535 - The American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation with Paul Campbell

About this episode

Paul Campbell discusses the American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation and its mission to preserve the history and culture of the American Wild Turkey.

The American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation with Paul Campbell Paul Campbell, Brent Rogers, and Nathaniel Maddux founded the American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation (AWTHF), also known as the Wild Turkey Archives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the American Wild Turkey. Paul Campbell, who left NWTF in September 2025 and hosts the "Turkey Season Podcast," discussed the foundation's primary focus on creating a digital archive for rapidly degrading physical media and collecting oral histories from the first wave of modern turkey hunters. The foundation plans to operate on a subscriber-based funding model, not competing with conservation groups, with a long-term vision for a physical archival facility and will be filming call maker content at Unicoi in January.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy Gagliano, Cameron Weddington

Guest: Paul Campbell

Topics covered

• American Wild Turkey
• history
• nonprofit organizations
• oral histories
• turkey hunting

Keywords

• American Wild Turkey
• historical foundation
• digital archive
• turkey hunters
• oral histories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation, NWTF, Turkey Season Podcast

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