
Commentary: Why some pheasants flush differently
Put a pointer on a pheasant and the dog freezes.
Put a flushing dog into the same cover. The bird may explode from the grass seconds later.
Now change the pheasant. A wild

Put a pointer on a pheasant and the dog freezes.
Put a flushing dog into the same cover. The bird may explode from the grass seconds later.
Now change the pheasant. A wild

Anyone in the market for a new boat or new boat motor has suffered from sticker shock. In many instances, today’s price is double what it cost just 15 years ago. Since 2016, inflation accounts

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 9, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

At a time when Michigan hunters are watching public hunting opportunities disappear and private-land access become tougher to find, it’s nice to have a conservation story that actually adds land to the state map.

Today, buying a hunting or fishing license is such a routine part of being a sportsman that it is easy to forget how – and why – the system began. Licensing was not originally created

I have been earnestly following the state and tribal efforts to put a stop to the decline in Great Lakes whitefish populations, not just because whitefish are near and dear to me, but because of

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 25, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

More than any other collection of like-minded individuals, hunters tend to get stuck in their ways — and I say that as a hunter who tends to get stuck in his ways.
There’s comfort

It’s time for some trash talking in Michigan.
Specifically, garbage receptacles at many UP waysides, rest areas, and scenic turnouts maintained by the Department of Transportation that are supposed to provide residents and visitors
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