What eats turkeys? Has the predator context changed? We give you a look from the literature, historical writings, discuss underrepresented predators, and breakdown important concepts in predator prey dynamics.

Resources from the episode:

• Chitwood et al. 2020. Raccoon Vigilance and Activity Patterns When Sympatric with Coyotes
• Gulsby et al. 2017 Landscape heterogeneity reduces coyote predation on white-tailed deer fawns
• Kelly et al. 2015. Seasonal and Spatial Variation in Diets of Coyotes in Central Georgia 
• Nelson et al. 2022. Fine-scale resource selection and behavioral tradeoffs of eastern wild turkey broods

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Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive feedback. We felt compelled to address major themes in the questions y’all gave us from the first topic series. Here we address several major questions and also highlight things brought to our attention by the audience.

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Is the science settled? Will and Marcus have a deep discussion about what we learned from the first few episodes, what data we have, what is missing, and where we should go from here.

Paper: Considerations for Timing of Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons in the Southeastern United States

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In this episode, Dr. Mike Chamberlain discusses various aspects of wild turkey biology and ecology, signs of problems across many states, how hunter harvest could be contributing to wild turkey decline, and potential solutions.

Paper: Status and distribution of wild turkeys in theUnited States in 2019

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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab) Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)

This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, check out turkeysfortomorrow.org.

Produced by Charlotte Nowak

In this episode, Adam Butler gives us an historical context for wild turkey population dynamics and reveals results from the ongoing season date manipulation across several wild turkey populations in Mississippi. 

Paper: Considerations for Timing of Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons in the Southeastern

United States 

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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab) Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow) 

This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, check out turkeysfortomorrow.org.

Produced by Charlotte Nowak

In this episode, Dr. Craig Harper fills us in on their experimental manipulation of season dates across several counties in Tennessee and how it affected wild turkey productivity. We also cover several topics that are critical to understand about wild turkey populations.

Papers:

• Nest-site Selection and Survival of Wild Turkeys in Tennessee
• Vegetation structure and food availability following disturbance in recently restored early successional plant communities

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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab) Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)

This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, check out turkeysfortomorrow.org.

Produced by Charlotte Nowak

In our inaugural episode, Marcus and Will discuss what we are trying to accomplish with this podcast and how it was made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow. Help us help turkeys by subscribing and sharing with your friends and family.

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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance) Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby) UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab) Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)

This podcast is made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow, a grassroots organization dedicated to the wild turkey. To learn more about TFT, go to turkeysfortomorrow.org.

Produced by Charlotte Nowak

Here is a sneak peak of the upcoming episodes of Wild Turkey Science. Subscribe now because it’s going to get intense quick!

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Dr. Marcus Lashley (DrDisturbance)

Dr. Will Gulsby (dr_will_gulsby)

Turkeys for Tomorrow (turkeysfortomorrow)

UF DEER Lab (ufdeerlab)

Produced by Charlotte Nowak