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.

So, yeah, a lot of folks have been asking us, we're in peak hunting season.

They're trying to figure out gobbler movement, and we thought it'd be really fun to just go back to the basics and talk about home ranges.

Like, what does space use look like of goblers?

And a fun fact, we're going to go over each subspecies to include some data that's just now.

I want to say cutting edge, but it's not cutting edge, but it's definitely the first of its kind. We're going to talk about Osceola Gobler Home Ranges in this episode.

But first, I wanted to ask you about your recent hunting experience.

Did y'all hear any gobbling this past weekend?

A little bit.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I hadn't heard the story about taking your daughter out was that her first time did i not

have i not told you about it yet no oh yeah we had a good time we didn't kill a bird but we had a good time

yeah had beautiful weather uh saturday morning we got out kind of went in and set up on a little

spot that birds had been roosting close to and coming in

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