Legends of turkey research | #50
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
5.0 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Marcus and Will travel back in time with legendary turkey researchers Dr. Larry Vangilder and Eric Kurzejeski. Join as they discuss the early days of restocking and lessons learned, how hunting regulations changed as populations grew, initial assumptions impacting today's regulations, challenges they faced as biologists, and thoughts on why we're seeing declines today.
Dr. Larry Vangilder, Eric W. Kurzejeski
Dr. Marcus Lashley (@DrDisturbance) (Academic Profile)
Dr. Will Gulsby (@dr_will_gulsby) (Academic Profile)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. |
| 0:20.3 | And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University. |
| 0:26.1 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, |
| 0:30.8 | managing, and researching wild turkeys. |
| 0:33.4 | In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, |
| 0:38.2 | and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management. |
| 0:43.6 | Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science. |
| 0:53.8 | Well, I'm happy to have two repeat guests on today, not to the audience, but to us, right? |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, yeah, guys, we really appreciate just for the sake of the audience, knowing what's going on. |
| 1:10.2 | We recorded probably better than an hour last time. |
| 1:15.4 | And then we had a problem with the file. |
| 1:18.4 | So now Larry Van Gilder and Mr. Kersiecki is back with us to record again. |
| 1:32.3 | Yeah, we're glad to have y'all back. |
| 1:34.4 | And for those of you who may not be aware, |
| 1:38.7 | Eric and Larry were responsible for some of the really fundamental research |
| 1:42.8 | that established a lot of our understanding about wild turkey biology and management. |
| 1:47.0 | And most of you guys work was with the Missouri Department of Conservation, right? |
| 1:52.0 | Right. |
| 1:53.0 | Yes. |
| 1:54.0 | Yeah, Eric, Larry, I have read quite a few things that you guys have written over the years and just want to say that |
| 2:02.4 | I really appreciate your contributions to what we know about turkeys. That's definitely |
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