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Michigan whitetail numbers in solid shape as archery hunters prepare for Oct. 1 opener

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When the 2023 archery deer season opens a half hour before sunrise on October 1, Michigan bowhunters can expect a pretty good chance at tagging a whitetail, especially in the southern Lower Peninsula, according to DNR big game managers.
“Like previous years, our archery season is shaping up to be a good one across much of the state. Deer numbers remain high with very few exceptions in the SLP. Hunters with access should be able to set up on deer sign and have activity on many of their hunts,” Chad Stewart, the DNR’s deer, elk and moose specialist told Michigan Outdoor News.
Access can be a wild card in the SLP since about 90% of the deer range there is privately owned.

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Outdoor Observations: Experts warn removing funding for archery, hunter-ed would contribute to nation’s mental health epidemic

Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, Opinion /

The number is growing of groups and individuals opposed to the Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it was pulling federal funding for hunter education classes and the archery in the schools program is growing.

Gun Owners of America, not surprisingly, recently issued a press release opposing the action. Forbes contributor Chris Dorsey took it a little further when he wrote an article last month entitled, “Experts warn defunding school hunting and archery programs will contribute to mental health crisis.”

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Stocking walleyes keeps the balance in Chippewa’s Caribou Lake

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Michigan /

Caribou Lake in Michigan’s eastern Chippewa County has gone through a transition.
In the 1980s and ’90s it had a reputation as a good lake for large predators including walleyes and smallmouth bass, even some stocked tiger muskies. By the early 2000s, the predator population had dwindled and smaller panfish had commandeered the lake.

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Michigan Natural Resources Commission eyes fishing regulation changes

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The Michigan Natural Resources Commission was presented with a handful of fisheries regulations to consider at its meeting last week in Grand Rapids. Among the recommendations are relatively small changes for walleye, pike, muskie, and sturgeon in select areas of the state.
All of the regulations were presented at the August NRC meeting and will be up for vote at the Sept. 14 meeting at Lansing Community College.

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Outdoor Observations: Michigan deer harvest dwindles despite rise in license opportunities

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Michigan’s deer population is growing. A steady decline in hunter numbers in Michigan – and across the country – has led to a decline in harvest numbers as well. 
Michigan’s deer hunting population peaked in the 1990s. An estimated 785,000 deer hunters hit the woods in 1998, and they combined to kill just shy of 600,000 whitetails. Just 24 years later, last year, 586,595 individuals purchased a license to hunt deer in Michigan, and we combined to kill an estimated 303,087 deer.

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