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Outdoors

Archery season opens; hunters must report harvests

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 ...

Tiny snappers get a bucket ride to the lake

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 ...

Michigan archery opener Oct. 1

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 ...

Warm weather greets ‘fall’ hunters

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 ...

Michigan DNR’s fall walleye surveys to start later this month

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 ...

Wisconsin offers public land online mapping tools

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources encourages the public to hunt on public land this hunting season. With millions of acres of public land available across the state, finding the perfect spot is easy using the DNR’s array of online public land mapping tools. ...