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Jack Ammerman: A night spent discovering Michigan’s river giants

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Former professional boxer Mike Hall called and invited me on a fishing trip, asking me if I’d ever caught a flathead catfish. I laughed and told him that I’d never even seen a flathead, let alone caught one. “Let’s try to get you one tonight,” he said. I was excited to experience something new.
He mentioned fishing for flatheads on Michigan’s Grand River and we talked about all the people who target them on the Kalamazoo River, but that night we were meeting up a little closer to home.

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Jack Ammerman: Pennsylvania’s Open Field Doctrine case, Michigan lawsuit could affect hunting privacy

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

In 1988, I was lucky in the fact that I drew a “doe tag” in Michigan. Back then, the opportunity to shoot a doe was a lot harder than it is now. I had never shot a doe with a rifle. Heck, I hadn’t even shot a buck with a rifle!
I was an avid archery hunter at that time and had plenty of kill tags punched, but come rifle season, all I ever saw were does. Getting that doe tag had me excited, as I love eating venison. Opening morning of the 1988 firearms deer season found me dragging a freshly harvested doe through some thick woods, across a dirt road, and another quarter mile back through the woods to my tent.

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Jack Ammerman: I have a problem with ticks, and so should all hunters

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky /

I had to hold the cell phone away from my ear because my friend on the other end was mad. He spoke loudly: “I wasn’t in that fencerow for more than two minutes. I got back into the truck and I could feel something crawling across my shoulder blades. I pulled my shirt off and brushed my back against the truck seat.

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Jack Ammerman: Why are federal duck stamps arriving after the season’s over?

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The envelope surprised me when I removed the stack of mail from my mailbox. Like many waterfowl hunters, the postman finally delivered my 2025-26 Federal Waterfowl Stamp on one of the very last days of March.
I know I’m not the only one who thinks it’s nuts to get the stamp well after its usefulness to a hunter is over. I’ve gotten phone calls from friends and have seen the online comments to this effect.

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Jack Ammerman: In Michigan, we’re buying $20 licenses in a $25 world

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

First the Michigan Senate released its proposed budget for 2027. When the House released its proposal, Shannon Lott, Michigan DNR Natural Resources Deputy, did not seem encouraged about what it holds for the future of the department.
The budget picture didn’t get this way overnight.

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Jack Ammerman: A $5 gamble can pay big dividends in Pure Michigan Hunt program

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

Thirty years ago, I was fortunate enough to draw a bear permit. That was the only year I’ve been able to hunt for bears.
I’ve never had the chance to hunt for an elk in Michigan and I’ve never had someone say, “Congratulations! Come pick up this shotgun and all this hunting and outdoor equipment that you just won!” That’s all going to change, sometime in the near future. I’m almost sure of it.

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Commentary: Michigan United Conservation Clubs is on the ropes – can sportsmen really afford to walk away?

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Michigan United Conservation Clubs – MUCC – is on the ropes. In a Feb. 27 announcement, MUCC indicated it is pausing its youth camp and magazines while dealing with financial issues.
“It’s tight right now,” board President Stephen Dey told Bridge Michigan.
Please understand this group of clubs and individuals is a perfect example of a true grassroots organization.

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Jack Ammerman: March is the time for coyote hunters to whimper, not scream

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting /

Michigan’s changes to its coyote hunting and trapping season just arrived earlier this month.
After being pressured to close the season to hunters and trappers by those who wanted to see the predators have a chance to raise litters, constant pressure by the hunting and trapping community – especially the deer hunters – led to a “new” management/nuisance season being put in place.

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