So I didn't draw, Wisconsin breaks our season up into eighth periods, a through period F. |
| 1:09.4 | Each letter is associated to a six-day time period. |
| 1:13.9 | So I didn't draw an A tag. |
| 1:15.8 | So I'm going to go to Minnesota, hunt there for the first couple, like two days of their season. |
| 1:21.7 | And then actually for a work trip going down to Kentucky to hunt with Harold Knight. |
| 1:26.9 | Oh, wow. |
| 1:30.8 | Which is like I'm super pumped about. That's going to be an incredible experience just in general. And then back home for the |
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