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  • BuckHigh Percentage Buck Sits: Maximizing Your Potential in Deer Season

    As the years pass by I hunt less and less. Is that true with you? And it’s not that I don’t like to hunt, it’s just that wow…I’ve spent way too much time in the past during times when my chance of success was extremely low. I guess this takes me back to my bass [...]

  • Trespass Against UsTrespass Defense 101

    The two-acre food plot was lush, green, full of forage and meticulously cared for by experienced and knowledgeable hands. Approximately 600’ long, the 150’ wide north/south planting was truly a focus of destination for the local deer herd. The improved bedding areas on both the east and west sides of the plot even further complimented [...]

  • general pics 018Fish With Intuition for Greater Fishing Results

    Fishing intuition is not a superhero “sixth sense” that you are born with, it is a skill that comes from practice and experience. A wise fisherman with a strong intuitive sense is worth more than any expensive piece of equipment. Intuition rides along for free and becomes a highly polished refined tool as more confidence [...]

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  • If you look beyond this nice rub you will see a roadway in the background. Don't overlook urban woodlots when it comes time to shed hunt.Better Deer Hunting Through Shed Hunting

    As I slid along a small ditch that cut through a thick travel corridor full of cover I couldn’t help but notice all the sign in the area.  The deer runs were sunk into the earth from years of heavy use and several trees, including a few pretty good sized ones, showed scars from buck [...]

  • A Brace of Beagles Makes for an Ideal HuntWinter Rabbit Hunting, Making the Most Out of Winter

    The snow falls as does the temperature.  After a stretch of several months with a revolving door of human activity, the fields and forests now more closely resemble a ghost town.  There’s no reason to go out there anymore.  This is the perception of those that do not seek out the cottontail rabbit.  They sit [...]

  • Ice FishingThe Beginning of an Ice Fishing Addiction

    It’s getting to be that time of year again. That’s right, ice fishing season! Whether you are a casual weekender who only hits the ice a couple times a year or a die hard, hard water-a-haulic, you can’t help but get a little excited. Ok maybe a lot excited! For me this is a joy [...]

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Better Deer Hunting Through Shed Hunting

by Michigan Sportsman March 20, 2012
Better Deer Hunting Through Shed Hunting

As I slid along a small ditch that cut through a thick travel corridor full of cover I couldn’t help but notice all the sign in the area.  The deer runs were sunk into the earth from years of heavy use and several trees, including a few pretty good sized ones, showed scars from buck [...]

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Winter Rabbit Hunting, Making the Most Out of Winter

by Michigan Sportsman January 2, 2012
Winter Rabbit Hunting, Making the Most Out of Winter

The snow falls as does the temperature.  After a stretch of several months with a revolving door of human activity, the fields and forests now more closely resemble a ghost town.  There’s no reason to go out there anymore.  This is the perception of those that do not seek out the cottontail rabbit.  They sit [...]

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The Beginning of an Ice Fishing Addiction

by Michigan Sportsman December 28, 2011
The Begining of an Ice Fishing Addiction

It’s getting to be that time of year again. That’s right, ice fishing season! Whether you are a casual weekender who only hits the ice a couple times a year or a die hard, hard water-a-haulic, you can’t help but get a little excited. Ok maybe a lot excited! For me this is a joy [...]

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Bear Hunting 101: The Training Season

by Michigan Sportsman December 27, 2011
Bear Hunting 101: The Training Season

“Daylight in the swamp!”  The world-wide morning wake-up call for hunters everywhere.  Whether it be upland birds, ducks, deer, or bear, this call jolts sleepy-headed sportsmen and women out of the sack and into a world of adventure.  But for bear hunters during the annual bear-training season, which runs from early July to about a [...]

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Whitetail Weekly: The Blooper Reel

by Michigan Sportsman August 23, 2011
Whitetail Weekly: The Blooper Reel

I could tell you that I am a great hunter and woodsman that rarely, if ever, makes a mistake or a blunder and that I had some trouble coming up with material for this entry but my mom taught me long ago that lying wasn’t nice. I have had at least a “few” mistakes occur [...]

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Whitetail Weekly: The Midway Point

by Michigan Sportsman August 16, 2011
Whitetail Weekly: The Midway Point

Turning the calendar to August may not be all that significant for some people but when I see August first on the calendar it’s a pretty exciting day. I figure August first is the half way point between the start of summer (June first) and the start of hunting season (October first). In my mind [...]

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High Percentage Buck Sits: Maximizing Your Potential in Deer Season

by Michigan Sportsman July 25, 2011

As the years pass by I hunt less and less. Is that true with you? And it’s not that I don’t like to hunt, it’s just that wow…I’ve spent way too much time in the past during times when my chance of success was extremely low. I guess this takes me back to my bass [...]

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Whitetail Weekly: Great Expectations

by Michigan Sportsman July 25, 2011
Whitetail Weekly: Great Expectations

As we entered the cabin and began taking off our boots and putting away our bows I remember listening to Chris as he told of the deer he had seen during that evenings hunt. When he had finished describing his exciting evening the attention turned to me and I was asked “what did you see [...]

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Alaska Trapping – Living the Dream

by Michigan Sportsman July 25, 2011
Alaska Trapping – Living the Dream

Over the past several months I have been living one of my life long dreams. Now, with ambivalent feelings I find myself at end of this amazing wilderness adventure. On October 10, 2010 I packed up my truck and flat bed trailer and left for the trip back to Alaska, with enough supplies, tools and [...]

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Trespass Defense 101

by Michigan Sportsman July 19, 2011

The two-acre food plot was lush, green, full of forage and meticulously cared for by experienced and knowledgeable hands. Approximately 600’ long, the 150’ wide north/south planting was truly a focus of destination for the local deer herd. The improved bedding areas on both the east and west sides of the plot even further complimented [...]

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Fish With Intuition for Greater Fishing Results

by Michigan Sportsman June 8, 2011

Fishing intuition is not a superhero “sixth sense” that you are born with, it is a skill that comes from practice and experience. A wise fisherman with a strong intuitive sense is worth more than any expensive piece of equipment. Intuition rides along for free and becomes a highly polished refined tool as more confidence [...]

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How To Find Your Way Back After Tracking a Wounded Animal

by Michigan Sportsman June 8, 2011

I have used compasses, surveyors tape, and personnal items like hats glove, etc. to mark my trail. All have disadvantages. i.e. Having to remove or recover items. I now carry a roll of unscented toilet paper. Easy to leave a square or two to mark trail, and handy to have for other needs as well. [...]

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How To Find Your Way In and Out of The Woods

by Michigan Sportsman June 5, 2011

If you venture into an “unfamiliar” woods, is always good to take a hand-held GPS and spare batteries. Mark your entry as a waypoint and you’ll always find your way back to the vehicle. It is extremely easy to become disoriented in thick woods with no landmarks – especially toward dusk. The technology is very [...]

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife to spray rivers in Alpena & Rogers City for sea lamprey

by Michigan Sportsman May 25, 2011

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be spraying river systems in Alpena and Presque Isle counties to try and control the spread of sea lamprey. Lampricides will be applied to the Trout and Devils River systems to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. The treatments take about 48 hours to apply [...]

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How To Prevent a Turkey Box Call from Squeaking

by Michigan Sportsman May 23, 2011

Using a box call can result in great success when turkey hunting, but keeping a box call quiet when walking can be difficult. I like to use an old vacum belt or thick rubber band slid over the box call body and the call handle. This keeps the call from squeaking as you walk and [...]

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Venison 101: A Culinary Guide

by Michigan Sportsman May 10, 2011

I thought I’d pass along some tips that may help you get the most enjoyment after you tag the big one. First we’ll talk about Venison. Venison is lean. It’s made even leaner by the fact that the fat is not pleasurable at all, as it coagulates at a much lower temperature than farm raised [...]

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How To Make Deer Bedding Areas: Mature Buck vs. Family Beds

by Michigan Sportsman May 10, 2011

  This is a great topic that I think has a pretty easy answer for you as a land owner or even as a hunter looking for doe or buck bedding areas on public land. 1. Deer beds are deer beds. To say that you can build a type of buck bed in a doe [...]

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