Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.

I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.

And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.

We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, managing,

and researching wild turkeys.

In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management.

Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.

You know, where you come out of the bathroom into your little uh your little dorm room there you're i thought that's what we were doing man we recorded so long now and i feel like i know our

listeners so well i'm i'm okay with it actually I don't even

care anymore well you're not even wearing pants what's going well I can see your dirty

underwear in the back that's just normal that yeah it's so it's so funny because it's such a

far cry from our first few episodes and we were so worried about everything.

I remember you, do you remember this? Like the first episode, you had like this like four

pages of notes like bullet points and you were like holding it, reading it. And you were like,

yeah, we're not going to use any of that.

It's like, okay, one key thing about this is got to have good information, this accurate,

and referenced, where they can go look at it for themselves.

But also, we need people to listen to it to actually.

It has to be listenable.

Nobody wants to sit there and read or listen to someone read.

That's right.

But yeah, I'm coming to you live from Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center in

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