Things are happening earlier this year
Been noticing on my many drives around the state that the growing season seems ahead of schedule this year. Used to be “knee high by the 4th of July” was the saying farmers used for how their corn crop was doing. Heck alot of fields I see are already chest high now. Should make for some great duck hunting cover at Fish Point this fall.
Another item of note is that I’m already seeing mentions of folks catching chinook salmon up in rivers on the northwet side of the state. Now that is a great bit of news in my book. It is an absolute riot to tangle wih those silver monsters in shallow water. Be sure to have lots of line on the reel cause long runs are common, as are the sounds of lines snapping! Best guess of where to explore for early salmon would be Little Manistee and Betsie Rivers on the west side of Michigan.
Now on to more early arrivals. Been seeing some big fawns so far this summer. Heck I saw 2 last weekend in Tuscola County that had nearly lost their spots already. This years goslings have pretty much gotten as big as mom and dad. Seems to be lots of them too, good news for early goose hunters.
Posted: July 4th, 2010.