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Michigans Calvin Stier won the Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing contest.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - He never picked the perfect team and only chose the winner twice all season, but Laingsburg, Mich., angler Calvin Stier took his Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing hobby to the next level by earning a total of 10,121 points over nine Bassmaster Elite Series events in 2014.
By finishing higher than 23,000 other Fantasy Fishing players, Stier netted the competitionís grand prize of a Triton 18XS boat with a Mercury 150 Pro XS motor, Lowrance Mark 5X Fishfinder, Motorguide FW 75 24V trolling motor and single-axle trailer worth a total of more than $38,000.
"When I first started making my picks for this season, it was something I did for fun because it's a great way to keep up with the anglers and stay involved with the tournaments," Stier said. "But, when the year started coming to a close, winning became a reality."
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2014 MICHIGAN DEER HUNTING PROSPECTS
October, 2014
Brent Rudolph, Wildlife Research Specialist Rose Lake Wildlife Research Center, East Lansing (517) 641-4903 ext. 248
Ashley Autenrieth, Northern Regions Deer Biologist
Gaylord Operations Service Center
(989) 732-3541 ext. 5044
The leading reason many individuals participate in deer hunting is simply the opportunity to spend time outdoors with friends and family, but actually harvesting a deer is still very important to many deer hunters. No amount of hunting guarantees a harvest, but preparation and hard work are keys to producing the best chance to see and take deer, or to mentor a new hunter through a safe and enjoyable season. The 2014 deer season is expected to be a successful year for many hunters, and as always, will certainly offer the exciting challenge we call hunting.
Persistence can pay off for deer hunters. Nationwide, successful deer hunters hunt an average of 18 days slightly more than the average of about 14 days that Michigan deer hunters spent afield last year. However, chances for success are greatest for those who are prepared. Part of hunting preparations each year includes becoming familiar with the most recent regulations. The deer website of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) www.michigan.gov/deer provides highlights of regulation changes, information about deer management, and links to additional resources, such as a list of deer check stations. Please refer to the 2014 Hunting and Trapping Digest and Antlerless Digest, available at DNR Operations Service Centers, license vendors, or available in electronic formats through links at this site, for a map of all Deer Management Units (DMUs) and other regulation details.
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The Michigan DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are collaborating to assess a recent positive environmental DNA (eDNA) result for silver carp - a species of Asian carp -- within the lower Kalamazoo River, Allegan County, Michigan.
Two hundred water samples were taken in July 2014 along the Kalamazoo, from below the Caulkins Dam in Allegan County to the mouth of the river. Laboratory results, which take several months to process, were reviewed by the DNR Oct. 2. One of the of 200 samples tested positive for silver carp eDNA. The positive sample was taken from just below the Caulkins Dam.
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The Michigan Fisheries Division will be hard at work this fall and winter gathering the necessary eggs for the continued production of hatchery fish to support fisheries management objectives for Michigan's world-class fisheries. Fall egg takes will startor already are under way for wild Chinook and coho salmon and for captive broodstocks of brown, rainbow, brook and lake trout.
Chinook salmon eggs are being collected at the Little Manistee River Weir through Oct. 9. Coho salmon eggs will be collected at the Platte River State Fish Hatchery Weir Oct. 15-21.
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A Kent County man has pled guilty in a deer-poaching case that occurred in September in Montcalm County and is the first case of a violation meeting the new enhanced sentencing guidelines for poaching that became law in Michigan earlier this year.
On Sept. 21, Michigan DNR conservation officers responded to a complaint phoned in to the Report All Poaching (RAP) Line involving an adult suspect who allegedly killed two trophy white-tailed deer in Montcalm County during the 2014 Youth Hunt while acting as a mentor to an 8-year-old hunter. Jacob Powers, 25, of Lowell, Michigan, was arraigned Oct. 3 on the charge of taking two white-tailed deer during the closed season before a magistrate of the 64B District Court at Stanton in Montcalm County.