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By Mike RocheLast week was my first ever turkey hunt in Missouri. After over a decade of flying out to Kansas and hunting turkeys in that state, things changed. In response to significant declines in turkey numbers in the Sunflower State, the Kansas...

By Mike RocheQuabbin Reservoir will open for fishing tomorrow, April 20, at 6 a.m. The reservoir is the principal drinking water supply for 3 million of Massachusetts’ 7 million residents. Since 1946, shore fishing has been allowed and since 1952, a...

By Mike RocheEach April for many years, this writer has traveled to Kansas to “visit my sister.” The annual trip began when she offered to buy my hunting license if I went to visit and that visit became an annual rite of spring.Over the years, contact...

By Mike RocheLast Saturday my brother Chris joined me and a bunch of other folks fishing on White Pond in South Athol, where my wife and I own property. The pond community is close and one of the pond residents has undertaken to put together a day of...

By Mike RocheTuesday morning dawned beautifully. For a change, this writer had not hopped out of bed at 4 a.m. to match wits with a gobbler but instead had slept in until 7. Since turkey season in Kansas in early April, most days have begun early. Not...

By Mike RocheOn many occasions, my good friend and mentor Gig Darey would proclaim that he was “huntin’ history.” The statement would usually be uttered after an unsuccessful deer hunt. He would explain to anyone who was not familiar with the term...

By Mike RocheThis writer spent the past week in Kansas “visiting my sister” Pat. For years, she has been kind enough to buy me a Kansas hunting license, and so I fly out to hunt turkeys. It has become a very enjoyable getaway. During those years, a...

By Mike RocheAs this writer sits at the computer in the home of my sister Pat in Kansas on Day One of my annual trip to the Sunflower State (AKA Oz), there have already been a few things that perhaps might have been done differently. First, never book...

By Mike RocheSpring has grudgingly arrived and that means trout stocking of local waters is underway. Those of us ‘Old Codgers’ remember when fishing season in Massachusetts started on the third Saturday of April and it was a much-awaited event. Many...

By Mike RocheDuring their annual convention in February, the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) presented MassWildlife Director Mark Tisa with its new Innovation Award. The award recognizes MassWildlife’s use of creative strategies to address...

By Mike RocheThe recent return of “the winter that never came” has been a bit of a disappointment to many folks in the North Quabbin Region. A lot of us were eagerly looking forward to spring and it seemed to have arrived early. This present spate of...