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 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.

Why do y'all have a bear above your head as opposed to a turkey?

Because Will doesn't have any turkeys that he's killed.

Are you all in the library?

Yeah, we're in the faculty library.

I started to go downstairs, but I didn't want to sing pretentious.

Well, could you put some of your turkeys behind you?

Well, that's what I was talking about, but I didn't want to. Well, it certainly would seem that way since we're recording with will and he doesn't have any somebody needs to lend credibility to this conversation

and clearly it's not me well i could have gone downstairs and had a line of

of beards down the wall showing up behind me.

Yeah, if you had like a necklace

with beards where you could just kind of

drape them all over yourself.

Well, you would just see them going down to here

and then it would end.

You couldn't see all down on the floor.

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