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CALLING
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Kissin Close!
FALL
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TACTICS
ADVANCED
DUCK RECON
BUCKS
Love
TALL Grass
Walleyes--The Tactic That Keeps Giving Lady Archers Jigging Kings

Hunting Pressured Pheasants Extreme Shooting/Endurance Grouse Hunting
Wood Duck Hunting--The Fast & Furious Getting The Edge Grand Island Bears
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Field Notes...Tom Campbell
Outdoor Weekend, wolf hunt, deer tagging
OUTDOOR WEEKEND - SUCCESS
A quick thank you to everyone involved in the

28th Woods-N-Water News Outdoor Weekend, the
event was a huge success. After surviving incredible downpours and wild winds on Friday evening,
Saturday and Sundays weather was absolutely
gorgeous. Our vendors, speakers, sponsors, groups,
clubs and entertainment were all fantastic. As too
was help from our local community, the police and
fire departments, the Eastern Michigan State Fairgrounds, family and friends that all pitched in.
For more information on the Outdoor Weekend
check out our website, www.woods-n-waternews.
com, check the photo page on 37 of this issue and
mark your calendar for Sept. 11-13, 2015 -- next
years Outdoor Weekend dates.
OUTDOOR WEEKEND RING FOUND

Speaking of the 28th annual Outdoor Weekendwhen you have over 15,000 people visiting for the weekend theres always items lost,
misplaced or forgotten; keys, wallets, sunglasses,
phones, bags, grandparents, parents (just kidding
on the last two). However this year, Larry Gorske
from Franks Great Outdoors was packing up at the
end of the Outdoor Weekend and, to his surprise,
came across a wedding ring. A showgoer looking
over the great deals obviously didnt notice their
wedding ring slipped off. So if you left the Outdoor Weekend without your wedding ringand
SEASONS
Now-Sept. 30 - Salmon and trout open on Type 1 and 2

streams and Type A & D lakes.
Now-Sept. 30 - Lake trout and splake open Lake Huron
areas MH1-2.
Now-Nov. 30 - Great Lakes and Connecting Waters all
inland waters (except Otsego Lake, Otsego Co. and Black
Lake, Cheboygan Co.;) Note special possession rules and
seasons
Now-Sept. 30 - Crow season
Now - Nov. 14 - Ruffed Grouse hunting
Now - Mar. 31 - Rabbit season
Now-Dec. 11 - North Zone regular goose season (Canada,
snow blue and Ross)
Now Mar. 1 - Squirrel season statewide
Now-Nov. 14 - Turkey season by special permit
Sept. 20-Nov. 3 - Woodcock season statewide
Sept. 20-21 - Early Antlerless firearm season (Check regs.)
Sept. 20-21 - Liberty Hunt (deer)
Sept. 20-28 - Middle Zone regular goose season (Canada,
snow blue and Ross)
Sept. 20-22 - South Zone: regular goose season (Exclude GMUs)
Sept 27-Nov. 23 - North Zone: ducks, mergansers, coots
season
Oct. 1-Nov. 14 - Archery deer season statewide
Oct. 4-Dec. 25 - Middle Zone regular goose season
(Canada, snow blue and Ross)
Oct. 4-Nov. 30 - Middle Zone: ducks, mergansers, coots
season
Oct. 11-Dec. 7 - South Zone: regular goose season (Exclude GMUs)
Oct. 11-Dec. 7 - South Zone: ducks, mergansers, coots
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NO WOLF HUNT FOR 2014

With two pending wolf hunt referendums on
the November ballot next month, Proposal 1 and 2,
the Natural Resources Commission announced that
it would not consider a wolf hunt for 2014 because
there just wouldnt be enough time to establish the
hunt. Instead the NRC asked the Wildlife Division
to study the science and data of wolf depredation
and report in 2015.
A yes vote on Proposals 1 and 2 will maintain
the wolf hunts in three sections of the western Upper. A separate law, the Scientific Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Act, will grant the Natural Resources
Commission authority to designate game species
using sound science when it takes effect in March
or April. For more information check out page 15.
strong piece of wire or cord across the sticky side

of the kill tag so the tag can be folded in half. Tie
the wire or cord to the animal. Make sure the kill
tag is completely legible and visible for inspection.
The kill tag must remain attached until you process
or butcher the animal, or the animal is accepted for
processing and recorded by a commercial processor or taxidermist.
So this year, stick a zip-tie in your pocket and
tag your buck properly and then send us your
photo(s). You can email your photo to
wnw@pageone-inc.com.n
TAGGING YOUR DEER
Every deer season we get calls and emails from

very well meaning and concerned sportspersons
who point out the photos of harvested deer where
the tag is not attached properly. And we welcome
and appreciate those comments. Most improper
tagging is the result of wrapping the license around
the antler, which is incorrect as your tag must be
completely legible. So, as a reminder to all hunters according to the MDNR Hunting and Trapping
Digest (page 61), Immediately after killing a deer,
(bear, elk, or turkey), you must validate your kill
tag and fasten it to the antler, lower jaw, or lower
leg in such a manner that the tag remains securely
attached to the animal. Do not stick or wrap the
kill tag to the antler of a deer or to the leg of a
turkey. The best way to attach a kill tag is to lay a
Russ and Judy Posvistak

of Oceana Co. befriended
a grouse last winter
that followed them
around as they drove
their quad. Over time
the bird began to trust
the husband and wife
team and it began to fly
up onto the quad and
ride with them, eventually taking food from Russs
hand. They felt they were very lucky to have this
experience and wanted to share with our readers....Email your photos to wnw@pageone-inc.com
Hunting from a treestand is a popular way for

hunters to enjoy their season, but nearly every year
a Michigan hunter is seriously injured or killed
falling out of a treestand. Conservation officers
at the Department of Natural Resources remind
hunters of the top safety tips when it comes to
treestands.
Before a hunt, know your equipment:
Read and understand the manufacturers
instructions and warnings before using a treestand
and harness.
Check the stand, straps and chains before you
go out for signs of wear and tear or missing parts.
Practice at ground level with your treestand
and harness with a friend or family member.
Learn how to properly use your harness. The
DNR recommends a full-body harness.
Waist belts or upper body-only harnesses can
cause serious injuries or death in a fall.
When scouting for a tree:
Choose a healthy, straight tree that is the right
size to hold you and your stand.
Check the tree beforehand for insect nests or
animal dens.
Avoid using climbing stands on smoothbarked trees, especially during icy or wet weather.
Clear debris from the base of the tree to minimize injury from a fall and to ensure a sturdy base
if using a ladder stand.
During your hunt:
Tell a reliable person where you are hunting

and when you can be expected to return.
Wear a full-body harness and make sure it is
connected to the tree at all times. If using a ladder
stand or climbing sticks, attach the harness before
securing the platform to the tree or stepping onto
it.
Climb higher than your stand and always step
down onto your platform.
Wear boots with non-slip soles.
Never carry equipment when climbing use
a haul line to raise and lower equipment, unloaded
firearm or bow. Do not attach the line near the
trigger or trigger guard of your firearm.
Have emergency equipment a knife, cellphone, flashlight and/or whistle.
"DNR conservation officers responding to treestand falls see the same mistakes over and over
not using a harness or a haul line, said Sgt. Tom
Wanless, supervisor of the DNR hunter education
program. Nationally, 82 percent of hunters who
fall from a tree stand are wearing a harness, but its
not connected. And 86 percent of treestand falls
take place during the climb up or down. Harnesses
and haul lines save lives.
For more information about treestand safety,
go to the Treestand Manufacturers Association
website at www.tmastands.com. For more information about hunting in Michigan, visit the DNR
website at www.michigan.gov/hunting.
DNR COs emphasize treestand safety
HUNTING
FISHING
PUBLIC LAND HUNTS

Michael Veine page 8
The walleye tactic

that keeps giving
Mark Martin page 28
Calling bucks
Kissin' Close
Kenny Darwin page 12
Advance Duck Recon
Mark Romanack page 20
Big Cat Fish...

Here, Kitty Kitty
Ted Takasaki/Scott Richardson
page 40
Pheasant Season
Hunting pressured birds
Ryan Walker page 24
Bay of Quinte
WALLEYE
Mark Romanack page 58
Hunting wood ducks

The Fast and Furious
Lane Walker page 38
5 practical tactics
for fall muskies
Robert Dock Stupp page 84
Preparing for
GROUSE HUNTING
Michael Veine page 44
Jiggin' Kings
Kenny Darwin page 98
LADY ARCHERS
Catching
walleyes
is
possible
in Lake
Michigan
Dave Mull
page 115
Brian Miller...page 16
Utilizing
old and new
technology
to select the
best fishing
locations
Bill Ziegler
page 104
All in for opening day

Jordan Browne page 52
PERSPECTIVE
Midday Bucks
Brian Miller page 63
Michigan Meanders
Ever the optimist
Tom Huggler page 42
Deer Hunting 2014

4 Step Plan
Mark Spencley page 68
GEMS
Grouse Enhanced
Management Systems
MDNR page 66
Two Steps For Beginners

Deer Hunting 2014
George Rowe page 80
This year's deer hype

Mark Sak page 73
Deer Hunting 2014

Nasty Weather Bucks
John Eberhart page 92
COVER
PHOTO
By Kenny Darwin
Bucks
Love
TALL
GRASS
The Anniversary hunts
of Ed Pitchkites
Darryl Quidort page 76
Boat Smart...
Take care during lay-up
Captain Fred Davis page 75
Hunter,
Conservationist, Steward
Jerry Lambert page 79
Upper Peninsula
habitat improvements
page 82
Pheasant Hunting...
Then and Now
Len Jenkins page 90
Roughing it in Russia
Betty Sodders page 86
Steps to a cleaner Lake Erie

page 57
New COs put to the test

with 18-week field training
page 107
Osprey chicks outfitted

with satellite backpacks
page 78
TRAIL CAM PHOTOS

page 116-117
Moose collisions down

Richard P. Smith page 114
Sporting Collectibles
Striking Gold...Again!
Terry McBurney page 118
BLACK POWDER
Autumn's Inspirations
Tom Carney page 102
Dear Fish Diary...
Still haunted by the
ones that got away
Ron St. Germain page 112
FEATURES
What I love about Fall
Randy Jorgensen page 36
Extreme shooting
and endurance
Tom Lounsbury page 50
TACTICS
ADVANCED
DUCK RECON
BUCKS
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NO WOLF HUNT IN 2014

page 15
Conservation officer
Boat washing battles

aquatic invasive species
Jonathan Schechter page 48
Traditional Black Powder

The Rhythm of the Fray
Dennis Neely page 60
OPINIONS
Getting the edge

Len McDougall page 54
Gregory Patten honored

page 27
Grand Island
Nine bears moved
DNR Parks/Recreation
Chief receives award
page 30
ERA and DHA are big

concern to readers
page 108
WHITETAIL BIOLOGY
Precocious fawns grow to
become superior adults
John Ozoga page 70
DEPARTMENTS . . .
Trophy Page. . . . . . . 110 Classifieds . . . . 121-123
Letters-Op-Ed . . . 106-109 Real Estate . . . . . 123-137
Wood Duck Hunting--The Fast & Furious Getting The Edge Grand Island Bears
OUTDOOR NEWS
Outdoor Weekend Photos

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Lifetime license
holder feels cheated
Gun Chat...
Single-action shooting
Lee Arten page 74
BUCKS
Deer
Hunting 2014...
Kenny Darwin
page 32
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IT'S A YEAR-ROUND
OBSESSION
At least it is for us. We love deer hunting. Thats
why we fill our stores with deer-hunting experts and
hold local events not just during deer season, but
throughout the year. From laying out a food plot and
scouting with game cameras, through the heat of the
hunt and processing game, we are here to set you up
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PUBLIC LAND BUCKS

Dealing with hunting pressure is the key to
success on Michigans public hunting grounds.
ichigan has more public lands that

are open for hunting than any other
state east of the Mississippi. Even
with millions of acres available, just a
small fraction of that property actually
officers quality deer hunting opportunities. Complicating matters even more, those quality
public land spots are often fleeting as the
ever changing deer herd can serve up great
hunting one year, but then turn dismal the
next. Hunting pressure though is one of the
biggest factors in shaping any areas deer
herd. Dealing with hunting pressure is the
key to success on Michigans public hunting grounds.
On my U.P. property we have been
practicing quality deer management
(QDM) for many years and my
neighbors had also pledged to exercise similar harvest restraint. As a result, for many
years we enjoyed some pretty good deer hunting
with a decent buck to doe ratio and buck age structure even after hard winters. Unfortunately though,
as deer numbers dropped in our area from heavy
predation, winter kill and the overharvest of does
by a few hunters, some of my neighbors started to
kill off most of the young bucks. The result was
dismal hunting last year on my property. Fortunately though I didnt put all my eggs in one basket
and have always hunted public lands in the U.P. too.
Last year my public land spots were actually much
better than the hunting on my own land.
Two years ago I tagged out early in October and
dedicated a lot of time that fall towards scouting for
future deer seasons. I found a new area in a remote,
large chunk of public ground. My scouting indicated a healthy deer population and I didnt detect
any bowhunting activity in the area. I returned to
the spot during the 2012 firearm deer season and
was pleased to find nobody hunting the area then
either. Since there was no deer hunting going on
there, the chances of bucks surviving to older age
classes skyrocketed. I also found loads of
big buck sign in the area, which bolstered
my confidence for the next year even more.
I spent several days scouting there during that gun season and really learned the
lay of the land. Late November is prime
time for scouting as you can see through
the barren woods well and the sign you see
is very relevant. I scouted on bare ground
and I also returned to scout it more
after a snowfall. I found several
excellent bow-deer-stand sites for
the next season. I also found an excellent bear
stand site too, which I will try out next year.
During September of 2013, I went back into
the area and set up three treestands sites. I use a
Guidos Web treestand for all my public land setups. The Guidos Web are comfortable and safe to
use. I can sit all day without any discomfort in this
stand. It allows a full 360 degree shooting radius so
it is really well suited for my type of hunting and
makes me much more effective. Setting up a stand
site for a Guidos Web is very simple too.
This area is very remote with no vehicle or ATV
access. It would require a one-two mile hike to my
various stands. Those hikes would also include
traversing some wetlands too which is likely why
there was no other hunters in the area. Hunting
By Michael Veine
This public land Michigan buck is rare, but they are out there. Kenny Darwin photo
No matter where you are in Michigan, you can find public

hunting land. The MDNRs interactive map application that now
works on mobile devices, contains the most up-to-date information to help you plan your next hunting trip, and includes
both public hunting land, as well as private land open to the
public for hunting. www.michigan.gov/dnr.com
such a location is certainly not for everyone. Needless to say, anybody that is not in excellent physical
condition should not even think about hunting such
a spot.
I waited until the rut started to fire up in late
October before I started hunting the area. I had set
up three stands in that area and all of them were in
similar spots. All are on ridges flanking wetlands
and each spot was also a natural funnel too because
of blown over trees blocking passage to my advantage. One stand was ideal for a north wind, another
was perfect for westerly winds and the third stand
was perfect for southerly winds.
I had to put my truck in four-wheel-drive just to
get to within one mile of my closest stand. It was
a blustery, cold day with snow squalls coming and
going. I headed for my north wind stand at about
10 in the morning and took my time on the walk
in. I ascended the big cedar tree and settled in for a
vigil overlooking several deer trails along the ridge.
It was a long boring day with no deer sightings
until about 4 pm when a doe and fawn sauntered by.
That was all the action I had that day.
A few days later and I hunted my west wind
stand there. I bumped a few deer on the way to the
stand, but besides that I didnt see anything else
but red squirrels. The same thing happened when
I hunted my south wind stand for the first time too
with no deer sighted on stand. The second time I
hunted my west wind stand though I got into the
setup without spooking any deer. It was very windy
that day and squalls occasionally pelted me with
what weathermen call a wintery mix of snow,
sleet and freezing rain. I persevered though and
about one hour before dark I spotted a big deer in
the distance. Pulling out my monocular and glassed
him, I counted 8 points on his head. I had already
filled my unrestricted tag on a big six-pointer with
no brow tines, so a legal buck for me had to have
at least four points on one antler, which he did.
That buck was not only legal, but he was also very
big-bodied too, which I especially like in a deer.
He was working over some small bushes about
100 yards away from me when I pressed my grunt
call into action, but the wind was so strong that he
didnt even hear me. I was patient though and waited until he was looking in my direction and blasted
on the call very loudly, which caught his attention.
He didnt come my way though, but he didnt spook
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Public land bucks:
from page 8
10
either and just walked off angling

perpendicular to me, but he kept
looking curiously my way. About 30
minutes later, with about 10 minutes
of shooting time left, I glanced to my
left and saw the same buck heading
straight towards me. He turned left
at about 25 yards and when his body
neared an opening, I came to full
draw. The buck must have come back
to investigate the calls I made earlier
because he seemed to be searching.
When he stopped in the open, he was
slightly quartering away from me
when the arrow hit home. After the
shot, he whirled around and dashed
quickly out of site. In an instant, all
that could be heard was the wind.
When I shot him, it was just dark
enough that I couldnt see exactly
where the arrow hit. The shot felt
good and I definitely heard the arrow
plunk into him, but without actually
seeing where he was hit, I decided to
wait one full hour before checking
things out. It was pitch black by the
time I descended the tree. I found
some hair and blood at the site of the
hit, and easily followed the blood trail
for about 50 yards and then the blood
trail dried up. I slowly searched in
ever widening circles and after about
an hour of looking, I found the dead
buck where he had piled up after
running a button hook pattern. The
Spitfire broadhead had punctured his
liver and lung. The buck was indeed
big-bodied with a dressed weight of
over 200 pounds.
I tagged and field dressed the deer
and covered him with my jacket to
ward off predators and then headed
back to the truck. I then drove back
to my cabin and phoned my wife to
let her know what was going on. I
then changed clothes and strapped my
Jet Sled to the ATV and headed back
for the extraction job. I was able to
get a bit closer to the deer with the
ATV, but I still had to drag him nearly
one mile. By putting the deer in the
Jet Sled and pulling with a shoulder
harness, dragging the deer was made
much easier. I pulled him along in
short drags of about 50 yards and then
I would rest and catch my breath. I
repeated the process for hours until I reached the ATV. Having the
deer lashed into the Jet Sled also
makes loading it onto the ATV much
easier too. By the time I got the deer
back to camp, hung on the pole and
cleaned myself up, it was nearly 5
am. I was certainly tired, but I was
also certainly one very happy hunter.
I have killed dozens of nice bucks
over the last four decades hunting on

public lands in all regions of Michigan including the U.P. the Northern
Lower and also in Southern Michigan
too. A few years ago I found a new
hunting spot on state land near my
home in southeast Michigan. This
spot was best hunted from the ground,
so I set up a stand where I could sit
on my one-leg stool hidden among a
fallen tree. When the wind was right
for the spot (northwest) that year, I
hunted it for the first time and had
several antlerless deer saunter past
me, but no bucks. The next time I
hunted there was during late October
with the rut just shifting into gear.
Right before dusk a small herd of
deer materialized from the swamp.
They were heading right towards me
so I just hunkered down and waited.
There were four does and fawns and
one yearling, four-point buck, all of
which I had no interest in shooting.
As those deer came to within 20 yards
or so, I noticed a sixth deer following
them. His whitish colored rack was
easily visible and he looked impressive. The big buck worked a scrape
along the edge of the swamp and also
rubbed on a couple saplings working
his way into my effective bow range.
While I was waiting for him to present a shot, one of the other deer that
had ambled past me without incident
got down wind of me and blew the
alarm. The big buck was gone in an
instant. Even though that exciting
hunt was unsuccessful, it was still
awesome to have had a shooter buck
within bow range on some of the
hardest hunted lands in the state.
The key to that spot was the
unusual location. It was not far from
my parking spot, but it was fairly
hard to get to. The brush was very
thick there and I had to cross a small,
swampy creek-bottom, and circle a
wetland to reach the spot. The real
key to that spot though is the surrounding properties. I was hunting
in the corner of that state land parcel.
To the west of that spot was posted,
private land owned by an anti-hunter
who did not let anybody hunt on his
large, parcel. This created a great
sanctuary for deer and that property
harbors some whopper bucks every
year. I had to situate myself no closer
than 150 yards from the posted property lines and limit my shots to close,
double lung, slam dunk attempts that
would down a deer very quickly, but
that spot was certainly worth those
limitations.
In really hard hunted areas like
southern Michigans state game and
recreation areas, finding spots to hunt
with low hunting pressure is almost
impossible. Many people think that
just because hunters are willing to
walk a mile back into the woods
The author has been hunting public land for over 30 years with good success.
He took this dandy public land buck hunting in northern Michigan in 1981.
that they will somehow escape that
pressure, but that is just not the case.
As it turns out, there are a lot of avid
hunters out there that are willing and
able to penetrate into about every
nook and cranny of those public
lands. And just because you do find a
spot that nobody else is hunting does
not necessarily mean that there will
be any decent bucks there. I live near
the Waterloo Recreation Area, one
of Michigans most heavily hunted
areas. The hunting pressure there
from September 15 through the end
of the deer seasons is off-the-charts
intense with hunter numbers of over
50 hunters per square mile. With that
much continuous pressure, not many
deer will survive the gauntlet and
very few bucks will live to grow their
second set of antlers. With that in
mind, the best hunting spots are going
to be along the public property boarders where low pressured private lands
will give them sanctuary enough that
they have a chance to survive a year
or two. The best way to find those
spots is to call the property owners
asking for permission to hunt their
lands. Keep in mind that the chances
of actually gaining permission to
hunt those private lands will be about
nil. The main reason for contacting
them though is to covertly assess the
hunting pressure there. After they
turn down your polite hunting request
most will give you a rejection reason.
If they or others are hunting the property, then that is not good, but more
information would be nice, so very

politely then ask them how many
people hunt the property. If pressure
is low, then thats good. Another
good question to then ask would be if
they practice QDM and specifically,
do they pass up young bucks there.
If they do pass up young bucks, then
the adjacent public lands could have
some spillover from their practices.
If they dont allow any hunting there,
then that is much preferred as their
unpressured deer will from time to
time stray onto the adjoining public
land making for a good hunting situation indeed.
In the Northern Lower and the
U.P. finding remote hunting spots
with low hunting pressure is much
more possible. After tagging out last
year I spent the entire firearm deer
season scouting out a bunch of new
spots for this year. I found some
great looking spots with awesome potential. Deer hunter numbers are way
down in the U.P. One fringe benefit
of that is that hunting pressure has
been very low there for the last few
years. This year my private property
will likely have few if any shooter
bucks available.
Thankfully though I have a bunch
of public land spots in areas where
no hunting has taken place in many
years. Those spots will hold some
older bucks making me optimistic
for another successful deer season
in 2014. Good luck and have a safe
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CALLING BUCKS...
Kissin
Close!
A
re you tired of seeing

bucks at long distances
and wish you could get
them in easy range? Well,
the secret to success often
hinges on your hunting
skills and the ability to sound like a
deer. Far too many Michigan hunters
make the mistake of not calling bucks
when they see them. Most scout, place
their stand in a good location but
when Mr. Big comes into view they
lack the skill and knowledge to bring
bucks kissin close for easy shots.
I must admit I first hit on calling
tricks while chasing bucks with telephoto lens and I need subjects very
close for quality photos. So, Id call
them and some would ignore my vocalizations but others would walk directly toward the sound. Thats when
it hit me that Ive spent a lifetime
remaining motionless, quiet while
beautiful big bucks would
come into view. I wish I knew
back then what I know today
because if a deer looks like he
is passing out of range I start
talking immediately. Grunting
bucks into range is perhaps
my number one strategy for
success. Heres why.
Bucks during the pre-rut are
looking for a mate,
covering a lot of ground in search of
receptive does, and making scrapes
and rubs to mark their territory and
attract deer. During the pre-rut calling is perhaps the deadliest tactic Ive
used and it works better than scrape
hunting, rattling antlers and more. The
strategy is very simple, get into buck
country and once you spot a buck
grunt him into close range. Sounds
simple and actually it is provided you
follow some easy rules. Hey, if you
are seeing bucks and not calling them
into range you are simply missing out.
It is my opinion that most deer hunters
do not understand this basic rule, that
calling bucks will almost guarantee
hunting success year after year.
Heres how it works. Lets say
you have a buck inside 100 yards and
the wind is calm so he can hear you.
Now, give him a couple short grunt
calls, not too loud and wait. Watch the
deer to see if he responds by looking
in your direction. Do not call when
the deer is looking at you because he

will pinpoint you in a heartbeat, see
you and run the opposite direction.
But if he looks your way but turns and
continues walking give him a couple
more short grunts. Now he looks at
you, turns and walks in your direction
and you have him coming. Expect him
to walk directly at you but eventually
will try to circle the sound downwind.
If he wanders off course give him a
couple soft grunts to get him headed
your direction. Once the deer is coming toward you ready your archery
gear for the shot, dont make the
mistake of moving to position for the
shot when he is kissin close and can
easily pick up on your movements.
Bucks coming to a call often walk
directly toward you and offer a poor
target, although a neck or chest shot
is not out of the question. Get ready,
wait and often the deer will turn and
offer a broadside or quartering
away shot.
But what if it is windy,
raining, snowing or conditions
make calling difficult?
If the buck is upwind from
you a louder call is needed to
get his attention. Use a couple
loud grunts, one second
short grunts with a
one second pause
between calls. If he
cannot hear you, pick up the volume
and keep calling until you get his
attention. Sometimes you will need
to make several grunts, rustle leaves,
break twigs or branches to turn the
animal your direction. Now that he is
moving your direction stop calling,
allow the buck to search the area and
hopefully he will offer an easy shot.
If the animal slips kissin close and is
in range shoulder your crossbow or
draw for the shot. If he keeps moving and does not offer a stationary
target give him a soft beep or grunt
with your mouth and he will slam on
the brakes. Stopping a buck at close
range is tricky business and requires
nerves of steel when he comes to an
abrupt stop, jerks his head upward and
looks directly at you. Some deer will
bolt within seconds after making eye
contact with you; therefore it is important to shoot quickly. Dont rush your
shot but get off a shot fast, within
a couple of seconds after you burp
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The idea is to get a bucks attention. Turn his head; fire up his interest enough so that he
comes your way rather than continuing the opposite direction. Kenny Darwin photos
him to a stop. Savvy hunters practice
shooting quickly at targets because
they know that taking a buck requires
skills needed to drill the bulls eye at
lightning speed. Although some bucks
simply dont have a clue and they will
stay stationary until you shoot.
Each hunting situation is different
and the amount you call depends on
the conditions and how well the buck
responds to calls. Sometimes they
eventually walk away, only to reappear and walk into easy range. Few
thrills in life are more exciting than a
love sick buck that comes running to
the sound of another deer. Hunts can
end in a hell of a hurry when you are
charged by a receptive buck. Ya know
hitting the vitals on a big buck at
close range is simply much easier than
long distance shots requiring accurate
aiming and controlled breathing. One
thing is certain, when you release the
arrow at close range and hear the solid
thud of a sharp broadhead penetrating flesh and the buck goes berserk,
it is the brand of shooting guaranteed
to get your heart pounding. For many
hunters calling becomes their deadliest deer tactic once they develop the
skills to attract bucks, draw them from
afar into easy range and zap a big boy.
There are several tricks you can
use to bring deer into range. Some
hunters prefer to sit in a tree stand
and call only when they see the buck
of their choice. This strategy avoids
attracting satellite smaller yearling
bucks that are looking for action. If
you are after a particular buck in a
relatively small area over-calling can
alert wary adult bucks and reduce
your chances of drawing the animal
from hiding. It is not a good idea to
repeatedly call from the same stand
location because local deer will know
whats up. Calling from several different stand locations is often a deadly
method to fool wary deer.

Other hunters use a calling sequence to attract deer. Many begin
with a doe bleat and graduate to buck
grunts followed by a snot wheeze. A
few stick with only the buck grunt
and call sparingly until they see a
buck and then they increase volume
until they get the deers attention.
Once the deer locks on to the direction of the sound the hunters reduce
volume to entice the curious animal
closer.
A few hunters sneak through the
underbrush at a snails pace until they
come in contact with deer. Once they
see antlers they coax the buck closer
with soft, sweet sounding guttural
grunts mimicking muted sounds of
breeding bucks.
I use the stalk and call strategy
when traversing the woodlands with
crossbow or camera. I learned the
deadly tactic years ago when treestands were illegal and baiting was not
popular. This old fashioned ambush
strategy is still deadly today provided you can slip through the forest
like a fox. The trick is to be fully
camouflaged, move cross or upwind
and sneak through the brush without
making noise. The tactic requires
coordination, agility, flexibility and
For this brand of exciting deer hunting you need to be prepared for the buck of your dreams to stroll directly at you, sometimes they come
from nowhere, out of tall grass, brush, thickets at lightning speed. Are you ready for a close encounter and possible shot that is direct frontal,
quartering toward you or through thick cover?
and low light conditions to conceal
a willingness to slip through buck
weapon long before they are close
their approach. I often use spot and
country at super slow speeds. Savvy
enough to hear your heart poundstalk tactics to move close to bucks.
stalkers seek out buck hideouts and
ing. If you dont get excited when a
But in almost every case it is imporuse the wind, rain, blowing leaves,
trophy buck is in your hip pocket then
tant to call deer and draw them into
you need to take up golf. But learn
super close range.
how to control the adrenalin rush you
This strategy is almost too effecwill get when deer are actually stalktive during full blown pre-rut when
ing you. Be prepared and dont be
sex crazed bucks come running at the alarmed at how silently, stealthfully
sound of a rival. I can gauge rutting
and quickly deer move, their cat-like
activity by the number of bucks that
approach can catch a rookie hunter
respond. During peak rut I can attract completely off guard. Nothing is
bucks in three out of five locations.
more disheartening than to see pieces
However, the majority are yearlings
of a monster buck through the underthat are young, dumb and confused
cover, give him a seductive burp, you
about rutting activity. Therefore if
lose sight of him and all of a sudden
Ive spotted a dandy buck and move
he is staring at you from behind a tree
into his territory I dont just toot off
or brush and super close range.
at every deer I see. I wait until Ive
Humiliating encounters with
identified the Boss Buck and use
sneaky, wary big bucks quickly transmy vocalizations to seduce him into
form average hunters into seasoned
easy shooting range. Convincing an
pros or you concede and drop out of
adult buck to come your direction
the game. Truth is, some encounters
requires advanced calling techniques
while hunting adult bucks end up
like sparingly making sounds, lowerwith a rack for the wall while far
ing volume as big deer approach and
more end with a loud buck snort and
having complete confidence your
the sight of a wide rack disappearcamouflage is a perfect match for the
ing into the forest. If your deer hunts
environment. One thing is certain,
end with white flags bouncing in the
if you draw a dandy in range but
distance you need to make major
he suddenly notices you and bolts,
alterations to your strategy.
crashes through the brush like a bull
Failures come easy for hunters
moose running the opposite direction, that dont pay attention to scent elimiyou need to reevaluate your ability to nation, full camouflage, body motion
remain motionless and camouflage.
or calling tactics that spook deer. If
For this gig you better have your
calling does not work for you perhaps
equipment fully camouflaged includyou should stick with simply ambush
ing: clothing, hat, and everything. Oh, hunting tactics. But then again, who
if you neglect to cover your face most wants to sit in a blind or treestand for
deer will see you long before they
hours on end only to watch the buck
are in range and blow out of dodge.
of your dreams skate by out of range.
Bucks often respond to calling by standing stationary, ears cocked toward the direction of the Next, you need to concentrate on
My recommendation is to try to atsound and it takes them a few seconds to determine if they walk toward you or away. If you
controlling your nerves when bucks
call deer and they go the opposite direction you need to refine your technique, identify produc- come calling. Learn to anticipate their
tive sounds, control volume and learn how to make guttural sounds that bring bucks running.
Calling bucks kissin close page 14
direction and draw or shoulder your
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Ingham County.
After two days of cold weather
and nasty rain I decided to do some
scouting on a piece of property close
to home. The sky was slate gray as
low hanging clouds seemed to brush
the treetops as I walked an old logging road in search of deer tacks.
Thats when I noted two deer dancing
in tall grass and willows. I slipped
into the cattails nearby and gave a
couple grunts. Soon I could see the
white antlers of a dandy buck looking directly at me, and then he turned
and bounded the opposite direction. I
gave two more grunts and soon could
hear deer moving through the tall
grass directly at me. I shouldered my
TenPoint Stealth, flipped off the safety and peered through the scope at
the moving grass but out of the tangle
popped a doe. Lord, I was expecting a
buck but instead I called the doe. She
bolted at the sight of a hunter pointing
a crossbow in her face at less than 10
yards. I continued in the direction of
the deer and eventually caught sight
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is headed into easy range.
Calling is extremely effective
during the pre-rut and rutting seasons
from October 1 until the beginning of
gun season and once the orange army
hits the woods all calling bets are off.
Once the weather gets cold, snow
flies and the rut winds down you can
leave your calling tricks at home.
Late season is a time to concentrate
on food sources and set-ups that help
you intercept deer traveling to or
from food sources.
Harvesting a big buck scoring
over 150 in Michigan is a tough task.
Certainly there are days when Im
hot on the trail of a monster buck but
more often Im practicing hunting
skills to stay sharp for trophy outings.
Some days I dont touch the safety on
my crossbow unless a mossy horned
monster is coming my way. Other
days Ill call a smaller buck and drill
him just to harvest a deer for fresh
venison or because I had a fantastic
hunt. Such was the case last fall in
as I stood motionless, somewhat shell

shocked from the explosive in my
face whitetail encounter. The adrenalin rush was completely off the charts.
Not because the buck was a Booner
but because I played a cat-n-mouse
game with the wariest beast
on planet earth, got kissin close,
fooled him into thinking I was a
suitor and whacked him at point
blank range. I had won the hottest
whitetail game in town, called a buck
into super close range and executed
the kill.
What about you? Ready to bring
bucks in your area close enough for
an interview? Do you know how to
call deer from close or far? Can you
turn bucks that are headed the opposite direction? Do you know which
sounds to make when bucks come
looking? Or are you going to sit tight,
let them walk past out of range as
you wave good bye? Hey, let me just
share a secret with you, killing dream
bucks often only comes to those
who take a more active approach to
deer hunting. Sometimes the size of
the racks and number of bucks you
harvest depends on the noise you
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from page 13
of the same buck. This time he came

walking directly at me after one grunt
call. I readied the crossbow but this
time he flushed a small doe from the
tall underbrush and crashed through
the cattails chasing his sweetie. I sat
down, relaxed, took a break from the
fast-paced deer hunting action. Thats
when I could hear the faint sound
of another deer coming my way. I
was convinced it was a second buck
circling my position. So, I gave a
very low volume single grunt. Next
the deer moved directly at me as I
once again shouldered my crossbow.
Much to my surprise the buck stuck
his head, neck and chest out of the
cattails less than 12 yards away and
I put the illuminated dot on his chest
and touched the trigger.
The 125grain open on impact
broadhead found its mark and passed
through the critter at lightning speed
making a solid thawack sound. The
buck went airborne, made a strange
leap skyward and hit the ground running the opposite direction. On his
fourth bound I heard him crash to the
ground and then the woods became
completely silent.
My heart was pounding. I could
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No wolf hunt in 2014
NRC Asks DNR to Review Science,

Data on Wolf Depredations for 2015
The NRC set a quota of 43 wolves

across three separate zones of the
Upper Peninsula in 2013, of which
hunters harvested 22. Whether there
is a wolf hunt in 2015 and what the
hunting unit boundaries and quotas
are will be determined by the Natural
Resources Commission based on the
Rick Baetsen photo
recommendations of DNR biologists.

The Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act requires the NRC to use
principles of sound science in designating game species and establishing

hunting seasons and regulations.n
he Natural Resources Commission announced that it would

not consider a wolf hunt for
2014, even if the two referendums
on the November 2014 ballot which
originally authorized a wolf hunt were
approved. A separate law, the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act,
will grant the Natural Resources Commission authority to designate game
species using sound science when it
takes effect in March or April.
Even if the referendums are
passed, there would not be time to
establish a wolf hunt in 2014, said
Commissioner John Matonich. We
ask the Wildlife Division to study the
science and the data on wolf depredations of dogs and livestock and present their findings to the commission in
2015.
Russ Mason, chief of the DNR
Wildlife Division, also announced
that department biologists would be
reviewing and possibly updating the
departments wolf management plan.
Were very happy with the decision to study the science and not to
rush a wolf hunt this year, said Amy
Trotter, resource policy manager for
Michigan United Conservation Clubs.
The Scientific Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Act was not about a
wolf hunt, despite what the anti-hunters claimed. It was about making the
decision and others like it with sound
science, and that is exactly what the
NRC has asked for.
The Humane Society of the United
States announced that it would be
campaigning aggressively for a no
vote on Proposals 1 and 2 this November, which originally granted the
Natural Resources Commission the
authority to establish Michigans wolf
hunt last year. However, the decision
not to hold a wolf hunt in 2014 renders those referendums meaningless,
since the Scientific Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Act will re-grant the
NRC that authority when it takes effect, regardless of the referendums.
We dont plan to spend any money on what is essentially an exit poll,
said Drew YoungeDyke, a spokesman
for Citizens for Professional Wildlife
Management, the coalition behind the
Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Every dime that HSUS
spends on the referendums is one that
wont shelter a single pet, but I think
people are starting to realize thats
not what they do, anyway. We are
encouraging people to vote yes, on
Proposal 2, though, to let HSUS know
that it cant buy votes just by spending
a lot of money on political commercials.
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BOW ZONE...Melissa Bachman, North American Hunter TV

personality and accomplished bowhunter, has become a role
model to women across America. Melissa Bachman photos
Women should shoot something with a comfortable
weight so they enjoy the experience.
Compact
Shorter draw lengths allow many women to
get away with a shorter axle to axle. Bachman,
along with many other women, really prefers a
shorter axle to axle. Bachman says, I like to have
a smaller and compact bow especially for ground
blind hunting, which I do a lot of. Of course there
are benefits to having a long axle to axle, but Ive
been very happy with a shorter bow. The shorter
length doesnt affect women the same way as some
tall men because of womens shorter draw lengths.
That alone is a big bow hunting benefit because of
maneuverability. Unless a womens draw length is
greater than 29 inches short bows work well.
Spot and stalk with a bow is difficult, but a
shorter bow is easier to carry around the field. Short
bows make navigating around tree limbs, repositioning inside a blind, or sneaking into archery
range that much easier.
Draw Weight
Can you really kill a deer with less than 40
pounds of draw weight? Without a doubt: Absolutely, its more about placement then poundage. Christi
Schreiber, competitive archer and avid Michigan
bowhunter, has taken plenty of deer shooting a
lower poundage bow. When Schreiber talks bows
you can see the passion in her eyes. In a year she
puts more arrows into the perfect 10 ring then most
will in a lifetime. Schreiber pulls 47 pounds, and
during her 3D competitions many other female
competitors are shocked at how much she draws.
Lots of women shoot low poundage. Schreiber said,
I can honestly say I shot my first deer pulling 33
pounds and had a 24 1/2 inch draw.
Lower poundage bows means that arrow placement and penetration becomes critical. Schreiber
said, I think as long as you put in the practice to
make the ethical clean shot within a range of 30
yards, penetration should be just fine. Also helping is the fact that new bows have greater kinetic
energy. For the same poundage, new bow produce
a higher arrow velocity than older bow designs.
Many broadhead companies have lower kinetic
energy expandable broadheads but Schreiber has
decided to only use a fixed blade broadhead for
become a role model to women across America.
bowhunting because of the shorter draw length and
Having spent countless hours in pursuit of game,
low poundage.
she not only knows archery but also knows how
Bachman currently has her bow set at 64
demanding the great outdoors can be on archery
pounds; however, she has been shooting a bow
equipment. Her lighthearted attitude, passion for
since she was 5-years old. Bachman said, I am
the sport, and dedication to the outdoors at- so lucky, Ive built up those muscles over time. I
tracts others to the sport. Bachman has pro- believe in only drawing a weight you are comfortvided some of her archery insights about
able with. Not everyone is so lucky; only shoot a
important qualities of womens bows.
comfortable draw weight for you.
Hunting 2014 -- Bow Zone...
Lady Archers
Select a bow that feels right, is quiet,

lightweight, and easy to handle!
he entire archery industry has recently

expanded into new territory, from hitting
the big screen to reaching new hunting
demographics. Most recently, female
hunters have been the fastest growing demographic in the industry. Many
female hunting groups have been
founded to support women and girls entering the sport. The hunting market itself
has responded by designing hunting gear
specifically for women, including fitted
camouflage hunting clothing, turkey and
deer calls, and bows, to name a few.
In the past, women either needed to
step into their husbands bow that did not
particularly fit, or use a youth bow
that lacked efficiency and power.
The market has changed forever and
archery bows are now designed specifically for a
womans body.
Lets face it; womens bodies are different
which demand something different. Every major
bow manufacturer now has a womens bow line,
which has helped empower women hunters. The
options offered today give women many choices on
bow styles that have never been available before.
Melissa Bachman, North American Hunter
TV personality and accomplished bowhunter, has
Light-Weight
The terrain archery hunters tackle
to chase big game varies as much as the
game we chase. Bachman has traveled the
country in pursuit of big game, traversing
every type of terrain imaginable. At
times those pursuits stretch for weeks,
making bow weight very important.
Bachman said, I do a lot of spot and stalk hunting
and your bow can get heavy after time, but I believe
having a light bow is most important if youre
at full draw for an extended length of time. The
heavier your bow is the harder it will be to keep it
steady at full draw if the animal is not cooperating.
Most women are smaller framed than men so
a smaller framed, lighter weight bow just makes
sense. Today getting a bow weighing less than
four pounds with a petite riser is becoming easier.
By Brian Miller
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Smooth Draw
Some of the best built hunting bows have an
exceptional draw cycle. Drawing back the bow and
the let down from full draw should both be smooth.
Whether you are a lady or new to archery, look for
a smooth drawing design. A smooth drawing design
allows a hunter to draw higher pounds and have it
feel like less draw weight. The medium valley at
full draw also allows the let down to feel smooth.
This becomes most important when chasing wild
game. One of the features Bachman considers most
important is a smooth draw cycle.
Perfect Fit
There is nothing like picking up a bow that feels
just right; it becomes an extension of your arm.
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It is a different
archery market
today and many
new women are
finding excitement in the sport
of bowhunting.
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Lady archers:
from page 16
This is no different for women, but a
woman with a smaller frame needs a
smaller bow. Schreiber believes, A
bow that fits and is comfortable in the
hand are the most important properties of a bow.
Draw length is very important.
Schreiber sees a lot of women leaning back while at full draw; this will
cause problems in shooting form and
consistency downrange. This is all
due to draw length that is too long.
She also prefers a petite grip which
will also help comfort, form, and accuracy by allowing the bow to fit into
a womans hand comfortably.
Some entry level bows have
adjustable draw lengths and weight.
These adjustable bows have been
popular with women and others new
to the sport, allowing them to start
out with a lower draw weight and
build into higher draw weights without having to spend a lot of money
upgrading their bow.
Designed For Ladies
For many years hunting has been

marketed and equipment design has
been focused almost entirely towards
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men. That is changing. Its not that

women didnt participate in the sport,
but it was not advertised or marketed
to them. It is a different market today
and many new women are finding
excitement in the sport. Recognition
has been given, there are women
celebrities, and bows are specifically
designed for women. All of this has
been a wonderful change. Celebrities
like Bachman have become a role
model to many women and girls who
are looking to become hunters.
Purchasing a bow that will be
both accurate and enjoyable to shoot
is very important. A youth bow
painted pink will not be efficient
or accurate. Stay away from infe-
rior bows with inefficient cams and

strings. A high-performance womens
bow will grab and maintain the interest of a new hunter. New hunters
want early success to stay interested
in the sport. Good high performance
womens bows are available. Look
for a bow with the same speed and
performance, yet is smaller and more
lightweight for the ladies.
Not only can a bow be fitted for a
womens body, but accessories have
also been designed to match. Arrow
fletching, quivers, rests, wrist guards,
and other accessories are accented in
colors women want. Bachman said, I
really do like pink bows. I have one
bow that is solid pink that I use for
bowfishing. My regular bow is black

with pink accessories.
Bachmans most important
features on a bow are a smooth draw
cycle, light weight, and being quiet.
Schreibers most important features
include a bow that fits, is comfortable in hand and is in your price
range. The qualities listed by these
two ladies are excellent ones for any
bowhunter to keep in mind.
Women have smaller-framed
bodies; therefore require a smallerframed bow. Select a bow that feels
right, is quiet, lightweight, and easy
to handle. Success will build upon
itself and youll be hooked on archery
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Advanced Duck Recon

A Good Waterfowl Hunt Takes Effort...By Mark Romanack
trading. Its common to loose sight of

birds trading across the sky. The best
approach at this point is to sit tight for
a few minutes to see if another group
of birds passes by heading the same
direction. If no more birds happen by,
head back to the roost and try to pick
up another group of birds heading out
to feed.
The goal is to find the places the
birds are feeding or loafing water
near feeding areas the birds favor.
Armed with this information, setting
up a hunt becomes a matter of simply
confirming a few more pieces of the
puzzle.
ilitary intelligence is
based on the knowledge
of predicting what an
enemy is going to do
before they do it. Duck
hunters can benefit from
the same mind set. Field reconnaissance or scouting to determine where
ducks or geese drink, rest and feed is
the key to predicting their daily movements and in turn the best places to
intercept them.
Scouting isnt just driving around
aimlessly looking for a concentration of birds. Scouting is a more
complex understanding of waterfowl
movements based on weather, food,
available water and resting areas that
determine the predictable whereabouts
of waterfowl.
Every waterfowl hunter worth
his decoys knows that scouting is an
important element in hunting success.
The problem is many hunters simply
dont take scouting serious enough or
spend adequate time patterning the
birds before making hunting decisions. Making a premature hunting
plan is almost as bad as making no
hunting plan. It takes time to determine the predictable movements of
ducks and geese and time is something modern day hunters have less to
spare.
Loafing Water
Maps And GPS
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Scouting for either ducks or

geese starts with good maps to guide
the process and maintain a permanent record of every hunt. In rural
America the best maps are found in
plat books typically produced by the
local Cooperative Extension Service
or Farm Bureau. Plat books are sold
in farm stores, hardware outlets and
other rural businesses that cater to the
agricultural industry.
In Canada, documents known as
Rural Municipality Maps are similar
to plat books. Individual Rural Municipality Maps are sold in offices located
in each respective municipality. These
offices are similar to a township hall.
Automobile global positioning
systems or GPS units have mapping
features that are a great supplement to
platt or rural municipality maps. GPS
units that have mapping data show
not only roads, but physical features
like lakes, marshes and other wetland
areas.
GPS units designed for automobiles are useful, but the screen on
these units tends to be rather small
and the installed maps are not usually
as detailed as platt or rural municipality maps. Some hunters go a step further and mount a fishing style GPS
The author has spent the past 30 years chasing ducks and geese all across the globe
including trips to all the popular duck states, Canada, Mexico and Argentina. The one thing
thats consistent about waterfowl hunting no matter where you go, scouting is the key to
enjoying quality hunting. Mark Romanack photos
in their vehicle that has been loaded
with map data specific to their hunting
area. A model with a five inch screen
is about perfect for mounting on the
dash of a pick-up truck or SUV.
Many maps that can purchased
and in some cases downloaded for
free. Over the course of a few seasons, a GPS unit with detailed maps
loaded helps the big picture of scouting become easier to understand. Use
the GPS to save and label the location
of every hunt and other key pieces
of information like the best access
sites to fields or waterways, obvious
landmarks, hazards to avoid, parcels
of public land, etc. Collectively these
bits of information start adding up to
a wealth of knowledge that makes the
chore of predicting where waterfowl
will hang out easier to determine each
year.
Roosting Water
Roosting water or the place that
waterfowl prefer to spend the night
represents a good place to start the
search for waterfowl. Hunting the
roost site is usually a bad idea as disturbing large concentrations of birds
on the roost is going to scatter those
birds to the winds, potentially pushing
countless ducks and geese right out of
the area entirely.
By leaving the roost alone, this
becomes a logical starting point for
determining where birds are naturally
trading to find food. By watching the
roost in the morning and again in the
afternoon, a good idea of the general
direction birds are heading can be
confirmed.
Following the birds is the idea,
but unfortunately roads rarely run
in the same directions the birds are
Ducks and geese use water for

different purposes. Sometimes these
birds are using water to roost away
the nighttime hours. Other times birds
will use different waters as temporary
watering holes or loafing sites.
Grain feeding geese and ducks often take breaks while feeding to grab
a quick drink from waters that are
in close proximity to their preferred
feeding area. Identifying a loafing
water is as close to the holy grail as
you can get in waterfowl hunting.
Small groups of birds will pitch into
these loafing waters expecting to grab
a quick drink or to take a few minutes
to clean their feathers.
Ideally, loafing waters should be
far enough away from feeding fields
that the reports of the guns wont
spook birds from their primary interest, the feeding field. Often just having enough breeze to carry the sounds
of the guns the opposite direction is
enough to avoid spooking birds.
Finding a good loafing water
close to a major feeding field sets up
a situation for planning not one, but
two hunts. Hunt the loafing water
first, picking off birds in small groups
as they come and go from the field.
Then, plan a hunt for the next cay on
the field to target the main group of
birds.
Fine Tuning
Finding the field birds are pouring
into or a wetland they are using heavily is a huge rush and a great sense of
accomplishment. Actually, this part
of the scouting process is the easy
part. Picking apart a potential hunting
location to determine the absolute best
place to stage a hunt takes a lot more
effort and scouting savvy.
Since good waterfowl hunting
areas are more often than not found on
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private lands, the first step becomes
securing hunting permission. It makes
little sense to spend hours patterning birds you cant get permission
to hunt. Once permission to hunt is
secured, its time to get serious about
hunting.
Just being in the neighborhood that birds are using isnt good
enough. The goal should be to look
beyond the big picture in an effort to
figure out what spots on the spot are
attracting birds and why. The strategy
of zeroing in on exactly where to hunt
depends a lot on what kinds of birds
are involved.
The best scouting strategy for
birds like geese or grain loving ducks
including mallards or pintails is
different from water feeding puddle
ducks or divers.
Grain Loving
Geese And Ducks
Scouting for dry land hunts targeting canada geese, specs or snows and
also grain loving ducks like mallards,
black ducks and pintail fall into a
similar category. Normally these
birds concentrate on grain fields that

have lots of waste grain.
These birds have an uncanny
knack for finding the best concentrations of food and zeroing in on that
specific location. By simply being
patient and using binoculars to watch
birds coming and going, these critical
hunting locations start to become
obvious.
Once a specific location thats
concentrating birds is identified, try to
determine if any natural cover exists
that would make an obvious place to
set up. Often low spots in fields dont
get planted and simply grow up to
weeds. If the spot birds are favoring
is close to one of these natural hides,
try to take advantage of cover whenever possible.
Often grain loving birds are found
right out in the open with little or no
natural cover available to work with.
In this case the best option is to thatch
layout blinds with natural stubble
and set up so incoming birds are not
landing directly into the blinds, but
rather on a crossing wind that forces
the birds to cross left to right or right
to left in front of the blinds.
Another key element of field

scouting is yet to be determined.
Watching birds pitching into a field is
one thing. Finding that exact spot on
the spot the next morning and in the
dark is yet another. The only sure way
to find the exact location is to wait
for the birds to leave on their own to
return to the roost and then to drive
or walk in and get a GPS waypoint
recorded.
If you dont have a GPS unit, put
a stake in the ground with a colorful flagging tape attached to make it
easier to locate the spot again. In the
morning birds typically leave their
feeding fields and return to the roost
starting about 10 oclock. In the afternoon, ducks and geese will typically
return to the roost soon after sundown, but before its too dark to see.
In addition to marking the hunt
location on the GPS, its also a good
idea to save some other key pieces of
information including the best access
point to get into the field, any landmarks that can help with navigation
and a secondary spot to set up should
getting to the primary spot become
difficult or impossible.
All it takes is a little rain and mud
to make an otherwise productive
field hunt a complete bust. Looking
at the weather options, its always a
good idea to have a fall back plan.
Consider a spot thats within walking
distance should it become impossible
Consistently getting the jump on ducks

requires a comprehensive approach to
scouting that patterns the birds daily
movements.
to get a truck and/or trailer into the
field.
Pond Ducks
Water loving ducks like teal,
gadwalls, widgeon and shovelers
are home bodies when it comes to
picking their favorite wetlands. Often
these birds roost and feed on the same
small bodies of water. The best way
to target these birds is to hunt them
on the waters they favor.
There are two strategies that can
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The first option is to slip in before
first light and to flush the birds. As
soon as the birds bust, set up a small
decoy spread in exactly the spot the
majority of the birds were resting in.
It usually only takes 30 minutes to
an hour for these birds to start returning. If youve set up where the birds
want to be, it can seem like these
ducks are on a suicide mission. Set
up in the wrong spot and its amazing how calling and decoys suddenly
appear worthless. Its important to be
where the birds want to be regardless
of the availability of cover.
One trick is to hunt from field
style layout blinds when ducks are
favoring a part of a slough or marsh
that has little or no cover to hide in.
A well mudded and or thatched up
layout blind works amazingly well on
sand bars, mud flats and even open
beach with next to zero cover. The
key is to keep the blinds closed and
the hunters inside motionless until the
birds commit.
The second pond duck strategy involves afternoon hunting. This option
is much more risky. Birds spooked
from their preferred water hole in the
pre-dawn are for the most part going
to return within only a few minutes.
Birds that are spooked in the
afternoon in daylight are going to be
less predictable. On average about
half the birds jumped are going to
When Mark and Mari Romanack arent busy filming episodes of Fishing 411 TV you can find
them chasing waterfowl anywhere the birds are abundant.
leave the area and the other half are
going to fly around for awhile and
return.
To have a good afternoon hunt requires jumping a fairly large concentration of birds to insure enough of
those ducks return to make a productive hunt.
Diving Ducks
Diving ducks are one of the most
difficult birds to scout and pattern.
Because these birds are very comfortable just rafting up on open water,
they have the luxury of loafing or

roosting almost anywhere.
If you bust divers using a particular area, there is a good chance
the flock will simply fly over a short
distance and land again, making it
nearly impossible to get those birds
into a decoy spread. The answer with
diving ducks is to target feeding areas
the birds favor and to avoid loafing or
resting spots.
The best way to confirm divers
are feeding is to watch the birds as
they dive and pop back up to the sur-
face. If the birds are simply loafing,

they will most often be found with
their head tucked under a wing or just
lazily drifting around.
When a preferred diver feeding
area is found, its hard to drive the
birds away. In fact, often the best
hunting approach is to motor right
into the birds and scatter them. Then
set up a decoy spread and hunt from a
boat blind on the exact spot the birds
were feeding in. Often the birds will
be returning before the hunters can
get set up and ready for action.
Divers can be effectively targeted
for morning or afternoon hunts so
long as the exact feeding area is identified. Miss this mark even by a short
distance and the incoming birds will
rocket past the decoys only to pitch in
where they know the feeding is best.
Final Thoughts
Scouting is a whole lot more than
driving around aimlessly searching
for a field or marsh full of ducks and
geese. Having a strategy and sticking with it is the best way to pattern
ducks and geese. Its true that scouting eats up potential hunting time.
Think of scouting as necessary time
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This rooster was flushed from edge

habitat in a brushy ditch-line containing cattails. Author photos
Pheasant Season
Pressured Birds -- Hunt The Edges...
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By Ryan Walker
he early November day

had been a long, exhausting, wet excursion for the
human hunters and their
four-legged companions.
Pheasant flushes had been
plentiful on the October
20th opener and the few days that followed, but the end of the regular fall
pheasant season found few birds. Our
hunting party had combed our usual
grassland habitats for the better part
of the morning and early afternoon
with only two flushes to show for
our considerable effort. As the days
hunt came to a close, we had to face
the unpleasant task of crossing a 20
acre plowed field in order to reach our
vehicles.
We neared the end of our openfield hike complete with mud and
furrows. Hunters and dogs were
drenched with sweat and ripe with
fatigue. The only obstacles in our way
to comfort were a strip of ragweed
approximately 15 feet wide and a
shallow drainage ditch full of small
cattails and tall grasses. Guns were
unloaded and anyone with a sling
had it riding comfortably over their
shoulder. Imagine our shock as we
entered the drainage ditch and two
mature, rooster pheasants exploded
into the autumn air. All we could do
was shake our heads and chuckle as
the gorgeous ringnecks cackled out a
sarcastic goodbye.
Since that encounter many decades ago, I have come to realize
hunting high pressured pheasants late
in the season requires a change in
perspective. Birds will regularly leave
the grassland habitats they frequent
during most of the calendar year when
they come into continuous contact
with hunters. It is difficult to pinpoint
exactly where high-pressured pheasants will relocate, but edge habitat is
a good spot to begin to search. Edge
habitat is where two different habitats
converge. An example of edge habitat
would a marsh bordering on a hardwood forest. This example is not edge
habitat that pheasants will frequent,
but there are many types of edge habitat that pheasants will seek out as the
hunting season progresses.
Locating ideal edge habitat may
seem like a daunting task in the fall
when leaves are falling and natural
vegetation is changing. Outdoor writer, radio personality, and Thumb-area
pheasant aficionado Tom Lounsbury
simplified identifying edge habitat.
Lounsbury once said, As the pheasant season progresses, you have to
think like a rabbit. He explained that
pressured birds will seek out the thick
cover that is typically associated with
cottontail rabbits. As flushes dwindle
this fall look around for some of the
following late season, edge habitat
hotspots.
The dogs always give me a doubtful glare when I implore them to join
me in the thick brush patches that
surround the ocean of big bluestem,

Indiangrass, and switch grass. It is no
picnic continuously dodging autumn
olive, alder, and willow branches that
are trying to knock the frown from
your face. However, pushing through
the dense foliage can produce late
season pheasants. Long strips of brush
that serve as edge habitat next to a
grassland can be hunted in a number
of ways. One technique that seems
to stand out is a small group drive.
Ideally, four hunters can thoroughly
execute an effective pheasant drive
through thick shrubs. One hunter
should be placed as a blocker at the
far end of the brush strip. A second
hunter should walk in the open grassland near the border where the brush
and grassland meet. This hunter serves
two purposes: the first is to intercept
any birds that flush out the side of the
thicket. The second purpose is to keep
running pheasants moving through the
brush towards the awaiting blocker.
The final two hunters will take the
dogs to navigate through the brush
in order to keep the birds moving to
the end of the strip where they will
eventually flush.
As illustrated by the flashback
previously recounted, ditch lines near
grasslands become magnets for late
season pheasants. Over time, drainage ditches are overrun with brush,
weeds, and grasses. The intense cover
makes it a lot of work for predators,
including human hunters, to roust
Pheasant season page 26
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Pheasant season:
from page 24
out pheasants. Ditches that are bordered on either
side by grasslands create ideal late season pheasant
habitat. Three hunters can employ a ditch-line drive
without having to enter the jungle of underbrush.
Placing a hunter on either side of the ditch not only
moves pheasants toward the end, it also helps keep
the dogs working the brush. The third hunter can
be posted at the end of the ditch-line. If there is
no physical end on the property you have permission to hunt, choose an area where the vegetation
thins and have the blocker stand near that location.
Generally the action will heat up as the drivers and
dogs get closer to the blocker.
Abandoned farmsteads are another late season
pheasant possibility. By definition, a farmstead is
a farm and any buildings located on it. Abandoned
farmsteads can include an old farmhouse, barns,
sheds, corn cribs, chicken coops, and other agricultural out-buildings. An old farmstead usually
includes a fruit orchard, berry patches, and old,
dilapidated farm equipment. The passing of time
adds high weeds and brambles that surround the
old buildings and equipment. Those high weeds
create cover for pheasants that have been chased
from their grassland habitats. Overgrown orchards
and berry brambles provide food during the late autumn months which will keep birds hanging around
the smaller territory.
Hunting abandoned farmsteads can be a challenge due to all the man-made obstacles. One
strategy is to find a funnel of cover that flows to an
opening. Once the funnel is located, a small group

of hunters can work the grass and brambles around
the farmstead. The hunting party should choose a
narrow point to work toward. The path the hunters take will resemble a triangle. They begin 15-20
yards apart and gradually narrow the distance
between them as they work toward the predestined
point. Running pheasants will be pushed until they
run out of cover which will ultimately lead them to
flush.
One of my favorite pheasant honey holes is
lined with cattails. Pheasants readily seek out cattail marshes as winter brings snow, sleet, and frigid
winds. High pressured pheasants can be found in
cattails during the latter stages of the fall season as
they attempt to elude detection. Cattails bordered
by grasslands and/or agricultural fields can produce
a multitude of flushes the first time they experience
hunting pressure.
Usually cattails found in conjunction with
grasslands are small swales that can be hunted in
a matter of minutes. Three hunters can work most
cattail swales, especially if they are accompanied by a couple of good bird dogs. One blocker
should hook away from the cattails to make his/her
approach to high ground at the end of the swale.
Once in place, a flanker should swing to the outside
of the swale, opposite of the predominant cattail
cover. The third member of the group will take the
dogs to work the thick cattails along the edge of the
swale. Birds are highly unpredictable when flushed
from cattails. Some may erupt right in front of the
driver, while others might run through the maze of
cattails until they reach the end blocker. Old, smart
roosters can elude the dogs by running to the other
side of the swale where the flanker will be atten-
Late season pheasant hunting may not be primetime, but

it can still produce birds.
tively waiting.
The last week of the fall pheasant season may
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ichigan conservation officer

Gregory Patten, a 28-year
veteran of the Department of
Natural Resources, recently was named
the 2013 Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of
the Year by Shikar-Safari International.
The international hunting organization is
involved in such recognitions of key officials in natural resources agencies across
the United States and Canada.
I want to commend Officer Patten on
receiving the 2013 Shikar-Safari International Officer of the Year Award, said
Gary Hagler, chief of the DNR Law Enforcement Division. Greg is a role-model
officer and a great asset to the DNR. Greg
is very deserving of this honor.
Officer Patten was nominated for
the award by his supervisor, Sgt. John
Jurcich. Patten accepted the award from a
representative of Safari Club International
at a meeting of the Michigan Natural
Resources Commission in Lansing.
Based in Muskegon County, Patten
has been with the DNR since 1986 and
has a reputation as an all-around outstanding conservation officer. Jurcich noted
that Patten was particularly known for his
marine patrol activities in west Michigan.
Patten is responsible for patrolling an area
of Lake Michigan, several major rivers,
drowned river-mouth lakes, numerous
trout streams, a heavily used state game
area and several tracts of federal land.
Patten places a strong emphasis on
marine enforcement throughout the year
and works on marine safety compliance
encompassing several different groups of
boaters everything from paddle sports to
large pleasure boats. He conducts frequent
water patrols using one of the DNRs recently acquired Safe Boats for patrol in all
weather conditions, often working in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and
county marine patrols. Patten has been a
member of the International Association
of Marine Investigators after completing
both Basic and Advanced Marine schools
in 1999 and has participated in the investigation of several marine accidents and
fatalities.
Working with different divisions of
the DNR, Patten is known for his expertise not only on marine enforcement but
on hunting regulations as well. He has
assisted the Wildlife Division on illegal
tree cutting on west Michigan state game
and wildlife areas. He frequently assists
with off-road vehicle patrols at Silver
Lake State Park and regularly participates
in commercial fishing enforcement efforts
on Lake Michigan.
Patten was one of the first conservation officers to start investigating illegal
dumping on state land, marking dump
sites with a GPS unit, and has successfully prosecuted violators resulting in
several cleanups, including two sites that
had more than 5,000 tires.
He also successfully led an investigation that started with a bear sighting in
Muskegon, and resulted in a two-year
process to revoke licenses for possession
and wildlife rehabilitation for a Muskegon
County facility from which the bear had
escaped. Patten uncovered several other
violations at the facility, including inhumane treatment and neglect of animals
and unlawful possession of wildlife.
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to be relocated and, working with several
volunteer groups, Patten was able to resolve the situation effectively utilizing the
legal system to pursue prosecution.
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several occasions in Muskegon County to
investigate captive cervid facilities. Three
of these investigations led to successful
prosecution of numerous violations and
decommissioning of one facility. Patten
continues to monitor and enforce captive
cervid regulations, taxidermy and deer
Conservation officer
Gregory Patten honored
CO Patten received
the 2013 Shikar-Safari
Wildlife Officer of the
Year by Shikar-Safari
International (lt-rt)
are John Matonich, NRC
vice chairman; Officer
Patten; Gunnar Klarr, with
Shikar-Safari International; DNR Director Keith
Creagh; and Gary Hagler,
chief of the DNR Law
Enforcement Division.
processing facilities to assure compliance
Patten was raised in Montcalm County
with laws pertaining to Chronic Wasting
and, after completing high school there,
Disease.
he attended Central Michigan University
Officer Patten is always ready to lend where he obtained a bachelors degree in
a hand where needed, said Jurcich. He
wildlife. He began his law enforcement
is an officer who supervisors can depend
career in 1981 as a Stanton City police
on to complete assignments on time,
officer, later joining the Muskegon Police
correctly and with great detail. He is the
Department as a patrolman from 1982 to
go to person for charter boat and marine August of 1986, when he joined the DNR
issues.
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The Tactic That Keeps Giving

By Mark Martin
Pulling crawler harnesses high in the

water column works wonders for
walleyes in open water, no matter where
or when the techniques employed...
n fishing, theres no such thing

as the perfect ploy. Generally,
it takes countless techniques to
consistently catch fish throughout
the year.
But theres one tactic that
seems to work well for walleyes in
open water no matter when or where
its employed. And thats pulling
crawler harnesses high in the water
column.
The method takes fish in natural
lakes, reservoirs and the Great Lakes,
or, whether the waters warm or cold.
Its one of the most effective ways to
cover a lot of water in a short period
of time; which is a must when attempting to find fish fast.
And locate fish quickly it does,
even as the fall season rolls in and
the cool autumn air starts taking over
summers swelter.
All In A Days Work
28
Pulling crawler harnesses, whether

well off a lakes floor behind Church
Tackles The Walleye Board in-line
planer boardswith rods in my Big
Jon Mutli-Set Triple Rod Holder Tree
on the gunwale of my Lund Pro-Vis
not a hard scheme to use. There are,
however, several minor factors to pay
attention to that will have a positive
outcome to your catch ratio. Ignore
the little details, though, and you
could go fishless.
To exemplify this, Ill tell you
about a recent trip several friends and
I took to Lake Michigans Green Bay,
off the Port of Oconto, Wisconsina
small, angler-friendly community just
north of the city of Green Bay. Here,
off Oconto, several reef complexes
can be found within just a short boats
ride away. In reality, too many to fish
within one visits time, and, all which
walleyes swim near as these rocky
shoals are home to an abundance of
bait fish as well other forage.
The first part of the trip was getting to Oconto in as short of period
of time as possible, so as to be able to
spend as many moments on the water
scouting for and catching fish.
It was just a short drive from our
homes to Ludington, Michigan, so
as to allow ourselves (as well our vehicles and boats) a rapid yet relaxing
ride across Lake Michigan aboard the
S. S. Badger - a passenger/car ferry
that took us to the Port of Manitowoc,

Wisconsin. After departing the S.S.
Badger, it was a quick drive north to
Oconto.
Overall, utilizing the services
of the S.S. Badger saves me money
(ponder the price per gallon of gas and
how many miles driven while towing any trailer) as well wear and tear
of my rigs. Well worth the price of
the voyage, and, without the stress of
driving hours into the night.
Now, although Green Bay is merely a cove of one of the Great Lakes,
it is, by far, not small water. And its
the perfect place to pull crawler harnesses when looking for active fish.
And thats exactly what we did while
off the Port of Oconto. And we landed
a lot (I and mean a lot) of walleyes
within just two days of plying the waters; proof that the scheme is ideal.
Know Right Where To Go
First, we had to find fish. And that

was easy with my Lowrance HDS12 Gen2 Touch all-in-one sonar and
chartplotter. And in the card reader
of the Lowrance unit was an SD card
filled with Navionics mapping, which
showed me every hump, bump and
breakline in high detail.
With my HDS-12 Gen 2 Touch, I
am able to split the screen into three
views and see the GPS with Navionics
mapping, standard sonar (to show me
what lies below) and StructureScan
(which shows me an image out both
side of my boat several hundred feet
in high definition).
StructureScan is an important
piece of the finding-suspended-fish
puzzle as an angler can actually see
and know exactly where fish and forage are high in the water column for
proper lure placement. Also, you can
place a GPS icon right on top of the
area without running over and spooking fish; thus come back later and get
a bait right where it needs to be without the walleyes ever being the wiser.
Speed Trap
One digital readout I always have

in large font on the screen of my
Lowrance is speed. This is because
fish can be picky when it comes to
whether or not they will take a poke
at a lure passing at a particular pace.
Right down to the vary one-tenth of a
mile per hour.
The author, Mark Martin, holds a nice walleye taken in Green Bay off the Port of Oconto, WI,
which hit a crawler harness pulled high in the water column.
Overall, I will use my bowmounted MotorGuide electric trolling
motor so as to pull, rather than push,
my Lund at the slow speeds crawler
harnesses work best - which is .07 to
1.3 MPH. And once I get bit, I pay
close attention to maintaining the
very speed that is producing strikes
throughout the day.
Another rule of thumb for keeping the right rate is to make sure to
troll with the wind anytime there is
more than just a breeze blowing. This
allows me to hold a speed better, and,
I will not have to continuously keep
fighting to steer my boats bow in the
right direction.
Size and Shape Matter
The size and shape of the spinners blades is crucial when it comes
to catching walleyes when they are
suspended. And once I find what
speed is producing best, Ill start
switching out blades and try out different ones in an attempt to narrow the
bite down even more.
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my Plano tackle totes in search of new
blades about every 30 to 40 minutes.
In most cases, Ill use size-3 and -4
Colorado and Indiana blades when
fishing in inland lakes and up to size-
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Tactic keeps giving:

from page 28
5 and 6- blades, including willow

blades, when fishing the Great Lakes
or reservoirs where walleyes feed on
larger shad.
And I always pay attention to the
condition of my crawlers every time
I reel in, and am quick to pick out a
new one being kept fresh in a Frabill
Crawler Cabin. This is because scent
is also an important factor for taking
fish at all times, and a plump, juice
night crawler is just about as irresistible to fish as anything can be.
But if panfish are picking apart
my live crawlers too much, I will
switch out the live ones with a Berkley PowerBait Power Nightcrawler
so that I know I am never pulling
harnesses with empty hooks. And
then every so often I will spray the
rig down with a few sprits of Berkley
Gulp! Alive! Attractant Nightcrawler
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By and large, I start out using

1-ounce in-line weights about 6 feet
ahead my Northland Live-Forage or
Berkley Flicker Rig harnesses. With
this weight, when trolled at 1 MPH,
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the offering will sink about half the
amount of line out behind the board
when using 10-pound-test monofilament. (Example: Thirty feet of line
out will dive 15 feet down.)
And when it comes to monofilament, I always spool 10-pound-test
Berkley Trilene XT (Extra Tough)
onto my ABU Garcia line-counter
reels, and use medium-action ABU
Garcia Vendetta Line Counter Cast
rods for the perfect match.
Never gives up
Out of all the techniques one

can use to catch walleyes constantly,
pulling crawler harnesses though the
upper reaches of the water column is
the tactic that seems to never quite
giving.
Just make sure to watch your
speed closely, and keep it at the pace
that the fish want. And dont be afraid
to change blade sizes and shapes often, all the while making sure to have
fresh bait on, or a facsimile there of,
at all times. Do so and youll catch
more fish than ever.
Mark Martin is a touring professional walleye tournament angler
and instructor with the Fishing
Vacation/Schools. Check out his
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he has led, numerous awards, said NASPD Awards Committee Chairman Stuart
Johnson. It was an honor for Rons colleagues on the selection committee to select
him for this award.
The National Association of State Park Directors is a nonprofit organization of
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Bucks Love
TALL
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t was the beginning of gun season when I

slithered through tall grass with Ultimate
Muzzleloader in the ready position in search
of a large 10-point. I first spotted the large
deer in August feeding on alfalfa but later
scouting trips revealed the big boy lurked
frequently in tall grass bordering oak ridges and
nearby agricultural fields of corn, beans and hay. I
spent the early morning on stand overlooking thick
brush and oak ridges and only saw a few doe and a
small 6-point. Thats when I made the move to the
nearby rolling hills covered with tall grass. At one
time the area yielded agricultural crops but more
recently it was void of crops and tall grasses covered
the landscape. In most places the grass was waist
high but the lowlands held moisture and the grass
was chest to head high and provided the brand of
thick cover that whitetails absolutely love.
A cool breeze caused the grass to waive and created ideal camouflage for me to slip through the sea
of light tan whitetail cover. I moved upwind, held my
rifle in the ready position across my chest with finger
on the safety in case Mr. Big bounced from his bed at
close distance. The first deer I jumped was less than
five yards away and the sound of the animal crashing
through tall grass sent a rush of adrenalin through
my veins as I flipped the safety off and shouldered
the rifle. I stood ready for a couple minutes in case
a buck bounced out of the sea of grass. I moved
slowly, constantly scanning the field for the telltale
black of a deers nose, or shinning antlers against the
drab grasses. I eased over the crest of a small knoll
stopped, readied my rifle and made two short buck
Deer spend a lot of time in habitat that does

not offer ideal trees for stands. Do you
understand hunting strategies for hunting
grass, croplands, cattails and more?
grunts to get the attention of any buck in the valley
below. Thats when I saw a flask of white that looked
like antlers in the grass and I quickly shouldered
my .50 caliber Ultimate. Through the scope I could
see the outline of a huge white rack and large black
nose. Close inspection revealed the buck was looking
directly in my direction with ears cocked forward. I
knew the large buck would soon bounce out of his
bed and sprint in the opposite direction at lightning
speed. Rather than risking a shot at a running trophy,
I made out his back, put the cross hair on his body
and shot through the grass. When the smoke cleared
I could make out a deer thrashing to get up. I quickly
reloaded and centered the scope on the deers rut
swollen neck and put him down for good.
After reloading I rushed to my fallen prize and
found the beautiful 10-point of my dreams. The
crafty tall grass resident sported ten points with tall
whitish thick tines. He was in prime shape with
heavy body, thick neck, and beautiful color and in
prime shape for an adult Michigan buck. His towering G2s and G3s measured over 11 inches which
gave him a score of 157 6/8 Boone and Crockett.
Most Michigan hunters would agree large bucks
love to hide in thick brush but there is another valuable habitat that draws deer with mega racks and
holds them like fleas on a dogs back. Im talking
about tall grass. The important relationship between
deer and grass begins at a young age when a doe
hides her fawn in suitable cover. Fawns learn at a
young age that lush grasses provide ideal shelter
from high winds, blistering sun, and heavy rain.
It also camouflages spotted fawns from the ever
watchful eyes of predators. Smart does instinctively

know that fawns hiding in open wooded locations are
soon snatched up by coyotes, but fawns concealed
in tall grass are more difficult for predators to locate.
So, deer learn at birth to use grass to conceal their
outline.
Smart old bucks understand the importance of
concealing their outline from the growing Michigan
army of deer hunters. Some take to cedar swamps
and watery marshes, while others seek deep woods
far from roads and civilization. Many more learn to
use available cover found near food sources which
frequently consists of thick brush, tall weeds, cattails
and most importantly tall grass.
When I was a young hunter following in the footsteps of my father, Ray Darwin, he taught me at a
young age to seek deer in grass. This is buck grass,
he would explain as he caresses the chest high tan
grasses found throughout Michigan. He nicknamed
such plants as buck grass because he knew bucks
love to hide in it, play in it and prefer this ideal cover
to the open woods. His words haunt my memory
after decades of chasing trophy deer with telephoto
lens, gun, muzzleloader, bow and crossbow. Dad was
dead right, bucks love tall grass.
It makes little difference the variety of the grass.
Lord knows trophy bucks enjoy hanging out in yellow fields of goldenrod and the tall grass around
alders is like a feather bed to them. My point is the
taller and thicker the grass the better. In northern
Michigan you can find grasses surrounding wetlands,
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Bucks love tall grass:

from page 32
ponds, and a river, low lands where

there is enough moisture to support
plant life. Southern Michigan has
several varieties of grasses that offer
cover and ideal habitat for bucks.
There are several grasses that provide
ideal buck habitat including: barnyard
grass, Foxtail, Goldenrod, Quack
grass, Milkweed, Johnson grass, Wild
oaks, Timothy, Broom sedge, Yellow
Foxtail, Barley, Prairie grass, stinging nettle and more. Some of the best
habitat is set aside agricultural fields
that no longer have crops. Of course
back in the day the Federal Government set the whitetail nation on its ear
when farmers were paid to not plant
crops and fields soon became vast
acreages of tall grass. Soon states like
Iowa had booming deer populations
and some of the largest bucks ever
recorded came from grasslands far
from woodlots. Unfortunately most
Michigan farmers are quickly destroying grasses, taking down fence lines
and trying desperately to increase crop
production by planting every available
acre of ground.
Michigans DNR has a long way
to go to increase the deer herd on state
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managed land and certainly there is no

organized effort to plant tall grasses to
support whitetail populations. In fact,
they are planting fewer crops, no deer
grasses and on the corner of Ranger
and Crapo Roads near Maple River
they bulldozed tall grass fields and
turned the ideal wildlife habitat into a
bean field. Of course the profit from
selling the crops goes directly into
their pockets and the local wildlife
suffers.
Some would say grass is also an
important part of a deers diet and
they love to eat it. True. Others would
argue deer prefer to lie down on soft
grass versus dirt, woods with a floor
of fallen sticks or less protective
environments. True. But there is much
more to the close relationship of adult
bucks and grass. Certainly it provides
food and an ideal location to bed but
most importantly it provides idealistic cover. You see big bucks become
somewhat lazy, extremely crafty and
very nocturnal as they become mature.
They learn to hide in grass where you
cannot see them unless you bump
them on the tail. Old bucks will let you
walk past at close distance, holding
tight to grass as a rooster pheasant or
a hiding cottontail and remain curled
into a tight ball. Other times they will
stand, take a look in every direction
with only their massive rack and nose
Author proudly displays 10-point he stalked and grunted up in a tall grass field. Adult bucks
love to hide in grass because it is ideal camouflage, seldom hunted and deer can evade hunters by dashing through the thick undercover.
exposed above the waving cover.
When some see you they lower their
head and slip through the tall grass
like a kid playing hide and seek.
With fond memories I recall a hunt
in the Shiawassee National Refuge in
search of a trophy. My son Zach was
on stand as I slipped through tall grass
and thick cattails when I jumped a
huge buck by almost stepping on him.
I was so surprised to see an unbe-
lievable 200-class rack kissin close,

shocked I didnt get a shot and I ran
after the deer in an effort to chase him
to Zach. The brute acted almost like
he was crippled; held his head down,
tail tucked, and massive rack close to
the ground. I followed the huge animal
until I came to an opening about 80
yards from Zach. On the opposite
side of the opening stood the monster
200-class whitetail looking directly at
the placid pheasant field turned into

whitetails running in every direction.
No, I didnt get a shot. But my point is
this; every deer in the section was hiding in the tall grass field not surrounding wood lots. Get the picture?
Hunting tall grass can be a daunting task unless you use some basic
tricks. First, take a long look at tall
grass areas. Dont make the common
mistake of looking for the entire deer
or expect to see deer with ease. Deer
in tall grass are very hard to see and
seldom can you make out their entire
outline. Look for a black nose, hori-
zontal line of the back, white flank

near tail or white antlers. Dont rush
through grass, take your time. Move a
little then stop, look and listen. Have
your gun in a ready position. Try
grunting to get the attention of bedded bucks and cause them to stand
up looking for intruders. If you spot
a buck bedded in tall grass, stalk into
range at a snails pace. Dont make the
common mistake of shooting at running deer. Ease close to bedded deer,
kneel, get ready for the shot and burp
or grunt to get the attention of bedded
bucks. Shoot when they get up. If they
remain bedded try a neck or back shot.

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take a long, hard look at tall grass and
thick cover that could hold the buck
of a life time. There is a lot more to
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had a large drop tine and antlers like a
moose but I could only see his upper
head and massive record rack. I looked
through the scope but only had a head
shot and in the background I could see
the orange of my sons vest. I had no
shot. So I charged the deer in an effort
to make him run into the open and my
boy could get a shot. The last time I
saw the monster buck he was running
toward my son. But at the last minute
he turned, ran past my boy inside 30
yards but stayed in the tall cattails
with his head lowered. Zach could not
get a shot but said he sounded like a
bulldozer crashing through the tall
cover as the record book buck circled
around me back to the huge swamp.
The smart trophy deer never ventured
into the open and used the tall grass
to hide his outline. He simply never
left the super thick protection of the
tall grass, period.
Then, there was the Cass County
11-point buck chasing a hot doe in
tall grass. I grabbed my telephoto and
stalked the brute in the 80-acre field
of set aside crop land. At one point
the doe slipped past me less than 5
yards away and the following buck
came directly at me. He was grunting
every minute, thrashing the tall grass
with his massive rack in frustration
because his hot girlfriend would not
stand for breeding. Once in a while
he would stick his head and rack
above the tall grass, flare his nostrils
to get her scent and continue with
head lowered. Thats when I started
to make grunts by belching to get his
attention. Soon he stopped raised his
head above the grass and stomped
loudly in my direction. It was clear he
was the dominate buck in the area and
headed to kick my butt for intruding
on his breeding ritual. But when he
got 10 yards away he got my scent,
snorted loudly and ran in the opposite direction out of sight. Ill never
forget hearing his mating grunts,
watching him lurk in tall grass like a
Great White shark on the prowl and
the awesome sight of a large whitetail
deer bouncing through the grass field
like a Gazelle leaping over plains
grass.
Of course it is hard for me to
forget a crossbow stalking effort in
pheasant grass that started with a
small doe leaping from the thick cover. I readied the TenPoint crossbow
as three more deer bounced from the
grass. I slipped along a grassy knoll
just in time to see a small buck blast
from the field, run into a nearby cornfield and then run directly up to my
hunting friend who spooked the small
buck and he reversed direction and
came bouncing my way. Thats when
the little buck almost jumped on the
big buck we were hunting. The large
10-point stood up in easy crossbow
range but just as I took the safety off
another doe got up and blocked my
shot. She noticed me dash past Mr.
Big and in a matter of a few minutes
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Why fall is my favorite

time of the year
Mother Natures way of preparing us for winter
all is easily my favorite time of year.

Theres something magical about the
change of seasons. Perhaps its the cooler days and brisk mornings. Or its the sight
and sounds of Canada geese flying overhead.
Fall is a breath of fresh air in more ways
than one. Here are some of the reasons I like
the fall more than any other time, even
though it is Mother Natures way of preparing
for winter....
...the clean blue skies, clean crisp air;
...the smell of wood burning in wood

stoves and fireplaces;
...the perfect weather;
...the leaves changing color;
...the end of the mowing season;
...the first bowl of camp chili;
...college football;
...the end of the bug season - mosquitoes,

flies or wasps;
...not having to run the air conditioner

or heater;
...the heat and humidity are gone;
...soups, stews and the slow cooker;
...the days get shorter, earlier sunsets;
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...sorting my hunting

clothes and gear;
...time seems to slow,

becoming so relaxed

I can take a nap in

the woods;
...preparing for hunting

camp;
...shooting my bow;
...the sound of leaves

crunching underfoot;
...cleaning my guns and

sighting them in;
...the end of the golf

season;
...outdoor photography;
...campfires;
...Thanksgiving Day and the traditional

family gatherings;
...camouflage, all kinds of it;
...the snug comfortable feeling of

hunting boots;
...setting treestands and sitting in

treestands;
...the tug of binoculars hanging from
Randy
Jorgensen

my neck;
...sweatshirts;
...the feel of a backpack;
...early mornings walking to a stand

using a flashlight;
...sunrise;
...sunset;
...anticipation of my next hunting trip;
...the sale of pumpkins and cider at

roadside stands;
...apple pie;
...daydreaming of a giant whitetail

roaming past my treestand;
...the familiar flutter of a flushed

grouse, or pheasant;
...eating smoked salmon.
...bacon and eggs;
...the first frost;
...playing cribbage with my

hunting buddies;
There is a harmony in the fall. And Im
thankful to live in an area where I can enjoy
the wondrous changing of the seasons.
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special wood duck hunt.
My dad and I set up on a small
pond that was off the grid. The pond
was surrounded by huge pines and
old elm trees which provided ideal
concealment. We knew some ducks
were frequenting this spot and felt
they were wood ducks. The weather
was perfect, a little cool with a stiff
wind. We set out for an evening hunt
hoping some ducks would drop in.
We walked slowly through the woods
and as we neared the pond, we saw
movement and new wood ducks were
already on the pond.
Wood ducks make a unique jerking motion when they swim, making
them easy to spot. The ducks were at
the other end of the pond. We decided
to sneak through the woods and try to
crawl to some nearby cedar trees. We
knew that if we could get to the cedar
trees, we would have good cover and
they would have to fly across us to
get into the wind. We slowly crawled
closer into shooting range. We peeked
through the cedars in time to get our
guns up and ready. They were getting
spooky and were getting ready to take
off. In an instant, six ducks kicked it
in high gear and zoomed off the water. As they got up, they turned to use
the wind, this put them right into our
shooting zone. I fired and instantly
dropped a gorgeous drake wood duck.
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Big Fish...By Ted Takasaki and Scott Richardson
Here, Kitty Kitty
bait. Dip baits spread on dip worms

also are great at times. Rig them on a
three-way rig or a simple bottom rig
described above.
Flatheads want their dinner alive.
Where legal, catch bluegills and suckers and use them on big hooks. Tail
hook them on big sinkers if you want
them to stay put. Lip hook them on
a slip-bobber rig if you want them to
cover a larger area of water. Check
conservation laws. Most states require
that live bait comes from the lake,
river or reservoir youre fishing.
Bait up, cast to your target, put the
rod into a rod holder and watch the
tip.
ig catfish, like channels,

flatheads and blues, are
chased by thousands of anglers across North America.
There are even catfish that
grow to be hundreds of
pounds in the Amazon River
Basin of South America.
There are good reasons the whiskered beasts are popular:
Their range, which covered
much of the United States naturally,
has been extended through stocking.
Most anglers have access to the lakes,
rivers, small streams and reservoirs
which catfish inhabit close to home.
Theyre great eating.
They can be caught from the
bank or from a boat.
You only need simple tackle to
land them a handful of weights,
some hooks, a few floats, a sturdy rod
and reel and strong line.
An added attraction is that catfish
wont stunt no matter how many there
are in a body of water. Theyll keep
growing as long as theres food. This
means fishing for catfish offers the
opportunity to catch big fish and lots
of them.
Popular thought says summer is
the time to catch catfish. But catfish
can be caught during any season,
spring, summer, fall and winter.
True, certain times of year can be
better than others. Another attraction
to catfish is that they have one of the
longest pre-spawn feeding periods
of any game fish. When weather and
water levels are stable, fish will set
up on predictable spots. This can be a
cat fight that lasts for several weeks.
Post-spawn offers steady action, and
fall is good for big fish as they fatten
for winter.
No matter what the season, location is the key. But first, a word about
tackle and bait.
Location
How It Works
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Catfish are heavily muscled. Light

line and limp rods will not cut it when
doing battle with these brutes. Use
long rods with lots of backbone for
good hooksets. A muskie type rod, 20to 30-pound-test TUF Line braid and
a heavy-duty reel are good choices for
flatheads.
The best rig is simple. Thread
an egg sinker or flat pancake sinker
onto the line, then add a bead and tie
on a barrel swivel. Add a 25-pound
fluorocarbon leader. The stronger the
current, the shorter the leader should
be. Tie on a circle hook of 2/0 or
larger and youre set. Circle hooks are
best because the point winds up in the
corner of a fishs mouth more often
than not. No gut-hooking and you
Wherever they swim, catfish are a heavy duty challenge, super fun to fight, and
great eating. What more can you want from a gamefish? Ted Takasaki photo
can release the fish you dont want to
keep.
For fishing on flats, use a large slip
float, balanced with an egg sinker, and
add a circle hook. Set the depth so it
just ticks bottom.
Catfish are omnivorous, which
means they will eat crawfish, hellgrammites, fish, even wild grapes and
cotton from cottonwood trees. They
often live where water is murky and
light is scarce. As a result, nature has
provided them with keenly developed
lateral lines for sensing vibrations

in the water and a highly-developed
sense of taste, with taste buds spread
over their bodies.
Best bait for channel cats is fresh
cut bait to allow the flavor to permeate the water. Simply fillet the sides
of shad or other large baitfish and
pierce a fillet with the hook close to
the edge to insure the hook point is
exposed. Theyll also take a variety
of baits manufactured to give off
odors, such as cheese bait and blood
Streams can be divided into holes,

riffles and runs. Where to look? Holes
are often the best spots in current
oriented areas.
When actively feeding, channel
catfish will move up to the upstream
side and feed at will on dead or sickly
minnows and crayfish moving downstream in the current.
Anchor upstream, cast your bait to
the hole and wait 5 to 10 minutes. If
nothing, move on to the next. In high
water, check the current breaks, like
fallen logs, along the shore.
In larger rivers, catfish in early
spring follow baitfish into feeder
creeks where the water warms first.
Look for neckdowns, rapids and other
obstructions, such as bridges. Fish the
downstream sides.
Fish will migrate with baitfish to
the main river as the water warms.
The cats will then move back into
the tributaries to spawn when water
reaches about 70 degrees. After hatching, small catfish stay in the streams.
But, adult fish move back to the main
river and seek out holes at mid depths,
often on the outside river bends and
especially in spots that feature cover.
Theyll also set up on the outside
edges of wingdams.
Radio studies show flatheads love
the hottest water they can find, even in
the 90s. Its unlikely youll find them
in the strongest current.
Night fishing, especially for flatheads, can be awesome. Scout the area
in daylight for hazards. Keep the floor
of the boat free of clutter and take
several sources of light along.
Catfish are great food. But, remember to practice selective harvest.
Biologists have found many small
fish in specific areas of big rivers with
heavy commercial and recreational
fishing pressure.
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Michigan Meanders...By Tom Huggle r
Ever the optimist
over the national Farm Bill, of which

CRP is an integral part, Food Stamp
recipients and immigrants always
come before the countrys wildlife and
the programs needed to support it.
Without CRPs predecessor, the
long-gone Soil Bank, our fathers and
grandfathers would not have enjoyed the pheasant hunting they did.
Without CRP and its set-aside provisions for wildlife habitat, you might
not have this magazine to read. Its
getting harder and harder for owners to hang onto farm lands that have
doubled and even tripled in value in
recent years. When prices improve
for soybeans, corn and wheatas they
do every few yearsmany landowners lobby to plow it down.
Bottom line: We will always need
public places to hunt and private land
for habitat restoration. The conservation organizations like Pheasants Forever and the Ruffed Grouse Society
are the best friends we have. I hope
they, too, stick around.
he other day I finally got

around to cleaning some
mud-caked boots from a
bird-hunting trip gone bad.
Everything went wrong that
morning last fall:
I arrived late to the
public-access farm and had to compete with other hunters already in the
field.
A freak rain storm soaked me, a
mile from the car.
The farmers dog tried to eat
mine, who wouldnt release the only
pheasant I shot, sparking a tug of
war which ended with me tossing the
ruined bird.
No wonder I let those beat-up
boots stew for months in the basement. You probably have done it, too.
Every trip spawns memories,
mostly good and sometimes bad.
We cherish the former and lick our
wounds when the latter occurs, defaulting to out of sight, out of mind.
A big part of our success, though, is
being prepared. So, if you are also a
procrastinator, its high time to finally
clean your gear and guns, and shake
any remnant feathers from the game
bag.
You know about those feathers,
right? How they can pull us back
and cast us forward at the same time?
Ever the optimist, I am now thinking
ahead, and by the time you and I see
this in print, we will be walking in on
points over our dogs. Here are five
things I hope will happen this year:
I hope that we get good woodcock gunning again. I expect

otherwise, given the cold spring and
wet summer we just endured. But the
woodcock might come through, not
only in the traditional coverts of fiveto ten-year-old aspen but in forgotten
places where, at least last year, I found
them once again.
A couple decades ago, for example, friends and I targeted pencilthin slashings just growing back from
the clearcut. I have been hunting
such memories ever since. As luck
would have it, last fall the woodcock
were home in many of these marginal
habitats, and the shooting was easy
because the canopy of these tender
forests was only shoulder-high.
Speaking of stumbling, have you
noticed how the loggers no longer
windrow their slash and trash? I used
to curse them for that practice because
it made for tough going, but the newer
practiceletting the tops lie where
they dropis actually worse. No
longer can you walk around the mess.
You must walk through it. I suppose
I could blame my unsteady legs on
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I hope to keep my mind lucid

and my body ambulatory enough
to enjoy one more autumn of wandering through grouse woods and
pheasant fields. I look forward to a
side jaunt now and then for plantation quail and plains birds, too. Every
year the mountains seem to get a
little higher, the alder runs and cattail
sloughs a little tougher to negotiate.
Even so, I want to go if the body will
take me thereand the fuel bill for
my truck stays under a Franklin bill
each time I have to fill it up.
A tank of gas will get me to the
Upper Peninsula where a dozen
friends, many of whom I have known
and hunted with for almost 30 years,
will already be in bird camp. There
will be stories to tell, incredible meals
to eat, and more dogsmost of which
have the run of the place and always
appreciate warm handsthan people.
4)
A successful day of grouse hunting. Tom Huggler photo

advancing age, but Id rather complain
about the loggers with whom Ive had
a love-hate affair for the last 50 years.
So, along with another great year
for woodcock, I hope we find them
in easy-to-hunt places. I know what
youre thinking: Yeah, right!
in the road for me to pick up.

Neither dog was force broke to retrieve. A Brittany and shorthair I had
for years retrieved naturally, but Ive
never had the heart to insist that my
settersarguably the toughest breed
of all to train this waybe forced to
retrieve.
5)
As much as I enjoy hunting with

friends, I hope to have solo time,
After spending all spring and
too. Time to reflect on the good days
much of the summer in the care
I hope the DNRs recent efforts
and to put the not-so-good days in the
of a professional trainer, I hope my
to bring back good bird hunting
right perspective. Time to lean back
four-year-old setter has learned to
to Michigan are successful. Both the against a paper birch and let the sweat
retrieve birds to hand. Most of the
southern Michigan Pheasant Initiative dry between shoulder blades, scan
many setters that have owned me have and the northern Michigan Grouse En- the clouds and sky and give thanks.
made at least half-hearted attempts to hanced Management System (GEMS) I wont actually be alone, of course.
bring birds to hand. Two in particuof walking trails through improved
Ragan will be out there, somewhere,
lar always delivered birds they knew
habitat are key steps. On the naand will come looking for me. One of
I would never find on my own. I
tional level the Conservation Reserve us is never lost, and he always knows
remember the day that Lady Macbeth Program, which has been critical for
the way back to the truck better than I
swam to the middle of a deep farm
wildlife habitat in general and bird
do anyway.
pond to fetch a rooster that fell into it, hunting in particular for so many
Such are the thoughts of a longdead. And Sherlock never made me
years, is always under fire. Hydrautime bird hunter who finally got
around to cleaning his muddy boots.
wander into a swamp looking for a
lic fracturing for oil and gas is here
Heres hoping your fall is full of the
downed grouse, always leaving them to stay, helping to push up prices for
at the swamp edge or dropping them
land. With all the political wrangling good life.n
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Michigan provides world class ruffed

grouse hunting. Author photos
Preparing for grouse hunting
I love to hunt grouse, but I also love to eat grouse

too, so read on to learn some pointers that might
help put more grouse in the game bag....By Michael Veine
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rouse hunting is a lot more than a hobby for

me. It a passion that I plan and prepare for
all year. When bird season is open, I put
hundreds of miles on my bird boots and enjoy
every minute of it to the fullest. I have fun
hunting grouse whether I manage to kill birds
or not; however, I have found that I enjoy a hunt more
when my dog retrieves some birds to hand. Michigan is very fortunate to have some of the best ruffed
grouse hunting in the country. The best part is that
much of that world class bird hunting can be found
on public lands. Michigan has more property open
to hunting than any other state east of the Mississippi
River. A lot of that public land has huntable populations of grouse, but most grouse hunters know that
finding those hot spots where there are concentrations of grouse is often the key to success. Theres a
lot more to being a successful grouse hunter though
than just finding good hunting spots. There are many
preparations that savvy grouse hunters employ that
really ups their odds for consistent success. I love to
hunt grouse, but I also love to eat grouse too, so read
on to learn some pointers that might help put more
grouse in the game bag this fall.
Every fall I typically spend more than 40 days
afield grouse hunting and last year was no exception. I have a deer camp located in the central U.P.
and hunted grouse during 2013 in Delta, Marquette,
Schoolcraft, Menominee, Alger, Dickenson and Iron
Counties. I also hunted in several more Lower Peninsula counties too. Every year I branch out from my
deer camp on overnighters, where I camp out in new
territory just to spice things up. Last year I ended up
traveling some 100 miles from my deer camp end-
ing up north of the Michigamme Reservoir, in some

very wild country that I had never set foot on before.
My goal was to spend two days and one night in that
area chasing grouse in a known area where moose are
sometimes encountered. I had hoped to see my first,
wild, Michigan moose, but didnt even see a track. I
did see a couple wolves though and lots of other wolf
tracks, so maybe the abundant wolves in that area
had something to do with the lack of moose. At least
wolves are not reducing the grouse population like
they have larger animals.
During late September, grouse hunting in the U.P.
is like the ultimate color tour and that trip was certainly no exception. The colors were peaked out with a
brilliance that stimulates the eyes to the max. The first
stop I made that day was in an aspen clear cut and I hit
pay dirt right away with a half dozen flushes in about
an hour of hunting. When I returned to my truck, I
had two plump grouse in my game bag. I hit spot
after spot that day and eventually I bagged my limit of
grouse. As I was traversing down an old logging road,
I came upon an old-timer near his rustic deer camp.
He was a friendly gent and we hit it off right away and
he volunteered to take me what he said was the best
grouse hunting spot in the world. Since I was already
limited out, I volunteered to lend him the services of
my dog at his spot.
As we neared the area, there were literally grouse
running all over the place. We made a short walk
through that covert and moved dozens of birds. My
new friend managed to dump three birds with just
three shots and then he proclaimed that he had enough
for dinner and even though he could have easily shot
a couple more bird, he unloaded his gun and called it
a day. As it turned out, it was the best grouse hunting

spot I had ever seen.
He then invited me to his deer camp for a grouse
dinner and some cold-ones saying he would fix me the
best meal I had ever eaten. His camp was a nostalgic,
old log cabin that was originally used as a logging
camp over 100 years ago. He whipped up a meal fit
for a king that featured sauted grouse with moral
mushrooms, fried potatoes, and some fresh veggies
from his garden. I cant remember ever eating a better
meal.
He even pointed out on an old map on his cabin
wall what he considered to be the best camping spot in
the U.P. so we shook hands and I headed towards that
camp site. The spot had a panoramic view of a two
little lakes from a bluff were you could see for miles.
It was indeed the best camping spot Ive ever enjoyed.
A chance encounter with a truly savvy Yooper certainly made an already awesome day unforgettable.
The fact that I keep myself in decent physical condition is likely the most important ingredient to consistent success for me in the grouse woods. Many of
my grouse hunts feature all day efforts where I might
walk 10 to 15 miles over rough terrain. Some of those
hunts are from daylight until dark too. I take plenty
of breaks during the hunt, mostly while Im driving
from one spot to the next, but without good physical
conditioning, I would never be able to hunt the way I
want. Every year I hunt with friends and family and
on those hunts I usually have to really scale back the
effort because my partners typically are not physically
fit enough and the end result is that we dont have
nearly the success on those hunts compared to when
I hunt solo. Grouse success is all about putting in the
miles through prime habitat and you cant put in the
miles unless you are fit.
I try to exercise year round. The best exercise for
grouse hunting is walking and I hike every chance I
get. I try to walk no less than three miles per day and
when time permits, I hike four to 10 miles. I ramp up
my hiking activates right before bird season starts too
and plan some very long hikes then to harden my legs
and feet for the riggers of the hunt to come.
Hiking in the woods is best and I always take my
dog along so he gets plenty of exercise too. These are
off-leash walks where the dog can really run around. I
also try to exercise my dog every day by throwing his
fetch dummies around so he can run hard for at least
10 minutes. I also have one of his toys tied to a 10
length of rope attached to an old Dipsy Rod (10 long)
and I let him chase that around for a while until hes
exhausted. Its his favorite game. When hes chasing his toy-on-a-rope , I will give him commands in
mid-chase telling him to stay, sit, down.and when I
stop the toy, he is not allowed to grab it or the game is
over, so he stands there pointing at it when it stops.
One bit of conditioning that a lot of bird hunters
fail to address is arm strength. Carrying a shotgun
through the woods all day at ready can be very tiring if your arms are soft. Doing some regular arm
strengthening exercises really helps a lot. Carrying
some light dumbbells on your walks is a great idea.
Right before bird season, I carry a wooden pole. I
also do pushups and pull-ups along with some other
arm exercises year round too.
Practicing with the shotgun you plan to hunt birds
with will really increase your body count by the end
of bird season. Shooting clay pigeons is great target
practice with sporting clays courses being best. Be
sure to have your gun in your normal bird-huntingcarrying-position before each shot though so you can
practice shouldering your gun too. When target shooting, make sure you practice shooting fast too because
you will rarely have more than two seconds to get
a shot off in the grouse woods. I often just practice
shouldering my old, trusty Citori over and over. In
fact, I always practice shouldering my gun several
times before each hunt as well just to keep that motion
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Grouse hunting:
from page 44
burned into mussel memory.
The most important piece of gear in grouse hunting is the shotgun. The best shotgun for grouse
hunting is one that you shoot very well with at flying
targets within two seconds. For me, a 12-Gauge,
Browning Citori with 26 barrels (both improved
cylinder) is my ideal grouse gun. Some grouse pros
prefer lighter or heavier double guns, while others
like autos and pumps off all shapes and sizes. The
style of gun is not all that important as long as you
can hit quick targets in often tight quarters with it.
I have done a lot of experimenting with shot size
for grouse and I use one-ounce #6 shot loads for
all my grouse hunting these days. Sixes get the job
done with a reasonably dense pattern, they are heavy
enough to carry down range for longer shots, and
sixes also will penetrate though leaves and other light
obstructions and still carry enough energy to kill a
pat.
Footwear is another key piece of grouse hunting
equipment that can make the difference between success and failure. I once bird hunted with another outdoor writer who wore huge, insulated hunting boots
while bird hunting and after a mile or two through
the U.P. woods, he was ready to call it a day due to
exhaustion. I prefer lightweight, waterproof (GoreTex) boots that are about seven inches high. Ideal
bird hunting boots have a wedge shaped heal with no
protrusions along the sole to catch on debris. When
Heres the author with his cousin Bob Williams after a successful grouse and rabbit hunt in the U.P.
I find a good pair of bird hunting boots at a good

price, I always buy two pairs (or more). I typically
have two pairs of boots with me on every bird hunt as
they get moist from sweat or going through wet stuff,
which is typical in Michigans grouse woods. I also
bring along extra socks too.
You will absolutely need a good pair of brush
pants if you want to be serious about grouse hunting.
In fact I have three pairs of brush pants: One that is
insulated for super cold weather hunts, another that is

Gore-Tex lined for hunting when it is wet and a third
one, which I wear most, that is just a simple, unlined
pair.
When it is fairly warm (over freezing), I usually just wear a long-sleeved, tee-shirt with my bird
hunting vest. If its cold, I wear a heavy chamois
shit over the tee-shirt, with the bird hunting vest over
that. I never wear anything more than that because
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most of the counties that I frequently

hunt too so I can double check spots
to make sure Im not trespassing. One
last thing that I like to have with me is
a filet knife and a small, cutting board
to clean the birds on. I like to process
grouse as soon as possible after the
kill so I can get them on ice to prevent
spoilage. Ruffed grouse is one of my
favorite foods, so it only makes sense
to make sure they are treated right from
the time they are killed until they are
eaten.n
The authors pointing Lab Harry is a grouse hunting machine.
bird hunting for me involves a lot of

hard walking over rough terrain and I
work up plenty of heat in the process. I
only wear gloves when it is very cold
because they hinder my shooting ability
slightly. I just wear an orange baseball
hat on my head and if its real cold,
I wear an orange stocking hat over
it. The orange hat combined with my
orange vest provides what I consider
the minimum square inches of hunters
orange for safeties sake.
Inside my vest I carry a water-bottle
for me and my dog and a small collapsible drinking cup. Here are some other
critical things that I always carry in my
bird hunting vest: No fewer than a 15
rounds of ammo (with another full box
in the truck), a spare compass, lighter,
fire-starter, multi-tool, knife, halazone
tablets, whistle, first aid kit, emergency
blanket, gloves, zip-lock baggies, dog
leash, whistle, training collar remote
(if needed), compact camera, marking
tape, maps, and sometimes a GPS. One
indispensible item for grouse hunting is
a good compass as youll be using that
tool on most hunts to navigate through
the woods. The best ones are always
visible without having to dig it out of
your pocket. I have one on my watch
that I just love. The pin-on models are
also very well suited for grouse hunting. I also carry a cell phone if Im
in an area where a signal is possible,
which it not very often. One last piece
of equipment that I never go afield with
is safety glasses to protect the eyes. I
like shooting glasses with amber lenses
for bird hunting as they seem to help
me see better in the brush.
For an all-day-hunt, in the truck,
I have a cooler with no less than one
gallon of water and I usually have some
pop or juice, venison sausage, fruit,
energy bars and crackers. I just snack
between spots without eating a big
meal that will slow me down. I also
bring some food for the dog to keep
him energized too. Dont forget the
dog bowls too.
Also, in my truck I have a dash
mount for my Android smart phone
with a Back Country Navigator App
installed that I purchased which shows
me road maps, topographic maps and
even satellite images of the areas I
travel through and may hunt. It even
shows me public lands too. That little
program is indispensible when hunting
both new and old territories. It allows
me to download free maps through the
software and store them on my phone.
I had to add a micro-SD to boost my
storage on my phone though as all
those maps take up a lot of memory.
Having the maps stored on the phone
though means I can view them even
when there is no cell signal. I still
have my old, trusty DeLorme Atlas
and Gazetteer of Michigan too. I make
notes on that map of all the hunting
spots where I find good numbers of
birds. I also make notes on areas that
show good promise for the future; for
instance an aspen stand that was just
logged. I also carry Platt Books for
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Outdoor Safety And First Aid By Jonathan Schechter
Boat washing battles

aquatic invasive species
The culprits: power boats, personal water craft, sailboats, kayaks and canoes!
Millions of years ago glaciers carved immense basins that
were shaped and then reshaped by subsequent glaciers and
eventually after the last glacial retreat some 10,000 years
ago the Great Lakes emerged as we know them today
along with thousands of smaller lakes. That is where this
special end of summer tale of outdoor safety for the health
of our lakes begins. Jump ahead to the year 2014.
igratory waterfowl
and waterfowl hunters
have joined fishermen on our lakes
and wetlands at the
dawn of the Autumnal Equinox. By
the time the gales of November give
way to the snow squalls of December
our navigable rivers and lakes will be
nearly free of watercraft. But lurking
in the shallows and under the surface
are potent sleeper cells of aquatic
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invasive species (AIS) that are very

much alive and just waiting for a boat
to hitch a ride.
That boat may be yoursor mine.
And it is not just boats used for
waterfowl hunting and fishing that are
at fault. Personal watercraft operators, sailboats and recreational kayakers and canoeists are equally culpable
in the spread of invasive flora and
fauna from waterway to waterway.
Since mid-May two Michigan State
University students along with Dr.

Jo Latimore from the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife have travelled
to lakes throughout Michigan to focus
attention on stopping the spread of
aquatic invasive species with the help
of their portable boat washing unit offering free boat washes.
Their informational war is backed
up with a 140 degree pressurized hot
water stream to counter-attack the
transfer of AIS from lake to lake.
Washing is not a new concept to keep
things clean. When we were little
kids mom did not want us tracking
mud and muck from the great outdoors to the indoors. Wash those feet
and clean up before you dare come
inside! was the firm no nonsense
command given along with a garden
hose in those lazy days of summer
fun. Expect Mom did not spay us
with high pressure water hose at 140

degrees.
With funding from the U.S. Forest Service the portable boat wash
unit provided by the Department of
Environmental Quality has travelled
from busy locations in SE Michigan
as far north as Torch Lake to wage
war on invasivesone boat at a time.
I encountered the team at the DNR
boat launch site on the south shore
of Oakland Countys Lakeville Lake.
Lakeville Lake spans 460 acres and
attracts recreational boaters as well as
fishers after Largemouth Bass, Black
Crappie, Northern Pike and Pumpkinseed Sunfish. I stayed on location as
a camera- armed observer for several
hours and discovered that on this day
only about 50% of the users opted
for the free and voluntary boat wash
which tells me there is work to be
Launch users were asked upon

arrival at Lakeville Lake if they
wanted a free boat wash to
combat aquatic invasive species.
Author photo
done. The fact many boaters said no

is unfortunate, for a few minutes of
prevention via personal responsibility can make an enormous difference
in the transfer of AIS and invasives
lower the quality of recreation, hunting and fishing opportunities. Latimore stated in a press release that the
boat wash unit is basically just a pressure washer that heats water to about
140 degrees, which has been shown
through research, to kill and remove
most invasive species.
The trailered boats drive onto a
collection mat that catches all water
and flora and microorganisms as an
MSU student does the wash. The
water is then collected with a special suction vacuum and transferred
to a holding tank on the portable
unit. The targeted invasive species
include purple loosestrife, Eurasian
milfoil, common reed and of course
zebra mussels. MSU explains,
Zebra mussels have been linked to
food web distribution and blooms of
microsystis, blue - green algae with
toxic properties. Eurasian milfoil
forms thick mats of vegetation at the
waters surface that block sunlight
from native plants. Purple loosestrife
and common reed spread quickly and

crowd out existing vegetation, causing a decline in the diversity of native
plants. NOTE: Nearly 500,000
people in northwestern Ohio were
warned not to use their tap water in
early August. The reason for the
ban? Water officials in Toledo found
evidence of microcystin a toxin
created by blue-green algae that can
cause nausea and liver damage.
MSU student Rachel Richter
smiled as another stream of hot water
splashed against a pair of trailered
jet skis. Washing boats for free not
only helps keep our lakes beautiful here in Michigan she said, It
also helps spread awareness about
aquatic invasive species. As the public becomes more conscious of how
important it is to clean, drain and dry
their boats, we move closer to putting
an end to nasty aquatic hitchhikers.
Bindu Bhakta, the Water/Natural
Resources educator for the Michigan
State University Extension emphasizes that the Michigan Department
of Natural Resources is committed
to posting educational signage at all
public access lakes to help educated
the public about the spread of AIS via
boats of every shape, size and design;

power or paddle driven. The signs
also remind that it is illegal to launch
a boat in Michigan waters that has
aquatic plant material attached to the
boat or the trailer.
Action Steps For All Boaters

(even if no one is watching)
Inspect: Remove all visible
mud, plants, fish or other animals
from all watercraft and fishing equipment before transport to any waterway
Wash: Thoroughly wash
boats, trailer and other water equipment with hot water between 140-160
degrees. No soap or chemicals are
recommended.
Dry: Allow ample time for
anything that comes in contact with
the water to dry.
Drain: Empty water from all
equipment before transporting. Drain
away from the landing.
Dispose: Do not release plants,
fish or animal species into a water
body unless they came from that
water body. It is illegal to empty live
wells and bait buckets into water bodies. It is also illegal to transfer fish
to water bodies other than where they

were caught.
Identify: Learn to recognize
the appearance and characteristics of
aquatic invasive species.
Field Guide on Michigan AIS:
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/invasive-species/AquaticsFieldGuide.pdf
Jonathan Schechter is a naturalist/
paramedic in Brandon Township and
a nature education writer for Oakland
County Parks. JonathanSchechter@
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Extreme shooting and endurance
ue to the amazing advancements in rifles, optics, ammunition and the actual science
involved (which includes
the shooters heartbeat, wind
direction/speed, elevation,
temperature and even the earths
rotation), hitting the mark at extreme
ranges is possible today. Military snipers for example have in recent years
broken all the records in successfully
hitting their mark at unbelievable long
range.
This particular advancement in
technology has caused the Boone and
Crockett Club to recently define what
is to be considered as being an ethical shot in order to qualify for its big
game record book. Boone and Crockett obviously want to keep the hunt
in hunting and I fully agree.
On the other hand, I see nothing
wrong at all with using this technology for recreational and competitive
long range rifle shooting when the
target is paper or a steel plate, and I
can tell you for a fact that it is a whole
lot of fun, not to mention challenging, sometimes to the extreme. Target
shooting (in a variety of forms) is

for a fact a very American pastime
steeped in history.
A Winter Olympic event I always
enjoy watching is the Biathlon that
entails a combination of cross-country
skiing with rifle target shooting,
involving speed, endurance and accuracy. The contestant with the fastest
skiing time wont place high if their
score on the shooting range is low
(due to time penalties per each miss).
And when you are in an endurance
race with a very limited time to stop
and place your shots on a variety of
targets, its not that easy to hit the
mark while you are breathing hard and
your pulse rate is accelerating. (The
Biathlon was developed originally for
training soldiers in Norway with the
first competition being held in 1767).
It turns out we have an annual
contest of this nature in this country,
Thumb area residents Jeremy Kuhne (left) and Josh Bailey (right) teamed up to minus the snow and skis, in fact it is
compete in the Vortex Extreme held in Utah recently. They are wearing san- just the opposite involving the late
dals in the photo to relieve sore and swollen feet after completing the 7 and a summer heat, hiking boots, and with
half mile endurance race that included shooting at long range targets in rough some serious up and down terrain in
terrain. They finished 32nd out of 57 teams and being rookies to the challenging relatively higher elevation, and shooting at long range targets requiring
event, are quite satisfied. Kuhne successfully hit a target at 1720 yards.
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There was one particular shooting

station that featured three different
targets at varying ranges which shooters could opt for with the longest being a range of 1720 yards (and a successful hit on this offered more points
than the other two targets). Jeremy
thought what the heck and decided
to go for the longest shot, while Josh
acted as spotter. The target was a steel
plate measuring two feet by two feet,
and at 1720 yards, Jeremys first shot
hit only six inches low. He made his
correction and hit the steel plate with
his second shot and to the best of his
knowledge, was the only contestant
to successfully do so.
Jeremy and Josh would complete
the 7 and a half mile course in 4 and a
half hours, and place 32 out of the 57
teams, which they were well satisfied
with as first time rookies that didnt
know what to really expect. They
had finished the unique shooting and
endurance competition footsore and
scratched up by the sagebrush (they
were wearing shorts and t-shirts) but
wouldnt change anything next time
in regards to equipment including
firearms, ammunition, optics, clothing and boots.
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Called the Vortex Extreme, it
is sponsored by Vortex Optics and
held near Treamonton, Utah and
entails a 7 and half mile endurance
(cross-country and no trails) race that
features a variety of steel plate targets
set at ranges from 300 yards to as far
out as 1720 yards. The terrain is all
up and down at an elevation of 6000
feet, which can certainly put a strain
on lungs and legs. The contestants
are made up of two-person teams and
while one team member is shooting
the other acts as a spotter to determine hits and where to aim. Each
team is allowed only a set time frame
to complete shots at each target, and
contestants have to carry everything
including rifles, ammunition, optics
and drinking water.
Accepting this challenge recently
was Jeremy Kuhne, manager of the
Gambles Gun Shop in Caro and his
co-worker Josh Bailey. Their rifles
were Savage Model 110 HS Precision bolt-actions in .300 Winchester
Magnum topped with 6-24X Vortex
Optics scopes featuring adjustable
turrets. The rifles were also fitted with
bipods for stable long range shooting, and each rifle thus fully equipped
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Being rookies in this new adventure, Jeremy and Josh did their research beforehand, and did their best
to get in physical shape as well as
performing a lot of shooting practice.
There would be 57 two-person
teams in this event and the early
August temperature would start out
in the lower 70s and end up in the
upper 90s causing Jeremy and Josh to
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Take The First Days Of Bow Season Seriously...By Jordan Browne
All in for opening day

Y
ear in and year out, the

opening day of bow season is one of my favorite
days of the year to be in the
woods. The beginning of the
archery season provides a
unique opportunity to hunt
deer that have yet to be seriously pressured.
Early seasons like the youth hunt
and early doe season do put a damper
on this theory, but those seasons are
short, with a limited number of hunters
out educating deer. With these hunts
taking place before bow season its easy
to get discouraged, but dont let that
keep you out of the woods. You may
miss out on a prime opportunity to tag
that buck youve been watching on your
trail camera all summer.
Summer scouting and the proper use
of trail cameras are essential to opening day success. If youre going to kill
a buck early in the year, youll need
to know where his bed is. This means
learning the crop rotation and understanding that even though you have
an ideal bedding area on your hunting
property, the deer in your area may be
using a near by cornfield or CRP field
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instead. It gets even more difficult to

figure out a bedding area when youre
trying to target one particular deer.
Clearly, theres no way to be certain on
where exactly a deer is bedding, but
with a few well placed cameras and a
little summer scouting you can really
increase your odds of seeing a particular
buck during daylight hours once season
rolls around.
When September hits, I generally
move most of my trail cameras to licking branches. This is the time of the
year when bucks begin to make boundary scrapes, which provides a perfect
opportunity to get a sample of what
bucks are in your area. That being said,
you can also gather valuable information about where a buck is bedding by
studying these pictures. Paying attention
to what direction a buck approaches the
camera from, time of day, and even the
frequency in which he hits a scrape will
help you better understand where hes
living. The closer to season a picture is,
the more valuable it becomes as bucks
move into more fall like patterns. Those
pictures, coupled with a few first hand
encounters can make finding his potential bedding area much easier.
Trail cameras played an essential

role in my ability to tag my best archery
buck to date, a buck that grossed over
140, on opening morning. I had a
pretty good idea where this particular
buck was bedding. The entire section
was planted beans, which really limited
the number of potential bedding areas
he could use and made narrowing down
his core bedding area much easier. Several trail camera pictures and numerous
sightings lead me to believe that I had
him figured out. On opening morning I
was in the stand for nearly an hour and
a half before first light, hoping to get
there well before he made his way back
to bed. My plan worked, but not quite
as I had drawn it up. As daylight finally
arrived, unfortunately so did a large
storm that dumped a couple inches of
rain throughout the rest of the morning.
My cameraman and I stuck it out and it
paid off. I arrowed the buck I had been
watching the entire summer at just shy
of 11 am. Had it been later in the year, I
highly doubt that buck would have still
been on his feet. In all likelihood, he
probably would have stayed wherever
he waited out the storm. However, with
little to no hunting pressure and less
than ideal weather conditions, he felt

comfortable enough to move freely during daylight hours.
I can attribute a large part of my
opening day success over the years to
my willingness to venture close to the
bedding area, particularly the first morning or two. Normally, I try to avoid
getting too close to the bedding area
for most of October, but the first couple
of mornings are an exception. Ive
spent my entire hunting career chasing pressured whitetails and sometimes
you have to force the issue a little bit
in order to close the deal on an older
buck. These bucks spend very little time
out and about during daylight hours
throughout the month of October, making them very hard to kill with a bow
until the rut kicks in. Early October
provides you an opportunity to catch
one of these bucks making his way
back to the bedding area a little later
than normal. Evening hunts are a little
different, mainly because you cant risk
getting too close to the bedding area
with the buck youre after in it. Nevertheless, the principles are the same; you
need to know where his bed is in order
to cut him off in between the bedding
The author with a beautiful trophy

whitetail taken opening day of bow
season a few years ago.
and feeding areas.

Opening day of the 2009 archery
season is a perfect example of why
hunting bedding areas early in the year
can be so productive. I was hunting
a new piece of property that I knew
very little about, but the one thing I did
know was that it was home to a heavily used bedding area along a near by
river. Having lost my favorite hunting
property just weeks before season, I
was forced to hunt this chunk with
very little scouting. I really wasnt
sure what to expect as the sun rose on
opening day but I was sitting in the
best bedding area on the property and
I knew if there was a good one around
he would probably end up there. The
first couple of hours of the hunt were
pretty slow, just a few does and fawns
meandering through. Finally at about
10 a.m. I caught movement coming
into the bedding area as a small buck
made his way towards my stand. All
of a sudden things got crazy; within
an hour, I had passed up six bucks,
including a solid two-year-old eight
point, and had seen close to 30 deer.
I never did let an arrow fly that
morning, but it was a phenomenal
hunt. Its also a testament to the importance of staying late when hunting
a bedding area. Had I got down at 10,

I would have missed out on all of that
action. Im not saying you should sit
all day on the opener, but dont give up
too early; deer frequently move within
the bedding area all day long and who
knows just what deer might wander
by. Again, this applies more to morning hunts than evening hunts, where
getting close to the bedding area can
be difficult. Even though I didnt fill
a tag that morning, its still one of my
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In conclusion, make sure to take
the first couple days of bow season
seriously. Take the extra time during
the summer months to really learn
where the deer are hanging out in your
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over aggressive when it comes to stand
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up your odds is well worth the time.
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spend a lot of time in the woods and
would never miss a bow opener, but
If youve got a more normal job,
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My grandpa used to say that he knew just
six people who could sharpen a knife, and
that hed taught that skill to five of them...
Sharpening or restoring
xaggeration may be
an edge on anything designed
a by-product of the
to cut isnt difficult. Neither
aging process, but
is sending information by
as I approach the
Morse Code with a telegraph
sixth decade of my
key; but both skills have all
own life, I find that
but disappeared, because they
Grandpa was more
arent needed in our daily
often right than wrong. To
lives. Gone are the days
prove that assertion, just pick
when every schoola knife from any
boy carried a jackkitchen drawer or
knife for everything
cutlery block, and
from cleaning fish to cutting binder
run your thumb across its edge. If
everyone Ive issued that challenge to twine on hay bales.
Similarly, skilled honesman have
had bet me ten bucks that theyd find
a sharp knife, I could afford a new car. gone the way of shadetree mechan-
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because it requires less pressure to cut. Len McDougall photos
ground, hollow-ground, flat-ground,
etcetera), and other factors.
Applying bevels to a blade isnt as
complicated as most written instructions make it appear. My editor at
Tactical Knives magazine used to
almost lament that it wasnt really fair
for him to evaluate a new sharpening
gadget, because he could get a shaving edge from a chunk of concrete.
It doesnt matter how you establish
those bevels, whether you do it with
a file, a honing stone, or an electric
grinder, just so long as the inclines
meet at a sharp point, and are evenly
applied.
A dulled, previously-sharp knife
already has the necessary bevels,
but the apex where they meet is no
longer pointed: it has been blunted by
friction and wear - in a word, dulled.
In the phraseology of old timers, the
Most important, whatever a
apex where the bevels meet needs to
blades design, alloy, or features, is
be stood up, brought back to a sharp
the edge bevel on either side of the
cutting edge (one side on some Asian point by removing just enough metal
from the angles to restore it to its
grinds). Seen end-on, these two
original keenness.
bevels must, on a keen knife, come
The reason angle doesnt matter, is
together at a very pointed apex. The
because youll be setting it yourmore pointed and polished the V
self on a never-sharp blade - creating
formed by their joining, the sharper
bevels where there were none - and
the blade. The angle of the bevels
matching existing angles against
dont matter, and are, in fact dependent on blade thickness, profile (saber- whatever honing surface youre us-
ics, who, at the very least, changed

oil in the family car. Housewives and
home-cooked meals are evolving out
of existence, and, along with them, the
need to have a cutlery block of knives
sharp enough to process food without
making a mangled mess of it.
Getting a sharp edge on any cutting instrument isnt rocket science.
But it is a science, and it does take
skill to do well. Theres no shortage
of opinions on the subject, but the fact
is that there are physical characteristics for any cutting edge that must be
established before that elusive quality
known as sharpness emerges. Logically, achieving those requisite features is a lot easier if you first know
why an edge is keen or dull.
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blades. Depending on the width of
the bevel, and the thickness of the
blade, and the grind, honing angles
may vary considerably.
Sharpening Tools
Angle is unimportant, but apex,
the point where bevels (or a single
on just one side, in the case of some
Oriental grinds) terminate, is critical. Inability to maintain the same,
unvarying perspective of blade
against stone, until a sharp summit
has been achieved between its sides,
is the number one cause of failure to
achieve a keen edge.
A new generation of tools resolves that problem by fixturing a
blade so that it cannot move, then
similarly locking-down the honing
surfaces so that they cannot deviate
from the angle at which theyre set.
Fixtured hones enable anyone to get a
razor-edge on almost any knife; their
main disadvantage is that the simplest
of them is a multi-part kit, which
makes them less feasible for in-thefield sharpening jobs.
More portable are pull-through
sharpeners, which incorporate carbide
or diamond cutting surfaces on either
side of a preset-angle V-notch. As a
blade is pulled, heel-to-tip through

that notch, its sides are literally
scraped off until the bevels of its cutting edge are identical to the angles
of the notch, and the apex meets in
a sharp summit. Again, the angles
of your bevels are determined by the
angle of the carbides.
Either sharpening tool allows the
rankest beginner to get a sharp edge
on a knife, but remember that youre
essentially milling hard to very hard
steel from a blade to make its edge
terminate at a pointed apex. The
duller a knife, the more metal will
need to be removed to restore its
edge, so begin with your coarsest
hone.
Hand Hones
Sharpening a knife manually,
with no other tool except an abrasive
surface in your hand, is at the very
heart of the self-reliance philosophy.
No skill is more representative of
self-sufficient ideals than the ability
to hone a dull knife back to keenness
using nothing more complex than
an abrasive rock. This is the knifesharpening skill that everyone wants,
and the one that my grandfather
referred as being almost extinct.
Its not that the skill is especially
Getting a cutting edge sharp using nothing more than a stone you picked up from a beach
is at the heart of self-reliance.
difficult to understand, even if it does everything, and you cannot achieve a
take a bit of practice to develop real
sharp apex unless you hone the bevels
skill. The biggest cause of ineptitude at matching angles, just as you cannot
that Ive seen is attributable to poorly make a circle without arcs.
written sharpening instructions.
But maintaining angles with
First, forget everything youve
machine-like precision by eye alone
heard about maintaining a precise
just isnt possible when holding knife
angle. Its important that your honing against stone. Such immobilization is
angle match the angle of the edge
beyond human muscle-control.
bevel, but you cannot visually deterIts easiest to begin with a knife
mine, then manually hold an exact
that has previously been sharp, even
angle, anyway.
though its dull when you start. Most
That does not mean that abradknives today come from the factory
ing the bevels at the correct, matchwith a sharp edge, which means that
ing, angle is less important with a
hand-held sharpener. Again, apex is
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proper edge bevels have been applied - as opposed to the unsharpened

condition (for reasons of presumed
liability) of blades manufactured prior
to the 1990s. Its easier to learn the
feel of an edge bevel against a honing
surface if the correct bevel is already
there.
You can see these bevels. To
quote Meatloaf in his song, theyre
glowing like the metal on the edge
of a knife if theyve been applied correctly. Theyll appear as an
even-width line of flat, polished steel
extending from point to choil (heel).
The flatter and more polished the bevels, the keener the point where they
join, and the sharper the cutting edge.
Achieving polished bevels by
hand requires a little work, and
patience. Begin by laying the blade
against the honing surface, then slowly rotating the cutting edge against it,
as though you were trying to slice a
thin layer from the hone. The rotational motion is easier to control,
and enables you to evenly abrade the
same amount along the entire length
of a blade.
delineating those planes,

The latter is shown by a similar
line, this one always near the very
edge. It indicates that the honing
angle is correct, but the apex, rounded
from wear, hasnt yet been brought
to a keen point. The solution in this
case is to continue removing metal at
the same angles until the bevels meet.
Feel the Bevels
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F-e-e-l the blade drag against the

abrasive surface; an uneven bevel, or
an improper honing angle, will slip
jerkily as you rotate. A proper angle
and an even bevel produces a steady,
smooth drag as you rotate the blade
against the stone, beginning at the
choil, and pressing downward with an
even (not hard) force as you draw the
rotating blade back toward the tip.
Geometry dictates that you raise
the knifes handle slightly as to rotate
around the blades rounded belly.
Youll see that its necessary to do
that to maintain the same angle and
width of the bevel toward the blades
point.
With a bit of practice, youll soon
find yourself smoothly rotating the
blade as you draw it back, choil to tip,
on one side, then flipping the knife,
and doing the same to the opposite
side.
If honing doesnt produce a
noticeable increase in sharpness, one
of two things is happening: youre
honing at the incorrect angle, and the
bevel isnt flat against the honing surface, or the bevels arent yet meeting
at a keen apex - the edge isnt sharp
yet.
The former is the most common
problem, but it will reveal itself as a
line running longitudinally along the
length of the bevel. Look closely,
and you can see this line, which indicates that the bevels are being honed
on two different angles, with the line
Hand-honing a razor edge onto a knife isnt

as complex as it might seem.
Unconventional Shortcut
For very dull knives, or knives
that have never been sharpened, and
need considerable metal abraded off
to form edge bevels, I often do something that isnt suggested in honing
instructions. I use a very abrasive
instrument, sometimes a file, sometimes a coarse aluminum-oxide stone,
cleaned frequently with clear water,
and grind forcefully back and forth,
against, then with, the edge, up and
down the length of the blade. The
straightforward back-and-forth grinding motion is much easier to control,
and establishes bevels quickly - youll
note increased sharpness almost immediately.
Sharpening a knife, or any
cutting instrument is no more
complicated than establishing,
then polishing, the edge bevels.
Oh, sure, it can get more involved,
when you start considering which
bevel angles, alloys, hardnesses, and
blade designs are best suited to a
given task. But if the objective is to
have a knife that does what its supposed to do - which is to cut - then
these instructions are as complex as
youll need to get.n
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State department leaders held a news roundtable in Lansing today to

review the recent algae bloom in western Lake Erie that tainted drinking
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The danger was caused by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Blue-green
algae are a type of naturally occurring, photosynthetic bacteria. When
the organism dies, it releases a toxin called microcystin. The blooms are
fueled by phosphorus levels in the water, which come from some key
sources on land.
Leaders from the Michigan departments of Environmental Quality and Agriculture and Rural Development stressed that Michigan has
taken major steps to address the factors it can control.
Governor Snyder has charged Michigan government agencies with
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what more we need to do, said DEQ Director Dan Wyant. The fact
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factors -- municipal sewer discharges, farm and other surface runoff,
invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels, and weather.
We cant control the weather, but we are determined to do all we can
with the pieces we can address.
MDARD Director Jamie Clover Adams discussed steps taken in
recent years that have reduced phosphorus inputs. Programs like the
Michigan Agriculture and Environmental Assurance Program have
removed nearly 62,000 pounds of phosphorus from the Western Lake
Erie basin watersheds by encouraging farmers to use best practices. The
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program has helped create buffers
between agriculture operations and surface water.
For more than 15 years, Michigan has been a leader in the efforts to
improve water quality in the western Lake Erie basin. The states agribusinesses helped and are implementing innovative approaches for fertilizer best practices through the 4R system the right source, the right
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committed to work aggressively to expand technical assistance in the
basin through conservation districts and other groups to help farmers
implement conservation practices. We will continue to work with other
state and federal partners to complete the full nutrient reduction proposal under the Farm Bill Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
DEQ announced a five-point plant to bolster Michigans phosphorus
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plants in the watershed.
Optimization means fine-tuning plant operations to minimize phosphorus in the treated effluent.
Reduce agricultural and non-point source discharges to the Maumee River watershed.
Cease the open water disposal of dredged Toledo Harbor sediments.
Implement the Phosphorus Control Activities Checklist to best
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Support the evaluation of emerging technologies to control invasive
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BAY OF QUINTE
WALLEYE
By Mark Romanack
owhere on earth do you

have a better chance of
catching a double digit
walleye than on the Bay
of Quinte. This narrow
appendage of Lake
Ontario is an amazingly
well kept walleye fishing secret or is
it? Despite the fact that the word
on the Bay of Quinte is definitely out,
not many anglers tackle this world
class walleye factory. irst off, the Bay
of Quinte produces it giant walleye
late in the season. Late October,
November and early December are
the best times to plan a trip if a bruiser
walleye is the quest. Its at this time
of year that baitfish pile into the Bay
of Quinte from Lake Ontario and the
monster walleyes this fishery is noted
for soon follow.
Conflicts of interest with countless
hunting opportunities make it tough
for sportsmen to set aside fishing time
in the fall. All but the most serious
walleye enthusiasts miss out on this
seasonal bonanza.
Secondly, the Bay of Quinte is in
Ontario waters. A passport or enhanced drivers license is required to
cross the border and a nonresident
fishing license costs about $80. With
rising fuel costs, anglers are traveling
to and fishing Ontario waters less.
All this is a pity because the Bay
of Quinte walleye fishery has gotten
nothing but better in recent years. Fish
in the 10 pound range are so common
they barely earn a raised eyebrow
among locals or visiting anglers.
Monstrous fish in the 13 to 15 pound
range are taken every fall and there is
simply no other walleye destination
in North America where an angler can
honestly say his odds of catching a
wall hanger are better.
Crankbaits Rule
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In other fall walleye fisheries, big

walleye are most commonly taken by
trolling crankbaits at slow speeds and
in combination with planer boards.
The Bay of Quinte is no exception.
Big crankbaits, fished suspended in
the water column account for nearly
all the trophy class fish this system
coughs in fall.
A number of popular crankbaits
will produce fish, but a relatively
small number of ideal baits have the

right combination of size, profile and
action it takes to turn on the big girls.
These deadly walleye crankbaits fall
into two distinctive categories including shallow diving minnows and deep
diving minnows.
The action starts with deep diving
minnows and as the water gradually
cools, fishing with more subtle action
shallow diving minnows becomes
increasingly important. The magic
start of this fall trolling fishery begins
when the water dips into the mid 50
degree range.
Some of the most popular deep
diving minnow baits among Bay of
Quinte anglers include the Reef Runner 800 Series Deep Diver, Rapala
No. 12 Deep Husky Jerk, Bomber
25A, Manns Stretch 15 and Yo-Zuri
Deep Crystal Minnow. Each of these
popular lures are an excellent choice
for trolling when the water temperature is in the 50s. A trolling speed of
1.5 to 2.0 MPH produces best on most
days.
The typical walleye caught on
the Bay of Quinte is taken 20-30 feet
below the surface and suspended off
bottom. Each of the above mentioned
crankbaits will dive into this depth
range when trolled on lead lengths
ranging from 100 to 200 feet. Each of
these time tested lures is also featured
in the Precision Trolling Data Android
and iPhone apps that document the
exact running depth of various crankbaits on all common trolling leads and
line diameters. For the old school
anglers out there this same data is
available in a printed format called the
Precision Trolling Data Sticker. The
Stickers are printed on waterproof vinyl suitable for adhering to the tackle
boxes used to store crankbaits. For
more information go to www.precisiontrollingdata.com.
The author feels that the Bay of Quinte offers anglers the single best chance of boating a double digit walleye in the fall. Fish like this one are taken literally every day
from late October until the ice forms in early December. Mark Romanack photos
a little more tight lipped however and

when these conditions occur, its time
to switch from deep diving minnow
crankbaits to the more subtle action of
shallow diving minnows.
The most popular lures in this category include the Salmo Sting, Rapala
14 Husky Jerk, Reef Runner Ripstick,
Storm Thunderstick, Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow and Smithwick Rattlin
Rogue and Perfect 10.
Of course, shallow diving crankbaits will need some help to achieve
the 20-30 foot depths where these
walleye hang out. Two popular trolling aids are employed to target these
depths including Snap Weights and
lead core line.
Snap Weights are clip on style
As fall meanders towards wintrolling weights that can be placed
ter, the action on the Bay of Quinte
directly on the fishing line at any point
doesnt cool off. In fact, the biggest
fish of the season tend to come later in between the lure and rod tip. Most anthe year when water temperatures are glers place the weight from 25-50 feet
ahead of the lure and then let out an
in the 40-45 degree range.
Colder water causes walleye to get additional 25-50 feet of trolling lead.
Cooling Waters Call

For Different Tactics
This configuration places the weight

midway between the lure and rod tip
and helps the shallow diving minnow
baits achieve substantial depth.
The most common Snap Weight
size for targeting Bay of Quinte walleye is the two ounce model. Larger or
smaller weights can be substituted in
seconds as dictated by how deep the
fish are located.
The lead core line option is less
popular than Snap Weights, but just
as effective at targeting suspended
walleye with crankbaits. A common
lead core rig thats ideal for the Bay
of Quinte features three colors of 18
pound test lead core with a 50 foot 10
pound test fluorocarbon leader and
200 feet of 10 pound test monofilament as backing.
When a typical shallow diving
stickbait is set the angler will let out
the 50 foot leader, all three colors of
lead core line and 100 feet of backing
from the reel. At one mile per hour,
800 Series Reef Runner, then let the

Tadpole back an additional 50 to 60
feet. With a total lead length of less
than 100 we were able to match the
depths an 800 Reef Runner achieves
when fished 250 feet back!
this rig fishes about 29 feet deep. A

little faster trolling speed of 1.5 MPH
will cause the lure to run approximately 22 feet deep.
Tadpoles Are
Another Option
Planer Boards
Are Important
A third and less understood option

for reaching the deep water walleye
of the Bay of Quinte falls under the
heading of Off Shore Tackles new
Tadpole Divers. These divers are
normally fished at the terminal end
of the fishing line with a short leader
running from the Tadpole to the trailing lure.
A more creative way of rigging
the Tadpole is to attach an OR19
(orange) release to the tow arm via
a split ring and also an OR16 (red)
Snap Weight Clip to the back of the
Tadpole via a heavy snap. Rigged in
this manner the angler can place the
Tadpole 20 to 50 feet up the line similar to how Snap Weights are fished.
This rigging method can be used to
take deep diving crankbaits deeper
without having to use excessively
long trolling leads.
Last fall Nick DeShano of Off
Shore Tackle and myself used a No.
2 Tadpole 30 feet up the line from a
All of these trolling configurations

are weak without the help of in-line
planer boards that spread out lines
and help to increase trolling coverage.
In-line boards like the popular Off
Shore Tackle OR12 Side-Planer are
inexpensive and ideally suited to the
slow trolling speeds required for late
season eyes.
Once the desired lures and lead
lengths are set behind the boat, simply attach the in-line board directly to
the fishing line. Once the board is attached to the line, place it in the water
and play out additional line to achieve
the desired outward coverage.
In-line boards have another
advantage. When a fish strikes the
board becomes a handy strike indicator. Simply reel in the fish and the
planer board together until the board
is within reach of the boat. Clip the
board off the line and continue the
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trolling applications.
Summing It Up
The town of Belleville in Ontario

is located in the middle of the Bay of
Quinte and on the north shore. This is
a popular destination for anglers who
target walleye during the late fall. For
lodging and charter services check
out www.bayofquintecharters.com.
Scott Walcott owns both a charter
business and West Lake Willows

Resort.
Because the Bay of Quinte is
relatively narrow and protected, anglers can target walleye even in nasty
weather conditions. A walleye tournament style boat is ideal, but smaller
boats are also acceptable. Last fall
Nick De Shano and I fished from my
utility boat a Starcraft Freedom 180
with a 75 Tiller E-Tec. So long as
the boat has a kicker motor or a bow
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Traditional Black Powder Hunting...By Dennis Neely
The Rhythm of the Fray

A
plump bat swooped low.

The little beastie veered
side to side, up then down.
It circled within the stifling
humidity of the log cavern,
once, twice, three times,
then flew straight up and grasped the
underside of a rough-hewn rafter.
Appearing a bit perplexed, it looked
down at the humble souls trudging up
the stairs in resolved silence. The bat
scrambled up the rafters west side
and huddled close to a roof plank.
With an attack imminent, my alter ego
wondered, What shall I do?
Hunt-stained elk moccasins
shuffled into the darkest recess of the
chambers east corner. My shoulder
pressed light against a dirty log. From
there, like the displaced bat, I, too,
took measure of the others. I did not
know whom to trust and did not wish
to suffer a knife plunged into my back
or feel the wrath of a tomahawk upon
my temple because a settler thought I
was more Indian than white.
In all, eighteen souls climbed
those stairs, including the wife of a
man named Rosemeyer. She did not
dress as a proper frontier lady, but
rather wore a sweat-stained buckskin
skirt and a sun-faded brown trade
shirt. A wicked long knife hung from
her leathern belt in the small of her
back. Gobbler spurs mixed with red
and blue beads strung on a hemp cord
served as her hatband. I overheard the
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Black Powder Shooting... The defenders of the fort gathered outside the blockhouse after the match. Jeff Pell (center right) of
the winning team smiles as he holds the Fort Greenville Match traveling trophy. Wild Rivertree photo
Colonel say she shot a rifled gun better than most men.
The stagnant air smelled of old

With haste the Colonel explained the
dust and the perspiration of hard labor. order of fire and assigned the gun
ports, and just as he finished, the attack began with a whoop and a holler.
Sun streamed through the break in the
logs three shared: Jeff Pell, a grizzled
rifleman; Ned Newhart, a hardy settler; and Msko-waagosh, the Red Fox,
a white returned captive who could
not forsake the woodland ways of the
Ojibwe who raised him.
Priming flashed, rifles cracked and
an occasional smoothbore belched a
fiery tongue with more of a BOOM!
than a BANG! White, sulfurous
smoke obscured the gun port. My alter
ego, Msko-waagosh, felt no remorse
taking aim at the British soldiers, but
a gnawing fear twisted his gut, seated
in the realization that Native allies
might be among the Redcoats advancing on the fort.
Newhart shot, rose to his feet and
stepped to the right while Pell started
a patched ball with a judicious push
of his knifes handle. The Northwest
guns muzzle poked through the opening. Gunpowder cascaded into the
open pan. The English flint snapped
to attention. The back of my hand
steadied the forestock on the log sill.
The turtle sight found the white straps
that crossed a Redcoats chest, then
eased two-hands-width higher. Kla-
tread of the blockhouse steps. Even

without a proper weskit over his
clean white shirt and faded-green
knee breeches, the Colonel looked
formidable. A stately blue-silk scarf
was tied about his neck, and his
cowhide leggins were buttoned and
belted. Grab your firelocks, horns
and pouches and head upstairs, he
ordered as he turned to his right and
stared straight at me, stern and uncertain. With no choice, I obeyed.
Traditional black powder hunting
offers a myriad of paths to what once
was. On a beginning level, individuals can gain a representative taste of
our rich American hunting heritage
simply by donning the leather and linen garments of a bygone era, taking
up a black powder arm and engaging
in a fair-chase pursuitbe it gray
squirrels, wild turkeys or white-tailed
deer.
The distinctive sound of a firelock, the sight of a yellow tongue
of flame, the pungent smell of spent
black powder, the taste of jerked
venison and the unusual feel of a
trade shirt, knee breeches and wool
leggins all combine for an unbelievable outdoor memory.
After a few traditional hunts,
historical thoughts and reflections
fling open antiquitys door and usher
a curious time traveler back to a
deeper, more meaningful experience.
In my case, the quest became addictive, driven by an all-encompassing
question: What was it really like
to live, hunt and survive in the Old
Northwest Territory?
In the mid-1990s a group of living historians sat around a campfire
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Friendship, Indiana. Someone wondered out loud if it was possible to
re-create the conditions of a frontier
fort under attack, allowing the defenders to respond with live rounds.
The discussions grew serious, and in
June of 1999 the first Fort Greenville
Match, named to honor the signing
of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795,
was held, utilizing the two-story
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This past June, the Fort Green810-744-1716
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whoosh-BOOM!
In the rhythm of the fray, the
smoothbores smoking barrel withdrew from the opening as I arose
from kneeling. I stepped right. Pell
shoved his longrifles muzzle through
the gun port.
The powder measure was but a
dark shape in the log caverns smoky
dimness. I felt the precious granules spill over onto a finger. The bat
circled once, twice, then returned to
the rafters. The charge tumbled to
the breech. A bare death messenger
clattered close behind. Pells pan
erupted with a blinding flash. The
rifle cracked. His lips mouthed got
one as he turned away.
A steady finger pushed a hunk of
wadding into the Northwest guns hot
muzzle. The wiping stick rattled as
it rammed the load tight. The settler
took aim as I glanced up. The last
foot of the stick slipped into the trade
guns ribbed brass thimbles. Newharts rifle barked: BANG!
That afternoon, in the summer
of 1795, Red Fox entered the forts
trading house. Four prime buckskins
purchased two handfuls of gunpowder and thirty round balls. The trader
tried to tempt the woodsman with a
new knife, a pipe tomahawk, then a
dozen gun worms, but to no avail.
Wearing Indian dressbuckskin moccasins, a breechclout, a
ruffled trade shirt and a woven wool
sash tied about his waistthe returned captive walked through the
doorway and into the commons
amid questioning stares and suspicious looks. Before Msko-waagosh
could slip away, a disheveled farmer
appeared in the clearing between
the blockhouse and forest, running
hard and shouting, British! British
soldiers!
Minutes later, Colonel Roberts
took charge, ascending to the top
Black Powder... Colonel Roberts (far left) dealt an 18th-century playing card to
each participant. The holders of like cards comprised a team, which added to the
fairness of the competition. Wild Rivertree photo
opportunity to add another life
experience to my emerging returned
white captive personaMsko-waagosh. Ricky Roberts coordinates the
match. He is an original member of
the founding group, and on that day
the historical me chose to elevate him

to Colonel Roberts.
The journal of John Tanner tells
of traveling to the Mouse River trad-
The Rhythm of the Fray page 62
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State Events
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The Rhythm of the Fray:

from page 61
ing house and bartering skins for
gunpowder and thirty round ballsan
event that gave Msko-waagosh a reason for being at the blockhouse. Tanner also speaks of the perils, threats
and personal injuries he endured
because of his circumstance, including surviving a tomahawk blow to the
head and a musket ball that shattered
his right arm.
Some returned white captives,
like Tanner, found themselves trapped
between two cultures. Upon arrival,
my outward appearance drew some
stares and a few questioning looks,
because I was the only participant
wearing Indian dress, the rest portrayed longhunters, voyageurs or colonial militia. The uncertain glances
added a distinct feeling of distrust.
An acute awareness of not fitting in
washed over me, nurturing an 18thcentury mindset that approached that
described by Tanner.
Somber participants climbed the
stairs single file. By choice, my alter
ego hung back. Deeply conflicted,
the returned white captive crossed
eternitys threshold by the top step.

Then, when Colonel Roberts hollered
commence firing, Msko-waagosh
found himself thrust into the frontier
turmoil that gripped the Old Northwest Territory.
Loading, taking quick aim and
releasing another death messenger
was all that mattered, save a fleeting
concern that Native allies might be
among the British advancing in the
clearing. Heartbeats raced. Smoothbores thundered. Rifled guns cracked.
A displaced bat swooped. Pungent,
roiling smoke choked. Then Colonel
Roberts yelled, Cease fire!
And out of it all a pristine 18thcentury memory emerged, a tale
to share in the dancing light of an
evening fire, an impression born out
of the rhythm of the fray.
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Black Powder...C olonel Roberts (right) watched his step as he left the blockhouse,
but for historical purposes, Msko-waagosh (left) interpreted his cautious action
in the somewhat negative context of a passage from John Tanners journal. Wild
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Midday Bucks
offer day long activity. In heavily pressured areas the

largest bucks will be bedding in the cornfields all day.
A lone acorn producing tree in a standing cornfield
offers day long activity; this situation offers both food
and cover.
This past season during early November a majority of my buck sightings were during the mid-day. Also
on two consecutive days during that timeframe I was
able to harvest two great Michigan whitetails. During
one of the hunts I heard that buck enter his bedroom
well before daylight hours to only move again at high
noon. Fortunately, I was hanging 25 feet in the air
strategically along the travel corridor he used to exit
the bedding area. This was no accident, that buck
knew all the other hunters would have left therefore he
could travel around unscathed. The oldest whitetails
learn to pattern hunters better than hunters pattern
whitetails. Most mature bucks quickly learn mid-day
offers an opportunity to travel unmolested.
Year-round whitetails move during all hours of
the day. Many hunters focus on the ends of the travel
routes near crop fields. This only gives you a flash of
activity in the morning and evening. The best mid-day
strategy is to uncover travel corridors deeper in the
woods or connecting fencerows. A favorite stand on
mine is where several thickets inside a larger woods
converge creating a T. Each of the brushy sections
extends out to several thicker bedding areas. It takes
years to figure out the exact ridge or most preferred
route, but using high tech mapping tools and plenty of
Two great Michigan bucks taken on two consecutive midday hunts. Author photo
post season scouting will take years off the learning
curve.
of hours, preparing for five seconds of an adrenas the sun reached high into the sky I felt
If secluded, mature bucks are comfortable visitmyself getting tired and losing attention. line rush. Dont be caught sleeping during those five
ing food and water throughout the day. During the
seconds.
I needed to revitalize my energy with a
rut, bucks move off the fields an hour before daylight.
Dont be fooled, hunting afternoon hours does
snack. Just seconds later, with a mouth
Then during the late morning or mid-day they get
not always mean an all day hunt. Staying on stand
full of food I got the feeling. Slowly I
back up in search of estrus does. Older bucks can
past noon during a morning hunt will increase your
looked over my left shoulder and saw a
quickly scent check numerous doe bedding locations.
success. When hunting fencerow stands, Tim Nestor
beautiful mature buck standing there in
Then at the peek of the rut, bucks are on their feet
from Strother Archery often sneaks into his stands at
all his majesty at high noon.
9:00 a.m. after the deer have left the field. This allows anytime searching for another estrus doe, whether its
Hitting the midday period provides some of the
best hunting and many hunters are missing out on the him to avoid bumping whitetails off the fields but then midnight or mid-day.
And if they dont move there are two plans I put
catches deer traveling his fencerow corridors.
action. Fourteen percent of bowhunters have taken
Mid-day stand location is the most important deci- into action. Initially, be patient. Even the hottest locatheir Pope & Young trophies between 10 a.m. and 4
sion for these hunts. It doesnt make much sense to sit tions take a few days before producing a mature buck.
p.m. And with so few hunters actually taking advanall day in the wrong location. Hunting travel corridors But when patience doesnt work then get aggressive.
tage of the mid-day movement those statistics are
Find the freshest sign, another ridge and make your
between two bedding areas, adjoining fence rows, or
simply amazing.
Capturing a buck flat footed at high noon requires ridgelines are ideal locations. Additionally, thick cover move into those locations during the late morning
hours.
parallel to hidden food, on the doorstep of a bucks
special consideration, without which, an all day hunt
It is tough waiting hours on end to see one deer,
can quickly become a drag. High energy foods, drinks, bedroom, or hidden water sources is a prime location.
but its typically worth the wait. If you want to pheSome of my top strategies are to hunt near hidand even some entertainment are needed. Spending
nomenally increase your odds, add midday hunting to
den apple trees, secluded acorn trees right next to
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your arsenal this fall.n
thicker buck bedding areas. Even standing cornfields
for the duration. We wait all year, spend hundreds
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Grand Island
9 Bears moved
By Richard P. Smith
ore bears were available to

hunters with bear licenses
on the Upper Peninsula
mainland when bear season
opened on September 10
thanks to the presence of too
many bruins on 49-square-mile Grand
Island near Munising. Nine bears that
are legal for hunters to take were live
trapped on the island during late August
and relocated to southern and western
Marquette County. Most of the relocated bears were yearlings or two-yearolds, but several were adults, including
one that was wearing a radio collar and
ear tags.
Bear hunting is legal on Grand
Island, but few people take advantage
of the opportunity because there are
plenty of bears on the mainland. The
only way to reach the island is by boat.
Lack of bear hunting pressure on Grand
Island may be why the number of bears
reached such high levels there, but the
reduction in the number of bear licenses
issued the past three years should also
contribute to an increase in bear num-
bers statewide.
Dean Seaberg, who operates the
ferry service to Grand Island, helped the
DNR in moving nuisance bears from the
island.
Bears were being seen on the
island all summer, Seaberg said, but
then over a 2-day period they started
taking backpacks that contained food
and getting into tents where people were
leaving food. We had a meeting with the
DNR and Forest Service and decided to
close the campgrounds on the island and
move some of the bears from the island
before problems got worse.
Three barrel traps mounted on
wheels were taken to the island on
August 14. The original goal was to
move six bears from the island, thinking
there were 10 to 12 present. At least one
female with three cubs had been seen on
the island. If she were captured in one
of the traps, the plan was to let her go to
avoid breaking up the family.
The first bear was caught within an
hour of the arrival of traps on the island.
A bear climbed on one of the traps
An adult female black bear walks the beach at Trout Bay on Grand Island. Author photo
when it was still attached to a truck and
the truck was running, Seaberg said.
This was soon after the traps got to the
island and they werent even set yet.
The bear was shooed away and the trap
was set and it didnt take long to catch
that one.
They watched that bear go in the
trap and the door fall. One of the other
bears that was trapped went in the trap
while DNR personnel were standing
nearby watching. That time, the door
was dropped manually by pulling on a
release after the bear was inside.
Seaberg said he checked the bear
traps every day at 6 a.m. If there was a
bear in a trap, he had it to the mainland
dock by 7 or 7:30 where DNR personnel transported bruins to areas for
relocation.
When we caught eight bears by
Monday or Tuesday, we decided to reopen the campgrounds and remove the
traps, the ferry operator said. There
was one more bear in the traps when we
went to remove them, so we ended up
moving nine bears from the island.
The adult female that has three cubs
was not among those that were trapped.

Neither was a sow with a single cub
that was seen swimming to the island
the week before bear traps were set on
Grand Island. Seabergs family also
operates a pontoon boat rental service.
One of their customers reported seeing the sow and cub swimming to the
island.
That cub may have drowned before
it reached the island. A cub was found
dead on the islands shore this year during early August. There was no obvious
signs of injury to the small bear and no
effort was made to determine the cause
of death. Forest Service personnel buried the cub after it was found.
Seaberg said island visitors have
still been seeing bears since the nine
animals were removed, so the number
of bears present was much higher than
originally thought. He commented that
the only part of the island where bear
traps were set was the south end. He
added that blueberries are abundant in
the vicinity of Trout Bay, but the berries
were still green due to the late spring
this year, so they werent yet ready for
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This Grand Island black bear is chewing on a tomato soup can it pulled from the fire pit. Food
and trash not stored properly led to a rash of problems during mid-August. Author photo
relocated.
bears to eat. He said hazelnuts on the
DNR wildlife biologist Monica
island were not yet ripe either.
Seaberg said he thinks some people Joseph at Crystal Falls also reports
were feeding bears on the island, which that 14 bears were live-trapped and
led to the rash of problems during mid- relocated this summer from the Smoky
Lake Reserve in Iron County. Part of
August. He added that some campers
the 5,700-acre fenced hunting preserve
and hikers also were not storing their
is in Wisconsin. Joseph said bears eifood properly, contributing to the
ther go under or over the preserves 17
problem.
miles of fence and eat food put out for
At the present time, campers
deer and elk.
dont have to make reservations on the
Every year we usually pull a
island, Seaberg said. They can camp
couple of bears out of there, but it has
anywhere. So when a camper leaves
been several years since we trapped
food in a tent or on a nearby picnic
any bears at Smoky Lake. The preserve
table, rangers dont know who it is.
now has new owners. There were probFor that reason, there may be a change
ably more bears in there this year bemade requiring all campers on the
cause its been a while since we trapped
island to make reservations. That way
when someone doesnt follow the rules, any there.
Wildlife technician Ryan McGilthey will know who to issue a ticket
liray relocated bears from Smoky Lake.
to.
When one of the last bears he moved
An Alger County picnic area on
looked like it could have been one he
Deer Lake at Shelter Bay was also
moved earlier, the DNR stopped reloclosed for a few days during August
cating bears from the preserve until the
due to the presence of a problem bear.
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t isnt every day that you would

find Governor Rick Snyder and
Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh
working shoulder-to-shoulder
in the vast state forest lands of
the Upper Peninsula, shovels in hand,
planting nannyberry shrubs and crab
apple trees.
But on a hot, sunny
day in mid-August,
thats exactly what two
dozen citizen volunteers and a handful of
DNR staff witnessed
at the end of a twotrack trail just south of
Gwinn in Marquette
County, where, thanks
to the collaborative
efforts of all parties
mentioned above, a
diamond in the rough
has gradually become
a brilliant gem.
The GEMS or Grouse Enhanced
Management Systems are a new
DNR initiative designed to bring attention to Michigans outstanding upland
bird hunting opportunities through the
creation of a series of walk-in access
hunting trails intensively managed for
improved ruffed grouse and woodcock
hunting.
DNR Wildlife Division development of the GEMS hinged largely
upon the support of the Ruffed Grouse
Society and increased revenue from the
states new license fee package.
The Ruffed Grouse Society and
the American Woodcock Society are
both extremely excited
about the new GEMS
initiative, said Eric
Ellis, East Great Lakes
regional biologist for
the Ruffed Grouse
Society. We see this
as an opportunity to
get our members in
the field, working on
habitat improvement
projects at the GEMS
sites, and using hunting destinations as opportunities to promote
grouse and woodcock
hunting and conservation in Michigan.
To get the GEMS ready for their
debut season, the DNRs Wildlife Division and Ruffed Grouse Society professional staff and members have partnered
to plan and complete the necessary
groundwork: clearing trails, improving habitat with strategic plantings to
Prepared By The MDNR
DNR Director Keith Creagh and Gov. Rick Snyder assisted volunteers in planting more than
75 fruit-bearing trees and shrubs to enhance a new GEMS hunter walking trail in southern
Marquette County on Wednesday, Aug. 13. The GEMS are designed to showcase Michigans
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The work has also been supported
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GEMS to take root.
The GEMS concept first occurred to
Terry Minzey, the DNRs Upper Peninsula regional wildlife supervisor, while
he was watching a television show that
featured a trail of golf courses the
public was invited to visit and play.
He recalls thinking: Why couldnt
we do something like this for upland
bird hunting?
Now, less than two years later,
the GEMS have morphed from concept to reality. To date, the DNR has
established seven GEMS locations (in
Cheboygan, Chippewa, Dickinson,
Gladwin, Gogebic, Mackinac and Marquette counties), and is committed to
developing at least six more statewide
by September 2015.
GEMS are developed on sites with
historically good grouse and woodcock
habitat that have been further enhanced
with plantings of clover and fruit-bearing trees and shrubs. An additional key
component of habitat improvement for
the GEMS is the intensive cutting of
aspen on an accelerated 40-year cycle,
which will increase the presence of
young aspen the preferred habitat of
ruffed grouse and woodcock.
Cutting has already taken place
on all seven of our GEMS areas, said
Al Stewart, the DNRs upland game
bird specialist. The idea is to move
these areas from being good habitat
for grouse, woodcock and other young
forest wildlife to being excellent habitat
for those species.
Stewart also pointed out that
promoting early successional forests
through intensive cutting provides
an opportunity to highlight the value
of young forests to stakeholders who
might not be aware of the vital role
strategic cutting plays in habitat management.
GEMS management will provide
a unique opportunity to showcase the
relationship between habitat improvement and the timber industry, Stewart
said. Were not only promoting the
value of young forests to the mainstream business culture, were providing habitat that will benefit a whole
suite of species.
In addition to improving wildlife
habitat, the GEMS hold two other
specific purposes: Creating safe and
easily accessible hunting opportunities
for new hunters or those with limited
mobility, and supporting the vital tourism economy of the Upper Peninsula
and northern Lower Peninsula.
The walk-in access trails, which
feature minimal terrain changes, are
gated and marked with signs and information kiosks at trailheads. Detailed
maps of the GEMS are also available
online.
Were looking at creating a place
for a guy whos 70 years old and still
wants to grouse hunt, but cant bust
the brush anymore, Minzey said. Or
maybe a hunter mentoring a young kid,
or a wounded veteran who cant get
through the thick stuff; they can let the
dogs go and stay on the trail until the
dogs find a bird.
These trails will also certainly be
used by hunters targeting other species
attracted to this habitat deer, rabbits,
turkey, and so on not to mention the
opportunities the GEMS will present
for cross-country skiers, snowshoeing, birding, hiking and other types of
outdoor recreation.
With an eye on the many out-ofstate hunters who come to the U.P. and
northern Lower Peninsula to chase
grouse and woodcock, Stewart and
Minzey both envision the GEMS as a
series of destinations that visiting hunters can follow across the state, from
one end of grouse territory to the other.
Partner groups and sponsors in
communities across northern Michigan
also see the potential for connecting hunters with local businesses and
boosting seasonal economies.
Organizations including the City of
Marquette, Plum Creek Timber Company, Huron-Manistee National Forest
and the Hiawatha National Forest
have already joined with the DNR and
Ruffed Grouse Society in support of the
GEMS with one of the current GEMS
found on national forest land and future
locations planned on private timber
company land.
Business owners near the GEMS
The GEMS are developed in areas with historically productive grouse and woodcock hunting, and
will be enhanced with strategic plantings of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs. These crab apples
will provide food for a variety of wildlife, including upland game birds, deer, bear and songbirds.
are also signing up to promote the
program by offering discounts or other
incentives to hunters who visit a GEMS
site, take a photo of themselves with
a GEMS sign, and then patronize the
local sponsor establishment.
The GEMS really are a win-winwin for habitat, hunters and the economy, Stewart said. We see the GEMS
as opportunities to really work with
chambers of commerce or other com-
munity leaders to promote place-based

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unting is more difficult

for some of us than others. Those of us relegated
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what Im talking about. As I sit here
penning the framework of this article I cant help but be distracted by
the hunt taking place on the television just beyond my laptop screen.
The hunter, now posing with a jaw
dropping whitetail by average hunter
standards, is rambling on about the
almost insurmountable challenges he
faced during this three-day hunt and
the intense effort it took to down this
buck.
Yeah, soI want his problems.
If youre reading this, Im sure you
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killing bucks is rarely a three-day
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smiling, buck in tow.
Your head says walking through a

mile of swamp or crossing a 700
yards of fresh clear-cut will not be
fun, which is true. But these are the
areas you want to focus on, the ones
that no one else will be willing to
access.
By Mark Spencley
age. You need to find a piece of land

big enough or nasty enough that it
offers a few big bucks the opportunity to escape hunters for consecutive years. Aerial imagery is the best
way to compile a laundry list of
pieces worth looking at. There are a
Once you have a list of pieces
number of options, Google Earth be- worthy of a scouting trip, you have
ing the most popular and my default to completely revise your approach
choice.
to scouting, at least initially. People
When it comes to narrowing
sign, not deer sign, is the first thing
down pieces of ground, there are no youll be looking for once laying
set acreage parameters. For someeyes on the terrain. This is more
one like me, who mainly hunts the
important on small more heavily
expansive timber in northern Michi- hunted pieces than it is on really
gan, Im generally looking for 300
large tracts. Walk every two-track
acre parcels or larger, with some be- and trail and check out every vehicle
ing 20 times that big. I realize these access point. Its public land, so you
size parcels simply dont exist in
can expect some company. Figure
southern Michigan, but the principle out where other guys are hunting
still applies.
and how theyre getting to and from
During my college years I
their stands. This shouldnt take
almost exclusively hunted southlong. The vast majority of hunters
ern Michigan. And I found success
will not walk more than 300 yards
despite the more broken terrain.
from their vehicle and most will use
Instead of size, I focused on pieces
two tracks or defined trails as access
of ground that held nasty thick cover routes.
most hunters would refuse to penNow that you know where
etrate. If you can see a tangled old
everyone else is hunting and how
apple orchard, a brush choked river theyre getting in and out, check out
bottom, a series or steep ridges, or
the spots you identified before your
swamps, make note of these areas
This whole process is built on
trip. Ideally youll find no treestands
for a later look. The idea is to find
pinpointing areas that have the poor evidence of other hunters who
tential to hold big bucks. To be clear, pieces of land that have some teeth. had the same idea. From my experiWhen your first reaction is, that
by big buck Im referring to any
ence, finding other hunters that are
would be a pain in the butt to walk
respectable buck youd like to put
willing to go the extra mile is rare.
through, youve found an piece
on the wall. Score is irrelevant. If
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The author with one of his best bow bucks...taken last year using his four step approach.
Step 3
This third step is critical, not

because its more important than the
first two, because it lends itself to
complacency. Once you find an area
away from the pressure zone and
sporting favorable deer features, it
can be tempting to throw a stand in
the first decent tree you find. Dont
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where the terrain concentrates deer
movement and any place where the
deer can fill their stomachs in peace.
Funnels vary so widely theyre almost impossible to describe, a strip
of timber between a clear-cut and
more open country, a shallow spot
in a creek, or a saddle that connects
a series of ridges. Unless the sign
convincingly tells me otherwise, I
go to funnels virtually every time,
especially through the rut phases.
Concentrated food sources are
important both early and late in
the season. These are pretty much
limited to mast trees, clear cuts, and
berries. Deer eat a lot more than
that, but these are the most common
concentrating food sources I have
found.
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and execution. Closing the deal is
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69
White-tailed Deer Are One Of The Most Prolific Deer Species On Earth...By John Ozoga
Precocious fawns grow to become superior adults
The Antlered Fawn
70
A buck fawn's pedicles usually don't

become pronounced until the fawn is about 4
or 5 months of age. That's when the healthy
fawn's testes produce sufficient amounts of
the male hormone testosterone to stimulate
the laying down of additional pedicle bone.
This process is closely linked to the fawn's
rate of maturity, testes development and ability to produce a certain amount of testosterone -- it is not keyed to seasonal light cycles,
as is future antler growth.
Some buck fawns may develop prominent pedicles topped with hardened button
(i.e., infant) antlers when 6 to 8 months old.
Since such early antler development requires
high levels of the male hormone testosterone,
buck fawns that develop infant antlers are
presumably physiologically advanced, and
probably fertile. Conversely, late-born and/
or severely stress male fawns may not even
grow pedicles during their first autumn.
The late antler researcher Richard Goss
referred to infant antlers as a "unique zoological structure", because it is impossible to
pinpoint the exact time when predicle growth
gives way to antler development.
Infant Antler Research
Studies conducted at the Cusino Wildlife

Research Station in Upper Michigan found
that well-nourished pen-raised buck fawns
routinely grew infant antlers by mid-December. Likewise, 84 percent of the buck fawns
raised in the Cusino square-mile enclosure
grew button antlers when provided with
unlimited supplemental feed. Most achieved
antler calcification and polishing during early
December and all cast their small antlers
before March.
By comparison, Harry Jacobson reported
that only 20 percent of more than 200 buck
fawns held in research facilities at Mississippi State University developed button antlers
their first year.
Interestingly, Jacobson notes the following: "not one of these was seen before the
fourth week of January and most developed
these antlers in February and March. In other
words, none could have been classified as
legal antlered bucks during the deer hunting
season."
The frequency of infant antlers -- hence
achievement of puberty -- among freeranging buck fawns has not been intensively
studied and is largely unknown. General observations suggest that only 5 percent to 10
percent of the buck fawns in most wild herds
achieve polished infant antlers. But there are
exceptions.
About 37 percent of 130 buck fawns
collected in January from the Crab Orchard
National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois were
presumed fertile based upon the presence of
polished button antlers. This high rate was
obviously influenced by excellent nutrition. However, investigators concluded that
late-born male fawns had minimal chance of
achieving puberty.
Apparently, sexual maturity among buck
fawns is a function of body weight and age.
For male fawns to become fertile when 6 to 8
months old, they must be born early -- during
late May or early June -- enjoy a high level
of nutrition and weigh 90 pounds or more by
December.
This phenomenon appears to be more
prevalent in the Midwest and on northern
range, where it also tends to occur earlier, as
compared to further south. Although buck
fawns have been known to impregnate doe
fawns in captivity, their role as sires in the
wild is unknown.
Researchers suggest that growth of infant
antlers among buck fawns may be more prevalent than hunters realize, because most such
development occur after hunting seasons.
The Pregnant Fawn
Some female fawns achieve puberty and

breed, a phenomenon that has been quite
intensively studied with captive animals and
documented in free-ranging deer populations.
After intensive study of deer population dynamics in the 2-square mile George Reserve
deer enclosure, located in southern Michigan,

Dale McCullough concluded that doe fawns
breed only under superb conditions when
herds are well below carrying capacity an
most newborn fawns survive.
To achieve puberty and breed at ages 6 to
8 months old, female fawns must reach a certain critical body size. In the North, that size
is about 80 to 90 pounds. For smaller Southern species it's about 70 pounds. That doesn't
mean all animals reaching or exceeding these
weights breed and reproduce, not even at low
herd density.
Based upon our studies at Cusino, it's
also important to recognize that a high incidence of precocious male fawns does not
necessarily mean that a high proportion of female fawns in the same population breed. For
example, in the Cusino enclosure, 84 percent
of the male fawns grew infant antlers. At the
same time; only seven percent of the doe
fawns conceived young.
Fawn Pregnancy Rates
The highest fawn pregnancy rate is in the

Midwest. More than half of doe fawns typically breed in agricultural areas of Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska North
Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota as well as
in southern regions of Michigan, Minnesota,
and Wisconsin.
In Iowa, researchers found more than 70
percent of the doe fawns bred and that they
carried an average of 1.25 fetuses per doe.
Some even carried triplets. Fewer doe fawns
breed in Southern states. Only 10 percent
to 40 percent reportedly breed in the Southeast, even on the best range. Likewise, less
than 16 percent of doe fawns likely breed in
Texas' Llano Basin.
Doe fawns are also less likely to breed
near the whitetail's northern range limits.
There, climate and range quality can vary
greatly each year over relatively short distances', and even in the same area.
In New York's Adirondacks, 6nly about 4
percent of doe fawns breed. But in southern
New York, where forage quantity and quality
is better, more than 36 percent of doe fawns
become pregnant. Likewise, in southern
Michigan more than half of the doe fawns
usually breed each year. In comparison, less
than 5 percent become pregnant in Upper
Michigan. Similar trends occur in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
While some such differences are caused
by nutrition, some researchers speculate that
environmental factors -- such as temperature
and day length -- play a role.
Genetics might also be a factor in some
areas. However, genetics don't explain the
different breeding potential found between
fawns in northern and southern Michigan.
The ancestral stock of southern Michigan's
George Reserve came from Grand Island,
located in Lake Superior.
Doe Fawn Research
Most of the whitetail's seasonal physiological events such as antler growth, body
growth, coat molt, fattening, and reproduction are cued to seasonal changes in daylight,
or photoperiod. This has led to speculation
that regional differences in daylight amounts
might affect puberty attainment in young
deer.
Researchers in southern Michigan studied
doe fawns raised in light-controlled chambers
to evaluate photoperiod's effects on puberty.
Fawns raised on 16 hours of light and 8
hours of dark were placed in two test groups
at age 4 months. One group was switched to
8 hours of light in mid-October. The other
group remained on 16 hours of light until December, and then switched to 8 hours of light.
The researchers found that fawns experiencing an earlier switch to short days were
more advanced and more likely to breed. In
fact, 7 of 8
early short-day fawns
achieved sexual maturity in January or February, whereas none of those in the extended
daylight group sexually matured.
Our studies at Cusino, in Upper Michigan, produced contrasting results. We subjected one group of 4-month-old doe fawns
to extended daylight by using overhead
lights to illuminate outdoor pens to simulate
longer days. Our control group was also
confined outdoors, but with natural daylight
length. The study's photoperiod phase lasted
9 weeks. A mature buck was then placed in
each pen until March.
During the study, 19 of 29 test fawns
bred. Sixty-one percent of the long-day
fawns bred compared to nearly 73 percent of
the natural-day fawns. As result, the similar
reproductive performance, indicates factors other than photoperiod must cause poor
breeding success in Northern doe fawns.
We found only one striking difference in
reproductive performance between doe-fawn
groups in our study: widely varying estrous
dates according to experimental treatment.
That is, long-day fawns had a prolonged
breeding season, extending from Nov. 24
until Feb. 20. By comparison, all fawns
exposed to natural daylight bred on or before
Jan. 20.
Obviously, doe fawns must be fat and
skeletally large to achieve sexual maturity.
Under varying nutrition levels, it's equally
possible to find large, lean fawns and small,
fat ones, none of which could be expected to
breed. In our Cusino study, doe fawns that
became pregnant were heavier, and demonstrated greater skeletal growth, as compared
to nonbreeders. We suspect, therefore, that
doe fawns must achieve a certain critical fat
to lean body composition to achieve puberty.
The timing and extent of fat deposits
Precocious fawns page 72
hite-tailed deer are one of

the most prolific deer species
on earth. Aside from being able to adapt to a wide
variety habitat conditions
and environmental pressures,
they can breed at a young
age, produce more than one
offspring per year, and give birth at the most
favorable time of the year. Given the proper
circumstances some whitetails can even
breed when 6 to 8 months old. This special
precocious trait literally allows deer populations to explode when conditions are just
right.
Whether a whitetail (male or female)
reaches puberty and breeds in its first year
will depend upon many poorly understood
factors. Birth date, genetics, day length,
nutrition, climate and social environment are
some factors that can be involved. Although
researchers still debate this phenomenon,
they generally agree that late-born and malnourished individuals rarely achieve puberty
and breed prior to one year of age; the mystical effects of deer social structure and density
are not particularly clear From a management
perspective, its important to recognize that
whitetails are capable of such an advanced
rate of maturity, generally signaling favorable habitat and proper herd management.
Most importantly, precocious fawns tend to
become superior adults at young age, making this phenomenon worthy of study and
perpetuating when the management goal is to
produce healthy and productive deer populations
71
White-tailed Deer Are One Of The Most Prolific Deer Species On Earth...By John Ozoga
Precocious fawns grow to become superior adults
The Antlered Fawn
70
A buck fawn's pedicles usually don't

become pronounced until the fawn is about 4
or 5 months of age. That's when the healthy
fawn's testes produce sufficient amounts of
the male hormone testosterone to stimulate
the laying down of additional pedicle bone.
This process is closely linked to the fawn's
rate of maturity, testes development and ability to produce a certain amount of testosterone -- it is not keyed to seasonal light cycles,
as is future antler growth.
Some buck fawns may develop prominent pedicles topped with hardened button
(i.e., infant) antlers when 6 to 8 months old.
Since such early antler development requires
high levels of the male hormone testosterone,
buck fawns that develop infant antlers are
presumably physiologically advanced, and
probably fertile. Conversely, late-born and/
or severely stress male fawns may not even
grow pedicles during their first autumn.
The late antler researcher Richard Goss
referred to infant antlers as a "unique zoological structure", because it is impossible to
pinpoint the exact time when predicle growth
gives way to antler development.
Infant Antler Research
Studies conducted at the Cusino Wildlife

Research Station in Upper Michigan found
that well-nourished pen-raised buck fawns
routinely grew infant antlers by mid-December. Likewise, 84 percent of the buck fawns
raised in the Cusino square-mile enclosure
grew button antlers when provided with
unlimited supplemental feed. Most achieved
antler calcification and polishing during early
December and all cast their small antlers
before March.
By comparison, Harry Jacobson reported
that only 20 percent of more than 200 buck
fawns held in research facilities at Mississippi State University developed button antlers
their first year.
Interestingly, Jacobson notes the following: "not one of these was seen before the
fourth week of January and most developed
these antlers in February and March. In other
words, none could have been classified as
legal antlered bucks during the deer hunting
season."
The frequency of infant antlers -- hence
achievement of puberty -- among freeranging buck fawns has not been intensively
studied and is largely unknown. General observations suggest that only 5 percent to 10
percent of the buck fawns in most wild herds
achieve polished infant antlers. But there are
exceptions.
About 37 percent of 130 buck fawns
collected in January from the Crab Orchard
National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois were
presumed fertile based upon the presence of
polished button antlers. This high rate was
obviously influenced by excellent nutrition. However, investigators concluded that
late-born male fawns had minimal chance of
achieving puberty.
Apparently, sexual maturity among buck
fawns is a function of body weight and age.
For male fawns to become fertile when 6 to 8
months old, they must be born early -- during
late May or early June -- enjoy a high level
of nutrition and weigh 90 pounds or more by
December.
This phenomenon appears to be more
prevalent in the Midwest and on northern
range, where it also tends to occur earlier, as
compared to further south. Although buck
fawns have been known to impregnate doe
fawns in captivity, their role as sires in the
wild is unknown.
Researchers suggest that growth of infant
antlers among buck fawns may be more prevalent than hunters realize, because most such
development occur after hunting seasons.
The Pregnant Fawn
Some female fawns achieve puberty and

breed, a phenomenon that has been quite
intensively studied with captive animals and
documented in free-ranging deer populations.
After intensive study of deer population dynamics in the 2-square mile George Reserve
deer enclosure, located in southern Michigan,

Dale McCullough concluded that doe fawns
breed only under superb conditions when
herds are well below carrying capacity an
most newborn fawns survive.
To achieve puberty and breed at ages 6 to
8 months old, female fawns must reach a certain critical body size. In the North, that size
is about 80 to 90 pounds. For smaller Southern species it's about 70 pounds. That doesn't
mean all animals reaching or exceeding these
weights breed and reproduce, not even at low
herd density.
Based upon our studies at Cusino, it's
also important to recognize that a high incidence of precocious male fawns does not
necessarily mean that a high proportion of female fawns in the same population breed. For
example, in the Cusino enclosure, 84 percent
of the male fawns grew infant antlers. At the
same time; only seven percent of the doe
fawns conceived young.
Fawn Pregnancy Rates
The highest fawn pregnancy rate is in the

Midwest. More than half of doe fawns typically breed in agricultural areas of Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska North
Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota as well as
in southern regions of Michigan, Minnesota,
and Wisconsin.
In Iowa, researchers found more than 70
percent of the doe fawns bred and that they
carried an average of 1.25 fetuses per doe.
Some even carried triplets. Fewer doe fawns
breed in Southern states. Only 10 percent
to 40 percent reportedly breed in the Southeast, even on the best range. Likewise, less
than 16 percent of doe fawns likely breed in
Texas' Llano Basin.
Doe fawns are also less likely to breed
near the whitetail's northern range limits.
There, climate and range quality can vary
greatly each year over relatively short distances', and even in the same area.
In New York's Adirondacks, 6nly about 4
percent of doe fawns breed. But in southern
New York, where forage quantity and quality
is better, more than 36 percent of doe fawns
become pregnant. Likewise, in southern
Michigan more than half of the doe fawns
usually breed each year. In comparison, less
than 5 percent become pregnant in Upper
Michigan. Similar trends occur in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
While some such differences are caused
by nutrition, some researchers speculate that
environmental factors -- such as temperature
and day length -- play a role.
Genetics might also be a factor in some
areas. However, genetics don't explain the
different breeding potential found between
fawns in northern and southern Michigan.
The ancestral stock of southern Michigan's
George Reserve came from Grand Island,
located in Lake Superior.
Doe Fawn Research
Most of the whitetail's seasonal physiological events such as antler growth, body
growth, coat molt, fattening, and reproduction are cued to seasonal changes in daylight,
or photoperiod. This has led to speculation
that regional differences in daylight amounts
might affect puberty attainment in young
deer.
Researchers in southern Michigan studied
doe fawns raised in light-controlled chambers
to evaluate photoperiod's effects on puberty.
Fawns raised on 16 hours of light and 8
hours of dark were placed in two test groups
at age 4 months. One group was switched to
8 hours of light in mid-October. The other
group remained on 16 hours of light until December, and then switched to 8 hours of light.
The researchers found that fawns experiencing an earlier switch to short days were
more advanced and more likely to breed. In
fact, 7 of 8
early short-day fawns
achieved sexual maturity in January or February, whereas none of those in the extended
daylight group sexually matured.
Our studies at Cusino, in Upper Michigan, produced contrasting results. We subjected one group of 4-month-old doe fawns
to extended daylight by using overhead
lights to illuminate outdoor pens to simulate
longer days. Our control group was also
confined outdoors, but with natural daylight
length. The study's photoperiod phase lasted
9 weeks. A mature buck was then placed in
each pen until March.
During the study, 19 of 29 test fawns
bred. Sixty-one percent of the long-day
fawns bred compared to nearly 73 percent of
the natural-day fawns. As result, the similar
reproductive performance, indicates factors other than photoperiod must cause poor
breeding success in Northern doe fawns.
We found only one striking difference in
reproductive performance between doe-fawn
groups in our study: widely varying estrous
dates according to experimental treatment.
That is, long-day fawns had a prolonged
breeding season, extending from Nov. 24
until Feb. 20. By comparison, all fawns
exposed to natural daylight bred on or before
Jan. 20.
Obviously, doe fawns must be fat and
skeletally large to achieve sexual maturity.
Under varying nutrition levels, it's equally
possible to find large, lean fawns and small,
fat ones, none of which could be expected to
breed. In our Cusino study, doe fawns that
became pregnant were heavier, and demonstrated greater skeletal growth, as compared
to nonbreeders. We suspect, therefore, that
doe fawns must achieve a certain critical fat
to lean body composition to achieve puberty.
The timing and extent of fat deposits
Precocious fawns page 72
hite-tailed deer are one of

the most prolific deer species
on earth. Aside from being able to adapt to a wide
variety habitat conditions
and environmental pressures,
they can breed at a young
age, produce more than one
offspring per year, and give birth at the most
favorable time of the year. Given the proper
circumstances some whitetails can even
breed when 6 to 8 months old. This special
precocious trait literally allows deer populations to explode when conditions are just
right.
Whether a whitetail (male or female)
reaches puberty and breeds in its first year
will depend upon many poorly understood
factors. Birth date, genetics, day length,
nutrition, climate and social environment are
some factors that can be involved. Although
researchers still debate this phenomenon,
they generally agree that late-born and malnourished individuals rarely achieve puberty
and breed prior to one year of age; the mystical effects of deer social structure and density
are not particularly clear From a management
perspective, its important to recognize that
whitetails are capable of such an advanced
rate of maturity, generally signaling favorable habitat and proper herd management.
Most importantly, precocious fawns tend to
become superior adults at young age, making this phenomenon worthy of study and
perpetuating when the management goal is to
produce healthy and productive deer populations
71
Precocious fawns:
from page 71
seem to play an important role in
attaining puberty. Shortening days
in autumn tends to trigger seasonal
events such as pelage change and
fattening. Therefore, long-day fawns
studied. in. northern Michigan probably did not achieve the critical fat/
lean body composition necessary
to induce puberty until they were
switched to natural daylight. This,
in turn, likely accounted for their
delayed puberty and breeding.
We concluded that body weights
of wild fawns on Northern range
become stable in mid-autumn because
of marginal nutrition arid the onset of
harsh weather. For example, we
found that as little as a 10 percent
reduction in caloric intake for fawns
in autumn seriously curbed their fattening and skeletal growth. Therefore,
on Northern range, a natural decrease
in high-energy foods, rather than decreasing daylight, probably halts the
fawn's sexual development.
Social Effects
In some cases, whitetail social
structure and density stress can be
just as important as nutrition in determining an individual deer's wellbeing. In our enclosure studies, for
example, as deer density increased to
over 100 deer per square-mile, antler
development among yearling bucks
declined, as did conception rates
among yearling does and survival
rates among fawns born to first time
mothers -- even when the herd was
supplementally fed. Hence, there is
good reason to believe that social
factors also play a role in puberty
achievement among fawns.
As noted earlier, female fawns
seem to respond more sensitively to
social effects than do male fawns. Even
at high herd density and complex herd
social structure many male fawns grew
infant antlers (i.e., indicative of sexual
maturity) but doe fawns rarely bred
despite their favorable physical traits.
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It's important to note that Cusino's

enclosure deer lived more natural social lives than pen-raised deer. Mature
bucks in constant close contact with
young females in small pens is unnatural I suspect that differences in social
behavior largely accounted for the
gross difference in breeding performance of penned versus enclosure doe
fawns recorded in our northern studies.
Several possible social factors
might explain why pen-raised fawns
bred while enclosure fawns did not,
despite comparable weather conditions and nutritious diets. The unnatural confinement of bucks with doe
fawns in pens might have a biostimulating effect, which induced breeding.
In other studies, we observed
that confining bucks and mature does
together in autumn tends to advance
mean breeding dates by 8 to 9 days.
It's possible the close (unnatural)
contact with sexually active bucks
also stimulated and advanced puberty
onset in pen raised doe fawns.
McCullough surmised that herd
reduction in the George Reserve contributed to better physical condition
and, hence, increased pregnancy rates
among fawns. On the other hand, one
could argue that fawns were freed
from maternal suppression as the herd
was purposely decimated by a midDecember hunt, and that social factors
were just as important as nutrition- in
triggering puberty in doe fawns.
Also, McCullough observed that
production of triplets by adult does
and breeding by fawn does occurred
at about the same herd densities.
Therefore, he believed the oc6urrence
of triplets among adult does might be
a useful clue to breeding of doe fawns
in wild herds.
However, in our Cusino enclosure studies doe fawns seldom bred,
despite the common occurrence of
triplets raised by adult does.
A Texas study confirmed that
orphaning plays a key role in doefawn breeding even in a Southern
environment. Two of 4 doe fawns
deliberately orphaned in mid-autumn

subsequently bred, while none of 5
control fawns achieved puberty.
While southern Michigan deer
numbers increased dramatically in
the 1980s and 1990s, the incidence
of doe-fawn breeding declined.
Researcher Lou Verme argued that
harvest rates did not keep pace with
the expanding southern Michigan
herd. As a result, he theorized that the
decreased pregnancy rates among doe
fawns stemmed from increased maternal domination, hence social stress
not nutritional deficiency.
Conclusions
Achievement of puberty among
whitetail fawns is a complex phenomenon. Clearly, fawns must be fat
and skeletally large to achieve sexual
maturity, whereas late-born and/or
malnourished individuals seldom, if
ever, achieve such an advanced physical state. Also, the sexes respond
differently to stress factors.
Precocious fawns appear to be
more prevalent in the Midwest, where
deer herds are maintained below
carrying capacity. However, researchers still debate environmental effects
such as climate and photoperiod, as
well as genetics and social factors.
While birth date and nutrition
are prime factors involved, biosocial
factors coincident with herd eruption
or decline can influence achievement
of puberty among doe fawns. On the
other hand, given good nutrition,
male fawns seem less responsive to
social stress.
There is little doubt that precocious fawns are superior in all
respects and more likely survive
stressful northern winters, compared
to fawns that do not achieve puberty.
Also, there is good reason to believe
that they become physically superior and more productive yearlings.
Although the subject has not been
thoroughly researched, precocious
whitetail fawns undoubtedly grow
to be physically superior and highly
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This years deer hype

a difference for sure and as my season
progressed I think I had more patience
knowing there were plenty of bucks in
the area even after my other neighbors
friend harvested a small six pointer on
opening day of gun season.
One piece of advice I would give on
trail cameras is do some research.
Buying a cheap camera may do more
harm than good. I cant tell you how
many eyeball shots I have of deer
staring directly into the eye of my
camera. I also have many shots of deer
flinching once the camera has clicked.
They know right where mine are at. I
even had one small buck doing nightly
performances in front of one of my
cameras.
Even though this is all fun and
games before the season, I dont think
it helped me at all with the wise old
bucks I was targeting and the only
reason I caught them on the camera
was they wandered in front of it for the
first time. Moving camera location was
important in getting that picture of the
heavy eight. This year I am thinking of
even using the trail cameras I have to
places that may make the shooters avoid
that area and bring them in front of me.
Not a good commercial for the camera
company but the deer just know my
cameras are there and I need every trick
in the book.
Fine tuning my stand location
hopefully will increase my odds as
well. Multiple locations will help with
changing winds, neighbors deciding to
do some lawn mowing in November,
and just the fact that sitting in the same
stand will undoubtedly saturate the area
with scent no matter how hard I try not
to. Im hoping to be able to hunt in the
same stand only one time per week.
But we all know how deer hunting can
be in Michigan, one day you are the
hero and the next day you are the zero.
Im just hoping to improve on the odds
as much as I can.
Remember safety comes first in
the deer woods. Those heartbreaking
Ash trees continue to fall with every
storm. I have a real mess in my woods
right now with several mature trees

that have broken off at the base and are
leaning precariously against other trees
and branches. Look around to locate
these before you put your stand up. It
could not only save you from having to

relocate during the peak of the rut but
could save your life. Have a great deer
season and hopefully Ill see you at the
buck pole.n
heard folks starting to talk about

getting back to the deer woods in
May this year. Remember those
good ole days when you prepared
for deer season by pulling the old
hunting clothes out of storage
and gathered a few slugs and a few 00
buckshot shells and if you could find a
sturdy bucket to sit on you were ready
to hunt? Wow how deer hunting has
changed. My deer season really started
in June and I was late getting things
going. I had to move two stands and
modify a tower blind. I kicked myself
as I was swatting bugs while dragging
stands knowing it all would have been
so much easier in April. Even so Ive
never been as ready for deer season as I
am this year.
Last years ended horribly on the
last day of muzzle loader season, as
the big heavy eight I had been after for
three months followed a doe into my
neighbors woodlot and one loud blast
from my neighbors smoke pole had
me climbing down out of my stand and
heading to the house shaking my head.
Id seen the brute on my trail camera
enough to make a grown man cry. On
one occasion he was 45 yards away
from me standing in front of my trail
camera while I was hunting on a different fencerow facing the other way. Ive
thickened all of my fencerows to enhance my deer habitat so much so that I
couldnt see him. Can you imagine the
look in my eyes while clicking through
the pictures on the memory card and
looking at the buck Ive been after then
realizing the date and time the picture
was taken?
Now that is why we chase big mature Michigan white tails.
I just started using trail cameras. I
had always thought that just because I
had a picture of a decent buck in August
didnt mean he was going to be there in
October. But breaking down and buying
one changed my way of thinking completely. I actually had no idea how many
deer were using the property. I had eight
different bucks on trail cams last year. I
had only seen one myself. That is quite
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Gun Chat... By Lee Arten
Single-action shooting
I got it, but it still works. The Blackhawk is fairly heavy but due to the
long barrel and single-action balance rides well on a belt when Im
fishing, wandering in the woods, or
hunting small game.
In the movies, and on TV, nearly
everyone cocks a single-action with
the thumb of the shooting hand.
That tends to loosen the firing grip
because the hand shifts a bit as the
thumb moves. I usually shoot pistols
two-handed. Many years ago, when
shooting the Blackhawk two-handed, I
began cocking the gun with the thumb
of my left (weak) hand. Thats faster,
and doesnt disturb my firing grip.
Shooting that way a single-action
can be fired quickly and accurately.
Author shooting a gun that hadnt been to the range in a while, an Old Model Ruger
While shooting steel I was able to
Blackhawk in .357. The revolver came with an auxiliary cylinder in 9mm Luger.
keep up with another shooter using a
brought it along as backup on deer
trigger. It is accurate with factory .357 semi-auto pistol, at least for the first
hunting trips. I shot NRA Hunters
loads, and my .357 and .38 Special
few shots. If I missed my first, or secPistol Silhouette matches with it too.
reloads. It hasnt seen a lot of factory ond shot, I generally could not catch
The Blackhawk was the gun I did best rounds but has fired a great many reup. You cant miss fast enough to
with at silhouettes. It even surpassed
loaded .38s. I used reloads on the steel win, is as true at the steel plate racks
a scoped Thompson Center Contender plates and, when I hit them, they went as it was when I first heard it at bowlpistol in .357 Maximum that I tried
right down.
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When I first shot the Blackhawk, I
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they were based on, original Ruger
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with it. It also hit center with the
five rounds in the cylinder and the
reloads I made with the spent cases
hammer down on an empty chamber.
from that ammo, and with various
To load five I fill one cylinder, skip
commercial and reloaded .357s. In
the next one, and then load four.
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A few weeks later I spent an
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Take special care during lay-up
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most outlets, has been known to create phase separation problems during
winter storage. Some so severe, fuel
tanks have to be removed to correct
them, no easy task. Be sure to use
fuel stabilizer, Sta-Bil Marine Formula (blue in color) Sta-Bil Gold Eagle
or Star-Tron which is also a marine
treatment. Dont be stingy on the
dosage. You cant use too much run
it through the engine as you continue
your lay-up preparation.
If you have a generator on board,
be sure to run treated fuel through that
engine and protect it from freezing.
If you have open exhaust ports,
cover them to keep the birds from
using them to build nests in your
exhaust lines.
If storing an I/O or outboard
outside, dont leave the drive tilted up.
Water could collect in the lower housing and freeze, cracking the metal. Be
sure you do not leave anything aboard
that will freeze and be damaged.
Drain the bilge and remove the plugs.
Fall not spring, is the time to
service your boat trailer.
Check your wheel bearings; be sure
they have a good coat of grease to
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avoid rusting while sitting in storage. If you find water in the bearings,
replace them along with the seals.
Its a good idea to relieve weight
on tires during lay-up.
Once youve completed winterizing and preparing your vessel for
storage, dont assume your work is
done. If you have inside storage;
garage, barn etc, a simple dust cover

may suffice. If there is a possibility
of small birds or rodents being in the
storage area, you will need more than
a dust cover. The cover will have to
be sealed so there are no areas that can
be accessed.
If storing outside at the marina and
your boat will be placed on stands,
make sure they are on a solid base
such as plywood or cement. Make
sure they are chained together near the
tops to avoid slipping out from under
the hull. Also be certain there is support under the keel.
If your boat is stored on a
cradle or framed device, check to
be sure there are no weak areas
such as dry rot, rusted screws or
cracked wood. When covering your
boat for outside storage, make sure
there are no pocket areas that could
collect rain or snow. Its best not to
have any loose areas that could flap
in the wind and damage your hulls
finish.
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may think you know from prior years
what is needed but its good to review
your past list. You may wish to add a
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If you have a fresh water system or a re-cycle cooling system,
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The First Deer Taken In Indianas Modern Archery Season...
The Anniversary Hunts of Ed Pitchkites
ccasionally, I receive a letter or

small gift from an old friend;
a friend that I have never met.
Ed Pitchkites and I became acquainted
through correspondence and telephone
calls. Because we share a similar
interest in bowhunting equipment
and the true values of hunting, we
enjoy each others friendship. Let me
introduce to you my friend Ed and the
story of his anniversary hunts.
A mixture of rain and snow had
fallen during the night, leaving the
woods damp and quiet. Good hunting weather, Ed thought as he slipped
his back quiver over his shoulder,
picked up his bow, and entered the
newly designated bowhunting area
just after daylight.
The date was November
1, 1951, opening day of Indianas very first modern day
archery deer season. Ed and
his brother, Frank, had heard
about 8000 acres of Brown
County State Park being set
aside for the event and had
driven down to take part in
it. Ed carried a
60# Par-X aluminum recurve bow
with a magnesium handle and Frank
had an old lemonwood longbow. In
their back quivers, both carried a few
wooden arrows tipped with sharp
3-blade Bodken broadheads. Camouflage clothing was unheard of in those
days. The boys just wore their regular
clothes for hunting.
Shortly after noon that day, Ed
spotted a nice buck feeding slowly
along through the trees. As he at-
tempted to stalk closer, the buck suddenly lay down. Carefully continuing
his stalk, Ed finally got within bow
range of the bedded deer. His first
arrow hit the buck solidly. As the deer
jumped up, Ed shot and hit him again.
Frank, who had been watching, ran
up yelling, You got him! Together
the two brothers chased the deer down
and finished him off. Then they tied
the buck to a long pole and struggled
out of the woods with the pole on their
shoulders and the buck swinging from
side to side.
Arriving at the mandatory deer
check station, they learned that 20
year old Ed Pitchkites had just taken
the first deer in the state of Indiana
with a bow and arrow during the first modern archery
season. Eds 8-point buck
pulled the scales to 210
pounds after field dressing.
At that time cameras werent
very common and they never
had a photo taken of the animal. However, since it was
the states first bow killed
deer, a local taxidermist volunteered
to stuff the head
free of charge.
That was Eds first deer, but not
his first game taken with a bow and
arrow. Born in 1931, he grew up during the Great Depression: a time when
people did whatever they could to survive. Ed and Frank made their own
primitive archery gear in those days
and often supplied small game for the
familys meals. Ed later wrote, We
Ed Pitchkites (left) and brother, Frank, with the mount of the first deer taken
hunted everything, rabbits, pheasants, by bow and arrow in Indianas first modern bow season, November 1, 1951.
By Darryl Quidort
60th Anniversary
Hunt, November
1, 2011. Ed Pitchkites with a mature 8-point buck
taken from a
ground blind with
his 62 year old
Par-X aluminum
bow and original
old arrow with
a Bodkin point.
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quail, ducks, doves, pigeons, frogs,

turtles, and fish. Anything that was
edible. Every once in a while a neighbors chicken would wander onto our
property and never left.
As time went by, Ed obtained
newer, maybe better, bows and arrows
but that first deer in 1951 was a milestone for him. He decided that every
10 years, on November 1st, he would
celebrate that event with an anniversary hunt. He would take the old ParX bow and the same old red, Bodkin
tipped arrows out to try to duplicate
the original feat.
On each 10 year anniversary for
the next 40 years, Ed hunted with his
old archery tackle. At times he passed
up does and small bucks while holding out for an 8-point buck, which he
felt he had to take from the ground, to
commemorate his first successful deer
hunt. After his 1991 hunt, he felt that
time was passing him by and shortened the interval between anniversary
hunts to five years. Then, after the
unsuccessful 45th anniversary hunt
in 1996, with only three of the old

original arrows left and the aluminum limbs of the old bow starting
to fatigue, Ed decided that if he was
going to succeed, hed better make
the anniversary hunt on November 1st
every year.
The following year, on the 46th
anniversary of his first deer hunt, he
succeeded in his quest. It was a wet,
damp morning, just as it had been 46
years earlier on that first deer hunt.
Ed was quietly moving along through
the woods when he spotted some deer
coming toward him. He stopped and
stood very still as they approached. A
nice buck stopped in an opening and
Ed could see four points on one antler.
Recognizing his chance, he drew the
old aluminum bow and shot one of his
old red arrows. The hit seemed a little
higher than intended, and the arrow
only penetrated half its length. Ed
was concerned about having a good
blood trail to follow, so he backed
quietly out and went for help. Returning with his son, son-in-law, and
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Hit hard, the buck only ran about 20
yards before circling and going down
for good.
Amazingly, Ed had done it again!
He had been successful in taking a
mature 8-point buck from the ground
on the 60th anniversary of his first
successful deer hunt, with the same
old archery equipment he had used
on that hunt long ago. Looking at
his watch, he realized he had shot the
buck just after 12:00 noon, the same
time he had shot his first deer on that
memorable hunt 60 years earlier. Ed
contacted his son and grandson to
help him celebrate the accomplishment and retrieve the 230 pound buck
from the woods.
Now 83 years old, my friend, Ed
Pitchkites, has enjoyed a lifetime of
traditional bowhunting. He wrote a
book, now long out of print, in which
he recounts some of the wonderful
memories of hunts gone by.
From his book; Just as I came
out of the swamp into an opening in
the timber area I saw a deer take off,
maybe an 8-pointer. It looked like a
Disney picture! The deer was running to my left and almost turning.
In the timber it was dark and shady,
while sunlight was pouring down
LEFT
ation gift, 62 years earlier, was

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It was very cold that morning, and
Ed soon became chilled while sitting
on a bucket in a natural ground blind
made from a fallen treetop. When
a nice buck appeared, he found that
he was too cold and stiff to draw his
bow. The buck bounded away from
him. After missing his chance, Ed
felt heartbroken. He was 80 years
old, and a lifetime of hard work had
taken its toll on him. He sat there
for a long time, wondering if his
bowhunting days were finally over
for good. After a while he got up
and, using his walking stick, took a
walk through the familiar woods to
warm up. Reaching another one of
his favorite natural brush blinds, he
decided to sit down and continue his
hunt.
By late morning the sun was shining, and Ed was feeling better. Two
does suddenly ran past his blind, and
Ed turned to see a big buck following
them. He grabbed his old, familiar
bow. The buck turned slightly to pass
on Eds right side, offering a tough
shot for a right-handed archer. By
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buck deader than a doornail. This
time they did have a camera, and a 66
year old, young at heart, Ed Pitchkites happily knelt down behind his
anniversary buck for a photo with the
Par-X bow displayed proudly across
the antlers.
Ed enjoyed a lifetime of archery
and successful bowhunting, always
using traditional gear. He shot instinctively, or what he calls by feel,
and with bare fingers. He taught
archery classes to Boy Scouts, 4-H
clubs, and private groups. Along with
friends, he started an archery club,
the Black Stag Archers, and of course
Ed enjoyed bowhunting each and
every fall. Often a group of friends
headed out of state for a hunting trip,
pulling a camping trailer that Ed had
built especially for hunting. And
every November 1st, he got out his
old Par-X bow and the old red arrows
and enjoyed and anniversary hunt all
alone, just for old times sake.
Before his 60th anniversary hunt
in 2011, Ed noticed that his old arrows were falling apart. He had to refletch a few of them using the same
old red arrow shafts and new white
feathers. The old bow that his parents
had given him as a high school gradu-
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Osprey chicks outfitted

with satellite backpacks
early absent from much of

the state due to the effects of
DDT and other pesticides and
habitat loss, ospreys continue
to rebound in Michigan. In
southern Michigan, monitoring efforts
are tracking the revitalization of this
species.
This year, six osprey chicks
from area nests were outfitted with
backpack satellite and GSM telemetry units. These units funded
by grants from DTE Energy, Huron
Valley Audubon, photographer Lou
Waldock, U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services and American Tower Corporation will help
scientists track the young birds daily
movements and seasonal migration
patterns.
In 2013, three osprey chicks were
given GPS backpacks in southeast
Michigan. One chick banded near Estral Beach migrated to Cuba. A chick
from Kensington Metropark ventured
to Colombia, and one from Pinckney
found good fishing sites on a golf
course in Miami.
Unfortunately, all three chicks

with backpacks perished in 2013. Approximately 60 percent of the osprey
chicks hatched each year do not make
it to their second birthday. Factors that
commonly cause mortality in young
chicks include predation by great
horned owls, collisions with buildings and other structures, weather, and
illegal shooting of birds in Central and
South America.
We are very excited to have
this opportunity to place GPS units
on several ospreys this year, said
Julie Oakes, Michigan Department of
Natural Resources wildlife biologist.
This will provide the DNR with not
only information on what migration
routes the birds take, but also insight
into what perils they must endure on
their migration.
The exciting part is that anyone
can follow along and find out where
the birds have been, just by looking at
the Michigan osprey website
www.michiganosprey.org. Move the
cursor along the route to see GPS
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osprey chick with a GPS backpack at Kensington Metropark. MDNR photo
mation for each leg of the ospreys
journey. The youngsters will begin
their migration in early to mid-September, so wildlife enthusiasts can log
on to watch their journey.
In 1998, the DNR began to relocate ospreys to southern Michigan.
The program, supported by donations
to Michigans Nongame Wildlife
Fund, removed chicks from active
nests in northern Michigan and reared
them in man-made towers in southern
Michigan, a process called hacking.
Relocation efforts occurred over a
span of 10 years. In 2013, the DNR
identified at least 56 active nests in
southern Michigan an incredible
increase from the single active nest
reported in 2002.
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story, said Oakes. Each year we
have new nests, and we have already
exceeded our original goal of 30 active nests by 2020. We have been able
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T
By Jerry Lambert
trees from a local

conservation organization.
There are a large number of conservation groups to join and I highly
encourage you to do so. These organizations serve the hunting community
and are vital in preserving our heritage. These organizations contribute
in a wide variety of important task.
Many help in restoring habitat as outlined in the stories mentioned above.
Many organizations provide information and educate our ever-urbanized
public on the necessities of conservation, hunting and game management.
Some organizations are designed
to fight for our rights and act as
watchdogs on issues concerning conservation. I am a life member of the
National Rifle Association and find
their work at protecting gun ownership direly needed during this present
day and age.
Some of these organizations
provide mentoring opportunities and
assist with hunter education programs. This past spring, I served as
a guide for the youth turkey hunt at
Fort Custer Recreation area. This hunt
is partly sponsored by the National
Wild Turkey Foundation. Many of the
youth who sign up for this hunt are
novices looking for adult guidance.
I had the opportunity of coaching a
teenage novice with patterning his
shotgun and taking him afield to scout
for birds. My youth hunter was only
available for the morning hunt and we
The author believes in giving back to preserve his future hunts. Author photo
failed to call in a turkey but we did
see a coyote and this amped up the
excitement meter for the young man.
Veteran turkey hunter John Pidcock,
also experienced a slow morning hunt
but his apprentice was able to partake
in the evening hunt. John called in
a tom in for his patient hunter who
successfully sealed the deal. There is
nothing better than bringing happiness
to a child. John and I donated our time
and were rewarded beyond measure.
Help preserve the hunting heritage. Attend a fund-raising banquet
and support the hunting heritage. You
will gain membership and most often

receive a magazine prescription as
a bonus. Give and you will indeed
RECEIVE!
Just a few of the Sporting Organizations: Commemorative Bucks
of Michigan, Ducks Unlimited,
Michigan Bow Hunters Association,
Michigan United Conservation
Clubs, National Rifle Association,
National Wild Turkey Federation,
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
Pheasants Forever, Quality Deer
Management Association, Whitetails
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he MC read
the numbers from
the ticket and they were the
same digits as the ticket in
my hand. I held up my hand
and quick-walked it to the front of the
banquet room to retrieve a brand new
Remington 1187, 12-gauge. I was at
my first Pheasants Forever Banquet
and a five dollar raffle ticket brought
me a large helping of happiness. The
following spring, I planted a small
patch of sorghum from seed obtained
from this very same conservation
group. In late October, I was standing
in the sorghum field when a rooster
erupted from under my feet. The colorful pheasant quickly fell back to the
earth with one pull on the gold trigger
of my new shotgun. At that moment
I was more than just a hunter. I was a
hunter, conservationist and steward all
tied up in one.
By donating money to the conservationist group Pheasants Forever, I
was rewarded with seed to improve
habitat and even won a new gun in
which I used to shoot my prey. These
same principles have played an active
part in my hunting successes throughout the years. Talk about give and you
will receive!
As a conservationist, I have
personally planted literally thousands
of pine and spruce trees. These trees
provide cover for numerous wildlife
species. Whitetail deer started bedding on our properties after just a few
years growth. When one particular
stand of pines reached about chest
high, I chose to still-hunt a well-worn
game trail that meandered through
the thick vegetation. By keeping the
wind in my face and moving ultraslow, my strategy paid off. About half
way through the stand of pines, I saw
a whitetail buck stand to his feet less
than forty yards away. I shouldered
my gun and anchored the buck to the
turf, before he even realized that I was
there.
Two years ago, I had a similar
hunt. On this hunt, my plan was to
hunt from a tripod that I had placed
in a cluster of personally transplanted
pines. However, I knew that there was
another group of spruce trees planted
behind the stand of pine that might
hold a bedding buck, so I approached
with my gun in the ready position.
Thirty yards from my stand, a bigbodied buck erupted from his bed
and ran away from me. Just like the
aforementioned pheasant hunt, I was
prepared for the action and shot the
fleeing buck. He was only thirty-five
yards away when my slug punched
through his vitals. He ran about another seventy-five yards before falling
to the ground. I had bought the conifer
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Two Steps To Success For BeginnersBy George Rowe
DEER HUNTING
he first deer hunting in

this part of the woods is
upon us, with the early
firearm antlerless season
for private lands starting
on the 20th of September, the Liberty hunt starting on the
same day, and, of course, the bow and
arrow season starting less than two
weeks later, on the first day of October.
If you or a family member or
friend is about to go deer hunting for
the first time, it is time for some serious preparation. Assuming that the
youngster in question has achieved
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something about our whitetail deer,
for starters, and then something about
hunting them.
If the youngster has a mentor, an
older sibling, a father or an uncle or
friend with a great deal of experience
in deer hunting, that is a huge advantage. Many of us had to learn about
deer and deer hunting the hard way,

out in the woods. As a result, the necessary knowledge was gleaned very
slowly and gradually through many
years of poor results.
Study The Deer
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Dont be afraid to tackle the more scientific books. You will find more useful and factual information in scientific
studies than in any collection of yarns
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explain every imaginable facet of deer

behavior. He is also familiar with the
biological studies carried out in other
states and often cites such studies in
his writing.
If you intend to start your deer
hunting career with bow and arrow
in hand, you will have many great
opportunities to study the deer, as
you are hunting. The deer behave
quite normally in October and early
November, and, if you are out in the
woods with them, you will see behavior that is rarely witnessed by firearm
hunters, who often only see spooked
or pressured deer that do not behave
normally. If you are an archery hunter
and spend a lot of time on stand (as
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stick, normally), you will see deer
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their presence, jousting with trees and
brush and sparring with each other,
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observed when the mating time rolls
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In early November, you will see
bucks making scrapes and visiting es-
tablished scrapes and following does

the chase will be on. Sometime in
the second week of November (the
best bow and arrow hunting of the
year) you may be privileged to hear a
buck grunting in pursuit of a doe and
you will remember that sound forever.
Those who hunt only with a firearm
may never have the experiences that
can be gained in a single season of
hunting with a bow and arrow.
Study Deer Hunting
There are a lot of books out there

on this subject and some of them are
quite good in terms of the instructional material provided. There is no
need for you to learn by making mistakes benefit by the knowledge to be
imparted by those who have already
made those mistakes and learned the
best ways to hunt the wary whitetail.
To be successful, you will have to
learn how to work with the wind,
how to control your scent, how to
dress for each season and so on. It is
likely that many first-time hunters
in recent years gained their first
experience with a borrowed rifle,
sitting in an outhouse stand
overlooking a bait pile.
It is hard to imagine a worse start
for a young hunter, especially if that
stand was on the edge of a crop field.
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many deer before the season started

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The ideal start for a young hunter,
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deer camp with some experienced
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spend every spare moment talking
about deer, hunting and strategies and
the young hunter can really soak up
some knowledge at such a camp. The
young hunter is really not fully armed
for the hunt until he or she knows the
significance of three mature does running by, with no fawns in sight or the
importance of noting fawns without
the doe around. Both of those situations, of course, signify that a buck is
in the area, pursuing does. When the
young hunter is ready, he or she will
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arrow, one must get ready for the shot

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Upper Peninsula habitat improvements

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County, there stands a grove of nearly 500
mature Siberian crabapple trees that are
thriving branches heavy with fruit, ready to feed
a variety of wildlife this fall, including deer, bear,
ruffed grouse, turkeys and songbirds.
The trees will provide a critical food source for
wildlife still recovering from a tough, long winter
and late spring a time when the presence of abundant mast (fruit and nut)-producing trees and shrubs
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Natural Resources Wildlife Division staff in 1983 as
part of an effort to enhance habitat in forest openings a goal that remains a priority for the Wildlife
Division today.
In fact, in 2014 Wildlife Division staffers in the
Upper Peninsula were able to greatly ramp up tree
and shrub planting efforts for the first time in years
due to recent increases in hunting license fees and
the addition of the $11 base license required of all
hunters, which specifically funds improvement of
habitat and hunting opportunities.
While planning for this years planting activities, I visited the Siberian crabapple stand after
hearing about it from a DNR forester, said wildlife Michigan DNR wildlife technician Bill Rollo receives some assistance
from his two-year-old daughter Elizabeth while planting and wrapping
technician Bill Rollo. The Wildlife Division is
oak trees at an On-the-Ground volunteer event in June. MDNR photo
committed to improving habitat and food sources;
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we know the value of this work. But seeing the

success of these crabapples gave me an inspiring,
tangible example of what we are accomplishing not
just in the short term but in the long run.
Our current planting projects are a legacy that
we can leave for the next generation, but doing so
couldnt happen without the support of Michigans
hunters.
And Rollo isnt referring solely to financial support in the form of crucial hunting license dollars.
Rather, hunter support for habitat improvement also
manifested itself through some serious sweat equity
during the 2014 planting season.
In May and June, volunteers from the Ruffed
Grouse Society and the On-the-Ground program
an award-winning partnership between the DNR
and Michigan United Conservation Clubs spent
several weekend days planting approximately 150
trees and shrubs to improve wildlife habitat.
During the volunteer events, more than a dozen
plum trees, serviceberries and dogwood shrubs were
planted along a hunter walking trail in Marquette
County; 85 red oak were planted in Alger County;
and 50 oak were planted in Schoolcraft County.
With recognition for the diligent work of DNR
staff and contractors throughout the summer months
to plant upwards of 22,000 mast-producing trees
and shrubs across the Upper Peninsula, Rollo said
he feels the efforts of the volunteers were especially
valuable.
What would take a team of two DNR staff all
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hours by a dozen volunteers, Rollo said. One of
our goals is to work with partner groups to connect
them to their own investment in habitat improvement, but it is also satisfying to see them complete a
project in short order that will still be here decades
from now.
While improving habitat through the use of
strategic plantings is nothing new to the Wildlife
Division, having an increased, rather than steadily
decreasing, habitat budget available this year certainly was a change from the recent status quo.
As an example of what the additional hunting
license revenue meant in on-the-ground work, the
Shingleton Management Unit where planting oak
trees to combat the loss of beech trees to beech-bark
disease is an ongoing priority was able to more
than triple the number of oak trees planted in 2014
compared to the previous year.
The license increase has definitely enabled us
to continue and expand a robust habitat program in
the Shingleton Unit, said habitat biologist Kevin
Swanson.
More than 16,000 trees and shrubs were planted
in Swansons management unit, which includes
Alger and Schoolcraft counties: 8,900 red oak
saplings, 470 burr oak saplings, 1,650 apple and
crabapple saplings, and 5,000 red osier dogwoods.
These trees and shrubs will not only provide an immediate source of mast and browse for
wildlife, but will also help to fill in the places where
large stands of beech trees have already been lost,
said Swanson.
In addition to the increased tree and shrub plantings in the Shingleton Unit, wildlife staff members
A grove of more than 500 mature Siberian crabapple trees can

be found on state forest land in southern Marquette County -- a
testament to the lasting impact strategic planting projects have on
wildlife habitat. MDNR photo
from Crystal Falls, Baraga, Marquette, Escanaba,

Newberry and Sault Ste. Marie reported the completed planting of thousands of trees and shrubs
to improve habitat and bump up the mast crop in
coming years.
Examples included the planting 235 trees and
shrubs in cooperation with the Ruffed Grouse Society at a hunter walking trail in Iron County, and the
addition of 20 crabapple trees at the Hancock Creek
Flooding in Dickinson County with the help of the
Eastern Dickinson Sportsmens Club and the local
chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.
All of the projects fell in line with the Wildlife
Divisions strategic plan and the More Bang for
Your Buck management priorities promised to hunters as part of the new license package.
We have a number of priorities that are clearly
articulated in our strategic management plan and
More Bang for Your Buck. Two big ones are to
invest in wildlife habitat work on the ground, and
to improve the hunting experience, said Wildlife
Division Chief Russ Mason.
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focusing on replacing lost beech trees with other
mast-producing trees, and planting more nut and
berry trees and shrubs near prime hunting areas, he
said. Based on what Ive seen so far in 2014, its
clear were doing exactly what we promised hunters
we would do when the new license package went
into effect.
With Wildlife Division wrapping up the first
planting season since the license package became
effective, it is evident that much was accomplished
in the Upper Peninsula, but that doesnt mean staff
members are fully satisfied.
In coming years, we will continue to aggressively pursue opportunities to improve wildlife
habitat using both license revenue and partnership
opportunities with the many organizations that are
interested in contributing time and energy to wildlife and habitat management in the U.P., said Craig
Albright, the Wildlife Divisions Upper Peninsula
field operations manager.
And as these concerted efforts continue, wildlife
technician Rollo encourages hunters and others interested in wildlife management to consider getting
involved.
Like the crabapples that were planted in 1983,
what we are able to achieve with the help of our
conservation partners today will leave a lasting
legacy in the forest that will be recognized and
remembered 30 years from now. That is just one
of the many goals we can meet by working
together.
To learn more about efforts to improve habitat
and hunting opportunities, visit
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ave you ever gone down to the basement,

stared at the rafters and said to nobody,
What in Gods name am I doing down
here?
Yesterday I did just that. Then I saw
some muskie lures lined up on a clothes line and
remembered, Oh yeah, I need to start looking at
some favorite fall baits in all types: blade baits and
spinnerbaits, plastic crankbaits, wooden
jerkbaits, and some rubber Bulldog
type baits, that will trigger reactions
from bigger, Michigan mama muskies
trophies if you will.
With my cranium cranked up a bit,
a decision was made to get organized
for the final autm push again. What do
I need to do to make this Michigan fall
muskie season a success? Taking this
idea one step further, What practical
things can I think of to help
everyone from the beginner to
the veteran muskie nut just plain
be a better muskie angler?
With over 40-years of muskie fishing experience, I thought I would put together 5- common
sense ideas that will help Michigan muskie anglers
put a few more fish in the boat (knowing, of course,
that many of these tips can be used by all anglers
during all seasons).
Brian Mulherin, from Ludington came to Iron County in the U.P. and caught this nice muskie. He remained patient and confident throughout a long ride with Mark Mylchreest and the author.
the batteries are charged for the big motor and 2
Minnkota electric trolling motors. My bowmount
trolling motor is an i-Pilot and I enjoy
the features such as Spot Lock (works
as an anchor) and Auto Pilot. Of course,
its quiet so I use it for short trolling
runs. My transom electric motor is used
primarily for dragging suckers around
while casting.
I have a Hummingbird fish locator which also has GPS and navigation
capabilities to use for waypoints, routes,
and tracks. For all these functions, it is
a constant learning experience.
I have a saying that says if I
dont learn something today, I
am falling behind. I also think
that boat control is very important as far as proper
depth, angle, and speed whether casting or trolling.
By Robert Dock Stupp
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Number 2
Choose A Good Muskie Lake
There are many more muskie lakes in Michigan

than
most anglers think. Even after many years
Number 1
of catching muskies in Iron County in the Upper
Control Your Own Destiny
Peninsula, I am asked, Where did you catch that
Maintain Your Equipment & Boat big fish.
When I tell people, for example, that I caught
This tip may be a no-brainer for many anglers
that 45-inch muskie on Stanley Lake, some people
but before that 1st fall outing, lets remember to
are astonished and say, You mean that big toothy
sharpen our hooks with a good file. Also, lets
critter is swimming around in my lake. Some
change our lines even though the new superlines
like 80-lb Spider Wire (Stealth Braid) or Power Pro people just dont believe me but most anglers do.
To get reliable information on your local lakes
Superline are much stronger and reliable than the
old Dacron muskie line. An old guide told me one you can call your local DNR office, email the DNR
website, or get a Sportsmans Michigan Fishing
time to cut 4-feet of line off after a long day and
Map Guide for your area. Also, ask around your
retie, especially after trolling.
favorite sports shops to find out if the lake is a
Finally, oil your reels. And spray some WDnumbers lake or a trophy lake. They will tell
40 on them especially if you are as paranoid as me
about extra oil getting on your line or hands. Heck, you whether that lake has plenty of small muskies
or it is a known fact that most fish that are caught
wash your hands too.
My 17.5-ft. Tuffy - Osprey Boat has 2 livewells. are in the low to high forties with a few fifties
caught each year.
I make sure they are working properly and that
Number 3
How To Fish
Crowded/Pressured Lakes
Living in the U.P., I have fished for all species

of fish from bluegills to muskies and I have seen
some lakes that have become crowded or pressured over the years, especially during the summer
months. Also, sometimes the good muskie lakes
are home to the best resorts. Lately, the Internet,
Facebook, better communication between anglers
and just plain word of mouth speak about muskies
caught just hours ago. This all add up to pressured
waters and wary muskies. I think its a known fact
that bigger muskies do not react well to pressured
or crowded waters. What to do?
Let me say that my Wisconsin buddies tell me
about crowed lakes and when they come over this
way they usually say, You call this crowded this
is nothing compared to some of our lakes. Well,
okay, maybe I am a little spoiled.
If muskie lakes near you are crowded or pressured, even after Labor Day, you can make these
adjustments:
Try fishing a flowage or more remote area
where the pressure is way down. Use your maps
to fish smaller humps or secondary locations near
a favorite muskie reef or rocky point. Also, when
popular weedlines are getting pounded, some of
the bigger muskies may swim into deeper water so
cast out into open water or stay out further from the
weedline and cast just short of the weeds. A friend
of mine likes to cast Bulldogs, those heavy, rubber lures that sink to the bottom, and he does well.
Again, in my neck of the woods, they arent used
very much so they produce.
That leads me to another subject: throw lures
that are not as popular on certain muskie lakes during the fall and tinker confidence baits to make
them produce even more often. One lure immediately stands out and that is the spinnerbait, meaning the one that has the upper arm that holds the
spinners.
Mark Mylchreest, our resident superintendent

of DNR fisheries and super muskie angler, tunes
his bucktail blade baits and spinnerbaits by cupping the blades, changing them from Willow to
Colorado blades, for example, changing the size
or diameter of the wire he uses to make his own
leaders and uses only single wire leaders on all of
his muskie baits. He works with AFW Tooth Proof
Stainless Steel Leader Wire (for toothy critters).
A simple Haywire Twist (knot) attaches to a split
ring and the bait and, on the other end to the line
with a swivel connector.
The author holds up this nice

river muskie with Mark
Mylchreest of Iron River.
Mark skillfully maneuvered
him downriver and gave suggestions on baits to cast.
The combo spreads out vibration on a longer line
of sound waves that interact with the long lateral
line of a muskie. Mark can feel the intensity of the
vibrations in his hands and he listens to the tune
his baits sing. Tinker, my friends, tinker!
Number 4
Fish With The Best Angler You
Know And/Or A Reliable Guide
One of Mark Mylchreests more memorable

and re-mark-able statements came while Brian
Mulherin, yours truly, and Mark were fishing the
Paint River in Crystal Falls last week. When I fish
muskies with Mark I am like a Detective Fishbrain in his boat. I spied about a dozen singlestrand leaders on top of one of his tackle boxes. I
knew from past experience why he ties his own.
Like Neumans Own salad dressing, Mylchreests Own muskie leaders are simply of the highest quality. He threw out a tinkered spinnerbait and
opined the fact that several years ago he discovered that a certain gauge, single strand leader he
made outperformed other leader/bait combos.
Number 5
Attitude
Muskies are a fish of the next cast, said

Mark.
Thats beautiful, I said, as a muskie hit my
just tinkered spinnerbait and jumped 3 times in
and out of a misty fog.
Not only that, said Mark -- Its perfect.
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Roughing It In Russia
Betty Sodders
Extreme Outfitter Denny Geurink
My recently published book,

Land of the Bear Siberian
Campfires, will make you
both laugh and cry. Its jampacked full of excitement and
high adventure with stories
of bear and moose attacks not
only from my clients, but also
from the native people themselves. The one about a teenager who calls her mother on
her cell phone to say goodbye
for the last time as a sow
bear with two cubs are
actually eating her will
simply break your heart!
Denny Geurink, author
his article is not designed to

be a book review; however,
I read the Land of the Bear
prior to my interview with
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carries off one of the camp dogs? Or
how would you like to be riding a sled
behind a snowmobile with a charging
brown bear in hot pursuit, only to be
dumped off, hit a tree, roll down a hill,
all the while imagining the bruin feasting upon you? What about going nose
to nose with a huge bull moose having
him drop almost in your lap? And,
what does a 13-year old Junior High
student do as an encore after shooting
a trophy brown bear? Or, for that matter, an 82-year-old man?
Dennys Feelings Examined:
While Ive clued you in to several
exciting moments, by now you must
be wondering, why would anyone
want to get into this line of work?
These are examples of X-treme hunts
before X-treme hunts were even
thought of. What did Denny personally get out of these years of visits to
the former Evil Empire of the Reagan
Denny Geurink pictured with his trophy brown bear.
Era? It was the people; the natives
who lived in this inhospitable back
lengthy service as an overseas outfitter nost and Perestroika, as Gorbachev
of trophy hunts. Thus the two; book
needed to bolster his countrys sagging country of Russia and Siberia. A land
of enormous brown bears, recordand interview, are interwoven.
economy. Little did Denny Geurink,
breaking moose and trophy wild boars.
How Did It All Start? Some 23
a regional editor for Field & Stream;
The guides and outfitters, the people
years ago (1991) Denny Geurink was realize where this unique opportunity
who opened up their homes to the
afforded an invitation from the Gorwould lead him.
travelers, even a few of the infamous
bachev government through a mining
And that is what this interview is
company that was working at the time all aboutwhere that first opportunity KGB officers, showed a deep respect
for Geurink and his clients providwith the former Soviet Union, to visit, led Denny Geurink!
ing almost unimaginable hospitable
photograph and write articles about
X-Treme Happenings!
situations. On one occasion, a married
what the country had to offer AmeriWhat would you say to outpost
can tourists and above all, hunters. At hunting where primitive accommoda- couple actually gave up their bed and
slept on the hard wood floor, so Denny
this time, the era was known as Glastions were nightly visited by gigantic
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tains as far south as Uda Bay and on

Shantar, Kuni and Sakhalin Islands.
Russia is known as The Land
of the Bear. Out of 200,000 brown
bears in the northern hemisphere,
approximately two/thirds of them, or
120,000, reside in Russia. Compare
that to the 32,000 found in the United
States; of which 95% live in Alaska
and the 21,000 found in Canada,
and you get a pretty accurate picture
of why the brown bear is so closely
identified with Russian culture. The
brown bear is one of the most widespread and popular animals in Russia,
where it has long been declared that
countrys national symbol.
Brown bears are one of the most
majestic and awe-inspiring creatures
in the world and one of the most
dangerous. In fact they are the largest carnivores living today. Trophy
browns run in the 10-11 foot height
range, with some browns weighing up to 3000 plus pounds. What a
bear eats has a lot to do with its size.
Comparing a heavyweight brown
bear to a North American grizzly, the
smaller-sized bear could top out at an
average weight of 700 pounds; thus,
a 1000-pound grizzly would be a true
trophy. Denny Geurink thinks the
grizzly is a brown bear, just a smaller
version. I think it is the grizzlys
nasty reputation that makes it seem
larger than life.
Russias male brown bears are
capable of being cannibalistic and on
occasion may kill and eat bear cubs or
devour a bear carcasssome hunters
have actually been stalked by brown
Brown bear searching for food. Tom Thompson photo

best place in the world to do so. On
bears as they skin out the carcass of a
each of his previous two bear hunting
downed bruin.
trips he tagged two brown bears. On
Why are there so many brown
his most recent visit, he shot number
bears in Russia? Bears flourish in
five, thus earning the colorful nickRussia due to a perfect habitat. Huname of Five Bears. But that nickman population is very rural. After
name soon changed to Six Bears!
the Bolshevik Revolution in l917,
When Nick Jorae stated that he
guns and hunting virtually disapmight not bear hunt for a while, his
peared from Russia, and bear populaRussian guide exclaimed; you will
tions exploded.
be back to hunt bears. You re a bear
A case of mutual respect!
hunter and you cant get the bear out
Denny and his clients served as
of your soul. You and the bear are
ambassadors and the Russian people
one!
welcomed them with open arms.
An example follows: Nick Jorae, of
Land of Bears page 88
Laingsburg, Michigan, a 53-yearold contractor made his fifth trip to
Russia in 2001. Nick loved to hunt
bear. The locals afforded him the
name of Five Bears as on this particular hunting trip he took down his
fifth brown bear. Three of those trips
were in quest of giant browns. Jorae
remarked; I love to hunt bears and if
you want to hunt big bears, this is the
505 E. Wadsworth Rd.

Bad Axe, MI 48413
would have proper accommodations.

Escorting Notables To Russia
Perhaps it was the trophy bear
and moose that drew Denny Geurink
back to Russia and Siberia along
with a long list of famous and not so
famous hunters. Denny made over
50 trips to Russia, taking hundreds
of clients with him including Apollo
Astronaut, Jim Divitt, who was actually stalked by a Russian beara
Four Star Air Force General, Earl O
Loughin, who during the Cold War
flew spy plane missions over the
former Soviet Union. No wonder at
the onset, Geurink worried about how
former members of Russias, KGB
would react. Reaction proved directly
opposite; the general and a KGB officer showed mutual respect for one
another and on numerous occasions
toasted a glass of spirits to each other.
But it was the bears that got my
attention during this once in a lifetime
interviewYes, not a bear, but bears,
bears and more bears. Lone killer
bearshuge Russian brown bears
bears in cemeteries opening coffins
bears in actual hunting packs, patrolling camps in search of anything to
eat; albeit, man or lesser beast!
All About Russian Brown Bears
Russia has a larger brown bear
population than any other nation in
the world. They are found in far
eastern Siberia, on the Kamchatka
Peninsula, Karaginskiy Island and
northward throughout the Koryak
District. Trophy bears are also taken
in the coastal strip west of the Sea of
Okhotsk and east of the coastal moun-
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Land of Bear:
from page 87
A word about the Russian guides
Denny Geurink claims they are the
best in the world. In one instance
Denny compared hunting in Michigan to guide Dmitri Sikorski. He
told Dmitri that on opening day of
whitetail deer season, November 15
that some 700,000 deer hunters take
to the Michigan woods. Sikorski
commented; there arent that many
hunters in all of Russia and Russia
covers 11 time zones!
Q) Twenty-three years ago,
politics in Russia were inhospitable
to say the least; what were your
private feelings when you received
the invitation to visit as an unofficial
ambassador of good will and as an
American big game hunter?
A) At first I thought it was a joke
when I was asked if I wanted to go
to the Soviet Union. I mean, who
would have even considered going
to Russia back in 1991? The Soviet Union wasnt exactly a tourist
destination! It was the middle of
the Cold War and President Reagan
had just labeled Russia the Evil
Empire that was pretty much what
everyone thought about Russia at

the time. Needless to say, I was a
little apprehensive about the whole
trip. Especially with everyone back
home telling me I was crazy and that
I would never come backespecially
my wife and mother who wound up
having the whole church back home
pray for me to get back in one piece!
Q) What was the main factor that
caused you to open an outfitting business to hunt trophy bear, boar and
moose in Russia?
A) Besides the opportunity to
live the dream as they say, my thirst
for excitement and adventure drove
me to start an outfitting business
in Russia. And, of course, with all
the interest generated after that first
historic trip, I saw a chance to make
some good money!
Q) Did you consider possible
danger to you or your clients? As a
businessman, did clients have to sign
any risk condition papers in order to
protect you and your outfitting operation from lawsuits?
A) Yes, I was very aware of risk
and danger to my clients and I made
sure they understood this risk before
going with me. But, because my first
trip went so smoothly, and I found
the Russian people to be genuinely
friendly to me, I didnt feel we would
have a problem. I started out just
taking a few people with me on short

trips to make sure everything would
be all right. They had such a great
time that the word of mouth thing really started to take over. Then, when
I started filming shows over there
for my TV show, the whole thing exploded. Thats when I turned it into
a full-fledged business with explicit
contracts informing clients of exactly
what they were getting themselves
into.
Q) Would you approve of my
calling your business as providing
X-treme Hunts?
A) Yes, they can be termed Xtreme Hunts because of where we
are huntingmany times in BFE,
Siberia. But many of the hunts are
actually quite comfortable, done out
of fishing lodges and small villages.
Q) Was it perhaps the people that
drew you back to Russia as well as
the giant brown bears?
A) Of course! I have made many
lifetime friends while in Russia.
My very first outfitter and I are still
friends to this day and we communicate regularly. He has been over
to my place here in the U. S. several
times, has gone to sport shows with
me, etc. And I have visited his home
several times as well.
Q)What was the largest trophy
brown bear that a client harvested
and what was the hunters name?

A) Any bear that reaches 10 feet
or more in size is extremely large.
We have taken lots of them. Any
bear that reaches 11 feet is very rare.
We have taken several in the 11-foot
classtwo of them at around 11 feet
6 inches. Among those who have
taken 11-foot class bears are Michigan residents, Rick Sygo and Richard
Petter. Harold Rux from Ohio also
shot an 11-foot class bear.
Q) Can you detail a little about
marauding packs of brown bears?
A) In the book, I relate a story of
a pack of 30 bears that surrounded a
mining compound where they killed
and ate several miners. Elsewhere, I
mention one group of hunters seeing
over 250 bears over the span of just
one week.
Q) A chapter in your book details
a trip with women; another with your
wife; did this make you nervous even
though you were assured the ladies
were good shots?
A) No, because we always had an
experienced guide with each client.
They were armed and deadly shots.
One guide had killed over 300 bears
during his hunting lifetime!
Q) Is your Outdoor Adventures
Booking Agency still in operation?
A) I actually sold my outfitting
business three years ago and re-
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bought the rights to my name as he
said, Denny, nobody knows who I
am. Everybody knows who you are!
Some of the natives in Kamchatka
actually nicknamed me the Bear
Hunting Boss of Kamchatka! I am
well known in the town of Petropavlovsk and among the Russian guides
and outfitters there.
I wound up getting the business
back a few months ago when the new
owner couldnt keep up with all the
sport shows, paperwork, plus escorting hunts, etc. So I am unretired
and will run the business for a few
more years; then retire for good. I told
some of my regular clients I am doing
a reunion tour or farewell tour like
some of the old rock star bands do.
Q) Are there many other agencies
today similar to your outfitter operation, booking hunting trips to Russia
and Siberia?
A) There are very few. Because
I was the first American in Russia,
I was taken to the very best hunting
areas the country had to offer. That is
why my clients have 32 of the top 51
spots in the SCI World Record Book.
No other outfitter is even in the same
zip code!
Since then I have developed
personal relationships with the outfitters and guides and I get first crack at
their camps. My best year of hunting in Russia, we went 46 for 46 on

bears during our spring and fall hunts.
Thats when an Alaska Fish & Game
official I ran into in Anchorage, told
me that I was easily the top brown
bear outfitter in the world. No outfitter in Alaska even gets that many licenses, he told me. There are places
in Alaska where you can buy only one
bear tag every four years. I can get
four bear tags every year in most of
my Russian camps. That pretty much
illustrates the big difference between
bear hunting in Alaska and bear hunting in Russia.
Q) Is there anything you wish
to add to this question and answer
forum?
A)Maybe one thingI am really
proud of the fact that I got to hunt
with Apollo Astronaut, Jim McDivitt and CIA Spy Plane Pilot, Earl
OLoughlin, a Four Star Air Force
General. Plus, I am proud of all the
dignitaries I met in Russia, including
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the President of
Kalmykia
Q)Are you still giving symposiums at outdoor shows? Are you
producing new materials for your TV
broadcasts?
A)I still speak at several sport
shows annually plus a number of
banquets. I do not film anymore,
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againespecially with the burgeoning interest in Russia right now.
Q) Last question. What was
probably the scariest incident you
ever had while hunting in Russia?
A)Probably when a bear came
into camp and chased the cook into
the kitchen where I had to scare it
off with a couple of frying pans as I

didnt have a gun with me. That, and
maybe the moose charging up to us
within 15 yards!
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t seemed like such a long night...

October 19, 1959. Why? Well
back then, the next day, October 20 was almost as sacred as
November 15 is today. It was opening
day of pheasant hunting in southern
Michigan! What made this even more
significant to me was that my father
had sent a note to school and got
me excused to go pheasant hunting,
provided of course that I kept my
grades up. Well, I did and I got the
day off school. Several other boys did
as well, because it was opening day
of pheasant season! A big deal! There
were so many birds. Those rowdy,
raucous, noisy birds that exploded
into the sky and flaunted their magnificent plumage and color only to
provoke a boy to shoot too soon yet
maintain his resolve to do better next
time: it was exciting!
On this particular opening day,
my dad and I had driven out to my
grandparents farm a place I knew
well and loved since I spent every
summer of my childhood and adolescence there, helping as I could with
the cows, the gardens and the orchard
and always knowing that there were
plenty of pheasants around since one
opening hour on opening day was 10

am- not just at daybreak. Busia and
Dziadzie, my loving Polish grandparents welcomed their Lenusz
and invited him into the house for his
favorite treat, freshly baked apple pie
and hot coffee. As much as I loved
Busias pie, I couldnt wait to get out
into the field but had to wait patiently
until the magic hour arrived. It finally
did and Dad and I and my farm dog
friend Brownie, a collie- chow-shepherd mix headed out. Shortly thereafter a barrage of gunfire punctuated
the morning peace. Then I understood
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and we would have been in violation
and that would have been obvious.
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could get water to drink instead of
That morning we arrived early as had action. I shot that Ithaca 16 gauge
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into that Ithaca 16 gauge Featherlight. We didnt have hunters safety
classes then. You learned how to hunt
and practice safety afield from your
father and grandfather. It was the
ultimate in individualized instruction
and instilled a love of the sport and
appreciation of the game. I think Dad
taught me well just as I hope I taught
my own son well, who has become
very skilled in waterfowl, upland
game and deer hunting. The joy of
hunting was passed on from one
generation to another. That was how
it was done.
Those great days and years (the
50s, 60s, 70s and 80s} are over
and the pheasant population has
plummeted. The reasons are many:
Monoculture agriculture- growing
large fields of a single crop- beans,
corn, and wheat for example. Clean
farming practices to efficiently manage for maximum production. Larger
and larger fields of single crop with
very little edge and hedgerow
in an effort to accommodate large
and larger farm machinery. Lack of
biodiversity. Chemicals herbicides,
fungicide, insecticides, nematocides,
etc. which might interfere with the
birds fertility rates. Genetic inferiority of introduced and restocked birds
because of the heavy incidence of
in-breeding on pheasant farms. For
these reason wild birds from Detroit
or the Plains states should be used
for further propagation. Predators,
such as coyotes, foxes, hawks, owls,
and feral dogs and cats. Destruction
of habitat. Fall plowing. Harvesting stalks and stubble for bedding or
feed, leaving no place for pheasants
to survive the harsh winters.
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A Mature Bucks Only Point Of Vulnerability May Be During Bad Weather...By John Eberhart
92
omorrow mornings weather

forecast calls for near freezing temperatures, heavy
winds and rain. You set your
alarm hoping the weatherman is wrong. It goes off
and as you reach to shut
it off you can hear rain hitting the
eaves. You look out the window to
see a steady rain and the treetops
swaying with the wind. Your outside
thermometer reads 34 degrees.
You reminisce about the last miserable hunt on stand when it started
to rain. On that hunt the temperature
was in the 50s not the low 30s. First
there was a smattering of raindrops,
soon followed by a steady rain. Within minutes water was running down
the tree trunk in streams and dripping
onto you from overhanging branches
in exactly the same spot, drops after
drops until you were soaked to the
skin in certain areas. The skies had
been clear so you hadnt packed raingear in preparation, so you aborted
the hunt and went home.
Now, you have the proper gear,
yet the intelligent side of your brain
is telling you not to go, but the Im
a dedicated bowhunter side temporarily overrides it, forcing you to
go through the motions of pacing
several minutes before crawling back
into your warm bed.
You convinced yourself that your
odds of catching a cold in such foul
weather conditions are far greater
than the slight possibility of having
a confrontation with a good buck.
There would also be the hassle of
emptying your backpack to dry
everything out and to wash and dry
your hunting clothes. In deep reality,
you just dont want to be miserable
sitting in a tree. Does this sound
familiar?
The mere mention of foul weather causes most bowhunters to reconsider their hunting plans. Depending
on its severity and the quality of your
hunting gear, hunting in rain, wind,
cold, or snow can be an absolutely
miserable experience.
Simply put, during severe inclement weather, most bowhunters
stay out of the woods. For them this
is unfortunate, because they are missing some of the best hunting. This is
especially true in areas within Michigan that receive heavy consequential
hunting pressure.
I have always hunted in foul
weather, not because I enjoy being
uncomfortable or chance getting sick,
my motivations are very clear and
quite self-centered. Mature bucks in
heavy consequential hunting pressure
(HCHP) areas move more during
daylight during inclement weather
conditions than during bluebird days!
This fact has been pounded home
The author, John Eberhart with a beautiful trophy buck taken in nasty weather.
through my many years of hunting
notes and observations in HCHP
areas.
There is likely a study somewhere reputing my solid hunting
facts, and while studies are quaint
and nice, I know of none done in
HCHP areas, so they mean absolutely
nothing to me.
The simple fact is this, not all
deer grow up equally. Some bucks
are born in areas that see tremendous
consequential hunting pressure where
nearly every hunter is targeting any
legal antlered buck, while others are
in areas with few hunters or stringent
hunter engagement rules or criterias
in the form of micro-management.
The fact is that the amount and
type of hunting pressure an area receives has more of an effect on deer
behavior and daytime movement
habits than any other factor, period!
The majority of TV and video
personalities hunt on either their own
or leased micro-managed land, on
pay to hunt ranches, or in areas with
extremely low hunter densities and
in all those types of areas there is no
need to hunt in foul weather conditions to take mature bucks.
On TV and video fantasyland
properties there are many mature
bucks and during the rut phases,
due to competition between them

for breeding rights, they move in
the mornings and evenings just as
the rest of the deer do, no matter the
weather conditions.
Having exclusively bowhunted
on knock on doors for permission
and public lands in zones 2 and 3
for 50 years in Michigan (which has
more bowhunters than any other
state), and having taken 17 one-week
out of state hunts to lightly hunted
states, when speaking of hunting
pressure and how it effects deer
movements, it is from direct experience.
As far back as the late 1960s
and early 70s I can remember
buck movements increasing during inclement weather conditions
and while bowhunting pressure was
nearly non-existent back then, there
were nearly 1,000,000 licensed gun
hunters that unlike today, targeted
every legal antlered buck and their
pressure was far more intense than
today.
Gun deer drives were common
after the first day of season and hunters back then rarely hunted from box
blinds, which is basically going from
point A (vehicle or home) to point B
(box blind) and back. Hunters unlike
today, targeted every legal antlered
buck. There were more deer because

the DNR limited doe permits, but 2
year old bucks were scarce and 3
year olds were nearly non-existent
in Michigans southern peninsula.
I remember opening morning of
gun season in Clare County in 1978.
By 7:30 am I was hearing so many
shots that for grins I started counting seconds (one Mississippi, two
Mississippi) between shots and once
another shot was heard I started over.
From 7:30 to 9 am I never counted
more than 13 Mississippis before
hearing another shot. It was like a
war zone and I actually felt sorry for
the subordinate bucks trying to find a
place to hide.
The movement habits of the few
bucks that survive to maturity in
Michigans HCHP areas are staggeringly more nocturnal than those
of the many mature bucks in lightly
hunted and managed areas.
So what is it about certain
inclement weather conditions that
entice more daytime mature buck
activity in HCHP areas? Maybe its
because they can move quietly. Ever
notice how cautiously mature deer
move during dry, calm conditions,
taking a few steps and stopping to
listen for any possible reaction to
their movement. They dont move
with that air of caution in rain, snow,
or windy conditions.
Maybe its because while growing up they didnt encounter hunters
when moving during foul weather.
Deer are creatures of habit and
when there are no consequences for
movement habits, they are likely
to continue those habits. Whether
mature buck movements during nasty
weather is a natural phenomenon or
whether it is due to their memory of
past history, only they know.
To me, its presumably a combination of being able to move in
silence and their previous history
of lack of hunter encounters during certain foul weather conditions.
Whatever the reason, their sense of
security during inclement weather
conditions is conducive to repetitive
behavior. My memory and hunting
logbook backs up this fact with big
buck sightings, and kills.
Whats really strange is that
while daytime mature buck activity
during inclement weather conditions
increases, other general deer activity decreases making foul weather
hunts not only uncomfortable, but
rather boring concerning sightings.
Other deer tend to move more during
bluebird days.
Precipitation Conditions
My records show that around 37
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Nasty Weather:
from page 92
percent of my mature buck sightings
in Michigan have been during inclement weather conditions, generally during light to moderate periods
of rain, snow, or wind. This is an
extraordinarily high percentage when
about 14 percent of my hunts have
taken place during those conditions.
If its raining or in the forecast,
its advised to only take broadside,
double lung shots that you are very
comfortable taking. This should be
everyones mantra in the first place,
but unfortunately isnt always the
case. The last thing you want to do is
make a marginal hit and lose the deer
because the blood washed away in
the rain. Double lung hit deer rarely
travel over 100-yards before expiring
and should be easily recovered even
with a poor or totally washed out
blood trail.
On a morning hunt in 1980 I took
an 11-point during a steady downpour. With my bow rope, I tied myself into the large crotch of a red oak
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On public land in Illinois, two days after their gun season ended in mid-December 2008, the author took a 12-point during blizzard
conditions just before dark. Conditions were 30 to 40 mph stiff winds, minus 30 degrees wind chill and snowing hard.
to the bone.
I stuck it out and at 9:24 am took
the buck as he was hurriedly making
his way to a nearby bedding area. The
hunt was a success but I ended up
getting sick.
Back then I didnt have the sufficient clothing for inclement weather
because there was none. My determination and to some extent, stupidity,
allowed me to accept and deal with
what Mother Nature brought and
the misery of shivering from being
soaked to the bone or cold was part of
the process. I never thought about the
aftermath of getting sick, if I had the
day off, I just went.
Older rain suits were lined with
stiff PVC and just werent quiet or
practical enough for bowhunting.
Wool was the only fabric that would
retain some body heat when wet, but
you were still wet. Wool was also
quite expensive and beyond what I
could afford at the time.
Looking back, I shake my head
in disbelief. I now own comfortable,
quiet waterproof/windproof gear
and continue to go out of my way to

hunt during inclement weather. Many
hunters dont have proper clothing,
and many that do still find excuses to
stay home which fits perfectly into
my hunt opposite your competition
thought process when hunting HCHP
areas within Michigan.
Ill never forget a morning hunt
on December 16, 1996 in Kalamazoo
County in pursuit of a big buck. The
temperature was 34 degrees when
I left home in Clare at 1:30 am and
when I arrived at around 4:15 am it
was 35 degrees and drizzling.
Wearing an insulated Gore-Tex
lined Browning Hydro-Fleece waterproof suit over a couple other layers
of clothing, I securely settled into
my saddle about two hours before
daybreak and decided to nap until
daybreak. Locking my arms around
the lead strap, I leaned forward and
placed my head on it and dozed off. I
dont typically do it, but I fell into a
deep sleep.
Near dawn my body did one of
those jerky things, and it woke me up.
I was shocked at what I was looking at. The temperature had dropped
a few degrees and the drizzle had
turned to freezing rain and everything, including myself was covered
with a inch thick layer of ice. As I
un-wrapped my arms from around the
lead strap, the ice was shattering from
my suit as if it were glass.
All I could do is laugh and think,
John, you are an absolute moron. You
knew the weather report called for
freezing rain and you drove two hours
and 45 minutes anyway. I thought,
you are an absolute idiot that could
be sitting in a warm house, drinking a
hot cup of coffee.
My bow and arrow were coated
with ice with icicles hanging from
them. I slapped the arrow lightly
against the tree to pop the ice off
before putting in back in the quiver
with the rest of the ice coated arrows.
I unscrewed the bow holders, slapped
my backpack a few times to knock
the ice off, lowered my bow and
started down the tree.
My steps were coated in ice and
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extremely slippery and I try as I

might, I couldnt knock off the ice
by kicking them. To say the least, I
was overly cautious as I descended
the tree from my 30-foot perch.
Just after dawn I arrived back at my
soccer mom mini-van. I did take
that 11-point buck a year later on a
severely cold mid-December evening
hunt.
On a late November 2004 bowhunt in Missouri (during Michigans
gun season) I sat all day in gut
wrenching on and off rain for three
days in a row. My motivation was the
wide antlered 10-point I saw the first
morning.
When the alarm went off at 3:30
am on the 4th morning in a row, it
was still raining. It was a 20 minute
drive from the Motel to the property
and by the time I got back each night
from the hunt, ate and washed and
dried my Rivers West waterproof/
windproof suit at the local Laundromat for the next mornings hunt, it
was after 11 pm.
Sleep deprivation had set-in, my
stamina was waning, and after hitting
the 10 minute snooze button twice,
I nearly shut off the alarm and went
back to sleep, but didnt. I crawled
out of bed and went through the process again.
Shortly after daybreak, the big
10-point busted out of the nearby
stranding corn in pursuit of a doe and
stopped broadside within a comfortable distance. Sliding an arrow
through both lungs I watched as he
ran 80-yards and expired. The payoff
for the previous 3 days of miserable
hunting conditions was worth it.
expensive, but they will be far less

noisy and likely have better waterproof membranes.
Will longer napped fabrics collect stick tights and burrs more than
micro-fleece, absolutely? Burrs and
especially stick tights are a pain to
remove from deep napped fleece
and after a period of time, the lower
portion of the pants may lose their
cosmetic appeal, but in my recollection I cant remember any hunt where
a deer cared about the stick tights in
my lower pant legs.
Another downside of a deep
napped fleece waterproof garment

is that it absorbs a lot of water and
becomes rather heavy when wet. To
me the stick tight and water absorbing
weight downsides are far outweighed
by the lower noise factor and likely
better waterproof membrane.
Brownings Hydro-Fleece clothing was the first waterproof clothing
that in my opinion was quiet enough
to bowhunt in, and they were very
well made, durable and extremely
expensive (about $550 for a suit).
Browning abandoned Hydro-Fleece
fabric and went to a Hydro-Suede
short napped fabric which in my

opinion is too noisy for the up close
and personal aspects of bowhunting.
In the early 2000s, Rivers West
came out with a deep napped, extremely dense fleece fabric that
masked the noise of its membrane.
Their garments have made it possible
to remain quiet, dry, and hunt comfortably in downright deluge conditions and it is also extremely durable.
My favorite Rivers West offering is
their Ambush jacket and Trail pants,
Nasty weather bucks page 96
Waterproof/windproof clothing
for bowhunting has to fulfill several
criteria. It has to keep you dry, must
be quiet for the periods the rain lets
up, should allow ease of movement,
and should be durable.
In the early 1990s garments with
brushed polyester micro-fleece fabric
exteriors and waterproof Teflon and
or polyurethane membranes were
introduced and still are the most
popular garments in the marketplace.
Polyurethane and Teflon waterproof
membranes are noisy and the only
way to make a suit quiet, while still
using these membranes, is to use a
heavy enough exterior fabric over
them to mask the noise.
Unfortunately, due to the lower
cost of short napped micro-fleece
fabric, the vast majority of manufacturers producing waterproof hunting
garments still use it as their exterior
fabric. As far as I am concerned,
for bowhunting purposes, a short
napped fabric is not effective enough
at masking the noise of a waterproof
membrane. Micro-fleece fabric also
punctures rather easily.
Garments made using exteriors
with deeper (longer) and denser
(more fibers per square inch) polyester fleece are going to be more
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Nasty Weather:
from page 95
and yes they are expensive (about
$350 for the suit).
Rivers West also offers a Frontier
jacket and pants that are more affordable at about $199 per suit.
The words Waterproof and
Breathable are two words that in my
opinion should never be used in the
same sentence let alone next to each
other. The tests used for breathability in the hunting industry are rather
meaningless. There are no waterproof
suits that you can breathe any substantial amount of air through from
either side. How is it possible for a
membrane to stop water, yet allow
enough air passage through the same
membrane to evaporate body perspiration?
A waterproof/breathable labeled
garments lack of permeability (air
flow) is why the garment can also be
used as windproof garment during
cold windy days, it doesnt allow
enough air passage to mean squat. To
test this concept, I took a Browning,
non-insulated, Gore-Tex lined, Waterproof/Breathable labeled jacket
and draped it over a large three-speed
fan. Turning the fan on high I lit a
match on the opposite side and the
flame never flickered. Reversing the
jacket had the exact same results.
Any meaningful breathability of
any waterproof suit can only come

through venting, which are visible
openings that allow airflow. Some
garments do this with zippered openings and mesh panels with covered
flaps.
Windy Conditions
For decades strong windy conditions totally baffled me concerning
deer movements, and due to arrow
drift is still my least preferred condition to hunt in. Unlike a light drizzle
or moderate rain where a deers sense
of sight and smell are not totally diminished, heavy winds cause a great
deal of movement and noise in the
woods which dramatically diminishes
the usefulness of all their senses. With
impaired sight, hearing, and smelling
restrictions, it is obvious why deer
dont move much during periods of
strong winds.
My records show that while mature bucks will move during extremely windy conditions, general deer
movements decrease. When weather
conditions diminish deer sightings, it
is also most likely to diminish a hunters will to hunt in those conditions in
the future. However, it is common to
have periods of lulls in the wind both
in the evening and morning.
How many times have you decided not to go hunting in the evening
because it was too windy, only to
have it stop about a half hour before
dark? Oftentimes, as soon as the
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wind stops deer start moving, typically with a determination not seen
otherwise because they lost several
hours of feeding time.
Like hunting in the rain or cold
weather, hunting in strong winds
usually becomes a matter of attrition.
Stick it out and something good may
happen, or stay home and be guaranteed that nothing will.
Just as with rain, proper clothing
is an absolute must, especially when
its cold. It doesnt matter how many
layers of insulated undergarments
you wear, if youre exterior or first
layer under it isnt windproof, it will
penetrate through your permeable insulation within a short period of time
and you will get cold.
I have two choices in windproof
exterior garments. My first choice is
Scent Loks new for 2014 Vortex suit
because it has it all, scent control,
windproof, quiet, warm, and inexpensive as far as hi-tech garments go.
For scent control the Vortex suit
has a Carbon Alloy liner which contains activated coconut carbon, treated carbon, and zeolite. The adsorptive
capacity of this liner has been proven
in a United States District Court of
law to adsorb 96 to 99 percent of a
humans odor molecules and in independent testing at Rutgers University
it has nearly five times the absorptive
capacity of its closest competitor.
Vortex garments have a polyurethane waterproof membrane which is
overlapped and stitched, however the

seams are not sealed with waterproof
tape so it cant be labeled waterproof,
yet as referenced earlier the membrane makes it totally windproof and
is labeled as such. By not taping the
seams the retail cost is kept down.
The last feature is a deep napped
fleece exterior that masks the noise
of the membrane and gives it added
warmth.
I have been requesting Scent
Lok to make this specific style suit
for hunting in high winds and below
freezing temperatures for many years.
The jacket is $129 and the pants
$119.
My second choice (was my first
choice for the past 12 years) is again
the aforementioned Rivers West Ambush jacket and Trail pant or bib. This
exterior suit is windproof as well as
waterproof and for extreme cold and
windy conditions its wonderful.
During high winds, shorten your
shot distances because wind usually
will cause arrow drift and erratic
flight both of which will affect accuracy moreso than rain, especially if
it is a cross wind.
In 2000 I took one of my most
prized Michigan bucks on a severely
windy day. The buck was bedded
within 40-yards of my tree in some
dense red-brush and I had no clue he
was there. I was only able to get in
the tree without alerting him because
the wind masked my approach and
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tree climbing noise. About an hour

after set-up I about fell out of my tree
when the he stepped out of the red
willows and walked within shooting
range. This buck had two 00 bucks
shot in his neck, a 2 inch Vortex
broadhead buried in his shoulder, and
a 12 gauge slug in his right flank and
had learned the hard way when he felt
it was safe to move during daylight
hours.
Cold and Snowy

Conditions
What I have found to be the best
snow for hunting is a light to moderate fall with a little wind, basically a
frozen drizzle. Mature bucks are more
apt to move in these conditions for
the exact same reasons as in the rain.
In mid-October 1996 during a
torrential downpour, I went out to
prepare a new location and by noon I
was drenched to the bone, but finished. On my way out, as I walked
around the corner of a standing
cornfield, not 40-yards in front of me
working a scrape in the still pouring
rain, was the buck I was pursuing. We
made immediate eye contact and after
a few stare-down moments he bolted
into the nearby woods. I saw that
buck only three times in four seasons
and two of those times it was raining.
On November 11, 1997, I took that
14-point buck at straight up noon immediately after a 2 inch snowfall.
Deer dont move much during extremely high winds and cold because
Author with 11 point taken in the rain in 1980

the cold winds penetrate there coat.
They usually bed in low lying areas
or in dense conifers both of which
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provide protection from the wind. But

sometimes bucks do move, and that is
enough for me.
On public land in Illinois, two

days after their gun season ended
in mid-December 2008, I took a
12-point during blizzard conditions
just before dark. Conditions were
30 to 40 mph stiff winds, minus 30
degrees wind chill and snowing as
hard as Ive ever seen. I saw four
other bucks during the last half hour
of light and nearly got out of my tree
before that because I couldnt imagine anything other than my stupid
self, being out in these conditions.
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Target Migrating Great Lake Salmon...By Kenny Darwin
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ome early fall when salmon

migrate from the Great
Lakes into drowned river
mouths there is a growing
army of Michigan fishermen who catch them using a
unique tacticjigging. This
method is simple, tackle is inexpensive but it produces impressive results
and the brand of fish-fighting combat
that will bring you back again and
again. The following anecdote best
describes this point.
I was fishing close to the river
outlet of the Big Manistee River
and could see several king salmon
charging from the deep drop off
upstream over the shallow sand bar.
They looked like miniature submarines darting through the clear water,
zigzagging to locate the stream flow
but once in a while a fish would get
confused, take a sharp right hand turn
and get stranded in a shallow bay
surrounded by sea gulls and eagles in
search of fresh fish for dinner. All of
a sudden POW! I had an arm jolting
strike and as I lifted the rod to set the
hook the big fish ripped line off the
spool as it sprinted for the safety of
the deeper water in Manistee Lake.
Still a bit shell shocked from the
shocking strike I held the walleye
rod high and helplessly watched as
the huge fish melted line off the tiny
Daiwa SS spinning reel. When it got
near the end of the spool I pulled anchor, started the 90 horse Mercury and
reeled frantically as I motored closer
to the fish. The battle lasted several
minutes and my forearm was aching
from holding the bent double rod and
reeling up tight line but I eventually
worked the fish near the boat.
I could see the blue mackerel colored spoon in the jaw of the huge king
as it passed directly under the boat
and stripped more 10 lb. Berkley Big
Game clear mono off the spool. The
fish eventually tired, turned and the
second pass under the boat it looked
like a large green tuna in the clear
water, sides burgeoning from ripe roe,
long slim tail and back highlighted by
large black dots. I pumped the rod
and eventually brought the bright hen
to net.
It was a beautiful king salmon,
sides still silver because it was a
fresh run hen from the depths of Lake
Michigan. I eased the treble hook
from her jaw, set the net in the water
and watched with astonishment as
the tranquil fish gave a powerful push
with her huge tail and disappeared
into the dark water and splashed a
halo of water in my face.
I laughed, motored back to the
river outlet where the stream current
When Great Lakes salmon enter river mouths, hot fishing action is available for
those who anchor and jig minnow-imitation lead lures. Kenny Darwin photo
swirled the calm lake surface and
minnow-imitation lead jig to bottom
dropped the bow anchor at the edge
and began jigging when I noticed sevof the deep hole. I opened the bail
eral big marks 10 feet off bottom. So I
on the spinning reel and lowered the
reeled the lure toward the marks, gave
the jig a solid 2 foot pull and slack

line on the fall with an enticing rod tip
jiggle. Wham! Out of the blue came
another mind blowing savage strike
and I was hooked up with another big
king. This time the big fish stayed
relatively close to the boat, swam into
the current and allowed me to eventually pull the hefty prize to the net. It
was a big male with canine teeth like
a German shepherd, long muscular
flanks and darkening skin. He was
a perfect specimen for my friends
smoker and I tossed him on ice, pulled
anchor and headed for the Manistee
Lake boat launch because this fish
completed my limit. As I watched the
flotilla of boats jigging for salmon at
the mouth of the Big Manistee River I
laughed at the thought that I had transformed into a salmon jigging nut.
I never thought Id ever use
jigging tactics to ambush river run
kings but the first time an adult king
smacked a spoon I came unglued.
POW! ZAM! WHAM! The strike is
solid, arm jolting, savage, like salmon
hit the presentation out of anger, territorialism or simply because spawning
fish have a bit of a mean personality.
Seldom do they take the hook deep
into their gullet like feeding kings in
the Great Lakes. The lure is generally
in their mouth, locked tight by viselike jaws and lures come back with
paint missing, hooks straightened and
teeth marks on the body. It would be
my guess that kings hit jigging presentations by lunging forward, turning on
the afterburners and smashing down
on the tiny presentation with steel trap
door jaws and gnashing teeth. For this
brand of fishing you need multiple
baits, extra sharp 4x strong hooks and
replace the leader often.
I must admit that I tried the jigging tactic only after my 9.9 Mercury
trolling motor puked on a September
outing at Muskegon. So, I anchored
along other jigging boats in the deep
channel found inside Muskegon Lake.
I started with relatively heavy trolling spoons and didnt catch much
but saw several other fish landed. I
was using my trolling Daiwa 27 line
counter level wind rod and reel combo
but noticed everyone else was using
spinning rigs. But then it happened
BANG! I was into a fish and the strike
caught me totally off guard. Well, that
got me going and I became a jigging
addict. Now I look forward to September outings after some practice
and gaining knowledge about productive fishing tactics.
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Jiggin Kings:
from page 98
water resources and an abundance of

salmon jigging locations. The trick is
to catch kings as they leave the Great
Lakes and mass in drowned river
mouths that offer deep holding water.
Hot spots include Muskegon Lake,
Pere Marquette Lake, Manistee Lake
and Betsie Bay. Im certain there are
several other locations where this
tactic would work but the method is
so new that some productive locations have yet to be identified. Last
year I had good luck jigging kings
at the drop off at the mouth of the
Boardman River in West Grand Traverse Bay. Again, the trick is to find
water over 20 feet deep where kings
congregate before ascending natal
spawning streams.
Now, Im no fishing rookie and
have spent a lifetime watching, following and photographing Michigan
fishermen as they practice the art of
catching fish. My goal is to discover
new fishing tactics, determine which
methods work, identify productive
techniques and use lures that catch
more and bigger fish. My hottest
strategy is to identify those Michigan
boys who are catching fish and pick
their brain. Well, sometimes I get no
information. Savvy fishermen treat
their good fishing as sacred and they
dont like to give up fishing secrets
to the press. After watching some
anglers catch their limit of chromers
I followed them to the dock, peeked
in their tiny flat bottom river boat
and got a picture of their rods rigged
with lures they were using. When I
inquired about productive lures they
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Manistee Lake fisherman fights to net a dandy salmon at the mouth of the Big Manistee River. Note sea gulls and immature bald eagle
in background feeding on fresh salmon. Try jigging when cool nights and fall rain draws fish to inland lakes. Kenny Darwin photos
drop the jig to bottom, lift a few
gave me the cold shoulder but after
during heavy rain or cold weather
feet and begin jigging. Sometimes
enlarging photos on my computer I
fronts highlighted by high winds that
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forget the Aussie jig with huge bulginland but they tend to hold in deep
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ing black eye. Little Cleo or Hopkins
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Autumns
Inspirations
By Tom Carney
ithout dogs,
theres no one
around to share
the excitement over staging our hunting gear and
packing our vehicles for
the season. Nothing else
gets a skip in its step
when greeted with the
cooler autumn-like air.
No one else swoons with
the sounds of summers
swan song, crickets chirping. No one elses heart
leaps as darkness arrives
earlier each day.
Without dogs, autumn
means nothing more than
fading daylight, dying
plants, and a warning
blast or two from winters
cruel breath. Its crispness
seems wilted, pointless.
Cider loses its sweetness.
Aspen leaves are mottled
and brown and lie in rainchoked potholes on muddy trails. Reverberating
across the evening sky
the drumbeats from high
school marching bands
are just more noise.
Octobers full moon
102
means nothing special.

Weekends become an
endless loop of meaningless football games and
fruitless leaf raking. We
dont order an extra
helping of carry out
toast at the breakfast
restaurant.
Without a dog curled
up asleep on a rug in
front of the fireplace, the
rest of the scene no
matter how many details
the artist renders is
incomplete. Marching up
to the farmhouse to show
your Pa and Grandpa
the rooster you flushed
and shot is braggadocio
rather than a celebration
of teamwork. Without the
scent of wet dog sleeping
in the back of a vehicle,
autumn just smells like
dirt, decay, and wasted
breath.
Without dogs reliving our hunts in their
dreams, we have no
gauge for knowing if our
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Utilizing old and new technology to

select the best fishing locations
ll informed anglers of
game fish know that
structure and good
habitat is essential
to holding desired
fish species. For much of the
20th Century the only tool
anglers had to work with were
bottom contour maps that, in
Michigan, were primarily produced during the
Civilian Conservation
Corps days of the 1930s. The methods used to produce these maps were
effective on small and medium sized
lakes but were fairly inaccurate on
larger waters.
Other states like Wisconsin updated their mapping technology methods and actively produced much more
accurate maps in the last 30 years. As
a result of relying on the old technology and not carrying out this process
on new reservoirs, most of Michigans
impoundments have not been mapped.
In counties with limited natural lakes,
that leaves a large gap in important
fishing structure information. In
a few cases private companies are
utilizing new data to produce maps on
a few popular reservoirs to improve
anglers chances of finding critical
structure and habitat locations.
Two of my regular fishing part-
ners are really up to date on

having the latest electronic
technology and have purchased the latest fish finders
equipped with Navionics
chips that give on-screen
lake bottom contour maps.
Although this is extremely
convenient, anglers need
to remember most of
these electronic maps, in
Michigan were generated
from the old technology 1930s DNR
lake maps. I did not know how inaccurate some of the old lake maps were
until early in my career when working
the US Forest Service and Michigan
DNR. I was put in charge of a lake
mapping crew updating the lake map
for Ottawa Lake on the UPs Ottawa
National Forest. Ottawa and Winslow
Lakes were being remapped to aid
in potential DNR fish management
actions involving chemical treatments
of lakes.
Getting an extremely accurate
volume of water in the lake was critical for a partial chemical treatment
based on concentration dosage of a
selective fish toxicant. Overdosing
the lake would kill all the fish and
not achieving an adequate dosage
concentration would fail to reduce
overpopulated stunted fish; wasting
By Bill Ziegler
104
Old Ottawa (Pickeral) Lake map shows how inaccurate the old Michigan lake mapping procedures were
when compared to the actual lake depth contours illustrated in the newer Ottawa Lake map lower left.
valuable fish management funds. The
old 1930s lake map had the Ottawa
Lake outline of the lake fairly close
to it actual shape although it showed
the bottom to be one simple elongated
basin with a maximum depth of 85
feet in depth. The updated map we
created (in the record harsh winter of
1978) shows a much more complex
bottom structure for this 541 acre and
90 foot deep lake. The new map reveals two major bars/reefs and several
minor point bars that all hold numerous game fish much of the year. The
old map can still be viewed on the
Michigan DNR Fisheries Web site under Iron County Ottawa (Pickeral)
Lake along with the new map labeled
Lake Ottawa. The link to the old map
follows: www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_MAPS/
INLAND_LAKE_MAPS/IRON/OTTAWA_(PICKERAL)_LAKE.PDF
Chicagon Lake (1100 acres) in
Iron County is another example of
significant fish holding structure
missing from the old DNR lake map.
In Chicagons case no update map
was ever done. At the DNR fisheries office in Crystal Falls we had no
idea the large number of underwater
humps that were found in Chicagon
Lake until we conducted an extensive
walleye radio tracking study. Most of
the radio implanted walleye utilized

shallow aquatic vegetation beds
although about of the walleye we
fitted with radios and tracked moved
constantly from one underwater hump
to the other. When we triangulated
a location of the walleye we always
checked the depth with an electronic
depth sounder. We found a series of
five bottom humps that extend along
the drop off from a large western bay
in about 40 to 50 feet of water that
rise to from 19 to 35 feet in depth that
are not indicated on the lake map.
There is another series of underwater gavel and rock humps inside
these drop offs humps that are also not
indicated on the map. The walleye
that utilized the deeper water structure
utilized these humps throughout the
open water period. These humps also
were a regular fishing spot for a number of professional Wisconsin fishing
guides that used to frequent Chicagon
Lake prior to an out of state fishing
guide law change in the 1990s. This
was the one place clients could catch
the light sensitive walleye during the
day on a regular basis in this clear
water lake.
Iron County as an example of
other counties in the state, has 109
mapped lakes. Nine reservoirs and
numerous small lakes and ponds were
never mapped by historical DNR

mapping processes. Private fishing
information companies have generated an accurate map of the large
Iron County Michigamme Reservoir
and that is now available. The only
reservoirs that are mapped are on the
Wisconsin border waters that were
mapped by the Wisconsin DNR more
recently.
When fishing the unmapped waters the first time it is very important
to spend enough time utilizing the
fish finders to locate significant bottom structure. One professional walleye tournament angler said during a
fishing seminar that he never fished
until he had a good idea of the waters
structure as a result of running his
electronics around the lake. Based
on my experience this might be a
good idea even on mapped lakes over
about 500 acres. One of the reasons
larger lakes maps are less accurate is
the methods employed to map them
were under the old fashioned system. Even when we mapped lakes in
Michigan during the 1970s we laid
out a grid on the lake of pine boughs
to check bottom type and depth. The
interval size of the grid yields the
level of accuracy. In the case of lakes
over 300 acres the interval was 200
feet. For large lakes the interval was

300 to 400 feet. Obviously some
significant bottom structure could be
missed in such large interval distance.
In the Chicagon Lake case I
used SCUBA to evaluate the bottom
humps and other habitat where we
regularly located radio implanted
walleye. Most of the gravel and rock
humps I dove on were approximately
the size of decent sized log cabin and
none of them had been picked up in
the historical lake bottom contour
mapping. If you have ever fished
Lake Gogebic at 12,800 acres or any
of the large lakes in Northern Lower
Michigan (Burt, Black or Mullet) you
can imagine some major structure
could be missed in a fairly inaccurate
mapping process.
Another good practice if you are
an avid ice angler is to spend time
locating and marking significant
aquatic vegetation beds on your GPS
during the open water period. I like
to spend an afternoon in the summer
with my wife cruising prospective
ice fishing lakes. If they have clear
enough water I take a break from the
heat by snorkeling good habitat and
weed beds I hope to fish next winter.
Of course, it is relatively easy to locate weed beds in a most lakes under
Lake mapping crew for the Ottawa National Forest conducting grid sounding for the new Ottawa Lake
map during the record severe winter of 1978. Even with the ice three feet thick US Forest Service
safety procedures required that the work crew wear PFDs . Author photo
ables the chart plotter. I have resisted
1000 acres during open water with
getting a smart phone although that
modern electronics. GPS makes
alone might motivate me to change
the old method of triangulating off
shore landmarks obsolete. Even with my mind about carrying one of those
devices.
power augers it is very time consumNext time you venture out on new
ing and makes considerable noise to
potentially spooky walleye if you end Michigan water to fish, remember the
high tech electronic or old fashioned
up remapping the lake looking for
map is only as good as the accuracy
bottom structure and weed edges.
of the original map that was likely
As mentioned previously we
produced in the 1930s.
now have considerable sophisticated
Spending adequate time
electronic devices available to aid
checking likely fishing spots
fish structure exploration and locatwith depth locating devices boosts
ing fish. A partial list includes Fish
Finders, Side Scanning Sonar, Global your chances of locating key
structure, bars, reefs, humps, drop
Positioning Satellite GPS and Elecoffs, weed beds and other habitat
tronic lake contour maps Navionics. My tech savvy son figured out he structure. Spending your time
locating good fish holding structure
could purchase a Navionics App for
will greatly boost your chances of
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My Thoughts, My Views, My Opinion...
Lifetime License holder feels cheated
arry Mellstrom from Iron River

doesnt like the DNRs new
license package that went into
effect this year, and hes not
alone. Hes got more reason to
be upset than most hunters, however,
because hes one of a small number
who purchased a comprehensive lifetime license from the DNR when they
were available in 1988. What upsets
Mellstrom the most as an avid deer
hunter is deer licenses are dramatically different than what he thought
he paid for.
Comprehensive lifetime licenses
include most forms of hunting, fishing and trapping as a package and
the fee was $1,025. Larry not only
bought one of the lifetime packages
for himself, he also bought one for his
son, who now lives in Texas.
Mellstrom was working as a
forester for the US Forest
Service out of Kenton at the
time and he figured the purchases were a good investment. The only types of state
hunting licenses that package
did not include were antlerless deer, turkey and elk, all
of which were and still are
issued through drawings.
Bear licenses were
unlimited in 1988,
but have also been
issued through a drawing since 1990.
Now retired after working for
the Forest Service for 31 years, 25 of
which were spent at Kenton, Larry
feels that the DNR has not lived up to
the bargain they offered state residents in 1988, especially in regard to
deer licenses.
As far as Im concerned, the
DNR has tried to screw me every
time they make a change in licenses,
Mellstrom said. When I bought my
lifetime licenses, there was a 2-buck
bag limit and a legal buck only had to
have 3-inch antlers.
More restrictive antler restrictions for one of the two bucks hunters
were permitted to shoot per year were
enacted in 1997. Starting that year, at
least one of the two bucks tagged, for
hunters who got two, had to have at
least four points on an antler. Then in
2008, regulations were changed again
for those who bought combination
deer licenses in the UP, making both
buck tags restricted. The tag that had
previously been valid for bucks with
3-inch antlers was then limited to
bucks with a minimum of three points
on one antler.
Since the combination deer
license is the one the DNR sends to
lifetime license holders like Larry
every year, the antler restrictions
apply to them even though thats not
what they paid for 1988. Mellstrom
is especially upset over UP antler
restrictions because he prefers to
hunt by slowly sneaking through the

woods, looking for deer, or following
the tracks of a big buck through the
snow. When hunting the way Larry
prefers, it is often difficult to impossible to count antler points on bucks
he manages to see.
The state DNR has no idea what
its like to not hunt over a bait pile,
Mellstrom commented. Most deer
hunters hunt from blinds or treestands
and use bait to attract deer to them
and its easier to count antler points
when youre hunting that way, but
I refuse to hunt over bait. I bought
lifetime hunting licenses for me and
my son, so we could hunt the way we
want to.
Since single archery and firearms
deer licenses remained unrestricted,
meaning they were valid for bucks
with 3-inch antlers, Larry exchanged
the combination deer license
he got through the mail from
the DNR starting in 2009
for two single deer licenses.
One of the licenses was valid
during archery seasons and
the other during gun seasons.
But, under regulations that
have been in effect since
2008, Larry could only use
one of those two
tags on a buck.
Larry doesnt have
a problem with that, but some lifetime license holders might.
There are currently about 1,000
lifetime license holders remaining alive, according to DNR deputy
public information officer Debbie
Munson Badini from Marquette. She
reported that 887 have the comprehensive license package and 108
bought the sportsperson package,
which also includes deer licenses.
Under the new license package that went into effect on April 1,
there are no longer separate archery
and firearms deer license. The new
single deer license is valid during all
seasons, but hunters are only allowed
one of them. That makes it impossible for lifetime license holders
to exchange a combination license
with two bucks tags for two single
By Richard P. Smith
106
Rick Baetsen photo

licenses. Larry is not surprised that
the DNR did not take lifetime license
holders into account when coming up
with the new license package.
Its not the first time the DNR
hasnt taken lifetime license holders
into account, he said. Theyve never checked with us to get our opinion
during any of the license changes
theyve made since 1988.
Mellstrom would like to see at
least one of the buck tags on UP combination deer licenses unrestricted the
way it was prior to 2008.
On my second tag, I would like
to take an antlerless deer anywhere
in the state, Larry said. Does taken
by hunters in the UP would only be a
drop in the bucket compared to natural mortality. I dont need to shoot
a little buck, but I would like to get
some meat for my freezer. I would be
able to do that if one of my deer tags
was for a doe.
Mellstrom said he has only shot
one buck in the UP since 2008 and
he got it that year. Since the second
buck tag on combo deer licenses
didnt become restricted until after
some hunters had already purchased
their licenses that year, bucks with
at least 3-inch antlers remained legal
for hunters who got their licenses
early and Larry was in that category.
Besides his combination license,
Mellstrom had antlerless permits in

his pocket.
He was hunting in a snowstorm
when he saw a deer 50 yards away.
After looking at the whitetail carefully through the 4X scope on his rifle
and 7x binoculars, he was sure it was
doe, so he shot it. When he reached
the fallen deer, he found out it had
6-inch spikes. Fortunately, he could
legally tag that deer, but combination
license holders who made the same
mistake in the years that followed
were stuck with an illegal deer.
The antler point restrictions on
UP combo licenses that have been
in effect since 2008 havent helped
Larry see any older bucks. He said he
hasnt seen a decent buck while hunting in the UP for 10 years. Mellstrom
knows what a decent buck looks like.
Over the years, hes taken four bucks
with antlers large enough to qualify
for state records kept by Commemorative Bucks of Michigan (CBM).
He got his highest scoring UP
buck, a 10-point that scores between
146 and 147, in Iron County on November 29, 1975. He picked up the
tracks of a big buck in the snow about
7:30 a.m. and followed the prints into
a swamp, where he eventually spotted
the buck bedded 20 yards away. That
deer was five or six years old and had
a dressed weight of 193 pounds.n
Asian carp barriers breached?
Dear Woods-N-Water News:

According to the asiancarp.us
website Sampling Results, on June
30 2014 a transmitter-tagged
common carp 21.3 inches was
tracked two miles upstream of
the demo barriers, Indicating
passage through the dispersal
barriers.
Barrier Defense netting Asian
carp below the barriers to reduce
the number of Asian carp that try to

cross the barriers (reduce the risk?)
has caught 36,497 Asian Carp (not
transmitter-tagged I might add) as of
July but only fished 32 days. Back in
December 2013 they admitted they
had video of schools of small fish
swimming though the barriers, but
they didnt think they were Asian
carp? Now a big fish has crossed the
barriers.
Since the top Asian carp biologist

says we can control Asian carp
with native predators, what do
we do? Do we increase the
barriers electricity and reduce
the risk in one spot, or increase
native predators and reduce the
risk for the whole lake?
Sincerely,
Tom Matych
Twin Lake MI
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New COs put to the test with 18-week field training
Officers
Saykham
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and Angie
Greenway
provide first
aid to an
injured swimmer at the
annual Hardigras gathering on Hardy
Pond near
Whitecloud.
Keophalychanh
is a recent
graduate from
the DNRs
conservation officer
academy.
foundation for our officers, he said,

but when they get in the field, thats
when they put their skills to the test.
Keophalychanh said Ginn has really helped him learn what he should
focus on in the field.
I was a clean slate coming in,
Keophalychanh said. Its good to have
direction. Just being able to see how
its done is a good experience for me.
Getting these 23 new officers
through the training is crucial to the
DNRs mission to protect, manage and
conserve Michigans natural resources.
Prior to the academy this year, the
DNRs Law Enforcement Division was
operating at an all-time low for the
number of conservation officers in the
field, with some counties not having the
full-time presence of a CO.
The field training portion of a new
officers overall training is an integral
part of what prepares the officer for the
job, said Sgt. Jay Person, commander
of the DNRs conservation officer
recruit school.
The field training is segmented
so that the new officer moves from an
observational role to an active role over
the course of 18 weeks, Person said.
When completed, the new officer has
a very good idea what the job is really
like, and pairing them with different
FTOs throughout the field training
maximizes their exposure to highly
trained, experienced conservation officers who have a lot of knowledge to
share about the job and the area where
the new officer is assigned.
During the first six weeks of field
training, the new officers were paired
with a more experienced officer in
or near their assigned county. In the
second six-week segment, the new
officers were moved to another region
of Michigan, sometimes to an area
completely different than their assigned
New officer Keophalychanh (background) works a patrol on Hardy Pond with his field
training officer Jeff Ginn. MDNR photo
county, allowing the new officers to be
exposed to different areas of the state
and the different activities encountered
an officer assigned to a more rural
county may spend the next six weeks in
a more urban area and vice versa.
In between the first and second
sessions, there was a one-week training
session at the DNRs Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center at Higgins
Lake that focused on marine operations, boat handling and tribal awareness.
After the second six-week segment, another one-week training period
focusing on waterfowl training and
enforcement will be held just prior to
the opening of most waterfowl hunting
seasons in Michigan.
In the first six weeks, the new officers spend more time observing the
more experienced officer handling
contacts or assignments. In the second
week, the new officers take the lead
more on contacts. In the final segment,
the new officers fully take the lead on
contacts and investigations.
The field training gradually ramps
up as it moves along, said Person. At
the end, the new officers will be completely ready to perform their duties as
assigned.
Keophalychanhs view of the field
training experience is echoed by his
classmates.
Its an awesome way to learn,
said Tim Rosochacki, a 26-year-old
former DNR park ranger who is a
newly minted CO. Theyve got a lot
of tips and tricks that theyve learned
and they know what a fresh officer is
going through.
My training officers have been
great theyve let me learn on my own,
but theyve also added to it. Theyll
tell you their own experiences and that

gives you a better mental picture of the
routes or avenues you can take. Now
youre getting to put all the stuff you
learned in the academy to use. Youre
getting to see firsthand how it all fits
together.
They get you thinking one way
and then you get out in the field and
you begin to see why you were trained
that way.
As Ginn and Keophalychanh
continue their patrol, they cruise past a
launch ramp on Hardy Pond and spot
another angler fishing in a boat not far
from shore. Keophalychanh asks Ginn
if they should wave him in to check
him. Ginns response?
Lets talk about that a minute,
Ginn said. Lets say we see him catching fish hand-over-fist and then when
you contact him, he just motors off.
What are we going to do? What options
are available to us?
Keophalychanh said the first thing
he would do is look for the boats
registration numbers. He puts his field
glasses to his eyes, notes the vessels
MC numbers, and gets on the radio.
Minutes later, he learns the boat is
registered to someone who has a senior
citizens fishing license. That seems
to jibe with what Keophalychanh has
seen.
As Ginn put it, the pair found out
what they needed to know without
disrupting the anglers recreation.
There are countless ways to do
this job, Ginn said. It doesnt matter which approach you take if you get
the right outcome. After we have an
interaction, we often talk about how we
might have done it differently. I like to
New COs field training page 109
tanding high on a bluff overlooking the Muskegon River in

late August, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
conservation officers Jeff Ginn
and Saykham Keophalychanh
spotted an angler on the river below.
Without saying a word, Keophalychanh
immediately began making his way
down the path to the river bank, hoping
to make contact with the angler.
One of 23 graduates from the
Department of Natural Resources
most recent law enforcement academy,
Keophalychanh is currently working
under the supervision of Ginn, his field
training officer (FTO). Like his classmates, Keophalychanh will spend 18
weeks afield with veteran conservation
officers to learn the ropes before reporting to his assigned county.
I want him to have a lot of contacts during the field training, said
Ginn, a CO in Newaygo County. The
more people he talks to that arent
suspicious, the more someone who is
suspicious will stand out to him.
Keophalychanh, who is halfway
through his second of three six-week
sessions with an FTO, said hes already
learned 10 times as much about the job
as he did at the academy.
Its kind of like doing lab work
in a science class, to use an analogy,
Keophalychanh said. Sometimes five
minutes in the lab can teach you as
much as five hours with a book. What
we learned in the academy is 20 miles
wide, but only an inch deep. The FTO
process fine-tunes you, reinforces what
you learned in the academy.
Ginn, an eight-year veteran of the
DNRs Law Enforcement Division,
said his job as a FTO is to make sure
Keophalychanh understands whats expected of him and to teach by example.
The academy provides a great
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Hot Topics In The Outdoors...
Ecological Reference Areas, Dedicated Habitat Areas BIG concerns

The following is a letter sent to the
NRC. The information is important to
Woods-N-Water News readers should
understand what is happening...
Over the last couple of years, I have
attended Natural Resources Committee
hearings or our state senate in different
areas or the state. These hearings were
on land management particularly biodiversity. The terminology has changed
to Ecological Reference Areas (ERA) and
Dedicated Habitat Areas (DHA), but these
are just other words for biodiversity.
At these meetings the opposition to
biodiversity management was strong. The
Gaylord meeting was standing room only
with testimony by groups and individuals
opposing biodiversity. Only two people
from Beaver Island testified in favor. It
was clear to me people who are the users
of state land were highly apprehensive the
land their taxes purchased was going to be
closed to their use in favor of the microorganisms and species of concern. Apprehensiveno actually scaredscared
roads would be blocked, lands closed to
access and their use, scared they could not
get to their cabins and camps, scared the
big shots were kicking out the little guy
that bought it, scared they were swept under the rug and secondary to concerned
species.
The value of this land to the people
of the State of Michigan is in its use, not
non-use. The designation of ERA and
DHA can only lead to set aside areas and

blocking roads so people cannot access
their property.
Sometime ago, my research showed
the department is/was seeking advice
from five agencies of the federal government and wants to partner with the
federal government - the same government that is closing roads, limiting access,
restricting areas, and kicking ranchers off
grazing lands.
Sometime ago, my research showed
the department was seeking advice from
several conservancies that restrict and
perhaps close large tracts of land. I did not
see on the list advice from the ordinary
citizen who really uses this land with his
family and friends.
In this state we already have wilderness
areas, wild areas, and natural areas [MCL
324.35103] in which the department can
set aside and restrict and prohibit the
use of 10 percent of all state land; not to
mention wetlands, wild and natural rivers, farmland agreements, conservation
easements, state game areas, parks, plus
federal refuges and the list goes on.
In 1995 the state legislature moved
[MCL 324.35501 and sequel] to keep biodiversity under control, but never formed
the joint committees to decide whether
it was right for our state. However, there
is currently a state senate bill that now
gets the legislature moving by amending
324.35501 and sequel - this is Senate Bill
78 which would allow the department

to manage for biodiversity, but sets a
standard that the land cannot be managed
exclusively for biodiversity. This, to me,
means it preserves the use of the land to
the people of the State of Michigan and
does not prohibit other productive use
of the land. The value of this land to the
people of our state is providing for its use.
Now, the department may tell us it
is following a worldwide certifying plan
by outsiders for our Michigan land or
the state cannot sell its timber products
-- this is the trap that has been set to take
control of Michigan land from the people,
to let outside agencies run the Michigan
forest and then charge us a certifying fee
and gain other profits. This is a wrong to
the people of the State of Michigan who
bought the land.
For many of us the use and continued
use is a most valuable family resource.
Before you, on these ERA and DHA,
an effort by the non-elected to avoid the
state legislature, avoid the people, and
initiate the ground work to take away the
use of this wonderful resource we have
bought by closing use to the ordinary
citizens...the tremendous acreage in ERAs
and DHAs?
For many working people their wealth
is the use of public land. Now the worker
pays taxes for certification to take the
use away, while somebody makes money
through certification.
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Trying to read the maps on the

internet is difficult. However, the chart
indicated to me lots of land would be
subject to ERA DHA. One note indicates
an area would have 27,000+ acres that
could not be logged. Another note stated
there would likely be more land set aside/
designated after consulting/partnering
with the feds.
I am aware that MCL 324.52505 and
324.52507(b) require certification by a
third party. Some senators have realized that forest certification is going way
beyond just quality trees. It is leading
to set aside vast acreage taking the use
away from us. Senate Bill 78 is an effort to
keep the use of state land with Michigan
people. I believe Senate Bill 78 is strongly
opposed by those wanting to control or
profit (including outside powers) in the
chain of certification.
What is the legacy?
I do not want to leave my kids a state
where the King/tax collector closes the
land to the taxpayer, but a state in which
they have the same wonderful use of the
land that I had.
I am not sure your authority on land
management, but please send this matter
back to the legislature where our elected
representatives can do more work with the
guidance of the people.
Thank you,
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Newberry, MI
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New COs field training:

tell him about things I think Ive done
wrong. There are times when I say, I
should have done it this way
Richard Cardenas, a 26-year-old
recent academy graduate from Ionia
County said working with an established CO has really helped him understand how to interact with the public.
Youre working with a fellow officer who helps you get in your groove
and develop your own style, Cardenas
said. Each community is different
and the academy cant teach you that
how to interact with different cultures,
different age groups, different types of
sportsmen. The scenarios they give you
at the academy are just that scenarios.
This is real life.
Cardenas, who spent his first
six-week session with an officer in
Livingston County, said he spent a lot
of time at Belle Isle, a far different
atmosphere than rural Ionia County.
Hes found a supportive community in
Detroit.
Most of the people we encounter
are very happy were there, he said.
They support what were doing and
are enjoying the new atmosphere at
Belle Isle.
The new COs will begin their third
six-week session of field training short-
from page 107
ly. Then theyll be hitting the ground

on their own just when things really get
busy for conservation officers right
before the firearms deer season. By all
accounts, the officers can hardly wait.
The job is what I thought it would
be and then some, Rosochacki said.
Every day Im amazed at what I get to
do and what I experience. Youre on the
lake one day and the next day youre
out in the woods. The dynamics of the
job and the variety are awesome.
Ginn said his stint as an FTO has
been a learning experience for him, too.
Ive learned things from Keo, he
said. Were both in the same boat. Ive
been in his shoes and Im falling back
on my experiences to learn what kind
of an FTO I want to be. This is a new
chapter in my career, too.
For his part, Keophalychanh is
looking forward to getting out on his
own.
Its a point of pride to earn your
badge and begin putting everything
youve learned into action, he said.
Its exciting to know that day is just
around the corner.
To learn more about the DNRs
conservation officer academy and the
recruitment process, visit www.michigan.gov/conservationofficers.n
DNR awarded $52,500 grant for work

on white-nose syndrome in bats
The MDNR announced that it has been awarded a grant of $52,500 from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for work on white-nose syndrome, a disease
caused by an invasive fungus that only afflicts bats. The DNR is among 30 state
natural resource agencies awarded a total of $1,276,088 in grants for projects
to research, monitor bat populations for, and detect and respond to WNS.
First discovered in New York in 2006, WNS was confirmed in bats in
Michigan in April 2014. The disease has now been found in five Michigan
counties: Alpena, Dickinson, Keweenaw, Mackinac and Ontonagon. Nationally, 11 species of bat have been infected and more than 6 million bats have died.
Some bat colonies in the northeast U.S. have experienced die-offs in excess of
90 percent.
"Several species of bats are at risk from WNS," said Bill Scullon, DNR
wildlife biologist. "This grant will enable the DNR to continue critical work in
responding to this rapidly spreading disease."
In 2010, the DNR, along with the agency's federal and nongovernmental
partners, developed Michigan's WNS Response Plan. The plan outlined two
main pillars: 1) prevent the arrival and spread of WNS as long as possible by
mitigating the human-assisted movement of the fungus that causes the disease; and 2) conserve bat populations that remain after the disease has arrived.
The grant funds will be used to continue disease surveillance and testing,
population monitoring, protection of hibernacula (abandoned underground
mines and caves), public outreach and education, and to fund staff time for
wildlife biologists involved.
White-nose syndrome has spread rapidly from one state in 2006 to 25
states and five Canadian provinces this year, said Dr. Jeremy Coleman, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services national WNS coordinator. These grants provide essential support to our state partners in preparing for and responding
to this disease. The research, monitoring, and actions made possible by these
grants have yielded valuable results and insights for our national response to
white-nose syndrome.
Funding for grants was provided through the Endangered Species Recovery and Science Applications programs.
More information about WNS is available at www.michigan.gov/wns or
www.whitenosesyndrome.org.
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TROPHY PAGES
Drew Parkinson, 7 caught this 14

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in early July 2014.
Dan Bondy caught this dandy salmon trolling
mid-July in the big lake.
Nicole Denz 10, from Macomb Twp. caught this largemouth bass at her
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Taylor Denz 6, catch another bass.
Four-year old Aidan caught this fishing with

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miles on the lake. They caught six walleyes; one-3 lbs., two7 lbs., one-8 lbs., one-10 lbs. and the walleye in the photo,
33 inches, 14 lbs. The group is hooked on Lake Erie.
Novice fisherwoman Connie Erickson

scores A trophy Bass.
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Brianne McClure caught this

17 inch, 2 lb. largemouth
bass fishing Ogemaw Co
with her Grandpa Randy.
Cole Schmidt, 8, learning

the art of fishing from Randy
McQuiston caught this 5 lb.
catfish.
Hannah Champnella from

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Whats Gone Is Gone!!! By Ron St. Germain
Still haunted by the

ones that got away
W
Dear Fish Diary:
hat is it about us? Having a big fish mount on

our wall somehow puts
us in a different social
class. At least in our mind. We reach
super hero status when someone
visits our trophy room and gawks
at our enormously proportioned
catches. I am up here and you are
down there simply because I have
caught a bigger fish than you. I am
the king, you are the servant. I am
the master, you only wish you could
be me. I am still royalty even if I
walk around in black socks pulled
up to my knees, Bermuda shorts
pulled up nearly to my chest, ratty
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reads Id rather be fishing. I
actually run from and avoid those
around the work place that stalk me
and hunt me down just to show me
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their trophy photos.

Having recurring nightmares
about the one that got away isnt
uncommon, at least for me. After all,
that fish that shook the hook could
have changed my social status.
That split second was the difference
between glory and misery. The fish
usually chooses misery for me.
After years of bowing to the
masters of the fishing universe, I had
to make some realistic decisions in
my life. No longer do I tell stories
of the ones that got away. I used to
think there was some sort of vindication there. You know, that I at
least hooked a giant fish and almost
caught it. Key word being almost.
But as time went on, I soon realized
that telling those stories actually
decreased my social status because I
was now looked at as the fisherman
who couldnt finish the job. So, is it
better to hook a trophy fish and lose
it, or to never have hooked one at
all?
Its not like I have not had a slew
of bad luck after hooking a monster
fish. I have a long list of excuses.
I lost a 20 pound steelhead when a
boater ran over my line while trying
to move in for a closer look to watch
me fight the fish. REALLY???
I lost a giant flathead catfish that
toppled over a dam because I could
not horse it back against the current.
One of the perils of fishing too close
to the top of a dam is you might
actually hook a monster. I remember
looking down at two guys in waders

that were fishing the shallow currents right after my fish went overboard. They looked up at me and
each put opposite arms out, showing
me how big the enormous fish was
that almost rained down on top of
them. Yeah, because it was too big
for one guy to stretch his arms out,
so it took two people to show me
what I just lost. I had to laugh as
watched them frantically casting
into the area where the fish went into
the water.
I lost something one time because
it straightened out the hook. I fought
it for nearly 20 minutes. I have no
idea what it was, I never got a look
at it, but I think it was Shamu.
I caught a slight glimpse of the
biggest crappie I ever hooked moments before a giant muskie surfaced to steal it off my line inches
from the boat. I spent the rest of
the day muskie fishing in hopes of
getting my trophy crappie out of
the stomach Moby-muskie. The
biggest bluegill I ever caught was
stolen by a snapping turtle. That,
by the way, was the last time I ever
used a stringer. I had a seven pound
largemouth bass, in super slow motion mind you, leap out of the water
less than 10-feet from the boat, wink
at me, spit my rubber crawler back
to me, and wave just as it re-entered
the water with a big grin on its face.
The strangest way I ever lost a
big fish was while fighting a giant
northern pike from my canoe in
a river. The fish was already tired
out and laying on the surface about
75-feet in front of me. I was drifting behind it in the current, in no
real hurry to catch up to it. I was
just reeling in line, slowly shortening the distance between us and
marveling at the size of this fish.
You dont want to spook a large fish
even though you may think its tired.
A big fish still might have one last
burst of energy and that is typically
when a lot of trophies are lost. I
know this because well because
Ive lost trophies this way of course.
That is when a small tree on the
bank decided it was time to uproot
and fall into the river right on top of
my fish. Seriously? As Im cussing
up a storm, I realized that if I were
a few more minutes downstream
that tree could have landed on me.
So was I lucky or unlucky? Purely
perspective I guess.
Now A Method To Carry It All...
By now Im sure you can see

why I dont tell these ridiculous
stories any longer. Whats the use?
People just roll their eyes and walk
away in disbelief. I used to measure
and weigh every fish I caught, simply so I could make a better educated guess as to how big the ones I
lost were. I no longer wake up in a
cold sweat in the middle of the night
with anxiety attacks about monster
fish I lost. And the ones I am lucky
enough to catch just get released
anyway. Although it is more satisfying to complete the cycle by catching, getting a photo and releasing,
I actually dont lose sleep when the
fish wins.
Maybe its age creeping in.
Maybe Ive just accepted my social
status. Maybe Im used to being
humbled, even if its watching a
bald eagle swoop down and grab a
fish 100 yards from me thats bigger
than anything Ive caught all week.
Maybe that tree falling on the fish
instead of me changed my perspective. I dont push so hard to be
recognized as the fishing guru, Im
just happy being out on the water.
Getting skunked doesnt even faze
me, Im just glad I dont have to
actually fish for my dinner. Instead
of reliving the torture of losing a
big fish, Im finding it more satisfying to dwell on the memories Ive

made. Memories that dont include
the ones that got away. Now if I
could just convince myself of all of
this I could complete my therapy
and continue trying to change my
social status.
Fish-a-holics Wanted!!!
Dont forget, Im looking to

crown Michigans biggest fisha-holic. Send me your nominees
short story and photos of their
living space, anything that would
show why this person is a true
fish-a-holic. Please include the
nominee and the submitters contact information, phone and email.
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Northern Marquette, Iron and Baraga Counties... By Richard P. Smith
Moose collisions down in 2013
had passed a sign minutes

earlier warning about moose
crossing the highway when a
cow moose suddenly appeared
in the headlights. Instinctively,
I moved my right foot from
the gas pedal to the brakes. The moose
trotted across the highway from left to
right.
Fortunately, my reduced speed and
the speed with which the moose moved
across the pavement were enough to
avoid a collision with the large animal.
But I didnt miss her by much. Only
a few feet separated her hindquarters
from my right fender as I went by the
animal. She was in the southbound lane
of M-95 as I drove north.
With about 500 moose in the western UP and an undetermined number of
the huge members of the deer family
spread across the eastern UP, it pays to
drive cautiously when traveling along
the regions major highways, especially
after dark. As dark-colored animals,
they are difficult to see after the sun
sets. Moose crossing signs are posted
along stretches where the animals are
seen most often, but they sometimes
show up where there are no warning
signs.
The highest concentrations of moose
With about 500 moose in the western UP and an undetermined number of the huge members of the deer family spread across the eastern UP,
it pays to drive cautiously when traveling along the regions major highways, especially after dark. Richard P. Smith photo
in the west UP are located in northern Marquette and Iron Counties and
Baraga County. Automobile accidents
involving moose have happened in
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Adult moose can weigh 1,000
pounds or more and hitting one can
cause a lot of damage to vehicles.
Theres also a major risk of injury to
drivers and passengers of vehicles that
collide with a moose. More than 60 collisions with moose have been recorded
in the UP since 2007.
The number of moose struck by
vehicles in the UP during 2013 was the
lowest it has been in four years. According to figures provided by DNR wildlife
researcher Dean Beyer, only six moose
were reported hit by vehicles a year
ago. Thats the lowest number of moose
vehicle collisions recorded since 2009
when seven were struck.
Six moose were killed on UP roads
during 2007 compared to four in 2008
and seven for 2009. The number of
moose struck by vehicles was the highest during 2011 and 2012 when 14 and
16 were hit. Thirteen of the 16 moose
that were struck during 2012 were
killed, according to Beyer. Of the 14
struck during 2011, only one walked

away.
Road kills for 2012 consisted of two
cows, one of which was a calf and the
other was a yearling. Ten bulls died on
roads and railroad tracks, two of which
were yearlings and two were calves. Six
were adults. The sex of one dead moose
was not determined.
Six adult cows and five adult bulls
ended up as road kill in the UP during
2011. Of the two additional bulls that
died that year, one was a yearling and
the other was a calf.
Four of the six moose that were involved in vehicle accidents during 2013
were in Marquette County, including the
one that walked away. The sex of the
moose that walked away was unknown.
The three moose that were killed in
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adult cows and an adult bull.
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Todd Sokolow holds a walleye caught

on Lake Michigan out of South Haven.
It made a last dart forward, and
Todd scooped it up over the side with
the net.
Time for a high five. We actually
had gone walleye fishing out of South
Haven on a rumor and caught a pretty
nice one! The chunky, healthy fish
of about 7 pounds had eaten a Husky
Jerk in the Helsinki Shad pattern, a
minnow-shaped lure with a dark gray
back, bright white sides with a yellow
horizontal stripe. The time on my watch
said 8:40, and under a brilliant, starry

sky and falling temperatures, we trolled
until midnight. No more fish would bite.
So, thank you, undisclosed source,
for sharing that rumor about walleyes
out of South Haven!
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season making any dents in his time on
the water. Hes especially keen on walleyes, and has targeted them all over the
Midwest. Hes spent a lot of time nightfishing Muskegon Lake, which is well
known for kicking some brute marbleeyes. Since that lake is connected to
Lake Michigan, and hes caught some
fish beyond the pierheads in the greater
lake, he was more optimistic than I was
about our chances for success.
We cleared the piers about 6 p.m.
and headed south. My undisclosed
source had said the main area was about
4 miles south in 10 to 20 feet of water.
Rumor was that Reef Runners, deepdiving stickbaits with a slight banana
curve to them, were a good lure. That
being the sum total of the information
we had, Todd set out a couple of Reef
Runners and a variety of other favorite
walleye lures, including a couple of
Rapala Husky Jerks and a spinner baited
with a nightcrawler. Planer boards took
three lines to each side of the boat.
The breeze showed no sign of letting up at first, and we contended with
good-sized waves. With his bow-mount
Minn Kota Autopilot trolling motor
pulling us along with the surge, we were
able to troll south at 2- to 2.3-mph pace.
The first couple of hours did little
more than test our patience, as nothing
took a whack at any of the lures. To be
honest, I had gone into the endurance
phase of a fishing trip, totally expecting zero action no matter how long
we fished, figuring Id just endure the
rocky seas until Todd decided hed had
enough. Finally, just as the sun sank
below the horizon, Todd noticed the
red Tattle Flag wiggling on the yellow
Offshore Board closest to the boat on
the port side.
Whats up with that board?
I grabbed the rod from its holder
and a fish was on!
In the dimming light we couldnt
see what it was through the clear water
until it was right behind the boat.
Nice eye! I exclaimed, spotting
the telltale white mark on its tail.
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love a challenge in the outdoors as much as the next guy,

maybe more. For instance, I
spend a few days each October and November chasing
my golden retriever around in
the swamps of Southwest Michigan,
hoping to flush and shoot at a grouse.
On about 25 percent of our forays, we
actually flush one or two, although Ive
yet to connect with one. I think over the
past five years or so, Ive actually taken
about four shots.
Fishing for walleyes in Lake
Michigan, at least in the southern waters
along the Michigan coast is something
like grouse hunting just inland. The fish,
like the birds, are there, but they are few
and far between. Still, its the challenge
of the hunt that gets some folks (including me) excited.
The guy who told me about the
possibility of catching a walleye on
Lake Michigan out of South Haven is,
upon request, remaining an undisclosed
source. Hes afraid the few guys who
supposedly already know about it will,
in his words, give me grief.
To be sure, walleye guys are pretty
protective of their spots. And thats
understandable, but when it comes to
catching walleyes on Lake Michigan
along the Lower Peninsula coast, its
a matter of putting lots of time in for
some fish. In other words, its not a
cooler-bursting fishery thats going to
attract guys from Iowa.
Upon hearing this rumor, I told a
couple of my friends who are die-hard
walleye fans, and one of them offered
to take me in his boat. Todd Sokolow of
Grand Haven is one of those guys who
sleeps just five hours a night to give
him more time to go fishing when hes
not at his regular job as a tool and die
maker or working on the family farm. I
met him a couple years ago when I gave
a talk on fish photography for the West
Michigan Walleye Club. Todds a pretty
good photographer in his own right.
So, on a blustery, warm Thursday
evening in September, I met up with
Todd at the South Haven public ramp,
where we launched his 20-foot Lund
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Mark Gucwa captured this trail cam photo of twin

black bears near Branch, in the Manistee National
Forest. Marks photo was taken in late summer.
Dennis Green of Rockford got this trail

cam photo of a dandy buck in velvet. The
photo was taken in northern Kent County.
Rick Casey has trail cam photos of over a dozen

bucks from southwest Michigan. Here is an up close
and personal shot he retrieved from his camera.
Joe Lunkas sent in this trail

cam photo and says he is already seeing positive results
of the antler point restrictions
imposed in his 9-county NW
Michigan deer management unit.
These two local Wexford County
bucks were born in 2012 and
survived the 2013 deer seasons
because they did not have the
3-points on one side requirement in 2013 for legal harvest.
These bucks are just 2-1/2 years
old. Imagine what they will look
like at 3-1/2 and 4-1/2. Since
both bucks currently frequent
his wildlife refuge/sanctuary,
this is a definite possibility!!!
Rich Perry of Lowell got some very nice shots of a pair of young
bucks on trail cam. Perhaps the start of something big.
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Tom Walker captured this trail cam photo of Mother Nature at work in Menominee
County. Tom went on to say, Protect the wolves so they can kill our deer? Shame,
shame! Thanks for the photo Tom!
John Siegel of Levering has seen this split-ear doe on more than
one occasion. The doe was still traveling with her mother and
twin fawns.
Kyle Adkin of South Haven was able to get

this trail cam photo of a tall and wide tined
Michigan buck.
Webb Wood of Atlanta, Michigan caught this great bull elk on trail cam in Presque Isle County.
Webb is a regular contributor to our trail cam series and always produces some wonderful
photographs.
Dan Bondy caught this great looking buck on trail

cam in late July on his Osceola County property.
Doug Zyngier sent us this photo of a male Red Fox doing what male fox do, marking territory.
Mike Uppleger
shares with
us an interesting trail cam
photo from
Alcona County.
The doe seems
to be saying,
Hey! No free
rides here
pal! Thanks
for the photo
Mike.
Rich Perry sent us this trail cam photo of a weasel. Although it
is hard to see we thought it was a unique shot. The photo was
taken in Kent county.
Michael LaChapelle of Ishpeming got a trail cam photo

of this coyote with his house in the background. Thanks
for an interesting shot, Michael.
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S por t ing Collect ibles...
Striking Gold...Again!
W
hen someone brings something unusual and interesting for me to see

at one of the shows where I set up
my antique fishing displays, I call it
Striking Gold. I personally collect
mostly Made in Michigan fishing tackle of all
kinds - lures, reels, rods and fishing accessories.
I also have a passion for old minnow buckets and
bait containers. These past several months have
been great, because I have been able to photograph
not just some interesting fishing tackle but some
really rare Made in Michigan lures. One of the
rarest frog lures ever made, the Hosmer Mechanical Froggie from Dearborn, was brought into the
Novi Outdoorama last February.
Two months ago, a Bonafide Aluminum Minnow from Plymouth, was brought into Dovetail
Antiques in Lowell for me to appraise. Both lures
will be featured in Woods-N-Water News articles
over the next several months. This months article
features four other unique items that I hope will be
of interest to my readers.
This first item I spotted was at the National
Fishing Lure Collectors Club (NFLCC) National
Convention held in Ft. Wayne this past July. I was
hurrying by Rob Lucals display when I caught
a glimpse of what was clearly an Ed. Cumings
Life-Time Creel, and it was in good shape. It was
huge and sized to fit a trout fisherman the size
of Paul Bunyan! I stopped and examined it from
top to bottom. The creel measured an amazing
25 -inches in length by 11-inches high by 11
1/2-inches wide. I stood there wondering
what I was holding
I first wrote about the Ed. Cumings
Company of Flint, eight years ago in
an article outlining the history of this
famous Michigan fishing tackle manufacturer. The company started in 1932
when fifty-eight year old Ed Cumings
decided to branch out from his successful
automotive supply business and began
selling fishing tackle, amazingly during the midst of the
worst economic depression in
our nations history.
He started by carrying hard to find trout fishing items that he sold to his angling friends. Soon
he moved his fledgling tackle business into the
second story of the Cumings building, issuing his
first catalog in 1933. The catalog featured sixteen
pages of bamboo fly rods, South Bend and Shakespeare fly reels, English fly lines and silk worm
gut leaders, waders and hip boots, two basic trout
nets and two imported Japanese creels, a stylish
fishing outfit for the well-dressed angler, various
accessories plus a nice selection of trout flies that
he personally designed for Michigan trout streams
- all hand-tied in his own factory. Ed started with
two very busy fly tiers the first year, and by the
third year had grown to where he employed sixteen fly tiers plus five men making wooden trout
nets.
One of the companys most important categories was introduced in 1934 - the Ed. Cumings
Life-Time Creels, which were whole willow creels
hand woven by Michigan craftsmen for Cumings.
The creels were advertised as THE BEST AND
This Ed Cumings Life-Time Creel was an oversized store display custom built for a Charlevoix, Michigan hardware store during the mid-1930s. It measures 25 -inches in length by 11-inches high by 11
1/2-inches wide. Note the standard sized casting reel sitting in front for size comparison. Author photo
MOST DURABLE CREEL EVER MADE.
They sold for two to three times more than
imported Japanese split willow creels, but they
were well worth it. Ed applied for a patent on the
creels sliding wood latch, and patent #2085564
was issued to the company on June 29, 1937. This
patent number is printed on the wooden
slide of each Cumings creel after this
date, so this is something collectors can
watch for. The Life-Time Creels were
offered in six sizes. The smallest model
was the Midget, which only measured
8-inches in length by 5-inches in height
by 4 -inches wide. The extremely rare
Midget could have been used as a
salesmans sample or as a toy
given to a child. The largest
size, the No. 3, measured
17-inches in length by 8-inches high by 6 -inches wide.
The Paul Bunyan-sized creel I had found at
the convention held almost four times the volume
as compared to the #3 Life-Time Creel, Cumings
largest cataloged creel. After questioning Rob, I
discovered that it had come from a hardware store
in Charlevoix, and had most likely been custombuilt by Ed Cumings for use as a special store
display piece. It would be interesting to have seen
the tackle displays that the stores employees built
around this remarkable creel over the last eighty
years.
Today, Ed Cumings, Inc., still located in Flint,
is one of the largest makers of landing nets and related products in the United States. They produce
quality landing nets for just about any species plus
specialty nets for scientific use, bait and fry collection nets, fish cradles, woodcock banding nets and
even nets for dogcatchers! Visit their website at
www.cumingsnets.com.
The second item was also a complete surprise
to me when Charlie Bell brought it into Dovetail
Antiques in Lowell, several months ago for me

to appraise. What made it unique was that it was
not a Heddon Pal steel baitcasting rod, which is a
common find. What made it remarkable was that it
was a Heddon Pal #2770 7-ft. medium action steel
spinning rod, something that I was not aware that
By Terry McBurney
118
A publicity shot of Ed Cumings standing on one

of his standard Life-Time Creels demonstrating
the durability of its whole willow construction.
Photo courtesy of Ed Cumings, Inc.
Four of the smaller sized Phils De Snaglers

were made in Muskegon, Michigan most likely
in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Michael Morey
collection
bamboo rods. Soon, similar bamboo rods were
being made in the U.S. These rods were basically
shortened fly rods with extra long cork grips with
sliding ring reel seats. They had what is called a
parabolic action, where the rod flexed from the
butt to the tip and were poorly suited for throwing the smaller spinning lures. After WWII, a few
U.S. manufacturers made similar rods from metal
materials. Airex made a high priced spinning rod
out of a hollow aluminum alloy blank that they
named Durod, which mimicked the action of
bamboo. Shakespeare also attempted to build one
out of solid steel blank. It, however, was a heavy
and badly designed rod.
The Heddon DeLuxe Pal steel spinning rod
was introduced in 1949 and cataloged for three
years through 1951. It was Heddons first attempt
at building a spinning rod and an offshoot of their
Heddon Pal hollow-core baitcasting rods. These
first Heddon Pals were introduced in their new
goods information sheet dated September 1,
1933 and then featured in the Heddon 1934 catalog, which stated: A $100,000-Rod! It has cost
that amount to perfect it. A revolution in Casting
Rods that will amaze you and delight you with its
lightness, its power, accuracy, balance, whip and
action. Shut your eyes and you cannot tell a Pal
from the finest bamboo. The Heddon Pal steel
bait casting rods soon became one of Heddons
best selling items. The Heddon DeLuxe Pal steel
spinning rod was only offered in a 7-ft. length
The rare Heddon DeLuxe Pal steel 7-ft. spinning rod was made for three years starting in 1949 and
was Heddons first attempt at building a rod for the new spinning reel craze that was sweeping
the country (Charlie Bell collection)
and a medium action. The rod was finished in a
painted browntone grained bamboo finish, had
an extra long 13 -inch cork grip, sliding rings
and deluxe black nickel spinning guides.
The bamboo spinning rods and the hard-tofind metal versions were eventually replaced by
fiberglass starting in the very late 1940s and
early 1950s. The switch to fiberglass started as
a trickle and then exploded when manufacturer
after manufacturer started producing just about all
fishing rods out of either solid fiberglass or hollow
fiberglass blanks.
Antique fishing collector, Michael Morey,
brought this next item into the Allegan Antiques
Market this past August for me to see and photograph. It was a Phils De Snagler from Muskegon, a fishing accessory that neither one of us
had ever seen before. The address on the box was
1608 Manz Street in Muskegon, which is a house
in a residential neighborhood, so Phil was working from his home. A De Snagler is what I call
a plug knocker. When an angler snagged his
lure on a log or a rock, he would insert his fishing
line in the slot of the lead-weighted De Snagler.
The De Snagler was attached to a second line on
a swivel, and the angler would lower the device
down to his snagged lure. Then he would raise
and lower the De Snagler and attempt to jar the
lure loose. If he were successful, he would then
retrieve both lines pulling in his freed lure as well
as the De Snagler.
Very little information is known about Phils
De Snagler except what was printed on the box
and on the simple paper instructions. There was
also a note written supposedly by Phils brother
giving his last name, which started with a T.
Unfortunately, the rest of the hand written information was indecipherable. Each of the well-made
enameled De Snaglers shown in the photograph
measure 1 -inch in diameter. There was supposedly a second and larger size available about
the size of a silver dollar. Hopefully, a Woods-NWater News reader from the Muskegon area can
fill me in on the rest of Phils story.
This fourth item is something that I spotted
on the Internet several months ago and thought it
was so unusual an item that I would share it with
my readers. It was an aluminum framed fishing
net that had an aluminum flashlight built right in
and used as the nets handle. The patent that appears on the flashlight, patent 1774722, actually
covers the flashlights switch and has nothing to
do with the fishing net. This patent was assigned
to the flashlights manufacturer, Blake Manufacturing of Springfield, Massachusetts on
September 2, 1930, so we at least know who
made the flashlight. No other printing appeared
on the fishing net, so it is conjecture as to
who made it, when and or how many were
actually made and sold. I have never seen another
one like it in all my years in the fishing tackle
business. My best guess is that it was made in the
late 1940s or early 1950s because of its aluminum construction and cotton net. As far as value,
that is in the eye of the beholder, but this unusual
net did sell for a surprising $125.85 plus shipping
last June!
Feel free to contact me at antiquefishing@
comcast.net with your questions. Photographs are
important, so please send them. They help with
identification and give an idea of the condition of
the item.n
This unusual fishing net combined an aluminumframed net with a flashlight as its remarkable handle.
Heddon had ever manufactured.

Spinning reels were first introduced in the
United States by architect and sportsman, Bache
Brown, who traveled, worked and fished throughout Europe before WWII. Brown discovered
spinning reels during his travels and realized just
how innovative spin fishing was. The reels were
easy to use and much easier to learn to fish with
as compared to bait casting or fly fishing, so he
started importing French manufactured reels and
outfits during the late 1930s. WWII stopped all
of his importing, but as soon as the war was over
the Bache Brown Company was again selling and
advertising Luxor reels, with an ad first appearing
in the July 1946 issue of Outdoor Life.
The earliest spinning rods offered to match
these first spinning reels were French 7-foot
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sites, full hookups, easy to
Lake Michigan beaches, Long
seasons, gorgeous newly built
sites! Coho Bend. 231-7237321.
www.cohobend.com.
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ELK HUNT. Northern Michigan. We have 10 club permits.

Cows or bulls. Crop damage
area. Ranch phone 989-8466228. DNR inspects heads.
H-8-4
SOUTH
DAKOTA
PHEASANT
HUNTS:
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guides. Call Jim 989-551-7790.
H-8-3
TIMBER: Buying all types of timber, 5 acres or more, top price paid.
Cash in advance. Improve wildlife
habitat. Patco Forest Products, 989539-7588 after 6 p.m. W-4-12-14
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POND SUPPLIES: Live gamefish for stocking. Large selection of

lake, pond and watergarden supplies. Free catalog! Stony Creek, Inc.
Grant, MI 800-448-3873. www.
stoneycreekequip.com F-4-7
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looking at that maze of tackle
you "sense" spontaneously,
virtually unerringly, how each
individual component affects
the fish audibly as well as visually, and defensively as well
as offensively. Capable now of
readily adapting to any situation, not only do you feel justified in having accumulated all
those tackle boxes full of stuff,
but even about adding more
stuff to them. No longer needing to travel miles on end to
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while targeting any specie we
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fishing more, enjoying it more.
If you've sensed that this is how
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baits, all presentations, all in
one session, all for as little as
$45 per person. For further details 810-395-4334 Mon.-Sat. 9
am 7 pm. Instructor Larry R.
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HUNTING
TROPHY ELK HUNT. Private ranch. Elk management
area. Section 36 Bay Count.
Cabin. 70% success rate. Call
989-846-6228 nights. H-8-4
$1499. ALL INCLUSIVE 3 day
Mich. hunts, 1299. bring your camper, Private lands, stands, tents. Few
spots left. Call 810-656-2277. H-10-1
HUNT THE U.P. THIS
FALL - for bear in the Newberry or Baraga BMU late season. Deer hunt September, October, November in Schoolcraft
County. Possible wolf hunt.
Don't miss out! 231-620-0398
Credit Card Accepted. H-10-2
DEVILS CREEK HUNTING LODGE, Menominee

County, Michigan Upper Peninsula, now leasing for 2014
Whitetail hunting season.
Semi-guided, 5-day hunts with
accommodations.
Beautiful
400 acre active farm. Many,
new cedar blinds overlooking lush food plots. Dozens of
treestands. $1,000 per hunt.
Please call Sandra 313-410 -204
H-10-1
HUNT DEER ON A PRIVATE

RANCH-just east of Frankenmuth,
Michigan. Thinning out our herd of
Fallow and Sitka deer-too many to
feed! Call for cheap hunt pricing!
Cell-989-233-4890-please leave a
message, your call will be returned!
H-10-2
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DEER - BOW - GUN AND
BEAR CURRAN, MI.
Northfork Hunting Camp. 1100
acres prime hunting with roads
and blinds. All blinds have food
plots. Beautiful lodge sleeps 8
with kitchen. We also have 3
guest houses for husband and
wife teams. Openings available
first 3 weeks of bow and 2nd
week of gun. $850. 5 day hunt.
989-369-9898 H-7-4
NORTHERN
ONTARIO
BEAR HUNTS: Booking now for
fall of 2015. Includes comfortable
cabin, boat and motor, baited stands.
Very experienced guides. High success rate. References on request.
$960 U.S. 705-869-3272 or fax 705869-6537 www.texasandsons.com
H-10-12-14
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AMERICAN HERITAGE
OUTFITTER:
Whitetail
hunts, Pope and Young. Special offering, a limited number
of hunts 125" minimum antler score in Iowa and Illinois.
Archery only. 5 days guided
$1800 hunt free with $600 harvest fee. Call now to book your
dates 855-626-6900 or in Michigan 989-820-6598. H-9-2
DUCK HUNTING - Saginaw Bay,
Sebewaing, Michigan. All day blind
rental. Decoys set and picked. Shuttled to and from blinds, $80 per person. $240.00 minimum per blind.
Lodging available. Call Gary Zellar
989-673-5614. H-10-2
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DEER HUNT. Saganing River Club. Bucks, 100 pt., private,
have cabin to stay in. Lots of
game. High success rate. Call
989-846-6228. H-8-4
WESTERN KENTUCKY. Hunt
one of my thousands of acres of private farms. Trail camera photos of
Trophy Bucks. Heavy duty tree
stands on farms. Bow Rifle and Muzleloader hunts. Remaining December Muzzleloader hunts $599. Book a
hunt with a $50 deposit. I guarantee
you will be satisfied with your farm on
arrival day or I will refund your money. FREE BROCHURE 270-4983374. H-10-1
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WHITETAIL
DEER
HUNTS: October & November trophy hunts and a few
management and doe
hunts are still available. Beautiful 560 acre
preserve with lodging, food
and license included! This is
a great hunt! Call to book now!
231-873-1688 H-10-2
WILDFOWL BAY WOODSMAN SHOP: 2014 guided waterfowl hunts on private shoreline of
Wildfowl Bay, Bay Port, MI includes
blind, decoys, waterfowl calling, light
breakfast, coffee soft drinks. $90 per
gun with 3 hunters. Call Greg 989977-0127. H-10-1
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ELK HUNT. Gibson Township, Bay County. Good success rate, 70% crop damage
area. We have 10 permits.
Control hunt cows or bulls. Call
989-846-6228, 9-11 at night.
H-8-4
2 BUCK HUNTING CLUB
MEMBERSHIPS
NORTHEASTERN MICH. Quality club,
camp and facilities (also turkey, sm
game) West Branch - Hale area. Tremendous value and opportunity.
Stag. $1375 per year. See:
dynamicra.com or phone
Dan 989-893-5819. H-9-2
TROPHY
WHITETAIL
HUNTS AVAILABLE in
Southern Ohio. We have limited openings for a 7 day firearm
hunt for trophy class whitetails.
Your hunt will be semi-guided,
takes place on over 3500 private acres and offers high success rates to harvest a great
buck. This hunt takes place December 1 - December 7, 2014.
Please contact Anthony Best at
810-223-4587. H-10-2
HUNT DEER ON PRIVATE
RANCH. Call for price list on bucks
and does of all sizes. 989-426-2463.
H-8-3
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DEER HUNTS. Mackinac &
Chippewa Counties. $175 per person, per day. Gun or bow. Includes
food, lodging and baited spots.
Eastlakeoutfitters.com H-5-8
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ALCONA
COUNTY/
HUBBARD LAKE, MI
5 day bow camp, 5 day rifle
camp, 5 day black powder
camp. 5 day lake house (with
family) $2000 for all 20 days.
Call for details 586-260-0719.
H-10-2
WANTED
FISHING
121

RESORTS/RENT
SEASONAL
ONLY
CAMPING! Private gated
paradise on Big Manistee
River. Offers large wooded
sites, full hookups, easy to
Lake Michigan beaches, Long
seasons, gorgeous newly built
sites! Coho Bend. 231-7237321.
www.cohobend.com.
R/R-3-10
LAKE LOUISE CAMP and
Retreat Center near Boyne Falls,
Michigan has two winterized lodges
available for rent. Close to snowmobile trails, geocache sites, North
Country Trail, and Boyne Mountain.
Each lodge sleeps 20 and contains
full bath facilities, refrigerator, microwave and spacious meeting room.
For more information
call 231-549-2728 or email
program@lakelouisecommunity.org
R/R-10-5
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TRAILS END RESORT:
Big Manistique Lake, Curtis, MI
Hunting and fishing fall specials
- 2 bedroom cabins, 20% OFF
weekly rentals. 906-586-3515.
R/R-10-2
NEWAYGO COUNTY. Lakefront
cabin and four cottages. Fish from
shore or bring your boat. Close to
Pere Marquette River. www.
LakeCamp-Cottages.com. 231-7457268. R/R-3-8
FRIENDS OF GRATIOTSAGINAW STATE GAME
AREA Come check out Just
In Time Campground for your
place to stay during this years
Hunting Season. We are located just off of M57 on Ransom Rd and are surrounded
by State Land. We offer sites
with or without Electricity and
Hot Showers for those who
are looking for more convenient Deer Camp. The Bonus
is when you're not Hunting we
have a lake you can fish on so
you get the best of both worlds.
Call Now for your reservations
in October and November at
989-875-2865 or check out our
website at
Just-In-Time-Campground.com
R/R-10-2
HUNTING LEASE
122
EXCELLENT
HUNTING
LAND FOR LEASE. 640 acres,
western Lake Co. Northwest of Baldwin. Will split. $15 per acre. 248-5597744. L-9-2
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320 ACRES AND 6 BEDROOM
LODGE FOR RENT. ROLLING,
MEADOWS, HARDWOODS AND
SPRUCE DEER, TURKEY, FISH SM
GAME. LEROY MI 810-231-3300.
FR-10-1
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FOR LEASE: Hunting land in U.P.
of Michigan, Delta County. Marenger
Potato Farm. 906-384-6351.
HL-10-1
HUNTING LEASE
NORTHERN MICHIGAN whitetail deer hunting ranch will be leasing
hunting land for the 2014 fall hunting
season. Limited leases available, call
for more information 989-732-2978.
www.thegrandviewranch.com HL-78
................................................
HUNTING LAND FOR
LEASE: 40 wooded acres,
1 hour north of Grand Rapids.
Great deer hunting area, trailer
parking available 616-8916988. HL-10-1
5 - 80 ACRE PARCELS for
lease in Hale, MI. Excellent hunting,
abundant wildlife. Call Norm 231238-4178. HL-7-6
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EXCELLENT DEER AND
TURKEY
HUNTING.
Northwest Isabella, Northeast
Mecosta, and Southwest Clare
Counties. Parcels range in size
from 17 to 350 acres, some
with on site electrical hookup
for camping. Certain parcels
have had eight point and better
management for 12 plus years.
989-429-9588. HL-10-1
REAL ESTATE
HUNTERS, JUST LAND
SALES is Here to help you Find &
Purchase, Your Hunting Land... Just
Land Sales 586-419-6716 www.
facebook.com/justlandsales www.
justlandsales.com
RE-10-1
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160 ACRES - Mt. Forrest
Twp. Property is 1800 x 3840
+_ with 1800 frontage on Mt.
Forrest Rd. 12 Miles West of
Pinconning Michigan 100%
Virgin hunting property with all
Mineral Rights. The property
is Mixed trees and never harvested. Available immediately
at $280,000 Call 989-980-7560
or 989-659-3373. RE-9-3
140 ACRES, Wooded, Rolling
Hills, Scenic Trails, Beautiful Lake,
Flowing Creek, Pole Barn & Great
Hunt Camp 1990 x 2590 irregular,
Delaware Twp Sanilac County,
$449,000 Just Land Sales 586-4196716 www.facebook.com/justlandsales
www.JustLandSales.com
RE-10-1
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HUNTING PROPERTY
- UPPER PENINSULA:
160 acres of prime hunting
property 3 Boone & Crockett
bucks taken off property. Lots
of black bear. Excellent grouse
hunting. Stream runs through
property.
Gated Entrance.
Heavily wooded with multiple
box blinds. $175k. Call Gerry
(810) 629-6874 RE-9-2
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
HUNTING PROPERTY
W/LOG CABIN IN UPPER PENINSULA: 80
acres of prime deer and bear
hunting. Heavily wooded with
stream and multiple box blinds.
This is wild deer and bear country. 10 year old gorgeous small
log cabin completely furnished.
Sleeps 9. Beautiful detached
log cabin garage. $175k. Call
Gerry (810) 629-6874 RE-9-2
BUYING OR SELLING?
Farms, vacant land or recreational
parcels throughout Michigan. Call
Doug Beasley at Faust Real Estate,
LLC 517-423-7056. RE-10-1
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ALCONA COUNTY Black River, 139 ft. frontage, 3

bedroom home, 2 car attached
garage., 1 1/4 baths, fireplace
with insert, Lake Huron access,
2 blocks away. Salmon, trout,
walleye. $99,500. 989-3487355. RE-10-3
ANTRIM COUNTY: 10.05

Beautifully wooded remote acres
adjoining state land. Short drive to
the Jordan River. Ideal hunting and
camping spot. Driveway and cleared
site. $29,900, $500, $370/mo., 11%
L/C.
www.northernlandco.com
Northern Land Co. 231-258-5100.
RE-10-1
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WESTERN SAGINAW CO.
PRIME 39.31 Acres managed for
wildlife & whitetails. Near state land &
private deer management lands.
Food plots, CRP program, creek, 2
barns, Stunning 3228 sq ft home,4
beds, 3 baths, hickory kitchen, finished w/o basement, nature lovers
paradise with panoramic views from
every room. $345,000.00. Split available. Rick Housekeyz Real Estate
989-598-0030 rick@housekeyz.com
RE-10-1
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CURRAN 160 ACRES- Fully
wooded camp with 1/2 mile on Wolf
Creek. 1985 camp has lots of charm,
over 2500 sq. ft. with 7 bds and 1.5
bths, knotty pine, wood cook stove
plus modern kitchen, vinyl siding,
steel roof. Has electric, well, septic.
Property has several blinds, equipment shed, pole barn and the old
original cabin. Call for photos. 989370-6317. $349,000. RE-10-2
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123 ACRES Heavily Wooded

Deer Camp, 4 miles of Groomed RV
Trails, With Bunk House, 1329x4043
95% Wooded, Possible Split, Paris
Twp. Huron County, $330,000 Just
Land Sales 586-419-6716 www.facebook.com/justlandsales
www.
JustLandSales.com RE-10-1
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GRAND
TRAVERSE
COUNTY - Paradise Township Great Hunting (deer,
turkey, small game) Indoor
deer camp w/room for your
toys 20/acre w/pole barn
14'Hx36'Wx94'L w/6" poured
concrete floor. Frontage on
Bancroft Creek - along Hwy
M 113. Power available - year
round access. 20 min from
Traverse City, 5 min from Fife
Lake. 1/2 open 1/2 wooded
Ground & elevated blinds
throughout. Close to snowmobile trails. Make this your 4 seasons Up North Getaway. Asking
$141,900 (231) 357-0757. Serious inquiries only. L/C terms
available. rweber5959@charter.net RE-7-5
115 ACRES, Three lakes, and
Gated Entry. 30% Wooded Trophy
Deer Live in the area Irregular
Shaped Lot Elba Twp. - Lapeer
County, $350,000 Just Land Sales
586-419-6716 www.facebook.com/
justlandsales www.JustLandSales.
com RE-10-1
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117 WOODED ACRES,
tyre Rd., Ubly, Michigan, hunting cabin, well, septic, electric,
30'x40' shed, pond. www.
thumbhomes.com/362075.
Seller will split. Osentoski Realty Company, Bad Axe, Michigan 989-712-0050. RE-9-6
64 ACRES, Three Road Frontages
Nice Trails thru Most of property, &
Bridgehampton River, very Scenic
1750 x 1255 irregular, Forester Twp
Sanilac County, $192,000 Just Land
Sales 586-419-6716 www.facebook.
com/justlandsales
www.
JustLandSales.com RE-10-1
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80 ACRES UP NORTH
- Three bedrooms, 2 baths,
4 car garage and pole barn,
$249,900. Call 810-794-3523
or 810-278-0456. RE-10-1
150 ACRES Tuscola County.

4 bedroom farm house, 32 x
60 pole barn, out buildings, 2
ponds, river runs through property, food plots, blinds ready
to hunt, awesome deer and
turkey. $650 K, 586-34-5129.
RE-10-3
41 ACRE PARCEL of all sport
Mud Lake, Lenawee Co. Loaded with
nature and wildlife! Semi-secluded.
Ranch home and a 24 x 32 pold
bldg., for all the toys. Part woods.
Room for chickens, pets, kids, fisherman, fisherwomen, hunters. A MUST
SEE! ONLY $279,900. Call Diana at
Faust Real Estate, LLC 517-2703646. RE-10-1
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120 ACRES - Chippewa
County, 2000 foot water frontage on St. Mary's River. Secluded, wooded, deer, bear,
abbit, quail, prime fishing.
Artesian Well. $300,000 810455-3581 or 810-824-3771
RE-10-1
ONAWAY AREA: 160 acres
hunting property, mostly cedar $1200
per acre. Call Larry at 989-733-4152.
RE-10-1
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EATON COUNTY, Bellevue
Township, 82 acres hunting and fishing property. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. 3 acre pond, nice building spot for house or hunting camp.
$275,000 call 517-879-3554.
RE-10-3
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LAKE COUNTY: 40 wooded
acres. Federal land on 2 sides. 6 box
blinds. 1500 sq. ft. log sided home. 3
bedroom, 2 baths, attached garage,
full basement, ac, pole barn and
more. $169,900. Call Katie, 231-8436868, see at greenridge.com.
RE-10-1
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SEVEN
ACRES
OF
PRIME HUNTING PROPERTY in the U.P. with 330
ft. of frontage along the Tacquamenon River. Excellent
muskie and walleye fishing far
from public launch. Access by
river only from nearby private
launch. Call Cummings-McCraney Real Estate at 906293-5138 or owner, Chris Kline,
at 615-915-8824 for details
$25,000. RE-10-1
23 ACRES IN HILLSDALE
COUNTY: Rolling, swampy, wooded, land should make for good hunting. $44,000. Call Doug Beasley at
Faust Real Estate, LLC. 517-4237056. RE-10-1
................................................
ONAWAY AREA: Great deer and

bear. 80 acres, 2 bedroom cabin,
pond, electricity and well, secluded.
$150,000. Phone 989-798-1405.
RE-10-3
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BUYING OR SELLING?
Farms, vacant land or recreational
parcels throughout Michigan. Call
Red Barron at Faust Real Estate,
LLC 231-884-3831. RE-10-1
................................................
80 ACRES OF PRIME
HUNTING AREA. Deer,
turkey, grouse, bear, etc. Large
food plots, 22 ft viewing tower,
creek running through property, 20 minutes from Mackinac
and 10 minutes from Pellston
Airport. Asking $136,000. Call
for information 352-502-6825.
RE-10-1
32 ACRES West Branch, MI hunting cabin, pole barn, structure for
trailer electric, well, 4 enclosed hunting blinds, food plots, great hunting
property. $95,000. 248-394-0283.
RE-10-1
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3 BEDROOM CUSTOM built
house on 15.3 acres in the Deford
State Game Area. 30 X 40 shop,
pond, very private. $265,000. 989862-4905. RE-10-1
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HOME FOR SALE: Jordan Township, Antrim County,
MI. 10 acres hardwoods, 3000
yards to the Jordan River,
trout fishing, state land, deer
hunting, rabbit, grouse, mushrooming and snowmobile trails.
Jordan Valley, 2 bedrooms,
2 baths, full partially finished
walk-out basement, screenroom overlooking pond and
waterfalls raised garden area
detached, 2 car garage private
room. Great area for horses,
pets, kids and grandkids. East
Jordan school district. 231-5367765. RE-10-1
FOR SALE 10 ACRES hunting
land in Gladwin County with a trailer
and outhouse. In the trailer are 2
futon beds and a propane wall heater. Small stocked pond 15-20 deep.
2-3 deer taken every year.
$39,900.00 obo. (313) 386-3882.
RE-10-2
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49
ACRES
GLADWIN
COUNTY - Cedar River runs thru
it. Beautiful, well built cabin with
knotty pine interior. Call Ivie at Kehoe
Realty 989-426-0664.
RE-10-2
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320 ACRES of choice hunting land 30 min. north of Escanaba. Nice 700 sq. ft. cabin.
Ten blinds, some with heat.
Five acres of planted food
plots. Timber sale potential.
Call Dave Siegers. 616-4142695. RE-10-3
RED OAK 120 ACRES- Ideal
camp for the serious deer hunters.
several food plots, stands, blinds.
Side by side cabins,, rustic cabin has
4 bdrs, wood stove, modern cabin
has 1 bd with full bth. Set up with
solar power and generator. Kubota
tractor and implements available.
$240,000. Call for photos. 989-3706317 RE-10-2
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80 ACRE HUNTING/REC
PARCEL located in NE Oceana
County. Perfect hunting retreat with a
newer, well maintained A-Frame w/
Wood stove, kitchen area, bath, spacious loft, storage sheds,deck, &
firepit. Mostly wooded, there are
open areas for food plots, 2 creeks
and trails, adj to 1000s of acres of
Fed Land. Call Monica (231)7502393 or email PentwaterMonica@
gmail.com CB Anchor Real Estate.
WestMichiganLand.com. RE-10-1
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BEST
CAREFULLY
MANAGED 60 ACRES
OF HUNTING LAND IN
OGEMAW
COUNTY!
Usually one commemorative
buck taken each year. Many
deer blinds. +/- 30 deer seen
per outing. Only $199,900.
Contact Leonard. at CA Hanes
Realty 989-312-0435. RE-9-2
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REAL ESTATE
DOGS
20 ACRES EASTERN U.P.

Near atv trails. Has a drive way and
is close to power. $800.00 per acre.
(906)-478-1021. RE-10-1
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. 68
wooded acres in Hillman with 200 ft
on Thunder Bay River. Includes 2
bed mobile home, storage barn &
pole barn. Ideal for year round home
or weekend get-a-way. Hunting, fishing, close to snowmobile trails.
$160,000 LC terms available. Call
Sandy at Lapeer Realty, LLC at 810664-4777. RE-10-1
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MASON COUNTY: Beautiful log home on 110 acres with

stocked Trout pond, turkeys,
deer, snowmobile trails and
Pere Marquette river nearby.
Large pole barn with sleeping
quarters for hunters, workshop
area and room for storage.
Near Pentwater and Ludington.
231-898-4867. RE-10-2
RYMAN ENGLISH SETTER

PUPS and two English pointers.
One male 14 months, just started and
one experienced female, hunted two
seasons. $100-$600. Andy Johnson,
269-279-7599 or Boondocks1935@
hotmail.com.
Kalamazoo area.
D-10-1
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BIRD DOG TRAINING BY
HALL OF FAMER DAVID
GRUBB. Now training and hunting
dogs on wild birds. Any age any
breed best of care best of food
best of training. Only $450 per month
(everything included) 248-391-1446.
D-10-2
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DICKENSON COUNTY,
U.P. 85 beautiful acres of
farmed alfalfa fields with mixed
hardwoods with some high and
low hills which borders cedar
swamps. This also has modern
camp, indoor plumbing and loft.
Too much to list. $180,000
(negotiable)
1-586-9092317 RE-10-1
HUNTING PROPERTY FOR
SALE. 40 acres, mature hardwoods, with home and pole barn.
Great for hunting or make it your
permanent resident. Close to the
Muskegon River and snow mobile
trails. Located in Hersey, Michigan.
$114,000.00 Call 810-334-8538.
RE-10-1
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80 ACRES in the heart of Manistee
National Forest. Log cabin, bunkhouse, barn. Heavily wooded. Deer,
turkey, grouse, bear on property.
Salmon/trout fishing nearby. Ideal
sportsmen club. $165k. Call Bonnie
at Coldwell Banker ALM. 231-5109490. RE-10-1
GORGEOUS
160
ACRES of prime hunting
property 25 minutes north of
Midland, small cabin on site
with well, mostly wooded some
ponds. Call Tom Messinger
Ayre/Rhinehart in Midland, MI
989-631-7000 RE-10-2
LODGE/HOME sits on 12 acres
near Traverse City. Property backs to
the Boardman River and Brown
Bridge Nature Area. Four Bedrooms
2 baths Large 40 by 60 Storage Barn,
Rustic Decor. Also has a regulation
Raquetball court in it it used for basketball, wallyball, hockey etc.
$375,000 email me for details ttaylor.
tom@gmail.com RE-10-1
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FOR SALE 10 ACRES WELL
WOODED property 2 Miles from
Curtis, MI Upper Peninsula, within 2
miles of both Manistique Lake and
South Lake Manistique. Asking
$25,000 Call Randy at 989-280-1126.
RE-10-2
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47+ ACRES NORTHEAST
PRESQUE ISLE CO. GATED
ENTRANCE TWO FOOD PLOTS
TWO GROUND BLINDS TWO TREE
STANDS DEER BEAR TURKEY
AND PARTRIDGE $45,000 989-7332114. RE-10-2
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113 ACRES-EVART AREA: A

hunters delight. Corner parcel with
nice cabin, septic, well, electric. This
property has it all. Woods, deer
blinds, tillable acreage, food plots,
Bow and rifle hunting. Call for full
details. Britz Realty Inc. 1-888-8203647. RE-10-1
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40 ACRES OF HUNTING
LAND, Cheboygan County, MI. Has
200 amp power supply and meter, 2
inch well with hand pump. Property
perks: septic permit approved, driveway and culvert installed, 2 hunting
blinds, lots of deer. Just drive in, hook
up and hunt. $49,900/OBO. Terms
available. 231-330-0918. RE-10-1
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4 - 80 ACRE wooded parcels.
Great deer, bear, & turkey hunting.
On Old State Rd. Hale, MI Call 989732-4049. RE-9-3
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BENZIE COUNTY: 260 acres
with 2,500+ feet of Betsie River frontage. Fish, hunt , hike, swim, kayak,
and ride ATVs on this exceptional
game rich recreational property. 75%
hardwoods, 5% cedar swamp, 20%
poplar new growth, ideal for a hunt
club $599,900. Call Bob Doriot at
Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors,
231-995-7446 or bobdoriot@juno.
com. RE-9-4
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90 ACRES WITH CABIN.
Great deer, bear, & turkey hunting.
On Old State Rd. Hale, MI
$199,900.00 Call 989-732-4049.
RE-9-3
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290
ACRE
WOODED
LAKEFRONT SPORTSMEN'S
PARADISE! 2000 feet on 90 acre
clear lake. 6000 feet on great county
roads. One mile from US 23 and
Lake Huron. Three bedroom, two
baths, pole barn. Wildlife haven.
9628 Balch Road, Ocqueoc, Presque
Isle County. See it at
w w w. l a n d s o f a m e r i c a . c o m /
listing/1514845 $350,000.00 Call
Dan Davenport, Re/Max Platinum,
810-599-2141. RE-11-TFN
DOGS
DOGWOOD
KENNEL:
Complete training obedience and
field work. Working with dog and
owners to create a complete hunting
dog. If you want to hunt with your
dog, not for your dog, we can help
you. Training for AKC and F.D.S.B.
tests and trials. All hunting breeds
welcome. Brittany and Pointer pups
and started dogs available. 989-7610234 Merritt, MI.
www.dogwood-kennel.com
D-7-6
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GERMAN SHORTHAIR
POINTER PUPS: Males
and females available. Excellent hunting dogs and superb
family pets. Close working dogs
with strong point and retrieve
instincts. Reasonably priced for
the sporting family. Money back
guarantee. Eulenhof Kennels,
Gladwin, MI.
http://www.eulenhof.com
989-426-4884 D-10-1
WE
LEAVE
IN
LATE
OCTOBER for two weeks training/
hunting in North Dakota expose your
dog/pup to hundreds of birds and
have many shot over him. Only $300
for two weeks of training with hall of
famer David Grubb. 248-391-1446.
D-10-2
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BIRD DOG TRAINING IN
THE SOUTH. In late November
we leave for Selma, Alabama where
we have trained for 35 winters.
Thousands of acres to work on with
lots of wild birds. Birds shot daily.
Send your dog/pup with us for the
winter and have a dog to brag about
by spring. Discounted rates for this
trip. Call early and reserve a spot.
David Grubb 248-391-1446. D-10-3
................................................
GUN DOG TRAINING AT
ITS BEST! By Paul
Rheaume. Over 30 years experience. 4-week class covers:
basic obedience, intro to gunfire, holding point, water and
land retrieving, and fieldwork
with live birds. Rheaume's
Kennel.
http://gundogtraining.webs.com
(989) 864-8606
D-10-1
AKC BEAGLE PUPPIES out of
champion blood line and hunting
stock. Black/Tan and Tri-Color,
$200.00 each. 989-550-3451 after 6
pm. D-10-2
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SPRINGER SPANIELS: 100%
UK Championship bloodlines. Hunt,
trial or champion. OFA certified
health guaranteed. Ready 11-22-13.
$750 810-220-2708. D-11-13-13
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MLS: 1781191: 7143 W 48TH ROAD, FORMER HOXEYVILLE
INN, CADILLAC, 48+ ACRES, HARDWOODS, RIDGES, RAVINES,
MEADOWS, 4 BEDROOM 3+ BATHS, 3800 SQ/FT, POLEBARN
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304 E Broadway
Mount Pleasant MI 48858
cell 989-621-8912
office 989-773-5972
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124-137
560 ACRES OGEMAW COUNTY
20 ACRE WOODED
SELLING BY
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(989)
823.8835
at www.BidNow.com
Bidding Open Wednesday, October 15 - Tuesday, October 21 5pm
Location: Located directly across the road from 12410 E. Canada Rd, Birch Run, MI (Saginaw Co.)
Note: Call/See Web at www.BidNow.us for bidders packet. Feel free to walk property anytime! We can place bids for you if you need assistance!
Close to I-75 Well-stocked Forest Excellent Wildlife Habitat Waiting for the right
group to take over this well-managed hunting ground. $850,000. For more information
contact Huron Consulting, Tom Jacques 989-329-8079 or Ben Kendra 989-820-6420
Land and Lakes Real Estate Co.

"Serving the NorthCentral Upper Peninsula"
Phone: (906) 387-5100

www.landandlakesrealestate.com
14789 Ross Lake Rd., Melstrand, MI 49884, VW-223 /1083102
Here's your chance to own your own private lake! Not a mud hole, this 7+/- acre lake is deep
(over 25'), with 5 streams in/out of it, & large pike (a 20#er was released back), bluegill & perch
are caught here. There is a cleared building site with an outhouse & 4-wheeler/walking trails
throughout the 28 acres. The rolling hillsides are covered with towering maples, hemlock, beech
& spruce with cedar near the lake. It's beautiful & private here with myriad trails, lakes & rivers &
the Pictured Rocks Nat'l Lakeshore very near; State & CFR lands surround you. Hunt, fish, trail
ride, hike, enjoy the peace, etc., 'til your heart's content! Priced at $99,900
14930 33rd Rd (CoRd 442) on Jug Lake. Wetmore, MI 49895. WH-215/1081810
This spacious & comfortable 3BD, 2BA modular home was built in 2001& located on private
Jug Lake. Surrounded by thousands of acres of National Forest land, this 10 acre parcel is
peaceful. The home has never been lived in & is used only sparingly in the summers. It features a detached, heated 4 seasons room, a one car detached garage, a hot tub &wrap-around
deck. Fish from your own dock or just enjoy the peace & quiet of the area. Price REDUCED
to $ 134,900
5578 Finn Spur Rd., Chatham, MI 49838 RC-158/1078630

Bring your hunting party to this unique lodge complex in the Central U.P! Located on 33.25 acres,
the separate lodge building features a table to seat up to 18, a huge stone fireplace, billiards/ pool
table, bar, restaurant sized cookstove, sauna & shower. The bunk house has 11 beds and 4
bedrooms The 2 story hip roof garage is equipped with a hoist to lift your toys to the second story
storage with a workbench & woodstove down. A shooting range is set up in the field behind. The
3 acre pond brings migratory birds in & thousands of acres of public land surround. Priced @ a
VERY REASONABLE $139,000
124
N6447 Percy Rd., Shingleton, MI 49884. RH-259 / 1081295

This 2-BD ranch home is simple in design & upkeep, well insulated, comfortable & peaceful.
It sits on 30 acres with good access & utilities, adjacent to CFR lands. It has a 24X36 pole
barn with a bunkroom in back, a 20X30 storage barn & a new 12X18 wood shed storing a
years worth of firewood. There is good hunting here for deer, bear, partridge, predators etc.
& thousands of acres of CFR adjoin to the West!. Price is REDUCED to $109,900
N8569 M-94, Shingleton, MI 49884. WH-212/1082313
This 1236 sq ft cabin sits on 235' of Boot Lake frontage. Not just any water frontage...this is at the
water level & has the most beautiful sandy swimming beach! Boot Lake is an all sports lake with a
good fishery, the west side of which is largely Fed Gov't land. GORGEOUS! The cabin has 2 BDs
down & a sleeping loft up, an eat-in kitchen, an enclosed 3-season front porch overlooking the lake.
The 30X40 pole barn has cement floors & electric door openers. Used as a wonderful recreational
property now, this could also be a comfortable year round home. Priced at $190,000
20.5 Acres +/- with Approx. 16 Acres Heavily Wooded w/ Mature

Oak, Maple, Beech, Etc. and approx. 4 Acres open farm ground
near the road for a beautiful building site or large food plot. Located on a quiet paved road, this auction is your opportunity to
purchase a great hunting property which adjoins hundreds of
acres of privately owned wooded property on both sides of the
road. The winning bidder can hunt the parcel immediately following the auction! Owner: The Stanley McCulogh Estate.
Directions: From Frankenmuth go South 4 Miles on M83/Gera Rd. to Canada Rd., then East 1 Miles. Or Take I-75 to Birch Run Exit #136,
2 Miles East on Birch Run Rd. to M83/Gera Rd., then 1 Mile North to Canada Rd., Then 1 Miles East.
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2315 THAYER RD.,

LUPTON
$159,000
MLS # 1789909
115 acres of prime hunting land. Manufactured

home of little to no value on land. White and Red
Oak, Maple, Birch and Aspen cover the majority
of the property. Several water features are scattered throughout the property. There are openings for food plots! Nice barn on the property also!
Call today for details.
6004 TURTLE RD.,

WHITTEMORE
$229,900
MLS # 1784963
Nice salt box home with three bedrooms,

central air, fireplace and 1.75 baths. Located on a 60 acre parcel bordering the AuGres River. The property features a stocked
pond, several elevated stands complete
with Sweeney solar powered feeders.
7981 NORTH ALVIN,

OSCODA
$695,000
2464 SOUTH POORFARM,

GREENBUSH
$159,000
288 acres +/- with Custom built log sided home.

Two bedrooms on main floor with sleeping loft
above. Hardwood floors, Cherry wood cabinets
with split stone fireplace behind Vermont Castings
woodstove. Fabulous outbuildings. Land is diverse
with stream and Oak Ridges. QDMA practiced
here, food plots, Apple Trees and lots of wildlife.
Custom built Two bedroom home on 20 acres

+/-. The property is loaded with hardwood, Oak,
Maple and Aspen cover most of the land. Open
floor plan, on upper level, with walk-out below.
The lower level has a murphy bed and kitchenette with a bath. Large pole building on property with upper level storage. 12x12 screened in
hot tub area also!
MLS # 1787099
MLS # 1786902
MORE PARCELS ARE AVAILABLE

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WE NEED LISTINGS 40+ ACRES AND LARGER

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Alcona County, 40 Acres, Adjacent

to Public Land, Rustic Cabin
$55,000
Arenac County, 70 Acres 3,500+/- ft. Lake

Huron Frontage, Duck & Deer Hunters Dream
$280,000
Alpena County, 160 Acres Adjacent to State

Land, Beaver Pond, Excellent Hunting
SOLD - $179,000 - SOLD
Arenac County, 146 Acres Rifle River &

Saginaw Bay Access, Tri-Level House
$399,999
Arenac County, 349 Acres

2 Ponds, Blinds, Trails
$523,500
Calhoun County, 88 Acres

45 Tillable, Balance Wooded
$299,900
Calhoun County, 61 Acres. 3,000+/- ft. St.

Joseph River Frontage, Big Buck Country
$129,900
Calhoun County, 336 Acres Caretaker House,

Lodge, Pole Barn, River & Lake Front
$1,150,000
Chippewa County, 40 Acres 8,500 sq. ft. Log Home,

7 Bedrooms, 6 1/2 Baths, To Many Features to List
$690,000
Chippewa County, 80 Acres Log Cabin,

Pole Barn, Pond, 20 minutes to Soo
$260,000
Chippewa County, 1684 Acres 8,500 sq. ft. Log Lodge,

Guest House, Dock on St. Marys River, Private Lake
$2,490,000
Clare County, 136.76 Acres, Private Lake

5,000 ft. Muskegon River Frontage, Adjacent to National Forest
$350,000
Clare County, 155 Acres

Rolling Hardwoods, Pond, Trails
$234,900
Gladwin County, 158 Acres 1/2 Mile Road

Frontage, Elevated Blinds, Heavy Cover
$292,300
Gratiot County, 40 Acres

Surrounded by Ag Land, Excellent Hunting
$105,000
Iosco County, 79 Acres, Nice Cabin,

Private Setting, Marketable Timber
$190,000
Jackson County, 51 Acres Rolling Terrain,

Big Buck Country, Mixed Hardwoods
$122,400
Jackson County, 52 Acres

15 Acres Tillable, Big Buck Area, QDM
$109,900
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Jackson County, 162 Acres CRP Program, 6 Elevated

Blinds, 115 Ac. Tillable, Pond, Big Buck Country
$599,000
Kalkaska County, 60 Acres Heavy Cover,

Excellent Deer & Turkey Hunting
$71,600
Kalkaska County, 480 Acres

Great Trail, Nice Hardwoods
$995,000
Mecosta County, 1.6 Acres 100 ft. Muskegon

River Frontage, Paved Road, Utilities
$19,900
NG
Missaukee County, 40 Acres Nice Mix of

Woods, Brush & Fields, Great Hunting
PENDING - $59,900 - PENDING
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Missaukee County, 80 Acres Great Hunting, Rifle Range, Travel Trailer & Sheds
PENDING - $84,900 - PENDING
Missaukee County, 200 Acres

Cabin, Pond, 8 Enclosed Blinds
$329,000
Montcalm County, 30 Acres 2,500 sq ft

Log Home, 120x70 Outbuilding
$349,000
Montcalm County, 40 Acres Church Creek

Frontage, Rustic Cabin, Excellent Hunting
$129,900
Newaygo County, 140 Acres, Pond

Trout Stream, 40 Ac. Tillable, Food Plots
SOLD - $325,000 - SOLD
Ogemaw County, 40 Acres House, Pond,

Abundant Wildlife, Great Hunting
$139,000
Osceola County, 112 Acres,

Small Creek, Trail System
$145,600
Otsego County, 160 Acres

Private 15 Ac Lake, 6,000 sq. ft. House
$1,749,000
Otsego County, 200 Acres

Rolling Terrain, Food Plots, Cabin
$399,000
Presque Isle County, 395 Acres

Remote Location, QDM, Travel Trailer
$276,500
Shiawassee County, 23 Acres Nice Mix of

Wildlife Habitat, Surveyed, Excellent Hunting
$66,000
Schoolcraft County, 2282 Acres

Fox River Frontage
$499,000
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Home, Pole Barn, Too Much To List
$379,000
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Beautiful 40 acre corner lot just east of Luther with hardwoods, pines, apple & pear trees. Older mobile home located on the property.
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160 ACRES REMUS, MI
EXCELLENT HUNTING CAMP
80 ACRES LAKE, MI
40 ACRES REMUS, MI
61 acres of thick mixed woods, some low & some high and dry areas that border the 40 acres of farm
ground. Cabin features 2 bedrooms & a loft. One of the best hunting parcels in Missaukee County!
Beautiful 10 acres with the perfect spot for a new home & walk out basement. Spot already cleared!
Also a great recreational area being only 2 miles from Pere Marquette Forest & 2 miles the other direction to state land. Luther area.
One of a kind of acreage parcels.

Mature woods, farm ground, rolling
terrain, wetland/ponds and great
hunting. Opportunities are endless.
365,000
Located 2 miles from US 10. and walking

distance to Eight Point Lake. Property
features well/ septic, fruit trees, private
pond, 2 out buildings.
119,900
Fabulous hunting and recreational parcel.

100% wooded with great mix of trees and
rolling terrain. Easy access off of M-66
between Remus and Barryton.
89,900
22 ACRES RODNEY, MI
HUNT-FISH-PLAY- On the Martiny Chain of Lakes.
Ideal building sites overlooking a canal leading to lake.
Lots 8 and 9, in Millers Point Sub are also included.
79,900
40 ACRES WHITE CLOUD, MI 23 ACRES STANWOOD, MI 30 ACRES RODNEY, MI
Beautifully wooded lake front lots on Lake Gitchegume. Private, peaceful lake with no public access.
Wexford County. GREAT PRICE FOR LAKEFRONTAGE!
Wooded property only 4 miles from Cadillac, Offered on land contract terms, Good for hunting or building your new home. Land contract terms! 8 acres-$17,600, 11.04 acres-$22,500, 12 acres-$23,900,
20 acres-$39,900.
1 acre, Mesick area, Great spot to build getaway cabin or spend some Up North time for snowmobiling, hunting, or fishing. Additional lot available, call for details.
Beautiful 2 bed, 2 bath home. Sits on 9 acres. 2 car garage AND 28x40 pole barn for amazing price!
Previous listing shows Pine River access. Great recreational place or full time. Osceola County.
Great hunting and other recreation

opportunities. Ease access off of
US 131 or M-37. Nearby power.
Wooded parcel - building sites, great

hunting and the opportunity to sell off additional pre-split parcels. 2 small ponds
on the south end. L/C terms available
79,900
51,900
Classic farm with updated ranch

style home. Rolling, open land with
several functional buildings situated
ideally for farm animals.
169,900
124 S. Mitchell Street Cadillac, MI 49601
Central
Team Quist
phone 231.775.1205
fax 231.775.4223
www.TeamQuist.com
Escape North
1100x1100 Frontage on Pine
River. 12.2 acres of spectacular hunting land. Lots of
deer and turkey. Build your
dream home now!!!
Call Garry Chaney
810-341-4278.
Columbus Twp., MI 48062

Vacant Land 18.97 Acres.
Great Hunting! Your Trophies
await! MLS # 214050370
Creek along the back of
property! Call Cheryl
Almstadt 586-909-1142
Hunters Paradise & 11 Acre Homestead Gated Limestone

driveway, 80 x 100 pond, mature trees and woods. Beautiful property with deer and turkey galore and just waiting for a
home! Located a 1/2 mile W of Lake Pleasant on Martus Road.
$52,900. Call David Tietz 810-650-4485
1-1/2 hours
from
Genessee
County!
Beautiful 3 bedroom/2 full bath

ranch home on 12 1/2 acres in the
heart of Metamora! Country living
at its best! over sized pole barn for
all your ATVs, snow mobiles and
lawn equipment. perfect spot for
the avid hunters! wonderful large
Florida room to enjoy the wild life
and sunsets. with decks on both
sides for entertaining!home is in
move in condition and well maintained. home sits off the road for
privacy with large front yard. MUST
SEE! Call Tommy Hoyt
810-656-5365.
Bordering 20,000 + Acres of

the Ausable State Forest
Fully Furnished Cabin
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St.Clair County, MI. 12790 Bryce Road, Emmett, MI 48022 MLS # 214082471 35.28 Beautiful Acres
Nature Abounds! Great Hunting! For Your Toys: 30X68 Pole Barn, Steel Roof, Electric, Water & 220
Second Barn: 32X48 Finished, Insulated, Heated, Electric, Water & Bathroom. Kennel: 32X22 Heated,
Electric, Water,100ft Fenced Area & Large Covered Area. 65% + Wooded, Close to Expressway Well
Maintained 2 Bedroom Home! Call Cheryl Almstadt 586-909-1142
All the toys and turnkey

amenities to make a
beautiful retreat to nature.
Peter W. Lucia
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1+ ACRE, spac 3-br, walk-in pantry, appliances, country setting, deck, garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M783242B
2.5 ACRES, sharp 3-br Saltbox, heated garage, deck, porch, custom blinds, applian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M783223D
5.4 ACRES, EXCELLENT LOCATION, 3-br chalet, pole barn, newer well, porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M782912B
HUNT CAMP OR YEAR ROUND! 2-br mob, appliances, newer furnace, 10 ACRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,500 M782831R
HUNTING & FISHING GETAWAY! Near River, across from St land, 2-br, updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,900 M782432L
ONE ACRE! AMENITIES GALORE! 3-br, garage, full basement, appli, semi-priv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,900 M782106B
ACROSS FROM FEDL LAND! 13+ AC, 3-br, garage, 2 stoves, knotty pine, trails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,000 M781903B
1.47 ACRES, 2-br, updated, mostly furnished, porch, firepit, walking path to creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,500 M780004R
20 ACRES, 2-br log home, pond, open floor plan, great hunting, privacy, porch, gar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $130,000 H782274B
ACROSS FROM ST LAND! ONE ACRE, full log 3-br home, newer roof & more! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$27,900 M779757B
2 ACRES, cute 2 br, gas FP, family room, garage, barn, nice views, deck, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,000 M779384B
3.65 AC, BEAUTIFUL 3-br, deck, 30x32 pole bldg, secluded, garage, open fl plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135,000 W779153J
2+ ACRES, 3-br ranch, attached garage, deck, open floor plan, knotty pine kitchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,900 M775973L
104+ AC, custom blt 3-br, garage, 2 pole barns, St land on East, trails thru-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $370,000 M775842C
3.5 ACRES, 3 bedroom singlewide, pond, backs up to private land, great getaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900 M751494L
102 AC, ST LAND 2 SIDES! 2-br, gar, trails, food plots, 13 blinds, guest house, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000 M775663B
2.5 ACRES! 3-bedroom manuf, spacious, 12x12 screened porch, elev blind, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,900 M775185L
2.76 AC, spac 3-br, nice country setting, FP, AC, garage, formal dining, great views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 L749835A
91.26 ACRES! HUNTERS DREAM! 1394 when finished, wood stove, applia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,000 M748751B
2.5 ACRES, beautiful country setting, part bsmt, near town, some updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 M747242C
5 ACRES! 3-br, 2 ba, landscaping, garage, coverd porch, beautiful views, AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,000 M747080C
1.7 ACRES, updated 2/3-br, heated gar, lean to, knotty pine, loft area, all appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82,000 M746227B
6.5 AC, 4-br, two garages, 60x100 barn, beautiful country setting, workshop area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 H744403B
4.5 ACRES, backs up to priv lands! 2-br singlewide, pond, needs TLC, great getaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M751491R
8.87 ACRES, beautiful custom built, wrap-around porch, garage, AC, loft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,000 M758327R
1.06 ACRES, 3-br, lrg family room, nice views, spacious backyard, fresh paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M752475B
6 ACRES, lrg 4-br, pond w/fish, 50x70 deck, inground pool, pole barn w/stalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M757423L
10 AC, 3-br, custom blt, gar, beautiful views, full finis bsmt, AC, polebarn, fami rm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $240,000 M759407L
1.37 AC & 50 WATER FRONTAGE!! All sports 172 acre Hardwood Lk, great views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M789290B
POPULAR SAGE LAKE! Wooded lot on canal to 785 acre all sports lk, poss bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . .$20,000 L789247A
S DEASE LK! 60on canal to all sports lake, potential bldg site, boat dock, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 H788489B
LK OGEMAW! 1.1 ACRES, 32X64 POLE BARN, septic, well, electric, dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,000 M782685C
FOREST LAKE! All sports private lake, 600 frnt, potential bldg. site, nice subd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,000 M780595B
LAKE OGEMAW! Over ACRE, wooded, all sports lk, nice views, poss bldg. site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $96,900 M775048R
53+ AC, ST LAND ON 3 SIDES, shack, outhouse, shed, sugar beet bin, blinds, wded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,000 M789618B
30 ACRES & POLE BLDG! 200 AC ST LAND across rd, great hunting or raise horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 M789151J
40+ ACRES & CABIN! 1300 on Johnson Crk, wooded, shed, wood stove, blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $98,500 M788865G
60 ACRES! Wooded, elec at road, 24x24 pole bldg w/cement floor, great hunting area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M788919R
PRIME HUNTING, 80 AC, heavily wooded, trails, food plots, 2 blinds, gated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M788724C
12X20 BLDG, 30+ ACRES, BORDERS NATL FOREST! Paved road, wooded, hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,900 M788548R
BUNKHOUSE W/ 6.88 ACRES, 2 blinds, well, septic, AMMOND CRK frnt, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M788221B
11 ACRES, great hunting, heavily wooded, near state lands, electric at road, wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900 M787819B
100.77 ACRES, ADJOINS ST LAND! Great hunting, lrg pond, small cabin, gated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 M787752B
2.61 AC, LIKE-NEW, 3-br chalet, deck, gazebo, heated gar w/2 brms & ba, FP, air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,900 M787691L
10 ACRES!! Mostly wooded, small clearing, great hunting, addl 10 acres available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 M787378C
SURROUNDED BY ST LAND! 5 ACRES, wooded, alum shed, hunting, near trails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 M787317D
ADJACENT TO ST LAND!! 18 AC, 2-br cabin, nestled in woods, great hunt camp! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 M786738R
11.83 ACRES, great hunting, heavily wooded, 12x24 insulated bldg w/furn, firepit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,900 M786561D
5+ AC, 200 from St Land! 2-br, gazebo & pole bldg w/elec, deck, patio, trails, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,900 M786457C
10+ AC, WALK TO ST LAND! Well, septic, elec, shed w/hot water & tub, 8x20 deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,900 M786070B
40 ACRES, gated, partly wooded, great hunting, lots of wildlife, great area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,900 M785451D
10 ACRES!! Mostly wooded, small clearing, great hunting, addl 10 acres available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 M787383C
80 ACRES, SMALL CABIN, excellent hunt camp, power & gas at road, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,900 M785097B
8.8 ACRES, on private road for privacy, cleared, lots of possibilities, near town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,900 M784931R
10 ACRES! Rolling, secluded & wooded, great hunting, great recreational area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,900 M783220R
60 ACRES, food plots, 20 BLINDS, partly wooded, prime hunting, lrg bucks taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,900 M780713L
RIFLE RVR!! 10 AC, full log, 3-br, 4 ba, amenities galore, decks, porches, balcony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $595,000 M782802R
CLEAR LAKE! Move-in ready, 3-br, garage, open floor plan, 65 frnt, deck, dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,900 M782624B
RIVER FRNT & ACRES!!! Spac 3-br, sunroom, several outbldgs, gorgeous views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,900 M782443R
3.5 AC ON LEWIS LK! 3-br, 2 ba, deck, 32x40 pole barn, 295 on small lake, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $122,900 M782163R
LITTLE LONG LK! 4-br, extensive decking, gorg views, stone FP, 2 sheds, 60 frnt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,900 H781901B
RIFLE RIVER! Cute getaway on River, nicely wooded prop, great fishing/canoeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 M781019R
LITTLE LONG LK! Cozy 2-br, 2 garages, encl porch, covered porch, 64 frontage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $119,900 M780107R
HARDWOOD LK! 1.31 ACRES, 3-br, garage, AC, newer steel roof, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,000 M780038B
SKIDWAY LK! 2-br log home, lakeside sunroom, garage, FP, fenced yrd, full bsmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $87,500 M776963B
RIFLE RIVER! 3-br, garage, wrkshp, updated, open floor plan, views, deck, sunrm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $168,000 M776647R
80 AC & 1400 on RIFLE RVR! 2-br, pond, apple trees, secluded, trails, blind, fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $259,900 M776325R
SAGE LK! Spac 5-br, 50 sandy frnt, deck, gorgeous sunsets, move in ready, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $134,000 M775331B
CRANBERRY LK! Cozy getaway, boat dock, some furnishings, lakeside patio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,900 M749638C
AFFORDABLE LAKEFRONT! FP, patio, encl porch, views, garage, PONTOON! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 M749664B
WATERFRONT LOT across rd! 2-br, lk views, garage, 2 sheds, covered patio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 M749221L
CANAL TO FEEDING GRNDS LK! Spac 4-br, garage, FP, deck, 3.93 ACRES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 M748414B
EVERETT LK! 240 frnt and 5 ACRES, 4-br Cape Cod, deck, covered porch, dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 M745690B
28 AC, 400 WATERFR, Cranberry Lk, 2-br log, garage, full bsmt, deck, dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,900 M758574R
20 AC & FRNT ON SAGE & LITTLE SAGE LKS! 3-br, secluded, wooded, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,000 L759898A
RIFLE LK! 95 frnt, 2-br verti log home, garage, FP, sunroom, steel seawall, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $154,900 M758147R
CRK FRNT & 4+ ACRES! 3-br, full log, deck, covered porch, AC, wd floors, gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $132,900 M781093B
LITTLE LONG LK! 66 water frnt, partly wooded, nice views, potential bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,000 H763152B
15 ACES & FRNT ON STYLUS LAKE! Great hunting parcel, heavily wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 L755186A
NORWAY LK ACCESS & 4+ ACRES, county paved road, wooded, bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000 H784032B
SHARED WATERFRONT, 7 lots, potential bldg site, mostly wooded, paved road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 H784326B
WATER ACCESS W/24 X 32 GARAGE, North Dease Lake, potential bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,000 M786155B
3 ACRES, some cleared for building, county maintained road, electric available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 M780319C
60 ACRES! Wooded, elec at road, 24x24 pole bldg w/cement floor, great hunting area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M780006R
5 ACRES, mostly open, on paved road, nice views, potential bldg site, near Natl Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 M779693R
101 AC ST LAND ON 3 SIDES!! Ultimate hunting parc, older bldg w/heat & lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $224,900 M779538B
5.96 ACRES! On maintained road, potential bldg site, elec at road, countryside views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000 H778743B
120 ACRES! Trails-thru-out, excellent huning, lots of wildlife, secluded, gated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,500 M776912B
10.06 ACRES, wooded, driveway, elec at road, near State lands, camping trailer incl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,900 M778297B
WALK TO HOUGHTON CREEK, 2.1 ACRES, elec at road, nice views, bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 M776054B
15 AC & FRNT ON STYLUS LK!! Great hunting parcel, lots of wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 L775186A
ST HELEN! 10 AC! Heavily wooded, excellent hunting, SECLUDED, easy access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 M748824L
87.52 AC, ACROSS FROM ST LAND, trails, food plots, blinds, rustic bldg/cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $174,000 M747501B
10+ ACRES, insulated 2-car GARAGE, W/heat & kitchen, outhouse storage shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,900 M745040B
40 ACRES! Nice mix of trees, near 2 allsports lks, great hunting, lots of wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,000 H743334B
72 ACRES & LKFRONT! Beautiful, rolling, lots of wildlife, gated, maintained rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,000 M763946R
10 ACRES, great hunt camp, elec at road for poten bldg site, mostly wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900 M762277B
TWO PARCELS, acre+ each, slopes to Perry Creek, nice bldg site, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 M761380-81R
2.5 ACRS ON PAVED RD & on Campbell Creek for your new home! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000 M761714B
1.37 ACRS for your new home on paved rd not far from West Branch! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000 M761715B
20.14 ACRES, rolling, wooded, BORDERS ST LAND, great hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,900 M763333R
HUNTERS PARADISE! 40 Ac borders St land, tons of wildlife, poss bldg site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,950 M763481R
20 ACRES, rolling, wooded, open area for plots, trails, deer blind, excellent hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,500 M776729R
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WATERFRONT LOTS & ACREAGE
HENDERSON LK! 2-br, newer roof & flooring, decks, boat dock, 95 frnt, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,900 M789599B
W LONDO LK! Spacious 4-br, upper/lower decks, views, fruit trees, landscaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 L787658A
LK OGEMAW! 120 frnt, all sports, spacious, fini walkout bsmt, 3-br, FP, gar, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,000 M787060C
HARDWOOD LK! 156+ sandy frnt, 2-br, walkout bsmt, 14 boat, dock, 3 sheds, view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,000 M786820B
S DEASE LK! 3-br, 1728 sq ft, 2 decks, garage w/stove, furnishings, lawn equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 M786169B
LAKE ELNI! 100 frnt, 3-br, FP, wrap-around deck, views, full bsmt, dock, turn-key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,000 M786081B
HARDWOOD LK! 3-br, beautiful views, most furnishings, garage, 2 sheds, wood flrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,500 L785732A
NO WAKE BIG WMS LAKE! 2/3-br, nice views, 64 water frntg, log cabin, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,900 M785706D
LK OGEMAW, COMPLETE 02 REMODEL, 3-br, Trex 3tier deck, patio wgril /sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $264,900 M785430C
NO WAKE LK! Move-in ready 3-br, sunrm, dock, views, near all sports CLEAR LK! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 W785156J
LK OGEMAW! 77 frnt, beauti views, 2-br, loft, garage, walkout bsmt, covered decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $154,900 M784998C
CHAIN LK!! Over 3000 sq ft, 4-br, 2.5 ba, full bsmt, deck, gorg views, 140 frontage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,900 L784955A
LAKE OGEMAW! 1800 sq ft, 3-br, walkout bsmt, deck/patio, 65 frnt, sandy, dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $162,900 M784779C
RIFLE LAKE!! Sandy beach, seawall, gentle slope, all sports, 2-br, storage shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $134,900 M784612R
BUSH LK! AFFORDABLE 2-br, garage, appliances, some furnishings, covered porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 M784589B
21 ACRES/PRIOR CREEK!! 5-br, 3 ba, in-law suite, blind, trails, rear deck, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $184,900 M784501C
E TWIN LK!! Yr-round 2-br, deep lot, boat dock, views, gar, family rm, FP, no wake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 L784260A
PEACH LK! Spac 4-br, Trex decking, impressive views, updated & move-in ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $189,900 M784234B
LK GEORGE! 2-br, tons of great updates, patio, views, garage, aluminum dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,900 M783771R
ISLAND LK, 2-br, gar w/loft, bath & bdrm, lakeside patio, great views, no wake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,900 M783692R
LK OGEMAW! 4-br Saltbox, stamped patio, dock, 77 frnt, acre, great deck, gar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000 M783506C
HOMES/CABINS ON ACREAGE HUNTING LANDS & ACREAGE

15 AC, 3-br, covered porch, garage, pole barn, lrg shed/lean to, AC, updated 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$140,000 H789770B
5 AC, 3-bedroom, sits back off road, 2 FP, newer flooring, deck, gar & pole bldg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M789713B
2.5 ACRES, 2 bedroom, on corner, 2 car garage, year round, nice country setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900 L789452A
4.92 AC, 1204 sq foot, 2-brm, full basement, garage, newer plumbing, pump, shingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 L788451A
STUNNING PARK-LIKE SETTING, 4-br, walkout bsmt, pond, garage, 62+ AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $249,900 M787816R
UPDATED FARMHOUSE, 1.17 AC, 4-br, full bsmt, deck, wood floors, gar, barn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000 L787736A
16 AC PARK-LIKE SETTING! 3500 sq ft, 4-br, 2 FP, fami rm, den, deck, sunroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,000 M787699C
ACROSS FROM ST LAND!! 1.25 AC, 3-br, immaculate, garage, furniture, HH items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 W787496J
GOLFERS & PET LOVERS!! 1.77 ACRES, fenced, borders Golf Course, 2-br, TLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M787467L
FARM HOUSE!! 80 ACRES, 5-br, garage w/loft, outbldg, guest house, pond, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $229,900 M787448R
REMODELED 2-BR, 2 AC, lrg garage, fenced yard, 16x16 shed, nr lks, golf course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 M787375R
LARGE HOME, 11.6 AC, 4-br, needs some work, near Fedl land & Au Gres River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 L787127A
26 AC BACKS TO ST LAND! 80% redone, 2-br, porch, part bsmt, gar, pond w/fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M786632B
LUZERNE AREA! 24+ ACRES, 1800 sq ft, FP, family rm, guest house, garage, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M786445B
ADJACENT TO ST LAND!! 18 AC, 2-br cabin, nestled in woods, great hunt camp! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 M786738R
POSS 5 BDRMS!! VIEWS, 3 ACRES, creek, pond, fruit trees, 2 FP, family rm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $194,900 M786279L
1.5 ACRES, 2-br mobile, needs TLC, garage, newer well & septic, trails on property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 M786212B
5 ACRES BACKING UP TO ST LAND!! 3-br, garage, appliances, wood stove, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,900 M786126B
BACKS TO STATE LAND!! 3 ACRES, 2-br yr round or hunt cabin, FP, deck, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M785814R
4.91 ACRES, 2882 SQ FT, 4-br, 2 full ba, porch, deck, indoor pool & hot tub, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,900 W785593J
OVER AN ACRE! Super clean, painted, 3-br, 2 full ba, garage w/breez & wrkshp, AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82,900 M785477B
1.08 ACRES 3-br, needs some work, garage, fenced yard for pets/gardening, yr round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000 M785455C
4.7 AC, beautiful custom blt, 2 garages, Trex deck, 3-br, 3 ba, hot tub, walkout bsmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,500 M785441C
ONE ACRE NEXT TO NATL FOREST!! 2-br, garage, family rm, sunroom, 2 decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000 H785070B
1.8 ACRES, nice setting, not far from town, 3-br, 1.5 story, garage, nice views, wooded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000 M784850C
10 ACRES, 3-br, wooded, great hunting, garage, carport & 14/20 outbldg, secluded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,900 M784322R
15.8 AC, spac 3-brm Cape Code, 2 garages, workshop, wood floors, family rm, FP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 H783741B
3 ACRES, 3-br, FP, full basement, family room, lots of updates, oversized garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$84,900 M783672R
5 ACRES, move-in ready! 2-br, garage w/wood stove, beautiful pond, rear deck, views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,900 M783267B
INTEREST IN LKFRONT LOT! Views of lk, 3-br, garage, shed, lrg deck, 2 lrg lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,500 M784247D
VIEW OF SAGE LK! Totally updated, 2/3 bedroom, newer applia include, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,995 M783945B
ALL SPORTS FOREST LK 2-br, covered porch, newer roof 2012, fireplace, getaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,900 M783538R
BUSH LK & BOAT LAUNCH just across road! 2-br, furnishings, deck, garage, FP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 M781909B
BEAUTIFUL LK VIEWS! Lrg 4-br, extensive decking, 2 garages, amenities galore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 M780746B
WALK TO GEORGE/RIFLE LKS! 2-br, full log, garage, fenced lot, FP, covered por . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,000 M780189R
TITTABAWASSEE RIVER across rd, cute getaway cabin, storage shed, great fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 M778565C
PEACH LAKE VIEWS, 3-br, gar, heated wrksp, 2 sheds, AC, deck, walkout bsmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,900 M777391L
BEAUTIFUL LK VIEWS & steps to access, 2 br, large family rm, FP, part bsmt, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,500 M777233B
RIFLE RIVER! Cute 2-br, private River access, 2-story garage, covered porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 M748071B
SUGAR SPRINGS! Golf, indoor pool, 2 lks, clubhouse, 3-br, spacious lot, some furn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 M751874L
GEORGE LK! 3-br, view of lake, deck, 2 outbldgs, wood floors, FP, updated, 6 lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 M747414R
WALK TO POPULAR CLEAR LK! Newly remodeled 2-br, steel roof, family rm, FP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M784601L
SAGE LK! 2-br, lakeside sunroom & patio, wood floors, knotty pine, walk to access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,500 M782759R
WATER ACCESS HOMES & COTTAGES

FOREST LK! Beautiful 3-br, garage, pole bldg, full basement, 1.23 wooded acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,000 M789509B
WALK TO ELBOW LAKE! 2/3-brm, garage, knotty pine, appliances, patio, FP, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 M788194B
PRIVATE BOAT DOCK! Access to allsports S Dease Lk! 2-br, family room, FP, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,800 H788081B
ACROSS FROM RIVER! Awesome getaway, 3-br chalet, garage, ponds, seclude, wded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M787938L
AFFORDABLE GETAWAY! LK OGEMAW access, 2-br, 2 sheds, shade trees, firepit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,500 M787257D
JOHNSON LK ACCESS, 2-br, sunroom, wood stove, appli, furnishings, needs work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,500 M787148D
WALK TO POPULAR CLEAR LK! 3-br, gar w/rec room, lrg pole barn, newer roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,900 M786999L
LK GEORGE ACCESS, 2/3 bdroom, needs work, covered porch, garage, FP, getaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M786481C
WALK TO BEAUTIFUL RIFLE LK! 3-br, knotty pine, deck, 3 lots, landscaping, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000 M786270C
3.75 AC & HENDERSON LK ACCESS!! 3-br, 2 garages, sunroom, workshop, deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,900 M785925R
BETWEEN 2 ALL SPORTS LAKES!! Rustin UP North 2-br cabin, garage, encl porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900 M785008R
SAGE LK! 2-br, lakeside sunroom & patio, wood floors, knotty pine, walk to access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,500 M782759R
FAWN LK! Private lk access, nice 3-br, walkout bsmt, deck, over 2300 sq feet, garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,900 M784971R
ALL SPORTS LK OGEMAW ACROSS RD! , 4-br, full bsmt, priced for quick sale! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,900 M784418L
TWO LOTS, great rec area, 2-br, 1.5 bath, garage, front deck, encl seasonal porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M783504C
3/ 4 ACRE! 3-bedroom, garage w/heated wrkshp, 2 sheds w/elec, deck, fenced yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,900 M781209R
OLDER VICTORIAN HOME! 6-br, garage w/loft, screened porch, 2000 sq ft! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,000 M778577C
2 CORNER LOTS, 1.5 story 2-br, year round, wood stove, encl sunroom, garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,900 M776995R
CITY LIVING! 2-br, garage, lrg covered deck, all applia, newer 2010 roof, updated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,900 M749144R
NEAT & CLEAN! 2-br, mostly furnished, affordable, nr lakes & river, getaway! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,900 M748585L
APPROX AC! 4-br Chalet, extensive decking, nice views, wrkshp and an addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,900 M747265G
MOVE-IN READY! Updated 3-br, newer flooring, AC, deck, garage, landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 L745941A
NR ACRES OF ST LAND! Cute 2-br, garage, 12x20 bonus room, mostly furnished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 M745810R
COMPLETELY UPDATED, 3-br, wd floors, full bsmt, guest cabin, nr boat launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M754301R
ACROSS FROM ST LAND! 1416 Sq ft, 3-br, garage, FP, family rm, near lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 M753184R
2 BEDROM GETAWAY, near lakes, St land & gorgeous Rifle River, deck, shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,900 M783414C
HOMES/CABINS ON LOTS
GREAT GETAWAY! Nr St lands & Clear Lake, 2-br, mostly furnished, stor shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,900 M789081L
CITY LIVING! 3-br ranch-style, appli, fenced yard, AC, garage, wood stove, patio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M788298C
NICE 3-BR MANU, 3 lots, all appliances, mostly furnished, 30x30 garage, lrg deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 M787757B
3 LOTS, Near all sports Long Lk, town & Huron Natl Forest, needs work, encl porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,900 L787410A
LARGE 4 BDRM, garage, fruit trees, raspberry bushes, wood & tile floors, bsmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,900 M787138L
ACROSS FROM NATL FOREST! 3-br, needs TLC, deep lot, almost an acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 L786801A
A PROJECT FOR YOU! 4-br, 1300 sq ft, needs work, applia, front deck, great area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000 M786718D
OVER HALF ACRE, cute 2/3 bungalow, patio, garage, near lakes, River, St land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,500 M786132R
UPDATES & GORG FINISH WORK!! 3-br, part bsmt, family rm, encl sunrm, gar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,900 M785803R
WEST BRANCH! Upated, move-in ready 2-br, garage, rear deck, near Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,900 M784463C
DOUBLE LOT, full log 3-br home, garage, near lakes, st land, River, LC terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,900 M784124B
NEAR TOWN, MOVE-IN READY! Nice 2-bedroom, garage, shed, nice lots w/trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,900 M784050C
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Home and 10 acres of wooded and hilly property in Huron Co., Mi
5 minutes from Bad Axe. Updated year-round two bedroom 1 bath home with full basement and Huge 800
sq. ft Great room with fabulous views. Attached garage with opener, 32x56x10 pole building with full bath,
hydrant and opener, separate garage, additional building with cement floor that needs some work. Large
stocked Pond, creek, Tower Blind. Many mature walnut, maple, pine, cherry and other trees on the property. Abundance of Deer, Turkey and small game on the property and just one-half mile from the Verona
State Game Area. Only 20 minutes to several Marinas. The 18-hole Verona
Golf Course is within view of this property. Great sportsmans getaway!
$189,900 Call Lori 877-738-8491 989-550-7936

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GREAT LAKES
MORTGAGE
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PURCHASES AND REFINANCES
ESCAPE & OWN YOUR OWN HUNTING LODGE
MOVE IN READY HOME
Cute, Raised Ranch with 25 acres of Prime

Hunting land. 829 x 1320. Be sure to walk
the property but don't scare the wildlife
away! 2-bedroom home with a 1-car garage
features a New HWH in 2013, New Boiler
2007, Roof 2007, Septic field 2011. Wooded lot opens up to a meadow with trails
leading to it at the back of the property.
This would be a perfect Hunting Lodge with
the home at the front of the property & and
abundant wildlife roaming the rest of the 25
acres. Located in Burnside Township, Mich.
4329 Van Dyke. South side of Van Dyke, btw
Clear Lake and Willis Road. $235,000
For all your Real Estate needs call
COME SEE THE POSSIBILITIES

Land Contract Option Available!
Main Street Of Almont
SHARON LAFRANCE
810-441-6002
Pleasant Country Setting 45 Acres
128
45 Acres, 35 wooded, 10 cleared,

farmable. Custom designed home.
1800 sq. ft. Main floor 2 bedrooms,
1.5 baths, master bath has jacuzzi
tub and full shower laundry on main
floor. Sunroom, walk out deck, walk
out finished basement to pond. 2.5
heated garage with door opener.
40x40 barn. 24x24 guest cabin.
Cape Cod 1 story home offers the scenic outdoors year round. Immediate
possession of home with 5 acres for $137,000 or purchase entire 83 acre parcel for the avid hunter and outdoor enthusiast at $386,000. Home and land
is centrally located in Tuscola County on a paved county road. This single
family home has been recently updated with new carpet, tile, windows, all
electric & plumbing fixtures. Most furniture included. The land offers a pole
barn, multiple deer blinds for bow & gun season, and ATV trails.
Located 3 miles from

Hubbard Lake!
MLS #: 214078692 on Realtor.com
Contact: Chris Krystek chrisk@idealtech.us
Offered at
$249,900
Guest Cabin
Ph. 989.727.3746
www.TrophyClassRealEstate.com
877-843-0910
Whether Im deer hunting in Ludington, hiking in the
Manistee National Forest, fishing on the Pere Marquette or
spending a quiet afternoon on Muskegon Lake, I love exploring Michigan with my family. Our agents are outdoor recreation enthusiasts and we share your passion for the land. We
would be honored to represent you as you decide to buy or
sell a property. We look forward to hearing from you.
Trophy
Properties
Is Now . . .
ASKING $239,900
Ian Volchoff
ASKING $272,500
Broker/Owner
231-233-1437
Van Buren County
1 mile on Little Muskegon

River. Best value in the county!
79 acres of tillable ground, hardwoods and pine plus 3 bedroom
farmhouse. Deer, turkey, wild game
hunting and great trout fishing.
Agent: Dave Pawlak

231-206-2326
Buck Townhaving earned its

bragging rights this 78+ rolling acre
mix of tillable and woodlands is
surrounded by agricultural lands
and orchards. Beautiful property
with abundant wildlife.
Agent: Tim Dykstra

616-566-3770
ASKING $629,000
The Full Rut is on and available for sale for the

first time. Turnkey deer ranch is ideal distance
from major cities. A strong, substantial herd awaits
with a proven client base. Guest accommodations
are second to none in quality and views.
Listed By: Ian Volchoff
St. Joseph County

Asking $485,000
Lake County
Asking $549,000
Ultimate Sportsman Property

165 acres on Portage Creek,
flowing into all-sports Portage
Lake. Great hunting and fishing.
Ideal Hunting Retreat just 8 miles

from US 131. 320 acre parcel of
your dreams adjacent to State
forest land. Several base camps.
Agent: Dan Hoffman

269-377-4049
Agent: Rick Rybicki

231-690-7792
Derrick
Volchoff
ASKING $169,900
Dramatic views over 40 acres

of rolling hills, woods and open
fields from the deck of this nice
2 bedroom home. Extremely
private setting is only 12
miles to Crystal Mountain.
Ideal property for small
ranch or farm.
Broker/Owner
231-233-3575
Newest Office
TRAVERSE
CITY
MANISTEE COUNTY
Listed By: Derrick Volchoff
Mecosta County
MECOSTA
COUNTY
Deer Ranch
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AUCTION
312 ACRES Isabella County, Michigan

P R O D U C T I V E FA R M L A N D W O O D E D H U N T I N G P R O P E R T Y
B U I L D I N G S I T E W I T H 4 AC R E P O N D
Alger Smock Estate: Located at 7758 N. Isabella Road, CLARE, MICHIGAN
o Edmore
operty in
$120,000
Main,
o
Edmore
$120,000
PARCEL #1:
80 ACRES PRIME FARM LAND WITH 74.89 TILLABLE ACRES
PARCEL #2:
88 ACRES VACANT LAND WITH 47 TILLABLE ACRES
PARCEL #3:
80 ACRES PRIME WOODED HUNTING PROPERTY
Good, Productive Land, Includes Older 2-Story Home & Outbuildings

Balance Is Rolling Wooded Terrain. Small Pond On Property
Pines, Large Oaks, Thick Areas. Trails Throughout.
Some Small Grass/Open Areas
PARCEL #4:
38.79 ACRES PRIME WOODED HUNTING PROPERTY
PARCEL #5:
25.2 ACRE PROPERTY WITH POND
Mostly All Wooded, Small Grass/Open Areas,

Trails Throughout. Adjacent To Parcel #3
OVER 7 ACRES
1200 ACRES
345 ACRES
Waterways RV Resort and

Campground. Turn-Key Business Opp w/ Living Quarters! 14
Slips on Cheboygan River. Boat
Ramp, 50 Camp Sites. On the
Famed Inland Water Way!
Big Ten Ranch--Managed for QDM style

Hunting, 10 food plots. Sleeps 12 w/
comm. Kitchen. Stocked Trout Pond, 5
Acre Lake, Walkout, backup Generator &
Internet. 320 Acres enrolled in the Qualified Forest Property Tax Exemption Program. Pole barn, some equip. included.
Private, Rich in Wildlife w/Big Bucks and

Black Bear. Approx. -mile of waterfront on
Clear Lake (91-Acres) in Northern Michigan.
New Custom built Log Home. Field Stone
Fireplace, radiant Floor heating, Guest Cottage w/ 2-car Garage. 2 large storage buildings 14ft high. Back-up generators.
117 ACRES
280 ACRES
240 ACRES
Executive home or events facility

with 877ft of beachfront on Lake
Huron shores. Plentiful wildlife
throughout the trails. Deer, Bear,
Eagles, small game, everything
NE Michigan has to offer.!
Log Sided Cedar Home with 4 Bed, 4

Bath, Huge Pole Barn with Trout Stream
running thru property. Tons of Deer on
this property as well as Black Bear, Turkey, Grouse, Woodcock, etc. Additional
120-Acres, Small Cabin w/ Pond adjoining may be available.
Hunters Dream Property Managed Specifically for Whitetail Deer and Black Bear
Hunting. Custom log home w/Storage
Barn/Workshop. Beaver Creek, a Trout
Stream is 150-feet from the Lodge. Excellent Habitat for Hunting Big Game, Upland
Birds, and Non Game Animals.
$629,000 MLS #287218
Large, 4 Acre, Deep, Stocked Pond

Electricity To Property. Located Across Road
From Parcels 3 & 4
Please See www.PavlikLLC.com

For Full Sale Bill Flyer, Information, Aerials & Pictures
Or Call Auction Company For Details
$849,900 MLS #288564
$2,900,000 MLS #285155
$690,000 MLS #289486
$895,000 MLS #283240
$499,000 MLS #292453
VESTABURG: This 20 Acres has excellent deer hunting! Land has a

prefab single wide hunting cabin on site with running water & 3/4 bath.
VESTABURG:
This 20 Acres
has excellent
deer hunting!
Land has a
Also has county well/septic
approval
for new home
construction.
prefab
single wide hunting cabin on site with
running PRICE
water &- 3/4
bath.
MLS #14021650
REDUCED
$69,900
VESTABURG:
This 20 Acres
has excellent
deer hunting!
Land has a
Also has county well/septic
approval
for new home
construction.
prefab
single wide hunting cabin on site with
running PRICE
water &- 3/4
bath.
MLS #14021650
REDUCED
$69,900
VESTABURG:
This 20 Acres has excellent
deer hunting!
Land
has a
Also has county well/septic approval for new home construction.
prefab single wide hunting cabin on site with running water & 3/4 bath.
MLS
#14021650
REDUCED
PRICE
$69,900
RIVERDALE:
LISTING
- 81.75A
mostly
and about 1A
Also
has county NEW
well/septic
approval
for new
home wooded
construction.
cleared
for camping in the center of the
property. PRICE
Approx.
29A is
MLS
#14021650
REDUCED
- $69,900
RIVERDALE:
NEW
LISTING
- 81.75A
fenced for beagle
training
for rabbits.
Lots mostly
of deer!wooded and about 1A
cleared
for camping in the center of the property.
Approx.
29A is
MLS#14047467
$174,900
RIVERDALE:
NEW
LISTING
- 81.75A
fenced for beagle
training
for rabbits.
Lots mostly
of deer!wooded and about 1A
cleared
for camping in the center of the property.
Approx.
29A is
MLS#14047467
$174,900
RIVERDALE: NEW LISTING - 81.75A mostly wooded and about 1A
fenced for beagle training for rabbits. Lots of deer!
cleared for camping in the center of the property.
Approx. 29A is
MLS#14047467
$174,900
MT. PLEASANT:
Hunters
paradise Lots
withof
full
29 mostly wooded
acrefenced
for beagle training
for rabbits.
deer!
age,
several
food
plots
for
deer,
hunting
blinds,
water
hole;
plenty
of deer
MLS#14047467
$174,900
MT.
PLEASANT:
Hunters
paradise with full 29 mostly wooded acreand turkeys
for the hunting
enthusiast!
age,
food plots for deer, hunting blinds, water hole; plenty
of deer
MLSseveral
#14031044
$175,000
MT.
PLEASANT:
Hunters
for the hunting
enthusiast!
age,
several
of deer
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
MT. PLEASANT: Hunters paradise with full 29 mostly wooded acreand turkeys for the hunting enthusiast!
age, several food plots for deer, hunting blinds, water hole; plenty of deer
MLS #14031044
$175,000
and
for This
the hunting
enthusiast!
SIXturkeys
LAKES:
30 Acres
is a mixture of tillable and hunting property
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
with several
ideal building sites for either a full time residence
or your
SIX
LAKES:
This
30 Acres
is a to
mixture
UP North
Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain of
of tillable
Lakes and hunting property
with
ideal building sites for either a full time residence$58,000
or your
MLSseveral
#14036441
SIX
LAKES:
This
30 Acres
is a to
mixture
UP North
Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain of
of tillable
with
several
or your
MLS
#14036441
SIX LAKES: This 30 Acres is a mixture of tillable and hunting property
UP North Retreat. Short distance to Chain of Lakes
with several ideal building sites for either a full time residence or your
MLS #14036441
$58,000
UP
North Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain
Lakes
CRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
- to
Peace
& of
Quiet
and Seclusion describes
MLS
#14036441
$58,000
this home
on 85 +/- Heavily Wooded Acres. 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Full
WalkCRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
- Peace & Quiet and Seclusion describes
out Basement.
28X32
Pole Barn.
this
home
on
85
+/Heavily
Wooded
Acres.
4
Bdrm,
2
Bath,
Full
WalkMLS #14049921
$224,000
CRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
out Basement.
28X32
Pole Barn.
this
home
WalkMLS
#14049921
$224,000
CRYSTAL: NEW LISTING - Peace & Quiet and Seclusion describes
out Basement. 28X32 Pole Barn.
this home on 85 +/- Heavily Wooded Acres. 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Full WalkMLS #14049921
$224,000
MI
48829
MLS #14049921
$224,000
EDMORE:
NEW LISTING - Prime deer hunting property, 80A
mostly wooded with some water and plenty of space for food plots.
EDMORE:
NEW
LISTING
- Prime
deer hunting
24X40 pole barn
for hunting
toys, newer
4 bedroom
house.property, 80A
mostly
wooded with some water and plenty of space for food
plots.
MLS #14050462
$274,900
EDMORE:
NEW
LISTING
- Prime
deer hunting
24X40 pole barn
for hunting
toys, newer
4 bedroom
house.property, 80A
mostly
wooded with some water and plenty of space for food
plots.
MLS
#14050462
$274,900
EDMORE:
NEW LISTING - Prime deer hunting property, 80A
24X40 pole barn for hunting toys, newer 4 bedroom house.
mostly wooded with some water and plenty of space for food plots.
MLS
#14050462
$274,900
REMUS:
of toys,
hunting
land.
Owner recently
24X40
pole Premier
barn for 38A
hunting
newer
4 bedroom
house. planted 6000
Pines #14050462
and worked up a really nice food plot currently offering oats
for the
MLS
$274,900
REMUS:
Premier
38ABucks!
of hunting land. Owner recently planted 6000
past few years!
Trophy
Pines
and worked up a really nice food plot
currently PRICE
offering oats
for the
MLS#14019378
REDUCED
- $70,000
REMUS:
Premier
38ABucks!
of hunting land. Owner recently planted 6000
past few years!
Trophy
Pines
and worked up a really nice food plot
currently PRICE
offering oats
for the
MLS#14019378
REDUCED
$70,000
REMUS: Premier 38A of hunting land. Owner recently planted 6000
past few years! Trophy Bucks!
Pines and worked up a really nice food plot currently offering oats for the
MLS#14019378
REDUCED PRICE - $70,000
past
few years!
Trophy Bucks!
REMUS:
80 Wooded
Acres with a small creek flowing through the
MLS#14019378
REDUCED
PRICE
- for
$70,000
property. Short distance to US-131 or US-27
Freeways.
Ideal
small
REMUS:
80 and
Wooded
Acres
with a small creek flowing through the
game, archery
firearm
deer hunting.
property.
Short distance to US-131 or US-27 Freeways. Ideal $189,900
for small
MLS#14036478
REMUS:
80 and
Wooded
Acres
with a small creek flowing through the
game, archery
firearm
deer hunting.
property.
Short distance to US-131 or US-27 Freeways. Ideal $189,900
for small
MLS#14036478
REMUS: 80 Wooded Acres with a small creek flowing through the
game, archery and
firearm
deer hunting.
VESTABURG:
This
20 to
Acres
has or
excellent
deer hunting!
Land
has a
property.
Short distance
US-131
US-27 Freeways.
Ideal
for small
MLS#14036478
$189,900
prefab
single wide
hunting
cabin
on site
with &
running
water &
3/4 bath.
game,
archery
and39A
firearm
deer
hunting.
BLANCHARD:
of outstanding
hunting
recreational
property
in
VESTABURG:
This
Acres
hasevery
excellent
deer
hunting!
has a
Also
hasCounty.
county well/septic
approval
for new
home
construction.
MLS#14036478
$189,900
Isabella
BIG 20
bucks
taken
year.
Short
distanceLand
to
Edmore
prefab
single
wide
hunting
cabin
on
site
with
running
water
&
3/4
bath.
MLS
#14021650
REDUCED
PRICE
$69,900
BLANCHARD:
39A of outstanding
hunting & recreational property in
state game area. TERMS
AVAILABLE
VESTABURG:
This
Acres
hasevery
excellent
deer
hunting!
has a
Also
county well/septic
approval
for new
construction.
Isabella
County.
BIG 20
bucks
taken
year.home
Short
distanceLand
to
Edmore
MLShas
#14016963
$120,000
prefab
single
wide
hunting
cabin
onexcellent
site
with
running
water &
bath.
MLSgame
#14021650
REDUCED
PRICE
- 3/4
$69,900
BLANCHARD:
39A
of Acres
outstanding
hunting
&
recreational
property
in
state
area.
TERMS
AVAILABLE
VESTABURG:
This
20
has
deer
hunting!
Land
has
a
Also
has
county
well/septic
approval
for
new
home
construction.
Isabella
County.
BIG
bucks
takenon
every
year. running
Short distance
to
Edmore
MLS #14016963
$120,000
prefab
single
wide
hunting
cabin
site
with
water &
3/4
bath.
BLANCHARD:
39A
of
outstanding
hunting
& recreational
property
in
VESTABURG:
This
20
Acres
has
excellent
deer
hunting!
Land
has
a
MLS
#14021650
REDUCED
PRICE
$69,900
RIVERDALE:
NEW
LISTING
81.75A
mostly
wooded
and
about
1A
state
game
area.
TERMS
AVAILABLE
Also
hasCounty.
county well/septic
approval
for new
home
construction.
Isabella
BIG
bucks
taken
every
year.
Short
distance
to3/4
Edmore
prefab
single
wide
hunting
on
site
with
running
water
&
bath.
cleared
for camping
in
thecabin
center
of
the
property.
Approx.
29A
is
MLS #14021650
#14016963
MLS
REDUCED
PRICE
-$120,000
$69,900
state
game
area.
TERMS
AVAILABLE
Also
has
county
well/septic
approval
for
new
home
construction.
RIVERDALE:
NEW
LISTING
- 81.75A
mostly
and Main,
about 1A Edmore
fenced
for beagle
training
for rabbits.
Lots of
deer!wooded
120 E.
MLS
#14016963
MLS
#14021650
REDUCED
-$120,000
$69,900
cleared
for camping in the center of the
property. PRICE
Approx.
29A is
MLS#14047467
$174,900
www.eaglerealtymi.com
RIVERDALE:
NEW
LISTING
- 81.75A
and Main,
about 1A Edmore MI 48829
fenced for beagle
training
for rabbits.
Lots mostly
of deer!wooded
120 E.
cleared
for camping
the center
of the mostly
property.
Approx.
29A1A
is
MLS#14047467
RIVERDALE:
NEW in
LISTING
- 81.75A
wooded
and $174,900
about
Main,
Edmore MI 48829
fenced for beagle training for rabbits. Lots of deer! 120 E.
cleared for camping in the center of the property.
Approx. 29A is
RIVERDALE:
NEWHunters
LISTING
- 81.75A
mostly
wooded
and$174,900
about
1A
MLS#14047467
MT.
PLEASANT:
paradise
with
full
29
mostly
wooded
acrefenced for beagle training for rabbits. Lots of deer! 120 E.
Main,
Edmore MI 48829
cleared
for food
camping
in
the
center
of the
property.
Approx.
29A
is
age,
several
plots
for
deer,
hunting
blinds,
water
hole;
plenty
of
deer
MLS#14047467
$174,900
fenced
for beagle
training
for
rabbits.
deer!
MT.turkeys
PLEASANT:
Hunters
paradise Lots
with of
full
29 mostly www.eaglerealtymi.com
wooded acreand
for the
hunting
enthusiast!
MLS#14047467
$174,900
age, several
of deer
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
MT.
PLEASANT:
Hunters
for the hunting
enthusiast!
age,
several
food plots
for deer,
huntingwith
blinds,
hole; plenty
ofacredeer
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
MT.
PLEASANT:
Hunters
paradise
fullwater
29 mostly
wooded
and turkeys for the hunting enthusiast!
age, several food plots for deer, hunting blinds, water hole; plenty of deer
MT. PLEASANT:
Hunters paradise with full 29 mostly wooded
acreMLS
#14031044
$175,000
and
turkeys
for This
the hunting
enthusiast!
SIX
LAKES:
30 for
Acres
is hunting
a mixture
of tillable
hunting
age, several
food plots
deer,
blinds,
waterand
hole;
plentyproperty
of deer
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
with
several
ideal
sites for either a full time residence
or your
and turkeys
for
the building
hunting enthusiast!
SIXNorth
LAKES:
This
30 Acres
is ato
mixture
property
UP
Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain of tillable
Lakes and hunting
MLS
#14031044
$175,000
with several
or your
MLS
#14036441
SIX
LAKES:
This
30 Acres
is a to
mixture
UP North
Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain of
of tillable
with
several
ideal
sites
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full time
or your
MLSLAKES:
#14036441
$58,000
SIX
Thisbuilding
30 Acres
is a for
mixture
andresidence
hunting property
UP North Retreat. Short distance to Chain of Lakes
with several ideal building sites for either a full time residence or your
SIX LAKES:
This 30 Acres is a mixture of tillable and hunting $58,000
property
MLS
#14036441
UP
North Retreat.
Short
distance
Chain
Lakes
CRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
- to
Peace
& of
Quiet
Seclusion
describes
with several ideal
building
sites
for either
a fulland
time
residence
or your
MLS
#14036441
$58,000
this
home
on 85 +/Heavily
Wooded
Acres.
4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Full
WalkUP North
Retreat.
Short
distance
to Chain
of Lakes
CRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
Peace
&
Quiet
and
Seclusion
describes
out
Basement.
28X32 Pole Barn.
MLS
#14036441
$58,000
this home
WalkMLS
#14049921
$224,000
CRYSTAL:
NEW
LISTING
out Basement.
28X32
Pole Barn.
this
home
on NEW
85 +/- LISTING
Heavily Wooded
Acres.
4 Bdrm,
2 Bath, Full
WalkMLS
#14049921
$224,000
CRYSTAL:
- Peace
& Quiet
and Seclusion
describes
this home on 85 +/- Heavily Wooded Acres. 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Full WalkCRYSTAL:
NEW LISTING - Peace & Quiet and Seclusion $224,000
describes
MLS
#14049921
out Basement.
28X32 Pole Barn.
MI
48829
this home
on 85 +/- Heavily Wooded Acres. 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Full WalkMLS #14049921
$224,000
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12412 STATE STREET ATLANTA, MI 49709
130
Edmore
ww.eaglerealtymi.com
Main, Edmore MI
$120,000
MLS48829
#14049921
ww.eaglerealtymi.com
888-967-4140
Main, Edmore MI 48829
$224,000
Call Us
For Details
866-402-3620
306 total acres

275 acres of private park
and recreation area
Private gated community
Estate sized 1 acre wooded lots
Lots starting at $75,000
All residents will receive
5 all-inclusive days and
have the opportunity to hunt
at the Muy Grande Ranch
and Resort for 10 years
5 day stay at our
luxury lake house
TRULY UNIQUE PROPERTY
Beautiful Wooded Acreage
Presque Isle County
Secluded location with rolling
lands
26 acre private Lake Ann
250 acre all sports Lake Nettie
45 minutes from
historic Mackinac Island
For Sale
By Owner
131
Bringing Together Buyers And Sellers Of Quality Hunting And Farmland
Chad Thelen
cell 517 819 6344
cthelen8@hotmail.com
www.stoneycreekoutdoors.com
CIRCLE J DEER RANCH IN
PORTLAND, IONIA COUNTY
LIVE ON YOUR OWN

HUNTING GROUNDS!
31 Hilly Acres with a combo of Fruit trees, berry bushes, hardwoods, and some tillable for your food plots. Large pond. Custom
Built home with 3BR/2.1BA - fireplace, custom kitchen w/cherry
cupboards and hickory flooring. 30x40 Pole Barn with 14Ft doors.
Patty Clendenan
REALTY EXECUTIVES
MAIN STREET
CLINTON COUNTY
VACANT LAND
1022 South Lapeer Lapeer, MI 48446

patty@buylapeer.com
ph: 810-664-1978 fax: 810-277-0189
White Water
Realty
MLS: 58663. Fantastic and well kept! 37 acres, 3 bedroom ranch home, rental home, several outbuildings.
Approx. 35 acres behind a high fence home to approx.
100 deer. Quite a bit of water on property holding
ducks and geese. Trophy room/museum on property,
that can be purchased for an additional price. $375,000
MLS: 59395. 47 Total Acres, Approx. 15 acres of

woods and 12 acres of tillable, the balance in wooded
fence rows and swamp land. Approx. 20x24 polebarn
with cement floor. Additional sugar shanty building that needs work. A well also sits next to polebarn.
Lots of deer and turkeys on property. $249,000
CLINTON COUNTY
INGHAM COUNTY
Peshekee River U.P.

1899 FF. 24 Acres
$39,000
90% Upland Mature
Forested, Curves & Bends,
Shed, Huron Mt. Range,
Building Site In.
906-273-2067
2040 Yallup Rd. St. Johns-Log home on 10 acres
Here is a great chance to be my neighbor! This log home was built in an awesome
setting on 10 acres. From my home across the road, I watch the wildlife pour out
of this property........deer, turkey, pheasants, etc. The home and outbuildings sit on
approx. 2 acres, the other 8 acres is comprised of woods, brush, swamp, and some
tillable land that produces a small income. The surrounding land is 60 acres of
open tillable farmland to the west, everything to the north, east, and south is a
great mix of woods, swamp, small tillable fields and CRP.
The log home is very well kept and updated, being built in 1991. There are 2 outbuildings, of which one has a small liveable apartment built in. The buildings are
also used for woodworking, housing animals like chickens and the occasional steer.
MLS: 56359. This property is currently enrolled in the Wetland

Restoration Program through the federal government. The current and
future landowner still holds legal title to the property, but the fed gov has
certain restrictions placed on the title to maintain this property forever as a
wetland.
The wetlands have been restored and some native
warm season grasses have been planted in prior years.
There is other natural vegetation growth occurring that
is making this property very thick! The price is right
for a great recreational/hunting property. $100,750
RARE IONIA COUNTY

EATON COUNTY FARM! 152 ACRES
GRAND RIVER FRONTAGE 112 TILLABLE, 40 WOODS AND WETLANDS
with tillable farmland, buildable locations
and hunting and fishing opportunities
MLS: 59590. Approx. 83 acres of hunting, fishing and

farming heaven on property. Approx. 50 acres of tillable and that is high and dry with the balance of acres
in swails and nature timber that leads down to the
Grand River. Buildable lot has a recent perk test on file
that would overlook the river.
Here is your chance to own a large tract of land to start a small

farming operation, build a family retreat, or purchase for an
investment between Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. There are several
gravel mining operations in the vicinity and this property has
subsurface gravel on it. With 112 out of 152 acres being tillable, the
property brings in a substantial income from renting out the farmland. The current owner also leases out the hunting rights for more
income. Owner states that a few years back, one of the fields held
approx. 50 deer with approx. 20 of them being bucks! $830,600
27 ACRES TILLABLE FARMLAND IN CLINTON COUNTY
SOLD!
132
MLS:57651. 27 acres of tillable farm land in Clinton County. $108,000
We offer wildlife habitat

consulting, CRP and WRP
planting and maintenance, road/
trail building, food plots, ponds, etc.
SOLD!
Many, Many Trophy Full Body Mount
SHEEP, MUSK OX,

MOUNTAIN LION, BEARS, ETC.
For Sale From The Trophy Room Of The Late Bob Jones
Stoney Creek
Outdoor Properties, LLC
St. Johns, MI 48879
Cell: (517) 819-6344
CALL FOR DETAILS

Brokered By:
WEICHERT, REALTORS
Property Mart Southgate Plaza
800 S. BR 127
St. Johns, Michigan 48879-1649
Contact us to see how you can get financial assistance

to turn your property into a Wildlife Paradise!
PRICE REDUCED! Beautiful Cabin situated on 160 +/- acres off

paved road in Chippewa County.
This 24 by 36 log cabin features a new steel roof, walkout
basement, galley style sleeping
quarters, 2 full baths, full kitchen, cathedral ceiling with loft
overlooking the main living area
and an enclosed 3 season porch
ready for your finishing touch.
Full utilities, washer/dryer hookup, new propane forced air furnace, and wood stove. A 30 x
40 pole barn with 2 additional
outbuildings, numerous elevated/enclosed hunting blinds,
food plots, small ponds and a
trail system compliment this
property. Borders state land with
easy access to established ATV/
snowmobile trail system. This
is a great hunting camp, ATV/
snowmobile club or year round
home. Sacrificing for $225,000.
Serious inquires only. No Realtors please. 906-322-2565
THOUSANDS OF ACRES AVAILABLE FROM $6,900 TO $1,200,000 See all of our listings at swreescanaba.com
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POWERS OFFICE:
2209 Ludington Street

Escanaba, Michigan 49829
W3869 US 2 & 41,

Powers, Michigan 49874
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862 Acres.
Central Menominee Co. Rolling
wooded terrain.
Established roadways. Preserved
for 3 generations.
Carney.
$1,260,000 1077509
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Cottage with
19 acres.
Built 2003.
Open concept.
Great hunting.
Nicely done.
Private.
Riverland
$77,500 1082728
2 Bdrms,
1 bth home.
500' on
Rapid River.
5 Ac.
36x38 gar.
Fireplace.
Rapid River.
$115,000 1080077
2 Bdrm,
1 bth home or
camp. 48 Acres,
everything included. Borders
state land.
Nicely wooded.
Rock.
$68,800 1070425
Small
immaculate
camp on
80 acres,
good access,
generator.
Rock
$89,900 1079284
2 bdrm
1 bath camp
on 280
acres,
food plots,
pole bldg,
& more.
Perkins
3 Bdrm, 2
bth home.
10 Acres.
140 ft
frtg on
Jug Lk.
Pole barn.
Wetmore.
$159,995 1080446
4 Bdrm, 3 bth
160 acre homestead. Separate
rental cabins.
Mature forest. 10
Mile Creek frtg.
48x124 Equip.
bldg. Perronville.
$399,000 1081742
2 Bdrms 2 bth
Comfortable
Cottage on 130'
of Whitefish
River. Attached
2 Car Garage,
most Furnishings.
Rapid River.
3 Bdrm, 3 bth
log home on
hardwood
inpound. Finished
walkout bsmt.
Central air. Beautifully maintained.
Foster City
$329,000 1078761
2 Bdrm,
1 bth farm.
80 Acres.
Outbuildings.
Hunting.
Something
for everyone.
Stonington.
$164,900 1081032
2 Bdrm
1 bth Camp,
60 acres,
Well, Septic,
Electric.
Great
Hunting
Parcel. Perkins.
$142,500 1078442
Round
Lake Lots.
100 Ft and
120 Ft.
$85,000
and
$109,900.
Sand beach!
$109,900 1076691
$425,000 1075830
$79,000 1079712
2 Bdrm,
0 bth camp.
40 Acres.
Nice maple
hardwood.
Remote.
Secluded.
Rapid River.
$63,000 1079007
$65,000 1059214
2 Bdrm,
1bth cottage.
Year around.
Escanaba River.
Great fishing.
New gar and
breezeway.
Cornell.
1 Bdrm, 1 bth
ranch cottage
on Green Bay
Shores. Fishing, swimming,
or relax.
Cedar River.
$149,900 1078972
$119.900 1082732
2 Bdrm, 3/4
bth camp.
1300 Sq ft
log sided.
Point well.
Nice! 80
Acres.
Wetmore
$119,900 1079249
1 bdrm,
1 bth camp in
Menominee Co
on 60 acres. Well,
septic, generator,
& borders State
land on 2 sides.
Cedar River
$89,500 1077994
2 Bdrm 1 Bth,
Once level.
5.2 acres,
Fed Land
across Road.
Full Bsmt,
high ceilings,
Walkout
2 Bdrm,
1 bth ranch.
325 Ft Escanaba River
frtg.Cozy
fireplace
and deck.
Gladstone.
$117,000 1081908
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3 Bdrm, 1
bth home. 80
Acres. 1/2
open, 1/2
wooded. Pond.
Completely
redone. All
new. Carney
$329,000 1080794
4 Bdrm,
3 bth waterfront
home. 3200 sq.
ft. log home.
Awesome.
Spotless.
Motivated seller!
Stonington.
$239,000 1081090
80 Acres
newer camp.
Well, septic,
and power.
Mature forest.
Established
trails. Appliances. Rock
$109,900 1082274
120 Acres
with Rustic
Camp.
Hardwood and
Cedar Forest.
Good Roads
Throughout.
Rock-Osier.
$179,000 1079705
3 Bdrm,
1 bth cottage.
Quaint Cottage. 110 Ft
on Big Bay
De Noc. Beautiful sunrises.
Nahma
$70,000 1080044
3 Bdrm,
1 bth cottage.
Quaint Cottage. 110 Ft on
Big Bay
De Noc. Beautiful sunrises.
Nahma
$59,000 1081212
2 Bdrm, 1.5 bth
single level home.
Cute, small, ready
to move into.
Walk-out bsmt.
5 Acres. Gar.
Workshop. Rapid
River
$99,900 1081420
$109,900 1081876
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LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER 9568 E. RIVERSIDE DRIVE IRONS Log

sided home on the famous Little Manistee River with 370 frontage and 2.5
acres. The home features over 2000 sq foot of living space plus the basement,
3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan with kitchen with hickory cabinets, dining
area, and large living room with a stone fireplace with an insert that you can use
gas or wood in it. There is also a full basement. $342,000 (VANS)
LOG HOME 2697 W JACKSON HART This fabulous custom built log
cabin sits on 4 acres of heaven. The serene setting offers panoramic views
of the gorgeous country side. 3 bedroom, 2 bath home features vaulted pine
ceilings/walls, hardwood flooring. $295,000 (MOO)
STRONACH CREEK 8181 W. 11 MILE ROAD IRONS This home is
located on 3 nicely There is a large formal dining area if you want or you can
sit around the kitchen island. A whole wall of sliders in the living room leads out
to the deck overlooking the creek. The large entryway between the 2 car
attached garage. A 24x32 pole barn and 2 sheds are just a few more things
this property has to offer. $215,000 (BUR)
SAUBLE RIVER ACREAGE 5639 E HASENBANK ROAD FREESOIL
Beautiful wooded acreage with well, septic and electric. Property has 265
frontage on the Sauble River some wet land and mixed woods with paths
leading to the river. Hunting blinds are already in place. Approximately 1341
road frontage on Hasenbank Rd. $125,000 (EDM)
LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER CABIN 8720 W RIVER ROAD IRONS
Fantastic cabin on the banks of the Little Manistee River! One bedroom with a
walk-thru room used as second bedroom and 1 baths. Home features knotty
pine interior and three season porch room on the riverside of the cabin. 1 car
garage. 150 of river frontage. Fisherman take note of the location just up from
Fox Bridge located on an ideal stretch on the Little River! $99,900 (STA)
LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER 4168 E 3 MILE ROAD LUTHER This cabin
is located on the Little. Most furnishing included! Ride right to the snowmobile,
ORV and motor cross trails! State Land just half a mile away. Fantastic getaway
place and close to lots of family fun. Trout fishing, deer hunting, cross country
skiing, canoeing. Sleeps 8 $57,900 (AND)
PINE RIVER FRONTAGE 5611 N KARLEY COURT LUTHER - Fish from
your own banks on 140 feet of Pine River frontage with State land just across
the river! This fully furnished mobile is move in ready, featuring two bedrooms,
one bath, an eat in kitchen, living room, air conditioning, and has a roof covering
it and the nice deck overlooking the river where you can sit and enjoy the
spectacular view while listening to the river flow by. $47,900 (TEP)
LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER ACCESS POMEROY SPRINGS IRONS
Come see this 12 acre parcel of prime hunting and fishing property in the very
desirable Pomeroy Springs area. Deeded access to the Little Manistee River.
The property consists of mixed woods, is level and would make a great building
site. $30,000 (MIL)
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Argyle Approximately 1/8 mile to one
entrance of the Minden City State Game
area. Completely remodeled home on 1.5
acres. Ideal Home for a hunters lodge.
Priced at $49,900 # 12766
Melvin Area, 28 acres on unimproved
county road. Wooded 10 acres, Framland
18 acres currently rented. Has been excellent deer and turkey hunting. # 12769
Melvin area, 21 acres on Brockway Road,
Currently farmed. Has been tiled. #12770
Hemans Area, 78 acres prime hunting
land. Two road frontages excellent wildlife
habitat. Excellent deer, turkey and possible grouse hunting. Land Contract to qualified buyer. #12774
Sandusky only minutes from town is where
you will find this 2 story home on 20 acres.
Woods wildlife pond and fields make this
the perfect place for the outdoors men
and ladies. #12753
Applegate/Sandusky 13.5 acres of hunting land that backs up to Elk Creek. 90%
wooded. With the sale of the 13.5 acres
there is the exclusive right to hunt on an
additional 160 acres. #12738
Lake Property/Iosco County Chain Lake,
50 ft. x 140 ft. #12713
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Pere Marquette
Riverfront Properties
This home offers 3 bedrooms, full, finished walkout basement, open floor plan with wood stove,
large windows and sliding glass door looking out
over the Middle Branch of the famous Pere Marquette river. MLS 14036689 $159,900
What an opportunity to own 13 m/l acres and

over 2900 of frontage on the Little South Branch
of the Pere Marquette River. Sitting in the middle
is a very nice 2 bedroom Chalet with a walkout
basement overlooking one of the best stretches of
gravel on this river. River also has a whirlpool in
front of the house, what a great fishing spot.
MLS #12036074 $199,000
Sitting on the bank of the Famous Pere Marquette River (Middle Branch) 864 Prime Feet.
This property has one of the nicest settings I have
seen. The trailer is older But the property and
setting is what you buy this for.
MLS #14021998 $89,900
This home is nicely settled on 8 M/L acres with
approximately 700' of the Baldwin river. Deck is
great and made out of log. Plenty of room to store
your stuff in the unfinished basement! Great
secluded location great for hunting or fishing, or
just enjoying a cocktail on the beautiful deck over
looking the Baldwin River!
MLS #13064637 $149,000
126 m/l acres of mature trees, rolling terrain, with
the Middle Branch of the Pere Marquette River
rolling thru the property, as if it was perfectly
placed there! This is a one of a kind property, and
a rare find! This gorgeous property includes a
nice home/cottage with 2 bedroom/1 bath, large
deck over looking this perfect piece of river frontage! MLS $14041280 $292,000
Steel Head in the spring, Salmon in the Fall. Big
South Branch of the famous Pere Marquette
River! Over 650 feet of it with 5.5 plus acres
sitting on the bend and level. Mobile home offers
2 bedrooms, woodstove, and absolutely great
views that can not be duplicated, sitting about 10
feet from the river's edge. MLS# 13014434
$59,900
Beautifully nestled on the Baldwin River, this
property is a must see! Large Hardwoods, overlooking this cute 2 bedroom cabin with 8 M/L
acres of rolling terrain with 330' M/L on the
infamous Baldwin River. MLS #13064422 $99,000
Middle Branch Pere Marquette River gated
community for privacy and seclusion and an
extra 80 M/L acres of woods to share with the
other 29 residence in Marquette Springs Plat
Beautiful 172' water front lot and 1984 single
wide very well maintained still looks like new
with new flooring and cabinets throughout.
MLS #14038506 $49,900
What a terrific Executive Riverfront Lodge with
over 600' frontage on the pristine South Branch
Pere Marquette river your own little island and
14.23 acres of privacy entered by a gated easement so no one can bother you Huge open floor
plan with a custom field stone fire place in between the kitchen and living room with huge
windows all looking right at the river only a short
distance away (grandfathered in you can't build
this close to the river anymore) and a formal
dinning room. MLS #14042153 $279,900
What a find! 80 Acres with Federal Land on 3
sides and the Sauble River flowing through the
middle. This is one of those parcels which are so
hard to find and in an area of big bucks, great
partridge, and a few bears. Fronts on a year
around county road. MLS #14012791 $109,500
120 E. Main, Edmore MI 48829

888-967-4140
330 Ft
Flat River
Frontage
CustomDesigned
Oak Kitchen
$186,500
UP NORTH HUNTING
Affordable 3B/1B up north hunting,

fishing and snowmobiling dream with
large barn! Well maintained home on
twenty wooded acres with over 194
acres of State land on the west border
and more State land across Healy Lake
Road. Bear Creek is within hiking distance. Manistee County. $137,700
MLS #1784320
HUNTING PARADISE
95+/- acres nestled in the heart

of the Manistee National Forest!
Enjoy amazing acres of rolling hardwoods,
level from blacktop road w/ many great
building sites. Large building to store all
your toys! Deer, black bear, bobcat, turkey & small game have been known to
pass through the property. The Pine River,
National Forest Snowmobile Trail Head,
Tippy Dam & so much more! Your basecamp for all that Northern Michigan has
to offer. $196,900 MLS #1784907
NORTHERN BASE CAMP ATTENTION
HUNTERS
This is your "base camp"

to enjoy Pure Michigan!
Must see to appreciate! ~30 acres
w/ 5000+sq.ft. of living space,
9B/4.5B all in 2 lodges. Features
include a tennis court, infrared
sauna, hot tub, 2 RV stations, hiking trails and much more! Could be
turn-key w/ the right offer & ready
for you to move in! $1,250,000
MLS #1789807
Listed at
$78,000
MLS
#1789474
Call Denise
30 acres in Benzie County! Easy to get to, just off
US 31, west on Demerly.
Great building area in
front of property to put
up a home or cottage.
Back property nice mixture of woods, pastures
and wetland for attracting the game.
Real Estate One Beulah/Frankfort
57 N. Michigan Beulah, Michigan 49616

Denise Clasen sold@deniseclasen.com 231-651-9349
Jon Zickert jon@jonzickert.com 231-631-1337
With over 330 ft. of picturesque, secluded Flat River Frontage, and full
length 3-Season enclosed porch, this 4 Bedroom custom built home on 3 +/acres is your prescription for relaxation and privacy. Home offers two private
king-sized suites (on both the main floor as well as the upstairs) and a remodeled kitchen (with stunning oak cabinets, quartz countertops and on-demand
hot water) that leads to an open cathedral dining area/living room. The finished basement includes a family room, two bedrooms, a full bath, and has its
own private entrance leading into the garage.. The home has a newly installed
premium Ever-Dry system in the basement, and comes with a full-house
generator. Shaded with a collection of oaks and red pine, this property has a
literal highway of deer runs, and boasts a menagerie of wildlife, and the lifestyle of peaceful river-front living.
Lane Leppink
REALTOR
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LOTS LOCATED IN THESSALON, ONTARIO 50 MILES EAST OF SAULT
STE. MARIE, ONTARIO ON HIGHWAY 17 EAST: Lighthouse Point serviced
with hydro, telephone, sewer, water, gas, cable on paved street. Airport,
marina and hospital in area. No time limit for building. Waterfront lots 100
478 frontage, waterview lots 80 frontage. Prices from $25,000.00 and
up.
REILLY NORTH PROPERTY: 80 acre parcel with beaver pond, hardwood and softwood mixed forestland 30 minutes from International Bridge.
Priced to sell at $26,900.00.
MACDONALD PROPERTY: Reduced for quick sale - Private hunting lodge
with 759 acres of rugged forestland. Property comes with five (5) deeds
therefore; six (6) bear and six (6) moose tags are available. The lodge is 24
X 36. There is also a twenty +- acre lake and a beaver pond on this recreational WONDERLAND. This property is being sacrificed for $299,000.00.
Dont be shy, make an offer.
EXECUTIVE WATER FRONT HOME FOR SALE: This four bedroom home
is situated less than 30 miles from the US/Canadian border in a private
country setting, in a quiet bay. The lot is 200x750. Lots on either side also
available. This property has unequaled sunsets facing southwest with deep
water for pleasure craft boating on Lake Huron in the North Channel.
$899,900.00.
TWO 10 ACRE SAND BEACH LOTS (these lots have it all): 60 miles east
of Sault Ste. Marie each lot has 300 frontage on Bright Lake near highway 17
East (lake area approx. 24 square miles), year round access with power to
property. This inland lake has perch, bass, walleye and northern pike. Priced
to sell at $124,900.00 (lot #2) and $139,900.00 (lot #3).
REILLY SOUTH PROPERTY: 80 acre parcel with beaver pond, hardwood and softwood mixed forestland 30 minutes from International Bridge.
Priced to sell at $21,900.00.
PRINCE PROPERTY: 287 acres of hardwood and softwood forest with a
creek flowing through the property. Year round access. This property comes
with a wind mill that generates approximately $5,500.00 dollars per year.
There are deer, bear, as well as small game on the property and it is located
30 minutes from the International Bridge. Asking price is $94,900.00 OBO.
FINN'S BAY PROPERTY: Two Waterfront Lots on Lake Huron's North
Channel 141' X 600' $129,900.00 and 150' X 600' $134,900.00, year
round access, deep water for boating and fishing, 25 minutes east of Sault
Ste. Marie, Ontario. Financing available. (705) 248-2002
WATERFALLS PROPERTY: 160 acre parcel 45 min from International
Bridge. Waterfalls & river running across property. Rugged, well treed, hunting, and recreational property with government land on 3 sides. Only 1.5
miles off a year round maintained road. This won't be on the market for long
so act now. Dont delay, asking $69,900.00 as is or make an offer.
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COUNTRY HOMES
HOME ON 15 ACRES HISTORIC 5BED/1.75 BATH HOME UNIQUE PROPERTY
Features 3 bedrooms, 1.5

baths, main floor laundry.
Detached 1.5 car garage
and storage barn. Half
wooded. $80,000 #290737
With loads of original wood

details. Several old style
barns and small pond.
All on 48 acres. $149,900
#289899
209 acres with 10 acre spring fed lake.

Home is 3 bed/3.5 baths and numerous
outbuildings. Property is rolling hills
wooded with mature oaks. Will sell with
less land. $387,000 #285422
WATER FRONTAGE
REDUCED 75 FRONTAGE COMPLETELY UPDATED 209 SANDY FRONTAGE
VACANT
LAND
3.7 ACRES adjoining state land.
All wooded. Secluded. Land contract. $8,952 #281290
5.7 ACRES near Pigeon River
state forest. Terms available.
$16273 #257296
14.38 ACRES centrally located
for ATV riding, hiking, Elk viewing. Land contract. $33,231
#257301
20 ACRES w/2 ponds, driveway,

excellent bldg site set back from
road. Land contract $45,000
#283136
30 ACRES with trail, clearings, near Black Mtn Rec Area.

$52,173 #283942
40 ACRES Reduced All
wooded, excellent hunting,
state land across road. $38,000
#278195
On quiet lake. Cottage is 2

bedroom, open floor plan.
Large double storage shed.
On 7 acres on dead end private road. $109,000 #290138
Year around cabin with

3 bed/1.5 bath, fireplace
Gentle slope to lake with
sandy frontage. $139,000
# 290137
1400 sq ft cabin has 3 bedrooms, three baths, fireplace. Great lakes views.
1.5 car detached garage.
$155,000 # 291469
GORGEOUS SUNSET VIEWS
REDUCED
FAMILY COMPOUND
40 ACRES all wooded & w/I 5

miles of Black Mtn Red Area &
Hammond Bay. Hunting includes
small game & deer. $45,000
#287405
40 ACRES New Listing- set

back from county road, at the
edge of farm country. $52,000
#292388
40 ACRES New Listing set

back from county road. Good
hunting. Very private. $55,000
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath

home has full finished
walkout basement. Detached 2.5 car garage.
$159,900 #289066
Spacious 4 bedroom on scenic

& private lake. Ideal for entertaining w/open floor plan. Extra
sleeping area above the 2+ car
garage. $163,000 #290171
With sandy frontage. Two

homes, 1st is 3bdr, 1 bath,
fireplace, lg deck. 2nd home
is 4 bdr, & half bath, 2 fireplaces. $299,000 #290161
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40 ACRES all wooded w/mature

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40 ACRES excellent wildlife habitat. Mature trees. Bldg/camping
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308 E. 5th Street Clare, MI 48617
OF CLARE
MANCHESTER MICHIGAN
MONTGOMERY MICHIGAN
PITTSFORD MICHIGAN
Located in the Scenic Foothills of the Irish

Hills Area. Beautiful views, ponds, tillable
acres, woods for hunting plus a lovely home
and lots of barns, including a complete
milking parlor. House with nice built-ins, full
walkout basement, and 4 seasons room
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It would be hard to find a home on 94 acres with such

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and paths for the kids and grandchildren Kitchen appliances to remain with the home. As a bonus there is
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North 42 acres are in The Wetlands Reserve Program.
Fantastic property for the outdoors type

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#14030489 $1,034,000
#14032127 $349,500
#14045128 $249,900
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In Clare-70+/- A w/large home and several barns/outbuildings. Rumored to have once been owned by a member of the
infamous Purple Gang. Lots of possibilities from development
to entertainment venues. Call office for more details.
Harrison-62 A parcel w/6000river frontage on Muskegon
River. Canoe, camp, hunt! You can do it all on this beautiful
piece of property. L/C terms available. Great Price-$149,900!
Farwell-79 A wooded and open hunting property w/clean, well
maintained 2 BR house & polebarn. Close to Clare on paved
road. Great recreational/hunting area $185,000.
Lake-PRICE REDUCED! 255 A prime piece of recreational/
agricultural property. Includes 2 homes and many barns/out-
buildings. Many possible uses, Call office for details.

Clare-40 A farm with stone farmhouse, 2 smaller homes and
several barns/outbuildings. Lots of possibilities for hobby farming or other uses. Call today!
295 A hunting land, Osceola Co. New Survey. Several blinds
included. $1278/Acre.
Harrison area: 40 A hunt club with cabin. Quality deer mgt;
trails throughout. Only $119,900!
Clare-SALE SOLD! 79 A parcel Sheridan Twp. Close to US
10 X-way. $134,900
Many smaller, affordable Up North getaways; some adjacent to state land for hunting.
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North Missaukee MLS# 21113797 $294,900 Lake City MLS# 21113680 $32,900
3 Bedroom 2 Bath house w/ 2 Ponds 156 Wooded Acres adjoining state land Fireplace, 3 Season carpeted Porch Surveyed &
boundaries are marked Laundry Room, Open layout
Whitetail Realty,
75 Acres w/mix of trees, open & wet Mosquito Creek

wanders thru property Includes 30 x 40 Pole Barn
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Lake City MLS# 21113038 $31,000
45 mostly
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Mosquito Creek
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N Missaukee MLS# 21113299 $189,900 Lake City Area MLS# 21111488 $139,900
130 acres w/ well & septic installed

Mix of terrain and tress through out
Adjoins state land, good hunting
Lake City Area MLS# 21113692 $103,500
Manton Area MLS# 21112122 $399,000
199 Diverse acres on a blacktop road Mix of Hardwoods,

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a Creek Pole Building that is used for Rustic hunting Qtrs.
McBain Area MLS# 21112425 $39,900 Kalkaska County MLS# 21112749 $27,000
Lake City, MI
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$25,900
12+ acres on deeded access
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21109684
$14,900
5 acre parcel near
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Heavily Wooded 10 Acres Well cared for

30 travel trailer Two Track access off
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Merritt Area
MLS# 21113858
$229,000
160 Acres of recreational property
2 Bedroom 1 Bath mobile home
PRICE REDUCED
Variety of terrain & trees
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Storage Building,
Great hunting area
Rustic Cabin used for hunting

11 Acres for recreational use Property borders
state land Also close to Clam River
E Missaukee
MLS# 21112454
$69,900
Remodeled 2 Bedroom Cabin
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Large deck, near dead
stream swamp
18 acres good hunting area
N Missaukee
MLS# 21112697
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