Whitley travels the globe for birds

Doug Whitley has a monthly shopping date for dinner fare, and the main course is fowl.

Whitley, a Northport resident, hunts for game birds at least once a month in fall and early winter. As Leelanau County isn’t known as a haven for bird hunters, his hunts turn into adventures that have taken him from New Mexico plains to Argentina corn fields.

“You see things on these trips that are so memorable that they put you in awe,” Whitley said. “It’s not the hunting that makes the event. It’s the ambiance, the geography, the people you’re with, and the memories you make as a hunter.”