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Trappers education class offered in Escanaba

ESCANABA — The U.P. Trappers Association will host a Trappers Education Field Day on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Great Lakes Sports Club, 5211 19th Ave. N. in Escanaba. Check-in is at 9 a.m. Eastern time; the event is expected to last for up to five hours. Registration and course work will be done online. Sign-up should be done by Saturday, Oct. 4, to allow enough time to complete online coursework, those organizing the field day advise. The Field Day will be building on the online lessons and adding to what was covered online, with the goal of preparing first-time trappers to ...

Outdoors report: Archery hunt approaches, CWD testing encouraged

RON MOUNTAIN — The forecast for Wednesday’s opener of the Michigan archery deer season calls for partly sunny skies and a high in the upper 60s. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is conducting focused collection for chronic wasting disease testing in the Upper Peninsula this year, including deer harvested in Baraga, Chippewa, Dickinson, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Ontonagon and Schoolcraft counties. Despite no additional cases of chronic wasting disease being detected in Dickinson County since 2018, the DNR encourages hunters to submit samples for testing in ...

Wisconsin DNR recommends testing deer for CWD

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters one of the most effective tools for monitoring chronic wasting disease is testing harvested deer. Testing is available statewide but the DNR is especially interested in receiving more samples from the 2025 Fall ...

Outdoors report: Trails maintained for grouse hunters

IRON MOUNTAIN — With Michigan’s ruffed grouse season still in its first week, hunters are reminded that the Upper Peninsula boasts 13 of the state’s 19 Grouse Enhanced Management Sites. These are intensively managed walk-in accessible hunting areas that offer a trail for those who prefer an easier walk, as well as a chance to adventure off the trail. Most GEMS are located within DNR-managed state forests, though some are on U.S. Forest Service lands or on private lands enrolled in Commercial Forest programs. Locally, there are GEMS just west of Ralph and 10 miles north of Iron ...

Outdoors report: Wisconsin archery deer opener today; Liberty Hunt in Michigan

IRON MOUNTAIN — Today is opening day for a number of Wisconsin hunting seasons, including archery and crossbow deer, ruffed grouse in the northern zone, small game and fall turkey. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that all harvested deer must be registered by 5 ...

Michigan grouse and woodcock hunters can use online survey to report flushes

LANSING — Just in time for the start of Michigan’s ruffed grouse and American woodcock hunting seasons, hunters now have a new way to share information from their hunts. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has launched the Michigan Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Dashboard, an ...