Hunting
Outdoor Observations: It appears help is on the way for hunter education
I never thought I’d say this, but Michigan, particularly southern Michigan where I do most of my deer hunting, has too many deer.
Crop damage is up. Car/vehicle accidents are up. Deer sightings are
Michigan deer expert makes case to thin antlerless population
Scientists and bureaucrats tend to think they hold the key to the future of things they regulate or study. That’s why an “open letter” penned by Chad Stewart, who might be described as some of
Commentary: An open letter to Michigan deer hunters; change in approach to antlerless harvest is needed
Since 2000, we have only harvested more antlerless deer than antlered bucks once. In 2009, we had an estimated antlerless harvest of 220,913 and an estimated antlered harvest of 215,104.
Michigan increases chronic wasting disease testing in northwestern Lower Peninsula
This year, chronic wasting disease testing in Michigan will be focused in the northwestern Lower Peninsula and in a few counties in other areas where additional information is still needed.
The counties for CWD
Michigan Mixed Bag: R.J. Studer Memorial Youth Pheasant Hunt on tap
Youths age 12 to 17 can learn all about pheasant hunting during the R.J. Studer Memorial Youth Pheasant Hunt, Sunday, Oct. 22 at the Muzzy Pheasant Farm in Corunna.
Will bucks of summer stick around for fall? Georgia study examines age-old question
How well do late-summer trail camera photos predict the population of bucks in your hunting area come bow season?
That’s an age-old question for most early season archery hunters. It piqued the interest, too,
Here’s a modified approach to scouting fall turkeys
Sometime in the early 1990s, I attended a spring turkey hunter education clinic where I learned a number of cornerstones to success in the turkey woods. It shouldn’t be a surprise that scouting was chief
Precision shooting: Handload for increased accuracy and lethality
For very good reason, ammunition assembled in a factory will never match the benchmark attainable for hunters who load cartridges by hand.
The primary goal of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute is
Michigan’s Wings of Freedom pheasant hunt a hit with veterans
Rob Loniewsky didn’t know what to expect when his neighbor, a 75-year-old veteran, asked him to spend a day at the Wings of Freedom pheasant hunt near Morley.
But he wasn’t about to miss
