If you are working with a landowner whose primary objective is to maximize turkey abundance,

and they have done everything that you recommended related to improving habitat, quality, and quantity across that property,

and they still have the time and the funding to implement predator control in addition to that, would you recommend that they do so?

Absolutely. I do it all the time. Well, there you go.

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So you're going to get thrown right under the bus on it, I guess. I might flip it around and

throw you back under it too or drag you under it with me that's that's probably

the more appropriate analogy is i'll drag you under with me we're just going to be like dragging each other

and just flipping around the wheel i hope we can fit through the wheel well marcus i've heard i've heard a

recent sentiment that you were just not willing to admit that predator control could be part of the solution to low turkey numbers.

I've heard that as well.

Which is interesting since we're investing a lot of energy.

I have two projects right now focused on specifically that.

Yeah.

That is, I would say, taking what I say for a, like that I'm saying it for a different

reason than I am.

Yeah.

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