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by Cory Olsen for MLive.com  Photo by Cory Olsen GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Lower Michigan firearm deer hunters have more shooting options this season, much to the excitement of West Michigan gun retailers. Saturday marks the first opening day of the new Limited Firearm Deer Zone in southern Michigan, a designation that will allow hunters…

 Photo: istockphoto.com by Nick Bade-Dodge, MUCC Policy Intern With the conclusion of midterm elections last week, we are now entering a “lame duck” period in the legislature. This means that current bills still working their way through the legislature will have to be acted on or dropped before the next term begins. Therefore, there is…

Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) proposed a new set of rules that seeks to define the waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA). This new set of rules are necessary after court rulings have made it unclear as to which bodies of water…

By MUCC Policy Intern, Nick Bade-Dodge Hunters, with firearm season starting this Saturday, you should remember changes to hunting zones in Southern Michigan. In June, the NRC approved a change in firearms regulations that allows straight-walled cartridges to be fired with a rifle in zones that previously only permitted the use of shotguns. In addition, large-bore air…

by Lia Biondo, MUCC Policy Intern    Photo: Mlive.com To bait or not to bait? As firearms season quickly approaches us, many deer hunters have already made their decision and are anxiously anticipating opening day. committed to the hunt, and the surrounding deer population. Baiting is legal in most of Michigan, except for the Northeast Lower…

With November 15th coming right up, hopefully you already have a great place to deer hunt lined up for the upcoming firearm deer season. Maybe it’s one of the steadily improving southern Michigan State Game Areas, a spot on the vast northern State Forest lands, or somewhere on federal forest lands. Or maybe you are lining up some…

 Photo: Michigan Tech U/AP LANSING—As expected, two laws that originally allowed wolf hunting were defeated through today’s moot referendum vote following a one-sided political ad campaign from the anti-hunting Keep Michigan Wolves Protected group, which is primarily financed by Washington, DC-based Humane Society of the United States. However, a citizen-initiated law passed in August will…

 Drew YoungeDyke Yesterday, the anti-hunters scored an incredible victory against hunting rights in Michigan and protected harmless wolves from bloodthirsty trophy hunters; at least, that’s what they’d have you believe. No, yesterday, the anti-hunters’ multi-million dollar ad blitz in southern Michigan’s urban centers convinced 55% of Michigan’s voters to vote against wolf hunting in a…

From myFOXDetroit.com – Click HERE for full article and video interview. When voters head to the polls on Nov. 4, they’ll be asked to decide the future of wolf hunting in the state. The long endangered species has made a comeback. There are now roughly 675 wolves roaming mostly in the Upper Peninsula. The numbers were so…

 Drew YoungeDyke On Tuesday, just vote “YES” on Props 1 and 2. It’s a simple concept, with complicated consequences. We’ve already won the battle on wolf hunting and naming game species by passing the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Proposals 1 and 2 will have no effect on that. No, these proposals aren’t about…