Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Some Michigan hunters have taken issue with DNR conservation officers entering private property to check for violations and hunting licenses without the benefit of a search warrant.
Well, it appears the issue came to
From growing up as a simple farm boy in Brown City, Mark Sak has fished and written his way to a spot on the wall of the national Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward,
Preliminary results from Michigan’s 2025 bear hunting season show significant overharvests across most of the Upper Peninsula, while harvest in the northern Lower lagged.
Preliminary numbers show state-licensed hunters registered a total of 1,919
Gun hunters report mixed results; fishing pressure light. A look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on Dec. 1, 2025.
Allegan is now the 17th Michigan county where chronic wasting disease has been identified in the wild deer population, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. An emaciated doe reported by residents of Leighton
The last living passenger pigeon hatched in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo. Her parents had been born in the wild and put in the zoo for noble reasons.
The thousands of passenger pigeons that
The problem with autumn is there isn’t enough of it. So much to do, so few days.
Many (most?) of us are so preoccupied with hunting seasons that we forget about our other passion:
Fall juvenile walleye assessment surveys by the Michigan DNR returned mixed results on several lakes in the northern Lower Peninsula.
Good recruitment was evident in Black, Mullett, Burt, and Long lakes while less-than-favorable results
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