Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
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A woman hugged an off-duty Detroit police officer and was killed when his concealed handgun shot her. The sad story here…
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 717
AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, assessments, and donations; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 43526a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 43526a. (1) The department shall establish a hunters helping landowners program.
(2) The program shall do each of the following:
(a) Allow an individual who is willing to harvest antlerless deer to submit an application each year to the department to participate in the program, indicating in which counties the individual would be willing to harvest antlerless deer. An individual shall not register to harvest antlerless deer under the program in more than 2 counties.
(b) Allow landowners who feel they need additional antlerless deer harvested on their property, or a lessee of the property with the landowner’s permission, to contact the department and request a list containing all the individuals who indicated that they would be willing to harvest antlerless deer in the landowner’s or lessee’s county.
(3) The department shall include in any list sent to landowners or lessees under this section a notification that the department has not verified that the individuals included on that list possess valid hunting licenses.
(4) On January 1 of each year, the department shall delete all information obtained during the previous year under subsection (2)(a).
(5) The department shall make each of the following available on the department’s website:
(a) A list of all the deer hunting licenses and permits available in this state.
(b) The criteria for qualifying for each of the licenses or permits listed in subdivision (a).
(c) A list of where to obtain the licenses or permits listed in subdivision (a).
(6) The department shall indicate on all forms and information about the program that participation in the program is voluntary.
(7) As used in this section, “program” means the hunters helping landowners program established under subsection (1).
(8) This section is repealed effective January 1, 2017.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Now that Tasers are legal for Michigan CPL holders, training is required to be able to carry them as of August 6th. Details here…
By Glen Wunderlich
Well over 100 years ago, our grandparents searched the pages of the Sears catalog to discover the latest in consumer goods. By the late 1800s the catalog began carrying Christmas holiday items leading to its eventual status as the “Wish Book.” Although the catalog was a mail-order marketing marvel, it was also entertainment for the whole family. Times have certainly changed, as the Wish Book’s shiny pages have been replaced with point and click technology of the computer age. However, a new “Wish Book” has surfaced for the gun enthusiast in the form of a DVD: Firearms Guide, 3rd Edition. Read more
Across the street, police officers found the paraplegic’s left foot with several inches of leg bone still attached. Details of fun with fireworks ends here…
What goes up, must come down. And, violating gun safety rules proves it can be dangerous – even deadly. One lucky Floridian lives to tell his story here…
In 2010, two Michigan men used trained hunting dogs to help Todd Yoder, an American Indian who was allowed to hunt for bear a month beyond the normal hunting season. Turns out, it wasn’t against the law. The story is here…
Hartwick Pines State Park will host its annual Wood Shaving Days Festival July 21-22 at the Logging Museum. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, guests can enjoy the sights, sounds and scents of the historic steam-powered sawmill cutting logs into pine boards, listen to traditional music, and enjoy the art of wood carving, wood burning and other woodcrafts. Festival highlights also include demonstrations by blacksmiths, weavers and wool spinners and a historic surveying re-enactment. Read more
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North America’s total spring duck population is the highest ever recorded, according to the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey released Tuesday.
Conducted each May by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service, the survey puts the duck population at 48.6 million birds. That represents a 7 percent increase from 2011’s record number of 45.6 million. Read more