
Optimism is high for 2012 waterfowling
Increased numbers of breeding ducks and geese in North America, a 60-day duck season, and a whopping 92-day goose season all seem to point to a great fall for waterfowl hunters.

Increased numbers of breeding ducks and geese in North America, a 60-day duck season, and a whopping 92-day goose season all seem to point to a great fall for waterfowl hunters.

Hunters who plan to bait deer this season can expect to pay more for vegetables due to a combination of poor growing conditions and increasing production costs.

Even though bear numbers may be down in portions of the areas open to bear hunting in the state, hunters who obtained tags in the annual drawing this year may not notice it.

Although the predictable population cycle of the ruffed grouse is on the downward swing, the outlook for the upcoming 2012 fall hunting season remains good.

Fisheries biologists’ fears turned to reality recently when more Asian grass carp were found in Lenawee County’s Marrs Lake.

State deer hunters bucked a two-year trend of declining harvest with a slight increase in the number of white-tails killed in 2011.

The breeding duck population in North America soared to a record high this year, according to results of an annual survey that includes the United States and Canada.

In one of the quickest turnarounds in recent history, Rodney Stokes is out as DNR director and Keith Creagh is in

The DNR is collecting comments on a slightly more nuanced but still vigorous plan to react to any detection of chronic wasting disease in Michigan deer
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