Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
For many Michigan deer hunters, the season pretty much ends one-half hour after sunset on Nov. 30 when the regular firearms season draws to a close.
Ah, but not so fast. There’s always the
Michigan hunting and fishing license sales remained relatively stable in 2025, with deer license sales similar to last year and a roughly 1% decline in fishing licenses sold.
A total of 1,433,630 unique customers
Michigan hunters registered 129,471 whitetails through the DNR’s mandatory online registration system during the 16-day firearms deer season.
That’s down approximately 2.8% from last year’s firearms season harvest. This year’s total includes 81,344 bucks
Ice anglers fishing in UP, still waiting in Lower. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 12, 2025.
The majority of recent trail camera photos of cougars in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have been of solitary animals.
But Dayne Pulkas from Trimountain got about a dozen pictures on November 10 of a pair
Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters’ (D-Mich.) bill, the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act, passed the Senate by unanimous consent on Nov. 19.
The Great Lakes Fishery Research Program expired at the
Opening days of hunting and fishing seasons get plenty of attention but more and more, I think of them as appetizers and season endings as desserts. Both are wonderful, but the dessert memories are enduring
Ice is starting to form on lakes across the state, but nothing substantial just yet. On the rivers, good steelhead reports.
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