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MI Deer Private Land Assistance Network grant application period opens


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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that the application period is now open for the Deer Private Land Assistance Network (Deer PLAN) grant program.

A total of $50,000 is available, through a competitive grant process, to support private-land deer habitat improvement projects in the northern Lower Peninsula. The focus area for 2017 will include Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle counties.

“The focus area concentrates habitat projects in a region to provide greater benefits to deer hunters in areas where habitat issues have been identified,” said DNR Deer Program biologist Ashley Autenrieth. Read more

Wildlife

Bushnell’s Trophy Cam HD Essential E2 Delivers Enhanced Imagery


Trophy Cam HD Essential E2 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (July 11, 2016) – Bushnell, an industry leader in high-performance outdoor products for more than 65 years, has again raised the bar in performance and value. The new Trophy Cam HD Essential E2 defines long-lasting efficiency and ease of use while improving both day and nighttime imagery.

Built on the rugged Trophy Cam HD Aggressor chassis, the new Essential E2 employs and easy-to-use latch and lets hunters keep a watchful eye on their favorite outdoor hotspots around the clock.

The camera is amazingly efficient, too. The power-saving Trophy Cam HD Essential E2 runs up to 12 months on one set of eight AA batteries. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Browning Trail Cameras


Birmingham, AL- For the upcoming 2016 season, if you’re looking to hit a “home run” with your trail cameras, Browning Trail Cameras has taken their “best of the best” high-end trail cameras and made them even better. For 2016, the Platinum Series Recon Force FHD trail cameras have been equipped with a series of new features designed to ensure that Browning Trail Cameras will remain some of the best purchases you can make when gearing up for your hunting season.The first big change a customer can see on a Platinum Recon Force FHD camera is that Browning Trail Camera’s revolutionary camouflage pattern has been made better by adding elements of both branches and foliage to improve your ability to conceal the cameras. Then, the design team took the easy to use set-up feature and made it even more user-friendly by adding a 2-inch color monitor that makes it easier to navigate the menu options while also allowing the user to check both images and videos while in the field. With that said, one of the more overlooked uses of this feature is that it makes it so much easier toyou’re your camera exactly where you want it because the monitor will display a live feed of what the camera is seeing when your first turn on your camera. Read more
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Volunteers make a world of difference to MI’s woods, water and wildlife


To accomplish its mission, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been aided greatly by enlisting the invaluable help of volunteers. The state’s holdings are too vast and the task is too big for the agency to handle all on its own.That DNR mission is the commitment to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. Read more
Wildlife

Stealth Cam’s Ultimate Archery Week 3 Giveaway


Grand Prairie, TX- Stealth Cam, a company PROVEN through continued innovation and production of quality game cameras and accessories, is excited to announce week 3 of their ULTIMATE ARCHERY SWEEPSTAKES.Week 3 drawing started on July 6th, and the winner will be announced on July 12th. This prize package includes one of Stealth Cam’s new 8 megapixels, PX18CMO combo cameras, including an 8GB SD card and 8AA batteries. The new PX series is 20% smaller than previous P series, and features a 25% brighter night time illumination range. With one of easiest set ups featured on a game camera, the preprogrammed settings and rotary dial switch make it a breeze to get your camera set up in no time.

Also featured during week three is Vortex’s new Ranger 1500. This new lightweight rangefinder has a highly intuitive menu that quickly and accurately ranges targets from 9 to 1500 yards. This handheld device also features three brightness settings as well as angle-compensation for uneven terrain. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

MI DNR announces expansion of Chronic Wasting Disease Core Area and Management Zone

 

Additional townships and counties are affected

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission expanded the Core Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Area to include 17 townships. This area, which will continue to be referred to as Deer Management Unit (DMU) 333, now will consist of Lansing, Meridian, Williamstown, Delhi, Alaiedon and Wheatfield townships in Ingham County; DeWitt, Bath, Watertown, Eagle, Westphalia, Riley, Olive and Victor townships in Clinton County; Woodhull Township in Shiawassee County, and Oneida and Delta townships in Eaton County.

The CWD Management Zone also has expanded; it now will include the remainder of Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee counties, as well as all of Ionia County. The expanded Management Zone will be referred to as DMU 419. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

CWD Update – Core Zone Expanded in Southern Michigan

This from MUCC…

At one of the CWD meetings the DNR held in Ionia, Both Chad Stewart and Chad Fedewa gave presentations on the disease, and what the Division has done to understand the spread of the disease at this time. Around 30 people attended the meeting, and at least five deer cooperatives were represented.

Chad Stewart provided an overview of the disease. CWD is always fatal; once a deer gets the disease, it will die from it, unless something else kills it first. Deer can live with the disease for 18-24 months before showing any signs of having the disease, and can live up to five years with it. All deer are susceptible to getting the disease, but males are more commonly affected. CWD is not known to be transferrable to humans. This disease is similar to that of Mad Cow disease. About 200 people died after consuming meat contaminated by Mad Cow, but millions were exposed to the contaminated meat. This being said, while it is not known to transfer, that is not to say it couldn’t happen.

If you live in the CWD Counties (see map below), it is suggested you take your deer in to be tested. If you live in the core townships within those counties (see map below), it is REQUIRED that you get your deer tested. CWD can be transmitted directly and indirectly. CWD can be spread via urine, fecal matter, and saliva of a sick deer to another deer, either via direct contact, or the excretions being on a plant, bait pile, rub, another deer makes contact with. Once inside the body, the prions (what CWD is made of) begin to multiply. EHD (epizootic hemorrhagic disease) is another disease hunters in Michigan are familiar with.

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Below is a list of differences between EHD and CWD.

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Hunting, Wildlife

The Kirtland’s warbler: June’s Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial featured bird


The Kirtland’s warbler is one of Michigan’s special creatures, an international traveler who calls the Great Lakes area – and nowhere else on Earth – its summertime home. Ninety-nine percent of the world’s Kirtland’s warblers nest here, making their success story unique to Michigan!Kirtland’s warblers are small birds, roughly the size of a tufted titmouse. The males have blueish-gray backs, yellow bellies and chins, and whitish undertail feathers. Their faces sport a bright, broken white eye ring and a black patch in front of the eye. The female birds are duller grey on their backs and lack the black face markings.

The Kirtland’s warbler is among the rarest wood warblers in North America. It nests mainly in young jack pine forests on public lands near the Au Sable River drainage and winters in the Bahamas. The males return to Michigan in early to mid-May, a few days ahead of the females. The males establish and defend territories and then court the females when they arrive. The males’ song is loud, yet low-pitched.

Kirtland’s warblers have very specific habitat requirements; they prefer large blocks of young jack pine, usually hundreds of acres in size. The Kirtland’s warbler is a ground-nester, often using the living branches of five- to 20-foot-tall jack pine trees to conceal their nests. Because of these specific requirements, stands of jack pine trees must be actively managed. Large areas of sandy soils are planted with jack pine and then cut decades later, on specific intervals, to achieve the perfect-aged stands. Jack pine is an important resource for the timber industry. Read more

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