Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 12, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Change occurs on a regular basis. Seasons change. We change baits when fishing and change bullets and guns when hunting.
Often change comes easy, other times it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Regardless of
There has been some discussion in the news and on social media lately about a “black moon” that occurred on August 23, 2025.
Wikipedia says that “black moon” is an astrological term first recorded
Stakeholders in the Michigan bear hunting community trekked to St. Ignace in August for an update on management and discussions on potential changes for the 2027-28 seasons.
“Right now, we’re at the very beginning
With hunting seasons right on the doorstep, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding sportsmen that much of the northern Lower Peninsula was affected by the early spring ice storm that toppled trees and
An estimated 287,641 bowhunters in Michigan combined to kill about 113,340 whitetails last year according to the DNR. The total includes an estimated 77,201 legal bucks and 36,147 antlerless deer.
That’s a success rate
Water temperatures are cooling, fishing is heating up. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing report across the state on Sept. 5, 2025.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reporting Michigan’s first detected cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in 2025.
The DNR Wildlife Health Section, Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife
The upland hunt in the early 2000s unraveled in a postcard-perfect setting: along the rolling hills of small grain and grassland near Lemmon, S.D., just west of the walleye-rich Missouri River, where Lewis and Clark
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