Deer hunting is on and the rut is coming soon
Keri Butt
October 27, 2014
As we move deeper into fall farmers are clearing off the fields and deer are on the move as the rut approaches.
Hunting
Calling all whitetails: When to play it cool with grunt tubes and doe bleats
Tony Peterson
October 24, 2014
Blind-calling bucks: Are your attempts to lure in deer via calls hurting your efforts or helping?
Whitetail poacher fined over $12,000
Site Staff
October 23, 2014
A Kent County man has pleaded guilty to poaching two trophy bucks during the September youth hunt and has been fined more than $12,000 under the state’s new enhanced deer violation penalties, according to DNR
Asian carp eDNA found in Kalamazoo
Site Staff
October 23, 2014
State and federal officials are resampling a stretch of the Kalamazoo River – from Lake Michigan to the Caulkins Dam – after a sample collected in July tested positive for Asian carp eDNA
Fishing license sales lagging in state
Site Staff
October 23, 2014
It may be the weather or Michigan’s new license structure, but fewer anglers have purchased fishing licenses this season compared with 2013
Deer population down, small game numbers up
Tom Pink
October 21, 2014
Last winter may have hurt Michigan’s deer population, but it helped other game and fish
Fishing line tip: Avoid memory and keeping it in tip-top shape
Site Staff
October 18, 2014
Store your rod, loosen the drag, but wait till spring before changing your line on spinning and baitcasting reels
Celebrating 50 years of the Wilderness Act on a pristine north country lake
Site Staff
October 17, 2014
While the Wilderness 50 Conference was occurring in Albuquerque, N.M., the Drieslein clan was birding and traipsing across an Upper Midwestern wilderness area.
Two Kawkawlin men ticketed for over bag limit on redhead ducks
Michigan DNR
October 16, 2014
Two Kawkawlin men, both 22 years old, were ticketed Tuesday, Oct. 14, for being over the bag limit for redhead ducks
