When the author comes face to face with a big black bear, he has a perfect shot opportunity — until his rifle jams.

Story Highlights • More than 6,500 hunters were selected for Michigan’s 2025 bear and elk hunts, with 6,278 bear licenses and ...

Though elk and bear seasons do not begin for a few more months, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has ...

Open hours for the Beaumier Heritage Center are Monday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free and it’s open ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources this week released drawing results for bear and elk hunts. There are 6,278 bear licenses and 260 elk licenses available for the fall and winter hunting ...

Wildlife experts with the DNR recently stepped in to help a black bear that had a container lid stuck around its neck for two years.

Wildlife experts with the DNR recently stepped in to help a black bear that had a container lid stuck around its neck for two ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Wildlife experts with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently stepped in to help a black bear that had a container lid stuck around its neck for two years.

Michigan continues to have some of the best public golf courses in America. Arcadia Bluffs remains No. 1, per Golfweek rankings for 2025.

The DNR believes Michigan has about 13,000 to 17,000 wild bears, mostly in the northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula.

There are an estimated 13,000 black bears in Michigan, with only about 1,700 in the northern portions of the Lower Peninsula. Most of the state’s bears are believed to reside in the Upper Peninsula.

The photographs, captured in the summer of 2024, were first made public in April 2025. As reported by Great Lakes Echo, this ...