Grand Prairie, TX- Stealth Cam® takes “set-and-forget” trail cam technology to the next level with the WX Series wireless remote cameras. Now you can have anytime-access to photos and videos, as well as full programming control of your wireless cams anywhere AT&T or Verizon cellular access is available.

The WXV (for Verizon networks) and WXA (for AT&T networks) cameras feature the latest in 4G/LTE data transmission technology to provide fast image and video transfer from remote camera locations to anywhere you have a network connection. With this technology, users can employ the free Stealth Cam Remote App to download photos and videos on demand, set transmission schedules, delete data from the memory card, and control all camera functions and image management features without having to be on-site. The WX technology even allows you to take on-demand photos remotely to instantly see what is happening at the camera set at any time—a terrific feature for impromptu hunt planning or for approaching an evening stand. Read more

Hunt Outside the Box

Ameristep’s Distorter™ Blind changes the very shape of concealment while maximizing interior utility

Plano, IL – Today’s ground blind has a five-hub design that makes it efficient to build, transport, set-up and hunt from. Such efficiencies have their consequences – mainly a boxy

profile that often causes alarm when viewed by the inherently suspicious eyes of deer, turkeys and other game animals.

Ameristep’s Distorter™ ground blind utilizes never-before-seen, kick-out technology to offer hunters a high performance hub blind with next-level benefits both inside and out. On the outside, it creates a unique silhouette that conceals better than typical square blinds by blending into the environment more effectively. Inside, Distorter™ opens up a whole new world of useful space for up to three hunters and their gear. Read more

If you applied for a bear or elk license during the May 1-June 1 application period, you can now view your results.

Check hunt drawing results online or call a DNR Customer Service Centeror 517-284-WILD to find out if you were successful. If you used a DNR Sportcard to apply, please call us at 517-284-WILD to get your results.

There were 7,080 bear licenses and 200 elk licenses available for the 2019 fall hunting seasons.

There are 195 leftover licenses remaining for the Bergland third-period bear hunt, available to Michigan residents only. Points will be reset to zero for those who buy a leftover bear license, except for comprehensive lifetime license holders. Leftover licenses will be sold as follows:

• July 8, 10 a.m.: Comprehensive lifetime license holders who were not selected for a license can get a free leftover license.
• July 15, 10 a.m.: Unsuccessful applicants can purchase a leftover license.
• July 22, 10 a.m.: Any remaining licenses will be available to the general public.

To help understand the drawing process for each species, watch our videos:

• Bear Draw Preference Point System Explained
• Elk Weighted Lottery System Explained

Successful applicants can transfer or donate their drawing success to an unsuccessful youth applicant or any person with an advanced illness. Transfer forms and additional information are available at Michigan.gov/HuntTransfers. Unsuccessful youth applicants and those with an advanced illness can register for a donated (transferred) bear or elk hunt through the same webpage until July 10.

Additional drawing statistics can be found at Michigan.gov/Elk and Michigan.gov/Bear.

If you weren’t successful in the drawing, you can still apply for the Pure Michigan Hunt for chances at 2020 hunting licenses, including bear and elk – for $5 each chance. Learn more at Michigan.gov/PMH

Property owners in more than a dozen counties have the opportunity to enroll their land in the DNR’s Hunting Access Program – and play a key role in helping Michigan’s deer population.

The program is enrolling private property in priority counties for deer disease in portions of the southern and northern Lower Peninsula. Landowners should have at least 40 acres of land with some wildlife habitat (forest, brush, etc.) within a chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis priority county listed below.

Enrollment is open through Sept. 1. Priority counties for HAP enrollment include Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Ionia, Iosco, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Montmorency, Newaygo, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle. Landowners in Alcona, Alpena, Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Montmorency, Newaygo or Oscoda counties may be eligible for additional incentives. Read more

Contact: Steve Comus:scomus@safariclub.org

It is critical that the Conservation Conversation always include people as much as it does wildlife. This was the overarching message from Botswana Minister of Environment Natural Resources and Conservation and Tourism Onkokame Kitso Mokalla during today’s press conference on lifting the five-year suspension on hunting in that country.

Since the moratorium on hunting in Botswana’s government and community areas, Mokalla says that populations of key species have expanded beyond traditional ranges and into areas where they have never been seen before. An escalation in human-wildlife conflicts is only one consequence of that expansion. A less quantifiable result is that communities that were previously conservation minded have become almost anti-wildlife. Read more