Mixed Bag: Outdoor news items from around Michigan (Jan. 5, 2023)
Staff Report
January 5, 2023
A mixed bag of outdoor news items from around Michigan.
Whitetail
Two men arrested in 2018 slaying of deer hunter near Lansing
Associated Press
January 5, 2023
Two men have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a hunter in a Michigan state park during the 2018 deer season.
‘Beast’ buck illegally killed near Menasha, Wisconsin
Greg Seubert
January 5, 2023
One person is facing three citations in connection with the alleged illegal shooting of a well-known white-tailed buck near a popular Fox Valley nature center.
Congress OKs CWD bill with funding for states
Eric Morken
January 4, 2023
The Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act was approved by Congress on Dec. 23, advancing solutions for curbing the spread of the always-fatal wildlife disease.
In related news, results from Minnesota’s CWD management
Wisconsin hunter impales himself on buck antler
Patrick Durkin
January 1, 2023
Kris Bjerke lay bleeding and immobile in a deep gully in southwestern Wisconsin on Nov. 23, a tourniquet throttling his left leg above the knee. Inches below, a bloody bandage compressed a puncture wound about
Otis Pike: Suffolk’s popular public land hunting spot
Steve Piatt
December 30, 2022
Long Island’s Suffolk County has good numbers of deer, the product in some cases of a lack of public hunting access that allows whitetails to age and grow (as well as multiply to excessive numbers).
‘Eyeing’ next year’s deer season after missing out this year
Steve Piatt
December 30, 2022
It is a typical morning in many ways: a cup of coffee as the sun rises, sitting in my office, working a few emails with at least one Labrador retriever – on this morning Finn
Observations of a sumac rub
Oak Duke
December 30, 2022
I have always considered rubs, those white scars on the forest’s saplings, a mystery in the world of the white-tailed buck.
Commentary: Study sheds more light on possible source of CWD
Russ Mason
December 29, 2022
Lack of data rarely prevents speculation. Some (mostly folks who want to minimize CWD effects or who distrust academics) suggest the disease is no big deal because “it’s always been around.”
