Metro Area Fishing Report – June 16, 2024 – video
The fishing season continues to progress nicely and summer-like patterns are definitely developing, with a solid bass bite.
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June 16, 2024
Michigan Natural Resources Commission considering electronic turkey tags
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is considering a proposal to allow electronic harvest tags for turkeys, following a trend toward digital licenses in other states.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Biologist Adam Bump presented the proposal last week at the NRC’s June meeting in Lansing, with possible approval in July. The change would use existing capabilities within the DNR licensing system to allow hunters to purchase an electronic tag through the department’s hunt and fish app, and to electronically notch the tag after harvest.
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ATF attempts to explain the gun-selling business, but lengthy document could lead to more confusion
In a 466-page document, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recently set out to expand on – and attempt to clarify – just what is meant by engaging in the business of selling firearms.
In doing so, the agency likewise spells out in legalistic fashion how an individual may sell a single firearm or multiple firearms at such venues as flea markets, yard sales, via the Internet, or at popular gun-and-knife shows.
Pennsylvania fly-fishers compete in world event
Competing in a world fly-fishing championship in the Czech Republic was a homecoming of sorts for Roman Matusinsky, of Coplay, Lehigh County, Pa.
Although he has lived in the U.S. since 1998 and competes for his adopted land, Matusinsky, 55, was born and raised in the former Czechoslovakia, about six hours from where the ninth FIPS-Mouche Masters Fly Fishing Championship was recently held on the Vlatava River and two lakes.
“It was amazing, going back to my home country – really hard to describe,” said Matusinsky.
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John Delisle, Sr.: This year, plan to take a girl hunting
Last hunting season, as I walked up the road to our designated meeting place for our annual family Thanksgiving Day hunt, I was pleasantly surprised to find two of my younger grandchildren, standing among our family group of deer hunters.
My grandson Ian, age 6, has participated in our family deer drives before, walking the drives with his dad or waiting on watch with me. He enjoys deer hunting with his father, uncles and cousins and already has a few deer hunting tales of his own. However, today was a special day, because his older sister Ashlyn, age 8, decided she wanted to join us.
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Five annual food plots to plant now so you can reap the benefits this fall
While the calendar is barely past spring, it is not too soon to plan your food plot strategy for fall. In the planning stages myself, I reached out to a handful of experts I trust for sound advice.
My question: For fall annual food plots, what are your top five? The answers were surprisingly consistent. Here is a summary.
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What do estimates of bird populations tell us about these species?
How many birds are there, anyway?
If you wonder about the number of birds of a given species, you can access some remarkable current data here. It’s a joint effort between Partners in Flight and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
You’ll learn that the American robin is apparently by far the most common bird in the United States and Canada, with an estimate of 370 million, followed in second place by the blue-gray gnatcatcher and chipping sparrow, both at 230 million.
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