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Spring awakening: Black bear to emerge from hibernation

Spring awakening: Black bear to emerge from hibernation

03/27/2025 05:00 AM

Plover volunteers sought

Plover volunteers sought

03/27/2025 05:00 AM

Looking ahead: campsites filling up

Looking ahead: campsites filling up

03/27/2025 05:00 AM

Walter Hastings:

Walter Hastings:

12/26/2024 08:00 AM

Late deer hunt continues in Leelanau

Late deer hunt continues in Leelanau

12/26/2024 08:00 AM

Two photos remain of the old trapper’s shack that served as an incubator for the 700-member Cedar Rod and Gun Club of today. The picture includes the father of Bruce Lehmann, who recalls a harrowing day spent warming up in the remote shack. Courtesy photo

Rod/Gun Club rooted in the swamp

With more than 700 members, the Cedar Rod & Gun Club is one of the largest nonprofit organizations in a county known for volunteerism. But 80 or so years ago, it was best known for 120 acres of swamp land home to an unceremonious trapper’s cabin. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

Bruce and Janine Lehmann have enjoyed a lifetime spent along the shores of Lake Leelanau. Enterprise photo by Alan Campbell

Angling opportunities down on Cedar River

Fishing on Lake Leelanau is pretty good, even compared to what might be considered its heyday. But angling opportunities in the Cedar River, once considered a haven for big bass, pike and panfish, have degraded immensely. 11/27/2024 08:54 AM

Jeremy Tobin, who shot two big bucks six days apart, occasionally hunts with his 14-year-old daughter Grace. His wife, Rebecca, helped track his first harvest, which had a tall rack. Courtesy photo

378 deer taken since opening day

Courting has slowed for bucks and does, and deer hunting success has followed. That’s not surprising as opening day of firearms deer season has been set for decades on Nov. 11/20/2024 04:34 PM

While Allen Riggie says he “just got lucky” when still-hunting up to a 21-point buck on North Manitou, he’s a veteran island hunter who has taken a 10-point near his home in Midland. Courtesy photo

N. Manitou hunt successful

No matter how measured — from good behavior to bountiful harvests to the 21 points on perhaps the biggest island buck ever shot — the eight-day North Manitou deer hunt that ended Nov. 3 was one of the most successful on record. 11/13/2024 05:42 PM

David Stachnik shot this 14-point buck with a bow at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Courtesy photo

David Stachnik shot this 14-point buck with a bow at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. 10/23/2024 06:26 PM

From left, Tom, Abner, Laura Ann and Florence Johnson, who is the first executive director of the Friends of Sleeping Bear organization. Courtesy photo

From left, Tom, Abner, Laura Ann and Florence Johnson

From left, Tom, Abner, Laura Ann and Florence Johnson, who is the first executive director of the Friends of Sleeping Bear organization. 10/23/2024 06:26 PM

Some truly magnificent bucks are shot every year on North Manitou Island including this one in 2021. Fewer hunters will be attending the hunt this fall, due mainly to the higher cost of getting to the island. Photo courtesy of National Park Service

Island deer hunt will be more expensive

Expect fewer deer hunters to participate in a specialized hunt on North Manitou that begins Friday, an outcome linked to complications in reaching the Wilderness-designated island. Permits were issued for up to 200 hunters, but approximately one-quarter of them have notifi ed the National Park Service that they may not attend. 10/23/2024 06:26 PM

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