
Michigan Cuffs & Collars: Tip ahead of the Liberty Hunt leads to charges
Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

Michigan cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department rescued a 4-point buck on October 6 that had become trapped between concrete barriers on I-75.
According to the department, a motorist called the Auburn Hills Police Department to

At its meeting Oct. 9 in Houghton on the campus of Michigan Technological University, the Natural Resources Commission unanimously adopted a draft resolution expressing intent of adopting two separate seasons for managing Michigan coyotes during

Four lakes have changed regulation types and four others have been removed from the list of designated trout lakes and no longer have a type designation. These changes will expand fishing opportunities for other species

Many hunters agree that this is the best time of year, with archery deer season underway and the regular firearm deer season quickly approaching.
Just don’t let time sneak up on you: If you

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 24, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Michigan Natural Resources Commissioner John Walters introduced an amendment at the commission’s Oct. 9 meeting in Houghton to close the catch-and-immediate-release bass fishing season during the spawning timeframe on several northern Michigan lakes.

Michigan deer hunters took an estimated 179,829 whitetails during the firearms deer season in 2024, up 3.7% over 2023 (177,292). That total included an estimated 115,521 bucks and 64,308 antlerless deer.
Biologists believe Michigan

A coalition of Michigan anglers is promoting legislation to rework funding for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division in an effort to boost fish production.
Ed Blissick, president of the Great Lakes
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