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"A typical Traverse Bay Chapter feeder being filled for a flock of needy wild turkeys on a typical wintry Antrim County day. Platforms, made of simple 2x6's
for strength with pallets and USB board on top, can be put together easily, and keep unwanted creatures like deer and elk away. Wide platforms are preferred which will allow several wild turkeys to feed from the barrel at once." |
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A photo of our webmaster, Jerry Michrina, with his Area J gobbler taken in 2005 |
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George
Carroll of Belmont, Michigan, with his twin camouflaged boys
Reed and Owen and his 10-inch bearded Tom taken this past
fall. At four months of age, they are already being introduced
to the wonderful sport of turkey hunting! |
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Father, Daughter team. Chelsea is 16 years old and is a seasoned turkey hunter and caller. This was her second season and second bird. She's been hunting with me since she was three.
Tom's bird : 22 lbs. Double beard 10 1/2 in. and a 4 in beard ...No spurs ...............bummer , but it happens.
Chelsea's bird. Jake, 19 lbs. 5 inch beard. |
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Dawn
Black, of Greenville, MI, a member of the Kenowa Beards and
Spurs chapter, shows off her very first wild turkey gobbler,
a fat jake taken on May 17th, 2002. |
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A
MWTHA member shot this very different gobbler in May of 2000 in Wexford
County on public land in the Manistee National
Forest
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A group of
Pere Marquette chapter birds celebrating the onset of spring after another long Michigan
winter |
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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 the Traverse Bay Chapter of MWTHA, who did a great job of calling
Jamie's 1998 gobbler, a 19 pound tom with 9 inch beard. |
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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. |
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MWTHA Secretary, Linda Gallagher poses with her 1998 spring gobbler. |
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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. |
