Zeus grows another 30-point rack

A white whitetail buck named Zeus that is part of the herd on display at the Deer Ranch in St. Ignace grew another huge 30-point rack during 2025 like he did the year before when 4 ½ years old. You may recall his photo appeared on the cover of Woods-N-Water News...

Cougars on camera

The majority of trail camera photos captured of cougars in the Upper Peninsula have been of solitary animals, which are usually males, but Dayne Pulkas from Trimountain got about a dozen pictures of a pair of mountain lions together at one of his deer baits in...

More bears than deer

I’ve heard reports from other Upper Peninsula residents that they have more bears than deer on their deer baits during November (baiting deer remains legal in the U.P.). I’ve now had the same experience in Keweenaw County. One of my deer baits in the oaks, where...

NRC Resolution on Coyotes Adopted

At their meeting October 9 in Houghton on the campus of Michigan Technological University, the Natural Resources Commission unanimously adopted a draft resolution expressing their intent of adopting two separate seasons for managing Michigan coyotes during 2026. The...

The U.P.’s 30-Point Buck!

If you want to see what a whitetail buck looks like on the hoof with a huge set of antlers, you can do so at the Deer Ranch in St. Ignace. Each of the last two years, the exceptional buck has grown monster nontypical antlers that would score well over 200 inches at 3...