You may or may not have noticed, but there has been a flurry of firearm related bills flying around both the House and Senate recently. By and large, these are good bills that are intended to make life easier for citizens legally owning and using firearms in this state, be it for hunting, shooting, or [...]
Michigan Firearm Law Reforms Rolling Through LegislatureA group of stakeholders called the “Wolf Forum” met together with the DNR back in June 2011; this group was similar in make up to the original Wolf Roundtable who helped develop recommendations for the 2008 Michigan Wolf Management Plan. At that time, the DNR shared data and information, while committing to bringing us together [...]
Wolf Management: What’s Going On (or Not)?Whether you mount them on your wall or use them for crafting knives, the possession of antlers shed by elk, deer or moose is not explicitly illegal or legal in the state of Michigan at the moment. The NRC will be taking a look at an order this month to clarify this and allow Michiganders [...]
The Rules on Shed HuntingA recent A.P. article reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will speed up its timeline of studying Asian Carp prevention in the Great Lakes basin. The Army Corps will release a list of possible solutions sometime next year, as opposed to late 2015 as the Army Corps previously stated it needed to study [...]
Army Corps to Speed Up Asian Carp StudyDeer regulations are up for discussion at the Natural Resources Commission this month in Onaway. The NRC will be discussing the status of Deer Management Units (DMU) throughout the state, the regulatory units for issuing antlerless deer licenses on private or public lands. This year, there are 84 DMU openings recommended for public antlerless deer [...]
Deer Management Units: Regulations and License Limits Up for DebateA bill that would cap the amount of public land under the administration of the Department of Natural Resources was up again for discussion in the House Committee on Natural Resources, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Michigan outofdoors.com has reported continually on this bill since last spring and has worked to [...]
Land Cap Bill Revisited in HouseIf you enjoy using the shoreline of the Great Lakes to walk, fish, swim, or any other activity, you may want to take notice. Those shores you walk may not be open to you under a bill being considered in the Senate Natural Resources committee. Senate Bill 1052 (Sen. Tom Casperson, R–Escanaba) stems from a [...]
Great Lakes Shoreline Bill Poses Problems for Public AccessMichigan Outofdoors.com has learned that the U.S. Senate and House recently introduced new bills aimed at combating the spread of Asian carp in to the Great Lakes. The legislation directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete within 18 months its study on how to separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds to block [...]
Stop Asian Carp Act Re-introduced in CongressWe talk a lot about the value that sportsmen and women bring to conservation in this state, as well as around the country. We are the foremost supporters of fish and wildlife conservation, both in money and time. Michigan State University’s Rifle Club recently made news in the shooting sports world by bringing home titles [...]
Demmer Center Passing on Shooting Sports TraditionsThe Michigan OutofDoors team and MUCC applaud the passage of the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 (H.R.4089) yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill, which passed with bipartisan support (274-146), will protect the traditional right of American sportsmen and women to fish and hunt from bureaucratic restrictions and limitations. It will remove government [...]
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