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. I thought you were kidding. I didn't really think you were going to start it that way.

I like that you were looking away, so you didn't know what was coming.

Well, I am by no means an expert on this thing i know that and that wasn't the point yeah uh i've been trying to learn and it what

spawned me to do that is that i was gifted this wingbone call.

That's so special.

It's made by Love at Williams.

This was number 16 called The Hermit.

The Hermit.

And the reason it was relevant today is because we were going to do an episode to talk about what is actually going on behaviorally at the turkey's nest.

And when I started digging around, man,

Lovett has such great information in his book on this.

I thought,

why don't we just focus on what he said?

Mm-hmm.

You know, one of the guys that pioneered turkey research and, you know, the stuff from Florida.

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