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 Hunting“Dad, was that a turkey?” It seems like forever ago that I started seeing the woods from a different perspective. I had always explored the woods behind our house and scouted and hunted deer with my dad. But I didn’t have the experiences that I have now filed away in memory banks- and admittedly, lost [...]
Hunting HeritageA 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 HouseTurkey hunting has become somewhat of an obsession to me. My wife would wholeheartedly agree. Calling and taping for others on their turkey hunts, I’ll often participate in 10-15 successful hunts during the course of the season. On the rare day I can’t find friends with tags or someone to go with, I’ll usually still [...]
Handgun TurkeyIf 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 AccessPublic Educational Meetings for Proposed Expansion of Antler Restrictions to 12 Northwest Michigan Counties Public informational meetings will be presented beginning tonight and throughout the spring/summer by the Northwest Michigan Quality Deer Management Association (NW MI QDMA), regarding the proposed expansion of the DMU 045 Leelanau County Antler Point Restriction(3pt restriction per one side, 4pt [...]
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