Communities across the nation are gearing up for hunting season and this means both new and seasoned hunters should inquire about hunting license and safety education requirements for their state. In many states, a hunter’s safety course is a requirement before a person can get a hunting license. Hunter education courses are packed with solid advice even veteran outdoorsmen [Read More]
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The Argentina Dove Hunting Experience
For those fortunate enough to have experienced it, words can barely describe the shotgun melting excitement that is Argentina dove hunting. To see a sky literally full of birds is something that American dove hunters have likely only dreamed about or seen on television. Even along the Gulf coast flyways and through Texas, where birds are plentiful during migration, our mourning [Read More]
2 Michigan Turkey bite the dust and another child hooked to hunt
I left my kid's soccer practice early this past Saturday and boogied down to a small area in Northern Michigan. It was sunny and pretty windy, so I slowly walked the two-tracks Calling and listening. After about 45 minutes of hearing nothing, I headed down a two-track back towards the car. The east side of the two-track was rolling hardwoods and the west side was shrubby [Read More]
Understanding Michigan’s New Mentored Youth Hunting Program
On March 1st Michigan started selling hunting licenses to children of any age. The new Mentored Youth Hunting Program finally allows adults to extend the parenting of their children into the woods! The hunting program is designed to keep kids active and interested in the outdoors. Under this program, a hunting mentor can purchase a child five different hunting licenses for [Read More]
Bull moose who works like a horse
Do we believe it or can I find proof the bull moose article is a myth? The quote in bold that came in my email today. And, if you thought folks in Northern Michigan did things "differently", check out the following: Only in Nordern Minnesnowta! ....... This guy raised an abandoned moose calf with his Horses, and believe it or not, he has trained it for lumber [Read More]
Record Northern Pike – Part 2
Last month I blogged about a Record Book Michigan Northern Pike. Since the story there has been a bunch of others that have surfaced as well as some interesting statements on the area the huge Northern Pike was supposedly caught. If you recall it was stated the Bass Lake, Iosco County, Hale was the origin to where not only caught a huge northern pike but, if true, would have [Read More]
Moon Phase Matters
Hunting the Moon Phase does Matter This past hunting season I decided to take my first out of state deer hunting trip. In planning the trip the main factors I looked at was the rut, moon phase, hunting outfitter, and past harvest season. With my hunting buddy being a farmer we had to make sure he got his corn chopped and combined before winter. This was the starting factor, [Read More]
Michigan Record Northern Pike
The below story is yet again a story that could be Fact, Fiction or half Truth. Story as Received in Email: For those of you who don't know where Big Bass Lake is, it's in Iosco County Michigan. Probably the biggest nearby town would be Hale, about three miles away...a beautiful little lake full of Pike. You will never, ever - see me swim in Big Bass Lake... WOW!! This [Read More]
New Nebraska State Record Deer: Is it Fact or Fiction or a Half-Truth?
The latest pictures have surfaced. I received these two pictures with a short story of a game warden who witnessed this deer. His claim is that the deer was shot in Nebraska by a 20 something year old. The estimate was it was a 38 point and is the potential Nebraska state record whitetail deer. I have went to google and did some searches with no success. I am now [Read More]
Monster Whitetail Deer vs Coyotes: Is it Fact or Fiction or a Half-Truth?
As usual, the hunting season has brought another email of pictures to be questioned. In this case it is a set of pictures of a story that can be truth, fiction or somewhere in between. The story sounded crazy at first and then I received it again from another source and yet another story emerged. Finally as I write this blog post there is a third email with yet another [Read More]