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Spring Turkey Season If you havent tried spring turkey hunting in Michigan, I think youre missing out on a great op-portunity; it really is fan-tastic! Do some scouting, understand turkey habitats, learn some calling, brush up on your woodsmanship, and get outside! You have plenty of hunting methods and weapons; shotgun, bow or crossbow and you can set up and call, roost the night before, ambush, use decoys, outmaneuver and even stalk (safety first). And you have hunting options available. You can purchase a Hunt 234 license throughout the entire spring turkey season (through May 31). Hunt 234 is a statewide license valid for all open areas except public lands in Unit ZZ (southern Lower Peninsula). Turkey hunters also have the option to purchase a leftover license for units where licenses are still available. Hunt 301 in Unit ZZ is another great option, with many leftover licenses that can be purchased over the counter. For a list of available licenses, go to www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Be sure to share your successful turkey hunt photos with us! (email [email protected])

Walleye Notes Erie: According to the MDNR the daily posses-sion limit for walleyes in Michigans waters of Lake Erie will remain at six through April 30, 2016. This regulations process is critical to helping us manage walleyes in Lake Erie in a timely manner, said DNR Lake Erie Basin Coordinator Jim Francis. In order to do that, we have to set regulations in March in-stead of the previous autumn. The Total Allowable Catch for Lake Erie for 2015 is 4.114 million fish, making Michigans quota 240,000 fish. Saginaw Bay: The MDNR is also in the process of jaw tagging nearly 3,000 walleyes in Saginaw Bay this spring. Anglers are asked to collect information on tagged fish they catch and to report it to the DNR. About 10 percent of the tags include a $100 reward for reporting the tag. Each tag is stamped with a unique identifying number and a P.O. box address. If anglers prefer, they can report their tagged walleyes

online at www.michigandnr.com/taggedfish/ An-glers can keep the fish, of course, or release it if they prefer.

Youth Shotgun Skill & Safety Clinic The Macomb County chapter of Pheasants For-ever will hold its 6th annual Youth Shotgun Skills & Safety Clinic on Saturday June 6, 2015 at the River Bends Park Trap Range. The Clinic will focus on safe gun handling as well as actual one-on-one shoot-ing instruction using thrown clay targets. This clinic is an ideal way for youths to get hands-on experience in safe shotgun handling and shooting. Very often parents and guardians dont have the equipment or other means to offer this type of instruction, and Pheasants Forever is pleased to bring this educational forum to the community. The Clinic is open to youths, both boys and girls, from ages 10-18. Included will be instruction on safe handling and operation of shotguns. After a thorough Gun Safety and Operation Lesson youths will be instructed one-on-one on the proper form, aiming, and firing of a shotgun at a thrown clay target. Its anticipated that each youth will shoot at approxi-mately 25 clay targets. A pizza lunch will be served after the clinic. Participants should bring a shotgun of their choosing. Preferably an open-choked gun in either 20 gauge or 12 gauge. For those without a shotgun, a limited number of 20 gauge guns will be available for use and 12 gauge and 20 gauge target shells will be

provided. The cost of the clinic is $20 per shooter. This fee covers the cost of range fees, shells, clay targets, hearing and eye protection, gift hat, instruction, and pizza lunch. A parent or guardian must remain pres-ent for the duration of the clinic. To register, contact Don Venburg Pheasants Forever at [email protected] or call 248-830-0787. Space is limited. Deadline is May 30. To learn more about Michigans Macomb County chapter go to www.macomb-pheasants.org or www.facebook.com/MacombCountyPheasantsForever.n

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FIELD NOTES...

SEASONSNow-April 30-Preserve hunting openNow-Dec. 31-Michigan Pure Hunt Application periodApril 20-May 3-Spring wild turkey season(s) special seasons/permits see rules and regulations

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Larry Piotrowski sent us a photo of a 7-point buck. What makes this buck unique is that the photo was taken on April 7 (and a trail cam photo April 14), most bucks cast their antlers months ago. Larry nicknamed this buck, Maverick.

The MDNR released the results of its 2015 moose popu-lation survey in the western moose range of the Upper Peninsula, an important tool in managing the species. The 2015 population esti-mate in the western U.P. is 323, compared to an estimate of 451 in 2013. From 1997 to 2007, surveys of prime moose habitat in Baraga, Iron and Marquette counties suggested the U.P.s moose population was grow-ing at a modest rate of about 10 percent per year. From 2009 to 2013, survey results showed an apparent change in that trend, with the growth rate slowing to about 2 percent per year. There is inherent uncertain-ty with any population survey, and due to the fact that the 2013 and 2015 estimates have some overlap in confidence intervals, the potential remains that the states moose population has remained steady rather than declining, said Chad Stewart, deer, elk and moose manage-ment specialist for the DNR. However, coupled with survey records that show a decrease in the number of moose calves seen with cows this year, its quite possible that were look-

ing at a considerable drop in numbers. Future surveys will be needed to identify any long-term trend for Michigans moose population. Other states and provinces have reported declines in moose populations near the southern edge of North Americas moose range, yet other populations are holding steady or increasing. Research-ers in Michigan have hypoth-esized several potential causes for a possible decline of moose numbers in Michigan. Among potential factors: Back-to-back severe winter weather that negatively affected moose condition, survival and reproductive success. Year-round climatic changes, especially warmer tem-peratures, that led to increased parasite loads on moose, weak-ening their overall condition. A possible increase in wolf predation on moose calves due to the regions lowered deer population. The moose range in the western Upper Peninsula covers about 1,400 square miles. Every other year, DNR staff mem-bers survey most of that area from the air. In 2015, the flights

covered all survey plots within the core moose area where 80 to 90 percent of the western U.P. moose population is located along with a sampling of the non-core plots as well. The survey is completed by flying transects over prime moose habitat to count moose seen from the air. The number counted is then extrapolated by a computerized population modeling program to attain the final estimate. The next moose population survey is planned for early 2017. However, given moose population trends, the DNR will again recommend to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission that there be no moose hunt in the state. For more information about moose in Michigan, visit www.michigan.gov/moose.

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HUNTING Turkey Madness

Jerry Lambert page 8

Last Chance Tom!Jordan Browne page 38

A toast to our deerhunting dad...and a deer

camp to call our ownJacob VanHouten page 46

Training heel and whoaLen Jenkins page 79

FISHING

Swimbaits: Easy to use and they catch fish

Mark Martin page 16

TOP FIVEEarly Bass Lakes

Buck Mallory page 18

It's a sunfish surpriseRobert Dock Stupp page 21

Let the Board Game BeginMark Romanack page 28

'Tech-Savvy'walleye anglers

Gary Parsons/Keith Kavajeczpage 34

Where will the next state record walleye come from?

Mark Sak page 41

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Mark Romanack page 48

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Dave Mull page 66

Tying your first trout flyGeorge Rowe page 71

Pontoon fishing!F. H. O'Hare page 75

CHARTER DIRECTORYpage 77

Au Gres' Spring WalleyesMichael Veine page 84

PERSPECTIVE

Why is it that...Tom Huggler page 36

Setbacks in SpringTom Carney page 37

Wetland WondersChallenge Winners

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Bill Ziegler page 50

Labradors are ahunter's best friend

Tom Lounsbury page 54

Good things happento good people

Aaron K. Bedford page 56

Piping Plovers ofSleeping Bear

Jonathan Schechter page 82

A woman's first big huntTricia Croney page 77

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Whitetail Biology...How whitetails see you

John Ozoga page 24

MAY MORELSKenny Darwin page 26

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Small gamehunting changes

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TB prevalence lowest everRichard P. Smith page 10

NEW STATE RECORD FRESHWATER DRUM

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The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into

hopelessness. Tom Kelly, avid turkey hunter,

outdoor writer/author

My brother Jeff and I, sit along the edge of a cut soybean field between two known roosting areas. Its the end of April, a great time of the year to be outdoors. Jeff is armed with a bow and arrow and a valid turkey license. I am armed with a digital camera and possess a turkey license that is inac-tive until May. Loud gobbling indicates that there are indeed male turkeys roosted in the woodlot bordering our field; at least three, maybe more. Light casually removes the darkness and I cant think of any other place that Id rather be, then watching the sun rise during a spring turkey hunt. We see birds fly down in the woods and do some soft calling. The

birds shut up once they hit the ground but previous experiences indicate that there is a good chance that they will come our way. They dont disappoint. Two hens work their way across the field with four strutting toms in tow. The sun has risen, just high enough to light up

their effervescent feathers. The hens are leading them on a direct path to our two decoys. I get numer-ous shots with my camera and Jeff waits patiently with his stick and string. When the hens reach the decoys the four toms are just 40 yards out. Jeff chooses to wait until the toms reach the decoys that we have set up a mere 10 yards from the blind. I switch the camera to video, to capture the moment. If there was ever a turkey hunting slam dunk, than this would be it. As I attempt to get all four toms in the frame, they abruptly turn and walk directly away. Jeff draws his bow but by the time he is at full draw they are over 50 yards away. Jeff passes on the long shot and attempts to call them back. All four toms ignore him and bee-line for a distant hen that has ap-peared a couple hundred yards away. I tease Jeff, Thats what you get when you bring a bow to a gun fight. Truth is; we werent that disappointed. We had a great morning and this just meant that we got to do it all over again the following morning. The next day, the four toms went in the opposite direction but a curious jake showed an interest in Jeffs display of fake turkeys and offered a close shot. This time Jeff closed the deal and enjoyed a fantastic

experience while afield in southern Michigan. My turn came one week later. We learned from Jeffs hunts that the four toms used a small lane to exit the woods. I decided to set up as close as I could to the lane and ambush them as they entered the field. We figured that in all reality, I could have a bird down within the first couple minutes of legal shooting time. I have never been more confident than I was for this particular set-up. When my season arrived, I made my way out to my pre-planned am-bush sight under a starlit sky. Shortly after arriving, the birds woke up and let loose with raucous gobbling. When the light of day arrived, the birds flew down. I was so close I could hear each wing flap. Sure enough, the four gobblers hit the ground and went into full strut. They slowly walked towards the field. Slam dunk, a bright blue head ap-peared about twenty-five yards away. Unfortunately, that bright blue head had three additional red, white and blue heads with it. The four toms were clustered so tight that I would surely kill more than one with a load of 5-shot. Ethically, I had to pass and hope for separation. As fate would have it, they dipped down into a low spot and didnt reap-pear until they were out of gun range.

Never in my life did I have such a perfect situation vanish so quickly. It just proved to me that there arent too many slam dunks in hunting. Espe-cially turkey hunting! The following weekend I wanted to hunt some new ground and had two options near my home. I elected to hunt the bigger of the two prop-erties and unbelievably, I had four toms roosted that all chose to go the opposite way instead of on the 250 acres that I had permission to hunt. I left that farm and drove by the other property. From the road, I could see a group of three gobblers standing in a small field, at the exact spot I would have been at had I chosen to hunt there. Such is turkey hunting. The following morning I set up in the small field. At first light I could hear a pair of gobblers a couple hun-dred yards away. I got their attention using a striker slate call and 45 min-utes later, two anxious jakes entered the field. Shoot or dont shoot? My daughter had a volleyball match that I wanted to attend, so I elected to shoot the lead bird. The 5-shot anchored the bird to the ground. The next day, I grilled the mari-nated meat and served it with fresh asparagus. My family enjoyed a delicious meal thanks to the wild re-sources of Michigan. Turkey madness, I absolutely love it!n

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By Jerry Lambert

The authors brother had to watch these big toms walk away as they wouldnt separate for an ethical shot!

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If the Natural Resources Com-mission approves changes in small game hunting regulations that were presented for informa-tion at their April meeting, it will be legal to shoot small game such as rabbits, squirrels, pheasants and grouse from treestands this fall and the area open to sharp-tailed grouse hunting in the eastern Upper Penin-sula (UP) will be expanded. Migratory game birds such as waterfowl would not be included in this regulation change. If shooting small game from elevated positions becomes legal, the only firearms that will be legal are shotguns. Elevated hunters must also wear hunter orange as required by law for most small game hunters using firearms. The change in regulations is in re-sponse to a resolution that was passed at the Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) annual convention in Roscommon last June. Such a change is not expected to have a biological impact on small game or result in a significant change in overall hunter success rates. There are also not expected to be any safety issues since hunting big game such as deer and bear and predators such as coyotes and fox, are already legal with fire-

arms. Making it legal to take small game from treestands is primarily designed to expand opportunities for success among hunters who are already hunt-ing from elevated positions. Although it is currently legal to shoot turkeys from treestands with bow and arrow, the change will not make it legal for hunters to shoot turkeys with firearms from elevated positions. We havent had requests from turkey hunters to harvest birds this way, DNR upland bird specialist Al Stewart said. It is illegal to hunt turkeys over bait. We generally listen to what our hunters have to say. The area open to sharp-tailed grouse hunting south of Sault Ste. Marie would be almost doubled if the expansion is approved. An area encompassing 518 square miles east of I-75 was opened to sharp-tailed grouse hunting in 2010. The new area, most of which is west of I-75, is 408 square miles in size. Based on surveys of sharp-tailed grouse populations in hunted and unhunted areas, the hunter harvest of sharp-tails has had no obvious impact. Much of the land in both parcels is privately owned, but Al Stewart said some landowners in the parcel where sharp-tail hunting is currently legal

are enrolled in the DNRs Hunter Access Program and others in the new area are expected to participate in the program. Under that program, landowners receive compensation for allowing hunting on their property. An estimated 350 to 400 bird hunters have taken advantage of the eastern UPs limited sharp-tail grouse season since 2010. A season was reopened in 2010 after having been closed since 1998. No changes in sea-son dates or bag limits are anticipated. The current sharp-tail grouse season is October 10-31. Theres a two-bird daily bag limit, a possession limit of four and a season limit of six birds.

Sharp-tail hunters are required to buy a stamp. Members of the Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee recom-mend expansion of the unit open to sharp-tail hunting. Besides employ-ees of the DNRs wildlife and forest resources divisions, committee members represent the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Ruffed Grouse Society, MUCC, Michigan Sharp-tailed Grouse Association and the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission on behalf of the Bay Mills Indian Community and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.n

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Small Game Hunting Changes

By Richard P. Smith

The area open to sharp-tailed grouse hunting south of Sault Ste. Marie would be almost doubled if the expansion is approved.

Outdoor news, changes and updates

The prevalence rate of TB among deer in the northeast Lower Peninsula (LP) has dropped to the lowest level recorded since surveillance for the disease started in 1995, ac-cording to DNR veterinarian Dr. Steve Schmitt. He told the Natural Resourc-es Commission at their meeting on April 9 in Lansing that the prevalence rate of TB among whitetails in deer management unit (DMU) 452 was 1% during 2014. The apparent prevalence rate for the disease in DMU 452 each of the previous two years was 1.7%. The number of diseased deer in the TB Zone has slowly, but steadily, declined since 1995. The prevalence rate of the disease among the states deer was 4.9% in 1995. Schmitt said that 12 out of 4,256 whitetails tested for the disease from 2014 tested positive. Twenty-one out of 5,868 deer tested for 2013 were confirmed to have the disease. Out of 4,721 whitetails examined from those collected in 2012, 23 had TB. Ninety-seven percent (738) of the deer that are known to have the dis-

ease since 1995 have come from five counties in the northeast LP. Those counties are Montmorency, Alpena, Alcona, Oscoda and Presque Isle. DMU 452 is comprised of portions of the first four counties where they come together. The largest sections of DMU 452 are made up of southwest Alpena County and northwest Al-cona County, with smaller portions of southeast Montmorency County and northeast Oscoda County completing the unit. Sixteen or two percent of the deer diagnosed with TB have come from the six counties surrounding the five mentioned above. They are Che-boygan, Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw, Otsego and Roscommon. Three TB positive deer have been identified in two northwest LP coun-ties (Emmet and Antrim). Two were in Emmet County. And three more deer that had been infected with TB were collected in Mecosta, Osceola and Shiawassee Counties. All of the 12 deer with TB that were identified from 2014 came from the 5-county TB Zone. Nine of those 12 were collected from within the

boundaries of DMU 452. One deer from Alcona County was just outside 452. Two infected whitetails came from Presque Isle County. Schmitt said Presque Isle County averages one TB infected deer per year. Unlike the other four counties that include DMU 452, deer baiting is legal in Presque Isle County. In spite of the legalization of baiting in Presque Isle County in 2011, hunt-ers have been successful in removing enough diseased deer from the herd to prevent its spread. Hunting is the only practical tool to reduce deer from such a large area where TB has been found, Schmitt said. Hunters have done a good job of reducing the deer herd in the TB Zone from 160,000 to 100,000, and theyve been keeping that population at about the 100,000 level, which is good. The veterinarian said there isnt public support for significantly reduc-ing the deer herd further, which would be necessary to reduce the prevalence rate of TB even more. At the present rate of decline of TB infected deer it is expected to take decades to eradicate

the disease in deer, if eradication can be achieved. Schmitt also reported that one dairy cattle herd in the vicinity of Saginaw that was infected with TB was identified during 2013. That herd is thought to have been infected by cattle moved there from the northeast LP. He said that so far there is no evi-dence that the disease spilled over from the Saginaw cattle herd to deer. In response to a question about whether Michigan is better off today than when TB management strategies were started in 1995, Schmitt said that we are absolutely better off. There is no evidence that bovine TB is spreading or building up outside the 5-county TB area, he said. No TB positive deer have been detected outside those counties since 2010. TB has not become established in our elk herd. Six elk tested positive, but the disease did not spread. Theres no evidence that TB has become established in any wildlife species other than deer. And fewer cattle herds are becoming infected one per year for the last two years.n

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ichigan turkey hunters are lucky because they can go afield when weather is ideal, warm, and sunny and the gobblers are still active. Choose hunt num-ber 0234 to take

advantage of warm weather turkey hunting. This year you can buy the tag online at www.michigan.gov/huntingdrawings or from a license agent over the counter and the hunt begins May 4 and runs until May 31, 2015. More importantly, hunting pressure is very low and birds are relaxed, active, strutting, fanning and eager to respond to turkey calls. You will need to make a few altera-tions to your hunt-ing clothing if you want to fool wary toms during the late season. In order to match your hunt-ing clothing with the green Michigan environment you need to use green camo. Perhaps one of the hottest camo patterns going is the U.S. Forces for-est green or tiger stripe. Advantage

has a green timber that will work but you can forget traditional brown camo patterns used for deer hunting or early spring turkey outings. When the grass grows tall and spring leaves bud out the landscape is a green color and hunters wearing brown camo tip off the wary eyes of adult gobblers. One trick is to use green spray paint on pants, shirt, boots, gloves, hat and face mask. My favorite paint colors are Rust-Oleum army green and Ameri-

can Accents leafy green. Oh yes, I use the same leafy green paint on my Benelli shotgun, even on my telephoto camera when Im chasing late season toms. May turkey hunting is a blast. Song birds are singing, plants are growing, the smell of fresh grasses and flowers fill the air and you can be outdoors from dawn until dusk without wearing thermal underwear. However, you

still need to be covered with camo clothing from head to toe. Fish net style gloves and face mask will conceal your skin and allow ideal air circulation when the sun is high and temperatures rise. Sometimes you can

use tennis shoes while hunting during warm weather but I prefer a light-weight uninsulated rubber boot spray painted green. Rubber boots allow you to cross creeks, ditches, small ponds or standing spring runoff and still keep your feet dry and warm. Check out Boggs, Muck boots or uninsulated rubber boots for this style of hunting. Savvy hunters roll the boot tops down to allow increased air circulation when hunting on dry land. Last spring we had extreme cold weather in April and heavy rain. Nest-ing hens got flooded out and breeding was frantic during May. The extreme cold February 2015 weather and January-like weather in March has put gobbler breeding activity on hold. I expect spring 2015 to be a carbon copy of 2014 and there will be an abundance of breeding during May. Gobbler numbers are fast declin-ing throughout Michigan due to cold/wet spring weather and recruitment has been very poor. Northern Michi-gan turkey populations are taking a big hit and many hunters are concen-trating on Unit ZZ in southern Michi-gan where populations are somewhat stable. Food sources available in south-ern Michigan have helped turkeys to survive cold weather and in many areas with the drastic decline in deer numbers the coyote population has decreased substantially. Last fall there was no turkey season in north-ern Michigan because biologists felt

the turkey numbers were at an all-time low and they wanted no birds harvested. Smart hunters have made the switch from northern counties to turkey rich lands found in southern Michigan. As spring progresses and grass or ferns grow tall, openings in the forest disappear. Thats when you want to concentrate your efforts along the edges of open fields. The key to harvesting wise old gobblers found in fields depends on several important factors. First, you have to find them, which can take plenty of scouting. Once you locate the tom you want, try to determine his travel route. One strategy is to set up along his route with decoys and calls. Figure out a toms pattern, set up close and you can have almost instant success. Other gobblers will usually follow routes taken by hens. In this case, you try to get within shotgun range of hens as they leave the field. Love sick toms will follow. Truth is, big old, wary toms that look precarious in open fields are very difficult to harvest. They use their keen eyesight to catch predators or hunters sneaking toward them. They stay cautiously behind hens and use them as guards to protect their travel route and detect hunters. If a hen detects danger she gives an alarm putt, scoots for safety and the big tom immediately knows there is danger. Trying to call a tom to thick brush or woods is somewhat difficult, smart

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By Kenny Darwin

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birds that have breeding experience expect hens to come running. Smart turkeys are always looking for an ambush from coyote or hunters. One strategy is to catch the old bird off guard and coax him from a roost at daylight. This requires you are set up long before the faintest light of dawn. Which means you must arrive and set up in total darkness. Set up about 30 yards from the field which gives you enough cover to hide you from birds coming from the open and hides your human outline from birds traveling toward you from the woods. Another trick is to place decoys in secondary openings a few yards from the open field. Use a few wake up calls to get the toms atten-tion, and then break into soft purrs to coax the love sick tom toward you. Most novice hunters make the com-mon mistake of overcalling gobblers and send them flying the opposite direction. Wise hunters set out decoys in areas where gobblers can see them. Good locations include agricultural fields, roadways, two track trails, openings in the forest, sand creek bottoms, sand pits, freshly planted fields and more. The trick is to set out life-like realistic looking decoys and conceal yourself nearby. Dont think just because you are wearing camo clothing that the super sharp eyes of an adult gobbler will not locate you. Turkeys detect motion much better than trophy bucks and they can eas-ily locate a shiny unpainted shotgun barrel, black bottoms of your boots, white fingers, anything that looks un-natural.

There are many decoys on the market but I cannot say enough about using an adult gobbler decoy with fully fanned tail. Some hunters prefer a folding style fake tail like the MOJO Tail Chaser that is easy to transport but I like to use actual wild turkey tail fully fanned and treated with Boraxo powdered hand soap. Real turkey feathers give off little shine in bright sunlight; they move with the wind and offer the brand of realism that brings toms running. Full strut decoys are the ticket to instant turkey hunting success because local gobblers come looking for a fight if they detect an intruder. It seems woods-wise gobblers come running when they see a new gob-bler on their turf in full fan. Combine realistic feathers with photo-quality head colors and glass eye hypnotize approaching toms with a Dare you to fight me profile that gobblers cannot resist. Combine a full strut gobbler with a submissive hen decoy and you have a powerful combination that is certain to spell victory for hunters. When gobblers go silent and ig-nore a decoy thats when I go trophy hunting by driving country roads, spot trophy gobblers and stalk the big birds. My goal is to glass big birds and find a gob with at least a 10-inch beard, get permission from landown-ers, sneak into the woods and catch birds as they leave the agricultural field. This strategy works best in the afternoon on birds that gather in fields for an evening snack. Come sun-down they leave the field to roost in the woods nearby. By spotting birds, scouting, and learning travel routes,

I can cut them off with ease. Im not calling to attract birds, but intercept-ing them and sneaking into shotgun range. Plus it is much easier to get hunting permission from landowners in the afternoon, rather than waking them at the crack of dawn. Moving on adult turkeys is a tough task. It takes advanced woods-manship to allow subordinate tur-keys to walk past and you must have excellent camouflage on your gun, face, hands and total body. There is

no room for error in this sport. Leave your white hands exposed, show your fingers or shiny gun barrel and turkeys will scram, pronto. Most turkey callers scale back in the late season. When the timing is right and gobblers are searching for a mate, big boys will come running to the slightest sound of a hot hen. But when the leaves are out and May birds move to open fields, try to pick up your pace and use tactics like spot-stalk gobblers. Turkeys are most active at daylight and late afternoon when temperatures are ideal for hunting. During hot, sunny weather gobblers often take a nap and lay down in the shade of a tree or in tall grass to cool their body. A sudden thunderstorm can bring gobblers on the run as they quickly become active. May gobblers often feed in plowed fields following heavy showers in search of earth-worms. Warm weather turkey hunts can be run-n-gun adventures where you do plenty of scouting and then the hunt begins. Keep in mind that ambushing a wild turkey is a difficult task, but it is a strategy to add to your hunting arsenal. There are several tactics we use to fill our tag. Fact is, the more time you spend outdoors hunting, the more encounters you will have with wild turkeys, and the better hunter you become and the better you will appreciate the bless-ings of hunting gobblers during warm weather.n

Gobblers congregate in fields during late season to feed on insects, freshly planted crops, worms and locate receptive hens. Kenny Darwin photos

Late season toms are still displaying. Early morning and late afternoon is prime time for birds to display in agricultural fields.

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This is the second in a series of columns which will appear in the coming year, commemorating 30 years of publishing Woods-N-Water News. I wish I could tell you I have ink running through my veins and starting Woods-N-Water News was a calculat-ed newspaper mans decision. But that just wouldnt be true. After 30 years of publishing the Woods-N-Water News getting started actually went a little more like this... Tom (Campbell) and I were rak-ing leaves some 32 years ago at our mother-in-laws home. She had lost her husband just a little over a year prior and we were trying to help her keep up on the yard work. Tom and I married sisters, Lori and Kim. I worked in my in-laws newspa-per business and Tom taught school near Lansing. We raked the leaves onto a blue tarp and dragged them into the woods for the better part of an afternoon. Tom and I chatted as we worked about school, newspapering, blisters and life in general. Tom is a quiet fella and small talk is not his style, not

today and not then. I most likely did most of the talking. I remember telling Tom we were going to buy a new Compugraphic at the newspaper. Its a type-setting equipment capable of many fonts and font sizes. It looked and sounded like a washing machine with a keypad, a cylinder or drum of type-styles and cost more than we had. (It was state-of the art at the time.) Good or bad, I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. And I told Tom of my many business plans, past and future as we raked. One of those ideas was an outdoor newspaper. Which could help pay for the fancy new Compugraphic, I told Tom. And if there was any money left over, Id be able to afford a fishing boat. Tom barely raised his head from raking as I babbled on. After all, I had already told him about the racketball club I wanted to start. Oh, and there was the idea of

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for the elderly (man that was stupid) and drive-through convenience stores I wanted to start and couple other half-baked ideas. Like always, Tom would say politely, Oh thats in-teresting. You think theres a market for that? Thinking back, I suspect it was hard for him to take

a guy seriously who drove a hand painted Toms Candy truck when we first met. Let alone my dreams of be-ing a successful entrepreneur. Nonetheless, I jumped feet first into the outdoor magazine business. In the spring of the following year we published our very first issue of Woods-N-Water News, May of 1985. There seemed to be a surprising interest in it and the 16 page monthly tabloid turned into 32 pages and then 48 pages in just couple of years. The Compugraphic was producing fonts of all kinds and a small fishing boat was floating. With fast growth of the young

Woods-N-Water News came growing pains and strife. I was forced to re-place my editor and ad director. It was then that Tom told me he was inter-ested in the job. My constant babble about business must not have scared him too much. In February of 1988 Tom put his teaching career on hold to become the young publications second editor. As I look back now it was a clear and positive turning point for the business. Having Tom onboard to bounce ideas off proved extremely valuable for me, since I never met an idea I didnt like. Not all work! Of course our wives, Kim and Lori have also walked with us in this jour-ney. They have both worked hard and helped us forge a business and good living for our entire family. A business does not run itself. This one took an understanding mother-in-law, Delores, who had faith and funds to allow it work. We would not have survived without her and the publish-ing knowledge we learned from her husband, Marty Heim. This portion of the story would not be complete without the names of

By Randy JorgensenLooking back at the start of the Woods-N-Water News

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some of the many people who helped along the way. Linda Wolgast, graphics and proof-reader who suggested our name, Woods-N-Water News. Susie Hyde-Brill, graphic manager, and Cathy Cowell, typesetter who used to make our Compugraphics sing and spit out type. Sally Cornell and Tina Dawe, who sold ad after ad for us for so many years. Jimmy Woodworth who delivered the WNW News in those early days to the far reaches of Michigan. There were so many outdoor writ-ers and photographers who helped us along the way. Men like Tom Hug-gler, Herb Boldt, Tom Carney, George Rowe, Betty Sodders, Richard Smith, Pat Davis, Capt. Fred Davis, George Richey, Larry Walters and Gordie Charles who not only provided copy and photographs but advice and help-ful information, keeping our young publication pointed in the right direction. I think of Mark Romanack, Jim Bedford, Mark Martin, Tom Lounsbury, John Ozoga, Joe Lunkas, Kenny Darwin, Ed Spinazzola, and Darryl Quidort who bring Michigans outdoor hunting and fishing tales to life in our pages. And Ill write more about them in future issues. I think of advertisers like Bob Barch of Michi-Gun, Dale Chapman of Chap-mans Sports Center and Dick Adams of Freeway Sports Center, who now have second generation family owners running ads in our pages. Ironic isnt it? Speaking of ironic....the spot Tom and I raked leaves all those years ago, is now owned by my son Keil, who also has become our first second generation fam-ily member at Woods-N-Water News. Maybe, just maybe, there will be more in the next 30 years? Yes, Id say its ironic indeed how things work out. To comment on this column or add your own comments email Randy at: [email protected]

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Comments from our friends...

Betty Sodders, longtime contributor, emailed... "30th Year for WNW News. I looked back and I signed on with you

remarkable people August 1995. At that time there were few if any, women outdoor writers. There were times when I had to work harder than most male

outdoor writers. Husband Bill claimed I was your 'token' woman on staff. By the way Tom and Randy; I am 86 years young; writing at least five hours a

day, with regular commitments of five feature stories and six columns monthly. And, a few extra articles in-between.

Congratulations to you both, your staff and all your loyal readers. It has been a pleasure working for and with you all. Thank you for that opportunity."

Pat Davis, longtime contributor, sent an email stating... "Really love the 359 column by Randy, especially the picture of the two of you, I actually remember when you both looked like that! The 25 cents an issue was a hoot! As one who has been happy to share most of the 30 year run with you and one also hard hit by the tech explosion that cut out so many print opportunities may I say well done!"

Joe Lunkas, longtime contributor, emailed... "As a Woods-N-Water News reader and contributor for many years, I look for-ward to your "Blast from the Past" 30 year editions. I am proud to be associated with your fine magazine! Keep up the good work for Michigan outdoors-persons.

George Rowe, outdoor columnist retired Petosky Review, called and commented... "It hardly seems like Woods-N-Water News has been around that long, 30 years? I've been contributing to your publication since 1990, I know I've contrib-uted every month for 25 years. I've watched the Woods-N-Water News continue to get better and bigger every year. Good job, in a time where other publications have had so much trouble due to technology."

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To tell you the truth, I was skeptical of the fish-catching ability of swimbaits when they first came to market years ago. I thought theyre just too simply made and too easy to use to work so well. But it only took me a few casts to realize I was wrong. And it doesnt matter the species I am targeting, be it walleye, bass, panfish, trout, you name it, swimbaits fool them all. That, however, is not the end of the story... There is a little more to catching fish with these lures than anglers may realize.

As Its Name Implies So what, exactly, is a swimbait? In a way, its a cross between a softbait lure and a lipless crankbait. Many are made of pliable plastic, molded around lead and hook, and re-semble minnows, shiners and young-of-the-year fishes. Some come as just soft-bodied baits that you add your own jig head to. The end result of catching fish is equal whichever style you choose. At their rear end is either a paddle- or curly-cue tail; the former resonat-ing a tempting thump as it swims, the later a veracious flash and vibra-tion. Either way, its the shape, feel, and pulsation these lures make that fish have a hard time refusing.

It Started Somewhere Its been at least a decade since I first started casting swimbaits on a regular basis. And it all started while fishing a charity tournament event in Northern Lower Michigan. I was the only professional walleye angler fish-ing alongside some of the finest bass-fishing professionals in the world. My bait of choice during the one-day event was a 1/4-ounce swimbait, which was about 3-1/2 inches long. And with that one lure I was able to prove a walleye guy can hold his own amongst a large pack of some of the

best in the bass industry. To boot, a trophy-size 6.42-pound smallmouththe third largest of the eventcame over the gunwales of my Lund, as well several more smallies and count-less hefty rainbow trout.

How To Do Today I fish a swimbait nearly identical to how I started to way back when. First, I prefer casting them on su-perline, with Flame-colored 8-pound-test Berkley FireLine my preference. Whats the reason I prefer super-line, you ask? The no-stretch proper-ties of superline allows me to feel every pulse of the lures paddle- or curly-cue tail, as well its easier than ever to detect when the lures ticking the tops of the weeds, rock, or wood a signal for me to speed up the retrieve and get the lure up and out of cover and swimming just over it. Superline also lets me achieve great hook sets when using such light line, as the hooks on most swimbaits are quite large and it takes a little more gumption to get the point to pierce a bony jaw. A longer, medium-power fast-action rod, such as a 7-foot 2-inch Fenwick Elite Tech Walleye spinning rod, allows me to make long cast, and, the beefier action aids in getting good hooks sets, as well. I couple the rod with size-30 ABU Garcia Orra SX spinning reel for a perfectly balanced rig. Speaking of those long casts... Whether Im fishing clear water or stained, I like to make lengthy casts when using swimbaits, allowing the lure to free-fall a few seconds through the water column before starting my retrieve. And as for the reclaiming of line, its merely a slow and steady one. Thats the beauty of swimbaits, the best action is no added action; just that aforementioned stable retrieve. Theres no lift and fall or no hopping along bottom. And theres no refuting a strike when fishing swimbaits as the bait is usually an engulfed.

The Devils In The Details Swimbaits come in so many dif-ferent shapes, sizes, and colors it can be overwhelming when attempting to pick one out. As with any lure, how-ever, it will depend on the depth I am fishing and the shape and size of the

forage at hand. These baits work great in water 12 feet and under; thus I find the lightest-weight lures, which that dont sink too quickly and have the most life-like action, work best. With that said, I generally use 1/8- to 1/4-ounce swimbaits most often. This weight bait tends to be shorter in length than heavier ones, measuring in at 2 to 3 inches. There are also shorter, 1/32- and 1/16-ouncers on the mar-ket. These tiny versions are great for panfish whether its crappie, bluegills or perch youre targeting. For the most part, in water any deeper than 12 feet, I use the 3/8- to 3/4-ouncers, no matter the size of the forage base in a lake. As for shape and color of swim-baits I choose, that depends on the waters I am fishing. In waterways where shad, blue-gills, and crappie are the main for-age, the short fat profile of one of the many Storms WildEye Live series of swimbaits is great. Where shin-ers, perch, and other slender-shaped forage is present, one of the many Berkley PowerBait Slim Shad or Gulp! Swimmo baits, coupled with a VMC DHHJ Hammer Head Jig, will do the trick. Color, on the other hand, depends

on water clarity. I prefer the naturally-colored baits such as bluegill, perch, and shiner in clear water, and bright-ly-colored ones, such Firetiger for example, in stained or muddy water. As for choosing paddle- or curly-tail, I let the fish decide. I find chang-ing often is best. Last but not least, when attach-ing a swimbait to FireLine, I tie it on directly with a Palomar knot; that is not using a snap, as well forgoing the use of a leader of monofilament or fluorocarbon. The fish do not seem to care when attacking a swimbait, even with the brightly-colored line.

Cast-Retrieve-Repeat Looking for a technique thats easy to use to catch more fish than ever this year, no matter the species? Then by all means, tie a swimbait directly to superline and make a long cast, and then just give it a slow, steady retrieve and hang on. Yes, it really can be as easy as that. Mark Martin is a professional walleye tournament angler and instructor with the Ice-Fishing Va-cation School, who live in south-western Lower Michigan. Visit his website at markmartins.net for more information.n

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Cover Story...By Mark Martin

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Reg $59 99 OUR PRICE $3699MAGDA 45 DX

Reg $69 99 OUR PRICE $3999

FREEPADDLE

FISHING CAMPINGMARINE HEADQUARTERS

OPEN 6 AM - 9 PMEVERYDAY PRICES EFFECTIVETHRU MAY 31ST






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE



KAYAKS



Reg. $599

3/$999OUR PRICE



WHILE 6,000 LAST!

Reg. $699

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$1000


Reg. $2999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$300

SAVE$500


6, 8 & 12 pcs.WHILE 38,000 LAST!

Reg. $699



WHILE 4,000 LAST!

Reg. $1999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1500


Reg. $2999

$1499OUR PRICE

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$12


Reg. $1999

$799OUR PRICE








REG. OR PINK CAMO

REG. OR PINK CAMO

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1600


Reg. $1999

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$600


Reg. $899

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $5999

$2999OUR PRICE

SAVE$15000


40" X 14"

Reg. $19999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $3999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$8000


Reg. $12999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$200


Reaches upto 29 ft.

Reg. $599

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$4500


Reg. $7999

$3499OUR PRICE


w/ coupon

FREETOW ROPEW/ ALL

TOWABLES

SAVE$1000

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

A DOZEN

SAVE$6000


Reg. $19999

$13999OUR PRICE


$5999OUR PRICE

SAVE$6000


302000-300-001-12SAVE$400


Reg. $999

$599OUR PRICE

FULL THROTTLE





FREEPADDLE






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE



KAYAKS



Reg. $599

3/$999OUR PRICE



WHILE 6,000 LAST!

Reg. $699

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$1000


Reg. $2999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$300

SAVE$500


6, 8 & 12 pcs.WHILE 38,000 LAST!

Reg. $699



WHILE 4,000 LAST!

Reg. $1999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1500


Reg. $2999

$1499OUR PRICE

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$12


Reg. $1999

$799OUR PRICE








REG. OR PINK CAMO

REG. OR PINK CAMO

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1600


Reg. $1999

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$600


Reg. $899

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $5999

$2999OUR PRICE

SAVE$15000


40" X 14"

Reg. $19999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $3999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$8000


Reg. $12999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$200


Reaches upto 29 ft.

Reg. $599

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$4500


Reg. $7999

$3499OUR PRICE


w/ coupon

FREETOW ROPEW/ ALL

TOWABLES

SAVE$1000

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

A DOZEN

SAVE$6000


Reg. $19999

$13999OUR PRICE


$5999OUR PRICE

SAVE$6000


302000-300-001-12SAVE$400


Reg. $999

$599OUR PRICE

FULL THROTTLE





FREEPADDLE






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE



KAYAKS



Reg. $599

3/$999OUR PRICE



WHILE 6,000 LAST!

Reg. $699

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$1000


Reg. $2999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$300

SAVE$500


6, 8 & 12 pcs.WHILE 38,000 LAST!

Reg. $699



WHILE 4,000 LAST!

Reg. $1999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1500


Reg. $2999

$1499OUR PRICE

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$12


Reg. $1999

$799OUR PRICE








REG. OR PINK CAMO

REG. OR PINK CAMO

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1600


Reg. $1999

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$600


Reg. $899

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $5999

$2999OUR PRICE

SAVE$15000


40" X 14"

Reg. $19999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $3999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$8000


Reg. $12999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$200


Reaches upto 29 ft.

Reg. $599

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$4500


Reg. $7999

$3499OUR PRICE


w/ coupon

FREETOW ROPEW/ ALL

TOWABLES

SAVE$1000

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

A DOZEN

SAVE$6000


Reg. $19999

$13999OUR PRICE


$5999OUR PRICE

SAVE$6000


302000-300-001-12SAVE$400


Reg. $999

$599OUR PRICE

FULL THROTTLE





FREEPADDLE






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE



KAYAKS



Reg. $599

3/$999OUR PRICE



WHILE 6,000 LAST!

Reg. $699

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$1000


Reg. $2999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$300

SAVE$500


6, 8 & 12 pcs.WHILE 38,000 LAST!

Reg. $699



WHILE 4,000 LAST!

Reg. $1999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1500


Reg. $2999

$1499OUR PRICE

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$12


Reg. $1999

$799OUR PRICE








REG. OR PINK CAMO

REG. OR PINK CAMO

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1600


Reg. $1999

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$600


Reg. $899

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $5999

$2999OUR PRICE

SAVE$15000


40" X 14"

Reg. $19999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $3999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$8000


Reg. $12999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$200


Reaches upto 29 ft.

Reg. $599

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$4500


Reg. $7999

$3499OUR PRICE


w/ coupon

FREETOW ROPEW/ ALL

TOWABLES

SAVE$1000

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

A DOZEN

SAVE$6000


Reg. $19999

$13999OUR PRICE


$5999OUR PRICE

SAVE$6000


302000-300-001-12SAVE$400


Reg. $999

$599OUR PRICE

FULL THROTTLE





FREEPADDLE






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE



KAYAKS



Reg. $599

3/$999OUR PRICE



WHILE 6,000 LAST!

Reg. $699

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$1000


Reg. $2999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$300

SAVE$500


6, 8 & 12 pcs.WHILE 38,000 LAST!

Reg. $699



WHILE 4,000 LAST!

Reg. $1999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1500


Reg. $2999

$1499OUR PRICE

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

SAVE$12


Reg. $1999

$799OUR PRICE








REG. OR PINK CAMO

REG. OR PINK CAMO

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$1600


Reg. $1999

$399OUR PRICE

SAVE$600


Reg. $899

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $6999

$3999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $5999

$2999OUR PRICE

SAVE$15000


40" X 14"

Reg. $19999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$3000


Reg. $3999

$999OUR PRICE

SAVE$8000


Reg. $12999

$4999OUR PRICE

SAVE$200


Reaches upto 29 ft.

Reg. $599

$299OUR PRICE

SAVE$4500


Reg. $7999

$3499OUR PRICE


w/ coupon

FREETOW ROPEW/ ALL

TOWABLES

SAVE$1000

SAVE$2000


Reg. $3999

$1999OUR PRICE

A DOZEN

SAVE$6000


Reg. $19999

$13999OUR PRICE


$5999OUR PRICE

SAVE$6000


302000-300-001-12SAVE$400


Reg. $999

$599OUR PRICE

FULL THROTTLE





FREEPADDLE






NIGHTCRAWLERS


SAVE$1500


Reg. $1999

$499OUR PRICE


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