At its meeting Oct. 9 in Houghton on the campus of Michigan Technological University, the Natural Resources Commission unanimously adopted a draft resolution expressing intent of adopting two separate seasons for managing Michigan coyotes during
Michigan Natural Resources Commissioner John Walters introduced an amendment at the commission’s Oct. 9 meeting in Houghton to close the catch-and-immediate-release bass fishing season during the spawning timeframe on several northern Michigan lakes.
Michigan deer hunters took an estimated 179,829 whitetails during the firearms deer season in 2024, up 3.7% over 2023 (177,292). That total included an estimated 115,521 bucks and 64,308 antlerless deer.
Biologists believe Michigan
A coalition of Michigan anglers is promoting legislation to rework funding for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division in an effort to boost fish production.
Ed Blissick, president of the Great Lakes
A few years after I began shooting semi-automatic shotguns in the 1990s, I started taking my boom sticks to a gunsmith during the period between when summer trap leagues ended and before the bird-hunting seasons
Outdoor users in Minnesota may know Blane Klemek as the northwest region wildlife manager with the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
That job with an emphasis on wildlife and the outdoors certainly fits with how
Beavers are making a comeback in Michigan. Once extirpated from the southern Lower Peninsula, the toothy critters are showing up in places such as Ann Arbor and even the Detroit River.
At one time
Hunters Feeding Michigan – a Michigan Department of Natural Resources program connecting donors, wild game processors and charities to help feed those in need – processed 140,000 pounds of donated venison during fiscal year 2025,
As usual, pheasant season opens Oct. 20 in southern Michigan, but there are a few changes this year that should lead to increased opportunity for sportsmen.
The biggest change is that all of Zone
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