How To Hunt Turkey - Turkey Hunting Memories with Brent Rich
Sportsmen's Empire - Whitetail Hunting
Sportsmen's Empire Outdoor Network
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Get ready for a nostalgic and candid conversation about turkey hunting, friendship, and lessons learned in the woods. Dan Johnson joins his longtime friend Brent Rich to reflect on their wild, memorable hunts, evolutions in their passion, and the importance of tradition and persistence. From their first turkey hunting trip in Iowa in 2002 to the makeshift camps and camaraderie that shaped their early experiences, this episode dives deep into the heart of what makes hunting more than just a sport.
Listeners will discover how habitat changes and predator control impact turkey populations, the evolution of hunting technology and tactics, and the significance of passing on traditions to younger generations. Brent shares his future hunting goals, including achieving a Grand Slam and exploring western public lands. This episode is a heartfelt recount of hunting, friendship, and the lessons learned along the way—fuel for your own outdoor adventures!
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| 0:32.7 | All right, everybody, this is the How to Hunt Turkey Podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm your host, Dan Johnson. |
| 0:39.3 | And today we have a very special guest and i don't know if it's because like he's some killer stud turkey caller |
| 0:46.8 | but it is because he's my friend and we went to high school together and And it was my second ever turkey season. |
| 0:58.0 | And after my first ever turkey season, I said, dude, you got to come out and try this camp with me and my uncle, which was probably a mistake in the long. |
| 1:09.1 | No mistake. |
| 1:10.3 | No mistake. Okay, good. Good. But Mr. Brent Rich, how are we doing, my friend? Good. Doing well. Doing well. Dude, it's springtime. What's on your mind right now? Here we are in mid-April? |
| 1:30.1 | Like, it's, actually, we're past mid-April. |
| 1:32.2 | April 23rd when we're recording this. |
| 1:35.1 | What's on your brain this time of year? |
| 1:40.8 | Well, shed season and then turkey season. |
| 1:41.5 | Okay. |
| 1:47.2 | Just kind of finished up shed season. And it's always turkey season. Okay. Just kind of finished up shed season and it's always turkey season. |
| 1:47.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:53.0 | Specifically right now, though, my older son's getting ready to graduate. |
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