Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association
This past winter an outdoors writer called and inquired that in light of the feeding ban on deer, what were we doing to insure Wild Turkey survival. During the course of our conversation he mentioned that there are DNR biologists that think that Wild Turkeys do not belong in northern Michigan. Occasionally the same issue appears in some of the sportsmen’s web sites. When he asked what our thoughts were on it, did I give that writer an earful!
This past January we were at our MWTHA booth at the Hunting Time Expo in Grand Rapids. A young lad and his father stepped out of the crowded isle. The boy was wearing a MWTHA hat. The previous year he had convinced his dad to buy the hat. He had brought several photos of the gobbler he had shot last year to show to us. He was holding the adult gobbler by the feet, it’s head on the ground and the fan appearing high on his chest.
Our 28th Wild Turkey Hunters Rendezvous was once again a great success. A very sincere thank you to our members who were responsible for making it a success, to Greg and Fred Abbas, to all those who attended and to the ladies of the VFW for another great turkey supper.
This past winter we had a record snowfall throughout our 13 county chapter area. The Cadillac area which is the heart recorded 226 inches which is just shy of 19 feet of snowfall. Is there anyone out there who thinks a Wild Turkey can survive
