Michigan 2023 Bear Hunting Season: Lottery Drawing System

Michigan 2023 Bear Hunting Season: Lottery Drawing System

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...
Growing Youth Turkey Hunters

Growing Youth Turkey Hunters

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...
The State of Turkeys

The State of Turkeys

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...
Intertwined: One’s journey through archery

Intertwined: One’s journey through archery

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...