This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion where Jay Cantrell (Assistant Big Game Program Coordinator with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) and Dr. Michael Chamberlain (Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia) discuss the relationship between Eastern Wild Turkeys and prescribed fire. In this episode we cover turkey population history, recent population declines and the potential causes, how to best manage for wild turkeys, and more.