Planting trees for turkeys | #149
Wild Turkey Science
Charlotte Nowak
5.0 • 584 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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We've brought back our episode with Dudley Phelps, Mossy Oak Nativ Nurseries plant expert and co-host of the Gamekeeper Podcast, to learn about his go-to species and successful strategies for planting trees to attract turkeys.
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| 0:00.7 | The small acorned red oaks are hard to beat. |
| 0:03.8 | Water oak, willow oak, cherry bark oak, shingle oak, pin oak. |
| 0:08.5 | What are the things that people need to be thinking about that you find that they often don't when they're planting? |
| 0:13.6 | One of the main things is folks don't think about the future. |
| 0:17.7 | You've got to take into account, you know, what that landscape is going to look like |
| 0:22.6 | in 15 years when you're planting trees. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. |
| 0:39.9 | I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida. |
| 0:45.7 | And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University. |
| 0:51.1 | We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists |
| 0:54.2 | who are passionate about hunting, managing, and researching wild turkeys. |
| 0:59.0 | In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field, |
| 1:03.9 | and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management. |
| 1:09.3 | Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science. |
| 1:16.5 | I feel like I need to say, |
| 1:21.9 | and we're live. |
| 1:24.0 | Oh, really? |
| 1:24.9 | Is that what you felt like? |
| 1:26.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.2 | To pay homage to our guest today. |
| 1:30.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:31.2 | Well, I'm pretty excited about this one. |
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