CHANNING — Five Sagola Township Sportsmen’s Club members attended 4-H shooting sports instructor training in Marshfield, Wis., gaining certification in several disciplines. To work with the Big Shooters youth shooting team, instructors must be certified in the disciplines they oversee. ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — South Kidney Lake in southern Marquette County is among eight Upper Peninsula inland trout lakes with new regulations in place. The changes were approved Thursday by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission and took effect Friday. These regulation changes are not reflected ...
Most people don’t spend much time thinking about firewood. If it’s split and dry, it’s good to go, right? Well, maybe not. In recognition of Firewood Month, Michigan’s Invasive Species Program is unpacking some firewood facts to help you make safe firewood choices to protect ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s youth deer hunt will take place next weekend, open to hunters ages 15 and younger under supervision of a qualified mentor. Anytime a firearm deer season occurs in Wisconsin, including the youth deer hunt, at least 50% of all hunters’ clothing above the waist must be blaze orange or pink. This requirement applies as well to archery hunters and small game hunters. Waterfowl hunters are exempt. Youth deer hunt rules and regulations can be found at https://p.widencdn.net/gpkljm/DeerYouthHunt. Unseasonably warm weather is in store as the Michigan archery ...
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 ...
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 ...
