
The decoy debate: used wisely, hen decoys can help get a gobbler
If you spook a gobbler near a decoy, don’t go back the next day with the same decoy. That sets up a hindrance to success for sure. If you must go back there next day,

If you spook a gobbler near a decoy, don’t go back the next day with the same decoy. That sets up a hindrance to success for sure. If you must go back there next day,

Some people think it’s because the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is elliptical, and that when we’re closer to the Sun (perihelion) it’s warmer, and when we’re farther away (aphelion) it’s colder.

Efforts are underway to save the Cornwall Creek Flooding dam in the heart of Pigeon River Country, but the uphill effort is not expected to prevent a drawdown scheduled for this summer.
Local residents

The Fur Harvesters Auction (FHA), the only international auction outlet for most North American wild fur, held its first auction of the year March 20-22 in North Bay, Ontario.
Most items were up significantly

Whether you fish Wisconsin, Minnesota or Michigan, the allure of stream-trout fishing under the cover of darkness is no secret: It’s all about catching monster trout.
No one knows how many trout anglers fish

Spring gobbler hunters often celebrate success with a lot of hooting, hollering and high-fiving, but also with a big exhale and a sigh of relief. That’s because we know a lot more can go wrong

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is expected to approve a series of proposals for the 2023 state waterfowl season when it meets in Lansing on April 13. Following a relatively dismal 2022 season, waterfowl biologists

In recent years, anglers had challenged findings of the annual prey fish surveys stating they saw more alewife than the surveys indicated were present. Anglers contended Lake Michigan could support more Chinook salmon than were

Ice deteriorating in north, and toms are strutting, gobbling. A look at Michigan’s fishing and hunting report for April 7, 2023.
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