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Three bucks with two bullets? Here’s how it happened for one Michigan hunter
Kyle Sickelsteel from Howard City had a terrific firearms deer season in Michigan. He ended up with three adult bucks in Montcalm County after firing just two bullets out of his 6.5 Creedmore.
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Michigan DNR details ways to use your Christmas tree as habitat
Each year, Michiganders purchase millions of live Christmas trees. When the holidays are over though, many people wonder if there are beneficial uses for their trees rather than sending them to a landfill.
The

Outdoor Observations: License fee increase package never sees serious light in Michigan legislature
The proposed hunting and fishing license fee increase package never really saw any serious light of day in the Michigan legislature.
HB 6229, which would have significantly raised license fees to hunt and fish

North Dakota’s Robert W. Henderson WMA near Bismarck gets revitalized
“Government land” is a pretty standard designation for most public hunting property.
While 93% of land in North Dakota is held in private ownership, mixed in amongst the remaining 7% — from national grasslands,

Murder conviction, coyote lawsuit highlight the biggest stories from Michigan’s outdoor scene in 2024
There certainly were plenty of eye-opening headlines in Michigan Outdoor News last year.
From more research and legal battles over the gray wolf, and the conviction of the man responsible for killing a hunter

Mike Raykovicz: Checking off a post-deer season to-do list
Even though the muzzleloader season for deer runs until Jan. 1, deer season is just about over for me. We’ll be heading south to attend our Granddaughter’s college graduation and we won’t be back until

Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Caught using a cast net to catch fish on Auglaize River
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 3, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Individual pleads guilty to illegally taking three bucks
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Jan. 3, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Ohio firearms season was again safe for hunters
For the fourth year in a row, there were no fatalities during Ohio’s deer gun week, Dec. 2-8, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.
The last time Ohio suffered a fatality during the