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Don’t forget to markthese upcoming hunting seasons on your calendar!
Ruffed Grouse Sept. 15 –Nov. 14,Squirrel (Fox and Gray)Sept. 15 – March 1,Wild Turkey Sept. 15 – Nov.14
View the 2012 Hunting and Trapping Digest fordetails.
Why choose the Day 6 Outdoors PlotWatcher Pro time-lapse video camera over a traditional trail camera? Simple. The PlotWatcher Pro captures images of an area regardless of how far the subject is from the camera. Unlike trail cameras that trigger on short-range motion, the PlotWatcher Pro will capture video of deer and other game animals whether they are 30- or 330-feet away. Read more
A Texas woman attempted to shoot a skunk and missed. However, the ricochet from her .45 nailed her husband, who was minding his own business indoors. Accounts of the stinkin’ shot are here…
Hint: That ball ammo is non-expanding and the relatively slow velocity makes it prone to ricochets and can even bounce back from hard targets. Be careful out there.
A bear nicknamed, Boo Boo, still needs a temporary home after being rescued from the Mustang Complex fire in central Idaho last weekend. He’s eating and healing and the rest of the story is here…
Mike Avery’s Outdoor Magazine radio show has added two more Michigan affiliates.
Starting this weekend, ESPN 1400 (WKNW) in Sault St. Marie, will air the award- winning program.
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that fall turkey hunting license drawing results and leftover license quantities are available at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Hunters are encouraged to visit this website for updated license availability information. Unsuccessful applicants could begin purchasing one leftover license online or from any license agent on a first-come, first-served basis for a one-week period beginning Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. EST. Read more
The Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program will present two archery workshops and a handgun shooting workshop, all for beginners, in Lansing this September. Read more
On July 30-31, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected 150 water samples from the Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River. Analysis of these water samples indicated 20 samples out of 150 taken from throughout Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River have tested positive for the presence of silver carp environmental DNA (eDNA). Read more
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — When the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently reported the number of hunters grew by nine percent since 2006 and the number of anglers grew by 11 percent in that same time frame, sportsmen and the sporting industry were thrilled. The numbers, which are preliminary results released as the initial look into the USFWS’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, reversed what had been dropping participation levels in fishing over the past 10 years and indicated the first jump in hunter numbers in more than two decades. But what were the reasons for the turnaround? Read more
MISSOULA, Mont. (Aug. 27, 2012)?Of the 18 conservation leaders selected to advise the Obama Administration on wildlife and sporting issues, 11 are members of the Boone and Crockett Club. That influence is good news for America?s hunters because it ensures strong advocacy for high standards in fair-chase sportsmanship, habitat stewardship and science-based wildlife management. Read more