by Editor | Apr 5, 2023 | Fishing, Uncategorized
It’s hard to be patient for spring panfish By Steve Griffin We haunt Saginaw Bay cuts and Lake Michigan drowned-river-mouth lakes several cold weeks before perch, those striped heralds of spring, arrive. Snow squalls sometimes mock our optimism. We slip and slide on...
by Editor | Apr 4, 2023 | Hunting
Without mentors engaging youth turkey hunters and teaching them about conservation, no one will If you’re like me, the spring turkey woods bring a welcome relief from a long winter. Each spring, I try to wring as much as possible out of my favorite season...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2023 | Conservation
By Editorial Staff Cody Norton is the large carnivore specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Norton lives with his wife and children in the Upper Peninsula and is an avid deer, bear, furbearer, and small game hunter, houndsman, and trapper. Q:...
by Editor | Mar 22, 2023 | Conservation
By Captain Ed McCoy It felt daunting when approached to write about my personal experiences with didymo (rock snot) on the Upper Manistee River. As I reflect upon all the emotions and the sheer disbelief I experienced, writing this piece began to feel necessary. I...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2023 | Gear, Hunting
By Allen Crater An old Faroese proverb warns: “A man without a knife is a man without a life.” While that may sound a little extreme, a decent knife is essential to any outdoorsman’s kit. What other single utensils can be used for game preparation, cooking, wood...
