MWTHA

Here's hoping that you barbecued up a spring gobbler for your 4th of July celebration-some of us enjoyed success this spring, and some of us didn't.

All the odds were against us last winter-a long, snowy, cold winter that started early, and a ban on deer feeding, which subsequently had many people in the north country afraid to even put out a birdfeeder for fear of being ticketed or even arrested for feeding deer.

Our spring workshop held at the Northland Sportsmans Club in early April was not as successful as it has been in past years, undoubtedly due to a very poor economy with many people out of work in this area, but the Traverse Bay Chapter did raise enough money, primarily through our annual raffle, to put us in good shape for this winter with the current amount of wild turkeys in Area J much lower than in previous years. Our first chapter meeting to plan next year's feeding program will probably be held in October