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Michigan DNR director approves reduced fee of $5 for new late antlerless season license

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Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director M. Scott Bowen approved a reduced license fee of $5 for the new extended late antlerless firearm season that will take place from Jan. 2 through the second Sunday in January (Jan. 12 in 2025).
The reduced antlerless licenses can only be purchased for the extended late antlerless season that was established in July 2024 by the state Natural Resources Commission and will expire on the second Sunday in January 2027.

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Michigan DNR catches giant lake sturgeon in Lake St. Clair

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For more then 150 million years, the species colloquially referred to as “living dinosaurs” have roamed Michigan waters. Today, a healthy population of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) swims in the St. Clair/Detroit River system, living much as they did when dinosaurs walked the Earth.
Every year, Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists and technicians conduct a survey in Lake St. Clair to estimate the number of lake sturgeon found in what some locals call the sixth Great Lake. This year they caught a monster.

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Iowa research has ramifications for turkeys in surrounding states

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It’s a sight that’ll bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened turkey hunter or researcher: a turkey nest decimated by predators that feast on egg clutches. To biologists and hunters, it means yet another unsuccessful nesting effort contributing to dwindling turkey populations across the country. 
Scientists say the number of turkeys in the U.S. has been on the decline for decades. From 2014 to 2019, University of Georgia professor Dr. Michael Chamberlain and colleagues estimated an 18% overall decline.

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Michigan bill would nullify DNR’s ban on feeding deer and elk

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State Rep. Ken Borton (R-Gaylord) has introduced a bill that would allow Michigan residents to feed wildlife recreationally, nullifying any policy issued by the Department of Natural Resources or the Natural Resources Commission prohibiting such feeding. 
House Bill 4593 would legalize the feeding of free-ranging white-tailed deer, elk, birds, and other wildlife to prevent starvation and/or for recreational viewing purposes.

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