Category: Hunting

Larry and Brenda Potterfield Receive John L. Morris Award

Larry and Brenda Potterfield, owners of MidwayUSA, recently received the John L. Morris award from the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. The John L. Morris award was presented to the Potterfields in recognition of their exemplary leadership in conservation and their lifetime commitment to fish and wildlife stewardship. The Annual Awards Banquet was held Tuesday September 15, 2015 during the 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies at the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, Arizona. The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies is a professional association that serves as the collective voice of North America’s state, provincial and territorial fish and wildlife agencies. Read more

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DNR and partners to dedicate new ‘Gold Mine’ Grouse Enhanced Management Site in Iron County

Join the DNR and many partners to celebrate this new hunting location

Gov. Snyder and DNR Director Creagh planting treeThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce that the first Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS) developed on private land is available for hunters this fall — the “Gold Mine” GEMS in Iron County.

Since 2014, the DNR and various partners have now worked together to develop and maintain 10 GEMS in the Upper Peninsula and four in the Lower Peninsula. These intensively-managed, accessible, walk-in areas provide hunters outstanding places to grouse and American woodcock.

The “Gold Mine” GEMS is located on Plum Creek property in near Iron River, off Gold Mine Road. This new GEMS is over 550 acres with roughly 3 miles of hunter walking trails. Read more

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Online Gear Checklist Now Available for Hunters

GW: Lists are a good idea. Just add any specific personal gear not already on the lists found at the links below:

MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation unveiled an interactive, online gear checklist designed to assist hunters be fully prepared as they head afield.

“This is the quintessential checklist for the elk hunter,” said Steve Decker, RMEF vice president of Marketing. “It can be customized for the rifle hunter or bowhunter and be adjusted according to the length of a hunt.”

The Gear 101 checklist is located on the RMEF website. It allows a user to create an individualized checklist by clicking on one of three options: daytripper, multi-day or outfitted. From there, categories include clothes, food & water, meat care, overnight gear and hunting gear. Read more

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New Power Scrape® All-Season Scrape Kit by TINK’S®

Covington, GA- Tink’s®, America’s #1 performing line of deer scents and lures introduces the new Power Scrape® All-Season Scrape Kit. The entire line is extensively tested, simple to use, and feature packed for every need. GET IN THE GAME when your season comes down to one opportunity, trust Tink’s!

Tink’s® has everything you are looking for this season to provide you every possible edge in the field and to be successful from early season all the way through the brutal cold of winter. The perfect lure and dispenser system in one convenient value pack that includes the trusted original Power Scrape® Starter, the all-new Power Scrape® Finisher, and a Tink’s Scrape Bomb Dripper. Read more

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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

Hunting, Wildlife

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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