With 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.

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 turkey's gobble thanks to the steam in its breath — and much more!

To check out McQueen's photography work, visit https://www.instagram.com/z.mcqueen_photography/.

With the NWTF Photography Contest 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.

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.
(https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1631)

"Use of LIDAR to examine habitat selection by incubating female wild turkeys in South Carolina" — Ulrey et al. (Presented by Nick Bakner)
(https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1628)

"Assessing the potential of unoccupied aerial vehicles and deep learning to survey wild turkey populations" — Schumacher et al. (Presented by Mike Byrnes)
(https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1639)

Additional guest includes the NWTF's Ricky Lackey

To view the full symposium agenda, visit www.wildturkeysymposium.org.