Category: Hunting

DNR duck banding showcased on ‘Discovering’

DNR crew banding a duckEfforts by a Michigan Department of Natural Resources crew to band ducks at the Portage Marsh in Delta County were showcased recently on an episode of “Discovering,” a weekly outdoors program produced by Brian Whitens and broadcast at on WLUC-TV6, Marquette.

The duck banding was part of the DNR’s goal to manage for sustainable populations of wildlife species. The DNR’s objective is to manage game populations to provide hunting and trapping opportunities while maintaining populations in balance with available habitat, land use practices and stakeholder values. Read more

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Pheasant Forecast: 30 to 50 Percent Increases in Heart of Pheasant Range

St. Paul, Minn. – Pheasants Forever has released its 2015 Pheasant Hunting Forecast and based on late summer surveys, improved pheasant hunting opportunities will be found in all major pheasant hunting states. Boosted by mild weather and improved nesting habitat conditions, pheasant range hunting prospects appear to be the best in at least three years. Future prospects are far murkier, however, as the potential for big upland habitat losses loom.

Pheasant populations are led by South Dakota where their already substantial bird count showed a 42 percent jump over 2014. Iowa (up 37 percent), Kansas (up 51 percent), Minnesota (up 33 percent), and Nebraska (up 55 percent) also reported significant increases based on summer roadside survey counts. Pheasant counts are expected to improve greatly in North Dakota as well, with official results expected by mid-September. View the entire state-by-state outlook. Read more

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Michigan’s Canada goose success story

It’s no secret that Michigan offers some of the best Canada goose hunting anywhere in the world. But many waterfowl hunters, whose perspective only covers the last 30 years or so, might have a hard flock of Canada geesetime believing it wasn’t always that way. Michigan’s resident Canada goose population – which produces the lion’s share of the annual harvest – was virtually nonexistent a century ago and not especially noteworthy five decades later.

“Back in the ’50s, it was a rare thing to see a Canada goose in this state,” said Barbara Avers, the waterfowl specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “It was rare for hunters to kill a goose. It was a pretty big deal. Read more

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Yamaha Announces 2016 Viking and Viking VI SxS Vehicles

Enhanced Comfort Among Refinements for Industry’s Most Durable and Reliable Utility Side-by-Sides

KENNESAW, Ga. – – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, introduces the new 2016 Viking and Viking VI Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicles, right on time for fall harvest and hunting seasons. With class-leading cab room and comfort, coupled with superior handling and off-road capability, Vikings are the toughest and hardest working utility-based vehicles that are also fun to drive. Read more

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Randy Newberg, Hunter, Releases “Elk Hunting on Your Own” E-Guide

BOZEMAN, Mont. – One of America’s best known and trusted public land elk hunters, Randy Newberg, has made available a 32-page e-guide, called Elk Hunting on Your Own to help hunters understand the basics of finding and taking highly pressured elk on public lands. The guide is available for download at http://RandyNewberg.Com for $9.95, or free by using the promo code HT. This guide covers all the elk hunting basics – plus Newberg’s more advanced techniques he’s learned from years of hunting public lands. Chapters include: getting tags, finding places to hunt, Newberg’s notes of how to find these public land elk, how to use hunting pressure as an ally, his equipment list and much more. Read more

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Hunters Can Apply For High Quality Mule Deer Hunts On Private Property, Near Meeker

MEEKER, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Miller Creek Ranch in Meeker are offering big-game hunters an opportunity to apply for a limited number of private property, elk and mule deer hunts during certain hunting seasons during fall of 2015.

Interested hunters must submit a written application by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 to:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife – Meeker Office
Attn: Bailey Franklin/Miller Creek Ranch Hunts
PO Box 1181, Meeker, CO 81641

The application can be found at: www.cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Hunting/MillerCreekRanchHuntApplication.pdf

Nine hunts will be available to hunters who have already drawn limited deer and elk licenses for Game Management Unit 23 during the 2015 big game hunting seasons. In addition, one public bull elk hunt will be available to any big game hunter that plans to purchase an unlimited, over-the-counter bull elk license for the third rifle season in 2015.

“This is a very rare, private land hunting experience,” said District Wildlife Manager Bailey Franklin. “We encourage sportsmen to take advantage of this chance to enjoy a free hunt on a private ranch in the White River Valley.”

The unique opportunity developed through a perpetual wildlife conservation easement agreement between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and landowners of the Miller Creek Ranch. As part of their efforts in a large-scale big game habitat protection, local wildlife managers reached an agreement with private landowners to allow limited public hunting access in perpetuity on the 3,100-acre ranch property, located in GMU 23. Read more

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