News came out earlier this month of a rare creature in the Upper Peninsula — a white black bear. A hunting guide’s trail camera captured images of the young “spirit bear” at a bait pile in the western U.P. during the first week of September. He asked that MLive not print his name ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — As of Friday, mandatory deer harvest reporting remained in effect in Michigan where the archery deer season opens today. Beginning this year, deer hunters are required to report a harvest within 72 hours. The rule is aimed at improving Michigan Natural Resources Commission deer management decisions, but lawmakers have moved to strike it. Initially, House Bill 6354 reduced the penalty for not reporting a harvest to a maximum fine of $150 — a change the Michigan Department of Natural Resources supported. The current form of the bill, however, removes the NRC’s ...
At Six Mile Lake, it pays to step carefully, especially this time of year. The apple trees on our property and the neighbors’ are loaded this year, drawing in deer to feast each day. They have left behind plenty of evidence they’re taking full advantage of the bounty. At least the lawn ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s archery deer season opens Saturday, Oct. 1, with the state’s new online reporting requirement up in the air. Under a mandate announced in August, successful harvests are to be reported through the Michigan.gov website or an app available in Apple or Google Play stores on mobile devices. However, state lawmakers are moving to strike the requirement, with a House-approve bill now before the Senate. Regardless of the legislation, deer tags are still required as hunters must attach a Department of Natural Resources-issued kill tag to a harvested deer. ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Summer-like weather is holding on even as the 2022 bear season moves into full swing and archery deer hunters hit the field in Wisconsin. In the Upper Peninsula, bait, dogs and other legal bear hunting methods are allowed through a season that runs through Oct. 16. The ...
LANSING — Beginning in late September through early October, anglers throughout the state are asked to be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting walleye recruitment surveys — a tool that helps fisheries managers determine how many walleye either ...
