Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association
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.
Did you ever wonder about Elected Politicians? They get out and glad hand when it’s re-election time. Are they working for the Taxpayer, or free Campaign money? Let’s face it Rep. Sheltrown isn’t working for the Taxpaying Hunters and Fishermen whose License money was used to purchase the Au Sable State Forest, along with an amount from the P.R. Fund. Rep. Sheltrown sent to the house Bill# 5058 that passed the house on a 73-35 Votes. What are all of these folks drinking in their water? They need to see a doctor.
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
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
It’s already been a long, long winter for our wild turkeys and I don’t have to tell you that it’s only half over.
With deep snows since the middle of November in many areas of northern Michigan, and bitter cold (down to -22 one memorable night) in January, with the ban on feeding deer which has many people afraid to
