Sportsman Channel’s Popular “Talkin’ Turkey” Marathon Returns on Saturdays: February 27, March 5, 12 and 19
February 23, 2016Features Avian-X TV and Turkey Man TV Shows, along with New Episodes of Avian-X TV with Country Music Star Blake Shelton
DENVER (February 23, 2016)– Turkey talk is just a gobble and cluck away with Sportsman Channel’s Talkin’ Turkey presented by Avian-X returning for the fifth year with 12 hours of all-turkey hunting action featuring new episodes of Avian-X TV with Matt Morrett and viewer favorite shows from Turkey Man with Eddie Salter. Tune in for three hours every Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. ET on February 27, March 5, 12 and 19 exclusively on Sportsman Channel.
Kicking off the turkey “talkfest” is a special episode on February 27 at 5 p.m. ET featuring country music star Blake Shelton hunting turkey with the Avian-X crew at Shelton’s home in Oklahoma.
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Sportsman Channel’s Talkin’ Turkey presented by Avian-X schedule is as follows:
February 27
5 p.m. – Avian-X Red Dirt Strutters (NEW) – Host Matt Morrett travels to his buddy Blake Shelton’s home in Oklahoma for up-close turkey hunting action. Matt meets his match with a tough, crooked tailed longbeard.
6 p.m. – Avian- X Rut N Strut Longbeards (NEW) – World Champion Turkey Caller Josh Grossenbacher meets up with Todd Rogers, owner of Rut N Strut Guide Service, for an unbelievable day of turkey hunting.
7 p.m. – Turkey Man Friends and Family – Eddie has a couple of people in the hot seat this week from good friend, Matt Busbice, to most of his family and they are all talking about the same thing: hunting longbeards.
7:30 p.m. – Turkey Man Buckets & Beards – This week Eddie has Matt Busbice in the chair to talk about an infamous hunting incident in Hawaii. And Eddie learns that Hawaii has turkeys galore.
March 5
5 p.m. – Avian-X Rolltide Longbeards (NEW) – Josh Grossenbacher and Pro Staffer Terrance Williamson team up on tough Alabama longbeards. Then Matt Morrett joins long-time friend Rigby McMillan down in Lower Alabama for a variety of southern turkey hunts that will have viewers dreaming of spring.
5 p.m. – Avian-X Last Stand Longbeards (NEW) – Champion callers Hunter Wallis and Josh Grossenbacher team up in New York and Pennsylvania. And in usual fashion, they bring it down to the wire to get it done.
6 p.m. – Turkey Man Assassins and Barbers – Eddie drops in on the Trained Assassins this week and trades a hair cut for turkey stories.
6:30 p.m. – Turkey Man Assassins and Barbers, Part 2 – Uncle Rusty is in the chair as Eddie continues his talk with the Trained Assassins.
March 12
5 p.m. – Avian-X Family Traditions (NEW) – Cold temperatures and flocked up turkeys create a challenging hunt as Matt Morrett takes his daughter Madison to upstate New York for a shot at her very first longbeard.
6 p.m. – Avian-X Kansas World Hunting Championship (NEW) – Matt Morrett and Pete Angle team up at the World Turkey Hunting Championship in Kansas. Do they have what it takes to come out on top?
7 p.m. – Avian-X Southern Comfort Longbeards – Southern Comfort Longbeards join Matt Morrett as he travels to Florida and Alabama to start off the season.
March 19
5 p.m. – Avian-X Snowy Strutters – Matt Morrett finds himself chasing longbeards in the middle of a Kansas snow storm.
6 p.m. – Avian-X Longhorn Longbeards – The Avian-X crew joins Fred Zink in the Longhorn State as they spend some incredible days in the turkey woods of the Mossy Oak Rio Round Up.
7 p.m. – Avian-X Neon Light Longbeards – Welcome back to Blake Shelton’s Oklahoma Turkey Camp, where there is 100% chance of good times, lots of laughs and guaranteed #FLOPPAGE.
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