While many hunters are out looking to fill their freezers with venison, others are steadying their cameras. This 3-year-old piebald deer has been a welcome sight for Escanaba Township residents since she was a fawn. There are many legends surrounding white deer, including that they are good ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A lake-effect snowstorm unfolding this weekend is expected to steer north and east of the central Upper Peninsula, but it’s a reminder that winter is near. In Michigan, state-designated trails are open Dec. 1 through March 31 and grooming occurs when there is enough snow ...
By Daily News staff While you’re enjoying time outdoors this fall and winter, wildlife officials in Michigan and Wisconsin encourage you to keep an eye open for black bear dens. “Finding winter den locations is an important component to managing black bear populations, and we need ...
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is celebrating a successful elk hunting season. The state’s sixth elk hunting season opened Oct. 14 and closed Nov. 12 as a result of all four state-licensed hunters filling their harvest authorizations. The four hunters who participated in this year’s hunt were selected at random from a pool of 21,312 Wisconsin resident applicants. One hunter successfully harvested a bull elk in the first weekend of the season. The second was harvested during the first week. The third elk was harvested at the end of October, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state's open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters. The lawsuit ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Hunters in Menominee County reported 859 bucks harvested during the opening days of the Michigan firearm deer season, the most in the Upper Peninsula. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Delta County had the second-highest total at 499, followed by Marquette County, 282, and Iron County, 253, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ online deer harvest report summary. Dickinson County’s total was 245. The highest buck harvest in the state was 1,310 in Sanilac County. Menominee County also had the highest antlerless harvest in the U.P. at 154, followed ...
