The Spring Legion Podcast
Welcome to a year-round discussion on the wild turkey and those who hunt them. Hosted by Hunter Farrior, founder of Spring Legion and author of Ballad of a Turkey Hunter, the weekly podcast is geared for all outdoor communities and dives deeper than the usual tactics and calling tips. Holding true to the brand, topics are built upon respecting the heritage and challenges of hunting, with a never-ending appreciation for all that the spring season provides. Enjoy insight from special guests like Dave Owens of Pinhoti Project, Cuz Strickland of Mossy Oak, our friends at NWTF and Muscadine Bloodline, and so many more widely known for their impact in the turkey hunting community, as well as the deer, duck, and waterfowl realm, who exhibit the obsession of which only a real turkey hunter may truly understand. Thanks for listening.
Episodes
153 episodes
49-State Super Slams with Brooks Henry and Sophie Hooker
We talk with Brooks Henry and Sophie Hooker at the NWTF convention in Nashville about chasing wild turkeys across the country and what it takes to finish a 49-state Super Slam at a young age. We get into the unglamorous parts of travel hunting ...
Wild Turkey Archives: Turkey Hunting Culture, History, and All Things Old-School
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...
Textbook Roost Hunts: Hunting Creek Bottom Gobblers on the Limb
A gobbler that only talks once can make you question everything you think you know about spring turkey hunting. We’re in Mississippi with our buddy Easton Davis, who’s down from West Virginia, and the contrast hits fast: hotter mornings, thicke...
Trumpet Calls and Georgia Turkey Hunting with Clay Townsend
A turkey call can be a tool, a craft, and a time capsule all at once. From a back room at NWTF, we sit down with Clay Townsend and his son Dawson of Clay Townsend Calls to dig into what it really takes to build handmade turkey calls that hunter...
A Special Turkey Hunt | Navigating Crowded Public Land Gobblers
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 i...
A Mississippi Turkey Opener for the Ages - Hunting Gobblers in the Pine Straw Jungle
Opening weekend doesn’t ease you back into turkey season. It shoves you in. We roll into the 2026 Mississippi spring turkey season with pollen in the air, gear scattered from the offseason, and that familiar feeling that we’re already behind th...
Turkey Season Preview: Our Top 5 Goals for Spring 2026
March flips the switch. The maps come out, trucks get loaded, and our heads fill with plans, spots, and what-ifs. We press pause on the chaos to share the five principles that keep our turkey season rooted: faith first, people over tallies, mob...
Sleazy of Pinhoti Project | Old-School Turkey Hunting and Most Memorable Hunt
We sit down with Eric “Sleazy” Warlick of The Pinhoti Project to trace his path from a young turkey hunter in North Carolina to a 49-state Super Slam, built on old-school mentors, truck camping, and a working man’s calendar. Along the way we ta...
Road Trip Hunting Tips with "Curl" from The Hunting Public / Turkey Van Tour
Today, Chase sits down with Roy "Curl" Holdford to unpack all that he's learned in his lengthy turkey hunting travels, and how a leap of faith reshaped his seasons, his budget, and his career—from a THP internship to a full-time role at Outdoor...
Inside 21 South: Cameras, Travel, and Turkey Hunting Passion
We sit down with Toby Dean Smith and Taylor Boland from Mississippi's 21 South crew at this week's NWTF Convention and Sports Show to talk filming turkeys with discipline, long road trips, and building a vest that fits the most active of turkey...
BONUS Episode: Untold Turkey Stories from Seasons Past
We stack booth 607 with spring bundles, then shift into pure story mode with Seals: a youth hunt that ends in laughter, all-day chess with a Kansas gobbler, a heavy Missouri bird, and quiet lessons from boss hens and foggy Florida mornings. The...
How Variety In Turkey Calls Changes The Hunt
We load for Nashville, share where to find us at NWTF, and dig into why call variety matters more than pride when birds get tight-lipped. From terrain-based call swaps to landmark setups, we explain the small shifts that turn silence into gobbl...
Listening For Turkeys: Pre-season vs Hunting - When, How, and Where to Scout with Your Ears
The first gobble of the year flips a switch. We dive into the craft of listening for turkeys—how we build efficient morning routes from the road, pick vantage points near water and open ground, and use sound to sketch a map long before we ever ...
Successful Turkey Hunt Setups: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
We return to the original studio and lay out a field-tested guide to turkey setups, from the pretty spots that fail to the ugly positions that kill. We share how to read gobbles, time your moves, and build options with terrain, shade, and smart...
Scouting and Finding Turkeys: E-Scouting to Boots on the Ground
From scouting topo maps to a few secret spots for finding fresh turkey tracks, we focus on how to actually find spring turkeys—starting at water-shaped roost sites, moving through midday strut zones, and using sign the right way—while sharing h...
Silent Gobblers: How To Scout, Find, and Hunt Quiet Turkeys
Today, we share a field-first plan for finding and hunting tight-lipped turkeys, from reading low-pressure mornings to using terrain, water edges and smart setups that make a silent gobbler move. We talk patience, locator calls and how to avoid...
Turkey Vests: From Old Faithfuls to Making Our Own in 2026
Introducing the new Spring Legion Turkey Vest for Spring 2026, we reflect on the vests we've worn over the years and a few stories that came with them.
Turkeys Given and Taken Away: The Best and Worst Luck We've Ever Experienced + Hunter Goes Deer Hunting
We begin this episode with the irony of trading Black Friday greed for Christmas giving, then carry that theme into the turkey woods with stories where the hunt gives… and where it yanks the rug out from beneath us. From a rattled-in one-horn b...
Repeat Encounters in the Turkey Woods: 3 Hunts, Same Tree
Three years with your back against the same tree can teach you more than a stack of tags, or perhaps it only further proves there are no certainties in turkey hunting. In this episode, we unpack three seasons centered on the same setup and why ...
Drumming Turkeys: A Series of Old Hunting Stories
On this episode, hosts Hunter Farrior and Chase Farrior are talking about a few good drumming turkeys from the back corners of their minds. From a high school before‑class bird that taught Chase his first lesson in throwing soft yelps over a te...
Maximizing Chances in the Turkey Woods + One Wild Delta Deer Hunt
Today, we're talking about Chase's big Delta buck, and taking a deep dive on smarter spring turkey hunting tactics. We unpack first chances, second chances, midday loafing, sign-reading, terrain, and the confidence to walk away and win tomorrow...
Turning Mistakes into Woodsmanship: Top Lessons from Turkey Season
Ever have a gobbler prove your first instinct right while you sit in the wrong spot? That’s the thread running through this one: trust the high seat when the terrain says high, let the bird lay the first card, and don’t let a cutoff clock rush ...
Best Turkey Hunting Stories of Spring: Our "Why" and Close Gobblers
Year SIX of turkey hunting tips and stories has arrived with a warehouse full of spring 2026 gear and a head full of stories that matter more than numbers. We pulled the curtain back on how Spring Legion grew from spare bedrooms to stacked pall...
Traveling Turkey Hunting: Tips, Essentials, Advice, and Hard-Earned Wisdom
We unpack our essential knowledge for traveling turkey hunters, sharing hard-won wisdom about what to pack, what regulations to be aware of, and how to maximize success in unfamiliar territories.• Weather is crucial – chase good conditi...
Slick Southeastern Gobblers - Hunting Turkeys in Various Conditions
We've officially hit the halfway point of the 2025 spring turkey season, and the changes in weather and turkey behavior are becoming more apparent as the foliage thickens and temperatures rise.• Chase's hunt in East Georgia yielded succ...