Dr. Colter Chitwood grew up hunting, fishing, and exploring the woods and waters of northwest Georgia. Years later, his wildlife ecology career has taken him across the U.S., from graduate degrees in North Carolina to postdoctoral positions in Missouri and Montana. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Forest Wildlife Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University, where his research focuses primarily on population ecology, predator-prey dynamics, and forest habitat management for game species.

Topics Discussed: 

• Why Oklahoma should be on your hunting radar.
• Growing up hunting turkeys in Georgia
• Glory days of turkey hunting over?
• Extension offices as a resource for hunters. 
• Does spring turkey hunting impact breeding, hatching, and populations?
• Sportsmen advocating self-restraint for conservation.
• Turkey subspecies: who can really tell?

 Chasing Rabbits:

• Join the National Wild Turkey Federation
• Find Your University Extension Offices 

You can find more about Everett Headley, your host, on his website or Instagram. 

Intro Music: Jason Shaw- Back to the Woods
Outro Music:  Bumy Goldson- Keep Walking

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