Posts Tagged ‘michigan deer

It’s thick, it’s wet and it’s tough. It is “Stormy Kromer” hats, red flannel and buck poles in the pines. Northern Michigan typically is not what most people imagine when Midwest whitetail hunting comes to mind. But it is the place I think of. Northern Michigan is a place of legend and tradition. It is [...]

Well I had a great opening day of the 2008 Firearm Season in Michigan!   Saturday evening, Nov 15th, I set up in a stand on a peninsula on our land that cuts into a nasty swamp and follows our stream. I sat looking down parallel to this stream edge, where a deer path runs [...]

Well I have 5 more hours until I’ll be headin out to my stand. Here’s one more song that I like to listen to while I’m gearing up for the hunt. There are few better songs about huntin then this great tribute to Fred Bear. This video was taken down by YouTube. Sorry guys. I’ll [...]

Due to the discovery of CWD in a deer in Michigan, all baiting has been banned in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Unfortunately this is spelling disaster for many farmers across the state who depend on the income from selling bait to support their families. At risk is $500 million of spending that comes with the [...]

The cool crisp air tonight has fully alerted my internal clock that bowhunting season isn’t far off! Here’s a good short clip of a hunter harvesting a nice Michigan whitetail, something I hope to be doing in less than a month! Notice how well he placed the shot in the lower vitals as the deer quartered away. [...]

CWD in Michigan

26, Aug 2008

I got some really bad news today when I found out that for the first time, a deer in Michigan has been diagnosed with Chronic Wasting Disease. So far the only case has been found in a three year old whitetail at a private facility in Kent County. The really bad news is that I [...]


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