Hunting and Fishing Guide 2021

HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDE All articles written by John Raffel

2021

A supplement to the Pioneer, Herald Review, Lake County Star, and River Valley Shopper

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Deer archery season expected to have high results Bow hunters have a special reason to cherish the date of Oct. 1.

It’s the first day of deer season.

“It should be very good,” DNR wildlife biologist Angie Greenway said. “Me personally, I’ve seen a lot of nice bucks out there and a lot of deer moving. People are still participating in the outdoor activities even though COVID is still out there. People are getting back into some kind of normal life. I think it will be busy and popular.”

There have been some changes in tagging.

“The Department wants to see more antlerless deer taken,” Greenway said.

The bow season is Oct. 1 to Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 to Jan. 1.

Hunters should consult the DNR hunting manual or the DNR website for all information on the bow hunting season.

“We had a mild winter last year again,” DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing said. “It should be a good deer season. The number of crop complaints never seem to go down across Mecosta and Newaygo and Oceana Counties. Deer numbers are good. We get a lot of spotty hits.”

The availability of acorns and other deer feed will play a factor, Kailing said.

“It’s been a rough summer and it’s been below average for rainfall,” he said. “For forage, corn beans and everything, it has not been a great year, but has been pretty good. It should be a great fall for deer and bow hunters.”

Bow hunting seems to peak when temperatures are cooler with deer having heavier coats. High temperatures slow their movement, Kailing noted. The rut also gets them moving in early November.

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The DNR Paris field office will have a check station early in the firearm season.

Deer firearm season starts on a Monday Firearm deer season will begin on Monday this year to hit the traditional date of Nov. 15.

The firearm season is Nov. 15-30 followed by the muzzleloader season Dec. 3-12.

“I’m anticipating a very good firearm season this year,” Angie Greenway, DNR conservation officer said.

“Our deer population is pretty steady. Again, we have a lot of people out recreating. It should be a good and busy deer season.”

As usual, anglers will be hoping for snow to help them track bucks.

Hunters should refer to the DNR hunting guide for all rules and regulations when it comes to the hunting season.

“Antler development looks pretty good,” Kailing said.

The opener is Monday and hunters are likely to extend their weekend, Kailing said.

“We will be doing deer checks at the Paris (DNR) Nov. 15 16, 17, and 18. We phased out the freeway check station.

We’re collecting biological information. Next year it will be online only. You phone call or text in your information. There will be fewer check stations.”

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Numbers should be up for bear hunters It could be another banner season for bear hunters in the area.

“Our bear population seems to be always increasing,” DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway Angie Greenway said. “I can’t speak to that 100 percent.

We have a fair bear population. More people are participating in that activity. I would anticipate a good bear season as well.”

“Last year was successful,” he said. “We had 25 bears harvested in Newaygo County which is reflective of the overall population, which is increasing. Our bear numbers are strong.

Hunters can go online to our website and look in the bear area and figure out how many years it will take to get a permit in the Baldwin unit.

Hunters are reminded to check with the DNR website or the hunting guide to be updated on all regulations regarding this hunt.

The Baldwin unit includes the local area. Kailing said Mecosta County is low on bear harvest. Lake County had 25 harvested last year and Osceola had about half that amount.

DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing said the tag allotment has increased.

But bear numbers continue to increase in all areas, Kailing said.

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Small game hunters ready to go on Sept. 15 The small game hunting season will start on Sept 15 and DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway likes the prospects.

and house sparrow can be taken statewide.

“It should be pretty good,” she said. “We’re seeing more grouse out there. There’s more opportunities for people to get out there and hunt. It does seem that our numbers doing that activity is decreasing. We get a fair amount of activity. There is game out there.”

Angie Greenway is a local DNR conservation officer.

Rabbit and squirrel hunting goes Sept. 15 to March 31.

Hunters need to check a DNR manual or the website for more information.

Opossum, porcupine, weasel,

red squirrel, skunk, ground squirrel, woodchuck, Russian boar, feral pigeon, starling

“It should be good,” DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing said. “There’s a lot of squirrels in areas. Other spots seem to have few squirrels than in the past. But they’re tied heavily to mass production. If the mass trees don’t produce, you have fewer of them. Grouse numbers should be decent but not great from what I’ve been hearing. The same for woodcock. The 15th is the classic small game opener for all of that. Areas of good habitat should have birds, but not as many as we’ve seen in the past. The broods are starting to break up now.”

Waterfowl hunters Youth hunt remains anticipating popular in area unique season Waterfowl hunting has had success for sportsmen in the area and it’s expected to be strong this fall.

“It’s pretty status quo from year to year,” DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway said. “There’s a new waterfowl guide.

It’s usually a pretty busy season for us as well. I anticipate for it to go off pretty smoothly.”

DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing isn’t quite sure what to expect from geese and duck hunting.

“You don’t see the usual production,” he said. “A limitation there will be a lot of ponds and potholes and how much hunters they have. Our waterfowl hunting depends on rainfall we get in September and October. We’re still below average being here in central Michigan.”

Hunters are reminded to check with the DNR website or the hunting guide to be updated on all regulations regarding this hunt.

Turkey hunting has a fall season which doesn’t quite compare to the more popular one in the spring.

“We do have a draw but normally there are leftover tags,” Kailing said. “People can buy a permit over the counter.

Hunters are reminded to check with the DNR website or the hunting guide to be updated on all regulations regarding this hunt.

The youth deer hunt is referred to as the Liberty Hunt which takes place on private or public lands statewide in Michigan and is open to firearm deer hunting Sept. 11-12. Youth 16 years or older may be in this hunt in addition to eligible hunters with disabilities. Youth 10-16 years may hunt with archery equipment.

The youth waterfowl hunting weekend statewide for properly licensed youth 16 years and younger is Sept. 18-19.

“They’re actually both popular,” DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway said of the deer and waterfowl hunts. “It usually can be very busy. The biggest violations we deal with it are maybe some misunderstanding on how the tags work.

DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing expects a productive youth hunt in September.

“It’s a good event for the kids to get out there and get some experience.”

Jeff Greene of Rodney said he’ll be taking his youngest grandson out for his first hunt and is hoping to put a smile on his face with a successful hunt.

The number of youngsters who partake in this group has been impressive.

“It’s popular with families,” DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing said. “It’s used by a lot of people who already own land. It’s pretty steady in terms of population.”

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Bird dog hunting plenty of fun for local hunter Jeff Greene lives in the Rodney area and is a retired DNR wildlife biologist who truly loves his hunting and fishing, especially during the fall and winter.

by the middle of October, you get some coming from the north going south. So you get some good hunting when those good birds go south.”

Greene said he has a neighbor who likes to say “October is a good month for fishing.”

“From my perspective, I’ve got two bird dogs,” Greene said. “I have a pointer and an English setter. Once the woodcock and grouse season open, I’m out there three to four times a week taking those guys for some extra work.”

But hunters tend to put their fishing pole away that month.

“I’m out with the dogs and I have freezer full of bluegills from the summer,” Greene said.

It’s an enjoyable hunt for many reasons, Greene admits.

“The most enjoyable part is watching those dogs work,” he said. “You see them all year and they bark a little bit. Once they learn how to point birds and hunt for you it’s lots of fun. My favorite bird is woodcock.

There’s more woodcock around than there are ruffed grouse. Ruffed grouse are in fairly low numbers.

Woodcock are like ducks, they’re migratory. Some are raised here. But

Ice fishing is a passion for Greene.

When the ice is safe, usually from mid-December to Christmas, depending on the weather, he likes to get out. Anglers will go to early March or as long as the ice is still safe.

Jeff Greene will be an active hunter in October.

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Fall fishing expected to be strong For many anglers, it’s hard to top the enjoyment received from fall fishing.

It’s especially fun for Lake Michigan anglers near Ludington.

“It should be good,” Wyatt Crawford at Captain Chuck’s in Ludington said. “Salmon are falling behind a little bit right now as far as their main run So it will drag the season on a little longer for the kings. For steelhead, there’s plenty of them around.”

“Your main salmon time for out in the big lake is mixed,” Dewey Buchner, of Don’s Sporting Goods in Manistee said. “Then they’ll start running in September and you’ve got the river fishing. It should be good.”

“This year, there’s already been quite a few fish that have gone up the river,” Larry Scharich, of Shipwatch Marina in Manistee said. “If we get a storm or something, there’s a whole bunch of them that would go. Most of the fish we’re getting are adults. Right now, there’s a lot of them out there.”

Area DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway agrees.

“I haven’t talked to any of the guys on the big water to see what kind of fish are staging out there,” she said. “I think some fish have already started. In the Benzie and Manistee areas, we anticipate a good fall fish run as usual.

That’s going to be starting real soon.”

Fall fishing is usually very productive in the area.

Many anglers enjoy fall panfish action Ben Upham is an active member of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun club but is among the area individuals who relishes the chance in the fall to go pan fishing.

“I’m pretty much a pan fisherman during the fall,” Upham said. “I like to go to the Martiny Chain.”

Upham is also an active ice fisherman in the same area, plus at Haymarsh Lake, which is among the most popular ice fishing lakes in the area.

Ben Upham is an active member of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun Club.

The Rod & Gun Club has had many hunters involved in the area seasons.

Upham notes a major activity for the club in early November is sight-in days, as hunters are invited to come in and have their guns properly sited.

“It usually runs typically (early November) to opening day,” Upham said.

The club stays busy with weekend shoots up until hunting season starts.

“We’re trying to get a ladies trap shoot night out at the club,” he said. “We’re going to try to it on Wednesday night for three weeks (starting in late August).

We’ll do it in late evenings. We’ll probably start at 6 p.m. We’ll see what response we get.”

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Fall fishing popular for Ferris students One angler who truly enjoyed fishing in the Mecosta County and west-central Michigan area in the fall was Dylan Matus.

Matus fished locally while participating in the Ferris State fishing club and is moving to the pro circuit to make it to the elite series or Major League Fishing.

He graduated this past year and was on the club three years. Ferris did quite well in competitive collegiate fishing across the state and midwest.

Henry “Collin” DeRidder and Dylan Matus of Ferris have been avid area fall anglers in the past.

“We had three third-place finishes and got second place for angler of the year,” Matus said.

“If we would have won one of those that could have moved us up to the angler of the year. As the a team, we got second place

for team of the year only 18 points behind first place in the College Bass Tour.”

He hopes to qualify to be a pro angler. He’s from Flushing.

During the fall, Matus enjoyed fishing immensely.

“I liked fishing at Hardy Dam and Chippewa Lake,” Matus said. “At Hardy, we liked catching small mouth out there. There was some decent smallmouth out there. At Chippewa, it was easy to go out there and fish. That’s where we ice fished too. We did a lot of ice fishing out on Chippewa. It was fun to ice fish. We (from the Ferris fish club) from the club.”

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Ice anglers hoping they can start sometime in December Ice fishing continues to be among the area’s most popular winter activities.

There’s usually many opportunities on area lakes for anglers.

Popular lakes include Haymarsh, Hillview and Mecosta in Mecosta County, plus Clear Lake, Chippewa Lake, and Townline Lake.

Baldwin Lake is popular in Lake County while Rose Lake is strong in Osceola, Newaygo also has a wide variety of popular lakes.

“It’s too early to anticipate how ice fishing will be,” DNR conservation office Angie Greenway said. “I don’t anticipate anything different

than the last few years. It depends on the weather and if we’re going to get cold weather to make ice. Typically for early ice, people do well fishing and at the early part in March for late ice.

“There seems to be a lull in the middle, but who knows? We’ll see where the weather takes it. You definitely see a lot of fishing being taken first and last ice.”

Fishing experts recommend anglers always make sure ice is thick enough to be on it and to have another equipment or vehicles on it. It’s also recommended to have a partner at all times.

Winter anglers are always advised to stay safe on the ice.

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SMWMA remains very active The Southern Mecosta County Whitetail Management Association annually has a buck pole on Nov. 16 at Hinton Township.

Persons can check with the SMWMA’s Facebook page for further information prior to the actual state.

“We are the largest Co-op in the state of Michigan comprising over 15,000 acres and 5 different townships.” the SMWMA says.

“SMWMA promotes Quality Deer Management. It’s the concept of allowing smaller bucks to grow

and mature in the southern Mecosta and Northern Montcalm counties. We also work with the local DNR to protect our valuable resource of whitetail deer. Our goal is to include as many hunted acres of privately owned land to be designated as "Southern Mecosta Whitetail Management" properties.

“We hold six annual events: • Coyote, small game and fish contest in February • Beards & Bone contest March-May

• Fundraiser Reverse Raffle August • 3D archery shoot in September • Youth Deer pole in September • Buck Pole in November “Over our 12 years, we have done various things for the hunting community including holding a Disabled Veterans Hunt, sponsoring DNR flyovers looking for violators, and paid for the National Archery organization to be taught in Lakeview Schools.”

SMWMA sponsors a buck pole on Nov. 16 at the Hinton Township Hall.

Trappers are in small numbers but remain active Trapping may not have the numbers it once enjoyed, but seems to command a fair amount of interest.

“It’s kind of one those dying sports,” DNR conservation officer Angie Greenway said. “Younger generations never got into it. Another reason is the fur market. It’s been bad the last few years. It makes it hard for people to want to put the time money and effort into it.

The animals are there but the user group is declining.”

Hunters are reminded to check with the DNR

website or the hunting guide to be updated on all regulations regarding trapping.

“Fur prices may be up a tick this fall,” DNR wildlife biologist Pete Kailing said. “I’ve heard coyotes and muskrat may be worth a little bit.

There are some dedicated trappers but aren’t too many of them left. Those that are are serious about it. I hope they get after the nuisance beavers on public and private land. They’re in record proportions as well.

Beaver are expanding in various areas.”

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Area firearm hunter looking forward to another season Randy Rice keeps extremely busy as president of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun Club.

But like many other sportsmen in the area, he loves his deer hunting.

He’s been president of the club for eight years.

“I just do whatever is asked of me,” Rice said. “I help with all the shoots. Hunter’s safety classes and all of it. What do I like most about it? The people.”

It’s a love for his job of which Rice never gets tired.

He’s an active hunter and has an active passion for deer hunting.

Rice, a Big Rapids area resident, has shot a couple of 8-pointers in his hunting career. He hunts south of Luther on state land.

He’s looking forward to the 2021 season.

“There seems to be a lot of deer,” he said.

Rice is mainly a firearm hunter.

“I’m basically a deer hunter,” he said. “That’s about all I go after.”

Randy Rice is president of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun Club.

For some sportsmen, it's the most wonderful time of the year Terry Getts loves the months of September, October and November.

He also has plenty of hunting and fishing friends to share with his experiences.

up until the second week in September.

We fish for crappies or pan fish. We’ve been doing real good on them. Then we get into bow hunting for deer. There’s quite a few bucks around. With the new regulations, they have to have four points on one size. I haven’t seen anything good to shoot.

“We goose hunt pretty hard in September,” Getts said. “I probably fish

“There’s a few good bucks around. A guy is going to have to do his home work and do

But when you’re an active fisherman and hunter like Getts, it’s only natural you’re going to love these months.

Terry Getts has been an exceptional hunter for turkeys, geese, deer and in other areas.

a good job of scouting so you can be in good position and get a shot at one of them.”

It’s Gett’s favorite time of year as a sportsman.

“It’s a favorite time to be in the woods and on the field shooting the geese,” he said.

“Howie and Lyle Lodholtz and I and Al Remus and Mark Curtiss hunt together and get after those geese real hard.”

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Pheasant hunter recalls his first experience Big Rapids resident Larry Bajor is an active member of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun Club.

But he also recalls an interesting pheasant hunting story he likes to share.

The story happened around 2002 at a pheasant farm.

“The very first time I went pheasant hunting, we drew straws for who would shoot first. We had three dogs and I was the lucky guy to go first. The dogs went on point and these dogs knew what they were doing. I walked up and I’ve got my 28-gauge

Browning and I walked up to where the birds were supposed to be. This was my first time and I didn’t know for sure how it would work.

“But everybody said they would flush as I got close.

I got to where the dogs were pointing and nothing happened. I started to stomp around and stomp around.

Still nothing happened. As I turned to walk away, I tripped on a bird. The bird then flushes. I take a nice beat on it and … the safety works.

“The bird got to live another day.”

Larry Bajor is an active member of the Mecosta County Rod & Gun Club

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Veteran trapper stays active in his craft Not too many sportsmen and still trappers but Barryton’s Carl Meissner is among those who still enjoy the sport.

Meissner starts in earnest in late October in zone 2 and water trapping starts Nov. 1. Zone 2 is north of M-20 while zone 3 is south of it.

“Most of the water trapping gets done in November and early December, typically,” Meissner said. “I like to get out in the beginning of November.”

Meissner said a free trapping seminar is set for the Mecosta County Rod & Gun club on Saturday, Sept. 11.

It will start 9 a.m and start at 2 p.m.

“Most of the trappers giving the sessions are the experienced ones from the area who have trapped coyotes fox, beaver and other animals for the last 30 plus years,” Meissner said. “We expect another good turnout. It’s done by trappers trying to make it available to

anybody who wants to learn and have a better understanding of trapping and anyone who wants to see different techniques and tricks to capture their target species.

“We discuss the heritage of trapping and (discount) some of the falsehoods Hollywood has propagated. We help keep some of the nuisance animals in check.”

More information is on the Rod & Gun Club website page.

Carl Meissiner is among the area's most active trappers.

Salmon run’s popularity remains exceptionally high The salmon run is loads of fun.

Just ask anyone who has participated in it at Lake County’s Pere Marquette River.

Doug Loomis of Ed’s Sports Shop in Baldwin hopes to provide another favorable report on the salmon run this year.

“Fishing is always good our way,” Jake McMillon of the Baldwin Bait & Tackle said. “Lake fishing has been good. We’re still catching a lot of bass and bluegills.

We’re throwing a lot of worms for the bluegills with soft plastic for the bass.

Topwater fishing first thing in the morning or late in the evening for the bass has been productive.

“We have a few salmon starting to make their way

in. It will be a couple of weeks before it really takes off.”

McMillon indicated the last two weeks of September and the first of October is when the run really starts hitting its peak.

“A lot of that depends on weather, water, those kinds of things,” McMillon said.

It’s usually the shop’s busiest time of year.

“They come from over,” he said. “They come from out of state from as far as Texas and from overseas.”

“We’re starting to wind down a little down a little bit from some of the dry fly

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It’s pretty much all that’s going on.”

The salmon run, “usually by the second week of September is in full force,” he said.

“By September and into mid-October we get a lot of traffic. That’s our busiest season by far. There’s still a lot of fish but by then it starts to taper off. Definitely the fall is our best season between the fall salmon run and the steelhead run afterwards.”

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