A Special Turkey Hunt | Navigating Crowded Public Land Gobblers

About this episode

Hunter shares a personal turkey hunting experience on his late son's birthday, discussing grief and gratitude.

This week, the conversation turns personal, as Hunter shares why one particular spring morning matters a little more to his family, hunting on his late son, William's, birthday for the first time, and how grief can resurface years later. Most importantly, how his faith in God and the spring woods can pull you toward gratitude for God's blessings, even during the loss of a loved one. From there, we get practical about public land turkey hunting. We cover how we handle crowded pull-offs, why we...

People in this episode

Host: Hunter

Topics covered

• grief
• public land turkey hunting
• faith
• family
• gratitude

Keywords

• turkey hunting
• public land
• grief
• faith
• family
• crowded land
• spring woods

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: God

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