Thank you for your donation

On behalf of the Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association, I would like to thank you for your donation. Through your donation, you stand beside us as we work to provide for the Wild Turkey over the harsh Michigan winters, and educate hunters and non-hunters alike of...
Jim Maturen interviewed on Radio Show

Jim Maturen interviewed on Radio Show

Pere Marquette chapter president, Jim Maturen, was interviewed recently on the Michigan Menagerie Radio show on MI Entertainment Radio Network. Visit this page to hear about the biology of the wild turkey and some of the management issues in Michigan. While...

Shedding light on Cherryland Electric

The Cherryland Electric Cooperative board member election which takes place in May, has spurred a campaign to expose transparency and environmental issues at the co-op. One of the new board member candidates, Traverse City resident Maureen Charbonneau, along with the...
Turkey Hunters Workshop

Turkey Hunters Workshop

The Traverse Bay Chapter of the MWTHA is presenting a Turkey Hunters Workshop on Saturday, April 3, 2010 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM. The event will include demonstrations on various aspects of turkey hunting: calling, set-ups, decoys, shotgun patterning, DNR Law Division- review rules & regs, etc.

The featured speaker will be DNRE Wildlife Division Chief Russ Mason Ph.D..  His work experiences span across federal and state wildlife agencies in both the eastern and western United States.  He is a hunter, trapper, and fisherman with a special love of waterfowl and upland birds. His family hunts and fishes as well, and he started his kids on the trapline and in duck blinds before they could walk. His last job before coming to Michigan eighteen months ago was as the Game Chief for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. To this day,

29th Wild Turkey Hunters Rendezvous

29th Wild Turkey Hunters Rendezvous

The Pere Marquette Chapter will host the 29th Annual Wild Turkey Hunters Rendezvous and State Calling Championships on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Baldwin High School (map). The doors open at 8:00AM and the program begins at 9:00AM. Admission remains at $5 for...