Author: Clede Spooner
Clede Spooner
In 2019, with over 17 years experience in multi-facetted marketing strategies and content creation, I left the “real-world” to bring my part time marketing agency to a full-time career. In late 2020, I joined the Xpedition Marketing team and continue to operate my personal business, Crossroads Media Productions, on the side. Focusing on outfitter marketing strategies and support has allowed me opportunities to pursue game across the world that I once only dreamed about.
Despite the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 50 years of unparalleled conservation delivery and the realization of what is regarded as the most acclaimed conservation story in America, many factors today are resulting in the loss of healthy habitats and a decrease in wild turkey populations. The health of the North American wild turkey population has diminished since 2004, with surveys showing a decline of 10-15% over the past 15 years. Also alarming, the number of turkey hunters have declined over the same period. Insufficient habitat management, the fragmentation and development of previously untouched lands, decreased public support of hunting, reduced…