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Bob Gwizdz: Michigan’s pheasant release program continues because of ‘those who show up’

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A number of years ago, when Keith Charters was chair of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission, he gave me a little pearl of wisdom about how government really works: The rules are made by those who show up.
There’s no better example of that than the recent decision by the Michigan Legislature to remove the sunset provision from the pheasant release program.

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Bob Gwizdz: Working the late shift stocking Michigan game areas with roosters

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It’s 10:30 on Friday night as Joe Bosch pulls his F-250 up to the gate at the Michigan state game area. He unlocks the gate, moves his truck forward a dozen yards or so, drops the tailgate, pulls out his cell phone and takes a photo of the rear of his truck with the bed loaded with plastic crates.

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Bob Gwizdz: Michigan needs a new license fee package for outdoor users

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Fishing, National Hunting, Opinion /

I had the opportunity to drop in on Hunter Appreciation Day at Rose Lake State Wildlife Research Area recently and chat with a couple of Michigan Department of Natural Resources staffers as well as some fellow sportsmen, but I didn’t go there originally for that purpose.
It was opening day of the back half of pheasant season, so I was out there anyway – though I had to wait around for the 10 a.m. event to begin as I had my birds well before that. But I had a deer head in the back of the truck, so it was an opportunity to get it aged, too. My main takeaway was just how big a job the DNR has.

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Michigan hunters will have the option of using e-tags in 2026

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In an increasingly digital world – one of email, evites, and ecommerce – the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning to allow hunters to tag their deer with e-kill tags beginning in 2026.
The e-tagging system is designed to make life a little easier for hunters who purchase licenses via the Internet. Currently, hunters who buy their licenses electronically are mailed appropriate tags for attaching to their animals.

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Bob Gwizdz: Old habits die hard – especially when it comes to deer hunting season

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At this time a year ago, I was convinced I was retiring from deer hunting. It just doesn’t flip my switch the way it used to, which I found surprising considering I was consumed with it when I was younger.
I tried just about everything – rattling horns, making mock scrapes, heading up days in advance of the opener to scout – even running them with hounds when I lived in the South. I remember one year, when I didn’t kill a buck, that I hunted 15 of the 16 days of gun season, missing one when I had to go to a funeral.

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Bob Gwizdz: Should protected slot limits on northern pike be expanded to more Michigan lakes?

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The problem with autumn is there isn’t enough of it. So much to do, so few days.
Many (most?) of us are so preoccupied with hunting seasons that we forget about our other passion: fishing. And angling can be anywhere from pretty good to outstanding during the fall.

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Michigan commission OKs changes to turkey hunting seasons; bass proposals not approved

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Michigan’s spring turkey hunters will see the most radical changes to regulations in decades as the Natural Resources Commission approved the Department of Natural Resources proposed changes without debate.
The new rules mean the state will have just three turkey management units – down from 14 previously – the Upper Peninsula, the northern Lower Peninsula and southern Michigan.

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Bob Gwizdz: How many flushes does it take to kill a grouse?

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My buddy Jeff Greene, a retired wildlife biologist who shows up in this space from time to time, once told me that he’d read somewhere that it takes 12 flushes to kill a ruffed grouse: three you don’t see, three you see, but are out of range, three are within range but are somewhere you can’t shoot them, and you’ll shoot at three of them and kill one.
And while that formula may hold in some places, some times, it’s not how I’ve found things over the past couple of years in early October in Michigan.

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