Talking Turkeys: A Beginner's Guide to Turkey Hunting with Carter Heath — WildFed Podcast #020

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In this episode:

Carter Heath | Regional Director of National Wild Turkey Federation for New England

Podcast discussion:

• Carter’s background

• The status of wild turkeys in the 1980s

• A love of hunting turkeys

• On the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF)

• The story of wild turkey restoration in Maine

• Turkey senses

• The life of a turkey through the seasons

• Controversy in the fall turkey hunt

• The classic spring turkey hunt: calls, decoys, equipment & best practices

• On archery hunting turkey

• Learning to hunt through mentorship

• The female turkey hunter demographic is growing

• Favorite ways to process and cook turkeys

• Becoming a member of NWTF

• The future outlook of the wild turkey

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Episode Resources: 

• National Wild Turkey Federation

• Carter’s local chapter of NWTF: Capital Region Strutters on Facebook

• Recovering the Wild Turkey with Kelsey Sullivan — WildFed Podcast #012

• Video: Bow hunting turkeys with Carter

• Auto-Lock Broadheads

• Video: NH Fish and Game Turkey Hunt Mentor program

• Article: Mentored Turkey Hunt by Carter Heath

• Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt.

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Meet Carter Heath

Carter Heath — a lifelong turkey hunter — is Regional Director of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) for New England.

He's President of his local Concord-based chapter of the NWTF: Capital Region Strutters and leads mentored turkey hunts as part of the "Learn to Turkey Hunt Mentor Program" — an NWTF x NH Fish & Game collaboration.