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.

Yeah, so I'm excited to have you here, Mark.

I really appreciate it.

I know Will and I have talked about this a lot, and both of us have been involved in

NWTF to some degree over the years and interacted with you some, especially here recently.

So we appreciate you coming to talk to us.

Do you mind kind of telling the audience a little bit about yourself and what your role is?

Yeah.

So Marcus, I appreciate the invitation to be a part of this today.

And again, just always happy to talk about wild turkeys and research and management and all

those pieces there. So my name is Mark Hatfield, National Director of Science and Planning

for the National Wildlife Turkey Federation. I've actually been

staff with NWTF for nearly 20 years within the Conservation Department, overseeing our Superfund

program, which is our state chapter allocation of funds to support the mission, work directly

with our NWTF Technical Committee, which we can get into a little bit later,

and then kind of provides strategic direction and oversight for the organization within the conservation delivery side.

...