Michigan Records Safest Hunting Season; No Fatal Incidents in 2014

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Published: 27 February 2015

Provided by Michigan DNR

Michigan recorded no fatalities during all hunting seasons in 2014, according to reports compiled by the DNR Law Enforcement Division. Ten incidents involving injuries were recorded in the state - nine in the Lower Peninsula and one in the Upper Peninsula.

“We had 10 incidents reported for 2014, which ties with last year for the fewest number of reportable hunting incidents since Michigan started tracking them in the 1940s," said Sgt. Tom Wanless of the DNR's Recreational Safety, Education and Enforcement Section.

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Indiana Alters Trout/Salmon Stocking to Improve Fall Runs

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Published: 24 February 2015

By Louie Stout

Naturally-produced steelhead smoltAddition by subtraction may not make sense to some, but trout and salmon fish managers believe it does when stocking the St. Joseph River.

Beginning this year, Skamania will be stocked in fewer numbers, but biologists believe it will increase the fall returns because the fish will be stocked as a larger size and survive better.

Previously, Indiana stocked 130,000 7-inch Skamania. Beginning this year, that number will be reduced to about 75,000 8-inchers.

The strategy has worked with walleye on the St. Joe, where a stocking number reduction, coupled with planting larger fish sizes, has delivered a better fishery.

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