Question 1 - mkray74
I am a 34 year old “Brand New” hunter. I am a female and I have fallen in love with hunting. I am from North Georgia and took my first deer this past fall (a doe). I am gearing up for turkey season at this very moment I will be hunting here in Georgia and in Missouri this spring season. Can you offer up some advice for me to hopefully have a successful hunt this season? By the way, I love watching you and the Real Tree team on The Outdoor channel.

Answer 1 – Michael Waddell
Well first off there is nothing cooler or sexier than hearing about the ladies getting out there and hunting. So thanks for getting out there and showing all the guys up in looks and success in the field.
Turkeys are so much fun, but can be tough especially in the south(GA). Definitely keep your calling to a minimum and call soft using a lot of realistic hen yelps. I have had a lot of luck in GA with soft hen yelps, mixed in with some timely more aggressive cutts only if the gobblers tempurature is right.
Early in the season I like decoys. But, as the season gets older I put em up because of pressure and the woods getting thicker. Also if I strike a turkey late in the morning, sometimes I will call to him on the way to set up and shut up on him around 30 yards or so from where I want to sit down and then I will get quiet on him. When he comes in, a lot of times he is looking 30 yards down below you and of course you’ll be there with three inches of attitude adjustment. Best of Luck!

Question 2 - Thornell4×4
What is the most memorable hunt of your career?

Answer 2 – Michael Waddell
No doubt hunting with my Daddy in CO and being with him when he got his first elk with a bow. It was a dream come true for both of us, and to get it all on video for a Bone Collector show was cool too!mkray74

Question 3 - forestman
Where do you think the sport of deer hunting is headed in the future?

Answer 3 – Michael Waddell
I think with all the conservation group hard work and all the hunters getting very serious with proper management of our herds and flocks. sport hunting is bound to get better in the future. Organizations like NWTF are standing up for hunting in general and not just for the wild turkey.
We do have to be careful however about the emphasis we put on trophy hunting even though it is perfectly healthy and ethical to do this. We just have to make sure we keep the trophies relative to the hunters who shoot them. Some people are proud of a smaller deer or turkey where some of us are only going after the biggest. We have to set goals and understand others as it pertains to the outdoors and hunting.

Question 4 - DixieGirl10
Michael, I love hunting thunder chickens and I know you have traveled all over the United States in pursuit of these extremely smart birds. I know you have your Grand Slam also. Of the 4 main breeds of turkeys (Rio Grande, Eastern, Merriam, and Osceola), which did you find to be the most difficult to locate, hunt, call, and kill?

Answer 4 – Michael Waddell
Without a shadow of doubt the Eastern that lives in the south (GA. AL). Because of the tough habitat, high pressure and fewer turkeys. Even though they can be the toughest they’re the most rewarding to kill. If you can consistently fill tags on easterns’, you can certainly be successful on the rest of the sub-species.’

Question 5 - brianpearson

Hi Michael! Thanks for the videos you sent us in Iraq in 2004. My question to you is.. What is the biggest whitetail you’ve taken, what’s the score and where did you take the animal?

I’ve enjoyed your show. Keep those shows a coming and thanks again for the videos. Us troops enjoyed them when we were able.

Thanks,
SFC Brian Pearson U.S.A.

Answer 5 – Michael Waddell
My biggest to deer came in back to back weeks this past fall 2008. I shot a 166 P&Y 9 pt in KS and six days later I shot a 176 inch bruiser in Indiana. I shot em both with a brand new Hoyt Alpha max.

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“Two traditions making a difference” the concept has been very simple. CGH invites the top outdoor Television professionals as well as the top Country artists on a three day turkey hunt around the Wiregrass area ie.(southeast Alabama/southwest Georgia and North Florida), followed by an all acoustic celebrity benefit concert. So this year they decided to make the event much smaller and more exclusive.

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They also have a online auction sponsored by www.camospace.com where you will be able to bid on some very exclusive items like a Realtree dipped one of a kind guitar as well as a number of hunting and fishing trips and many more unique one of a kind items. All proceeds from the sponsors, concert tickets and online auction are put into a huge pot and split amongst the CGH celebrities charities of choice. In years past, CGH has managed to make a difference in the lives of many charities such as ..St Judes Children’s Hospital, The American Cancer Society, Wiregrass Children’s Home, The Georgia Outdoors News Seeds program, Georgia Sheriffs boys ranch, Enterprise High School Tornado Victims as well as The N.W.T.F. Wheelin’ Sportsman’s which helps disabled hunters.

This year is going to be the most exclusive event held to date. With only 500 tickets being sold they won’t last long. Michael Waddell, Host of Realtree Roadtrips and The hot new show Bone Collector says..”It’s like having a backstage pass to the coolest hunting camp in the world”. Daryle Singletary, Country Artist and Rhett Akins both grew up in South Ga and agree that “This year’s event will be the most exclusive and will definitely have that small town feel being held in Blakely”.

For a full list of this year’s CGH celebrities who will be attending you can log onto www.countrygoeshuntin.com for ticket information you can contact Hillary with the Blakely-Early County Chamber of commerce at 229-723-3741. Tickets go on sale March 7th. and the CGH Camp Concert will be held on March 31 in Balkely Ga. We are excited to be hosting this year’s event says Hillary Halford with The Blakley -Early County Chamber of Commerce. “It’s amazing how big the event has gotten when you think about how it started with Rhett Playing a guitar around a campfire and Sam conducting a personal Turkey Hunting seminar for a few lucky winners. Too were it is today. We are excited to be a part of this very unique one - of - a kind experience and look forward to hopefully keeping the Turkey event in Blakley for years to come!”