A 9-year-old doe with a tennis ball stuck in its mouth for weeks near Marquette was eventually hit and killed by a vehicle on County Road 480 on July 19 before the DNR could help the animal. Harvey resident Susan Andary noticed the doe with the tennis ball in her...
Berrien County’s highest scoring nontypical muzzleloader buck was bagged by 20-year-old Gregory Shembarger from Berrien Center last fall, according to state records maintained by Commemorative Bucks of Michigan (CBM). On a statewide basis, the antlers from the...
If you are interested in the latest information about the highest-scoring deer, bear, elk and turkeys taken in Michigan through 2020, you will want to purchase a copy of the 12th edition of Michigan Big Game Records, published September 2021. The large-format,...
The 11-point typical that Rachel Wheeler from Stevensville shot on opening morning of the 2020 firearms season that scored 176 7/8 wasn’t the only world-class buck bagged in Berrien County last fall, according to Commemorative Bucks of Michigan (CBM). A 16-point...
Ed Groom from Saline has always been lucky when it comes to hunting. One of the first turkeys he bagged was a smokey gray gobbler, and he got a bull moose in Ontario with antlers that had a 58-inch spread. Then, on his first bear hunt in the U.P. last fall, he shot a...
