13 Apr 2026 06:00
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 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-quarter inch broadcast tapes, old magazines, fading photos, and raw footage that never made the final cut. And some of it is so fragile it has to be baked just to play one last time. That’s why I wanted to get Paul Campbell, Nathaniel Maddox, and Brent Rogers on the phone to lay out what Wild Turkey Archives really is and why it’s more than a highlight page.We get into the mission: preserve and celebrate the history and heritage of the wild turkey and the wild turkey hunter, not just for nostalgia but to inspire multiple generations. We talk conservation history, callmaking history, and the cultural “fabric” built by books, interviews, and classic hunting media. You’ll hear about major donations like thousands of NWTF tapes, the push to digitize raw interviews and restoration footage, and the jaw-dropping finds that show up when collectors and organizations start opening their vaults.We also break down how you can actually use it: the free Wild Turkey Archives database versus the insider packages that fund the work and include access to the Wild Turkey Archives streaming app on Apple devices, Android, and Roku. If you care about wild turkey hunting history, turkey hunting videos, and protecting the stories that made the sport what it is, this is for you. Subscribe, share this with a turkey hunter who grew up on those old tapes, and leave a review if you want us to keep bringing conversations like this every week.
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