Living the Outdoors with Marc Drewek: 04/01/26

April 1, 2026·51 min·3 clips

Randy describes using a phone scope on a red dot to help a blind hunter, Tim, shoot a double-bearded turkey.

The hour starts with turkey talk. After the sponsor reads and call-in details, the show moves into a hunting story that is part gear puzzle, part memory, and part patience. Tim had hunted turkeys before he was blind, and the guest is clear that a push-button trigger or someone else aiming would have taken away the thing Tim still knew how to do. So they worked the problem instead. A phone scope went on a red dot, the gun rested on a pod, and the guest sat behind Tim giving simple directions without touching the gun. Right, left, up, down. That mattered because Tim still shouldered the gun, still aimed it, and still had to sit with the pressure of the shot. The first shot missed. For a moment, it sounds like the bird is gone and the whole chance has slipped away. Then the turkey stays close. Shane keeps filming and calling, the bird starts working again, and the group has to fix a real field problem in a hurry. Only one shell was loaded. Now they are reloading, resetting the phone, getting camera mode back, and trying to hold the hunt together while the turkey struts and gobbles. The bird comes back in. Tim shoots again, drops it, and the guest remembers a beautiful double-bearded turkey and one of his favorite hunts. The emotion lands because the story stays plain. It comes through the missed shot, the loose phone, the extra shell, and the jokes about sand in their eyes. The closing returns to the same point, with the host asking listeners to take the chance to affect somebody's life through the outdoors. It is practical and sentimental at once. By the end, the bird matters, but so does giving Tim room to feel the hunt for himself.

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A turkey hunt story about patience, access, and the people who help make it work.

Living the Outdoors follows a turkey hunt, but the real weight comes when the conversation shifts to helping a blind hunter get back into the field.

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You want a turkey-hunt story that turns into a shared, emotional moment.

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