The commission hasn’t voted on the proposal to make coyote hunting year-round since first introducing the idea in March.
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What's Michigan deer season for? Trophies or venison?
THROW HIM BACK: Under new DNR hunting regulations, this forkhorn buck would be illegal in some Michigan counties this season. (Photo by Flickr user Steve Burt; used under Creative Commons license) Each year, in late summer, the state Department of Natural Resources issues its “Hunting and Trapping Digest,” a 5-by-8 1/2-inch booklet of 60 pages […]
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Hunters, anglers get Michigan licenses cheap
Much has changed in Michigan since 1997: Gasoline prices have tripled, food prices increased more than 40 percent and health-care costs have skyrocketed. It seems that everything costs more today than it did 16 years ago — unless you hunt or fish in Michigan. The price of hunting and fishing licenses here hasn’t increased since […]
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Where Michigan stands on hunting, fishing fees
As Bridge reported last week, Gov. Rick Snyder is taking aim at Michigan’s outdoor bargains: “The cost of shooting a deer in Michigan would double next year, under Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed 2014 budget, and more conservation officers would patrol the state’s woods and waterways. “Released Thursday, Snyder’s budget calls for $354.3 million for the […]
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Land O Links
“Of the 15 highest-income metropolitan areas in the United States, 14 are in high-cost coastal areas. The other one, clocking in at number 12 with a median household income about 23 percent above the national average, is the Minneapolis-St Paul MSA with its low low Midwestern prices.” http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/ 2012/11/06/minneapolis_research_says_you_should_move_to_the_twin_cities.html * The secret history of one of […]
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DNR can't guess your age
The firearm hunting season is in full swing. And even though a new state law that removes a minimum age for children to hunt won’t be fully implemented until next spring, there’s reason to believe some youngsters are hunting this month who shouldn’t. That’s a conclusion drawn from a new Auditor General’s report on the […]