Conservation funding: Anything fun costs at least $8

Conservation funding: Anything fun costs at least $8

Long-term conservation funding is one of the greatest hurdles facing wildlife, habitats and their management By Justin Tomei, MUCC Policy Assistant Hunting, fishing and trapping are fun, I know. The first law of physics is that anything fun costs at least $8,...
Do you need an AR-15 to hunt deer?

Do you need an AR-15 to hunt deer?

By Jack Ammerman “Hunters don’t need an AR-15 to shoot a deer.” Hearing this, an extremely intelligent relative of mine rocked me back on my heels. I calmly asked, “What do they need?” I was prepared for the answer but was still recovering from the...
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...
Q&A with Michigan’s top wolf biologist

Q&A with Michigan’s top wolf biologist

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:...
Bear Hunting: A Way of Life

Bear Hunting: A Way of Life

For some, the idea of bear hunting with hounds brings to mind savage images of salivating dogs chasing some terrified animal through the woods, culminating finally in a bloodbath as the animals rip their prey to shreds. As experts in the practice will attest, nothing...