Things are looking bleak for a once proud sport. With just one week to go, here's an alphabetical look, county by county, comparing this season's year-to-date total to 2022s.
If you're going to be involved in snipe hunting in Michigan, the DNR, though at least one police jurisdiction has issued strict rules for the activity that will likely be followed across the state. Atop its Facebook post are the most important words to be remembered: "Please respect the Snipe. They are rare and fast. Almost like you can't find 'em."
If you slept in, you missed sturgeon season on Black Lake. The strict catch limits are the lure that makes this the most competitive ice fishing in the state.
The Michigan DNR has confirmed that a viral photo of a cougar taken on a Michigan trail cam is in fact, real. That brings the confirmed number of cougar sightings up to 74 in the last 13 years.