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 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.

Yeah, we're here today with Dr. Dwayne Elmore.

And Dwayne, I'll let you introduce yourself and we'll get started on this conversation.

Well, thanks both for you for allowing me to come on here and join you today.

My background is I grew up Tennessee, hunting and fishing and spent a lot of time outdoors

and went to the University of Tennessee

and then Mississippi State University,

and then eventually Utah State University.

And now I've been at Oklahoma State University for 16 years

and I do a lot of extension work focused on providing technical assistance to landowners

and agencies and also research.

And a lot of my work, especially in the area of research, is on game birds.

So quail, grouse, and more recently, Turkey.

So I'm obviously very excited to talk to you all today about predator control in the context of turkey management.

Yeah, well, we're really excited to have you as well.

I know a lot of our listeners are really interested in some of the ongoing

turkey work in different places, and it's nice to have somebody that's leading some of that

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