Michigan’s statewide fishing report on May 1, 2026
Outdoor News
May 1, 2026
Walleyes, lake trout start showing spring action. Here’s the Michigan fishing and hunting report from across the state on May 1, 2026.
Hunting
Battle over hunting, fishing license fees heating up in Michigan
Anthony Candia
May 1, 2026
A Michigan lawmaker who said he disagrees with DNR Director Scott Bowen on many things – including the belief the state’s hunters and anglers are eager to pay more for their licenses – is backing
Dog training language removed from House Farm Bill
Staff Report
May 1, 2026
Sportsmen and women received an important victory with the removal of anti-hunting and dog training language from the House Farm Bill, entitled the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, following the release of
Mastering turkey hunting’s game of ‘let’s find each other’
Mark Strand
April 30, 2026
You call and a gobble rings out. Quite a ways out, maybe 200 yards.
If you sit down right there and keep calling, there is a chance that tom will come all the way
Want to apply for a big-game hunt in the Northeast? Here’s what to know
Steve Piatt
April 29, 2026
Scott Comfort was logging in online to check the results of the annual Maine moose permit drawing last year when he got the news from a friend who beat him to the technological punch.
Commentary: Drawing a line for America’s public lands
Ryan Callaghan and Steven Rinella
April 28, 2026
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness isn’t just another patch of federal land on a map. It’s one of the last places in the Lower 48 where wild still means wild.
Where clean water,
Commentary: Proposed USFS changes will harm forest resources nationwide
Gus Smith
April 28, 2026
Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced many changes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The plan would move the USFS headquarters from our national seat of federal government in Washington D.C. to
Tom Pink: Cacophony or euphony? Sounds of the turkey woods
Tom Pink
April 26, 2026
Turkey hunters use a variety of words to describe the sights and sounds of morning arriving in the woods and fields. Hushed. Peaceful. Beautiful. Inviting. Exciting.
How about this word: cacophony or cacophonous. That’s
89-year-old Michigan hunting and fishing group may shut doors soon
Laura Herberg / Bridge Michigan
April 23, 2026
If Michigan United Conservation Clubs doesn’t raise $100,000 by May 1, “we will be forced to close our doors,” President Stephen Dey said in an email sent to members and supporters Monday.
According to
