by Editor | May 12, 2020 | Conservation, Firearms, Fishing, Hunting
*This article will be published in the Summer 2020 edition of Michigan Out-of-Doors By: Charlie Booher, MUCC Policy Intern The world is in the midst of a public health emergency, but the health of the conservation community is failing, too. This is a tragedy that has...
by Editor | Jan 2, 2020 | Firearms, Hunting
By Joe Schwenke “I could never take this gun out hunting; it’s just too pretty.” I fail to hold back the chuckle of laughter this line causes in me every time I hear it. Usually, the firearm in question is a fine-quality shotgun built to handle well...
by Editor | Nov 12, 2019 | Conservation, Firearms, Hunting
By Jen Davis I stumbled, rather abruptly, into the world of hunting about nine years ago. As a 30-year-old mother of one, my interest in food (what was in it, where it came from, who had touched it and why) began to plague my thoughts. I became interested, first, in...
by Editor | Aug 23, 2018 | Firearms, Hunting
In this Summer 2018 article, Jason Herbert recounts his journey to put some life back into an old Stevens 12-gauge shotgun. By Jason Herbert I wasn’t really looking to pick up a new gun, or a new project, for that matter. Blessed with four children and several...
by Editor | May 29, 2018 | Firearms
This article originally appeared in the May 2002 Michigan Out-of-Doors magazine. By Larry Lyons Vanity is a strange thing. No one enjoys pain, yet in the name of machismo we sit down at the shooting bench with ‘Ol Thunder Whacker, get battered unmercifully; and come...
by Editor | May 24, 2018 | Conservation, Firearms, Fishing, Hunting
There isn’t much we agree on these days — with political affiliation being one of the most polarizing topics in today’s world. Something we can agree on, though, is the importance of our natural resources, conservation of game species and getting youth involved in...