Michigan Articles

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted 4-2 for the change, which it says is to prevent “orphaned” coyotes and enhance their survival.

Wildlife officials say bruins are moving around, but food and habitat for hibernation will be critical to establish new territories.

A whitetail doe in Lansing, Michigan, is live trapped and then saved — from a stuck Halloween bucket.

Public asked to weigh-in on the future of the gray wolf in the Wolverine State.

Self-filming whitetail hunts isn’t easy, especially on a dead-calm morning with a big 5x5 spitting distance close.

After extensive searching for an arrow-hit whitetail, a hunter and his buddies use a drone — legally — to find the buck in a thick swamp.

Central Michigan isn’t known as a hotbed for big bucks, but the host of MAD Forager encounters a mature whitetail on public land, and it’s worth checking out.

In the latest installment of our game warden chronicles series, game wardens in New York got right to the point with a group of men using spears on salmon.

What started as the retrieval of a dead coyote suddenly shifted into a life and death struggle between two predators.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is using acoustic telemetry to track fish movements in the Great Lakes.

In the latest game warden chronicles, Oregon officials charged three men with dozens of violations that could have a total penalty of more than $162,000.

In the latest Game Warden Chronicles, a Chinese national was arrested for smuggling turtles out of the United States after a multi-year investigation by federal authorities.

The family that hunts together, stays together, right? Not necessarily.

A bull elk was shot and left to rot in the Pigeon River State Forest, and the Michigan DNR is looking for help from the public to help nab the poacher.

In the latest game warden chronicles, two brothers were cited for killing trumpeter swans on the opening day of Michigan's waterfowl season.

The latest game warden chronicles involve a lifetime suspension due to poaching, anglers busted for too many fish and an alligator in a bathtub.

In the latest game warden chronicles, a Michigan man claims the bait he put out was for deer and not turkeys so it was OK for him to kill a turkey.

In the latest of game warden chronicles from around the United States, a conservation officer is shocked at what one turkey poacher does on a road.

Three anglers stopped by Michigan Department of Natural Resources had 80 walleye in possession — 65 more than the Detroit River daily limit of five per person.

A proposal by the U.S. Department of Interior to delist gray wolves from endangered species protection is drawing mixed reactions.

Twin brothers Benjamin and Steven Schrouder pleaded guilty to poaching walleyes from Michigan’s Detroit River.

Believe it or not, the recent fishing season for sturgeon on one Michigan lake lasted exactly 78 minutes.

Over-baiting, and a violation of Michigan's antler point restrictions, led an accused hunter to throw his wife under the proverbial bus. She wants deer meat, he claimed.

Michigan government agencies will meet with sporting clubs, farmers and hunters in December to discuss what to do about bear management.

Dead waterfowl in Michigan have tested for botulism, which occurs by ingesting a naturally occurring toxin produced by bacteria in sediments.

Coyote hunting is now allowed year-round in Michigan. It previously was prohibited for two months during the summer.

The stand-alone taxidermy class is being offered for the first time this year and has proved to be quite popular among students. The course has 60 students enrolled in two sections, and a few students had to be turned away.

People with special permits would be allowed to bring concealed firearms inside schools and other “gun-free'' areas under legislation advanced by a Senate committee.

Like your typical great-grandmother, Karen Kuch enjoys doing crossword puzzles, reading books and baking. Oh, and the occasional black bear hunt!

A hunter who said he was attacked by a black bear in Michigan's Clare County has scratches on a forearm but no serious injuries and believes the animal was just being nosy.