This is no time to adopt “Hello Walls” as this month’s theme song.

Outdoors options are too numerous to give them all a pass. Most invitations can be single-user ventures, too.

Turkey hunting is allowed in state parks through May 5, the third period, season C.

Accounts of early hunts reinforce that turkeys will be turkeys.

While hunting the second period, an experienced hunter continued to change locations, finally getting an answer and then crossing a deep valley to be on the same side and carried a tom home who came silent, and left that way.

A wife and husband team passed on the need to carry two shotguns, drew two toms close, and the wife took her bird. Her partner got up to play retriever only to see the second bird challenging his wife’s dead gobbler. “Hand me your gun,” he said, doubling his retrieving work, but smiling all the way.

Hens are becoming loners, which means some toms are, too. This is a great time for hunters to play the role of a talkative hen.

The regular trout season opens May 2. That’s the general fishing opener, too. While “planting” trout in some locations may be on hold, natural reproduction is taking care of it in some locations. Without voluminous rainfall, the water’s fine, the fish should be active, and licenses are still required, unless a Wisconsin resident, 15 years old or younger. License options abound for first-time Wisconsin anglers and married couples.

The earliest morel mushrooms are tiny, but give some locations a week or so and some will be picking size and plentiful. Some mushrooms novice mycologists are finding are fakes, and some of those are poisonous or definitely not recommended for the pan. When the good ones show, remember all edible mushrooms should be cooked regardless of how they were obtained.

The closing of state parks means that the morel “season” in the parks is not open, either.

Feeding and watching orioles is soon to begin. The cheapest grape jelly or oranges are the lure. If so inclined, try separating the several types of orioles and genders, too.

Planting a garden, perennial bed or trees makes sense with time on hands. Some nurseries have zucchini and tomatoes in bloom in large pots, suitable for a deck or patio garden if a garden plot is not available.

An old-fashioned country wildlife drive with enough white, sliced bread, bologna, and apples to last a few hours works for some. Helping a masked farmer build a fence sounds energy expending, but a worthy cause.

The weather has held back many vegetation types, making finding fungi, chives, spring ephemerals (plants doing their growing before trees leaf out), easier. Garlic mustard needs pulling, and remember it is edible. That’s why it is here.

Be cautious outdoors, stay spaced, take what’s needed on adventures to eliminate store stops; be careful to minimize face-to-face camaraderie.

— Jerry Davis is an Argyle native and a freelance writer who lives in Barneveld. He can be reached at sivadjam@mhtc.net or at 608-924-1112.