MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a bear forum Saturday, Dec. 7, in St. Ignace. The purpose is to discuss bear management and regulations for the 2020-2021 regulation cycle, while assessing 2019 harvest statistics. The forum will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
While winter is the lean time for birding in the north, it usually offers a few treats in species that might otherwise not be seen this far south. The owls of the dense Canadian forests — the great gray, the northern hawk and the boreal — have some years in which they turn up deep into ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Hunters should still see some bucks pushing does around, but the rut appears to be winding down, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. Today’s the opener for the nine-day gun deer season in Wisconsin while Michigan hunters are in the second week of a ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — Northern Saddle Club is conducting a fundraiser for its fresh water project and other goals for improving the Halls Creek equestrian friendly campground, trail head and boat landing in Homestead. The Halls Creek trails are open to hunters, hikers and other silent sports ...
Part of the reason Michigan’s Commercial Forest Program exists is to increase the amount of land available for hunting, fishing, and trapping. Users of these forestlands should be aware of their rights and limitations. Imagine walking into your forest — say a 40-acre woodland — and ...
Joe Antonini of the Iron Mountain area, hunting at his family’s camp, shot an eight-point buck at 8:30 a.m. Friday.
Jerry Miller of Kingsford got a seven-point buck on Sunday morning in Dickinson County.
MADISON, Wis. —Hunters are reminded to follow deer carcass transport regulations and to dispose of deer carcass waste appropriately, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. The movement of deer carcasses infected with chronic wasting disease is a pathway for the disease to ...
The email’s subject line posed the question: “Where are all the chickadees?” Priscilla Hall wrote that these normally numerous signature woodland birds have been no-shows at their Rock camp in Delta County, adding she’d heard a radio caller from Manistique mention “the same lack of ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A cold snap has ice fishing coinciding with deer hunting in the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin, with some success on both fronts. At Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis., Doug Whisler said archers harvested three eight-pointers and a seven-pointer this past ...
Michigan’s outdoors should be accessible for all people to enjoy. All too often, that isn’t the case. Whether it’s a lack of understanding or inaccessible facilities, outdoor spaces aren’t always welcoming to people with disabilities. That’s starting to change, thanks in part to ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — Northern Saddle Club Inc. has received a $5,754 grant from the Lumberjack Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc. for a fresh water project. The club is installing a potable water source at the Hall’s Creek equestrian trail head and boat landing. The cost of ...
MARQUETTE — Registration now is underway for this winter’s “Becoming an Outdoors Woman” program, set for Feb. 21-23 in Marquette County. This winter will mark the 19th annual BOW gathering for women 18 and older who are seeking an opportunity to improve their outdoor skills in a ...
LANSING — An experimental regulation that allows for 33 streams in the Upper Peninsula to have a 10-fish daily possession limit for brook trout has been extended. This regulation expired Oct. 1 of this year, but was reauthorized by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its meeting ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — With another cold week ahead, snow could be on the ground for Friday’s Michigan firearm deer season opener. “We’re hearing better reports on deer hunting,” said John Grier at Whispering Pines Outpost in Breitung Township, noting a number of archers have gotten ...
Readers regularly send photos and stories about wildlife they observe in the region, either at their homes or while enjoying the outdoors. It's great to get these submissions — beyond providing material for the column, it’s a glimpse of the variety of activity out there, much of which ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — With Michigan’s firearm opener less than two weeks away, archery hunters are finding more success and deer are reportedly in full rutting behavior. Doug Whisler at Whisler Outdoors in Florence, Wis., said a couple of eight-pointers were taken. John Grier at Whispering ...
ESCANABA —The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council will meet Wednesday in Escanaba on the campus of Bay College. Discussions are scheduled on the status of oak wilt in the U.P., a bear season update and a forecast for the ...
MARQUETTE — It’s a Thursday night in Marquette. A handful of people sit around a large wooden table in a small green-walled room, located in a basement on the campus of Northern Michigan University. In a few minutes they’ll be escorted into the room next door and seated again at ...
ALPHA — The public is invited to come by the Alpha Michigan Brewing Company in Alpha on Saturday from 11 a.m. to closing to help raise funds for the local chapter of Trout Unlimited. Admission is free. Lunch with a drink will cost $10 and will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Seth ...