Lansing – Anecdotal evidence suggests state programs designed to recruit and retain Michigan hunters may be helping slow a continued decline among youth participation in hunting. Popular youth deer and waterfowl seasons, well-attended hunting clinics, and relatively steady youth deer license sales are all signs that recruitment efforts are having an impact, but DNR officials […]
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Lansing – Proposed legislation would expand the purposes for which the DNR must use part of the money hunters pay for turkey licenses, and require the agency report annually on its use of those funds. But Senate Bill 412, sponsored by Sen. Darwin Booher, R-Evart, likely won’t restrict use of the funds quite as much
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Lansing – An early season bear hunt turned into a terrifying encounter for a 49-year-old hunter from Shepherd who was attacked in his treestand by a 220-pound female black bear. According to DNR officials, the attack occurred Sept. 11 in Mackinac County, west of the village of Trout Lake. The man, who wishes to remain
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Banquets/Fundraisers. Oct. 1: Clinton County WTU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Fountain Hall. For more info call Dave Madar, 989-224-1351. Oct. 1: Big Bear Sportsmans Club, 6 p.m., Onekama Lions Pavillion. For more info call Dave Somsel, 231-362-3103. Oct. 3: Grand Traverse Area WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Boone’s Long Lake Inn, Traverse City. For more info call Jim Kurdziel, 231-894-1515.
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Harrisburg – It’s tough being a pheasant hunter in Pennsylvania, what with the number of birds available having steadily declined over the years. Now it’s about to get even tougher. The same storms – Hurricane Irene and tropical rainstorm Lee – that caused widespread flooding and prompted President Obama to offer federal disaster assistance to
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Special Event Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Pennsylvania Trappers, District 10 Convention, Fri. 3-8 p.m., Sat. 8-6 p.m., West End Fairgrounds. For more info call Scott, 610-863-9759. Oct. 1-2: Armstrong Antlers & Anglers, Hunting & Fishing Showcase, 10-6 p.m., Crawford County Fairgrounds. For more info Joan Kocan, 814-333-6731 ext. 228. Season Dates Sept. 30: Early resident Canada goose season closes.
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CENTRAL REGION Griggs Reservoir (Franklin County) – Largemouth and smallmouth bass are being caught in this reservoir in Columbus. Largemouth bass can be caught on spinnerbaits, crankbaits or plastic tubes. Smallmouth bass are becoming active along rock outcrops, north of the island, and below the dam. Use crankbaits in a crayfish pattern and spinners. Crappie
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Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • Pickaway County Wildlife Officer Ken Bebout assisted Lake Erie law enforcement investigators Richard Barna and Gary Manley in the western and central basins of Lake Erie. Activities were centered on open-water sportfishing enforcement, which included fishing license, bag limit compliance and method restrictions. In some situations, Bebout boarded
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Too close to call as bowhunt opens Athens, Ohio – There have been a few big changes to the deer regulations since 2007, but it’s too soon to say with certainty what effect they’re having on the deer population, especially in the state’s largest and densest deer zone, which branches out from southeast Ohio to
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