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.

Was there anything else you wanted to talk about with the ongoing research?

Maybe I know you talked about the northern stuff and the timing seemed to hold steady.

But what about the Osceola project?

I don't know really what all to say right now. Yeah. What about the Osceola project?

I don't know really what all to say right now.

You know, I got to get away from behind the, from behind the computer for a couple of weeks this winter, which was awesome.

And, you know, got to trap birds down there on those two sites.

And since the monitoring's been going on, as you know, we're in a group chat with the grad students and the technicians and everybody involved.

And yeah, and there are days when it's like, all right, this is awesome.

And there are days you're like, man, turkeys really took it hard, you know.

So I'm going, there's highs and lows.

But really my take home message so far is what I thought I knew about turkeys in Florida.

We may not know some.

Yeah.

Well, you know, that's one of the things that I'm the same way.

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