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Fishing hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day of
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on Wednesday, Feb. 10, or when one of the above
scenarios is met, at which point anglers will be notified on the ice by DNR personnel that they must
immediately stop fishing for lake sturgeon.
"Anglers 17 years of age or older must possess
a valid Michigan fishing license. In addition, all
anglers must possess a lake sturgeon tag, available
for free from all license vendors. Anglers must
have both of these prior to registering for the Black
Lake sturgeon season.
"Anglers need to register only once for the
entire season. An early registration will be held at
the DNR Onaway Field Station from 2 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 5. This station is located approximately 5 miles north of Onaway on Route 211. Anglers
can pick up their fishing identification flags at this
time and learn more about season logistics and
lake sturgeon populations from the DNR.
"Anglers are highly encouraged to register
Friday, Feb. 5. Those unable to do so may register
each remaining day of the season at the registration
trailer at Zolner Road, which dead-ends into Black
Lake. Morning registration begins at 7 a.m. each
day.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been collecting records for individual
deer since 1987 although it has been recording
deer data for more than 50 years and near the
end of 2015, the DNR added its 1 millionth deer
record to this database.
Michigan hunters have the opportunity to
voluntarily bring their harvested deer to DNR
deer check stations throughout the deer hunting
season and receive a prized deer hunter cooperator patch. The data collected through this process
includes age, sex and location of the deer harvested.
"Checking one million deer in this time
frame shows the department's commitment to
collecting data from our deer herd to support
science-based management, but also shows the
level of cooperation by our hunters throughout
the years," said Chad Stewart, DNR deer management specialist.
Biologists analyze the data collected at deer
check stations to understand how Michigan's
HUNTING
COVER STORY
A MICHIGAN GIANT
My plan came together
Gary Gillett page 8
COVER STORY
My Trophy Buck
Tedi Belisle page 10
Hunting Black Demons
Kenny Darwin page 12
Guest Column
DOUBLE DROP
Michael Postema page 14
Guest Column
My 'buck of a lifetime'
was nearly lost
to another hunter!
Brandi Zoll page 20
Planning a turkey
hunting road trip
Darryl Quidort page 26
Another big UP bear
Richard P. Smith page 61
Time to think
about food plots
Ed Spinazzola page 76
Crossbow effectiveness
John Ozoga page 84
FISHING
Snow Bird Crappies
Mark Romanack page 16
Wakeup Call
For Ice Fishing
Mark Martin page 18
COVER STORIES
Monster Walleyes
Kenny Darwin page 32
Gary Gillett page 8
Tedi Belisle page 10
Adam Walter page 4
Midge flies to
Bloodworms to Panfish
Robert Dock Stupp page 30
Monster Gators
walleyes on set-lines
Kenny Darwin page 32
The Next Bite...
Ice jigging - you're the QB
Gary Parsons/Keith Kavajecz
page 34
Fisherman's Digest...
Curtis & Manistique Lakes
four seasons of fishing fun
John Bergsma page 36
General Ice
Safety Guidelines
Mark Sak page 54
Icing Great Lakes
walleyes by foot
Michael Veine page 64
Texas-Rigging
New twists on a classic
Buck Mallory page 82
Inland lake trout lakes
Bill Ziegler page 86
FEATURE
Pileated Woodpecker:
Michigan's forest
bird extraordinaire
Jonathan Schechter page 53
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back at Lansing Center
Richard P. Smith page 38
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MDNR news briefs,
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page 66
Hunt of a lifetime...
Newfoundland Moose
Randy Jorgensen page 28
Poachers Busted
Jeff Pendergraff page 72
UP outdoorsman and
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DNR CO
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page 75
Wildlife in winter
George Rowe page 48
PERSPECTIVE
Michigan Meanders...
Requiem for a Michigan
Pheasant Hunter
Tom Huggler page 39
John Eberhart...page 46
Good for grouse,
good for grouser
Tom Carney page 42
A birthday of
fishing and giving
Roger Beukema page 44
OPINIONS
Town Hall Meeting...
End buck poaching now
Tom Antor page 72
Gun Control: Time to
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Tom Carney page 73
Boat Smart...
Tales from the fresh
water seas; Kathleen
Capt. Fred Davis page 55
GUNS/AMMO
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Lee Arten page 57
Donning new
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Dave Mull page 71
Hairy Antler...
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Ron St. Germain page 83
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spooking him. Both encounters in October were short and bitter sweet. He
walked through the corn making all
kinds of noise, hence his name Dozer.
Both times he came in right about
dark and walked the corn to where the
headlands meet the main rows. I could
not get a shot.
On Nov. 2 after adjusting to his
evening pattern, I got out of work at
4:30 and quickly set up a stand in a
new location trying to better pin point
his exit from the standing corn. I
used a walking trail to access the spot
n Sept. 30 I had a trail cam
which was a hedgerow that connected
photo of a buck I had only
to the trees bordering the walking
seen once before the year
trail, splitting the cornfield in half. I
prior from the road. It was
on a property near my home, set up on the downwind side of the
which I did not have permis- intersection, and stayed about eight
sion to hunt until September of 2015. yards off of the field edge as not to be
At the end of summer the land owner silhouetted against an open sky. Once
setup I heard something coming down
approached me asking if Id like to
the walking trail, it was just the land
hunt back on his land. I expected
owner was out for a walk and walked
some sort of lease option but it was
within 20 yards of my tree. I felt I was
not presented that way at all. I was
given permission for myself, my wife, defeated but decided to stay put as my
target buck didnt usually move until
a good friend, and my dad. Being
close to home I knew enough to setup close to dark.
Not long after the land owner disa camera. When I got the first picture
appeared out of sight I heard a deer. It
of this buck, nicknamed, Dozer. I
was a small doe on her nightly feeding
knew he was a shooter but the true
magnitude of this buck was not shown route. I passed her and she went about
her business moving out of sight.
in a side view photo.
I hunted him three times in Octo- About 15 minutes later I heard a
heavy hoofed deer approaching on the
ber, two times he came in but it was
other side of the hedgerow that split
close to dark. Dozers core area was
the cornfield. I got one glimpse of
two trees with weeds around them
the buck and knew it was Dozer. He
in the center of cornfield. One of the
was walking the hedgerow and had
two trees was an oak tree but it did
passed me heading down the opposite
not yield acorns this year otherwise
side. I quickly grabbed my trusty Rod
I would have set it up with a stand
for an evening hunt. Learning that he Benson grunt call and made two quick
grunts and heard him stop walking.
was bedding there I decided to hunt
one hedgerow away rather than trying After a few seconds of silence he let
out a soft grunt. I replied, and I heard
to enter the bedding area potentially
Gary Gilletts giant buck green scored 174 2/8 and was aged at 4.5 years old.
him thrashing in the hedgerow. It
was really thick between us, I didnt
even realize I had already turned him
around.
I turned my head away from him
and let out a loud vocal bleat. He let
out a loud grunt and busted through
the hedgerow so I repeated with a
second bleat. Dozer was at 20 yards
quartering hard towards me, by this
time I had my bow in hand. He let
out two of the loudest grunts Ive
ever heard, they were growls actually,
so loud I could hear them echoing
through the woods behind me. One
softer vocal bleat and he was broadside at 14 yards. I drew and settled in
just behind his shoulder and released.
I watched my nock disappear behind
his shoulder and he bolted into the
corn running between two rows. I then
heard him crossing rows and at that
point he either had crashed or got to
the edge of the hedgerow and continued running where I wouldnt have
heard him.
I sat there replaying everything
staring at my nock glowing on the
ground and after about 20 minutes
I climbed down and retrieved my
arrow. The arrow looked good and
didnt have a foul smell so I marked
the spot and backed out quietly. When
I got home I told my wife (who had
just returned from hunting a different spot), called my dad, and my best
friends Wade and Nathan. We met at
my house, gathered up lights, lanterns,
and camera equipment. When we got
back to the location where I shot, we
didnt see much blood where I hit
him and there was a 20 yard clearing
in the corner of the field where the
corn didnt grow. I counted the rows
when I watched him disappear down
the row so we walked over to that
spot and there was a blood trail of all
blood trails covering two rows of corn
in both directions. We went about 50
yards until it was obvious that he cut
across the rows toward the hedgerow.
MY TROPHY BUCK
I am slightly obsessed with
the big bucks, continuously
scouting and dreaming
of them, as many hunters
do. This was such an awesome occurrence I wish
everyone could have an
experience like it...
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Twenty-nine year old Tedi Belisle with her trophy book 11-point buck with great mass
taken with a crossbow in late Decdember. Photos provided
be honest, I saw a mass of antlers
through my binoculars, and upon
doing so I immediately texted my
step-dad, OMG OMG OMG! I
knew he was big but I wouldnt let
myself look at the antlers.
I took my safety off immediately, and watched as he slowly,
head down, strolled my way. No
hesitation in him, he was coming at me. I wasnt super nervous,
more anxious that I let this play
out and was patient. Once he
finally got within 30 yards, he
was straight on. I had my sights
through my Tenpoint crossbow on
him and waited. It was the longest
minute ever. I wanted him to turn
perfectly broadside, and he never
did. Once he quartered I looked
up, at that point I knew he was on
to me, and took the shot, before he
could bolt.
He was hit, but managed to
get back into the woods. My heart
sank a little, because he headed
into the thick stuff and without a
good blood trail, its so hard to
find the deer. I flagged my stepdad and we went to where the shot
was. I had hit him, and there was
a good amount of blood and hair
at the sight. The bolt had broken
though. We figured itd be best to
wait.
We headed back out around
9:30 p.m. to pick up his trail.
And to my surprise we had a very
consistent blood trail. We followed
it, without any stopping for about
a 1/4 mile in. We felt we were
pushing him and it would be best
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Hunting
BLACK
DEMONS
I
Slow camera shutter speed used in low light conditions captures Lansing area crows in a large rookery. Note black
streaks in sky which are fast flying incoming crows diving for a resting spot. Author photos
regarding the link between crows and spiritual life
when my neighbor Ron Valutis, a spiritual leader
in the community, passed away and from out of the
blue a large raven-like crow appeared on his roof.
The bird perched on his rooftop calling loudly at
anyone walking past, as if to announce the passing
of my friend. He stayed perched on the roof for
several days but eventually disappeared,
never to be seen again. I think the crow
appeared to announce Rons spiritual journey into the afterlife.
Ill never forget a winter hunt in
the Midland County City dump when a
large crow circled overhead. This bird
was huge, raven-like and it seemed to
be looking at me and my hunting friend,
Lenny Henderson. Eventually the
black bird landed in a lone tree
less than 100 yards from our hide
and I found him in the scope of
my Winchester.264 rifle. I had a solid rest, put the
cross hair on his chest, controlled breathing and
squeezed the trigger. The roar of the rifle got my attention but the large crow remained perched on the
branch. It didnt fly away from the blast of the high
powered rifle and looked at me like it had an invincible attitude. I racked a second round, settled the
accurate rifle on the target but just as I was about to
shoot the bird disappeared. I didnt see it fly away
and my friend asked Where did it go? There was
no flapping of wings, no distant call. So, I walked
to the tree thinking the crow simply fell from the
rifle shot. There was nothing in the snow. Later we
tested the accuracy of the rifle and it dusted crows
at 100 and 200 yards. Was the bird in question really a spirit, a figure of our imagination?
Both crows and ravens have appeared in a
number of mythologies throughout the ages. These
black feathered birds are considered an omen of
death, bad tidings or a message from the Divine.
Welsh myth indicates ravens are harbingers of death
and witches or sorcerers were believed to have the
ability to transform into ravens. For ancient Greeks
the crow was a symbol of Apollo in his role as god
of prophecy. Native Americans view the crow as
a trickster, much like coyotes. Some tribes see the
crow as the symbol of transformation or stealer of
the soul while others give crows credit for cre-
By Kenny Darwin
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Author places his favorite hand-made crow decoy in the open and prepares to use his
Western Rivers game call to entice crows into Benelli shotgun range. Most shooters
like #6 shells but the author uses leftover #4 steel shot duck loads to drop crows at
close and far ranges.
call, operates on 4 AA batteries and
sells for about $27. GHG sells a fully
flocked 18 decoy with back hanging
knob for trees and motion field stake
that sells for $20. Dont overlook the
Feather Flex 6-pack lightweight decoys that are flexible, fold up and can
be placed in trees, on ground or fence
posts. One slick trick is to use an
owl decoy along with crow decoys to
mimic a fight and lure wild birds into
easy shotgun range. Back in the day
I picked up a mounted great horned
owl at a yard sale and used it with
great success. Unfortunately, diving
crows beat hell out of the feathered
decoy and I found out it is a federal
crime to possess a mounted owl or
hawk, so I tossed it in the trash.
There are a number of owl decoys
made of plastic that will bring crows
like their tail feathers are on fire.
If I had just one month for crow
hunting it would be early February
through early March. Sometimes I
slip into Michigans winter wonderland with .22 magnum in hand along
with hand crow call and decoy. My
goal is to travel across the countryside, scout for deer and coyote and
maybe attract a crow. Often I hear
them first, then see them gliding in
the southern Michigan breeze looking
for food when I set up my favorite
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fish of choice for a variety of reasons. All across the southern United
States crappie are abundant and easily
caught. Crappie are outstanding on the
table and other anglers are more than
willing to share their fishing spots and
tactics.
I describe crappie as the food
fish of the south. Not unlike
the way northern folks view
walleye, the black and white
crappie are what countless
southern fish fries are all
about.
When anglers up north
want fish to eat they seek out
walleye. When southern fishermen want fish on
the table, they target
crappie. Interestingly enough, many
of the tactics used to catch walleye in
the north, are also deadly on southern
crappie.
Because the gear and tactics
anglers use to catch crappie closely
parallel those trusted by walleye fishermen, it wasnt a long leap of faith to
head south and try my hand at something new.
By Mark Romanack
Traditional Open
Water Trolling
Bruce DeShano of Pigeon, Michigan is a Snow Bird who loves to target both black and white
crappie in open water. This shot from Lake of the Ozarks is typical of the action anglers can
expect when they troll for crappie south of the Mason Dixon Line. Author photos
south have used a series of progressively longer and very soft action rods
to spread out their lines. Often called
spider rigging or long-lining this
common trolling tactic enables anglers
to fish with three or four rods per side
of the boat.
Anglers in the south primarily
spider rig using small jigs tipped
with minnows, jigs tipped with soft
plastics, shad profiled crankbaits and
in-line spinners. All of these lures are
fished suspended in the water column
where crappie spend a significant
amount of their time.
The first time I went spider rigging, I started thinking how planer
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Now that Ive spent a couple winters playing with open water crappie trolling, pieces of the
puzzle are starting to fall into place. Crappie, especially those fish that are feeding in open water are
very susceptible to baitfish movements. A spot that
is red hot one day can be fish-less the next.
Not unlike targeting open water walleye, anglers must be constantly on the move hunting not
only for fish, but also for the schools of shad that
these fish depend upon.
Another lesson learned is that crappie are hyper
sensitive to changes in weather. When a cold front
blows in, open water trolling success quickly suffers and anglers in the know switch gears and seek
out crappie in more traditional locations like flood-
When It Happens
Getting Started
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Deep Thoughts
Shallow Thoughts
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Change Is Good
This pike nailed a jig that was being pounded on the bottom by the author, Mark Martin
jigging in shallow water, and heavier
ones that will fall to the lakes floor
fast when fishing deep. And dont be
afraid to change things up every 30
minutes or so until your offering gets
noticed.
Mark Martin is a touring walleye
tournament pro during the open-water
season, and an instructor with the
Ice-Fishing Vacation/Schools offered
throughout the Midwest in winter. For
more information on Marks career, as
well links to webpages for the items
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Brandi Zoll is thankful to her husband, her friend, J.J., and the three DNR officers for their time and thoroughness on assisting her
in recovering her first buck -- a dandy record book buck!
husband to let him know I was not
going to make it for breakfast, but that
instead I would meet him at home so
we could track a buck.
My husband started questioning
me; where I shot the buck, when, what
time it was, how far out, how many
points, where it went and I said we
will talk about all the details after we
meet. I sat in the stand replaying the
shot, and trying to think what direction I thought the crashing sounds
went. I waited about 20 minutes to
make sure I didnt push the buck,
climbed out of my stand, and took a
path that was in the opposite direction
of where the buck ran.
I met up with my husband and I
could not talk fast enough for him as
he was excited. We drove back out, a
friend of ours, J.J., met us at the fieldline. We drove our truck to the back
of the field where the woods meet. We
were able to find blood and part of my
bolt at the edge of the woods where he
ran into the woods.
While tracking the blood trail
roughly 10 yards in, we came across
another hunter in the woods which
surprised us as we hunt private
property. He asked us what we were
doing in the woods and we said we
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Buck of a lifetime:
from page 20
22
Add-a-Lines
for
By Mark Romanack
ne of the nice things about living and fishing in Michigan is we can use three lines
per person. When trolling having these
extra lines in the water is a huge advantage
not only in finding fish, but also in catching
them. I honestly feel sorry for our fishing
neighbors like those living in Ontario and Minnesota who are only allowed to fish one line per angler.
If I was limited to only trolling with one line, I
think my first reaction might be to shoot myself. A
second and better option would be to embrace the
concept of the Add-a-Line.
For those who dont know what an Add-a-Line
is, most states (even those with one line trolling
rules) allow anglers to fish two lures on rod/reel
set up effectively doubling down on the ability to
target and catch fish. Fishing two lures on one rod is
something that is commonly witnessed with trolling presentations like downriggers, but beyond that
not many anglers understand how they can double
Doubling down with Add-a-Line rigs is a great way to catch everything from kings like this to walleye. Author photos
The lure attached to the terminal end of the line
is let back the desired distance, that line is placed
into the downrigger line release and the downrigFishing two lures on one downrigger line can be ger weight lowered about 10 to 15 feet. The slider
accomplished two ways. The most common method is then added by putting a favorite lure such as a
is known as a slider and consists of a six foot
spoon or stickbait on the snap swivel and then clipleader that has a heavy duty snap on one end and a
ball bearing swivel on the other.
Add-a-Line for trolling page 24
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The double down Add-a-Line set up can be fished as a flat line straight
out the back of the boat or fished in combination with planer boards to
stack multiple lines per side of the boat. Either way this rather ingenious
set up doubles the chances of contacting fish.
Add-a-Line
from page 23
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Michigan has excellent hunting for Eastern wild turkeys. The author is happy
with this nice one taken during the spring season. Author photos
The Eastern wild turkey is the most
widely distributed and most abundant.
They are found in 38 states. Basically,
theyre found in every state in the eastern half of the continental U.S. Easterns are big, strong birds with adult
gobblers weighing up to 30 pounds.
The tail fan and rump feathers display
chestnut-brown feather tips and the
white tips on the rump and tail feathers really set them off. A strutting
Merriams gobbler is a sight worth
traveling out of state to witness. Since
they are found mostly in the mountainous regions of the western states,
the places they inhabit are just as
pretty as the birds themselves. Spring
seasons are open in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. All
have beautiful scenery, good numbers
of birds in select areas, and plenty of
huntable public ground. Slightly closer
to home, the western end of Nebraska
and the Black Hills of South Dakota
hold Merriams turkeys as well.
The Osceola species may be the
hardest one to collect to complete the
grand slam of turkeys. Osceolas are
considered to be harder to call than the
others, and the license fee is higher
for this species too. The main problem
with hunting Osceolas, however, is
that they are found in only one state,
Florida. They are a long, lean bird,
a little smaller than the other species. With mostly black wings and
a dark tail fan, they appear to be a
swamp bird. Florida does have several
Wildlife Management Areas for public
hunting, but the mixture of swamps
and dense cover is tough hunting. To
hunt Osceolas in Florida youll need to
start the process early, because the license application period for the spring
season closes early. The season opens
in March though, so you can turkey
Mike and Lisa Yancey are all smiles with their Merriams turkeys taken on a
do-it-yourself hunt in Wyoming.
hunt while the family is on spring
break at Disney World.
Many out of state turkey road trips
can be done on a budget. By camping, or using off the beaten path
type motels, accommodations can be
reasonable. A hundred dollar bill will
pretty well cover most nonresident
turkey license fees. By hunting public
ground on your own you can enjoy
pursuing a new species of turkey without having to take out a loan to finance
the trip.
Start now to plan a turkey hunting
road trip for this coming spring.
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Hunt OF A Lifetime...
Newfoundland MOOSE
Lavern Dean, (left) and guide make final loading arrangements to the float plane on a inland mountain lake in
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Newfoundland is
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at 2:00 p.m. and children 11 and
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are available to develop and test your
shooting skills as well as those of
your kids.
A Shoot Like A Girl virtual range
is where girls and ladies can get
private instruction on shooting bows
and firearms. Theres also a bowfishing tryout range, youth archery
range, Jakes Take Aim airgun range
and hoverball shooting range. Some
exhibitors have targets set up, too,
where you can shoot their latest
bows.
A display of live animals will be
at the show, too. The critters include
game animals and predators. The
always popular Byron Ferguson will
be on hand to fascinate everyone
with his trick shooting demonstration using a long bow. On top of that,
theres a wild mushroom hunting
information center, chainsaw carving
and a trail camera photo display. And
Josh Thompson will be putting on a
country music concert from 7-8 p.m.
on Saturday evening thats open to all
expo attendees.
More things to add to the list include a new products area, primitive
weapons and tools display, traditional
black powder hunting display and
door prize drawings.
The show opens at 9 a.m. on both
Saturday and Sunday and goes until
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UP outdoorsman
and inventor
Webster Marble
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goods were even used on Teddy Roosevelts hunting trips, Robert Pearys
expeditions and Charles Lindberghs
flights.
Marbles lifes work and his
companys impact more than 60
gadgets.
patents and hundreds of innovative
For these modern hunters, its
outdoor products would be notable
likely hard to imagine a time when
in and of themselves, said Dennis
outdoor gear meant simple survival
Pace, Michigan History Foundation
necessities like a reliable compass, a
board member and guest curator for
well-designed knife, a safety axe or a the Marble exhibit. It becomes even
waterproof matchbox.
more important when viewed through
The Michigan Historical Museum the lens of changing attitudes toward
in Lansing invites visitors on a trip
the outdoors during this historic peback to that time with its new exhibit, riod as America shifted from a rural to
Inventing the
an urban sociOutdoors a
ety.
look at an Upper
Many of the
Peninsula invenexhibits artitor and the many
facts come from
outdoor products
a collection of
he imagined,
Marbles prodperfected and
ucts and materimanufactured
als that Pace
right here in
donated to the
Michigan.
museum.
Webster LanMarble
sing Marble was
built a company,
a surveyor and
a company with
timber cruiser
global reach
who had spent
and impact,
20 years workfrom Gladstone,
ing in Michigan
Michigan. He
forests. Feeling
did this with
the equipment
local, rather
available at the
than imported,
time (in the late
talent, Pace
19th century)
said. He firmly
didnt meet his
believed that
needs, Marble
men and women
began to experiwho were active
ment with ways Webster Lansing Marble was born in Milwaukee in hunters, anglers
1854. He followed in his fathers footsteps in his and campers
to make imlove for the outdoors, becoming an expert trapper, themselves,
provements.
hunter and angler. His outdoors products have
He started
been appreciated for generations. Marble died in were best suited
manufacturing September of 1930.
to produce the
outdoor tools
finest products
in a workin the world.
shop behind his home in Gladstone,
Indeed, this proved to be the case.
Michigan, and by 1898 Marble had
Marbles designs for products
designed, prototyped and patented his including knives, compasses, matchfirst idea, the Safety Axe.
boxes, axes and gun sights set the
Over the next 30 years, Marble
standard for the 20th-century outdoor
stayed hard at work, inventing new
goods market and still are influential
products and expanding his business, today.
the Marble Arms and Manufacturing
Inventing the Outdoors features
Co.
a variety of these items, including
Before long, his Michigan-made
Marbles safety folding axes, many
products were known around the
models of hunting knives, automatic
world, outfitting millions of hunters,
fish gaffs and more.
anglers, campers and hikers. Marbles
The artifacts that invariably
The Michigan Historical Center is part of the Department of Natural Resources. Its museum
and archival programs help people discover, enjoy and find inspiration in their heritage and is
located in downtown Lansing. MDNR photos
draw the longest looks from visitors
are Marbles Game Getter guns, Pace
said. These were over/under .22/44
ball (or 410 shell) pistols with folding stocks that incorporated a host of
unique features into a light, packable
weapon that was useful in the field as
a small-game gun, a waterfowl gun or
a large-game gun.
Pace said unfortunately these guns
were deemed illegal by the Federal
Firearms Act of 1935 and quickly
faded into obscurity.
They remain beautiful and practical sporting guns that incorporate
much of Websters product philosophy
and creative genius, Pace said.
Marble was an early inductee into
the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame,
based on items including his waterproof match safe (for decades, every
soldier, hunter and Scout carried one),
the safety folding axe and, perhaps
most importantly, the Ideal Knife.
Before Marbles Ideal hit the
market in 1900, most outdoorsmen used either flimsy kitchen-type
knives or less-than-useful Bowie-type
fighting knives, Pace said. Marble
reimagined mans oldest tool from
the ground up, incorporating a host
of design features that made it strong,
practical for a variety of tasks, and
beautiful to boot.
In recognition of Marbles contributions, the state Senate recently adopted a resolution that declared Nov.
15, 2015 opening day of Michigans firearm deer hunting season
as Webster L. Marble Day.
Historians recognize Webster
Marble was a genius as an inventor,
manufacturer, marketer and one of the
Upper Peninsulas most successful
business leaders yet most people in
our state are unaware of his pioneering achievements, said state Sen.
Tom Casperson, of Escanaba, who
introduced the resolution. Marble literally invented the American hunting
knife, as well as the knife that all U.S.
A waterproof pocket compass, with an unbreakable crystal, is among the Marble items showcased in the Michigan Historical Museum Inventing the Outdoors exhibit, now open.
a nostalgic and emotional chord. It
has influenced not only how we relate
to the outdoors, but also how we
position and promote ourselves to the
world.
The exhibit includes interactive
opportunities for visitors to get creative with activities such as building
a lean-to, telling stories around a fire
pit, giving shape to their ideas at a
A Marbles Game Getter gun with a box of .44-caliber Winchester cartridges from the Marble
display at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing.
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I dont want to
talk about it. The
thing is, though,
my sister got me
to thinking about
things, and now I
dont know what to
do.
Turns out, he
had been walking
through a low area
with one of his
dogs. As he veered
to the left, a bentover and anchored
springy sapling
snatched his right leg below his knee.
Focusing on safety with the shotgun in
his left hand, he just allowed the rest
of himself to fall forward, come what
might.
What came quickly was an
aspen trunk four inches in diameter. The
right side of his face from the sinus area
to his gray sideburn collided with that
unforgiving trunk.
I tell ya I felt my neck crack three
times. Crack! Crack! Crack! Saved me a
trip to the chiropractor.
So what did his sister have to do
with all this, I wondered?
Well, once I tell her about that fall,
and the second one, she doesnt appreciate the fact that I saved money by not
going to the chiropractor. She gets all
concerned and starts asking if Im hunting alone, if I leave a plan with anyone
about where Im going and when I
might return, telling them where Ill be
parking my truck, and if I call and tell
them when I move from one place to
another.
Well, you know, for men of our
age, that doesnt sound unreasonable.
Unreasonable? Ill tell you whats
unreasonable. Letting everyone know
where my hunting spots are and when
Ill be there and when I leave. No thank
you, sir!
Well, maybe you can find a place
to hunt where the walking is easier.
His easy frown now turned into a
scowl.
You talking about heading to a
B-SPOT?
A what?
The B-SPOTs that biologist has
been creating around here.
I still couldnt quite put my finger on
his meaning. So, I asked.
Whats a B-SPOT?
I dont want to talk about it. Look,
here he comes now. You can ask him.
Hey, there, Bud, said a younger man
in a state DNR uniform who had just
entered the restaurant. Whats todays
topic of concern?
Tell him about the B-SPOTs.
That again? Then he took notice
of me. Hi, Im Pat Reeve. He extended his hand. I pumped it a couple of
times and mumbled my name and the
fact that Im from Michigan.
So, you want to know about our
B-SPOTs?
Im not sure.
Oh, dont pay attention to Bud,
here. Hes not happy unless hes got
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I often expressed this personal desire when looking back on my own
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These two kids were fishing with rods donated by NPAA. Randy Gaines
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Al Linder. The auction raised $4,000, Luellen said. For a list of Luellens
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PART I
Last season the author filled his second buck tag with my bow on opening morning of gun season and once the November gun
season was over he began scouting for 2016. Because the ground was bare through most of December, he scouted, located, and
prepared five locations for this fall and has more notes on things to do this spring.
each state, no matter the state or area
about 60 percent of all P&Y entries
were taken during whatever
time frame that states rut
phases fell in to. In Michigan
for instance the pre-rut and
early stages of peak rut for
bowhunters typically runs
from Oct. 25 Nov. 14.
While I nearly flunked
high school because I consistently got Ds and Es in
English due to a lack
of interest, I excelled
By John Eberhart
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Why Pre-Season
Scouting Is So Popular
Advantages Of
Post Season Scouting
This is why you scout now! The author took this trophy buck during October at
a secondary stand location after intense scouting back in January 2015.
fields, amount of timber canopy, crop
fields, marshes, swamps, etc., some
of which can be difficult to recognize from the ground. The surrounding property layouts can also aid in
knowing where and why deer cross
the property line fence.
In the lightly hunted and micromanaged areas media personalities
hunt, they can pick locations strictly
by looking at aerial and topo maps
because other hunter competition
doesnt exist and therefore is of no
concern in altering deer traffic, but
that is definitely not the case in the
heavy consequential hunting pressure
(HCHP) areas most of you hunt in.
While aerials can offer valuable
insight, I dont care what any film
or media personality may show or
state, in HCHP areas you must set
out of foot to validate deer traffic
and sign and more importantly how
other hunters in the area may alter the
daytime deer traffic in those obvious
aerial map locations.
I had a sales manager from Ohio
with me recently and as we were
driving down I-27 from Clare to
Lansing he utterly couldnt get over
the amount of hunting shacks dotting the landscape. In a two mile
stretch of road he counted 34 shacks!
I asked him if he would like to come
up hunting and the words absolutely
no way couldnt have come out of
his mouth any faster. That type of
pressure affects everything including
choosing locations from an
aerial maps without on-foot
validation.
For on-foot scouting youll need a
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Above: Male (note the red cheek stripe) pileated woodpeckers hunting for grubs and
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ers a starting point to track down this
beauty. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes the vocal variations of
the pileated woodpecker this way,
pileated woodpeckers are quite vocal, typically making a high, clear,
and series of piping calls that lasts
several seconds. The sound is quite
similar to a Northern Flickers rattling call, although it tends to be more
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boundary or to give an alarm.
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woods, silencing the constant chatter
of a red squirrel protesting my logsitting intrusion. Another three second
bust of loud tree-whacking confirmed
this was a breakfast hunt.
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Arbor creating new habitat and future
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and decaying wood beckon woodpeckers, including the pileated. I will
make an educated guess their numbers
will increase over the next few years.
Its easy to spot the feeding cavities of the pileated. Look for very
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holes created during their endless
quest for their favorite food- - carpenter ants. Their excavations are
impressive, and may be over a foot
long and four of five inches deep. The
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That much bark is a hard sell, Richard Miller (left) said as Troy Sweeney (right) looked on. With the
right rifle and the right builder, it will work out. Wild Rivertree photos
the sawdust pile when the shaping starts, plus it has
a nice curly grain
Forty-five minutes later Miller and Sweeney
dickered over the stacked gunstock blanks Miller
selected. With the deal done and the bill paid, the
three again shook hands, then Sweeney and Graver
got back in the truck and drove on to their next
buyer. Miller loaded his treasures in his van and
returned to the back porch of Gunmakers Hall on
the home grounds of the National Muzzle Loading
Rifle Association, located in Friendship, Indiana.
The NMLRAs Spring National Shoot in June
and the National Championship Shoot in September
A. D. Stokes (left) watched Richard Miller scrape the carvings background smooth with a surgical scalpel.
I always learn something new from you, Richard, Stokes said.
attract participants and spectators with like interests in Americas rich muzzleloading heritage. The
association supports and promotes a broad array of
programs, including seminars and demonstrations
of historical arms making.
Richard Miller has been chairman of the
NMLRAs Gunmakers Hall committee since 2002.
During the national shoots, racks inside the two-story log cabin display the exquisite craftsmanship of
noted black powder gun makers from across North
America and Europe. Shooters, collectors and historians chat on the front porch. On the back porch
and under the adjacent open-sided pavilion, talented
artisans demonstrate the art of re-creating the iconic
American longrifle.
I started working on the back porch 23 years
ago to show people what gun builders do, Miller
said. We added the covered structure so more
builders could demonstrate their skills. We raffle a
gun each year, (Miller built the first gun raffled in
the early 1980s). We started hand-rifling the barrels we use for those guns so they arent something
ordinary.
Miller sells some of his stock blanks, plus he
gives a blank to the maker who builds the raffle
gun. Other vendors donate parts for the raffle guns
in support of the fundraising project.
This is an American longrifle in the style of J.
P. Beck who lived from 1750 to 1811, Miller explained to a father and son who wandered onto the
back porch during the June, 2015, shoot. Presumably he was a maker from 1770 to his death.
This rifle has a .36-caliber, 38-inch swamped
(the barrels contour thins in the midsection to
reduce weight) Rice barrel, brass furniture, as the
trim is called, Davis double set triggers and a Jim
Chambers Late Ketland flint lock. Ketland was
a lock maker in England from the late-1700s into
the mid-1800s. He was a provider of locks to the
trade, as they said back then, just as Chambers is
now.
Ive made a number of Becks, but nothing in
recent history, Miller said in response to a question
from the father. This style rifle is what the customer wants. Its not a copy of any particular Beck rifle,
as if you were making an exact museum copy. We,
As Richard Miller scraped the curled leafs contour, he spoke of 18th-century artisan J. P. Beck and how Becks
longrifle carvings appeared lifelike and natural.
Thank you, Mr. Miller, the young man said before he turned to leave.
As a young teenager, Richard built his first
muzzleloader, a percussion pistol, from scavenged
parts. I was 17. Ive been building for 54 years.
Ive built over 180 guns in that time; its really not
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Richard Miller is quick to point out the methods he uses are what work best for him. Every
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Greg Veine caught this nice walleye last year on a frigid day in February.
Noc is one of my favorite winter fishing destinations. The ice is very consistent there and as long as you plan a
trip for mid to late winter, anglers can
just drive their vehicles onto the ice in
many places.
My brother Greg Veine and my
cousin Bob Williams joined me on
that adventure last year. It had been a
brutally cold winter with the ice thickness measured in feet and not inches.
We stayed at my remote cabin located
not too far from Gladstone. The road
to my camp though is not plowed, so
we had to snowshoe in about one mile
pulling all our gear in Jet Sleds.
That one mile jaunt is normally
not a big deal, but the thermometer
read -15 that first morning of our trip.
There was a brisk wind too, so I knew
that it would be nearly impossible to
jig for walleyes, even in a portable
shanty. We decided to just drive to the
north end of the Bay and set a spread
of tip-ups along a shallow flat adjacent
to a drop-off. This area is perfect for
tip fishing and once set, we could then
just sit in the truck and stay warm
while waiting for action.
Our tip-ups were spooled with
about 100 yards of 25 pound test,
monofilament mainline with a barrel
swivel attaching about four feet of
clear, eight-pound test fluorocarbon
line for a leader. A number 6 treble
hook was tied to the leader. A small,
rubber core sinker kept the lively
suckers at the prescribed depth, which
were a couple feet off bottom. I prefer
suckers to shiners (for both pike and
walleyes) from countless hours of side
by side testing.
The ice was about three feet thick,
so it was taking us longer than usual
to drill the holes even with a power
auger. In those frigid conditions, we
really didnt expect much action, but
before we could even finish setting
the nine tip-ups, we had a couple flags
spring to life. Greg took the first one
and Bob the second while I went for
the gaff. Greg set the hook on a heavy
fish that fought with throbbing headshakes. He gingerly worked the fish
into the bottom of the deep hole and
was happy when a toothy, big walleye
smiled up at him as he pulled it up
through the long hole and out onto the
ice. I hustled over to Bob who was
fighting another nice sized fish that
had taken a lot of line off the spool.
This fish was pulling hard and steady
with a lot of weight evident on the
business end of the line. Bob carefully retrieved the line while I quickly
wound the line back onto the reel.
When the fish came by the hole, Bob
could see that it was a lunker walleye.
This was the first walleye Bob had
ever tangled with under the ice, so
the excitant level was at a fever pitch.
When Bob was finally able to steer the
fishs big head into the hole, I quickly
gaffed the fish and Bob had his first
walleye.
The action continued all morning,
but as the sun came up higher, the
walleye bite gave way to some phenomenal northern pike action, which
was just fine with us. The three of us
grew up together near Manistee and
we all spent countless days on Man-
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Longtime conservationist Ron Lundberg recently was honored with the Thomas L.
Washington Lifetime Commitment to Conservation Award. (lt-rt) are DNR Director
Keith Creagh, NRC commissioners Rex Schlaybaugh and J.R. Richardson, Lundberg,
NRC Chair John Matonich, and NRC commissioners Christine Crumbaugh, Vicki Pontz,
Tim Nichols and Louise Klarr.
I was in the right place at the right
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But everybody contributes to conservation and I guess I had more of an opportunity to contribute. And on top of that,
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hunting
with
Hayden Kiser helped his grandpa
his son George Schemenauer track his
deer he arrowed Nov. 2 bowhuntJacek.
Adam
shiver
took
this big
Lapeer
Co.
9-pt.
Nov.17.
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The Tilney
Family: (lt-rt)
Caeden, 11,
took this 4-pt.
buck in Lapeer
Co. Landen
Tilney, 8, with
his first deer, a
nice 8-pt. take
in Tuscola Co.
And Joe Tilney
with his 10-pt.
buck taken in
Tuscola Co.
Les Thomas
took this
beautiful
Alcona Co.
11-pt. with
a 17 inch inside spread
Nov. 21 just
before the
snow started
falling.
William
Maloy
harvested
this record
book 10-pt.
on Nov. 15
hunting
Montmorency Co.
The buck
tipped the
processors
scale at 200
pounds!
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Steve
Ashcroft
of Tustin
took this
dandy 10pt. hunting
Osceola
Co.
Lucky
hunter; Elle
Coughlin, 16,
of Harrison
in her first
year of hunting took this
huge 9-pt.
that scored
in the 130s
Nov. 21 at
the Big Rack
Ranch.
Wes
Pratt, 7,
took his
first deer,
this 9-pt.
using a
muzzleloader on
Nov. 27
hunting
with Dad
in the
pouring
rain!
Gavin
Lupo of
Clinton
Twp. took
this 8-pt.
Nov. 16
hunting
near South
Branch.
Opening day 2015 with Braden Miller (lt) and Weston Platte (rt)
hunting private property in Clinton Co. Westons deer was harvested in the morning and Bradens deer was harvested late in the day.
Jack
Sczepanski,
14, of
Midland
shot this
outstanding
8-pt. near
Harrison on
the second
week of
gun season
hunting
with his
dad.
Patience
paid off big
time for
Jack!
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Lowell Presler took his first trophy buck hunting the state land he grew up on hunting with
a crossbow Nov. 1. The 4.5 year-old buck's
wide thick antlers brought smiles from the
entire family and surely will make the record
books! Congratulations Lowell!
Brad
Wilson
took a
pair of
8-points
on opening day
hunting Sarah Borkowski with her beautiful
Mont8-pt., along with her father Mike
calm Co. and grandpa Bob, three genera-
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Jack
Lavery,
scored
this nice
buck on
Dec. 16
hunting
his farm
and according
to his
family
he is the
Diane Grajewski from North Branch took
two bucks in Alcona Co. The 7-pt. was taken most
deservopening morning. The 10-pt. with an 18
ing.
inch plus spread was taken Nov. 21.
(lt-rt) Jordan
Kieft, 8 took
this doe Nov.
27 with his
.410 shotgun.
Jenna Kieft, 8
took her first
deer a, big doe
with her mom's
Ruger .243 during the youth
hunt. Jonathan
Kieft, 10 took
his 5-pt. during the youth
hunt with his
.44 magnum
carbine.
Connor
Kinnunen,
10 of New
Baltimore
took his
first doe
on the
last day of
muzzleloader
season in
St. Clair
Co.
Donning new
almost
lethal
he irony that the dry suit almost killed me
after I had bought it to save my life was
hard to miss.
Okay, it didnt almost kill me, but I was
a red-face, sweaty, angry mess by the time
I did a reverse Houdini and fully climbed
into the infernal thing. The process of crawling into
it through diagonal zippered gash across its chest
made me an hour late to meet my fishing buddies.
Dry suits are getting popular among kayakers
because they keep you dry and ward off deadly
hypothermia in the event of an accidental dip.
But donning that thing for the first time just
wasnt a pleasant experience.
First, at the advice of my fishing buddy Ted
Garneau of Grand Rapids who has been wearing his
new dry suit for at least a month, I donned two sets
of long underwear followed by the heaviest sweat
suit I had. The temperature was supposed to stay
around 30 degrees that day. Putting on three layers
of thermal clothing wasnt the big deal. It was having three layers of thermal clothing on in the family
room near our hot wood burning stove that turned
my morning into a sauna.
This was Wednesday, last week, and I was
supposed to meet Garneau and soon-to-be captain Kevin Ouzts for some steelhead fishing up at
the Allegan Dam access. I was expected there at
8 sharp and arose early, fed the dogs, ate a little
breakfast and had plenty of time to spare to get in
the SUV and make the 20-mile drive north from
Paw Paw. Heck I was going to be there early and I
had allowed myself five full minutes to get that suit
onhow could it possibly take any longer? Well,
if a round in a prize fight is five minutes long, I almost went the full 10 rounds. After eight, my corner
was close to tossing in the towel.
Im not kidding when I say I thought I might
have a heart attack getting into my new suit.
The challenge is, instead of a vertical zipper that
starts at your neck, a dry suit has a diagonal slash of
a zipper, roughly at the level of your sternum. This
is what you must climb through to get the thoroughly water-proof suit on your body.
I was in trouble from the moment I started putting
on the suit. The floppy yellow and gray thing felt
sort of like a brand new tarp you might use for a
tent as I sat on the couch and laid it out flat in front
of me. I shoved my left leg in and immediately saw
the tip of my sock sticking out the pant leg hole,
which is supposed to be covered by a rubber boot.
I thought one of the dogs had chewed through this
boot of my $600 suit before I even had a chance to
wear it. I was glad to feel dumb when I realized I
had stuck my leg down the arm of the suit and my
toe was sticking out the sleeve.
Eventually I squeezed each foot into its proper,
stretchy rubber booty, and then it was time to get
the upper half of my body through the sternum zipper. This is where it would have been helpful to be
able to purposely dislocate both shoulders, a la Mel
The idea of wearing a dry suit for winter stealhead fishing made sense to the author, that is until he tried
to put it on for the first time!
Gibson in Lethal Weapon. Even more helpful would
have been bending my elbows backwards.
Eventually I squeezed all the way in, finally getting my noggin through the tiny rubber neck hole,
which was a lot like putting ones head through the
blow hole of a party balloon. The neckline is tight
and keeps water out. I feared it also might cut the
supply of blood to my brain.
Maybe eight rounds into this fight, the worst
was yet to come. First, I closed the watertight zipper, which was also air tight. I was inflated and
looked like I should be floating over the streets of
New York in a Thanksgiving parade. I pulled the
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By Jeff Pendergraff
Poachers Busted
By Tom Carney
Chip Kelley
Formally of Onaway
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Doe Poached
On the opening day of deer season
a resident of Otsego County observed
a doe and two fawns cross the road.
He then witnessed a red dodge pickup with two occupants inside stopped
near where the deer crossed the road.
The front seat occupant then stuck
a rifle out the window and fired one
shot. The shooter then got out of the
truck and went to find the deer with a
cell phone in his hand and the driver
of the truck took off.
The witness became so upset he
confronted the poacher (not something recommended). He told the
poacher he was going to call the DNR
and he told him he had his plate number. After telling the poacher this, the
poacher ran back to the truck and his
partner waiting down the road.
The witness then starting looking
in the woods in the last area he saw
the deer. He soon found a blood trail
which lead to a dead doe. He was
sure it was the same doe that had just
crossed the road with the two fawns.
He had seen these deer in the area all
summer. The witness then contacted
the DNR and the complaint was
turned over to Conservation Officer
Mark DePew.
After CO DePew arrived he
found evidence that showed the doe
had been shot. The bullet was a pass
through and after an hour of using a
metal detector he was unable to find
the bullet. In many cases, if you find
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tillage. Follow with the two cultipacking passes. Nothing beats soybeans
seeded from July 1 to August 1 for the
bow season, add sweetening and your
neighbors will complain of seeing
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Jackie Peace of
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close and personal.
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More...
Sport
Show
Finds
he spring 2016 Sport Show schedule is in full swing and the Novi
Outdoorama held at the Suburban
Showcase is just around the corner February 25-28. Three weeks later,
Grand Rapids will host the Ultimate
Sports Show at the DeVos Place - March 17-20. It
is a busy and exciting time for me as I set up my
antique fishing tackle displays at both shows. This
year I will be featuring Made in Michigan lures,
reels, rods, and fishing accessories along with some
of my classic minnow bucket collection. I also offer Free Appraisals during all four days of each
sports show, and I will be taking many photos of the
interesting and often rare tackle that is brought in
for me to appraise. Hopefully you have an Antiques Roadshow treasure tucked away - an early
minnow bucket, a rare rod and reel, or an extraordinary lure.
Such an item could be a rare example
of the Jones Aquarium Minnow Pail,
which was brought into the July Allegan
Antiques Market. Manufactured by the
Deshler Mail Box Company of Deshler,
Ohio, from about 1905 through 1927,
it was an oval 2-piece galvanized metal
bucket comprised of an outer pail with an
inside wire insert. The top of the insert
contained an air chamber fitted
with an ordinary air valve.
The angler used a bicycle tire
pump to pressurize the air
inside the air chamber. The
pressurized air was then fed through a small tube to
the bottom of the bucket supplying a stream of air
bubbles into the water and aerating the minnows
from four to six hours. The air chamber also kept
the minnow pail afloat if the angler wished to use it
separately in a lake or a stream.
Sporting Collectibles...
By Terry McBurney
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(Top-Bottom) Five colorful examples of the Rassey Reel with Lucite side
plates. This was a non-level wind casting reel without gears made in
Detroit in the early 1950s. Three examples of the Rassey Reel with black
plastic side plates - all three have Lucite spool flanges, amber, clear and
red. Two aluminum Rassey reels - one polished and the other natural
aluminum. The rarest Rassey reel was their all-metal #455 model with a
4:1 multiplying gearbut still manufactured without a level wind. Jerry
Shemechko and author photos
level wind and then removed by unhappy anglers.
Edward C. Rassey was born on February
18, 1913 in West Virginia to Joseph and Waddea
Rassey, both Syrian immigrants. His family lived
in Port Huron during the 1920 Census and later
in Detroit during the 1930 Census when Edward
was listed as a truck driver delivering fruit. At that
point, his genealogical records go cold, and I am
hoping to trace down his relatives to learn more
about Edward Rassey and his well-made but simple
casting reels.
The Rassey Reel came in many different colors
of Lucite - both clear and some in solid black.
There were also Rassey reels made with machined
aluminum side plates, and I have seen one that had
nickel plated brass side plates. There is also a rare
all-metal multiplying Rassey reel, model #455, that
has a 4:1 gear ratio and a unique drag systembut
still was made without a level wind! One Lucite
Rassey reel has been found in the original box - a
rather drab, inexpensive cardboard box with very
little information other than Rassey Reel and
Model 2500A and that it could be used either
right-handed or left-handed for casting or trolling.
No address was listed, no ads have been discovered, and no one knows what the original retail was
when it was produced sometime in the early 1950s.
The last item is a 3-piece bamboo fly rod that
a friend of mine, bamboo rod expert Mike Simcik,
had recently found - a 7 -ft. 3-piece bamboo fly
rod marked Hendryx, Trade Mark, Made in the
U.S.A, 7305. He wanted to know what I knew
about Hendryx bamboo fly rods. My answer was
simply that Hendryx did not make rods or sell
them. They made low to moderately priced fly
reels, casting reels and trolling reels, metal spinners
This Hendryx
3-pc. 7 -ft.
bamboo fly rod
was made by the
rod division of
the Winchester
Repeating Arms
Company between
1919 and 1924.
Mike Simcik photo
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TEXAS-RIGGING:
New twists on a classic
By Buck Mallory
Brief History
Feeling Fishy
A Myth?
Pegging
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Hooks
Tungsten
A word about tungsten weights. They are expensive, but they are worth the extra dough. Tungsten
is denser than lead, so you get the same sink rate
with a smaller weight that can pop through cover
more easily than bigger lead weights. Its also a
harder material than lead, which transmits the feel
of the bottom better up the line. Use them for a
while and pretty soon youll be able to detect bottom transition zones, where rock ends and soft
mud startsthese edges are often good for holding
fish.
So, theres a look at a time-tested technique that
is still catching fish. Keeping a Texas Rig ready in
your daily fishing arsenal is almost a sure bet to pay
off with bites.n
Hairy Antler
Mystery Solved...
Stewart has 25-years working daily
with whitetails and he has never seen
a specimen like this either. But he
had a scientific logical explanation.
Which, is exactly what I was looking
for. Any explanation other
than this animal was left
here by an alien space ship,
which is what I was starting to think. The condition
Chad tried to explain to me
is called cryptorchidism.
Well they have the cryptic
part right anyway.
What happens with this
rare condition can
either be caused
at birth, or by the
buck sustaining
some kind of injury to its testicles.
At birth the testicles never drop from
the cavity and by injury, well,
theyre just plain gone. Either way,
what happens is the animals testosterone is completely jacked out of
shape, to be honest, non-existent and
no amount of Viagra is going to bring
it back.
A deer with this condition obviously will never reproduce. Nor will
it go through the breeding cycle
associated with a mature buck.
They wont become aggressive
during the rut, they wont rub,
their antlers will never harden,
nor will they ever shed their antlers.
Deer with this condition are
commonly known as cactus
bucks because of the bubbly bulky
appearance of the antler. But these
bucks are far from common. These
bucks will never rub or scrape so the
hair continues to grow and will never
form what we know as velvet. And
they do kind of take on a cactus like
appearance. At least we know Brians
buck isnt from outer space.
It is also possible for a doe to grow
antlers, such as the 30-point, nontypical, doe that was shot in Illinois
in 2011. But that isnt the case with
Brians buck. Its just a buck that has
been short changed by nature.
Brians big concern when taking
his harvest from the woods was to
preserve the antlers. I was afraid they
were going to break off because they
were so soft, and then I was afraid
they might decompose, he said. So
Brian made some phone calls and was
Brian Cisneros with his deer with cryptorchidisma male deer with no testicles that produces this unique set of antlers
able to track down a taxidermist with
40-years of experience who told him
to do the following:
Soak the antlers in gasoline for
three days.
Let them air dry for three days.
Lightly brush the hairs.
So Brian took the taxidermists advice even though the Oxford Middle
School history teacher thought it to be
odd. It worked, Cisneros explained.
The antlers are holding up great
and its quite a conversation piece.
Ill bet it is, Im just wondering if he
might like a peek at my cat fish and
dog fish that are covered with fur. I
mean the ones Ive seen but Im actually still trying to catch.
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Crossbow Effectiveness
I
t wasnt too many years ago that
crossbow use for deer hunting
purposes was illegal -- for a multitude of reasons. Today, like it or
not, crossbows play an integral
role in deer harvest management,
probably especially so in residential
areas where hunting access is limited, gun hunting is not possible, and
burgeoning deer herds are otherwise
difficult to control.
Needless to say, however, some
traditional bow (recurve and longbow)
enthusiasts, as well as some compound users and gun hunters, are still
critical of crossbow use, saying the
device is just simply too easy to use
and too effective. Others are quick to
contradict such claims. In fact, I know
of some who have even given up their
crossbows and gone back to using
their faithful older model compounds.
Thats an argument Ill leave
to the experts more knowledgeable
(and opinionated) than I regarding
the merits of using crossbows versus
traditional or compound bows for deer
hunting.
My objective here is to look at
what science has to say about this intriguing debate: are crossbows really
superior deer killing instruments?
In 2014,
174,558
crossbow
hunters
harvested
an estimated 59,266
whitetails in
Michigan,
accounting for
roughly 18
percent of the
total annual
state deer
harvest.
Kenny
Darwin photo
Early Evaluation
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each buck.
Since the McAlester deer herd was
comprised of more than 50 percent
mature bucks, the study provided
special opportunity to compare hunter
selectivity, relative to the type of
archery gear used.
Conclusions
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Woods-n-Water
News staff writer and fishing
tackle historian,
will be setting up
his antique fishing
tackle displays at
the Outdoorama in
Novi and the
Ultimate Sports
Show in Grand
Rapids. With a lifetime
of experience in the
fishing industry and
author of many magazine
articles on antique tackle,
he will be answering
questions and offering
free appraisals at each
show.
Joining him
will be Dick
VanRaalte
of Starboard
Marine Restorations, Grand
Haven, Michigan
who will exhibit
part of his
collection of vintage
outboard motors.
With over 20 years
of experience restoring
old outboards, as well
as wood and fiberglass
boats, VanRaalte will
also be answering questions and offering free
appraisals. They are also
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Inland
The Upper Peninsula
historically had some lakes
that held indigenous
populations of lake trout.
Typically these lakes were
deep, clear, and had well
oxygenated water
(oligotrophic) at depth
throughout the summer...
Lakes
By Bill Ziegler
The author releasing a lake trout he caught in Chicagon Lake in Iron County. Lake
trout were indigenous to Chicagon Lake although now that fishery must be maintained
by DNR stocking. Author photos
predator in these indigenous lake trout
lakes. In the 1930s walleye, bass, and
panfish were widely stocked in Upper
Peninsula waters. In some cases the
early stock of fish died out and did not
establish a new fish species. In other
waters walleye, bass, or the other species became well established through
natural reproduction. This complicated the overall lakes fish community
and added predators that would target
juvenile lake trout.
Although inland lake trout natural
reproduction has almost disappeared
in Michigan lakes there is currently
strong natural reproduction in some
Western United States lakes. Those
lakes still have relatively simple fish
communities and good lake trout
habitat. Lake trout were not native to
the West and introduced where they
are now considered a threat to more
preferred native species like cutthroat
trout.
In Yellowstone Lake in the
National Park one of my former
coworkers was brought in to develop
a program to collapse the lake trout
population in order to bolster native
trout species. Jim Selgeby, former Supervisor of the US Fish and Wildlife
Services Lake Superior Research and
Assessment Station in Ashland, Wisconsin, spent his entire career working
on reestablishing a self sustaining lake
trout population in Lake Superior. At
Yellowstone Lake he was advising
local authorities how do the exact
opposite to the exotic lake trout
populations that dominated that lake.
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REAL ESTATE
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-7-12/15
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GARSON'S
FLY-IN
OUTPOSTS. Your fly-in moose
hunting adventure awaits . . . Two
remote outpost locations approximately 40 miles NE of White River,
Ont. Your flight in a bushplane will
take you over some of Ontario's most
scenic wilderness. Bull & cow tags
available in WMU 22.
www.flyinfishingoutposts.com
or 705-253-4938. H-1-2
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280 ACRES,
DEER
CAMP, MUST SELL:
Marquette Co., Gwinn, cabin
and storage shed on unique
property, old bog with ridges
and islands. Mostly conifers,
birch and poplar. A portion of
property was logged. New
growth has started. Many elevated blinds. Good deer, 4 bear
have been taken off the property. A nice bear was taken off the
property this past season.
Escanaba River runs next door
with many good fishing lakes
nearby. Asking $220,000.00
810-798-3414. RE-2-1
HELP WANTED
SALESPERSON: New Used - Truck Repairs. Industry
Experience required. Excellent
pay and benefits. Email to:
sherri.froling@burchtank.com
www.burchtank.com 517-4747724. 2253 Enterprise Dr.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858.
HW-2-1
WANT TO LEASE
LOOKING FOR EXCLUSIVE
ANNUAL HUNTING LEASE in
SW or South Central MI. Minimum of
80 acres and will pay up to $25/acre
for quality habitat. Father/son combo
wanting to establish long term relationship. Over 20+ years of successful leasing relationship experience.
269-312-8761. HL-2-4
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RESORTS/RENT
ICEHOUSE/SLEEPER
SHANTY RENTALS on Little
Bay De Noc. Placed in proven walleye locations. Trophy walleye are
frequently taken. Icefishing equipment for rent. Special fishing weekday rates $100 per night. Visit www.
adventureoutmi.com or call 906-2415687 for more details. F-12-1
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CANADIAN
FISHING
TRIP. Want to go fishing?
Book early and save. One of
Ontario's best multiple fish
lakes, fish for Walleye, Northern, Small Mouth, Lake Trout,
Perch and other fish. Well
spaced out log & framed cabins, boats have electric start 15
hp Yamaha 4 stroke motors,
depth finders and swivel seats.
$399 U.S. funds if booked before March with a group of 4 or
more (2 people per boat) www.
northernwalleyelodge.com or
toll free 1-877-434-2440. F11-TFN
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ATV = ATVs
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F = Free
FP = Food Plots
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$30.00
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$30.75
$31.00
$31.25
$31.50
$31.75
$32.00
$32.25
$32.50
$32.75
$33.00
$33.25
$33.50
$33.75
$34.00
$34.25
$34.50
$34.75
$35.00
$35.25
$35.50
$35.75
$36.00
$36.25
$36.50
$36.75
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words to runmonths.
NORTHERN
ONTARIO
BEAR HUNTS: Booking now for
Spring and Fall of 2016. Includes
comfortable cabin, boat and motor,
baited stands. Very experienced
guides. High success rate. 3 hours
from the Soo. References on request.
$960 U.S. 705-869-3272 www.texasandsons.com H-10-12-15
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BUFFALO HUNTS $1,800.
RUSSIAN
HOG
$550.
STOKER HOG $395. RAMS
$500. BOOK NOW! Free hog
roast with 10 or more hunters. Free
tour. Trophy Ranch, Inc., Ubly, MI
989-658-8634 www.trophyranch.com
H-2-1
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REAL ESTATE
95 +/- ACRES east of Battle
Creek near I-94! Great hunting parcel
with creek, swamp, hardwoods,
pines. Many paths throughout the
property. Turkey, deer, small game
and other wildlife make it a hunter's
paradise. Make your offer! Contact
Doug at Faust Real Estate, LLC 517260-2939. RE-2-1
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139 ACRES, Amazing Large
Piece With an X-Large Pond for
Fishing 90% Wooded - Irregular
Shaped Kimball Twp. - St. Clair
County $278,000 Just Land Sales
586-419-6716 facebook.com/justlandsales RE-2-1
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8.6
MOSTLY WOODED
ACRES west of Adrian in Rome
Township. 533+ of road frontage and
frontage along Hazen Creek. Close
proximity to a state highway. Great
place to build and hunt! $54,900. Call
Diana at Faust Real Estate, LLC 517270-3646. F-540 RE-2-1
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40 ACRES, 3 BUILDINGS,
Small Pond, 2 wells, Cedar Swamp,
Lots of Deer and Bear,70% Wooded,
Avery Twp. Montmorency County
$60,000 Just Land Sales 586-4196716 JustLandSales.com RE-2-1
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40.1 ACRES/CAN BE SPLIT,
House 1736 Sq. Ft. Pole barn 50x60
with heated workshop, stocked pond.
20 tillable acres tiled and rented. 20.1
acres, wooded and pastures, QDM
area, excellent deer hunting.
Coldwater, MI - close to all location in
Tri-State area. $354,900. (517) 2385361 evenings. RE-2-1
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DOGS
DOGS
CHESAPEAKE
BAY
RETRIEVER PUPS FOR
SALE. $900. One started male
English Setter for sale. Call 734-6657489. michiganwingshooter.com.
D-2-TFN
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AKC BRITTANY PUPPIES.
Long line of show dogs and hunting
dogs. 3 Male / 3 Female, orange &
white / Liver & white. Contact for further information. 989-578-0661.
D-2-1
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world record holder and hall of famer
David Grubb. Only trainer in history
to win all 5 gun dog championships.
(did it twice) Dog training book for
sale and stud service. (248) 3911446. D-7-TFN-15
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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-1-2
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$570,500
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$474,000 OSCEOLA COUNTY
56 ACRES WITH CUSTOM-BUILT WALK-OUT LOG HOME!
Trail cam photos are awesome!
This is hunting land! 3 Bed/
3 baths, 30x40 and 18x21
Pole Barns plus oversized
garage. Hunt & Farm.
*CALL 616-414-5420
$329,000 KENT COUNTY
80 UNTOUCHED ACRES WITH RUSTIC CABIN
In the Big Island Wilderness
Area near Klondike Lake.
Cabin has LP & Water. Located
off the Haywire Grade/Trail Great Snowmobiling!!
*CALL 231-233-3575
$169,000 DELTA COUNTY
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$374,900 OGEMAW COUNTY
25 ACRES ON LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER
Riverside Log Home is a
craftsman delight with stained
glass, Tulikivi stove and art
accents built in. Wooded
grounds to hunt small and
large game.
*CALL 616-414-5420
$700,000 LAKE COUNTY
TITTABAWASSE RIVERFRONT/21 ACRES/LOG HOME
Solid 5 bed/4 bath hillside
log home on heavily wooded, rolling terrain with nearly
1000 of river and pond.
Property and home are
exquisite!
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$419,900 GLADWIN COUNTY
20 ACRES OF WOODS ON PERE MARQUETTE RIVER
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One of a Kind Executive Home and Retreat with
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Rolling Woodland with Grass Airstrip. Built with Full
16 Logs shipped from Montana, Perfect for Entertaining. Motel Style Guest House with 3-Units Sleeps
6. Bunk House sleeps 9 with Bathroom and Kitchenette. 2 Additional Out Buildings next to the Airstrip.
Detached Garage across from Main Home has
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Experience Breathtaking Sunrises and Sunsets, Northern Lights, Great Lakes Freighters,
Beautiful Beaches, and wildlife from one of the
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Manitou Beach. Year-round Outdoor Paradise
with unlimited woods and water recreation
adventures: lighthouses, boating, hiking and
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520-Acres available nearby see MLS# 297032.
*CALL MATT FARKAS 248-884-8616
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4249 US 31
SOUTH TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49685
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IG RIVER
PROPERTIES
FOR SALE
DEER CAMP
2 BEDROOM, LIVING RM, KITCHEN, BATH, ENCLOSED FRONT
PORCH ON 25 ACRES OF PURE HUNTING PROPERTY (829 X
1364) JUST NORTH OF IMLAY CITY (I-69) ABOUT 5 MILES.
Hunting is
superb on
this land, at
least 1 deer
off it for the
last 25 years,
usually 3 or 4.
$199,900
MAINSTREET
844 Van Dyke ALMONT
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MLS#1091204 $335,000
(269) 623-4058
269-207-3280
ACREAGE Barry
Co, Hope Twp, A Charming Turn of the Century
Stone Farmhouse with 8
acres, 2 car garage with a
24x44 pole barn attached
and 44x60 stick built barn
with 2nd floor. House offers 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, main floor laundry, Custom
Kitchen with eating area and snack bar, living room, family room,
and large mud room. This is a Magnificent Property, the house was
totally remodeled in 2002. More acreage available. Priced @
$249,900 (15028948) Call Drew Chapple 269-207-3280
VACANT LAND
72 ACRES, Hope Twp, 60 Tillable, 12 Wooded................ $324,900
LITTLE CEDAR LAKE, Hope Twp, 200 of
Lake front. Reduced to .................................................... $59,900
9.8 ACRES, Barry Twp, Woods, tillable & 30x40 Pole Barn... $62,900
9.6 ACRES, Barry Twp, Woods and tillable,...................... $44,900
17 ACRES, Barry Twp, Wooded & Rolling, 4 Acre Pond....... $45,000
RANDY MINTO
AMAZING
REALTOR
1,095,000
Direct:
480 ACRES
810.449.1286
KALKASKA COUNTY
Beautiful views at Camp Langlois, 2 cabins, Main and Guest, garage, 2 pole barns, 12+
blinds, 5 miles of trails and Grass Airstrip! Amazing property, very private, rolling with
nice hardwoods, Caboose bunkhouse, 20 miles SE of Traverse City. $899,000
- OR Office:
810.653.4500
66 ACRES
DEER
&
NATURE
90 ACRES
AWESOME HUNT CLUB
OVER ONE MILE ON THE MUSKEGON RIVER
Over 500 feet on Muskegon River
$89,900
$239,900
LOVERS
156.66 ACRES
DREAM
PROPERTIES
ALCONA COUNTY
128 ACRES
GENESEE COUNTY
Newly Renovated, 41 tillable acres, 3 ponds, 65% Wooded. Great
Development & Commercial Possibilities. A Rare Gem! $599,900
ENJOY OVER
11,000 ACRES
& 5 LAKES
PRIME HUNTING!
$1,350,000
34 ACRES
GENESEE COUNTY
HURON COUNTY
LAKE FRONT
80-100 DEER
20-25 TROPHY BUCKS
257 ACRES
$199,000
Fenced Pasture, Over 1/2 mile on Belle River, multiple outbuildings. Excellent
hunting, hiking & farming, good drainage. 2 Ponds. Great opportunity to own your
own farm. $1,350,000
30 ACRES
Updated 2200 sq. ft. split level ranch,
Wooded. $249,900
SANILAC COUNTY
80 ACRES
200 ACRES IN
THE UP
ALPENA COUNTY
AMAZING
1/4 MILE ON
ST. MARYS RIVER
840 ACRES
Property.
$279,000
CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Cozy log cabin with loft. Beach frontage. Secluded,
Great Hunting, Fishing, Boating.
$229,000
SOLD
80 ACRES
MUSKEGON
COUNTY
SOLD
Deer Hunter & Nature Lovers Dream
$185,000
60 ACRES
PREVIOUSLY
PHEASANT
PRESERVE
ALCONA COUNTY
4,400 SQ. FT 6BD, 3.5BA LOG HOME, & Pool House. Great for entertaining
& Hunting. Deer Hunter & Nature Lovers Dream Property!
$389,000
10 ACRES
OAKLAND
COUNTY
$160,000
LAPEER COUNTY
Beautiful updated,
2,000+sq ft home. 70% Wooded.
Davison.
$249,900
NEWAYGO COUNTY
PENDING
86 ACRES
Fantastic Development Opportunity.
30-2 Acre Lots approx. Currently Zoned
agriculture. $595,000
$449,900
$120,000
120 ACRES
2,950 sq ft Home. 1,000 sq ft of Frontage on White River.
$294,900
$299,900
*McDonalds
157 ACRES
COMMERCIAL
US 10
SOLD
GENESSEE COUNTY 40 ACRES
CLARE COUNTY
80 ACRES
SANILAC COUNTY
GENESEE
COUNTY
110 ACRES
120 ACRES
Prime Hunting & Nature Lovers Dream Property. 90% wooded, hardwoods,
pines & cedars. Nice hunting cabin built 2001. 2BD & 1BA. 5 Deer Blinds.
$275,000
MIDLAND COUNTY
Approx 80-90 tillable acres. Great Development Opportunity near Sanford Lake. 10 miles
NW of Midland Twp. Great location, off of US 10 on M-30, by McDonalds, Subway, Shell
gas station. 118.75 acres zoned commercial, 38.36 acres recreational. $1,150,000
GENESEE
COUNTY
10 ACRES
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Over 37 acres of
Pure Heaven in Lapeer
County awaits you if you are
a hunter or just the nature
lover. Lots of wildlife.
Go fishing or just take a
walk along the lake or pond! Home is a 3 bedrm, 2 bath with a full basement just
waiting to be finished off. North Branch schools. $189,000
EAST TAWAS
AU GRES
Land And Lakes Real Estate Is Proud To Announce Our Exclusive Partnership With LANDLEADER
11330 W. Robert St., Steuben, MI. WH-233/1090618
This beautiful Log and Stone constructed home reigns over 150 ft. of frontage on the
sandy bottomed Indian River, a National Wild and Scenic River. The home is located
at the end of a quiet street with a gentle, gradual slope to the water's edge and miles
of National Forest adjacent and across the river! The open design is finished in warm
woods with large windows and decks to provide fantastic views of the river and
woods. A large family room contains a fireplace with insert that can heat the entire
home. There is a 24X32 garage and a separate log sauna building. This beautiful
year round home setting or outstanding recreational cabin is...
Priced to Sell at $ 179,900
Peace and quiet reign at this full log, 3 BD, 2 BA, 2300+ sq ft home built on a 3-acre lot in 2002.
The open-concept living area features floor to ceiling windows overlooking historic AuTrain
Lake, an important waterway for early explorers travelling between Lakes Superior and
Michigan. This all-sport lake is 839 acres with 6.6 mi of shoreline and is known for big walleye
and northern pike, smallmouth bass, bluegills, perch and rock bass. The home is well-designed
with 3 floors of living space including a full walk-out basement. Priced at $304,900
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This magnificent waterfront parcel! encompasses the entire northern and 1/2 of the west side of Paquette Lake, with
over 31 acres of high, beautifully wooded acres for your enjoyment. Over 2000 feet of waterfront offer gorgeous views
of lake, marsh, seasonal ponds - and wildlife. A loon sang its morning song for us and swans are usual residents
here. There was a lot of deer sign. And, beautiful, straight, large pines...red pines, white pines...that have not been
timbered in many years! This place is VERY SPECIAL. Whether you are looking for a quiet retreat location, or wish
to subdivide into recreational lots, this is your place. Additionally, the property is boarded by Federal lands on the
East, West and North sides. Perfect! Price Reduced to $189,900
MLS#1809814
Listed at $49,000.00
MLS#1806925
Listed at $259,900.00
GREENBUSH - $44,900, Nice square 40 acre parcel joining Federal and State land. This area has proven to hold
quality bucks over the past years, QDM is practiced here. MLS#1799955
GREENBUSH - $59,900, 45 acres of hunting land off the beaten path. This rolling parcel is heavily wooded with hardwoods and evergreens. Call today. MLS#1799569
GREENBUSH - $79,900, 50 acres of prime hunting land situated just north of Oscoda. Gated entrance to this park-like
setting wildlife sanctuary! Many trails for easy access, several additional cleared areas for camping, food plots or building sites.
There could be potential value in standing timber as well. Power and natural gas available at the road. MLS#1809059
MIKADO - $89,900, 61 acres of prime hunting land. Joins State land and agricultural land. Trails thru-out the heavily
wooded parcel with hardwoods and Tag Alders, and openings for food plots. MLS#1806759
EAST TAWAS - $125,000, 200 Of Lake Huron frontage accompanies this 9.87 acre parcel in AuSable Dunes Estates. Sandy beach frontage, partially wooded, some wetlands. MLS#1789219
AU GRES - $149,000, 71 acres of great hunting land surrounded by numerous other camps. Areas of thick swamp with
some ridges and road frontage with power. Lots of deer and turkey in this location. Just minutes from boat launches and the
world class Saginaw Bay Walleye fishery. Hurry on this one. MLS#1809806
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16,995*
Payments $
as low as...
149
per month
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BEST CHOICE
SPORTS
CENTER
A BETTER
MOUSE TRAP
(810) 629-2291
Exit 84 on US-23
FLINT
EXIT 84
59
FREEWAY
SPORTS CENTER
FENTON
23
Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 9am - 6pm
Sat. 9am - 5pm
Closed Sunday's
PONTIAC
96
ANN ARBOR
DETROIT
SPORTS
CENTER
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sales@freeway-sports.com
STORE HOURS:
Mon. - Fri: 10am-7pm;
Sat: 10am-4pm; Closed Sunday
Michi-GUN
Available at:
Layaways Welcome
www.michigunandtackle.com