by Editor | Nov 20, 2017 | Hunting
In October, the House Natural Resources Committee reported out House Resolution No. 154, encouraging the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to add Sandhill cranes to the game species list and seek the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ approval to establish a...
by Editor | Nov 17, 2017 | Conservation, Hunting
By: Michigan Department of Natural Resources The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced today that the 1.5-year-old buck, harvested last month in Sidney Township (Montcalm County), was confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease by the U.S. Department...
by Editor | Nov 14, 2017 | Hunting
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...
by Editor | Oct 17, 2017 | Firearms, Hunting
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...
by Editor | Oct 6, 2017 | Hunting
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...
by mood | Aug 9, 2017 | Hunting
By Richard P. Smith Richard P. Smith, author of Black Bear Hunting, Understanding Michigan Black Bear, and Animal Tracks and Signs of North America, among others, offers a story of what not to do to avoid getting lost in the black bear woods at night. There’s a world...
