Call of the Outdoors Episode 56: Samples, Spurs, and Strutters: Pennsylvania’s Wild Turkey Studies
Update: 2025-04-02
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It’s turkey time!
Wildlife Technicians Rachel Pennell, Tony Musselman, and Andrew Cushman join host Matt Morrett to discuss Pennsylvania’s largest-ever wild turkey study and their boots-on-the-ground experience with birds that will shape the future of turkey management in the state.
Episode Highlights:
- How the turkey team uses thermal imaging and radio transmitter technologies to collect data
- Why temporary trapping and biological sampling provide valuable population info
- Anecdotal findings as the turkey team awaits final results of the study
- The truth behind common turkey myths
- The unlikely places turkeys nest
- The important role private landowners play in turkey studies
- Gobbler chronography as the future of turkey research
Resources:
- Learn more about wild turkey research.
- Review seasons and bag limits for spring gobbler.
- Try these turkey hunting tips.
- Find shooting ranges and places to hunt.
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