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 ...

Michigan’s elk herd has grown past its ideal population, and state officials are working to bring it back to size. Population ...

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 ...

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 ...

This popular Michigan fossil hunting location continues to surprise. Marine fossils were found scattered among the rocks.

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 ...

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

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

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

Wildlife researchers are using trail cameras and infrared technology in addition to their usual aerial surveys of wild elk.

Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the highest number of confirmed observations since the predator was wiped out of ...

Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to harvest 153 elk in 2025. A record number of ...