Fourche Creek Podcast

In Part 2 with Matt Dale of Dale Outdoors, Matt discusses common mistakes we make as turkey hunters, when to be patient, the lessons learned from Ol' Sly, turkey populations, his Dale Outdoors YouTube page, Sunday Devotions, as well as a glimpse into his life and thoughts as a preacher.

Today's guest is Matt Dale of "Dale Outdoors" and "The Ways of the Woodsman with Matt Dale", which are both found on YouTube.  Matt is widely known for his ability to help educate turkey hunters by helping improve their overall knowledge and skill.  In this Part I episode, Matt discusses adjusting to the situation, how to deal with hung up gobblers, his success with a tube call, soft calling techniques, his memories of growing up hunting in Missouri, how and when to call, his thoughts on a variety of other topics, as well as many turkey hunting stories that he has accumulated by spending countless hours in the turkey woods.  

Alabama's Bob Walker is a name recognized as one of the elite turkey hunters in the country.  Bob is highly respected for his knowledge, experience, skill, woodsmanship, and insight.  Bob guided for the legendary Bent Creek Lodge, in Jachin, Alabama,  for over 32 years and was also a member of the Mossy Oak Turkey Thugs TV show.   Bob covers it all from locating, morning access, set ups, when to call/when not to, calls used, reading gobblers, hunting in bad weather, and much more.  This episode was originally released on March 18, 2024. 

This episode features 3 well known and accomplished turkey hunters in Ernie Calandrelli (Quaker Boy Game Calls), James Harrison (Phelps Calls/MeatEater and Harrison Custom Calls), and Josh Grossenbacher (Rolling Thunder Game Calls). This trio has a multitude of contest calling titles between them as well as many successful years of killing turkeys.  They take us through what makes them successful each spring, sharing a lot of knowledge as well as a lot of laughs. This episode was originally released in April of 2023.  Since that time, Ernie has been elected to the NWTF Hall of Fame.   

This episode features 3 hunters and what they experienced this past week in regards to buck activity.  They share what they were seeing, what worked for them and what they anticipate in the coming days.   First, is Jordan Blissett who took 313" of antler in a 24-hour period in Missouri and Kansas on November 5th and 6th.  The second is Kenyon Wright of Southeast Missouri who took a mid 140's buck on Friday, November 8th and lastly, Justin Rogers of Central Mississippi who has been doing more prep work than hunting with the Mississippi rut being nearly a month out.  

Today's episode features Tommy Nails, the owner of Whiskey Ridge Hunts in Milton, Iowa. Tommy discusses what to look for when selecting a hunting outfitter.  He discusses things such as the overall expectations, opportunity rate, lodging, how many hunters allowed each season, how many hunters allowed in camp at one time, keeping pressure low on properties, prep work involved, deer hunting specifics, turkey hunting specifics, the importance of wind direction, and generally how to get to know the hunting ethics and character of an outfitter and to do your homework before you commit.  

In this episode, we check in with Jordan Blissett of Open Season Properties.  Jordan has formerly worked with Mossy Oak and Primos Hunting.  We talk about his Jordan's past turkey season, along with Justin's misses and mishaps.  We discuss Open Season Properties, the land market, his "Speak the Language" Podcast with Lake Pickle, Open Season's new Arkansas duck hunting property, and his upcoming "Consumed" YouTube hunting and land channel.  We also talk about the fall hunting season which includes an elk hunt in Colorado, a pronghorn hunt in Colorado, and whitetails in Kansas.

Justin Rogers and I visit with Kenyon Wright, who has been an avid bowhunter for most of his life.  During the first part of June, Kenyon ventured out of his normal hunting routine of whitetails and went on a black bear hunt in New Brunswick, Canada with some friends he made through his wife McKenna's work. Kenyon talks about the preparations made for the trip, traveling through customs and the hunt itself, including him taking his first black bear with his Mathews bow.   Kenyon is an educator by trade and currently serves as a high school principal at his alma mater in Bell City, Missouri.  Previously, Kenyon served as a varsity basketball coach where he won 3 state championships.  

This episode features Chase Roberts; Chase is a high school junior from Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  This past February, he became the 2024 NWTF Grand National Calling Championship Intermediate Champion.  Chase began competing at the National level at 9 years of age.  The very first contest he attended, he simply went to watch with his family after hearing about it earlier in the day.  He ended up competing in it and won first place. He is a fine young man with a bright future and he is definitely one who knows how to take his dreams and aspirations to a much higher level.

Cody Harrison discusses his involvement in Missouri's oldest turkey calling contest that was recently held in Festus, Missouri on March 23rd.  Cody also discusses his first two days of the turkey season in Missouri, along with a turkey report on what he sees in the coming days and weeks.