This week, we're digging into the nuances of TSS and lead turkey loads, both in terms of price and performance.

Executive editor Natalie Krebs recently reported a deep-dive on the current TSS market and why prices have skyrocketed. Editor-in-chief Alex Robinson just finished range testing all of the top turkey loads on the market. So here's what you need to know about turkey ammo before the season opens.

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Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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Randy Newberg and Andrew McKean explore how our lawmakers are eroding protections for public land, throwing out public input, and how this is all going to play out leading up to — and after — this year's elections.

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Hosted by OL hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

Guest is Randy Newberg.

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For six seasons Roy Holdford, also known as Curl Hunts, has loaded up his van and hit the road for three full months of DIY public-land and permission turkey hunting. These are his picks for sleeper states to consider this spring, plus a few tips once you're there.

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YouTube video of that Georgia hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLrjcP6B098

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Guest is OL multimedia producer Roy Holdford.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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Patrick Wightman gets that America’s turkey hunters are cranky.  Understanding and applying turkey research, he says, can help. That's why he wants to make it as painless as possible for us.

Guest is Patrick Wightman, NWTF's new national director of wild turkey research.

Hosted by hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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Last month the U.S. Department of the Interior said it will revoke the grazing permits that have allowed American Prairie to run bison on roughly 63,000 acres of federal public land in Montana. In this episode of the Outdoor Life podcast news editor Dac Collins interviews our conservation editor Andrew McKean about the issue. McKean lives in eastern Montana, which is ground zero for the bison restoration effort. He'll explain why the effort to restore wild bison on the landscape is important, and also why it's become so controversial.

You can read our full story on BLM's decision here: https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-permits/

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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All duck hunters want to talk about right now is the growing debate over the culprit of shortened mallard migrations in the Mississippi Flyway. Here's what the data says — and doesn't — about what's actually affecting greenheads.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Reported and produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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This year's SHOT Show features new guns, of course, but we're also seeing introductions of electro-optics, the suppressor boom, and more.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

Guests are shooting editor John B. Snow and hunting & optics editor Andrew McKean.

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OL hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean heads to D.C. to interview Brian Nesvik, the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under his direction the USFWS is deferring to states, assessing its refuges, leveraging technology, and enabling the energy-first agenda of the Trump administration.

Reporting by hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean.

Hosted and produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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Contributor and Wyoming resident Christine Peterson returned to the Elk Mountain ranch that started the legal battle over corner crossing all those years ago. Here's what she learned about how to corner-cross without getting sued — and ongoing barriers to public access.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Produced by executive editor / Natalie Krebs.

Reporting by contributor Christine Peterson.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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As many Outdoor Life listeners and followers might have heard, our senior staff writer Tyler Freel was severely injured during a backcountry hunt in Idaho earlier this fall. 

Tyler was thrown from a horse during the ride back to the trailhead. He knew that he was hurt the instant he hit the ground, but nobody quite knew the extent of his injuries at the time, which turned out to be extremely severe. 

So today on the podcast Tyler is going to explain what exactly happened on that hunt. And our shooting editor, John B. Snow, who was there on the hunt with Tyler is going to outline what we’ve learned from the experience. 

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

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