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by Drew YoungeDyke, MUCC Grass Roots Manager and On the Ground Director So this is what it’s all about. All the weekends improving habitat with On the Ground volunteers. All the signatures and phone calls protecting hunting rights with Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management. The membership dues to MUCC and the wildlife club to fight…

by Lia Biondo, MUCC Policy Intern The American Woodcock is a well-known upland game species in Michigan. In fact, we rank number one for American woodcock harvest and production, with approximately 35% of the nation’s total harvested birds! With that popularity and ranking comes a responsibility for conservation and protection of the species. In an effort to…

by Lia Biondo, MUCC Policy Intern A proposed Wildlife Conservation Order, driven by changes to state law, would give Michigan residents an easier option to possess deer  Photo: Brian Allen/Corbis and certain other wild game species that were killed during a collision with a motor vehicle. Prior to the enactment of Public Act 255 of 2014,…

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES’ MISSION IS TO END HUNTING EVERYWHERE, AND THEY’VE NEVER BEEN CLOSER TO REALIZING THIS GOAL THAN THEY ARE TODAY. CAN HUNTERS SHUT DOWN THEIR SCHEME? Article by Tony Hansen, Frank Miniter, and Alex Robinson Click HERE for full article from OutdoorLife.com  Illustration by Viktor Koen The Muck Boots Company waded…

He Cried is a special blog submission from Christopher VanStee Tonight he cried.  This wasn’t just a run of the mill temper-tantrum cry of a little boy.  It wasn’t a cry of immature frustration or a standard life isn’t fare” cry.  This was unlike any cry he ever experienced before in his eleven limited years…

 Claire Eckstrom 1. Coming face-to-face with a bull elk could add that necessary element of danger your day job is lacking – because avoiding Steve from accounting has become too easy. 2. It’s a much cheaper way to get organic meat than Whole Foods. 3. All of your friends think that you’re a real-life Katniss,…

by Amy Trotter, MUCC Policy Manager Did you know that you can hunt some kind of waterfowl somewhere in the State of Michigan  Male Mallard in flight Photo: wikimedia.org almost any day from September 1st through Valentine’s Day (that’s February 14 in case you didn’t know)? That sure makes all the licenses necessary seem like…

 The ribbon cutting by Governor Rick Snyder, DU’s David Brakage and Pete Albrecht, and DNR Director Keith Creagh MUCC staff had the honor of being invited to a ribbon cutting and official unveiling of the wetland restoration work recently completed at the Maple River State Game Area. Anyone that drives 127 near St. John’s in mid-Michigan…

Reach OutofDoors is written by Shaun McKeon, MUCC Education Manager and Director of Michigan OutofDoors Youth Camp  The youth kick off firearm deer season this weekend! After spending the summer at camp working with youth teaching them what it means to be a responsible and ethical hunter and helping them with their shooting skills. After being part…

by Lia Biondo, MUCC Policy Intern Michigan is home to over 20 million acres of forested lands, ranking it ninth in the nation for lands covered by forests. Of  Photo: www.nrs.fs.fed.us – Michigan Forests Map those 20 million acres, 9 million is owned privately by around 400,000 Michigan individuals and families. In 1991, the United…