IRON MOUNTAIN — Temperatures are expected to reach well into the 80s this weekend as Michigan has its annual Liberty Hunt and Wisconsin opens its archery and crossbow deer seasons. Deer hunters age 16 or younger and individuals with qualifying disabilities may participate in the Liberty ...

The seasons are shifting quickly. While the past week featured summer-like warmth in the 80s — a trend the National Weather Service predicts will continue through most of next week — nature is providing plenty of signs that, as “Game of Thrones” famously proclaimed, “Winter is ...

Those who have followed this column probably have figured out I’m a big fan of wildlife. It’s a thrill to see the abundant animals, large and small, that have wandered into the yard or paddled by just offshore during my almost nine years at Six Mile Lake. That doesn’t mean they ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Orange T-shirts and baseball caps may be in order for Michigan’s Liberty Hunt next weekend. The forcecast calls for highs in the 80s Saturday and the upper 70s Sunday. Youth 16 years old or younger and individuals with qualifying disabilities can participate in the ...

CRYSTAL FALLS — A Michigan Department of Natural Resources-managed boating access site, which sits on Fortune Lake in Bewabic State Park, Iron County, will close Monday, Sept. 16, through Friday, Sept. 20, for work that includes asphalt sealcoating and restriping. This is the only public ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s bear season opens Wednesday in the northern zones, where license quotas are the same as a year ago. Statewide, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued 10% fewer bear hunting licenses this year. In Zone B in the northeast there were 5,551 applicants ...