Fishing

By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Hunters expecting sweeping changes in the DNR’s deer management strategy likely were disappointed last week when the department presented to the state Natural Resources Commission its deer management population

By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — State Rep. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, has launched an effort which would culminate in making crossbows legal choices for senior bowhunters, not just those with medically qualified

State seeks continued reduction in whitetail herd By Bill Parker Editor Imlay City, Mich. — Michigan’s white-tailed deer herd is within the DNR’s proposed population goals in the northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, but

By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — How would you solve the DNR’s money problems? That question is being posed to a work group established by the Natural Resources Commission and chaired by NRC

By Marty Kovarik Correspondent Marquette, Mich. — The scene outside the recent DNR deer management meeting at Northern Michigan University in Marquette resembled a labor dispute more than a gathering of hunters. Adults and youths

Bill Parker Editor East Lansing, Mich. — With the lion’s share of testing complete on animals from the 2005 hunting seasons, no chronic wasting disease has been found in free-ranging white-tailed deer or elk in

By Kurt Krueger Correspondent Paulding, Mich. — Controversy is brewing over a power company’s plan to sell 7,300 acres of back land surrounding six flowages in the Upper Peninsula to a development firm – including

By Steve Griffin Field Editor Midland, Mich. — Michigan hunters and boaters, buying their licenses and boat fuel, contribute to dedicated funds used to benefit wildlife, hunting, and boating; funds that would be used, that