Dan Small Outdoors Radio: Show 2012
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March 21, 2025
Michigan commission reexamines its decision on coyote season closure
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is poised to reverse its decision from last year that closed coyote hunting April 15 to July 15 amid an ongoing lawsuit that claims the change is illegal.
“The 2024 partial season closure was not a closure of science or management, it was a closure of fear and social assumptions,” Justin Tomei, policy and government affairs manager for Michigan United Conservation Clubs, told commissioners in March. “One of the department’s world-class biologists told us this was not about biological science.”
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Michigan’s statewide fishing and hunting report on March 21, 2025
Mixed ice reports from across state; toms are gobbling. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on March 21, 2025.
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Ohio DNR closes two big walleye over-limit cases on Lake Erie
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s law enforcement officers assigned to Lake Erie recently closed two cases in which anglers unlawfully took more than the legal daily limit of six walleye.
In December 2024, Ohio Wildlife investigators Kelsey Brockman, Brian Bury, Jason Hadsell, and Kevin Good discovered anglers at Huron Fishing Access Boat Launch in Erie County were double tripping, an unlawful practice of surpassing daily bag limits by taking multiple trips onto Lake Erie in a day. In total, 10 anglers were charged in Huron Municipal Court.
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Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: PGC lifts Middle Creek WMA access restrictions
Visitors to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area again have regular access to the property.
The Game Commission in early February closed public access to several locations at Middle Creek, including the popular wildlife-viewing area Willow Point, due to concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza, which at the time was being detected in increasing numbers of wildlife species and locations statewide.
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Indiana Fishing Report – March 21, 2025
Coho fishing has really picked up across all ports here.
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New York Fishing Report – March 21-28, 2025
Anglers in these areas reported solid steelhead fishing with some brown trout over the past week.
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What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021.
But what has been the toll on wild birds? More than 170 species of North American wild birds – including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others – have been infected with bird flu.
Commentary: Let’s examine potential solutions of the forward-facing sonar issue and muskies
With the recent advances in directional sonar – forward-facing sonar (FFS), to be specific – we are faced with a conversation about the ethical responsibilities of angling for muskies during what is a period of vulnerability for these fish: the post-spawn period during June.
