March 2010 – Issue 28

The Traverse Bay Chapter of MWTHA opened their feed distribution sites in Gaylord and Charlevoix on December 19 when snow levels averaged a foot or more in Michigan’s North Country.

After advice from the DNR’s Doug Reeves, it was decided to distribute full rations of shelled corn at the beginning of the winter, to ensure any late

It’s been a pretty easy winter so far in Michigan, much better than the horrors of last winter, so, as this is written, we’re all hoping for a good spring turkey season with a high winter carry over.

With many parts of Michigan low to non-existent on turkeys, thanks to last winter and a fear of feeding thanks to the ban on deer feeding, hunters in many parts of northern Michigan will be hard pressed to even hear a gobble again this spring, and those of us who do will feel very blessed.