Though not a part of Michigan’s wilderness, an unusual whitetail buck named Zeus continues to draw attention of hunters and wildlife fans across Michigan.
Hunters can only dream about what it would be like to meet up with the odd trophy during the fall hunting season.
Michigan’s infamous whitetail ‘Zeus’ continues to show off impressive antler growth Read More »
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission did UP deer hunters a major favor at their meeting in May when they voted to maintain a two-buck bag limit in the region. Another positive they approved for UP deer hunters that is long overdue is, starting this year, hunters with senior deer licenses will be able to hunt with crossbows during the late (December) archery season.
But the NRC made a major mistake regarding another UP deer season. They unnecessarily shortened the traditional 10-day muzzleloader season to just three days.
Commentary: Michigan’s mistake on the muzzleloader season change Read More »
During the early morning hours of June 2, Calumet’s Jolene Raudio had to deal with the nightmare many dog owners dread – one of her cherished pets had been killed and partially eaten 300 feet from her home on the 80-acre farm where she lives with her daughter and parents in Michigan’s Houghton County.
Gray wolves were blamed. A representative from the Michigan DNR visited the property to verify the report.
Wolf blamed for dog’s death, owner hoping for changes to Michigan policy Read More »
If the number of dead deer that people found this spring in Michigan’s Emmet County is any indication, winter losses were probably high throughout the region.
Many of the dead deer are believed to have died due to terrible snow conditions. The spring melt revealed the remains.
Spring thaw showed severity of winter deer losses in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula Read More »
Research that has been done about the transmission of TB to deer via baiting at the National Animal Disease Lab in Ames, Iowa is not applicable to what happens in the wild in Michigan, but it is being used to ban baiting anyway.
At the same time, information about how the use of bait by deer hunters can increase hunter success and harvest, thereby helping reduce the number of diseased deer on the landscape, is being ignored.
Commentary: TB research involving baiting not applicable to Michigan deer herd Read More »
Award-winning taxidermist Tim Gorenchan from Escanaba, Mich., of North Country Taxidermy spends most of his time preparing life-like mounts of game and fish that other people shoot and catch, but he now will be using his expertise to prepare a mount of a trophy of his own.
He plans on completing a full mount of a Boone and Crockett qualifying black bear he shot in Menominee County last fall while hunting with hounds owned by Cody Welch.
Michigan taxidermist bags 484-pound ‘booner’ bear Read More »
Prior to the May 13 meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission, a retired DNR wildlife biologist who has remained active by serving on a deer habitat group sent a letter voicing opinions to proposed deer season changes.
Jim Hammill, who worked in the western UP for 30 years before he retired, noted that managing deer was an important part of his responsibilities as a wildlife biologist.
Retired biologist pens letter on proposed deer changes in Michigan Read More »
A graph compiled by Michigan DNR wildlife biologist David Jentoft that he shared with the Natural Resources Commission at their April meeting clearly shows why a one-buck bag limit won’t work in the UP.
The graph shows the direct relationship between the severity of UP winters and the number of bucks hunters in that region bag on an annual basis.
Commentary: Why Michigan’s proposed one buck bag limit won’t work in the UP Read More »
Winter deer losses could be high in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan after spring breakup arrived later than normal.
Most snow is normally gone by April 1 in the northern part of the state. A major blizzard that paralyzed the UP and the northern LP on March 15-16 eliminated that timeline.
Late winter snows likely stressed Michigan’s whitetails Read More »
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