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Adam Butler, Wild Turkey Program Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks, joins us to discuss the turkey trends seen across Mississippi and the Southeast, what may or may not be influencing these cyclical patterns of productivity, and a general rule of thumb for how many gobblers to harvest on your property.
 
Resources:
How Many Gobblers Should I Take? (Article)
Isabelle, J. L., et al. (2018). Considerations for timing of spring wild turkey hunting seasons in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 5, 106-113.
Wild turkey population dynamics and what the manipulative study of season dates in Mississippi tells us about the role of hunting, ft. Adam Butler | #02
 
Adam Butler Contact, MDWFP
Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance, Academic Profile
Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby, Academic Profile
Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow 
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Over the past few years, brownspot needle blight and an assemblage of other problematic pathogenic species have garnered increasing concern in pine systems across the South. Join us as we discuss these along with current research efforts centered on this problem with Dr. John Riggins, Mississippi State University.
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Bobwhite Translocation to Pennsylvania:  
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/Hunting/Documents/Letterkenny%20Army%20Depot%20Bobwhite%20Quail%20Focus%20Area%20Management%20Plan.pdf
https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/outdoors/2024/02/28/where-do-northern-bobwhite-quail-live-in-pennsylvania-game-commisison-letterkenny-army-depot/72766192007/
https://www.dailyamerican.com/videos/sports/outdoors/2024/03/19/northern-bobwhite-quail-released-at-letterkenny-army-depot-game-commission-pheasants-forever/73035688007/
 
Fire Return Interval and Seasonality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIkglJ18-3o
https://talltimbers.org/fire-frequency-and-hardwood-re-sprouting/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112711006281
https://talltimbers.org/the-burning-question-when-to-burn-or-why/#:~:text=To%20achieve%20wildlife%20management%20and,typically%20good%20spring%20burning%20weather.
https://americaslongleaf.org/media/tmfnnboo/fire-effects-on-breeding-birds-_nfwf_.pdf
 
Scale of prescribed burns conducted in the Southeast:
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/10/372
 
Are Rednecks the Unsung Heroes of Ecosystem Management?
https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/Are_Rednecks_the_Unsung_Heroes_of_Ecosystem_Ma.pdf
 

A recently published note in the journal Neurobiology describing potential human transmission of chronic wasting disease is getting quite a bit of attention. Join us as we discuss the recent publication, chronic wasting disease, and steps you can take to try to limit the spread of this important disease within and among deer populations.
Dr. Joe Gerken and Dr. Drew Ricketts are extension specialists and faculty members in the Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management Program at Kansas State University. Find out more about the program at https://hnr.k-state.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/wildlife-outdoor-management.html

Dr. Alan Krakauer joins us to dive into his research on turkey kin selection and breakdown the many strategies gobblers use to pass on genes.
 
Donate to wild turkey research: UF Turkey Donation Fund , Auburn Turkey Donation Fund 
 
Resources:
Krakauer, A. H. (2005). Kin selection and cooperative courtship in wild turkeys. Nature, 434(7029), 69-72.
Krakauer, A. H. (2008). Sexual selection and the genetic mating system of wild turkeys. The Condor, 110(1), 1-12.
Watts, C. R., & Stokes, A. W. (1971). The social order of turkeys. Scientific American, 224(6), 112-119.
 
Dr. Alan Krakauer Website, Academic Profile
Dr. Marcus Lashley @DrDisturbance, Academic Profile
Dr. Will Gulsby @dr_will_gulsby, Academic Profile
Turkeys for Tomorrow @turkeysfortomorrow 
UF DEER Lab @ufdeerlab, YouTube
 
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Check out the NEW DrDisturbance YouTube channel! DrDisturbance YouTube
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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. 
 
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Produced & edited by Charlotte Nowak 
 

Anglers know that many fish species depend on the structure that trees provide. Habitat, such as standing timber, blow downs, snags, and cypress trees are popular places to fish in lakes and streams. But what about when the river leaves the riverbed and enters the bottomland forest? It turns out that this “flooded forest” habitat is critical for many fish species. Most lowland rivers used to seasonally flood into the surrounding forests, which could remain inundated for months at a time. These areas were important to spawning, early life history, and feeding ecology of many important fish species. Today, many rivers have lost this connection due to river regulation for navigation and flood control, with consequence for many river species that depended on flooded forests. In this episode, Wes discusses the value of flooded forests and ways we can improve our highly regulated rivers with Dr. Sandra Correa.    

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