EP 126 Zack McQueen
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With the NWTF Photography Contest, sponsored by Tactacam, currently open for submissions at (call for entries closes on January 10, 2026), wildlife and lifestyle photography are on our minds. The NWTF's Jesse Warner continues conversations about wildlife photography by sitting down with Zack McQueen. You may have seen McQueen's work in the NWTF's photo contest, Wyoming Wildlife's Calendar or across social on his channels. They talk Mcqueen's start in photography, his choice of camera equipment, specific shots McQueen worked hard to capture — like the one where you can see a...
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EP 125 Clayton Worrell AKA Grizhawkins Photography
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With the NWTF Photography Contest, sponsored by Tactacam, currently open for submissions at (call for entries closes on January 10, 2026), wildlife and lifestyle photography are on our minds. On the episode, the NWTF's Jesse Warner sits down with talented photographer Clayton Worrell of Cedar Bluff, Iowa. They talk the origin of his photography studio name — Grizhawkins or Grizhawk, tactics used in the field to get shots he wants, setting goals for desirable images and much more! If you enjoy shooting turkeys from behind the lens just as much as you do from behind the gun, this is an...
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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...
info_outlineWith the NWTF Photography Contest, sponsored by Tactacam, currently open for submissions at https://your.nwtf.org/photo_contest/ (call for entries closes on January 10, 2026), wildlife and lifestyle photography are on our minds.
On the episode, the NWTF's Jesse Warner sits down with talented photographer Clayton Worrell of Cedar Bluff, Iowa. They talk the origin of his photography studio name — Grizhawkins or Grizhawk, tactics used in the field to get shots he wants, setting goals for desirable images and much more!
If you enjoy shooting turkeys from behind the lens just as much as you do from behind the gun, this is an episode you'll want to catch.
To view Worrell's work, check him out on Instagram @Grizhawk or visit his website https://www.grizhawkins.com/. Or if you are headed to the NWTF Convention and Sport Show, you can visit his booth on the sport show floor — both 2055.