Marquette, Mich. — Most of the 184 deer fitted with radio collars last winter in the western UP for a deer migration study survived winter, according to reports on the project. Overall survival of all whitetails was 73 percent, but adults had better survival (81 percent) than fawns (64.6 percent). According to study results, adult does […]
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Ann Arbor, Mich. — The typical 12-pointer that 78-year-old Cary Shear from Ann Arbor shot with a crossbow on Nov. 11, 2017 in Washtenaw County is officially a new state record among typical crossbow kills after being panel measured by three Commemorative Bucks of Michigan scorers, but by only 1⁄8-of-an-inch instead of 3⁄8. CBM bylaws
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Powers, Mich. — Matthew Veeser from Powers shot his first black bear while hunting over bait on Sept. 17 in Menominee County. The bruin was large enough to qualify for national records maintained by the Boone and Crockett Club. Also of interest is the fact that Veeser killed the bear the first day it visited
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Marquette, Mich. — If not for Gary Shear, we probably wouldn’t have known that his twin brother, 78-year-old Cary from Ann Arbor, shot a pending state record typical crossbow buck last fall in Washtenaw County. “My brother talked me into having the antlers scored by Commemorative Bucks of Michigan,” Cary Shear said. “I wasn’t even
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Marquette, Mich. — Upper Peninsula deer hunters saw and shot more deer during the 2017 firearms deer season than the year before, according to last fall’s Upper Peninsula Deer Camp Survey compiled by DNR wildlife biologist Dave Jentoft. However, fewer fawns were seen. For the entire UP, the number of deer seen per hunter day
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Marquette, Mich. — There are benefits of marrying into a bear hunting family such as shooting a black bear that will likely qualify for national recognition by the Boone and Crockett Club. That’s what Todd Brelage from Neenah, Wis., did on opening day of bear season in the UP. After applying for 13 years for
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Marquette, Mich. — Greg Reimus from Beaverton may have shot the biggest black bear in the state for the 2017 season. Hunting on property he owns in the UP’s Schoolcraft County on the evening of Sept. 11, Reimus killed a monster bruin that had a dressed weight of 525 pounds, and a live weight that
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Allegan, Mich. — A typical 10-point white-tailed buck taken here could be a new state record for crossbows. Allegan County resident Trent Smith shot the potential state record typical crossbow buck on Oct. 22 in Allegan County. The buck’s 10-point rack had a net score of 1737⁄8 when scored by a Commemorative Bucks of
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The issuance of fewer bear licenses and reduced hunting pressure, both in terms of hunters and hunting effort, may have played a role in the slight reduction in the bear kill from 2015.
Preliminary results: Bear harvest dipped Read More »
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