Not enough variety in the menu Variety is the spice of life and it’s also a key to good bear baiting. Bears are like humans, they’ve got individual preferences. I once heard of a bear that despised lemon-flavored pies so much he raked his tongue with his paws. Bears are also driven by biological urges
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By Victor Skinner IGNACE – Michigan Department of Natural Resources data from the 2017 season shows close to 1,900 bears were harvested statewide, well above the target level set by the department. “Our statewide goal harvest was 1,555 and we harvested about 250 more, so we exceed the target by about 16 percent,” Kevin Swanson,
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By Victor Skinner GAYLORD – The Michigan Bear Hunters Association is launching a new project to help supply the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with additional bear traps to encourage officials to relocate animals causing trouble. MBHA Director Bill Austin said the effort is part of the organization’s broader efforts to help address...
Learn moreby Jason Duby For some reason Dani and I have an issue with timing. Seems like anything “big” in life always happens during hunting season. To start things off, our wedding was right in the middle of bobcat season here in Oregon. Now there is a logical reason behind this, and no it was not
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By Victor Skinner IGNACE – Bear hunters, farmers, the U.S. Forest Service and others who make up the Michigan Bear Forum will meet in St. Ignace in December to discuss the 2017 harvest, an upcoming update to the Michigan Bear Management Plan, and a variety of other issues and research. The 2017 meeting will take
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By Victor Skinner MARQUETTE – Most hunters are reporting a favorable 2017 bear hunting season with a lot of larger bears and many sows with cubs, despite warm weather that made dog hunting difficult in the early on. “I think the season went well, but we don’t have good preliminary data (yet) because we went
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