Mild winter has been easy on U.P. deer herd
Site Staff
March 1, 2012
Hunters and biologists in the Upper Peninsula are optimistic about the white-tailed deer survival rate coming out of this mild winter.
Hunting
Mentored youth program approved
Site Staff
March 1, 2012
Children under the age of 10 now have the legal ability – with parental consent – to hunt with a mentor in Michigan. The state Natural Resources Commission last month approved recommendations from a six-member
Proposal would increase brook trout limit in U.P.
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
A proposal to raise the daily limit of brook trout caught on Upper Peninsula streams is expected to be rolled out in early summer, according to state officials.
Gun hunting challenge shot down in Michiagn
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
Gun hunting and snowmobiling will continue to be allowed in the Huron-Manistee National Forests as they have in the past.
State eyes regs for mentored hunting
Site Staff
February 2, 2012
Youth hunters under the age of 10 would have to be within arm’s length of their mentors while in possession of a weapon, under a proposal the Natural Resources Commission is considering to establish a
Great Lakes fish-tagging study to guide stocking
Site Staff
February 2, 2012
Ludington – Federal officials plan to begin to collect data in 2012 from a mass fish-marking program designed to eventually track all trout species stocked in the Great Lakes. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials
MI: Biologists use computer to determine stock rates
Site Staff
January 19, 2012
Ludington, Mich – State officials and fisheries experts from around Lake Michigan are using a new computer simulation model to play out different salmon- and trout-stocking scenarios in an effort to better balance the fish
MI: Hunting incidents continue to decline in state
Site Staff
January 19, 2012
Lansing – There were five gun-related accidents during the 2011 firearms deer season, which continues a downward trend that has occurred during the past six years. Three of those incidents were fatalities, which has caused
Ice angling takes a hit in the south
Site Staff
January 19, 2012
Southern Michigan – It’s a simple equation: Below-freezing temperatures for several consecutive days equals safe ice for fishing. But in southern Michigan, unseasonably warm weather has ruined the equation and put ice anglers’ plans on
