Category: Hunting

MI antlerless deer license applications on sale until Monday

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses ends Monday, Aug. 15.

Hunters may apply for one license in any open deer management unit (DMU) statewide; a nonrefundable $5 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may apply online at E-License, or at any authorized license agent or DNR Customer Service Center.

Drawing results and leftover license availability may be viewed beginning Sept. 1 at mi.gov/deer.

Any leftover antlerless deer licenses not issued in the drawing will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. EDT until license quotas are met.

The 2016 antlerless deer license quotas for each DMU can be found at mi.gov/deer. Please note, DMU 333 has unlimited antlerless licenses that may be purchased without application beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

B&C Shows You How to Score Your Big Game

B&C’s latest book makes it easy to score your whitetail deer… and all the other 37 categories—from walrus to moose!

While the definition of a successful hunt is left to its participants, the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system remains the benchmark for identifying mature big-game animals and healthy big-game populations.

In the Club’s newly revised edition of How to Score North American Big Game, the definitive Boone and Crockett scoring system is explained in detail using simple, straightforward language and more than 100 new color illustrations and diagrams by noted wildlife artist and B&C Official Measurer Chris Lacey. This new edition is spiral bound for durability providing easy, lay-flat reading with a pocket integrated into the back cover for safe keeping of score charts and notes.  In addition the book delivers chapters on the Club’s history and its records-keeping program, as well as an expanded chapter on category boundaries enhanced with detailed, full-color maps from onXmaps.

SPECIAL OFFER! Use promo code SCORE20 when you order online and save 20 percent off the regular retail price of $34.95. Read more

Hunting

Decoy Maintenance

By Jay Anglin

Grab all the tools you’ll need, then line up those busted, leaky and anchorless decoys. They’ll be off of the disabled list in no time. Save the painting for last.
Restore reliability and bring back bling to your blocks with these simple tips
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Hunting

Delta Waterfowl Issues Special Statement on USFWS Director’s Commendation of Anti-Hunting Group


BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — On Aug. 4, Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “re-tweeted” a “tweet” from Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States supporting the USFWS and Administration’s position on management of refuges in Alaska (See screenshot of Twitter page).In our opinion, the USFWS director should not be issuing commendations to HSUS, the nation’s most ardent anti-hunting group and a group that has worked relentlessly to limit/end hunting, scientific wildlife management and legitimate and well accepted uses of animals and wildlife. Ashe’s action is disrespectful to the millions of hunters and anglers who have been the most dedicated constituency and financial supporter of the USFWS.

What is most ironic about Ashe’s public affirmation of HSUS is that HSUS has made common practice of suing the USFWS and the Department of Interior. Those legal actions have consistently derailed USFWS management authority, cost the agencies untold millions of dollars, consumed precious human capital and stolen resources better spent on conservation of habitat and species. HSUS has not been a stakeholder in USFWS work. HSUS has committed no money, no time, nor advocacy to supporting the USFWS’s conservation mission and mandate. Read more

Animal Rights, Fishing, Hunting

Decoy Tricks for Early Season Waterfowl

With liberal limits and plentiful birds, early season hunts can be memorable. Once hunting pressure takes hold, top waterfowlers stay ahead of the game by employing numerous decoy tricks.

How to stay ahead once the pressure sets in

By Sammy Bruce

September is right around the corner, and skies are filling with waterfowl. And, although early season hunts occasionally involve uneducated birds willing to commit to any spread, rarely are things that easy.

 

It’s incredible how fast ducks and geese get wise to hunting pressure. A true credit to the resilience of nature, these birds often change daily patterns immediately with the first sign of hunting and become reluctant to land anywhere but in the neighborhood park.

 

Hunters can up their odds in a number of ways. Read more

Hunting

Whink Products Co. and Mossy Oak Introduce Laundry Products for Hunters

ELDORA, IA – Whink Products Company is introducing scent-control, laundry products in partnership with Mossy Oak. The new Pre-Soak and Laundry Detergent utilize the most effective cleaning agents and are infused with a state-of-the-art odor neutralizer, making hunters truly undetectable.

The Mossy Oak Pre-Soak, developed to remove tough stains, and Laundry Detergent contain no U.V. brighteners, are unscented, concentrated, designed for use in high efficiency and standard washing machines, and designed to remove odors. Both were formulated by Whink. Read more

Hunting

Online Video Shows Easy Food Plots And Deer Hunting Strategies


In the newest online video from www.GrowingDeer.tv: Every deer hunter wants to shoot the Monarch but there is more to tagging an old buck than antlers! Dr. Woods shares what to look for to age bucks “on the hoof” while you are in the treestand. Click here to see these tips, then more on how to get the most out of your fall food plots.About GrowingDeer.tv: a popular on-demand web series that shares current information about deer hunting and deer management. The videos focus on what the GrowingDeer team of experienced hunters and deer managers are doing in the field week to week: action packed hunts, proven hunting strategies, habitat management, food plots, trail camera techniques and the gear it takes to get it all done. A new episode is released every Monday, 52 weeks a year with no repeats. Videos are available for viewing anytime at www.GrowingDeer.tv. The site automatically converts for mobile viewing or the shows may be shared and embedded with the link supplied on the player. Social media users may join the conversation with the GrowingDeer.tv team on Facebook and @GrowingDeer on Twitter. Also follow the team on Instagram (http://instagram.com/growingdeertv) and Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/Growingdeertv/)!
Videos at www.GrowingDeer.tv are sponsored by: Bass Pro Shops, Antler Dirt, BloodSport Arrows, Caldwell Shooting Supplies, Dead Down Wind, Drake Clothing, Duke Traps, Eagle Seed, Flatwood Natives, Fourth Arrow Camera Arms, G5 Outdoors, Howes Lubricator, Hook’s Custom Calls, LaCrosse Footwear, L.E.M. Products, Montana Decoy Co., Morrell Targets, Nikon Hunting Optics, Outdoor Underwriters, Prime Bows, Reconyx, Redneck Blinds, Summit Treestands, Trophy Rock, and Winchester.

Media Contact: Tracy Woods, (417) 334-3441 or Tracy@GrowingDeer.tv

Hunting

Hunting Access Program seeks landowners in northern Lower Peninsula


The Michigan Department of Natural Resources encourages landowners interested in making the most of their property and supporting local hunting traditions to consider enrolling their lands in the DNR’s Hunting Access Program, which provides private-land hunting opportunities for hunters in southern Michigan, parts of the northern Lower Peninsula and the eastern Upper Peninsula.The DNR is looking to expand hunting opportunities on private lands in the northern Lower Peninsula in the following counties: Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle and Wexford. Read more
Hunting

Michigan: Antlerless Deer License Applications on Sale Through August 15

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open and runs through August 15.

Hunters may apply for one license in any open Deer Management Unit (DMU) statewide; a nonrefundable $5 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may choose to apply for either one private-land or one public-land license online at E-License or at any authorized license agent or DNR Customer Service Center.

Young hunters, ages 9-16, can purchase one junior antlerless deer license over the counter July 15-Aug. 15. No application is required. A 9-year-old must be 10 by Sept. 26 to purchase this license. Read more

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