{"id":3094,"date":"2014-03-28T14:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T18:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T18:36:57","slug":"wild-turkeys-make-history-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorblog.net\/outinmichigan\/2014\/03\/28\/wild-turkeys-make-history-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild turkeys make history in Michigan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is just around the corner, and folks are thinking about the coming turkey season, but did you know how far Michigan has really come in the turkey world?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"turkey release\" alt=\"Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association members release turkeys in Lake County.\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/MIDNR\/2014\/03\/278197\/mwtha-1_original.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"301\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan Wild Turkey Hunter Association members release turkeys in Lake County.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the first time in history, wild turkeys can be found in every county of the Lower Peninsula, plus several areas of the Upper Peninsula. In 1977, only 400 birds were harvested during the season, and today harvest numbers are over 30,000 birds! This success didn\u2019t just happen overnight, but over the last half-century.<\/p>\n<p>At one time in Michigan\u2019s history, turkeys were very plentiful, although over time they vanished from every county in Michigan because of unregulated take and loss of habitat. Many efforts to re-establish the population were made from 1919 through late 1983. Michigan biologists took notice of Pennsylvania\u2019s success and received birds from that state in 1954, matching the Pennsylvania habitat with an area of southern Michigan. The area chosen was the Allegan State Game Area.<\/p>\n<p>Through the 1980s, wild turkeys were relocated from Iowa and Missouri to establish the southern Michigan wild turkey populations. Turkeys also were taken from southern Michigan to northern Michigan in order to help achieve the statewide success we experience today. Just getting the birds there wasn\u2019t the only concern \u2013 year-round food and cover for turkeys also needed to be provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know effective private-land management is key to turkey survival in areas that receive higher snowfall,\u201d stated Rex Ainslie, DNR regional wildlife supervisor. \u201cWe are lucky to have great cooperation with so many turkey supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"father and son turkey hunting\" alt=\"father and son turkey hunting\" src=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/MIDNR\/2014\/03\/278198\/patjoshturkey-01_original.jpg\" width=\"354\" height=\"399\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pat and Josh McKenna harvest a spring gobbler in Gladwin County.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2013 alone, over 70 landowners \u2013 with the help of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the DNR \u2013 have put in over 450 acres for an annual winter food source, such as corn\u00a0or other grains and crop mixes that withstand winter conditions. Crops are not harvested and are left standing through the winter to provide a food source that turkeys can reach. Although a turkey can go up to 14 days without food, trees that hold their fruit through the winter and permanent unharvested crops provide a food source that is readily available above the snow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith winters like we had this year,\u201d said Bob Garner of Three Corners Chapter of the NWTF, \u201cthe private-land turkey food plot program is even more important for a great spring turkey season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DNR wildlife biologists from across the northern Lower Peninsula have been working with turkey enthusiasts such as the NWTF, Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters Association (MWTHA), private landowners and the U.S. Forest Service for over a decade. These partners have been able to adapt new techniques and maintain a high level of performance for the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would recommend this great opportunity to someone who wants to make a difference during the winter for turkeys,\u201d said Garner.<\/p>\n<p>NWTF members can get grain seed for winter plots from the NWTF Conservation Seed Program, where outdated corn from large seed companies is distributed to NWTF members for only the shipping and handling fee, approximately 10 percent of the retail cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program allows NWTF members to make a significant contribution to wild turkey winter survival in the Upper Midwest,\u201d said Rick Horton, NWTF Midwest conservation field supervisor. \u201cIdeal plots are planted near woody cover, where large concentrations to turkeys roost in the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How can you get involved? 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