RECENT EDITIONS
ROOSTERS
You want more rooster pheasants to hunt and increased hunting locations this year, next year and for future generations? There is good news! First, How Does It Work? Very simple. If you want more roosters stocked, you simply buy a pheasant hunting license; the...
Michigan’s Amazing Animals: Eastern Screech Owls
Name Game: The scientific name of the Eastern screech owl (referred to herein as ESOs) is Megascops asio. Out of Michigan’s 10 owl species, ESOs are the only type found in the genus Megascops (their closest relatives found in the Asio genus are long-eared and...
Tribute: Jim Bedford…A Steelhead Angler Unparalleled
In a sometimes arduous search for the men and women we can place before our children and grandchildren as role models to follow, Jim Bedford stands as a beacon of integrity. He is a virtuoso of sorts to many, particularly to Michigan’s outdoor world. Jim, without...
COUGAR COVER
The sheer-muscular-looking power of the cougar caught on Keith and Laurie Forche’s trail camera, this month’s cover, can be incredibly intimidating. And we’ve heard plenty of comments, “If that is roaming the U.P., I might skip my evening hike!” So, let’s put that to...
SMALL LAKE WALLEYES
Most of the most storied walleye fisheries in my part of the world–the Great Lakes region –are huge bodies of water. Consider, say, Saginaw Bay–it’s only one small area of Lake Huron, but it’s a million acres, much bigger than any inland walleye lake in America. Those...
Cormorants
Their increasing population is a big problem Outdoors enthusiasts and anglers in Michigan started seeing cormorants in increasing numbers in the last few decades. Cormorants are fish-eating birds most associated with near-shore areas of the ocean. A research...
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