EP 102 The Osceola Wild Turkey with Bo Meador and Mike Tussey
Release Date: 03/20/2025
EP 124 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 10: New and Emerging Tools
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes a conversation with the authors and presenters from the following papers included in the "New and Emerging Tools" session: "Investigating diel patterns of predation events in wild turkey using tri-axial accelerometer data" —- Wightman et al.() "Use of LIDAR to examine habitat selection by incubating female wild turkeys in South...
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EP 123 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 9: Tools to Estimate Survival
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes a conversation with the presenter from the following paper included in the "Tools to Estimate Survival" session: "Evaluating camera survey methods for estimating wild turkey abundance" — Buckley et al (Presented by Nick Bakner) () Additional guest includes Kyle Hand, Statewide Game Bird Specialist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife...
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EP 122 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 8: Human Dimensions and Hunting
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with the authors from the following papers included in the "Human Dimensions and Hunting" session: "Hunting impacts male wild turkey movement and resource selection: insights from a hunted and nonhunted population" — Wightman et al. () "Geographical variation in male eastern wild turkey gobbling activity relative to...
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EP 121 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 7: Population Dynamics - A Regional Look Around the USA
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes a conversation with the author from the following paper included in the "Population Dynamics - A Regional Look Around the USA" session: "Comparing nesting rate and space use between extant and translocated eastern wild turkeys" — Argabright et al. () Additional guests include the NWTF's Annie Farrell. While we were not able to sit...
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EP 120 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 6: Population Dynamics - Larger Spatial Extent
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with authors or presenters from papers included in the "Habitat Selection" session: "Effects of temperature and precipitation on wild turkey brood survival in the southeastern United States" — Boone et al. (Presented by Chris Moorman) () "Inter-annual lek fidelity in eastern wild turkey flocks" — Argabright et...
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EP 119 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 5: Habitat Selection
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with authors or presenters from papers included in the "Habitat Selection" session: "Multi-scale evaluation of eastern wild turkey nest site selection and nest survival" — Moscicki et al. () "Measuring congruence between available and selected vegetation at wild turkey nest sites" — Bakner et al. () Additional guests...
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EP 118 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 4: Disease Ecology and Predation
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with authors or presenters from papers included in the "Disease Ecology and Predation" session: "Influence of lymphoproliferative disease virus on behaviors of female easter wild turkeys during reproductive periods" — Chamberlain et al. () "The Notorious P.I.G.: Wild pigs are not primary predators of wild turkey nests"...
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EP 117 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 3: Wild Turkey Genetics
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with authors or presenters from papers included in the "Wild Turkey Genetics" session: "Role of kinship in sociality of female eastern wild turkeys" — Chamberlain et al. () "Genetic structuring and within-flock relatedness of eastern wild turkeys" — Watkins et al. (Presented by Chamberlain) () Additional guests include...
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EP 116 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 2: Status, Brood Survey and Hen Survival
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes conversations with authors or presenters from papers included in the "Status, Brood Survey and Hen Survival" session: "Status and Distribution of Wild Turkeys in the United States" — Dr. Bret Collier () "A National Standardized Wild Turkey Brood Survey: The First 6 Years" — Zach Danks () Additional guests include the NWTF's Jared...
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EP 115 13th Wild Turkey Symposium Pt. 1: Wild Turkey Research - The Past, Present and Future
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As we know there is an elevated interest in wild turkey science within the turkey hunting community, we are working to bring you numerous updates and research summaries from the 13th National Wild Turkey Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri. This episode includes summary talks from the "Welcome & Introductory Remarks" session that included Eric Kurzejeski's "Wild Turkey Research: A Look Back" and Dr. Bret Collier's "Wild Turkey Research: Present and Future." Additional guests include the NWTF's John Burk and Doug Little. To view the full symposium agenda, visit .
info_outlineIn the lower 48, spring wild turkey seasons begin in early March with the opening of the south Florida zones allowing hunters to chase the Osceola wild turkey.
The dark-winged beauties are one of the five subspecies of the American wild turkey and they occupy the states swamps, pastures, orange groves, oak hammocks and more,. They are a highly desired bird by turkey hunters as they are limited in range and the harvest could mark a completed wild turkey grand slam.
Today, we are joined by Mike Tussey and Bo Meador to talk about the birds, the landscapes they inhabit, the challenges they face and things hunters should consider if they chose to head to Florida to chase these birds.