Michigan and Mother Nature’s Bountiful Blessings

By Ammoland

By Glen Wunderlich

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- With only one week remaining in the late antlerless deer season in southern Michigan, longtime friend, Joe, and I agreed to an afternoon hunt on Christmas day.

Both of us had celebrated the holiday with our extended families earlier in the week and it was Joe’s only day off for the week, so why not?

The “winter” weather could not have been more cooperative. The welcoming sun shone brightly and the northerly winds forced the issue as to which stands would be best for each of us late-season hopefuls.

Never can I recall such friendly weather for an entire season – and, that covers a few decades.

Clothing for the mid-40-degree temperatures was light and the insulated hunting boots were left behind. Warmer weather means that deer are not prone to much movement in search of nourishment to sustain their needs; their fuel requirements are less. Such obliging weather has been one solid reason that hunters have had the success they’ve had this year in spite of the declining deer populations statewide.

Preliminary Michigan deer check-station indications are that hunters are taking more adult deer as a percentage …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand