Category Archives: Hunting & Fishing

Weird Wednesday: The Giant Wolf of Flint

December 31, 2008 – 9:23 am

The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey brings you 100% of the USRDA of Michigan weirdness. You can listen to Linda’s latest podcasts and read her blog at uncannyworld.com and also check out her books including Weird Michigan & Strange Michigan. One consistently described feature of [...]

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Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

November 13, 2008 – 9:51 am

Tom’s Vision by G0Da From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to “point forward” to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, “change” has been very much in the air of late. One part of Michigan that is certain to see change is the auto industry. The Globe & [...]

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What about water Wednesday?

November 12, 2008 – 11:34 am

AuSable river flood waters by sunrisepenny Michigan is known as The Great Lakes State, but we could easily be called “The Water State”. 10,000 lakes? Please. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes (15,000 if you count the little ones!). All that water – FRESH water – means that Michigan has a big responsibility. Michigan Citizens for [...]

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Deer Diary, it’s Monday and there’s snow in Michigan

November 10, 2008 – 10:06 am

Better Hide! by reddeviltj There’s a light dusting of snow on the ground, something that no doubt has Michigan’s 3/4 of a million deer hunters counting the days until Saturday. Our Opening Day of Michigan deer hunting season post from last year has links to all the details about the November 15-30 firearm deer season. [...]

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Dig Michigan: Kalamazoo Region

August 13, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Situated approximately half way between Detroit and Chicago and home to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo is the second of Michigan’s regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas [...]

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Dig Michigan: Traverse City

August 7, 2008 – 11:32 am

Traverse City is the largest city in Northwest Lower Michigan, and the first of Michigan’s regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away, so if you have [...]

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We Are All Downstream

July 27, 2008 – 8:21 am

Together. by Rick Spillers Eric Hansen is the author of “Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula” and “Hiking Wisconsin”. In this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins: Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior [...]

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Travel Local: Michigan State Parks Map

June 11, 2008 – 9:01 am

One of the recent additions to our Absolute Michigan Map are all of Michigan’s State Parks (97 or so). They can be found by looking for the little pine tree (which is the same symbol used to identify them on road signs!). The photo is morning mist by tobibritsch, who says that this was taken [...]

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Marquette, Michigan – ‘Paradise Found’

March 27, 2008 – 7:22 am

NW vista by DA2Brian Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine. These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or [...]

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Photo Friday: Holloway Reservoir Dam-Genesee County, MI by Terry Doyle

February 8, 2008 – 12:43 pm

Terry doesn’t have a whole ton of photos online yet, but he offers some neat views of the Flint area from Stepping Stone Falls to scenes from around Genessee to everyday life. Share this:

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