Deer ‘sharpshooters’ among options considered for Kalamazoo citizen group’s management proposal
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A deer walks across a non-motorized path off Geddes Avenue in Ann Arbor in April 2015. (Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News)
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KALAMAZOO, MI Sharpshooters, sterilization and deer birth control are among the options residents are considering while putting together a proposed deer management plan to present to city officials, according to Oakland Drive/Winchell Neighborhood Association President Pete Kushner.
“We have to look at lethal and non-lethal ways to control the deer population, so everything’s on the table,” Kushner said in an interview with MLive on Tuesday, May 18.
Bigger brothers reel in biggest catch of the day, win tournament
The Sault News
BRIMLEY Only 10 fish were hauled in and weighed by 22 different teams representing several law enforcement agencies as a part of Monday’s 19th annual “Bay of Pigs” tournament/fundraiser on Brimley Bay.
“It was a very slow tournament this year,” said Phillip Donnay of the Sault Ste Marie Police Department, organizer of the event. “(This was) the biggest tournament but the fishing was horrible. We caught bullhead and a lot of other fish, but no walleye. Looking forward to next year.”
Bruce and Ernie Bigger ran away with the tournament by totaling four fish weighing at 13.4 pounds. Bruce is a retired police officer from St. Ignace. The brothers took home $700 for placing first and an additional $100 for netting the day’s biggest fish, topping the scale at 4.68 pounds. The Biggers are no strangers to victory as they took first place in the Bay of Pigs tournament in years 2006 and 2007.
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Fishing in Michigan Could Win You Cash
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The DNR, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, is asking fisherman who catch trout or salmon to check for a clip on the adipose fin, that small, fleshy fin behind the dorsal fin. If you find one is could be worth $100.
Why the tagging?
It s all about science. The whole fish tag returns program helps biologists understand survival, age and movements of important sport fish according to Jay Wesley, Lake Michigan Basin coordinator, We are particularly interested in confirming the wild contribution of Chinook salmon to the fishery, movement and wild contribution of steelhead in lakes and rivers, and survival and movement of Atlantic salmon, Wesley said. This reward program will help incentivize anglers to become community scientists and help us collect valuable data.
Wildlife, State Agencies Benefitting From Gun Buying Boom Ammoland Inc. Posted on
By Larry Keane
State wildlife agencies are facing something many haven’t seen for years, even decades. They’re seeing flush budgets.
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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- State wildlife agencies are facing something many haven’t seen for years, even decades. They’re seeing flush budgets. Excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition makers to the Wildlife Restoration Fund, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), is nearly a half-billion dollars at just halfway through the fiscal year.
That’s a 64 percent increase over the same time last year, all due to more guns and ammunition being manufactured and the law-abiding citizens that purchase them. Last year, manufacturers paid in nearly $300 million in Pittman-Robertson excise taxes. That figure this year towers at $493 million.