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Michigan DNR proposal of a one-buck limit could be voted on in May

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Support for a regulation that would limit the state’s deer hunters to the harvest of one antlered deer per season instead of two has varied in recent years, but the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) is prepared to make a decision on the much-debated issue next month.
The DNR’s recommendation for a “one buck rule” and a host of other deer rule changes could go up for vote at the Commission’s May 13 meeting.

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Ralph Loos: We’re building something solid – the second Michigan Outdoor News Turkey Photo Contest

Featured, Hunting, Michigan, National Hunting, Opinion /

Just a day or so after stepping into this role with Michigan Outdoor News, I was passed a note from Jon Gray, current president of the Michigan Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Gray wondered if we wanted to continue a construction project he and my predecessor, Bill Parker, had built a sturdy foundation for last spring. During the 2025 spring season, Outdoor News and the Michigan NWTF partnered to launch something that could someday equal our Best Buck Photo Contest, which for years has been wildly popular with the state’s deer hunters.

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Walleye stocking, bass catching still big at Otter Lake in Michigan’s Houghton County

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Michigan /

Four fish that earned spots in Michigan DNR’s Master Angler Program in 2025 came from Otter Lake – and three of the four were bass.
That bit of information likely comes as no surprise to anglers who frequent the 890-acre Houghton County water, which has enjoyed a reputation with the state’s bass anglers. What may be a surprise – a pleasant one at that – is that new classes of bass appear to be growing at a good pace.

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Requirement affecting sales of nonresident fishing licenses in Illinois

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Regulations aimed at parents who don’t pay child support is beginning to instead hook some fishermen visiting Illinois.
The catch: many cases popping up at bait shops that sell licenses have nothing to do with child support. Media reports have spotlighted bait shop owners having to turn away visiting anglers in recent weeks because a social security number is now required.

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Handful of new Illinois fishing regulations go into effect April 1

Featured, Fishing, Illinois, National Fishing, National News, News /

Every paddlefish landed while fishing on the Illinois River “must be taken into immediate possession and included in the daily harvest limit.”
This new regulation applies mostly to “snaggers,” and will not impact many anglers in Illinois, but it is one of a handful of site-specific rule changes that will go into effect April 1.

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Ralph Loos: A tip of the cap to Dave Gannaway, Steve Sarley? A ‘yup’ will do him fine

Featured, Fishing, Illinois, Opinion /

Every other Friday morning for the past 18 years I’ve bumbled out of bed, clicked my email’s New Message tab and completed a vital task by typing one short word.
“Yup.” It’s one of those duties editors rarely talk about – we certainly complain about it, but only in mumbles and only to ourselves. My “yup” is always directed at the same inbox: one owned by columnist Steve Sarley.

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Illinois Deer Classic on the move once again

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Illinois’ place as a top whitetail state was reestablished – at least for a few days – by an event that appears to have gained a second breath of its own.
But just as a successful 2026 Illinois Deer Classic was packing up in Peoria, show organizers announced that yet another move for the oft-relocated showcase will take place in 2027.

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Kentucky project aimed at bigger bass makes key finding

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Illinois, National Fishing, National News, News /

Bigger bass that are more aggressive in chasing an angler’s plastic worm from one end of the lake to the other?
Roughly 96.2% of Illinois fishermen responded, “yes, sign me up!”
That, of course refers to a non-scientific poll about an intensely-scientific endeavor being taken on by biologists in a neighboring state. News flash: Kentucky researchers have reported the finding of genetic markers associated with “enhanced size in native largemouth bass.”

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