http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_324073104.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_324073104.html Firearm deer season is well underway and hunters are still pulling bucks and does out of northern Michigan forests. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_324073301.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_324073301.html Angler numbers continue to drop as many pursue hunting, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_320080230.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_320080230.html Did you get your deer? Now what? The Record-Eagle is looking for some time-tested venison recipes. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:20:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_320062033.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_320062033.html As a kid, we never went on vacations to Florida or anywhere very far away. Aside from a week each summer at our family cottage on Lake Michigan, yearly deer and trout season expeditions to the Manton area were our get-aways. Those were the days. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:30:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_318223019.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_318223019.html Michigans firearms deer hunting season began at daylight today and continues through Nov. 30. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:50:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_318215054.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_318215054.html The wind is blowing from the right direction this morning. I sit with my back against a white oak tree and watch as first light begins to show on the horizon. It is a cold, damp and a cloud-covered November morning. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:20:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_316072239.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_316072239.html Late fall and early winter are prime time for hungry walleye, pike and bass and the whitefish should be spawning, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:05:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_309070514.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_309070514.html Water levels on the rivers were high and muddy after the recent rains, but catch rates should improve as the waters recede, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:25:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_302072706.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_302072706.html Salmon are still being found in some locations around Michigan, but it is getting harder to find fresh fish, the state Department of Natural Resources said. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:55:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_299065528.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_299065528.html Michigan's trapping season for mink and muskrat opened Sunday in the Upper Peninsula and will open soon for northern Lower Michigan. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:30:53 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_295073213.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_295073213.html As the salmon runs wind down, the steelhead action will increase, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:25:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_289072754.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_289072754.html Nobody in Michigan history has a "big fish" story that can compare to Kyle Anderson's -- at least when it comes to muskellunge. On Sept. 27, Anderson, a Rapid City resident, caught a record-setting muskie while fishing on Torch Lake. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:25:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_288072742.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_288072742.html The salmon are at or near peak along the northwest side of the state, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly report on fishing conditions. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:55:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_287075703.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_287075703.html The Record-Eagle invites outdoor enthusiasts to show off their trophy fish, buck or other game in a new reader-submitted online photo gallery. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:25:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_281072622.html http://www.record-eagle.com/outdoors/local_story_281072622.html Salmon runs on the western side of the state are at or near peak conditions, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday in its weekly fishing report.