
Michigan Letters to the Editor: These are the new good old days
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

On the heels of success with the Best Buck Photo Contest, Michigan Outdoor News is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring our inaugural 2025 Best Turkey Photo Contest for all of you turkey

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will get $38.7 million from the federal government through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program.
Funds supporting this program are generated through self-imposed excise taxes paid by

Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation to address gaps in the state’s trespassing laws, with two bills offering different approaches to resolving ongoing issues.
State Rep. Curt VanderWall, R-Ludington, reintroduced legislation in March to allow

Walleyes entering Detroit River; turkeys strutting. Here’s a look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on April 4, 2025.

There may have been three cougar kittens born to a female mountain lion in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula instead of two, according to hunter and trapper Derrick Guzek from Ontonagon. Guzek photographed one of the kittens

Pier anglers using spawn caught steelhead and brown trout in good numbers here.

Check out the super-hot perch bite here – but tread lightly as the ice here is starting to deteriorate. And the walleyes are turning on here.

A former Wisconsin DNR furbearer and large carnivore biologist called the Great Lakes Region wolf population fully recovered – and said that recovery occurred years ago.
Nathan Roberts, now a biology professor at the
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