>> WE'LL GET STARTED.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE FOLKS ON "ASK THE DNR," YOU CAN CALL IN YOUR QUESTION AS 484-957-3343.

WE HAVE SOME PHONE OPERATORS.

ONE OF THEM IS MY WIFE, BIT WAY, ANSWERING THE PHONES.

WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND SOME FRIENDS OF OURS AT WCMU WHO HAVE DROPPED BY TO HELP.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELPING TO WRITE THESE QUESTIONS DOWN SO WE CAN GET THEM ANSWERED.

I WOULD LIKE INTRODUCE THE FOLKS THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT.

AND OF COURSE, THE DEAN OF ALL OF THE FOLKS NOW, MINOR TENNELL.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD.

>> HE WORKS OUT OF THE CADILLAC OFFICE.

I CAN REMEMBER, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS EIGHT SECONDS AGO THAT YOU WERE THE NEWEST PERSON ON THE PANEL.

NOW YOU'RE THE OLDEST PERSON ON THE PANEL.

IN BOTH WAYS.

>> THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT, BOB.

>> CHRONOLOGICALLY, AND IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU HAVE SERVED.

AND ALSO JOE MULNAE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS.

AND HE HAS HIS MIND ON HIS TRIP OUT WEST HUNTING MULE DEER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND SHELBY, YOU BAILED US OUT TWO YEARS AGO TONIGHT BY COMING ON AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE.

WE HAVE APPRECIATED IT EVERY TIME YOU HAVE SHARED YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> OKAY.

>> BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SAVE HOPP.

HE HAS MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPETENT PERSONS ANSWERING THE PHONES AND AS WE WAITED FOR QUESTIONS TO BE GATHERED BY KNOWS WAITING BY PHONES.

SAVE HOPP, IF ANYTHING HAS BEEN DONETO I AM THIS SHOW, IT'S BEEN YOU.

WALK-IN QUESTIONS FROM THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SEASONS.

SHELBY, CAN YOU BAIT THIS WILL YEAR.

>> FLO.

>> AND DR. "R" THERE PLACES THAT CELIBATE.

>> ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN LIEUTENANT LIES THEM WHETHER YOU'RE FEEDING LIVE STALK OR USING THE APPLES TO PRESS SIDER.

NO, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN REGULATE THAT.

>> FOLKS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE KING SALMON REPORTS.

APPARENTLY THERE WERE FAR MORE THAT CAME--THAT CAME IN, AND IN FACT, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE MART.

WHAT ARE THE REPORTS THERE.

>> WE JUST COMPLETED EGG TAKE.

WE HANDLED MORE FISH THIS YEAR SINCE WE HAVE 2013.

WE DON'T HANDLE EVERY FISH THAT COMES IN THE RIVER, BUT THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD RUN THIS YEAR.

AND ALSO, NICE TO SEE A LOT OF JACK MALES, WHICH IS--THOSE ARE ONE--YEAR-OLD MALE SALMON.

THAT'S A SIGN THAT WE WERE GETTING SOME GOOD SURVIVAL FROM OUR YEAR CLASSES.

SO THE SALMON SCENE ON LAKE MICHIGAN HAS DEFINITELY IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF MANAGEMENT ACTIONS.

WE'VE REDUCED STOCKING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN STOCKING FOR 202,337 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT 37 THE SALMON SITUATION ON LAKE MICHIGAN IS LOOKING BETTER THAN IT HAS IN A FEW YEARS.

>> JOE, SOME QUICK QUESTIONS HERE.

YOU CAN HUNT WITH A BOW DURING DEER GLEN YES, YOU CAN USE BOW AND ARROWS, CROSS BOSE DURING FIRE AND DEER SEASON.

>> AND IN THE RIFLE ZONE YOU CAN USE AN AR IF IT IS SET UP FOR A MAGAZINE CAPACITY OF SIX ROUNDS IS THE MOST YOU CAN USE.

>> A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE UP NORTH, YOU CAN USE SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE.

BUT YOU'RE LIMITED TO SIX ROUNDS IN THE BARREL.

IF YOU HAVE A MAGAZINE THAT CAN SPEND TEN RAIN SHOWERS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT A BLOCK IN THE MAGAZINE ITSELF.

>> AND EXPLAIN THE DEER LICENSE FOR US?

>> THE UNIVERSAL ANTLER-LESS DEER LICENSE THAT ALLOWS HUNTING ON THE PRIVATE LAND, PUBLIC LAND AND ANYWHERE IN THE LOWER PENINSULA AND THE UPPER LICENSE.

IT'S A LICENSE THAT IS GOOD ACROSS THE LOWER PENINSULA.

>> AND THE .35 CALIBER OR LARGER FOR THE LIMITED ZONE.

I THINK THE SHOTGUN ZONES.

WHICH ARE THE LEGAL PISTOL LENGTH ROUNDS.

>> YES, IF YOU HAVE THE HUNTER DIGEST IT WILL HAVE A LIST OFCALBERS THAT ARE LEGAL FOR THE ZONES.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE HUNTING DIGEST BEIGE 51 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE.

>> OKAY.

IF YOU COOK--MARK, A COUPLE OF QUICK FISHING QUESTIONS.

IF YOU COOK YOUR FISH OF UP AND EAT THEM, THEN YOUR POSSESSION LIMIT IS--THAT DEFUSES YOUR POSSESSION LIMIT, CORRECT?

>> YES, YES.

EXCEPT OH FOR THAT DAY.

IF YOU WERE TO CATCH A LIMITED FISH IN ONE PARTICULAR DAY AND THEN COOK THEM AND EAT THEM AT LUNCH.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN CATCH ANOTHER LIMIT IN THE AFTERNOON.

YOU GET ONE LIMIT PER DAY.

>> THAT WOULD BE TEMPTING, WOULDN'T IT.

[ CHUCKLING ] I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT GOOD OF A FISHERMAN, THOUGH.

NEXT INFORMATION ON TROUT STREAMS AND THEIR DESIGNATIONED.

THAT'S ALL IN THE GUIDE, RIGHT?

>> YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.

THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT TROUT STREAM REGULATIONS IN THE GUIDE.

AND THEN ON THE GAPS THAT ARE ONLINE.

BUT WHAT I TELL PEOPLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAIL REGULATIONS CAN BE CONFUSING, AND THEY CAN BE DAUNTING, AND WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE NOT FISHING BECAUSE THEY'RE CONFUSED OR BECAUSE THEY'RE INTIMIDATED BY THOSE REGULATIONS.

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, CALL ME.

PLEASE.

CADILLAC OFFICE YOUR LOCAL OFFICE.

THE FISH BIOLOGISTS.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE REGULATIONS.

WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AND WE'LL HELP YOU WORK THROUGH THE REGULARDATIONS.

>> THAT'S NOT JUST TALK FOR MARK.

MARK MEANS THAT.

HE WANTS PEOPLE FISHING.

>> I DO.

>> THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS LIKED BEST ABOUT MARK.

SHELBY, WHAT ABOUT GETTING YOUR DEER TESTED FOR CWD.

I KNOW RESOURCES ARE LIMITED BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN A COVID PHASE.

WHAT LOCATIONS CAN YOU GET YOUR DEER CHECKED, AND AS LONGS AS WE'RE ASKING, WHAT ABOUT GETTING YOUR DEER MATCH?

>> FOCUSING ON THE CWD QUESTION FIRST.

THE BEST WAY TO GET THE MOST DETAILED N ON THAT IS REALLY TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

MICHIGAN.GOV /CWD.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING OUR TESTING THIS YEAR.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT WHAT CWD TESTING WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR PLAN RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STATE EACH YEAR SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A BIG STATEWIDE PICTURE.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR AREA IS GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET AN ABUNDANCE OF SAMPLES.

WE WANT TO GET MORE ABOUT CWD, AND WE WANT TO FIND THE EDGE OF WHERE IT IS PRESENT.

THAT'S WHERE THIS STUDY IS LOOKING AT.

BUT IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE GET A CLEAR PICTURE IS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE SECOND QUESTION WAS IT ABOUT HATCHES?

WHAT WAS IT?

>> PARDON?

SAY AGAIN, SHELBY?

>> WERE YOU ASKING STATIONS.

>> DEER PATCHES.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER WEBSITE MICHIGAN.GOV /DEER CHECK.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE MAP OF THE STATE WHERE YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THERE ARE GOING TO BE LOCATIONS WHERE PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE.

SOME OF OF THE PLACES THAT ARE ON THERE MAY AN HEAD DROP BOX FOR DISEASE TESTING AND THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE PATCHES AT THAT LOCATION.

JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT MAP AND CLICK ON THE LOCATION, THAT IT SAYS THAT PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE AT THAT POT.

>> A COUPLE OF VERY INTERESTING QUESTIONS, AND JOE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TUNE IN ON THESE, TOO, TRAVERSE CITY FOLKS ASKING, AND ACTUALLY I GOT A CALL.

I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE, AN 'OL BIOLOGIST WHO NOW LISTENS IN COLORADO.

HE HAD RED THIS STORY.

IT BURNED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

I'M GOING TO READ THE TWO DIFFERENT LOOKS AT THIS.

ONE, I HAVE A NUISANCE BEAR, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

THE NEXT ONE IS I HAD A--THERE WAS A BEAR PROBLEM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TWICE, THE BEAR WAS TRANSPORTED AND RETURNED TO TRAVERSE CITY, AND THEN THE BEAR WAS EUTHANIZED AND BECAUSE IT WAS A PROBLEM BEAR ACCORDING TO THE DNR.

WHY WOULD THE DNR EUTHANIZE IT?

>> WELL, THERE IN LIES THE PROBLEM.

TYPICALLY WE ALWAYS SAY THAT A BEAR THAT HAS A HUMAN CONTACT, MORE THAN ONCE WINDS UP BEING THE LOSE.

WHAT WOULD MAKE THE DECISION TO EUTHANIZE THE BEAR.

THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

THE SAFETY OF HOMEOWNERS.

EVERYONE IN THE CITY TAKES PRIORITY.

SO IF WE FEEL THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BE IN DANGER OF THE SITUATION, WE WILL LOOK AT THE SITUATION WE'LL EVALUATE IT, AND DECIDE ON WHAT THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION.

IN THIS INSTANCE, WE CHOSE TO EUTHANIZE THE BEAR OUT OF CONCERN.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A NUISANCE BEAR, WE DO HAVE LITERATURE ONLINE AND THE WEBSITE.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS TAKE AWAY ANY FOOD FORCE.

IF YOU HAVE BIRD FEEDERS OUT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM DOWN, AND NOT JUST FOR A DAY OR TWO, BECAUSE BEAR WILL CIRCLE BACK THROUGH THE AREA.

YOU NEED TO TAKE AWAY ANY FOOD SOURCES.

IF YOU HAVE A GRAIL GRILL AND IT SMELLS LIKE MEAT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THAT STUFF OUT.

AND IF YOU HAVE NUISANCE PROBLEMS WHERE HAD IT REPEATEDLY COMES BACK TO YOUR AREA, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO QUIT FEEDING THE BIRDS IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM FROM COMING BACK.

>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM ONE VIEWER THAT SAYS THAT THE VOLUME--THEY CAN'T SEEM TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM THEIR TV SIDE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A REPEATER STATION OR WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

BUT SHELBY, A VIEWER IN ATLANTA SAID ARE YOU IN COLLECTING ELK HEAD FOR THE DECEMBER HUNT.

THE QUESTION IS WHAT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE HEAD?

YOU CAN KEEP THE HEAD, RIGHT?

>> YES, WE'RE CURIOUS ABOUT TB OR TB POSITIVE ELK.

WE WORK WITH EACH HUNT THAT ARE IS SUCCESSFUL ON WAYS TO GET TB TESTING DONE FOR THEIR ELK.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT TO THE TAXIDERMY, WHICH MANY HUNTERS, DO, AND THEN IT'S THE FLESHY SKULL UNDERNEATH THAT A HAS THE LYMPH NODES THAT WE USE TO TEST FOR TB.

THEY'VE GOT TWO WEEKS TO TURN IT IN COW HUNTERS CAN RETURN IT TO US ON SITE.

SOME LIKE TO TAKE IT HOME.

SO THEY HAVE TWO WEEKS.

THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AFTER THEIR HARVEST THEIR ELK.

>> VIEWERS TELL ME THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING AUDIO IN CADILLAC.

IT'S PROBABLY A CABLE PROBLEM MORE THAN A REPEATER PROBLEM.

JOE, CAN YOU GIVE US THE RUN DOWN, SOMEONE FROM CADILLAC WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE HUNTS.

>> THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNTERS WHO MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA, WHETHER IT BE YOUTH HUNTERS OR HUNTERS WITH DISABILITIES.

OH, OH IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET' YOUTH HUNTER OR SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT WHETHER IT BE SNOWFALL, WE MAY HAVE STAFF AT OUR BUILDINGS TUESDAY, WINS, AND THURSDAY.

IF YOU CALL THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER THAT WILL GET YOU MORE SPECIFICS.

>> OKAY.

ONE PORTLAND GROUND LINES HAVE TO COME OUT EVERY DAY?

>> WELL, SO THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF HUNTING BLINDS OR CRITERIA FOR GROUND BLINDS.

WE HAVE BLINDS THAT COME OUT EVERY DAY.

I CAN HAVE YOUR POP-OUT BLIND, LEAVE IT OUT OVERNIGHT, AND THEN YOU FALL INTO THE CRITERIA OF A BLIND WHERE YOU NEED TO PROVIDE YOUR I.D.

>> THAT MAKES SENSE.

THEY CAN COMPLY AND STAY LONGER.

>> VERY MESSY AND BENCHES ARE ROTTEN.

CAN THEY BE REPLACED AND HAVE CLEAN UP.

>> APPLY ADVICE IT YOU'RE SOMEONE FISHING TIPPY DAM, IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN INTO THAT, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM A ONE SIDE, INTO A BIG VALLEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO CARRY STUFF DOWN IN THERE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY IT BACK OUT THERE WITH YOU.

OUR OFFICERS ASK WRITE LITTERING TICKETS AND THEY DO WRITE LITTERING TICKETS.

FOR THOSE OF I WHO ARE RESPONSIBILITY SPORTS MEN AND WOMEN, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE A GARBAGE BAG WITH YOU AND CARRY STUFF OUT WITH YOU.

EVEN IF IT ISN'T YOURS.

I KNOW WHEN I FISH AT TIPPY, AND I USUALLY WILL TAKE A GARBAGE BAG WITH ME AND WHEN AHEAD IT UP THE STEPS, I'LL TAKE IT OUT WITH ME.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN.

WE'LL NEED TO TAKE CARE THAT HAVE AREA.

IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO FISH.

A LOT OF FISH TO BE CAUGHT.

BUT DEFINITELY IT CAN BE UNSIGHTLY WITH ALL THE LITTER BEING LEFT.

PLEASE HELP US OUT SPORTS MEN AND WOMEN, AND CARRY OUT LITTER EVEN IF IT IS NOT YOURS.

>> BANK HUMAN COURTESY, RIGHT?

>> SHOULD BE.

>> TAKE IT DOWN THERE, AND GET IT OUT OF THERE, AND TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S WITH YOU, TOO.

SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE THEORY ON GIVING OUT DOE PERMITS.

BACK WHEN I WAS A KID, IT WAS--IF YOU SHOT A DOE, YOU KEPT 160,000 OTHER DEER BEING IMPORTANT.

THEN YOU REALIZED YOU COULDN'T FEED EVERY DEER THAT WAS GOING TO BE BORN IF YOU DIDN'T SHOOT SOME ANTLER-LESS DEAR.

IT KEEPS THE DEER NUMBER DOWN AND IN CHECK.

>> ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT OUR DEER SPECIALISTS AND BIOLOGISTS HAVE LOOKED AT, WHICH HAS CHANGE LED TO THE CHANGE OF AND LETTER-LESS LICENSE.

SINCE 19TH 9--1997, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DEER HUNTERS AND THE NUMBER OF DEER THAT ARE HARVESTED.

WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO THE A HARVEST OF 20 YEARS AGO.

IF THE SUCCESS RATES STAY THE SAME, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE THEY WILL, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING THIS UNIVERSAL AND LETTER-LESS LICENSE AND THE FACT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE DEER HERD.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

WE MIGHT LOSE ANOTHER 100,000 HUNTERS COME DEER SEASON.

BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR HUNTERS AND THEREFORE THE SUCCESS RATES OF OUR HUNTERS WE HAVE MADE THE CHANGE TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLER FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEWCOMERS TO THE SPORT, AND THE POPULATION CAN HANDLE THIS HAD LICENSE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS FROM, BUT FOLKS, THANKS FOR CALLING WITH SOME GREAT QUESTIONS HERE.

JOE, THIS PERSON WANTS TO KNOW--IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE REALLY UPSET OVER THIS.

I JUST PURCHASED 14 ACRES THAT BACKS UP TO STATE LAND.

NO MOTOR VEHICLE, FOOT TRAFFIC ONLY PROPERTY.

BUT PEOPLE ARE DISREGARDING THE SIGNS.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO DETER THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC?

BOY, ISN'T THAT A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

>> NOT KNOWING WHAT AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND, BUT OPENING TRAILS FOR VEHICLE OPERATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ORVs THAT ARE GOING ACROSS COUNTRY AND DOING DAMAGE.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, ANY TIME YOU SEE A NATURAL RESOURCE VIOLATION, WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REPORT IT 1-800-292-7800.

JUST LIKE I WOULD CALL THE LOCAL SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OR STATE POLICE TO RESPOND TO A CRIMINAL MATTER.

THAT IS OUR WAY OF DISPATCHING OFFICERS ACROSS THE JURISDICTION.

>> OKAY.

THE REPORT ON POACHING HOTLINE, IS THERE A REWARD FOR REPORTING SOMEBODY DEER BAITING?

THIS PERSON WANTS TO REPORT THAT IT IS ALL OVER ASKODA COUNTY.

DEER PAINTING IS NOT HARD TO FIND.

>> NORTHEAST MICHIGAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE A LOT OF HUNTERS.

EVEN OVER HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE.

SO WE DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL JUST LIKE IF THE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MONITORY REWARDS, # WE CAN NOMINATE PEOPLE, PART OF THE VIOLATION--PART OF THE SENTENCING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO POACH WILDLIFE IS A CONSERVATION FEE OR RESTITUTION.

NOT EVERYONE GETS PUT IN FOR REWARDS.

LOTS OF PEOPLE JUST PASS ON THE INFORMATION OR MAKE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN SEEING THE RIGHT THING DONE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM.

>> LET'S GO--LET'S GO--SHELBY, THESE PEOPLE ARE REPORTING THAT THERE IS NO AUDIO IN ALPENA.

I GOT TO THINK THAT THERE IS A CABLE OR DISH PROBLEM.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE AUDIO WILL GO OUT WHERE I GET MY TELEVISION FROM, TOO.

>>> HOW MANY DEER WERE SHOT IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN BY THE FARM BUREAU.

I KNOW NONE WERE SHOT BY THE FARM BUREAU.

BUT THERE WAS SOME CROP-DAMAGE DEER TAKEN UP THERE.

AND DIDN'T WILDLIFE SERVICES WILL TAKE SOME DEER UP THERE?

AND HOW DO WE FIND OUT?

>> WELL, THEY'RE MOST LIKELY ASKING ABOUT WILDLIFE SERVICES.

THROUGH A PERMIT FROM US THEY'RE ABLE TO ASSIST FARMERS WHO HAVE THE THREAT OF TB BEING PASSED FROM THEIR DEER TO THEIR CATTLE.

IT'S A PERMIT THAT WILDLIFE SERVICE IS ABLE TO ACQUIRE, AND FARMERS ARE ABLE TO GET DISEASE-CONTROL LICENSES AS WELL.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WEBSITE THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

I WISH I WOULD HAVE LOOKED THAT UP, BUT WE WANT TO BE REALLY TRANSPARENT WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

EMILY SULE IS THE TV DEER SPECIALIST, AND SHE WORKS OUT OF THE GAYLORD OFFICE.

SHE PROVIDES UPDATES ONE GEARED TOWARDS OUR FARMING COMMUNITIES IN THAT AREA, AND ONE GEARED TOWARDS OUR HUNTING COMMUNITIES.

SHE CREATES GRAPHS AND CHARTS THAT SHOW THE NUMBERS REALLY CLEARLY BECAUSE SHE WANTS THERE TO BE STRONG TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THIS.

BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE TAKEN AND THE REASON WHY.

SO SHE WOULD BE ONE I WOULD RECOMMEND CONTACTING.

SHE'S OUT OF THE GAYLORD OFFICE.

SHE WORKS IN THE ALPEENA OFFICE, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I THINK SHE'S THERE MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HER, SHE CAN POTENTIALLY SEND YOU THAT PAMPHLET WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

I KNOW AGAIN, THEY'RE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LINK FOR THAT, TOO.

>> BUT THEY CAN BE--THOSE NUMBERS--EVERYTHING IS PRETTY TRANSPARENT.

THE NUMBERS ARE THERE, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> OKAY "O" MARK, WILL THEY BE PLANTING ANY WALLEYES IN HOUGHTEN LAKE.

>> MOST PROBABLY NOT.

WE'LL STUDY IT.

THERE ARE SOME ANGLERS WHO THINK WE SHOULD BE STOCKING HOUGHTEN LAKE.

BUT WITH WE GET VERY GOOD WALLEYE REPORTS FROM OTHER ANGLERS AS WELL.

THE LIKE--THAT LAKE HAS CHANGED A TON OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.

AND SO WE'RE URGING ANGLERS TO THINK ABOUT TRYING NEW PLACES, TRY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES.

THE FACT IS THERE IS A HECK OF A LOT OF WALLEYE IN HOUGHTEN LAKE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE AREN'T AS MANY AS 20 YEARS AGO?

THAT'S POSSIBLE.

EVEN WHEN WE WERE STOCKING HOUGHTEN LAKE, THEY WERE TOKEN PLANTS ANY WAY AND WE WEREN'T STOCKING ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE POPULATION ANY WAYS.

UNFORTUNATELY, STOCKING NOT THE END-ALL, BE-ALL.

AND IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON HOUGHTEN LAKE AND HAVE IT BE A NATURALLY REPRODUCING WALLEYE SITUATION THAT WILL BE THE BEST WITH SITUATION FOR EVERYONE.

>> ASK WE REPLAY THE SHOW THAT HAD NO AUDIO.

FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVERYWHERE THAT WE HAD NO AUDIO.

WE'LL NOBODY SELECT MARKETS, BUT IT IS USUALLY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY IF YOU CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS.

AND WE'LL TRY TO FIND OUT WITH A--WHEN THAT IS, AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH IT.

>> IT WILL BE ONLINE, TOO.

>> IT WILL ALSO BE ONLINE.

WE'LL TRY TO FIND A PLACE ONLINE FOR YOU TO WATCH THAT, TOO.

HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE GET OFF THE AIR TONIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, YES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH IT ONLINE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH IT ONCE OR TWICE ON YOUR LOCAL CHANNEL.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

>>> IN THE LOWER PENINSULA, CAN YOU SHOOT ONE IF YOU SEE ONE?

THAT ANSWER, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE.

IF YOU DO SEE ONE IN THE LOWER PENINSULA, THE ANSWER IS NO.

AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT, JOE?

>> YES, DEFINITELY.

JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM IN THE LOWER PENINSULA, IF YOU DO HAVE WOLF SIGHTINGS, AGAIN, CONTACT YOUR DNR OFFICE AND ASK TO SPEAK A WILDLIFE OFFICER TO REPORT YOUR WOLF SIGHTINGS.

>> BY THE WAY, FOLKS, IF YOU WRITE THIS DOWN.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN, OR YOUR AUDIO WENT DOWN.

WRITE THIS DOWN.

WCMU.ORG , GO TO THAT ON YOUR COMPUTER OR ON YOUR GOOGLE OR WHOEVER, AND LOOK FOR "ASK THE SPECIALIST."

WCMU.ORG , AND FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T HEAR OR ARE GETTING NO AUDIO.

WCMU.ORG , LOOK FOR ASK THE SPECIALIST.

PRETTY SPECIAL AND STRAIGHTFORWARD THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THAT FOR US.

TRACKS OF STATE LAND THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOCKED.

AND HOW WILL IT EFFECT WILDLIFE.

FOLKS FROM ALCLEMENS, DOES THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION?

I CAN TELL YOU, BY GOLLY, IT IS.

I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THOSE MEETINGS WHERE EVERY TRACK OF STATE LAND IS REVIEWED EVERY TEN YEARS.

AND EVERY SINGLE INCH OF STATE LAND IS REVIEWED EVERY TEN YEARS.

AND SHELBY, IT IS A REAL INTERESTING WAY OF LOOKING AT STATE LAND, AND WHAT EFFECT IT HAS ON HUNTING, FISHING, TIMBER, ALL ASPECTS OF IT, ISN'T IT?

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH ANY MANAGEMENT ON STATE LAND IS REALLY COMANAGEMENT.

SO YOU HAVE WILDLIFE IN THE ROOM.

YOU HAVE FISHERIES IN THE ROOM IF THERE IS WATER RESOURCE ISSUES.

PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TRAILS THAT GO THROUGH STATE LAND.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FORESTRY AS WELL.

WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TOGETHER.

AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF WILDLIFE, AND A LOT OF TIMES KITTING CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR WILDLIFE BECAUSE IT CAUSES REGENERATION.

REGENERATION OF A FOREST BRINGS A LOT OF FOOD AVAILABILITY FOR SPECIES THAT LIKE THESE FORESTS, IT BENEFITS DEER AND OTHER SPECIES THAT LIKES THAT FOOD SOURCE AVAILABILITY.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY CREATING EXCELLENT WILDLIFE A HABITAT, AND THE STAFF IS ABSOLUTELY A PART THAT HAVE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

>> MARK.

>> HEY BOB, CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO SHELBY'S ANSWER?

>> YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

>> YES, SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE FOREST DEPARTMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT SHELBY IS TALKING ABOUT, IS A PUBLIC PROCESS.

THE PUBLIC CAN BE AS INVOLVED AS THEY WANT.

THEY CAN COME TO THE MEETINGS IF THEY WANT TO.

IT'S A FASCINATING PROCESS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HUNTING, FISHING, AND THEN IF THE NATURAL HAD WORLD OF MICHIGAN OF PUBLIC LAND, MAN, LEARN A TON.

I LEARNED A TON.

YOU KNOW, FROM OUR FORESTERS, FROM OUR WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS BY GOING THROUGH THAT COMPARTMENT OF REVIEW PROCESS.

IT'S A PUBLIC PROCESS.

IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN IT, YOU CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND YOU CAN BE AS INVOLVED AS YOU WANT.

>> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO A DEPARTMENT REVIEW AS A NATURAL RESOURCE COMMISSIONER, AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW EVERY SINGLE ACRE WAS FLY-SPECKED.

PEOPLE HAD DONE THEIR HOME WORK, AND HAD THERE WERE THOSE WITH CONCERN, TOO.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY THE INTERESTING THING I DID THE ENTIRE TIME AS COMMISSIONER WAS TO GO TO COMPARTMENTAL REVIEWS.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HERRING TONIGHT, AND ARE THEY BEING STOCKED IN TRAVERSE BAY.

>> NO.

SO THE ONLY HERRING THAT WAS STOCKED IN HEARTER SPRINGS.

EVEN WHEN THEY WERE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF HERRING OR SICOS THAT ARE CAUGHT ARE WILD FISH THAT HAVE COME BACK ON THEIR OWN.

AS FISHERY BIOLOGISTS WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN.

IT WAS A UNIQUE PHENOMENON.

IT'S BEEN A NICE ADDITION TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN TRAVERSE BAY FISHERY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE LAKE HERRING OR SISCO.

>> SUPER, SUPER.

WE HAVE A LITTLE TECHNICAL PROBLEM HERE WITH JOE RIGHT LET'S GO TO SHELBY ON THIS ONE.

IF YOU HAVE A DOE TAG, BUT YOU SHOOT A DEER WITHOUT ANTLERS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

YOU WOULD USE A TOE TAG BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AT BUCK TAG.

>> IF YOU HAVE A ANTLER LESS TAG, THAT IS WHEN TO USE THAT.

THOSE WHO HAVEMENT ISSUES, THERE ARE LIBERTY HUNTS, RIGHT?

THAT'S A HUNT LIKE THAT.

WHY ARE SO MANY DOUGH PERMITS.

WE STILL NEED TO TAKE AND REDUCE THAT COMPONENT OF THE DEER HERD, CORRECT?

>> THE LIKE WHAT BOB WAS SAYING, THE HIGHER NUMBERS HAVE DECLINED ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, LOOKING AT OUR SUCCESS RATES, EVEN WITH MORE LIBERAL ANTLERLESS LICENSE, THAT'S ONE CONSIDERATION, AND JUST THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW HUNTERS TO GET INVOLVED, AND HAVING A SIMPLER SYSTEM.

A LOT OF TIMES WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE ARE THINGS SO COMPLEX, AND NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE INS AND OUT OF IT.

IT CAN BE ENCOURAGING TO GET NEW HUNTERS INVOLVED, AND TO SORT OF HELP THAT DECLINE IN HUNTERS, AND MAYBE IF YOU'RE A HUNTER YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT BE ENCOURAGED TO BRINGS SOMEBODY OUT, NOW THAT YOU HAVE INCREASED OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

>> AND LET'S.

>> I THINK THIS HAS CAUGHT A LOT OF US--JUST TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ALL STEP BACK 100 AS MUCH YEARS AGO AND IMAGINE THIS.

JUST UPDATE US, WILL YOU, MARK?

>> IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS AROUND THE STATE, TRIBES, UNIVERSITIES, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT BASICALLY THE PLAN IS--THE GOAL IS TO BRING THE ARCTIC GRAILING BACK TO MICHIGAN, AND TRY TO GET THEM TO BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE ON THEIR OWN AND HAVE SUSTAINABLE POPULATIONS IN AT LEAST SOME OF OUR DREAMS.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO TO DO THAT IS WE WANT TO HAVE OUR STOCK IN OUR HATCHERY SYSTEM.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MSU GRAD STUDENT A Ph.D STUDENT.

SHE HAS GONE TO ALASKA TWICE AND BROUGHT BACK EGGS FROM ALASKA FOR US.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT A QUICK PROJECT BECAUSE FOR US TO BUILD OUR STOCK IN THE HATCHERY, IT TAKES A NUMBER OF YEARS AND SEVERAL DEAR CLASSES.

WE'RE STILL A FEW YEARS ARE TO BE ABLE TO STOCK IN OUR RIVERS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

AND SO WITHIN A FEW YEARS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT STOCKING OUR ARCTIC RAILING.

THE RIVER SHED HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT IN ADDITION TO OTHER WATER SHEDS.

REMEMBER THAT ARCTIC GRAYLING.

IT WAS ONLY ARCTIC GRAYLING THAT LIVED IN A LOT OF OUR COLD WATER WATER SHEDS.

NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD WHERE WE DO HAVE TROUT, THE GRAYLING ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH THOSE SPECIES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PLACES WHERE WE HOPE THAT THEY CAN COEXIST.

BUT YES, VERY EXCITING PROJECT, AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN A FEW YEARS WE'LL BE--WE'LL HAVE PLACES IN MICHIGAN WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND FIND ARCTIC GRAYLING LIVING ON THEIR OWN IN OUR STREAMS.

>> WE SEE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN GREAT LAKES AND STREAMS OVER THE YEARS, AND CERTAINLY IN THE LAST 100-SOME YEARS SOME INCREDIBLE STUFF HAS HAPPENED.

STATE LAND THAT IS LAND LOCKED AND PEOPLE GET TO, IS THERE AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT?

TYPICALLY THEY TRY TO GET RID OF THE STATE LAND THAT IS LAND LOCKED AND NOT OF USE TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT?

>> YES, LAND LOCKED PROPERTIES GENERALLY THE DEPARTMENT WILL TRY TO AUCTION OR SELL THEM OFF.

WE RUN DIFFERENT AUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH PROPERTIES ARE, BUT THE STATE'S INTERESTED IN, RETAINING PROPERTIES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

IF IT IS LAND LOCKED, IT DOESN'T HAVE VALUE TO THE USERS OF THE STATE.

YES, THOSE ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AGAIN, IT MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM.

BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAS ACCESS TO THEM, THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.

THE STATES WILL HAS A LAND SWAP PROGRAM OUT THERE SET UP FOR LAND OWNERS WHO MAY BE ADJACENT TO THOSE LAND LOCKED PROPERTIES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED AND PURCHASING IF THEY HAVE 40 ACRES.

STATE SOMETIMES WILL DO A LAND SWAP FOR ANOTHER 40 ACHERS THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC.

>> THE STATE IS NOT ACQUIRING LANDS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT AND BUYING LANDS THAT ARE LAND LOCKED.

THEY WON'T BUY THOSE UNLESS THERE IS A LAND SWAP AVAILABLE.

IT IS NOT THAT THE STATE IS GETTING STUCK WITH THEM THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES.

THAT'S HOW THE DNR.

WHEN TAXES ARE NOT PAID, THE DNR ENDS UP OWNING THOSE LANDS.

SO THE DNR ARE GETTING STUCK WITH THEM.

ARE THERE OPTIONS FOR HELP WITH WILDLIFE.

THAT'S WHERE THE REHABILITATORS COME IN.

>> YES, WE HAVE CERTIFIED REHABILITATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REHABILITATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BUT THEY ARE LISTED ON THE WINDS, AND THERE IS A LISTING OF WHAT ANIMAL SPECIES THEY CAN LEGALLY REHABILITATE WHEN IT COMES FROM BIRDS OF PREY, RAPTOR OWLS.

WHERE DOES THE FEE FOR THE LICENSE GAS TO?

>> IT GOES BACK TO TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE GRADING THEM IN THE SPRING OR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

FOR MAINTENANCE, SIGNAGE, AND IT'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP US OUT WITH THOSE WITH THAT MAINTENANCE SOMETIMES.

>> AND CAN YOU USE A WHEELED VEHICLE ON A GROOMED SNOWMOBILE TRAIL?

>> GENERALLY SPEAKING OUR SNOWMOBILE TRAILS GO ALONG SEASONAL ROADS OR TWO TRACKS OR TRAILS.

UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC LAND USE ORDER OUR DIRECTORS PROHIBITING WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLES ON A SECTION OF TRAIL TECHNICALLY WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLES CAN BE ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR SNOWMOBILE TRAILS.

THERE ARE HAD SPECIFICS AREAS THAT IT IS PRO HINTED.

A LOT OF MILES OF OUR SNOWMOBILE TRAIL ARE LEASED FROM PRIVATE LAND OWNERS SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET CONNECTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE ONLY VEHICLES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE ON THOSE PRIVATE SECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE SNOWMOBILES, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES LEGALLY ALLOWED ON THOSE LEASED LANDS ON THE TRAILS.

>> IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP WHEELED VEHICLES OFF FROM STATE-OWNED LANDS.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE PRIVATE LANDS THAT ARE LEASED.

I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

AND OF COURSE WE GET THIS FROM THE CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL WHO EVERY SDNR COMES INTO THIS QUESTION.

WHY IS IT LEGAL TO USE FISH FINDERS BUT NOT DRONES TO FIND YOUR GAME WITH?

WELL, IT'S ILLEGALLY--BY STATE LAW TO USE THE DRONES.

>> IT'S ILLEGAL TO USE VEHICLE THAT USE AERONAUTICAL THRUST BY STATUTE.

>> WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT IS WRITTEN INTO THE LAW BY LEGISLATURE THAT YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

SO THAT'S THE DINNERS.

NO ONE HAS ALLOWED HAD FISH FINDINGERS.

>> NO ONE HAS OUTLAWED THEM.

IF YOU TALK TO MY WIFE THEY LIE ANY WAY BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THERE IS FISH DOWN THERE, AND WE NEVER CATCH THEM.

>> SHE MUST FISH WITH ME A LOT, TOO.

OKAY SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE OF DEER TAGS HAVE RISEN.

THEY HAVEN'T IN A LONG TIME REALLY IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, RIGHT?

>> OH, FEE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE WE CHANGED THE STRUCTURE OF OUR LICENSES.

WE SWITCHED OVER TO REQUIRING THE BASE LICENSE, AND THEN THE A DEER LICENSE AFTER THAT.

BASE LICENSE COVERS OUR SMALL GAME, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD--THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE SINCE THEN.

IT TAKES AN ACTUAL LAW PUT INTO PLACE BY OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO INCREASE OUR LICENSES.

IT'S NOTHING THAT THE DNR HAS CONTROL OVER.

>> ONE THING--SORRY TO INTERRUPT, ONE THING IF YOU'RE A HUNTER INNER CORE AREA.

YOU CAN SELECT AN AND--ANTLERLESS LICENSE.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO CONCERNED ABOUT THE AND BE LETTERLESS AND THE INCREASED PRICE.

IN THAT AREA.

>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU SHOULD BRING THIS UP.

FOLKS WANT TO KNOW WHY APRS ARE SO COMPLICATED AND ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE GETTING MORE SIMPLIFIED, AREN'T THEY?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT OUR DEER LICENSES HAVE BECOME MORE SIMPLE IN THE LAST YEARS.

AND THERE IS IF YOU LIVE IN THE APR AREA, THERE HAS BEEN DESIRE FROM THE PUBLIC IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE STATE TO HAVE THEM, AND DESIRE FROM PUBLIC NOT TO HAVE THEM.

SOMETIMES THERE IS NO APRs BECAUSE OF DISEASE CONCERNS.

THERE IS A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY WE HAVE THEM AND WHY WE DON'T.

>> EVERYBODY SAYS RULES ARE FAR MORE COMPLICATED THIS THAN THEY WERE.

THIS IS MY 55 YEAR OF DEAR SEASON.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE FAR MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU CAN FOR THAN YOU COULD WHEN I FIRST BEGAN HUNTING.

WHEN I FIRST BEGAN HUNTING YOU COULD SHOOT ONE DEER PER CALENDAR YEAR.

NOW YOU COULD BUY A BULL BOW LICENSE, A GUN LICENSE, BUT YOU COULD SHOOT.

ONE DEER.

IF YOU SHOT TWO DEER YOU WERE AUTOMATICALLY ILLEGAL.

THAT MAKES THE WALLS VERY SIMPLE.

AND BANKLY YOU COULD SHOOT A BUCK.

AND WE SHOT DOG GONE FEW OF THOSE THINGS.

THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE AND THE MORE YOU SPREAD THEM OUT AND THE MORE THINGS YOU CAN DO, JUST COMPLICATES THINGS.

THE SIMPLE RULES ARE OH, THIS IS A COMPLICATED QUESTION.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO ALL THOSE WHO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STATE HUNTING IN MICHIGAN.

I HAVE SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD BANNER YEARS AND LOTS OF FISH AND LOTS OF FUN, AND BOTH TAKING, THEY'RE 12 AND 15 YEARS OLD, THEY'VE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BALL.

>>> THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO LIVE WITH IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT LOOKS GOOD.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BILL IS IN ALLOWING IT.

MANY PEOPLE LOOK AT I SEE AS IT MIGHT BE TO SPRAY PURPLE PAINT ON A TREE VERSUS PUTTING UP A SIGN.

BUT ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT AND REMEMBER, IF THERE IS NO TREES TO PAINT WITH PURPLE?

ALSO IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, PURPLE PAINT ON A DARK BACKGROUND MIGHT NOT BE SEEN EITHER.

# OUR SIGNS ARE VERY VISIBLE AND EASY TO SEE.

THE PAINT, THERE ARE SOME PROS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME CONS.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN ARKANSAS WHERE IT IS LEGAL, I DID SEE PURPLE PAINT UP, AND IT JUST--I DON'T KNOW.

IT JUST TOOK SOME OF THE PLEASANT ANDNESS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AWAY FROM IT TO SEE BIG GAUDY--WELL, THEY WOULD DO ENTRANCES TO FIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WOULD AN BARREL PAINTED PURPLE THERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IF YOU'RE A MINNESOTA VIKING THAT'S A GREAT THING TO SEE, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM A LOT OF FUN TO ME.

WHY DO I HAVE TO BUY A PHEASANT LICENSE THAT SUBSIDIZES DOWN-STATE HUNTERS.

>> WELL, YOU ONLY HAVE TO BUY A PHEASANT LICENSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE HUNTING PHEASANT, AND WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF AREA THAT IS OPEN TO THE STATE FOR PHEASANT HUNTING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

>> IF YOU'RE IN THE NORTHERN AREA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PHEASANT STAMP FOR THAT?

>> YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE REGION WHERE PHEASANT HUNTING IS OPEN, AND AGAIN THOSE MONIES ARE GOING BACK DIRECTLY TO PHEASANT HUNTING-SHELBY MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

>> THERE IS DETAILS IN THE HUNTER DIGEST ABOUT WHICH--WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING FOR THOSE PHEASANT LICENSES AND SPECIFICSLY FOR RELEASING BIRDS DURING PHEASANT SEASON AND WHICH LOCATIONS THOSE ARE GOING TO.

YEAH, IF PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTED FOR INFORMATION WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING, IT IS OUTLINED IN THE HUNTER DIGEST.

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH MAYBE HAVING A WOLF SEEN IN THE UPPER HE PENINSULA.

WOULD THE FEDS EVEN ALLOW IT?

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?

THAT WAS A HANG OVER THE LAST TIME MICHIGAN WAS INTRODUCING WOLF SEEN, CORRECT?

DOES ANYONE WANT TO TACKLE WOLVES?

DID WE GO OFF THE AIR HERE?

FOLKS FROM LAKE CITY, THEY'RE WONDERING ABOUT REINTRODUCING A WOLF SEASON IN THE UPPER PENINSULA.

WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY RIGHT HERE.

WE HAD AUTHORIZED A HUNDRED PERMITS, AND THE SEASON HARDLY GOT OFF THE GROUND AND VERY FEW WOLVES WERE TAKEN.

IS EVERYBODY BACK WITH US?

ARE YOU BACK WITH US NOW?

ARE WE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO HAVING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SEASONS?

OR ARE THE FEDS KEEPING US FROM HAVING THAT SEASON AT THIS POINT?

>> WE WERE COMPLETELY CUT OFF THERE.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

>> WELL, WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE ANY WAY.

AND THE LAST MINUTE IS A HARD OUT SO I NEED TO SAY GOODBYE TO EVERYONE ANY WAY.

I WANT TO THANK WCMU,ER SHELBY, JOE, AND ALL OF YOU FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THIS.

IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH DUTY BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS--WE'VE HAD TO REUP IT FOR THIS WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE BACK IN STUDIO AGAIN.

MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS WE WILL.

LET'S LOOK AT IT ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME LET'S THANK WCMU PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOR AGAIN BRINGING US ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER, AND TALK ABOUT THOSE LAWS THAT GOVERNOR US AND THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE NORTHERN MICHIGAN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT APRIL FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF "ASK THE DNR."