Wildlife management: balancing short-term requests with long-term goals
Russ Mason
June 12, 2023
Almost 20 years ago, Shawn Riley wrote: “decision-making is the core work of wildlife managers.”
Hunting
Outdoor Observations: Animal welfare advocates make voices heard at Michigan Natural Resources Commission meeting
Bill Parker
June 8, 2023
At the May meeting at Lansing Community College seven of the eight people who addressed the commission about the nuisance animal control order (see related story on Page 4)
Michigan eases requirements for handling nuisance wildlife
Bill Parker
June 8, 2023
Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott signed an order at the May meeting of the state Natural Resources Commission making it easier for property owners to deal with nuisance wildlife doing damage to private property.
Commentary: Conservation group concerned about proposed deer regs in Michigan
George Lindquest
June 7, 2023
U.P. Whitetails of Marquette County is extremely concerned about the DNR’s proposed U.P. deer regulation changes.
The deer herd in the Upper Peninsula has been going downhill for the past 20 years due to
Major increase of CWD seen in Michigan’s Montcalm County
Richard P. Smith
June 7, 2023
The prevalence rate of chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer in Montcalm County is on the rise.
According to Michigan DNR data of CWD in the central Lower Peninsula county, the apparent prevalence rate
How to tame your shotgunning kick factor
Phil Bourjaily
June 7, 2023
Shotguns kick. Some kick more, some kick less, but almost any shotgun and load capable of making a clean kill hits the shooter, too. Too much recoil corrodes good shooting, building bad habits like head-lifting
A guide to understanding your long-range hunting rifle options
Ron Spomer
June 5, 2023
Shooting beyond 300 yards is fun. Hitting targets beyond 300 yards is even more fun. And you don’t need expensive rifles and scopes to do it.
Tricked out PRS-style rifles (Precision Rifle Series) and 6-30X56mm
Examining the foundation for food-plotting success
Site Staff
June 4, 2023
If you tune into any hunting programming on television or YouTube, you won’t have to watch long before you see deer piling into a food plot at some point. Destination food plots, and kill plots,
Doubling up on turkeys in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Tom Pink
June 2, 2023
In all of the years I’ve been turkey hunting, it’s almost always been with a partner and we’ve almost always both carried shotguns, but we’ve rarely figured that each of us would be walking out
