Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association
I received an interesting phone call from Duane Wenzel, retired DNR biologist now living at Crystal Falls in the Upper Peninsula. He stated that during one of the earlier spring turkey seasons in the Baldwin district, he was fortunate to have hunted with two local turkey hunting experts. He related how these two guys were amazing at calling up gobblers. He said that he killed a big gobbler that day. It remained as one of
In the August 2008 issue of Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) Michigan-Out-Of-Doors magazine, a glossy color page appeared that extended special thanks to their Backyard Barbecue sponsors. Among six Gold Level sponsors were Dow Chemical Company and Consumers Energy.
Both the state and Pere Marquette chapters of MWTHA are affiliate members of MUCC. In April, 2005 a resolution was passed by MUCC’s Board of Directors that addressed the ecological disaster caused by dioxin/furan within the
The headlines from an Associated Press 9/7/04 article read “Dioxin Taints State Game Along The Tittabawassee River.” Upon reading the article it was learned that the state had issued a health advisory warning not to consume deer, Wild Turkey or squirrel harvested in or near at least 22 miles of the flood plain below Midland due to Dioxin poisoning from Dow Chemical. Fish consumption advisories had already been issued for the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay. This was the first time that an
This is being written on January 27th. It has been a very brutal winter on wildlife. Snow arrived in the north country during November and has just continued to pile up. The Cadillac News just reported that we have received 13.5 feet of snow thus far. The December snowfall was double the normal amount. There have been a continuation of sub zero nights and single digit days.
A dozen years ago a well known turkey hunter and conservationist appeared on television. He talked of turkeys, turkey hunters and turkey conservation. His presentation is worth repeating regardless of the year.
“Turkey hunting is a solitary sport pitting the skills and woodsmanship of the hunter against the quickest and wariest of all game animals, the Wild Turkey. As sportsmen we owe it to others and the Wild
