Michigan Salmon Fishing Action Very Good
Chinook, Coho, and Steelhead are back in a big way. The story is here…
Category: Wildlife
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Pulsar Recon 325R for Night Vision
Mansfield, TX – In today’s world of high tech shooting accessories, the Pulsar Recon 550 will impress every shooter with quality, long distance digital night vision. Primarily for night observation and surveillance applications, the Pulsar Recon 550 provides the optimum night vision capabilities in a compact monocular. Equipped with a more sensitive CCD array and advanced program technology, the SumLight™ signal processing program allows the user to see greater distances, up to 270 yards. Even on dark nights, shooters will be able to view their target with Recon’s high contrast viewing mode. The Pulsar Recon’s new five-lens eyepiece enhances the sharpness and contrast of the image, while minimizing distortion on the edges of the field of view. Read more
EHD confirmed in eight Michigan counties
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health recently confirmed and announced the death of deer in Ionia and Branch counties was due to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). Today the two organizations have confirmed EHD in six additional counties: Barry, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton and Montcalm. There has been a nationwide increase of EHD outbreaks due to the extended hot and dry conditions. Read more
Video: Moose Saved by Brave Utah Sheriff
A moose get tangled up in a child’s swingset and is freed by a brave sheriff in Utah. The video is here…
Annual Waterfowl Festival returns to Pointe Mouillee Sept. 8-9
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival committee will host the 65th annual Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival on Sept. 8-9. Taking place at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (PMSGA) in Brownstown Township, activities begin at 8 a.m. Saturday and run through 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free, and the entire family is welcome. Read more
No Asian Carp Found in Western Lake Erie
After a week of intensive electrofishing and gill netting activities in Sandusky Bay, Maumee Bay and their main tributaries, officials have found no bighead or silver Asian carps in western Lake Erie. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) continue to work together to assess the current status of bighead and silver carp within western Lake Erie bays and select tributaries. Read more
Biologists Help a Pair of Nesting Bald Eagles
PHOENIX — After three consecutive years of failing to fledge its young bald eagles, an important Arizona nest site is back to adding to the growth of the state’s bald eagle population with two nestlings surviving to fledge on their own.
The nest became a challenge for Arizona Game and Fish Department bald eagle biologists when it began to fail at producing young eagles that made it to fledging age after many years of consecutive success. Read more
Romney Selects Sportsman for VP
(Columbus, Ohio) –This election, avid sportsmen and women will know for sure that one of the candidates running for President and Vice President is one of their own. This past weekend former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made sure of that when he tapped Wisconsin Congressman, Paul Ryan (R–1, Janesville, WI) to join him in his effort to unseat President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on November 6th.
While many candidates for elected office profess to be hunters and don flannel shirts at this time of year, Ryan doesn’t dabble. He is an avid bowhunter, a fact that has been a point of pride to Wisconsin sportsmen and women over the years. Read more
Food Plots and One Day in the Life of a Farmer
By Glen Wunderlich
Mid-summer is a time for county fairs, cool drinks, barbeques, swimming, fishing, vacations and just plain being lazy in the shade. Ah, that would be the life, but when it comes to farming – in my case wildlife food plots – it’s business before pleasure.
With only days remaining before heading down South for a business conference, I had put the food plot work on the back burner until returning the first week in August. Read more
Food Plots React to Non-Stop Rain
I had a lot going on so I took a chance and planted my food plots in the last days of July – a bit early but rain was predicted and fell some 9 hours later. Now, we’ve had non-stop rain for three days and the brassicas are singing my song. In the top photo, you can see the turnips and rape emerging.
QDMA Special Brassica Mix
In the lower photo, I planted a brassica mix and clover into a stand of alfalfa. The alfalfa remained after an early-spring spraying with glyphosate (RoundUp). After that, I just ran a disk across it a few times and over-seeded followed by cultipacking.
- Alfalfa stand with over-seeded brassicas and clover
Total acreage planted this fall was about 6.5. These plots feed the wildlife year-round, with a mix of perennials and annuals. The worse the December weather, the better the late-season deer hunting. The foliage on the turnips and rape stays green well into December – even under the snow, when all the farmers have picked their crops. After that, the deer feast on the turnips themselves. If enough are planted, some will rot in the spring and subsequently go back to the earth as nutrients for the next planting.
Lots of work, lots of fertilizer and lime ($) and seed but it’s worth it to me when the snow is on.