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Committed to creating the best access to the latest scientific research on wild turkeys and the landscapes they inhabit, the Wild Turkey Lab, brought to you by Mossy Oak, serves as the definitive communication platform for science-driven information to benefit wild turkeys. By distributing content lead by Dr. Mike Chamberlain, the Wild Turkey Lab provides the most comprehensive collection of current research and meaningful historical works focused on wild turkeys.
Steven Rinella talks with Michael Chamberlain, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Janis Putelis.
Topics discussed: Just how much is a unit of blood?; packin’ tourniquets; how Jani’s wife won’t give Steve weasel trapping permission; etymology; hunting turkeys with dogs; the kee-kee run; how many critters kill and eat turkeys?; the wild turkey Bermuda Triangle; more things that make a turkey gobble; mesomammals; lies your daddy told you about wildlife; song meters and gobbling data; some big turkeys get all of the love; will hunting go to hell?; having an incredible sense of place and a big home range; hatching into a social hierarchy; and more.
Chamberlain says that hunters should think about turkey population dynamics like a football team. Each important factor is a different position. Brood rearing habitat would be the quarterback, for example.
The Hunting Public meet up with Dr. Chamberlain to see how the project they helped get funded via social media is going.
We quantified relationships between gobbling activity, predation risk from hunting activity, and risk from coyote activity. We found that distance to access points used by hunters on public lands most
Nothing triggers a turkey hunter into fitful dreams and self-imposed sleep deprivation like bushy beards, lusty gobbles and limb-hanger spurs. However, some parts of a turkey’s anatomy—beaks, feet, legs and
Talkin’ Turkey Ep 39 Dr. Mike Chamberlain (Wild Turkey Doc) joins hosts Brittany French and Rob McDonald to talk turkey. We’re going to cover the state of turkeys, what’s happening across
This Turkey Tuesday is about odd colored beards and the myth about beard rot. First, beard rot does not exist, there is no such condition in wild turkeys. Rather, the
This Turkey Tuesday is about predation on adult wild turkeys – in this case, from great-horned owls. When you think about predators that kill adult wild turkeys, you often think
This Turkey Tuesday is about the stunning array of colors and tones that toms display on their feathers. These brilliant colors are actually caused by light refracting off feathers, rather
We used songmeters, which are basically like a trail camera that records all sounds, to detail gobbling activity across study sites all over the Southeast. We found that increasing barometric
This Turkey Tuesday is about the ferocity of fights that erupt between toms as spring approaches. Turkeys will posture to each other, strut, gobble, size each other up, and try
This Turkey Tuesday is about an interesting behavior by wild turkeys – instances when a bird uses more than one roost site in a single night. Wild turkeys have exceptional
This Turkey Tuesday is about a strong foundation – the foundation in this case being the legs and feet on which turkeys stand. Obviously, turkeys use their legs to walk
This Turkey Tuesday is about consistency – in this case an interesting behavior by hens. Research has shown that behaviors can be highly variable from bird to bird, I’ve posted
This Turkey Tuesday is about the need for speed – or perhaps the better saying is speed kills. As turkey hunters, we’ve all matched wits with birds that move little
This Turkey Tuesday is about the need for turkeys to keep an eye on the sky. Wild turkeys have keen vision that allows them to detect even slight movements around
This Turkey Tuesday is about the importance of agricultural crops to wild turkeys during fall and winter. Throughout much of their range, wild turkeys most rely on acorns as a
This Turkey Tuesday is about personalities – in this case, continued evidence that how toms behave can be highly variable from one bird to the next. In many species, research
This Turkey Tuesday is about turkeys fighting – in this case, within groups of jakes. The knockdown, drag out fights that we often think of when we think about turkeys
This Turkey Tuesday is about dispersal, who does it, and when. Natal dispersal (when young birds leave their first home range) is not well understood in wild turkeys. In many
This Turkey Tuesday is about finding ways to estimate the size of a wild turkey population. For decades, we’ve lacked an understanding of how many birds are in our populations.
This Turkey Tuesday is about dusting and molting, 2 things that go hand-in-hand during late summer. Dusting is an activity all turkeys do, but late summer into early fall is
Us turkey hunters often claim gobbling activity differs in one part of a state vs another, but in reality is varies little. Photoperiod matters more than latitude, the figure shows how trends across Alabama are similar north to south. @DrShortSpur @WildTurkeyNerd @NWTF_official
2The spring shuffle is about to occur-toms will leave winter flocks and move to breeding areas. 2nd image shows what that looks like, a 2 mile shift in a few days. That’s the definition of here today, gone tomorrow! @MossyOak @NWTF_official @DrShortSpur
2Take a few minutes and watch this if you have any interest in wild turkeys. Issues facing Osceolas are a microcosm for other subspecies
Osceola turkeys inhabit some of the most enigmatic habitats in the U.S. In this @tomopre film, we explore the world of the Osceola & what needs to be done to ensure its future. https://bit.ly/3lRyXdZ
Presented by @MossyOak @TWCP @OFMossbergSons @ApexAmmunition @wildshepherds
And we're off!
The Nebraska wild turkey project has hit the ground running. So far, our team has deployed GPS transmitters on 51 birds (on our way to 120 total). Stay tuned for more updates!
📷: @NeblandMagazine/@NEGameandParks
