Spring Turkey Deadline Jan.31st
I hope I’m not to late with this! I wanted to remind everyone that January 31st. is the deadline for your turkey application. If your like me you put way to many important things off for far to long, and then before you know it, the deadline is past! Me, of all people, missed the bear application period last year, and I lost the points I had built up. Write it down now, put it on the fridge, tape a note to your dashboard, but do it “SOON!”
I put in for up north in the Lewiston area where I used to go. Hunting them down here is alright, but nothing beats the atmosphere of the true up-north experience. The comeback of the turkey, in the state of Michigan, is nothing short of remarkable. Just the other day Dave Liske (Luna Pier Cook) saw a turkey within the Monroe city limits. You can’t get any further south in Michigan than Monroe, and we have a viable turkey population county-wide. The DNR deserves a pat on the back for the time and effort they’ve put into making the Eastern Wild Turkey a real success story in Michigan.
The above picture is of me and my friend Ron Marchese a few springs back. We hunted just north of Bay City, about 25 miles, and both took Toms. I hunted out of the permanent blind, while Ron had a portable ground blind, that worked to a tee. Turkeys aren’t near as spooky as deer when it comes to putting a new piece of furniture in their living room! I own three of the “doghouse” blinds, and hunt more from the ground than I do from a tree anymore. Get em set up early, and the deer will get used to them, giving you the element of surprise!
You only have three more days. If you snooze you lose!
Mike
January 28th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I put in my app and I’m hoping I get the hunt I want. This is only our 3rd season turkey hunting and to say the least it has been a learning experience. Hopefully this year at least one of us can bag one of them birds. I had my closest encounter last year but I just couldn’t get him to close another 30yds. Sure had the heart pumping thought and a morning I will never forget.
I have to give credit to the DNR too, because I can remember when there were no turkey’s on any property I hunted on in this area and now they are all over the place. It’s great and I look forward to season every year now.