Michigan Antlerless Permits

It is now time to apply for your Michigan Antlerless Deer Permits.  The application time is open until August 15th and you may apply on line.  The fee is still a $4 non-refundable application fee.

Reporting Your Moose Sightings

 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants everyone who encounters a moose in Michigan to report it to them.  They want the sightings to be reported via their internet sight that will record all the information.  There is the possibility of a future moose hunt in Michigan and the DNR wants an accurate count to determine just how big the herd is.

     Michigan’s herd is upwards of 500 - 700 moose, so the chances of seeing a moose in Michigan’s U.P. is pretty good.  If you see one try to remember as much detail as you can and go the the site linked above and record your information.  It will help the Michigan DNR and the moose in the long run.  Keep your eyes peeled for those moose while traveling Michigan’s U.P.

Michigan Bear & Elk Permit Draw Results Available

     If you put in for a Michigan Bear or Elk permit this year, the results of the draw are now available.  You can check your results online by clicking here. Read more

Early Antlerless Season Is Set

   By: Mike Adams  At the May meeting of the Natural Resource Commission in Lansing, the plans for an early antlerless deer season in Michigan was approved. Read more

Wild Game Meat Warnings

By: Mike Adams - Hooks and Bullets Blog  

   Last week the Michigan Health Assessors Office posted warnings about consuming wild game meat from animals near the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers.  The warnings are linked to the recent discovery of dioxin in, near, and around the waterways downriver from Midland, Michigan. Read more

Two Meetings Planned in Upper Peninsula to Form Citizens Advisory Councils

Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
Agency: Natural Resources

April 21, 2008

Two regional public meetings are planned in May to bring together conservation organizations and interested citizens with the Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Commission to work together on Upper Peninsula natural resources issues.

The first meeting will be for the Western UP Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Northern Michigan University’s Don H. Bottum University Center in the Charcoal Room. The facility is located at 1401 Presque Isle Ave. in Marquette. Read more

Calling The Wild Turkey……..When And How Often??

By: Scott Ellis

2005,2006,2007 Florida State Turkey Calling Champion

2004, 2007 Florida State Gobbling Champion

Quaker Boy Game Calls Pro Staff

One of the most asked questions about hunting the wild turkey is “when do I call and how often?” I feel that there is an art to calling turkeys. It’s all based on feeling him out and knowing what he wants to hear. How do you know this? Well I think it will come to you the more you work gobblers in different scenarios. Right off the roost, mid morning with hens, with out hens, public land bird, private land bird. In my opinion, whether calling a hot to trot two year old or a four year old hard hunted public bird, it’s a matter of getting his attention and keeping his interest just enough to get him to investigate. If you over call him, he will stand his ground and wait for this hot hen to meet him for their rendezvous. If you under call him, he will move off to the next hot item. Read more

Wisconsin Considering A Wolf Hunting Season

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress seems to be testing the waters a bit by seeking input from residents on the prospects of offering a wolf hunt, partly in efforts to slow down the growth of the animal and keep human encounters and livestock damages to a minimum. Nothing being proposed is binding.

Last year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the wolf fully recovered in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan and removed the wolf there from the list of endangered animals. None of the states currently offer wolf hunts and they still protect them through state mandates. Read more

Hunting Knife Thief Stabs Self

In what many would deem justice or where I grew up it’s called “cumuppins”, a man attempting to steal hunting knives from a Michigan store falls down and stabs himself. Isn’t that sweet justice?

Well, perhaps not. According to reports, here’s how it went down.

The man had put about $300 worth of hunting knives in his waistband, police told WZZM-TV. Police say he tried to leave the store, but Meijer employees confronted him and a scuffle followed.

The man then fell and was stabbed by the knives he had hidden in his clothing, police said

I’m not sure what Meijer Inc.’s policy is for its employees in confronting such activity but when I worked for a major store chain, what they did was considered a huge no-no. In a previous case of store employees attempting to confront a man who they suspected also stole a knife, the person ran from the store believing he was being chased, tripped and stabbed himself. He sued the store and won damages.

It’s a crazy world we live in and maybe this guy is just plain too stupid to lawyer up and reap the rewards.

Tom Remington

Michigan’s $350 Million Surplus A Bad Thing

Bah! Humbug! Paint me as a scrooge if you want to. I don’t really care. What’s troubling is that the media, which should be looking for the truth behind Michigan’s budget woes, are now casting the lawmakers as heroes because the year ended with a budget surplus of some $350 million dollars. So why isn’t that good?

Let’s backtrack for a moment. Michigan was in turmoil. The democrats and republicans couldn’t agree on how they were going to handle a projected budget deficit. It wasn’t until a couple of republicans jumped ship and joined the democrats that a deal was reached to raise taxes. We must remember that this tax increase of around $1.35 billion was for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. Read more

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