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Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Silently, the morning mist is lying on the water, captive moonlight waiting for the dawn,” – John Denver It was early morning when I approached the lakeshore. I stood in the wet grass just up from the sandy shoreline, admiring the stillness of the surface of the water. So flat, ...

Opening Day looking good

HOUGHTON — Hunters heading into the woods across the Western Upper Peninsula Sunday morning should find a healthier deer herd than biologists anticipated earlier this year, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Morgan Lucot-Norton, a DNR wildlife biologist based ...

New muzzleloader regulations

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula hunters preparing for the upcoming muzzleloading hunting seasons will face significantly shortened periods following regulatory changes implemented by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. The regulation changes reduced the traditional statewide 10-day ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“Blue autumn, there’s a rainbow in the sky, but no matter how hard I try, I still see only shades of blue,” – Bobby Goldsboro Not long after the sound of my car door shutting stopped reverberating through the quiet woods, I heard a light tapping sound off to my left as I began ...

Beauty on the bend

Editor's note: This article was originally published in Showcasing the DNR, a publication of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ONTONAGON COUNTY — We’re carefully walking single-file across a narrow, wood-planked bridge at the south end of Mirror Lake – steps from where ...

Swap ’em

HOUGHTON — With the first snow of the season in the air yesterday, it may be time to turn in old gear and purchase something new. The Copper Country Ski Tigers are hosting their annual Ski Gear Swap from 11:30 a.m. thru 1 p.m., today at Houghton High School. Club President Traci Webb said ...