UPDATE: 7/31/20: Scientists announced today that they have narrowed down the age of the elk skull pulled from Lake Sullivan earlier this summer by Michael Bleau as he was moving a portable dock. Radio-carbon dating results from the breathtaking 6-by-6 bull elk skull have revealed when this majestic animal met its demise. What’s more, the […]
During 2018 five Michigan DNR lab workers were diagnosed with tuberculosis. The lab is located within the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, where workers tested close to 36,000 white-tailed deer carcasses for diseases in 2018.
Emotion is erupting in Grayling, Michigan, and here, there and everywhere as we celebrate the birthday of our friend, hero, master bowhunter, legendary conservationist and Spirit BloodBrother, Mr. Fred Bear.
After pursuing big game around the world, Ted Nugent has come to cherish, and in fact crave, the addiction to Midwest farmland bow-and-arrow ambush deer hunting.
If you get caught illegally baiting a buck, your fine might be just that … a buck — if a group of state senators get their way. Lawmakers who are unhappy with their governor’s 2019 veto of a deer hunting regulation change have upped the ante by drafting a new bill that would essentially circumvent […]
Dave Wheeler testifies and addresses the flaws in the so-called science that’s being cited to ban feeding and baiting of whitetails in Michigan.
A convicted felon will serve just five years in prison for trespassing and killing a hunter who was in the process of field-dressing a buck he shot on opening day of Michigan’s 2018 deer season. David Michael Barber, 45, was sentenced Monday. He received a sentence of 3 years on one charge of involuntary manslaughter; […]
Despite support of the State House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoed a bill Thursday that would have repealed a ban on deer baiting in Michigan. Legislation author Rep. Michele Hoitenga blasted the governor for ignoring bipartisan support for Bill 4687. The veto is the first full veto in Whitmer’s […]
Ted celebrates #71 on December 13, and while we would love to have a live video feed of him jamming Fred Bear, he’s too busy sitting quietly in his favorite tree stand! But he did take the time a couple of days ago to pen this week’s blog entry. Enjoy, and be sure to check out all of the links within this piece … it is loaded with some of his tastiest guitar riffs of all time!
A bill that would end a ban on baiting and feeding deer in Michigan is one step closer to reality, as a tweaked version is expected to land on the governor’s desk within the week.