Hook and Bullet
Steve Griffin: Here’s what I would change about Lower Peninsula deer regs
In a treestand, free of distractions including deer, I pondered: what would I change about Lower Peninsula deer hunting in Michigan?
I’ve asked myself and buddies, as the current season plays out: If drawing
Ralph Loos: Geese are back in the news, unfortunately for hunters (and geese)
Geese are in the news, but as has been the case the past two decades, it’s mostly not what you might call “positive” news.
I say “mostly” because there is an ounce or two of
For one deer hunter, this was a really poor stand location
There’s something special about sitting in a deer stand. It’s a front-row seat to nature’s wonders. At dawn, the wild world comes alive – songbirds sing, mallards hail, and pheasants crow.
Dusk, too, is
These mini tools will have your mini food plots pulling in deer
Tom Hart, a good buddy, former cop, and current Outdoor News advertising salesman has harvested a lot of big bucks from small urban spots to larger out-of-state leases. The thing is, he doesn’t claim to
Black ice, big trout (and walleyes, too)
Eager footsteps grounded in common-sense trepidation guide our way out onto the first few inches of jet-black “glass.”
Every hit of the spud bar resonates through our eardrums. Flashes of light from the headlamp catch
January fishing in Michigan means mixed ice opportunities on Mullett, Burt, and Black
In the winter of 2023-2024, I didn’t go ice fishing once. I might have been able to sneak out once or twice if it’d been a huge priority, but I didn’t.
Given the poor
Bob Gwizdz: Biologists worry CWD will be a long-term issue in Michigan’s deer herd
It’s been a while since chronic wasting disease has been in the news in Michigan, so I thought I’d take a look at the literature. I called Chad Stewart, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’
Go shallow for early-ice panfish in New York
Go shallow in the early ice season: go deeper in the shank of winter: go shallow again as the ice season melts away. Many members of the “Frozen Chozen” will attest there is truth to
Weasels provide a good opportunity to get started in trapping
My first encounter with a weasel was fox trapping as a teenager in the 1970s. I caught one in a No. 1½ coil-spring trap at a dirt-hole set for fox. I admit I set my
