Michigan’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
November 4, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Michigan published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
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Michigan Cuffs and Collars: Hunter fatality at Sleepy Hollow State Park
Staff Report
November 4, 2024
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Teen breaks her mom’s Michigan state record bear mark that stood for 26 years
Richard P. Smith
November 3, 2024
In an amazing twist of fate and luck, 15-year-old Autumn Pratt from Grayling set a new Michigan record for black bear among females in the bow and arrow category last fall.
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Devising a duck decoy plan: When, where, how many?
Joe Shead
November 3, 2024
Decoys are among the most valuable of waterfowl-hunting tools.
Unless you’re pass-shooting or jump-shooting, they’re essentials. But there’s more to just tossing them out haphazardly. Here are some important things to consider when using
Michigan Outdoor Observations: Abide by hunter orange laws, stay safe this season
Bill Parker
November 3, 2024
The issue of hunter orange surfaces every year about this time. Many, if not most, hunters have concerns that the blaze orange color scares away deer. “It makes you stand out like a giant pumpkin,”
Nature Smart: Pumpkins… much more than just decor
Stan Tekiela
November 3, 2024
I would like to tell you about something so common and ubiquitous in our American culture that I’m sure you don’t think about it as being very special. It’s something that has been around for
Michigan Letters to the Editor: DNR regulating hunting and fishing out of existence
Michigan Letters to the Editor
November 1, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
State forest plan in Michigan includes considerations for deer wintering yards in the UP
Victor Skinner
November 1, 2024
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is vetting a new state forest plan that includes special considerations for deer wintering yards in the Upper Peninsula focused on balancing food and shelter long term.
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Wolf depredation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula behind Wisconsin, Minnesota
Beckie Gaskill
November 1, 2024
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula doesn’t see nearly the livestock and pet losses to wolves as does Wisconsin and Minnesota, but that’s largely because there aren’t a lot of farms in the Upper Peninsula.
Brian Roell
