Bear license drawing results posted; leftover licenses on sale in July
Results of the 2013 bear hunting license drawing have been posted at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings.
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Last chance to purchase 2013 bear and elk hunting applications
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period to purchase a bear or elk hunting application ends June 1. Read more
Apply for elk and bear licenses now through June 1
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that applications for Michigan elk and bear hunting licenses are available now through June 1. Read more
Burned Black Bear Needs a Home
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…
Man Wakes Up from Dream and Lands in Real Nightmare Facing Bear
“In my dream, I was playing with a dog. The dog was jumping on me, scratching me, licking my face — the playful puppy thing” said John Steitz of Minneapolis. “I opened my eyes, and there was a bear on top of me with its face in my face,” Steitz said. “I kind of opened my eyes and gave a, ‘What-the-expletive?’ ” John’s nightmare begins here…
Annual cooperator patches now available from Michigan Bear Hunters Association
As Michigan’s black bear season approaches, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the 2012 bear management cooperator patches are available from the Michigan Bear Hunters Association (MBHA). Read more
World Record Griz Taken With CVA
Steve West, of Steve’s Outdoor Adventures TV, reported to the staff of CVA that he has taken what should be a new muzzleloader world record grizzly bear with his CVA Accura V2 muzzleloading rifle. Steve shot the bear in British Columbia on June 1st, but just reached civilization on June 9th where he was able to report the kill via an email. Read more
Alaskan Bear Hunter Kills Bear Then Gets Attacked
A Faribanks hunter, Rodd Moretz, had killed a bear and then came too close to a bear den and was attacked from the den but was fortunate to escape. More here…
Rodd Moretz’ description of the encounter is here…
Ted Pleads Guilty
“I would never knowingly break any game laws,” said Ted Nugent. “I’m afraid I was blindsided by this, and I sincerely apologize to everyone for this.”
Said Magistrate Judge Michael Thompson “It (the “one-strike policy) probably is not widely known, and if there is a side benefit to the agreement reached here today – since apparently newspapers are interested in Mr. Nugent and his doings – this probably will serve to alert a great many hunters to that very issue and may, in fact, prevent violations in the future and court activity for a whole slew of folks.”
More on Terrible Ted here…
Uncle Ted in Trouble in Alaska
“They’ve got apparently some crazy law in Southeast (Alaska) that says if you even touch an animal with an arrow, it becomes your animal,”attorney Wayne Anthony Ross said by phone Friday. “He looked to see if he had hit it and didn’t believe that he’d hit it fatally.” So, when Uncle Ted killed another bear, he was in violation of the relatively new law, which put him over the limit. See Ted’s deal with authorities here…