by Editor | May 16, 2023 | Hunting
By Jack Ammerman The Michigan 2023 bear season will soon be upon us. If you’re interested in participating, you must make a move very soon. Michigan bear hunters must enter a lottery for the limited licenses available in the 10 areas designated by the state’s DNR as...
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 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...
by Editor | Feb 21, 2023 | Hunting
By Dr. Russ Mason This article appeared in the Winter 2022/23 Edition of Michigan Out-of-Doors. Editor’s Note: Michigan United Conservation Clubs, the publisher of MOOD, passed a policy resolution in 2021 asking that hunters be allowed to harvest two spring...
by Editor | Sep 29, 2022 | Hunting
By Robert Kennedy I began my journey of woodsmanship by practicing feverishly with my recurve and tested my stalking and archery skills through the woods in pursuit of squirrels. Time does not bless us with a path without difficulties, but more often than not, we find...
by Editor | Sep 20, 2022 | Hunting
Moments come and go in our hunting lives. The moments over a bird dog, though, stick with us indefinitely. We couldn’t quite find where the doodles wanted to be. The tight aspen stand that had been holding the birds was desolate except for one grouse that we missed,...
