Michigan’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Dec. 29, 2023
Staff Report
December 29, 2023
Anglers across the state are waiting for safe ice. A look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on Dec. 29, 2023.
Hunting
Top 10 hunting and fishing movies to watch during these long winter nights
Rob Drieslein
December 29, 2023
Selecting 10 top hunting and fishing films should be fun, right? Yet for the staff of Outdoor News, it was tougher than it sounds, because there are surprisingly few good ones.
Campy titles exist
Commentary: What would Teddy Roosevelt think about today’s hunters and anglers?
Ray Norrgard
December 27, 2023
Theodore Roosevelt believed in the restorative benefits of hunting – as well as the importance of conserving wildlife for its own sake. His philosophy of conservation lived on through the actions of government, although opposed
USFWS charts a new path for Great Lakes’ gray wolves: Could federal delisting be years away?
Tim Spielman
December 26, 2023
On the heels of a deer-hunting season during which northern Minnesota hunters expressed displeasure with the kill and turned their collective ire toward gray wolves’ effects on the whitetail herd, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Mild temperatures make for a great chance to tackle winter whitetail habitat projects
Ryan Rothstein
December 24, 2023
I’ve been trying lately to chip away at a deer hunt here and there, aiming for another doe to fill the freezer while holding onto dwindling hope for an ever-more-elusive mature buck.
Not helping
Steve Griffin: Whitetails adapt, and hunters need to adapt, too
Steve Griffin
December 22, 2023
The white-tailed deer is known as one of Nature’s most adaptable animals. Hunters do, and need to, adapt, too.
The whitetail has shifted smoothly through any number of environmental and human societal changes. It expanded
Michigan conservation officers help transport injured Wisconsin hunter out of woods in Iron County
DNR Report
December 21, 2023
Ed Mongin, 81, of Coleman, Wis., was hunting with a group of 10 others on federal land Nov. 17 in Iron County, Mich., when the top of a tree fell and struck him on the
Commentary: Groups celebrate as federal ‘electronic Duck Stamp’ bill nears finish line
Staff and News Reports
December 21, 2023
Several groups chimed in last week, lauding U.S. House passage of the Duck Stamp Modernization Act, which would increase accessibility to the stamp required of the nation’s waterfowlers. Here are a few of the responses.
Michigan Mixed Bag: Urban Archery Deer Season runs through Jan. 31
Staff and News Reports
December 19, 2023
Hunters in southeast Lower Michigan are reminded of the Urban Archery Deer Season, which runs through Jan. 31 in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Any unused deer license is valid during this special management
