by Editor | Mar 28, 2022 | Conservation
Woodcock banding activities are permitted through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Michigan Department of Natural Resources. By Nick Green A lifetime of meandering through conservation is dotted with moments of pristine clarity and recollection —...
by Editor | Aug 27, 2018 | Conservation, Hunting
By Jay Dowd “During a few phone conversations with him, I was able to gather that his immense love for grouse was only overshadowed by his love of bird dogs. One didn’t have to look too far down the list to see he also had a fondness for good double guns and a...
by Editor | May 14, 2018 | Hunting
By Nick Green Calvin quartered the field beautifully that September evening. With his nose held high, he looked like something that belonged in a painting — almost setter-esque. The field was familiar to him. It was where we had trained all summer, making the...
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...