by Gary Maas | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016
The winter had been way too long and the snow just never seemed like it would go away. However, we did have quite a few turkeys coming into the feeder through these freezing months to take advantage of the free corn from MWTHA before they would shuffle off into the...
by Jim Maturen | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016, Uncategorized
John Matonich Chairman Natural Resources Commission 9502 Shyre Circle Davison, MI 48423 Dear Mr. Matonich: I am responding to the proposed fall turkey regulations and license quotas which is on your April 14 agenda on behalf of the Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters...
by Jim Maturen | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016, Uncategorized
The Michigan DNR has decreed that turkey hunting rules and seasons will be for a three-year period. The next cycle for the fall begins in 2016. Our request to the DNR was simple. No fall season throughout the northern lower peninsula, including Areas J and HA which...
by Jim Maturen | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016
The following includes action taken by both the PM Chapter and MWTHA. On 11/7/15 met with Rex Aisley, DNR Wildlife Division supervisor for the northern lower peninsula in Cadillac. The meeting was held in compliance with the timeline for submitting recommendations for...
by Brad Davis | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016, Uncategorized
The North Central Chapter has been busy this year! We gave away 10 tons of corn for our Winter feed program. We had our annual banquet in March and gave away 31 guns! We were happy to provide our local C.O. with a robotic turkey which they are using to try and catch...
by Linda Gallagher | Sep 4, 2016 | Turkey Tracks - September 2016
After what was undoubtedly the mildest winter since “the winter that never happened” of 2011/2012, and in- credible relief after the killer winters of the last two years, those of us who took after gobblers this past spring en- joyed and almost normal, weather-wise,...