Finally the day has arrived when all of us Michigan turkey hunters can check to see if we were successful with our Spring turkey hunt applications. It has seemed that this day took forever to get here.

I am happy to report that I was successful in obtaining a permit and that my season will run from April 21st-May 4th. Those were the days that I picked and I was lucky enough to get the dates I chose. I couldn’t be happier.

Jeff and I are planning on sighting in our guns this weekend and Jeff just bought a new gun for turkey hunting this year that he is excited about. It is the gun you see at the beginning of this post. It’s a Westernfield 12 gauge which was made by Mossberg and sold by Montgomery Wards. He added a red dot scope, some camo tape, a vent ribbed barrel, and a undertaker screw-in turkey choke to complete the setup. He hasn’t had the best gun the last two years so we will see how well this one shoots. Hopefully he can at least compete with my Remington 870, and the Remington Extra Full turkey choke that is in it. We shall see about that.

Needless to say both of us are looking forward to the season and I just have a feeling that this is our year for turkeys. I think that not only one of us, but probably both of us, will be knocking one down. Our off season preparation is going to be the ticket. Only a couple months away and we’re stoked.

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