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Antlerless Deer Applications On Sale Now Through Aug. 15
LANSING (CBS DETROIT) - The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open through Aug. 15. Hunters can apply for a quota-limited...
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Wolf Hunt Foes Raise Most In Mich. Ballot Drives
By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING (AP) – Foes of a plan to allow wolf hunting in Michigan have raised the most among groups backing four statewide ballot drives. Keep Michigan Wolves Protected,...
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DNR Postpones Sale Of Wolf Hunting Licenses
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – Michigan has postponed the sale of wolf hunting licenses until Sept. 28 to ensure that license-sales technology is able to handle anticipated high demand. The state Department of...
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Feds Delay Review Of Plan To Drop Wolf Protections
By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – A federal agency is delaying an independent analysis of a plan to drop legal protections for wolves across most of the nation because of...
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Wolf Advocates Post How-To Manual For Saboteurs
HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Environmentalists upset with a federal proposal to remove protections for wolves across most of the U.S. have posted a manual on how to disrupt wolf hunts and sabotage traps. The...
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Mich. Man Ordered To Pay $75,000 In Poaching Case
CORUNNA, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - A Shiawassee County man has been ordered to pay the state $75,000 in restitution for his role in a poaching case. In addition to the restitution requirement, Brian Birchmeier,...
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DNR: Be Familiar With New Rules For Deer Hunting
DETROIT (WWJ) - It may be early September, but the first rounds of deer season – the Liberty Hunt and the early antlerless deer season, Sept. 21-22 – are only two weeks away. There have been some...
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DNR Reminds Whitetail Deer Hunters Of New Antler Point Restrictions
In an email to subscribers, the DNR Monday sent a video illustrating new antler point restrictions (APRs) for the northwest Lower Peninula. Starting this year deer hunters in 12 northern counties...
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Only 135 Licenses Left For Michigan Wolf Hunt
MARQUETTE (WWJ/AP) – Hunters have snapped up most of the licenses for Michigan’s first wolf hunt in November. But Michigan Department of Natural Resources spokesman Ed Golder said Monday that 135 of...
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DNR Predicts Successful Mich. Deer Hunting Season
LANSING (AP) - Deer hunters in Michigan are expected to see a successful season in the field this year, according to a new report from the state Department of Natural Resources. The DNR’s report on the...
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DNR: Top 10 Tips For A Safe Hunting Experience
DETROIT (WWJ) - With Michigan’s rich tradition of fall hunting getting under way, conservation officers at the Department of Natural Resources have offered their top 10 tips for a safe outdoor...
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DNR: Farm Losses Not Primary Reason For Wolf Hunt
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - A western Upper Peninsula farmer’s heavy livestock losses are not the primary reason for the first wolf hunt in Michigan since the animal was placed on the endangered species list...
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Michigan Wolf Hunt Starts Friday, Despite Protests
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – During a lifetime of hunting, John Haggard has targeted elk in Colorado, moose in Alaska and caribou in Canada. Now comes a new...
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Rocker Iggy Pop Urges Michigan To Call Off Wolf Hunt
LANSING (WWJ) – A campaign to protect Michigan’s wolf population has gained some star power. Michigan-native ”godfather of punk rock” Iggy Pop has written a letter to Gov. Rick Snyder asking him to...
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DNR: At Least 6 Wolves Killed So Far In Mich. Hunt
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – At least six wolves have been killed during Michigan’s wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. The state Department of Natural Resources updated the results Monday morning. The wolf season...
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DNR: At Least 11 Wolves Killed In Michigan Hunt
MARQUETTE (WWJ/AP) – At least 11 wolves have been killed so far during the wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula, putting the state on pace to meet the limit for Michigan’s first wolf hunt in decades,...
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Michigan Hunters Fined In Illegal Alaska Bear Kill
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A Michigan woman and her son have been sentenced to pay thousands of dollars in the 2009 illegal killing of a grizzly bear in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
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Michigan Hunter Details His Alaska Survival Tale
GRAND LEDGE, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan hunter who lived to tell the tale of his harrowing week in the Alaskan wilderness has attributed his survival to luck, guile and faith. Adrian Knopps was stranded...
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Top Mich. Laws Of 2013 Led By Medicaid Expansion
By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder and legislators so far have enacted more than 200 new laws in 2013, with roughly 70 more awaiting the governor’s signature after a...
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Hunters Not Close To Wolf Quota Before Hunt’s End
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) – With less than a week left until the end of Michigan’s first wolf hunt in decades, hunters had killed fewer than half the maximum 43 allowed....
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