Wild Turkey Science
Hosted by Marcus Lashley and Will Gulsby · Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby
5.0from 913 ratings
- 208
- Episodes
- 128
- Transcribed
- 913
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 610K
- YouTube views
About Wild Turkey Science
Wild Turkey Science is a science-based podcast bringing you the latest research on wild turkey ecology and management. This podcast is part of the Natural Resources University podcast network and made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.
- Publisher
- Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Jan 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
128 of 208 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Offspring sex ratio in birds | #204
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Which Oaks Should You Cut? | #203
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Where is the line between anecdote and research? | #202
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Offspring sex ratio in birds | #204
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We just assume pretty much across the board in turkeys, but it's not assumed elsewhere because they have good data on it elsewhere. But in turkeys, pretty much, I mean, including me, I've done multiple studies where we were projecting the populations, a couple of them that we're actively trying to publish right now, but we've kind of just assumed it was 50-50. So it's sort of, you know, it's just not really that important in the model. It is really close to that though, isn't it? Uh, there's some work in turkeys that suggests that it's slightly skewed to males. Yeah. And then recent work, uh, that was collected on a bunch of sites in the Southeast where they had, uh, I would say if they put them all together, they kind of, it would be shaded the opposite direction towards females. […]
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- Craig Harper
- Mark Turner
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- Charlotte
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- YouTube views
- 609,535
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 589 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 324 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 98
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Marcus Lashley and Will Gulsby host the show. Published by Dr. Marcus Lashley & Dr. Will Gulsby.
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