Nearly 2,000 bears were taken in Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas during the 2025 hunting season. But the real story wasn’t just the sheer number of successful hunters - it was the size of the ...

Story Highlights • Michigan’s 2025 bear season produced a strong harvest, with hunters taking 1,952 bears statewide — including an unusually high number of large bears in the Upper Peninsula ...

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to ...

It took 61 years for this hunter to get a chance at a Michigan elk hunt. Bruce Nelson, 87, of Hastings, applied for an elk ...

Have you ever known anyone who’s waited 61 years to get an elk?” a Hastings hunter joked. "It was an absolute privilege and a ...

Congratulations to all of the readers who entered the 26th Annual Michigan Outdoor News best Buck Photo Contest!

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted to approve updated coyote regulations at its meeting Jan. 14 in Lansing.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is set to vote on a new list of deer hunting regulations as locals express concerns about the rising deer population. The proposals reportedly ...

Michigan’s open coyote hunting season used to be year-round, but two regulation changes are changing that. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission approved two regulation changes that alter coyote ...

Michigan's Natural Resources Commission is considering returning to a year-round coyote hunting season for the state, a proposal some hunting advocates say would fix "a grievous error," while animal ...