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Free Liberty Hunt License part of the 2026 Outdoor Weekend
The 40th Anniversary of Woods-N-Water News Outdoor Weekend, Sept. 11-13, the first weekend after Labor Day, held at the Fairgrounds in Imlay City, is a “Celebration of our Outdoor Heritage!” And yes, this year’s event conflicts with the Liberty Hunt, the special deer...
Garden Marauders
For many years I had a large (one-acre) garden behind my parents’ house on the family farm. This gave me ready access to my brother’s huge tilling machinery and almost unlimited cow manure for fertilizer. Very early on, in the 1970s, I was devoted to organic growing...
Sharks in the Great Lakes?
Dear Fish Diary: One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to start screaming “SHARK” while running for the shoreline of Lake Michigan and seeing how many people would hysterically scramble behind me. My friends and I angered many lifeguards and I never quite...
Michigan’s bullheads are underutilized
Over two decades ago, I started writing articles about the then disrespected, now popular burbot (Freshwater Cod). Bullheads are another example of a Michigan fish that is relatively common, good eating, and also often disrespected by some anglers. However, some...
“Urchinmania” invades bass fishing!
Bass anglers across North America have theories as to why soft plastic round balls with spikes are catching so many bass this year. Some say these “urchins” work because they look like zooplankton that grown bass remember eating when they were tiny little fry. Some...
The Camo Myth: What deer actually see?
Walk through any sporting goods store (or leaf through any hunting magazine), and you’ll find an entire wall devoted to camouflage. Oak leaves, cattails, digital pixels, tree bark, marsh grass, and patterns so sophisticated they look like they were designed for...
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