Wild Turkey Archives: Turkey Hunting Culture, History, and All Things Old-School

About this episode

The episode explores the history and culture of turkey hunting through vintage media and discussions with enthusiasts.

From Primos' Truth About Hunting Vol. 1 to the original Knight and Hale videos, and all the other "Kings of Spring" era turkey hunting videos in between, we're diving into the real old stuff today with a group of guys who know how to revive the old-school turkey hunter in us all. Listen along for a very interesting project you'll want to check out immediately, The Wild Turkey Archives. A lot of turkey hunting “history” isn’t sitting safely on a bookshelf. It’s on VHS tapes, three-...

Topics covered

• turkey hunting
• hunting culture
• history
• old-school
• VHS tapes

Keywords

• turkey hunting
• history
• old-school
• VHS
• Primos
• Knight and Hale
• hunting culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Primos, Knight and Hale

Books & works: Truth About Hunting Vol. 1, The Wild Turkey Archives

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