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.

It's kind of weird looking at you sitting in my office i'm in your recording bathroom was it was it lake that recently said that it was like no it was uh tido. That's who it was, yeah.

And now I understand that you're not just completely an idiot because it is difficult to figure out the recording settings in this office.

Yeah, for some reason, it just will not participate to, you know, right out of the gate.

I thought it was just you.

I'm going to be honest. Yeah.

Well, I'm glad.

See, we had to get Will all the way down to Gainesville to tinker around with the settings in my office to understand that, uh, that it's difficult to set up every time for some reason.

You've got too many, too many devices in here. It's overwhelming for me. Too many gadgets.

Yeah. Well, it's going to be an exciting trip. So you haven't gotten to go see the turkeys yet, but we're going to go right after we get done with this.

So I think we need to knock this thing out. Yeah. Yeah. Let's do that because, uh, especially because we got a couple little girls that are super excited about it too.

I know. Yeah. See it's going to be funny up about it. Yeah. It definitely got me excited.

Everyone has been so excited to meet her.

And she's been calling her her friend that she doesn't know yet.

Oh, my God.

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