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A typical Traverse Bay feeder-elevated to keep deer and elk away-but not ruffed grouse! |
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MWTHA member shot this very different gobbler in May of 2000 in Wexford
County on public land in the Manistee National |
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A group of Pere Marquette chapter birds celebrating the onset of spring after another long Michigan winter |
| The Traverse Bay Chapter works with many groups on cooperative projects, including the Antrim County Road Commission. |  |
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Jamie Gallagher and Rick Riley, president of theTraverse Bay Chapter of MWTHA,who did a great job of calling Jamie's 1998 gobbler, a 19 pound tom with 9 inch beard. |
| Members of the Traverse bay Chapter help to unload some of the 99 tons of corn that were fed to Area J's wild turkeys during the winter of 98-99. |  |
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The mother hen run over by a reckless car driver, this poult's only chance for life was under the watchful eye of members of MWTHA. She was later released as an adult back into the wild. |
| MWTHA Secretary, Linda Gallagher poses with her 1998 spring gobbler. |
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DNR biologist Doug Whitcomb & Antrim county forester Mike Meriwether cooperate with the MWTHA on a wild turkey release in 1992. |
| Justin Wethington with his first wild turkey. Along with Justin is his hunting partner Jim Maturen (Grandpa) |  |
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Planting TB Chapter Wild Turkey packets on state land near Gaylord MI. This was a cooperative project between the Traverse Bay Chapter, Vanderbilt Senior Citizens Association, and the Vanderbilt School System. |
| Florence Reiley with her 1994 spring gobbler-a possible state record with 2 7/8 inch spurs. |
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Adrian Hare, a veteran spring turkey hunter from Ontario, visited Linda Gallagher in northern Michigan in the fall of 2000 for his first fall turkey hunt ever. With the help of Soco, a trained fall turkey dog, Adrian and his wife Jeanette were both able to harvest nice fall birds-Jeanette got a bonus when she bagged a bearded hen! Shown here with Adrian and Soco is Linda Gallagher, who also helped with the hunt. |