Deer Hunting: Frequently Asked Questions

Deer Hunting: Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use a straight-walled cartridge in the shotgun zone? Yes. What calibers qualify as a straight-walled cartridge? “A .35 caliber or larger rifle loaded with straight-walled cartridges with a min. case length of 1.16 inches and a maximum case length of 1.80...
The perfect shotgun

The perfect shotgun

By Andy Duffy As epiphanies go, mine wasn’t much. It was just the realization that someone must be smiling down on me. And besides that higher power, I’m guessing, I had the heirs of one F.J.L. to thank. It was probably they, perfidious souls who...
Woodcock Central

Woodcock Central

By Bob Gwizdz When it comes to naming favorite game animals in Michigan, you will go through a bunch of species before you ever get to woodcock. Deer, ducks, grouse, geese — heck, I suspect rabbits and squirrels are more likely to be named before woodcock, which seem...
September Policy Board Meeting Recap

September Policy Board Meeting Recap

  More than 40 Michigan United Conservation Clubs members made the trip to Munising in the Upper Peninsula September 23 for MUCC’s Policy Board meeting. Jim Hammill from the U.P. Habitat Workgroup opened the meeting with a presentation about the group’s success...
Great Lakes Day at the Capitol

Great Lakes Day at the Capitol

More than 20 percent of the world’s freshwater surrounds Michigan — it’s a fact we often take for granted as Michiganders. Our Great Lakes provide us with numerous recreational activities, habitat for the fish that sustain our multi-billion dollar sportfishing...