Turkey Hunting 101: A Jake and a Tom square off
At the Alpena Civic Theater the other day, my old pal young Jake Meyers was helping his mother Julie paint scenery the upcoming production of “Nobody’s Perfect,” which she is directing. I strutted up to him. “You busy, Jake?” “Yeah. But my Mom said you wanted to talk about turkey hunting.” “That’s right.” “So, what do you want to know about it?” Ha! That was a good one. Here was this Jake fellow, 13 years old, with only a single spring season behind him, thinking he could school this wise ol’ Tom who had started chasing turkey birds somewhere near Baldwin in 1976. Why, I’ve chased turkeys on foot, by canoe, through swamps, driving from place to place; hiking miles in a day, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the early evening. I’ve had them answer my calls from uphill, downhill, across a river, from a woodlot, even from across an open field about 300 yards away. So many that I can’t even begin to — “How many have you gotten?” Jake asked.
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DNR needs to improve customer service
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