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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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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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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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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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.
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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The man next to me, tending to a barrel smoker that was billowing smoke, handed me a piece of sucker on the end of a plastic fork – before I had even introduced myself.
That’s sucker season on the Rifle River. You don’t stay a stranger for long. Every spring, a stretch of river running through the small town of Omer, Michigan on US-23 becomes one of the state’s most underrated fishing destinations.
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An angler at the Omer Suckerfest was caught cheating by stuffing his fish with lead weights, according to event organizers.
Every spring, thousands of suckers swim inland from Lake Huron up Michigan rivers to spawn. Taking advantage of this migration, the Omer Suckerfest hosts anglers from all over Michigan in a 10-day event to catch the heaviest sucker.
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Most years, towards the end of March and well into April, there are two migrations associated with the Rifle River in Omer, Mich. One of the migrations is the huge numbers of suckers that leave Lake Huron and head inland to spawn. The other migration is the vast volume of people who head to the town of Omer to fish for those suckers.
On a recent 50-degree day, the banks of the Rifle were lined up with men, women, and kids all with fishing rods in their hands.
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