Managing deer for turkeys | #150
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
5.0 • 584 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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In this episode, we discuss the overlaps and tradeoffs between managing your property for both deer and turkey.
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| 0:00.0 | One thing that I see really often, you know, this is usually with people that are deer-centric and have a turkey interest, but it certainly happens with turkey-centric people that have a deer interest, too, is they plant their food pot in the fall and everything's good for the fall and winter deer season and then they just |
| 0:21.1 | wipe their hands of it and they don't take care or even notice some of the problems |
| 0:26.9 | that can arise if you don't take care of them. |
| 0:29.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.8 | Like ryegrass. |
| 0:45.3 | 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. |
| 0:52.1 | And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, professor of wildlife ecology and management at Auburn University. |
| 0:57.4 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting, managing, |
| 1:02.8 | and researching wild turkeys. |
| 1:04.7 | In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, |
| 1:09.5 | and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management. |
| 1:14.6 | Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science. |
| 1:23.6 | That was sneaky. |
| 1:28.9 | Sneaky, sneaky. |
| 1:30.7 | Snuck one head on you. |
| 1:32.1 | You're in a sneaky mood today? |
| 1:34.6 | I wouldn't say that. |
| 1:36.4 | Well, Marcus, it's almost deer season. |
| 1:38.5 | I know. |
| 1:39.0 | It is deer season in some places. |
| 1:41.1 | Yep, not in my place. |
| 1:42.9 | I don't really feel like hunting right now with this weather, but I'm pretty sure |
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