I recently visited the Bellaire Conservation Club in Antrim County and learned that this little club is doing some very big things. In addition to renovating its indoor pistol range recently, the club hosts a Kids Fishing Day and sponsors kids to attend the MUCC Youth Camp and Tracks magazines for local Boy Scouts. The 2013 [...]
Bellaire Conservation Club: A Small Club Doing Big ThingsThis guest blog was written by Joshua Billow of the Saginaw Field and Stream Club. Josh sacrificed his ability to haul heavy logs and run a chainsaw while serving in the Navy, so he volunteered to write about, take pictures and cook lunch for our first wildlife habitat project for the Michigan On-the-Ground program. We [...]
Hunters Volunteer for Wildlife HabitatThis guest blog comes from Carol Rose, Secretary of the Montmorency County Conservation Club, which recently partnered with the DNR to improve wildlife habitat in northeast Michigan. For additional on-the-ground habitat opportunities, email dyoungedyke@mucc.org or sign up at www.mucc.org/sign-up/michiganotg. Seven members of the MUCC affiliate Montmorency County Conservation Club joined up with our local DNR wildlife [...]
Montmorency County Conservation Club Improves Wildlife HabitatReposted with permission from the Ludington Daily News. Click here for the full article: http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news/69706-mcc-staff-to-learn-gun-safety MELISSA KEEFER – DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central staff will have the opportunity to learn gun safety for free and have the option to take a concealed pistol license class for $10 through the Fin and Feather [...]
Fin and Feather Club to Teach Gun Safety to Local School StaffSportsmen’s clubs and other non-government organizations interested in deer habitat improvement on private land in the Upper Peninsula are encouraged to apply for Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative grants now through Sunday, March 31, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced today. A total of $50,000 will be available in 2013 through the competitive DHIPI [...]
UP Clubs: DNR accepting deer habitat grant applications through March 31When I was young and my family would drive out to Wyoming to visit my grandparents, stopping at the Cabela’s in Nebraska was one of the highlights of the trip. I even stopped there to catch an hour of sleep in the parking lot on the way out to Laramie during spring break in college. [...]
Cabela’s Outpost Grand Opening Today in SaginawA pair of anti-poaching and anti-trespassing bills were reintroduced in the Michigan Senate yesterday. Senate Bills 171 and 172 were introduced last fall as SB 1340 and 1341, where they passed the Senate unanimously but didn’t make it to a House vote before the busy lame duck session ended. Senate Bill 171, introduced by Senator [...]
Anti-Poaching Bills ReintroducedMUCC Legislative Affairs Manager Kent Wood will be participating in a gun legislation panel Saturday at the Cabela’s in Dundee, MI, as part of the NRA Cabela’s Weekend. Also joining in the discussion will be Congressman Tim Walberg, state Senator Mike Green, state Representatives Bill LaVoy and Dale Zorn, and Professors Brian Anse Patrick of [...]
MUCC to Participate in NRA Gun Panel at Dundee Cabela’sIn the old west, hunters and trappers came out of the hills to rendezvous (French for “present yourself”) once a year, where they would hold contests and exchange stories of their adventures. Times have changed, but in Dowagiac, hunters and trappers still gather once a year to do much the same thing – but for [...]
Hunter’s Rendezvous Benefits Youth Outdoor EducationThe Northland Sportsmen’s Club has earned front page coverage in the Gaylord Herald-Times for its commitment to conservation and safe firearms use and instruction. Re-posted with permission. By Lorene Parshall, Gaylord Herald-Times Staff Writer GAYLORD — Nationally, there is a controversy among sportsmen’s clubs as to which is the oldest continuously active gun club in [...]
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