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.

I hate that we just did, what, 45 minutes worth of awesome content without clicking record first.

That's what I was going to say is so much for me skipping the small talk.

I tried to get here a couple minutes after we were scheduled to record.

We could get right to it, but then we ended up talking for 25 more minutes about, in fact,

a lot of the stuff that we wanted to cover today. But regardless, that's because of our

enthusiasm to have Dr. Patrick Whiteman here with us today. And Dr. Whiteman is a research

scientist. Is that the right title?

Yep.

Yeah, at the University of Georgia.

And that's on the heels of completing his graduate work with Dr. Mike Chamberlain and working with him in his lab.

And I think you continued for a postdoc for a little while before you, you attained your current position.

Is that right?

That's correct. So I did my dissertation with Mike there at UGA. It took about four years. Finished up there. I was fortunate

enough to get postdoc with them for the guys out of South Carolina. Some research that we'll

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