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.

Okay, well, now I feel like all this pressure not to screw this one up but here we go so today

i'm excited i feel like i have to always say to be here with our guest zach danks who is the

wild turkey and rough grouse program coordinator is program coordinator the right terminology is that it is okay for the state of Kentucky and he was a

technical assistance biologists prior to that he's been so you've been with the

state agency for was it 16 17 years I'm trying to put it together based off

yeah just 10 years okay all right and I'm excited to put it together based off... Yeah, just hit 17. Okay, all right.

And I'm excited to have you on today.

Thanks for joining us, Zach.

Yep, I'm excited to be here too, Will.

So can you tell us a little bit about, you know, how you got to the position that you're in today?

Sure, yeah.

Yeah, ironically, in graduate school, I worked under Dr. Bill Porter, who is well known and

respected in the Turkey Research Management.

I feel like a lot of our listeners will be familiar with that name for sure.

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