2015 California Spring Turkey Hunt Opening Day

As I sit here and write this blog post I cant help but think about the upcoming elk season this fall with the Arizona Elk and Antelope draw due to come out soon.  Credit cards have already been hit and most people know that at least they have drawn a coveted tag.  The question that most are wondering is whether they drew their first or second choice.  I thought I was guiding a hunter in Unit 9 for the archery hunt but my hunter had his plans change so my September plan is still in limbo.  The anticipation for the upcoming season is always high!  Especially with some of the timely storms that have fallen in the last couple of months.  Even though winter was mild, us optimists are hoping that mild winter with early and late spring rains will produce better antlers than last year.  Only time will tell to see how it shakes out.

I had an awesome time with my nephews, Will and Jay Pyburn, this weekend for the spring turkey hunt opener in California.  We drove roughly 600 miles to have our hunt last about 10 minutes.  We had gobblers roosted and four of them flew down and came right to our Dave Smith Decoys.  They actually knocked the DSD Jake and Strutter over and had their way with the hen decoys.  Watch the video in this post to see the action unfold.  We had a very special time as always with our gracious hosts and friends Craig and Ronell Ainley.  They are actually coming to hunt Gould's turkeys with me in Mexico in May this season.  We are all really looking forward to that.

I found a turkey mouth call that I really like from Pollard's Elite Calls called the Original Pollard Batwing.  It is real easy to use and makes me sound better than normal.

 Check out the video of the boys hunt in California!

New Season of Cabelas Spring Thunder

I am proud to announce our partnership with Cabelas Spring Thunder, which is a weekly webisode all about Spring turkey hunting.  We have contributed video footage from our spring turkey hunts for several years to our friends who produce the show at MidwestWhitetail.com.  Aaron Warbritton is the host of the show and he does a fantastic job of creating a entertaining, informative and very educational show.  Aaron in his own right is one of the best turkey callers and hunters in this country.  In the March 2 Episode of Cabelas Spring Thunder, titled Scouting Homework, he features a some Gould's turkey hunt footage from some of our hunts last season at GouldsTurkeyHunts.com.  Watch below.

My nephews, Will and Jay Pyburn, and I head to Central California this coming week to hopefully bag a couple of Rio Grande gobblers on the California Spring Turkey Opening weekend.  We will be filming the hunt and hopefully be able to capture some good footage for the show.  Make sure to follow Cabelas Spring Thunder this season!

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JSO Podcast-Will Primos, Kaibab Buffalo, Gobbling Champion, A3 Trophy Hunts

The Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast has had some fantastic guests on lately with many more scheduled in the upcoming future.  I want to thank all of our listeners for their support and positive feedback on iTunes!  We will continue to bring you informative, educational and entertaining episodes.  In case you missed our last few episodes, here are some links that will get you caught up.  Find Us on iTunes or Podbean.

Episode 9:  Arizona Buffalo Hunt in the House Rock Valley and Kaibab Plateau
Episode 10:  Will Primos Talks Elk and Turkey Hunting
Episode 11:  Talking Turkey with Joe Slaton 2015 Grand National Gobbling Champion
Episode 12:  A3 Trophy Hunts-Arizona Elk and Mule Deer Hunting

I want to thank Craig Steele of CS Creativity for creating a new logo for the podcast!

 
We currently have episodes waiting to download and future guests scheduled for interviews to include:

• Jason Hairston the President and Founder of KUIU
• Randy Ulmer on Bowhunting Giant Bucks and Bulls
• Casey Brooks on North American 29 with a bow and Chasing Monster Bulls
• Daniel Franco and Mike Hancock of Burnt Timber Outfitters
• Chris Roe of Roe Hunting Resources
• Bryan Langley RMEF World Champion Elk Caller
• Jason Phelps of Phelps Custom Calls
• Joe Bittner of Didutagout.com on Gould's Turkey Hunt
• Steve Chappell of Chappell Guide Service on Elk Calling and Elk Hunting
• Woody Bair from the Flaming Gorge Resort on Fly Fishing the Green River A,B,C section
• Matt Woodward of Borderland Adventures on Coues Deer and all types of Hunting
• Adam Faz on Shed Hunting
• Greg Krogh of Mogollon Outfitters on Nevada and Arizona Elk and Mule Deer Hunting
• Michael Park and his 435" Arizona Elk
• Trevor Marques of Nevada on Elk, Mule Deer and Sheep Hunting
• Ryan Wampler and his monster 270+ Arizona Strip Mule Deer
• Many more episodes being scheduled at this time!

If you have questions, comments or would like to hear someone specific on the show you can email  directly to jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com

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National Turkey Calling Champions Billy Yargus and Scott Ellis talking Turkey Hunting

I recently went to the NWTF National Turkey Hunting Convention in Nashville, Tennessee and had an unbelievable time checking out new turkey calls, decoys, and other turkey hunting equipment.  One of the highlights for me as a turkey hunter is getting a chance to go to the Grand National Calling Contest which is the equivalent of the Super Bowl for football fans or the World Series for baseball fans.  The best callers in the world assemble to compete for the title of the "NWTF Grand National Champion"

All of the callers that enter into the contest are amazing and they had to have won or placed very high at their state level in order to compete.  Their are many divisions of the contest including youth, head to head, friction, gobbling and the Senior Open which is the Best of the Best.  In 2013, I literally listened personally to all of the preliminaries and the finals.  This year I just went to the Friction and Senior Open finals.  If you missed it and like turkey calling and the process of trying to improve your calling.  Check out Shane Simpson's site, CallingAllTurkeys.com, he has every contest on his site where you can listen to all of the competitors.

As host of the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing three 2015 Grand National Champions, Billy Yargus the Senior Open winner, Scott Ellis the Head to Head Champion and Joe Slaton the Gobbling Champion (episode to air soon).  They all are demonstrating their calls and discussing turkey hunting strategies.  Listen as they breakdown scenarios on from roosting birds, setup on roosting birds, calling to roosted birds, run and gun techniques, and many other calling scenarios.  If you are going on a turkey hunt this spring these are three episodes that you don't want to miss.

Episode 8:  2015 Grand National Champion Senior Open Finals Billy Yargus Interview

Episode 5:  2015 Grand National Head to Head Champion Scott Ellis Interview

Episode ?:  (Coming Soon waiting to be edited) 2015 Grand National Gobbling Champion Joe Slaton

Update Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast

I want to update you guys on the progress of the Jay Scott Outdoors Western Big Game Hunting and Fishing Podcast.  Since our launch date of February 24th, we have had a ton of support from our listeners on how you guys like the content and format.  We have a link now on this blog at the upper right corner at top of Screen that says "Podcast".  I have also placed links at the bottom of this post for iTunes and Podbean.  You can listen in your car, at work :), at home or when you are on the move right off of your mobile device.  We've had some exciting guests on the show and here is the breakdown of the first 7 episodes:

• Episode 1:  Jay Scott and Darr Colburn Recap the Coues Deer Hunting Season in Arizona and Mexico
• Episode 2:  Gould's Turkey Hunting for the Royal Slam with Jay Scott and hunter Greg Ray and Talley Ridell 
• Episode 3: Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunting with Craig Steele
• Episode 4: Talking Elk and Mule Deer Hunting with David Virostko of Huntin' Fool 
• Episode 5:  Two Time Grand National Turkey Call Champion Scott Ellis talks Turkey Hunting 
• Episode 6:  The Manny Chee Experience Fishing with a World Class Guide 
• Episode 7: Mule Deer Hunting the Arizona Strip in 13A and 13B with Brec Bundy of Mule Deer Addiction Outfitters 

We currently have episodes waiting to download and future guests scheduled for interviews to include:

• Jason Hairston the President and Founder of KUIU
• Daniel Franco and Mike Hancock of Burnt Timber Outfitters
• Billy Yargus 2008 and 2015 NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Champion
• Chris Roe of Roe Hunting Resources
• Russ Jacoby who is an Outfitter on Buffalo Hunting on the Kaibab Plateau in AZ
• Joe Slaton 2015 NWTF Grand National Gobbling Champion and owner of Motherlode Turkey Calls
• A3 Outfitters Arizona Big Game Guides Matt Schimberg, Chad Rhoton and Jay Lopeman
• Bryan Langley RMEF World Champion Elk Caller
• Jason Phelps of Phelps Custom Calls
• Joe Bittner of Didutagout.com on Gould's Turkey Hunt
• Many more episodes being scheduled at this time!

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• If you subscribe on iTunes for FREE then each time a new episode is uploaded you don't have to wait for the iTunes store to update it.  It will come to you immediately.  Some episodes take 12 hours to show up from the time of upload but not if you subscribe!

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I appreciate all of the reviews on iTunes from our listeners but we can always use more which helps our ranking and placement with iTunes.  If you have comments, questions or someone you would like to hear on the podcast please send me an email at jayscottoutdoors@gmail.com and again thanks for the support