Michigan Letters to the Editor: Has modern hunting lost the “old school” outdoors skills?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 12, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
April 9, 2024
Commentary: Traditional fish and wildlife management is under attack
The region’s outdoorsmen need to pay attention.
In Kentucky, the state’s Senate recently considered a bill to move the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources from the Governor’s Tourism Cabinet to the Department of Agriculture.
Senate Bill 3 also would’ve given Agriculture the ability to appoint the members of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission. With the recent close of the general session, the bill effectively died, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t re-emerge.
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Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – April 9, 2024
Ice anglers targeting walleyes are being rewarded with good catches of walleyes, saugers, and some jumbo perch.
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Outdoor Observations: An opportunity for Michigan residents to take part in deer management
Michigan hunters are keenly aware of the hunter surveys taken annually by the DNR. Many hunters lament the fact that they never receive a survey “on anything” from the DNR.
Well, here is your chance to participate in a deer management survey, but you better hurry because the deadline to comment is April 16. DNR is surveying all Michigan residents (not just hunters) on its website about deer issues important to them.
South Dakota Fishing Report – April 9, 2024 – video
Warmer days are ahead for the weekend and that should definitely turn on the bite across the area.
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Simple tools for the turkey woods that make a big difference in helping a youngster get started
The youth turkey season is fast approaching in Ohio (April 13-14) and it is absolutely one of my very favorite times of the year.
Turkey hunting is my passion, and as the father of a young hunter, it allows me the opportunity to get in the turkey woods a bit earlier than I normally would as I get to take a youngster hunting and help introduce the kid to the wonderful world of the spring turkey hunting.
I have found a few things that can be important when taking kids out in the field after a spring turkey, and I feel that they will make a difference for you too if you plan on taking a youngster out.
Below the dam, Ohio’s Paint Creek Lake is pretty fair fishery
Paint Creek Lake in Highland and Ross counties in southwest Ohio is unique in that it drains a huge watershed.
The 1,148-acre lake, just outside of Hillsboro near Greenfield, was created in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the damming of Paint Creek, which drains an area of 753 square miles.
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Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the April 12, 2024, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
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Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Person caught taking three bucks in one season
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the April 12, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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