>>> TONIGHT WE ARE BACK LIVE IN THE STUDIO ON THE FIRST TIME IN 2.5 YEARS FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF ASK THE DNR.

WE HAVE GREAT FOLKS AROUND HERE, GREAT FOLKS ANSWERING THE PHONES.

GO AHEAD AND CALL IN YOUR QUESTION AT THE NUMBER 84497534.

>>> AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A FRESH EDITION LIVE OF ASK THE DNR.

>>> ♪ >>> OKAY.

WE ARE BACK AND LET ME MENTION, TOO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A ROUND UP OF ALL OF THE FOLKS IT TAKES TO GET INVOLVED IN THE SHOW TO GET IT DONE RIGHT.

DAVE HOFFMAN IS A DEPARTMENT ANALYST, HE IS ANSWERING PHONES IN ANOTHER AREA HERE OF THE STUDIO.

KRISTEN PHILLIPS IS HERE AND SHE'S CHIEF OF THE MARKETING AND OUTREACH DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL RESOURCES.

ALLY WRIGLEY IS HERE FROM THE WESTFORD MASAKI CAREER TACK AND CLINT MCKINLEY WHO IS ALSO HERE FROM WESTERN MASAKI CAREER TACK.

THEY ARE BOTH STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING ALONG, ALL OF THEM.

THEY ARE THE ONES TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS WHEN YOU MAKE THAT PHONE CALL.

AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.

AND WE HAVE, LUCKILY, WE HAVE BACK FOR MORE ANSWERING ACTION, WE HAVE MARKET SHARE IN A IS HERE AND THE MARK IS MARK IS THE PATRIARCH OF OUR ASK THE DNR FOLKS.

A BIOLOGIST OUT OF CADILLAC.

WE HAVE JOE MOELLER, LIEUTENANT JOE MOLNAR.

I USED TO CALL HIM ÓSCAR JOEY WHEN HE WAS A LOT YOUNGER AND A KID.

HE SAYS I'M ONE OF TWO PEOPLE WHEN I WOULD LET GET AWAY WITH IT.

SORRY, JOE, DIDN'T MEAN -- >> DOESN'T LET ME GET AWAY WITH IT.

>> HE'S A LOT BIGGER AND STRONGER.

I'M GLAD YOU DID LET ME GET AWAY WITH THAT.

THEN WE HAVE RACHEL LIGHTNER WHO IS JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

RATE SURE IS A BIOLOGIST OUT OF LANSING AND WE ARE GLAD YOU CAN BE HERE.

SHELBY ADAMS IS NOT INCAPACITATED BUT OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE.

>> SHE IS.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US, RACHEL.

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW AND I'M REALLY TICKLED YOU COULD COME ALONG, TOO, YOU WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR THE SHOW.

LET'S KICK THIS OFF RIGHT NOW WITH SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE DNR OFFICERS -- MARK, YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE WALL LIGHT TAKE ON THE MUSKEGON RIVER.

HOW IS THAT GOING?

>> I DIDN'T HEAR HOW THEY DID TODAY BUT WE GOT A DATE IN LAST WEEK AND A DAY AND ON TUESDAY.

AND I THINK THEY WENT TODAY AND THEY DID ANOTHER GOOD BATCH TODAY.

THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE DAY LEFT NEXT TUESDAY AND THAT'S ON THE MUSKEGON RIVER BETWEEN PINE STREET.

THAT SHOULD FINISH UP THE EGG TAKE OPERATIONS.

IT'S GONE WELL SO FAR BUT THAT SHOULD FINISH THIS UP FOR THE YEAR.

>> THAT SHOULD CATCH US UP FOR WALLEYE PLANTINGS ACROSS AT LEAST THE LOWER PENINSULA?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> TELL US ABOUT STEELHEAD, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT WITH STEELHEAD.

>> FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THE RUNS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD.

WE HAD A GOOD FALL RUN LAST YEAR THE BUS FALL RUN WE'VE HAD IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS AND A LOT OF FISH WERE CAUGHT OVER THE WINTER AS WELL.

HEARD A LOT OF GOOD REPORTS ALL WINTER LONG AND THAT HAS CONTINUED SO FOR THE SPRING.

>> TIDEWATER HAS TO PUT A DAMPER.

>> DEFINITELY MORE OF A BOAT FISHERY RIGHT NOW DEPENDING ON THE RIVER, BUT A LOT OF BOAT FISHERIES BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH TO WAIT IT.

WE HAD A LOT OF HIGH WATER.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WILL BRING A LOT OF FISH IN PIC OF THESE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS ESPECIALLY IS THAT WATER DROPS SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD STEELHEAD FISHING.

>> COULD GET HOT.

RACHEL, BEARS IT SHOULD BE -- I KNOW IT'S NOT HIBERNATION -- BUT WE WILL CALL IT HIBERNATION FOR RIGHT NOW -- BEARS SHOULD BE ENDING HIBERNATION SO WE MIGHT WANT TO BRING IN THOSE BIRDFEEDERS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ACROSS THE UPA AND LOWER PENINSULA WE'VE GOT BEARS AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT.

RIGHT ABOUT NOW THEY ARE LEAVING THEIR DENSE.

WE'VE GOT REPORTS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO OF BEARS LEAVING THEIR DENS AND WHILE THERE'S A LOT OF NATURAL FOOD SOURCES LIKE LEAFY GREENS AND SPRING BLOOMS, THEY'VE GOT FOOD, HARD TO AVOID BIRDFEEDER THAT'S GOT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 CALORIES IN ONE SINGLE BIRDFEEDER.

AS HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS, IT'S GOING TO TASTE DELICIOUS AND THEY ARE GOING TO SEEK THEM OUT IF YOU LEAVE THEM OUT RIGHT NOW WHICH CAN BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE ONCE THEY FOUND A BIRDFEEDER THEY ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO RETURN BECAUSE THEY FOUND A REWARD THERE.

WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE AREA WHERE BEARS MIGHT BE TO REMOVE THE BIRDFEEDERS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER FOOD SOURCES YOU MIGHT HAVE IN YOUR BACKYARD LIKE PET FOODS OR GARBAGE, JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WILDLIFE MOVE IT AROUND, SPRING WILDLIFE IS GOING TO HAVE BABIES HERE SOON AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE DOWN THOSE FOOD SOURCES NOW.

>> ALSO, IF YOU ENCOUNTER THOSE BABIES, LEAVE THEM ALONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE GETTING REPORTS OF FOXES ALREADY UP AND OUT OF DENS.

WE HAVE WATERFALL MOVING AROUND REALLY SOON.

IF YOU FIND A BABY ANIMAL, THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO IS LEAVE IT BE PICK OFTEN TIMES WILDLIFE THAT SURVIVAL STRATEGY IS TO LEAVE THEIR YOUNG ALONE.

THOSE BABIES DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A SMELL YES, THERE PRETTY IMMOBILE SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE AROUND AND DO SO MOM IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SPEND MUCH TIME WITH THEM DURING THE DAYTIME BECAUSE THOSE BABIES ARE PRETTY PROTECTED WHEN THEY ARE ALONE.

A LOT OF TIMES DURING THE DAY YOU WON'T SEE THE MOM AROUND BUT YOU WILL FIND THE BABIES AND THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS LEAVE THEM BE AND TRUST THEY ARE BEING CARED FOR LIKELY UNDER THE VEIL OF DARKNESS WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE ADULTS AROUND.

>> ANOTHER MONTH OR SO THE PHONES WILL START TO -- OKAY.

JOE.

A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO KNOW WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF FOLKS INTO HUNTING AND SHOOTING DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

THE PANDEMIC YEARS.

I WAS ALWAYS HEAR FOLKS WHERE THEY CAN GET THEIR HUNTERS SAFETY FIELD DAYS IN.

THEY CAN GET IT OVER THE COMPUTER BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE FEEL FIELD DAY.

WAS THE BEST WAY TO FIND THAT OUT.

>> THE LAST COUPLE YEARS PREVALENCE ARE PEOPLE USING THE PREVALENCE ARE PEOPLE USING OUR ONLINE.

HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES HAVE INCREASED BUT THERE'S A SECOND COMPONENT OF THE HUNTER SAFETY FIELD THEY.

ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO FIND A FIELD DAY IN YOUR AREA PICK WE'VE GOT PEOPLE - - PART OF MY DISTRICT?

BUT WILL NOT HERE RIGHT BEFORE FIRE AND DEER SEASON LAST YEAR.

WE HAD PEOPLE COMING DOWN FROM THE UPA FOR FIELD DAY.

THEY CAN BE SPARSE ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, A LOT OF THE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB'S THAT WE RELYING HEAVILY TO HELP WITH OUR HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES AREN'T THINKING ABOUT RUNNING HUNTER SAFETY CLASSES BUT WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN FOR TURKEY SEASON THE BEST WAY TO FIND IT IS TO GET ONLINE GO TO THE DNR'S WEBSITE.

WE'VE GOT VARIOUS LINKS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO SHOW YOU ALL THE FIELD DAYS AVAILABLE AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPOTS THERE ARE.

OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO IS IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE NAVIGATING THE WEBSITE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS.

ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE LISTED ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DIGESTS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET TO TODAY REACH OUT TO THOSE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WILL GLADLY TAKE THE TIME FOR YOUR CALL AND HELP GET YOU THE ANSWERS YOU NEED.

>> QUESTION FROM CADILLAC.

MARK MARK, WIND IS THAT A TAKE BEGIN ON THE LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER FOR STEELHEAD?

>> IT'S BEEN INSTANCE MARCH 9th SO WE'VE BEEN BLOCKING FISH SINCE THEN.

WE TURN THE PUMPS ON THE BETTER ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

WE DO HAVE FISH IN THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW BUT THEY ARE NOT RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN SO COLD, STILL HAVE SNOW.

THE FISH ARE NOT RIPE.

PROBABLY NOT, MAYBE LATE NEXT WEEK IT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT MORE LIKELY THE WEEK AFTER.

WE ARE A LITTLE WAYS OUT FROM EGG TAKE ON THE STEELHEAD.

THEY GOT TO GET RIGHT.

WE CAN'T TAKE EGGS UNTIL THEY ARE READY.

>> DON'T HAVE THE TOWN WERE THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING FROM.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE AREA, DIDN'T SAY WAY THEY ARE CALLING FROM, BUT I IMAGINE NORTHERN LOWER HERE OR EASTERN UPA.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE HUNTED DURING NIGHT HOURS?

SEATING WE DO HAVE VARIOUS SPECIES THAT CAN BE HUNTED ON NIGHT HOURS PROBABLY ARE TWO MOST PREVALENT ARE COYOTE AND RACCOONS.

RACCOONS GENERALLY INDIVIDUALS ARE RUNNING WITH HOUNDS ALTHOUGH THIS TIME OF YEAR WE MIGHT GIVE FOLKS OUT PREDATOR HUNTING FOR COYOTE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN THING THAT WOULD BE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

>>> IF YOU ARE ON STATE LAND IT'S ILLEGAL TO CUT ANY TREES.

THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEBATING AND FEEDING DEER, ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO NORMAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES.

IT'S NOT A NORMAL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE TO GO CUT DOWN A HEALTHY, VIBRANT TREE.

BUT IF IT IS IN THE ACT OF FOURTH STREET, WHETHER YOU MAYBE A FARMER OR SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING YOUR CEDAR TREES CUT OFF FOR TIMBER, THE TIMBER VALUE, AND ANYTHING LEFT ON THE GROUND AS THE ANNUALS ARE COMING INTO TO FEED ON THOSE, THAT WOULD BE LEGAL.

AGAIN IF YOU ON STATE LAND AND YOU START LIMNING CEDAR TREES, CONSERVATION OFFICERS IF THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH YOU THEY ARE GOING TO MOST LIKELY ISSUE A CITATION.

DAMAGING TREES IS NEVER A GOOD PRACTICE.

>> FOLKS FROM LUTHER.

GOOD DROUGHT QUESTION.

BROOK TROUT IS LOWER BECAUSE OF ADDING BROWN TROUT.

WHY IS DNR ADDING BROWN TROUT, MARK?

>> WELL, THAT IS INCORRECT.

THAT IS THE PINE RIVER THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE NOT STOCKED BROWN TROUT AND THAT RIVER IN DECADES.

ALL OF THE TROUT IN THAT RIVER, THE BROWNS, RAINBOWS, AND BOOKIES ARE ALL WILD, ALL NATURAL REPRODUCTION.

BROWNS TEND TO DOMINATE OVERBROOK TROUT IN MOST BUT NOT ALL SITUATIONS.

IN THE SKOOKUM AREA I WOULD AGREE BROWNS ARE DOMINANT THERE BUT I WOULD ADVISE IF THEY GO FURTHER UPSTREAM IN THE PINE RIVER WATERSHED YOU CAN FIND WHERE ERRORS ARE BOOKIES ARE MORE DOMINANT.

>> THEY ARE SAYING DNR IS -- YOU ARE SAYING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> WE HAVE NOT STOCKED THE PINE RIVER WITH ANYTHING SINCE I BELIEVE THE 1970s.

>> OKAY, COOL.

IS BAITING COMING BACK?

I DON'T THINK SO.

QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEBATING AND FLUID BLOCK.

PERSON WHO DOES A LOT OF FOOD PLOTTING FOOD PLOTTING IS HARDER TO GET DONE.

SPREAD OUT OVER MUCH A VAST AREA AND THEY CAN EAT IT 247.

ANYWAY.

FOOD PLOTS -- RUN THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOOD PLOTS AND BAITING.

>> CERTAINLY.

BAITING -- FIRST OF ALL IT'S UNLIKELY BAITING AND FEEDING WILL COME BACK IN THE LOWER PENINSULA.

LOWER PENINSULA.

AS FAR AS CHRONICALLY THE BEST POSSIBLE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE AND WENT TO A WE HAVE IS PREVENTING BAITING AND FEEDING FROM BEING DONE.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUTTING ON A BIG PILE, YOU ARE PUTTING DOWN SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE THAT'S GOING TO BRING ALL OF THOSE DEER INTO ONE SPOT WHERE THEY ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO SWAP BODILY FLUIDS AND THAT'S HOW CWD IS COMMONLY SPREAD WHEREAS IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN A FOOD PLOT AND IT IS MUCH HARDER BECAUSE YOU'RE TYPICALLY RUNNING MACHINERY AND PUTTING IN THESE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS AND THINGS.

WHEN IT COMES TO A DEER EATING FROM A FOOD PLOT IT'S LIKELY NOT GOING TO LEAVE WHATEVER IT WAS JUST CHEWING ON, IT WILL CONSUME THE WHOLE THING.

ITS SPREADING DISEASE IS LESS COMING THROUGH COMMON THROUGH THOSE PRACTICES.

>> FOLKS IN THE EAST END OF THE UP WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, RACHEL, KENNY DON'T COME INTO HEAT IN DECEMBER?

>> I MEAN, THERE IS A LATE REPRODUCTIVE SEASON THAT CAN OCCUR.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHANGING CLIMATES WE'VE HAD PICK WE'VE HAD WARMER SEASONS LATER IN THE YEAR.

I DON'T THINK IT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

>> PLUS SOME OF THOSE FORMS CAN COME AND.

>> DEAR CAN BECOME PREGNANT LATER IN THE YEAR AS WELL.

>> EXACTLY, A SECOND ROUND WITH THOSE.

YOUR NECK OF THE WORDS, JOE, ME SECOND.

CAN YOU A QUARTER A DEER BEFORE DRAGGING IT OUT?

>> ULTIMATELY YOU CAN GET YOUR DEER OUT OF THE WOODS ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO QUARTER IT OUT, PEOPLE LIKE TO BRING THE WHOLE YEAR DEAR HOME.

YES YOU CAN QUARTER IT OUT.

AGAIN, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY ATTACH YOUR KILL TAG TO THAT DEAR WHETHER IT BE A DOUGH TO THE LAKE, MOST COMMON SPOT, OR A BOOK WITH THE ANTLERS.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IS KEEP THAT WHATEVER PART YOU TAGGED IN PROXIMITY TO YOU.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING MULTIPLE TRIPS, JUST MAKE SURE YOU IF YOU DO GO HOME OR YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S HELPING YOU HAUL SOME STUFF YOU DO HAVE THAT TAG IN CASE YOU ARE CONTACTED.

THAT WAY YOU CAN SHOW YOUR VALIDATED TAG.

>> MARK, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT BLUE GILLS.

I MEAN, THEY ARE LIKE EVERY MAN'S FISH.

EVERY WOMAN'S FISH.

EVERYBODY CAN CATCH A BLUEGILL.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

FOLKS FROM LUTHER AGAIN LAKE COUNTY BALDWIN BUT THESE TWO QUESTIONS TOGETHER.

NUMBER ONE, WHEN THE BLUE GILLS SPAWN AND TO WHY HAVEN'T WE PUT THESE FISH INTO LAKE COUNTY AND WHY DON'T WE CLOSE DOWN FISHING BLUE GILLS ON THEIR BEDS?

>> COUPLE GOOD QUESTIONS.

BLUE GILLS TO SPAWN IN THE SUMMER TIME.

ITS WATER TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT.

USUALLY UP IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS, UP NORTH, IT'S TYPICALLY JUNE.

FURTHER DOWN SAY IT MIGHT BE ME.

BASICALLY WE DON'T STOCK BLUEGILL BECAUSE WE USED A STOCK BLUEGILL FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT DID THAT.

OVER DECADES OF DOING THAT WE BASICALLY LEARNED THAT BLUEGILL -- THE LAKES IN MICHIGAN HAVE REALLY GOOD BLUEGILL HABITAT ALREADY.

THEY TYPICALLY SPAWN ON THEIR OWN VERY WELL.

WE HAVE SOME LAKES THAT ARE OVERPOPULATED WITH BLUEGILL AND SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO STOCK BLUEGILL.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF BLUEGILL IN MOST OF OUR INLAND LAKES.

THE LAKES THAT CAN SUPPORT -- THE LAKES THAT ARE SHALLOW AND HAVE BLUEGILL HAVE REAL WELL ON THEIR OWN.

THEY DON'T NEED OUR HELP FOR REPRODUCTION.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T STOCK THEM.

>> THEY ARE SLOW-GROWING, YOU WOULDN'T SEE RESULTS.

>> AGAIN, YOU COULD GET INTO A STUNTED SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TOO MANY BLUE BLUEGILL'S AND NOT ENOUGH FOOD TO.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SITUATION EITHER.

THE QUESTION ABOUT REGULATING HARVEST OFF THE BEDS.

WELL, AGAIN, I THINK -- I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD THAT QUESTION BEFORE.

WE DON'T SEE THE BIOLOGICAL NEED TO DO THAT.

MAYBE IN SOME SMALL LAKES, IF SOMEONE IS ROUTINELY GOING AND LIMITING OUT EVERY DAY.

I GUESS THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.

FROM THE LAKES THAT WE'VE STUDIED THAT WE HAVE SURVEYED WE HAVE NOT SEEN POPULATION LEVEL PROBLEMS WITH OVER HARVEST OF SPAWNING BLUEGILL.

>> OKAY.

IS IT LEGAL TO PLANT [INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S ILLEGAL TO DO ANYTHING ON STATE LAND, TO MAINTAIN STATE LAND, TO WORK IT OUT.

IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR SOMEONE WANTING TO PUT IN A FOOD PLOT OR PLANT AN APPLE TREE IN THEIR FAVORITE HUNTING SPOT.

ANY MAINTENANCE OR WORK DONE ON STATE LAND IS DONE BY OUR WILDLIFE DIVISION.

TO GET AREAS ON SOME OF OUR GAME AND WILDLIFE AREAS AND UP HER OWN OUT COUNTRY WHERE I USED TO WORK THEY WILL PUT IN WILDLIFE OPENINGS TO PROVIDE SOME VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ELK OR TO PROVIDE SOME HABITAT.

FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO GO IN AND DO ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE, CUTTING, PLANTING WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT BY PERMIT AND TOUGH TO GET THOSE PERMITS.

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.

HEARS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.

WHAT THE DNR PLANS ON DOING FOR THOSE.

IS THERE ANY CHANGES COMING ALONG?

>> REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE OF THIS DISEASE, SAMPLING SURVEILLANCE IS THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH THAT IS OCCURRING.

CWC SAMPLING IS ONGOING.

WE HAD ABOUT 25 POSITIVE DETECTIONS LAST YEAR OUT OF THE 7000 DEAR.

PREVALENCE.

PREVALENCE DOES CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW.

HOWEVER, NOW WE NEED TO START LOOKING IN AREAS WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN SAMPLED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF THAT DISEASE.

FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT'S SAMPLING IN THEIR AREAS BEFORE LIKELY WILL HAVE IT IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE THIS FALL.

>> TRAVERSE CITY AVENUE, GREEN LAKE AREA.

WHAT DOES THE DNR DO TO STOP A BEAVER DAM FROM WALKING WATER?

DEPENDS WHERE THE ROAD IS GETTING FLOODED, DEPENDS ON A LOT OF STUFF.

>> ULTIMATELY, WE'VE GOT BEAVER TRAPPING SEASON GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SOME WATER BEING BACKED UP BY A DAM, REACH OUT TO A TRAPPER OR TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A NEW SKILL OR HOBBY.

ULTIMATELY, THE DEPARTMENT REALLY DOES NOT DO TOO MUCH WITH BEAVERS.

AGAIN, ROAD COMMISSIONS WILL EMPLOY TRAPPERS IF THERE'S CONCERNS WITH CULVERTS AND ROADS.

AT TIMES THE DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK AT REMOVING BEAVER DAMS.

OUT OF CONCERN FOR HABITATS.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT COME INTO PLAY AS IF YOU TAKE OUT A BEAVER DAM THERE IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE RUSH OF WATER THAT CAN GO RUNNING DOWN STREAM, DESTROY HABITAT, DESTROY PROPERTIES.

ANY TIME ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT TAKING OUT A BEAVER DAM OR HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT IT'S BEST TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT.

SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE PERMITS THAT COME INTO PLAY DEPENDING ON HOW THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY CAN COME INTO PLAY WITH PERMITTING AS WELL.

>> WE DO KEEP TRACK -- WE HAVE A LIST OF BEAVER TRAPPERS.

IF YOU HAVE A NUISANCE BEAVER YOU WANT REMOVED, IF YOU GIVE US A CALL WE CAN OFTEN HELP YOU FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP YOU DO IT IF YOU DON'T TRAP YOURSELF.

THE OTHER THING IS IF THAT'S A TROUT STREAM THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PORK CHOP FISHING HOME.

>> EXACTLY FOUR AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS UNTIL THE WATER WARMS UP.

OKAY.

THIS ONE FROM MATT PICK ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE TOWNS NORTH OF CADILLAC.

IF YOU HAVE A FOOD PLOT THAT IS 4-FOOT BY 4-FOOT OR SMALLER HOW IS THAT PUTTING DOWN BAIT?

IT'S AN AWFULLY SMALL FOOD PLOT AND IN ONE NIGHT I CAN TELL YOU THERE WON'T BE ANY FOOD PLOT LEFT.

>> IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT'S NATURALLY GROWING, NATURALLY OCCURRING.

IF YOU PLAN ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND APPLE TREE OR SOME TYPE OF FRUIT TREE THERE'S GOING TO BE A FINITE AMOUNT OF FEED THAT IS FALLING DOWN FROM THOSE.

AGAIN, THAT'S NATURALLY OCCURRING PIC OF THE STATE IS NOT GOING TO COME IN AND SAY FARMERS CAN'T GROW CROPS ANYMORE OR THAT YOU CAN'T PLANT THINGS ON YOUR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AGAIN, WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP SUPPORT OUR DEER POPULATIONS.

BY PUTTING IN THE BAIT, HAVING THESE AREAS THAT THE DEER ARE COMING INTO YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE'S FEED BEING PUT DOWN.

THOSE OF THE AREAS THAT ARE GETTING SATURATED.

FEEDING PATTERNS ARE GREATLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN A FOOD PLOT AND ALSO -- AGAIN, NATURALLY OCCURRING FOOD SOURCES THAN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH PUTTING BAIT DOWN.

>> WALK TO THE STATUS, RACHEL, ON THE WEST NILE VIRUS RIGHT NOW?

>> WEST NILE VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED IN LOW AMOUNTS OF SPECIES IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPECIES.

THEIR ONGOING STUDIES WITH RUFFED GROUSE IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND WAS NOW.

THE PREVALENCE IN WEST NILE VIRUS AND MOST WILDLIFE CONTINUES TO REMAIN LOW.

CERTAINLY WE ARE KEEPING TABS ON IT AND IF YOU REALLY WANT THE NUMBERS, WANT TO KNOW WERE POSITIVE DETECTIONS HAVE COME OUT, THAT IS ON THE DNR'S WEBSITE UNDER OUR WILDLIFE INFORMATION PAGE.

>> WHILE WE ARE AT IT LET'S GET THIS NEXT QUESTION.

THESE FOLKS FROM PHONE LIVE ON A SMALL LAKE.

CAN THE DNR HELP WITH LOON POPULATIONS AND NESTS?

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT LOONS THERE OR DON'T WANT LOONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE LOONS ARE.

>> CERTAINLY HOPE THEY DON'T WANT LOONS REMOVED.

THEY ARE SO LOVELY AND WONDERFUL.

I'M GUESSING THEY WANT LOONS ON THEIR PROPERTY AND AT THIS TIME KNOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE RELOCATING ANY TYPE OF LOONS TO YOUR PROPERTY.

WE CERTAINLY HOPE WE CAN HAVE A LOONS WHEREVER THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WHEREVER WE HAVE THE HABITAT FOUR.

AT THIS TIME WE ARE MONITORING POPULATIONS.

>> GREAT QUESTION COMING UP.

YOU IS GET THE GREAT ONES.

PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU.

>> PEOPLE ARE THINKING FISHING.

>> YES THEY ARE.

IN OCTOBER, RACHEL, IF YOU ARE A LITTLE WITH US IN OCTOBER OR WHETHER SHELBY IS BACK.

THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE OF THE HUNTING ONES.

MARK.

FOLKS FROM HOME AND LIKE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ARE THERE ANY SMELL READY NOW?

>> YES.

>> REALLY?

>> VERY QUIETLY I HEAR WHISPERS OF SMELL RUNS.

I'M MORE LIKE MICHIGAN SIDE.

I AM HEARING OF SMELL RUNS ON SOME LAKE MICHIGAN TRIBUTARIES.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS EVEN SOME DIP KNITTING GOING ON AND OFF THE PEERS PIERS.

MANISTEE, LUDINGTON.

I WOULDN'T SAY WE ARE AT THE SMELL GLORY DAYS OF THE 80s OR 90s, BUT WE DO HAVE A VIABLE SMELTER RUNS AGAIN.

IF YOU PUT YOUR TIME AND AND YOU ARE DILIGENT YOU CAN FIND SMELT AND DIP THEM.

>> FOLKS FROM GRAYLING WANT TO KNOW, YOU THREE ARE FAMOUS.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THIS AGAIN AND THEY WANT TO KNOW CAN -- WILL IT BE RE- AIRED SO THEY CAN WATCH IT LATER.

I THINK USUALLY THEY DO IT ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, CHECK THE LISTINGS, LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THAT.

ALSO I THANK YOU CAN SEE IT ON FACEBOOK.

>> FACEBOOK LIVE AND YOUTUBE.

ALMOST ALL OF THE OLD SHOWS ARE REPLAYED ON YOUTUBE AS WELL.

>> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T SIT AROUND AND WATCH THIS THING USUALLY.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I KNOW ONE OF US MIGHT HAVE MADE AN ERROR AND IT WOULD USUALLY BE ME.

ANYWAY.

CAN YOU GET A PERMIT TO TRIM BRANCHES ON TREES AND STATE LAND FOR YOUR TREE STANDS LIKE SMALL BRANCHES?

FOLKS FROM RIVERDALE WHERE THEY USED TO SERVE UP THE RIVERDALE TAVERN USED TO SERVE UP THE BEST FROG LEGS AND THE IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

CAN YOU DO THAT A MINOR AMOUNT OF TRIMMING?

>> TECHNICALLY THE WAY THE LAW READS WRITTEN IS IT'S ILLEGAL TO CUT ANY TYPE OF IT -- ANY LIVE TREE.

THIS TIME OF YEAR MANY PEOPLE GETTING FUEL WOOD PERMITS.

TO BE DEAD DOWN TREES.

WE DON'T PERMIT OR ALLOW ANY CUTTING OF TREES OR ANY TIME YOU CUT A TREE YOU ARE OPENING UP A SOURCE FOR POTENTIAL DISEASE OR INFECTION FOR THAT TREE.

LEGALLY IT'S ILLEGAL TO CUT IN A SHOOTING LANE FOR HUNTING SO YOU THANK YOU FOLKS ARE GETTING ON THE PHONE AND CALLING THESE QUESTIONS PIC OF THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING IN PRETTY FAST AND FURIOUS.

THEY WERE SLOW TO BEGIN WITH BUT HOLY SMOKES.

HERE THEY COME.

LAKE CITY.

CAN YOU DRIVE A SIDE BY SIDE IN THE TWO TRACTOR DEER SEASON.

>> THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC TIMES WHERE YOU CAN.

IT'S ILLEGAL TO OPERATE A OH RV ON PUBLICLY OWNED LAND FROM 7-ELEVEN AND FROM TWO TO FIVE.

THERE ARE SOME ALLOWANCES WITHIN THAT.

AGAIN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO ENSURE WHERE YOU WANT TO RIDE THAT THAT SIDE-BY-SIDE OR FOUR WHEELER ON STATE LAND OR EVEN FEDERAL LAND.

IT'S AN AREA OPEN TO THAT.

BOTH OF THE DNR AND THE US FOR SERVICE HAVE MAPS ON THE WEBSITE THAT ARE INTERACTIVE MAPS WHERE YOU CAN WE CONSUME AND AND THEY WILL HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF IF YOU CAN OPERATE OR YOU CAN'T OPERATE.

>> OKAY.

LOONS.

ANOTHER LOON QUESTION FOR RACHEL.

A MAN-MADE NEST IS BROKEN.

IS THE DNR REPAIR THOSE OR HOW DID THEY GET REPAIRED PICTURE DOES ANYBODY REPAIR THOSE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IF IT'S IN YOUR AREA, YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

CADILLAC?

>> IF YOU GOOGLE MICHIGAN LOON RANGER -- I'M PULLING OUT THE COBWEBS HERE.

THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION IN MICHIGAN, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, NOT A STATE AGENCY, BUT IT -- THEY EXIST FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOONS.

MICHIGAN LOON RANGER PROGRAM.

MAYBE DO A LITTLE GOOGLE SEARCH AND I THINK THEY DO HAVE -- THEY MAY HELP WITH SOME MAN-MADE NESTS ON SOME LAKES.

>> THERE ARE NESTING PLATFORMS THEY WILL PUT OUT AND THERE'S ALSO A PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ONE CAN GO THROUGH THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY PLACE INFORMATIONAL BUOYS FOR NESTING, FOR LETTING PEOPLE WHERE THE NESTS ARE.

IT DOESN'T PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO THE AREA BUT IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL.

AGAIN, AND ANY NESTING PLATFORM THAT MAYBE OUT IN THE WATER, THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PERMITTED.

AGAIN, THROUGH A PROCESS THAT IF YOU CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER THEY CAN GET YOUR DIRECTION YOU DIRECTION ON THEM.

>> MARK, HOUGHTON LAKE, THESE FOLKS FOUND MAGGOTS INSIDE BLUEGILL'S AND PERCH.

LITTLE TINY MAGGOTS IN THE FISH.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> PRETTY COMMON.

THAT IS A PARASITE.

IT HAS THE VERY TECHNICAL NAME OF YELLOW GRUB.

THEY CAN BE WHITE.

THEY ARE NOT HARMFUL TO HUMANS.

IF YOU COOK THE FISH.

AGAIN, THEY ARE A PARASITE.

THAT ALONG WITH ANOTHER PARASITE CALLED BLACK SPOT THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON.

>> LOOKS LIKE PEPPER.

>> THOSE ARE BOTH PARASITES.

THEY ARE COMMON IN MANY INLAND LAKES.

THEY ARE CYCLICAL, SAME I HAVE A COUPLE YEARS WHERE THEY ARE PREVALENT AND MIGHT GO AWAY FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THEM AND AS LONG AS YOU COOK THE FISH THEY ARE NOT HARMFUL TO HUMANS.

NO SUSHI FROM HOUGHTON LAKE.

>> FOLKS FROM ACADIA SAY PORTAGE LIKE HAS NO FISH.

>> I WOULD DISAGREE.

WE STOCK PORTAGE LIKE HEAVILY WITH WALLEYE.

A GOOD WHILE I FISHERY.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT FISH PORTAGE LIKE ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR BLUEGILL.

A LOT OF BASS TOURNAMENTS ON PORTAGE LAKE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT PORTAGE LAKE OR NECK, THAT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD FISHING LIKE.

>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT SO.

A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT FISH THAT.

ATLANTICS SALMON IN ELK LAKE, A SPECIAL BREED OR A SPECIAL BREED OF LAKE TROUT ONLY IN TORCHLIGHT?

>> SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> I'M NOT SURE.

HOW ARE ATLANTICS SALMON ATLANTIC SALMON IN ELK LAKE?

ARE THERE A SPECIAL BREED OF LAKE TROUT ONLY IN TORCHLIGHT.

>> GOT IT.

GOOD QUESTION.

THE ATLANTIC SALMON, WE HAVE A STOCKING PROGRAM FOR ATLANTIC SALMON IN TORCH LAKE.

BUT THEY CAN SWIM FREELY TO ELK LAKE AND WE KNOW THEY DO THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.

IF YOU'RE CATCHING ATLANTICS IN ELK THEY CAME FROM THEIR STOCK -- FISH WE STOCKED IN TORCHLIGHT.

AS FAR AS LAKE TROUT IN TORCHLIGHT, YES, TORCHLIGHT IS ONE OF THE REAR LOWER PENINSULA LAKE TROUT LAKES THAT HAS NATURAL REPRODUCTION.

LAKES LIKE CRYSTAL AND HIGGINS AND GLENN ARE ALL SAND BOTTOM AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE ROCK SUBSTRATE THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE LAKE TROUT REPRODUCTION.

TORCHLIGHT IS REAR END THAT IT DOES.

WE DO HAVE A WILD NATURALLY REPRODUCING LAKE TROUT IN TORCH LAKE.

>> THAT'S COOL TO KNOW THERE IS HABITAT INVOLVED THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S WATER DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING IS ALL EQUAL.

THAT'S A VERY, VERY COOL.

GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT.

CAN A FELLA HUNT IN MICHIGAN?

FOLKS FROM THE TRI-CITIES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

>> ULTIMATELY IF YOU ARE A CONVICTED FELON YOUR PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM.

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ENHANCED SENTENCING AND POSE WE CANNOT POSSESS A WEAPON OF ANY KIND.

>> LIKE A BOW OR SOMETHING.

>> CAN STILL HUNT WITH ARCHERY EQUIPMENT.

CROSS BOW, BOW AND ARROW WAS TO BE LEGAL.

>> FOLKS FROM BRADLEY WANT TO KNOW WILL DNR PLANT WALLEYE AND HOLD LIKE THIS YEAR.

>> WE WILL NOT BE STOCKING WELL LIGHT HOUGHTON LAKE THIS YEAR.

OUR TAKE ON HOUGHTON LAKE IS IT HAS VERY GOOD NATURAL REPRODUCTION OF WALLEYE AND IT'S A GOOD WHILE I FISHERY.

WE WILL, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RIGHT, WE WILL BE DOING A FISHERY SURVEY ON HOUGHTON LAKE IN JUNE WHERE WE WILL BE SETTING NETS AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE BLUEGILL POPULATION IN HOUGHTON LAKE AS WELL AS THE WALLY POPULATION SPEED WHOM THEY ARE PUTTING IN IN THE LAKES, MAKING A COMEBACK YOU THINK?

>> WE HAVE NOT STOCKED GRAYLING.

WE ARE WHERE STILL LOAD WORKING ON THE HATCHERY.

THE DEAL WITH THE GRAYLING AND WHY IT'S TAKING A NUMBER OF YEARS IS THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING OUR OWN BROOD STOCK.

SO THAT WE ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO ANOTHER STATE TO CONSTANTLY -- TO GET EGGS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN BROOD STOCK BUT TO DEVELOP A BROOD STOCK IN A HATCHERY IT TAKES A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE ARE NOT YET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO STOCKED GRAYLING.

WE WILL BE GETTING THERE PICK AWARE WE ARE GOING TO STOCK THEM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YET.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF WATERSHEDS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.

THE MANISTEE, THE BOARDMAN.

MAYBE THE JORDAN.

WE WILL GET THERE.

THEN THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS, I THINK THE COLOR MENTIONED LAKES.

THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS WE COULD STOCK SOME IN LAKES AS WELL.

>> SMELT IN LAKE HURON AND MICHIGAN, ARE THE P FINDS IN THEM?

LIKE IN LAKE SUPERIOR?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, CAN'T ANSWER THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU JUST DON'T KNOW?

>> I'M GUESSING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN STUDIED YET PICK I'VE NOT HEARD EITHER WAY.

>> WRITE, WRITE, WRITE.

BECAUSE MARK WOULD TELL US.

MARK IS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT WILL TELL YOU IF HE KNOWS SPEED YOUR HONESTY IS BEST.

>> WHY AREN'T THEY PLANNING SALMON IN THE BIG MANISTEE SINCE REPRODUCTION ISN'T WORKING A MANISTEE.

>> I WOULD STRONGLY DISAGREE.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED SALMON IN THE MANISTEE RIVER IN A LONG TIME.

EVEN WHEN WE DID WE WERE ONLY STOCKING VERY SMALL NUMBERS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHINOOKS THAT HAVE EVER RUN THE MANISTEE ARE BASICALLY WILD FISH IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

YOU'VE GOT VERY, VERY GOOD SPAWNING HABITAT IN THE FIRST 34 MILES BELOW TO BE DAMP THE SALMON LOVE IT AND DO WELL.

THEY SPAWN VERY WELL.

IF YOU GO STEELHEAD FISHING NOW YOU WILL SEE CLOUDS OF CHINOOK FRY THAT HAVE RECENTLY HATCHED.

>> ITS ON THE PIER MARK MY CAT.

THEY NEVER STOPPED CHINOOK SALMON.

>> THE BETSY, WHITE, ALL OF THOSE RIVERS WERE NEVER STOCKED WITH CHINOOK YET THEY HAVE VERY, VERY GOOD WILD RUNS JUST LIKE THE MANISTEE.

>> CAN WE CARRY CROSSBOW OPEN BUT NOT LOADED THROUGH THE WOODS ON THE BACK OF A FOUR WHEELER.

FOLKS FROM SOUTH BRANCH WANT TO KNOW.

>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN TRANSPORT YOUR ARCHERY EQUIPMENT AND YOUR FIREARMS.

IF IT'S UNLOADED, UNCOCKED, YOU COULD TRANSPORT THAT ON YOUR FOUR WHEELER.

>> OKAY.

IS ANYONE FISHING FOR CHUBS ANYMORE, MARK?

>> FOUR CHUBS?

SPEED TUSHAR LAVOIE WANTS TO KNOW.

>> MY GUESS IS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIALLY FOR SCHILLING FOR CHUBS.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AT LEAST IN THE AREA I COVER I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE THAT IS.

PERHAPS FURTHER NORTH PEOPLE ARE.

>> I BELIEVE DOWN TOWARDS LAKE ERIE THERE STILL A COMMERCIAL FISHERY ON CHUBS DOWN THERE HAVING SPENT A FEW YEARS DOWN THERE.

I BELIEVE THERE IS A COMMERCIAL FISHERY.

AS FAR AS IN MY ENTIRE FIELD CAREER I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE PERSONALLY TARGETING CHUBS FOR THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION.

>> BY THE WAY, ONE FROM KALKASKA THAT I MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO ANSWER.

WILL THE DNR ALLOWED PAINT AND SET OF SIGNS FOR TRESPASSING?

NUMBER ONE, NOT A DNR QUESTION.

IS A LEGISLATURE THAT CREATES THE TRESPASSING LOSS.

THEY WILL HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT WILL MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED COMPARABLE PAINTBALLS PAINTBALLS.

AGAIN, THERE ARE BENEFITS BUT ALSO DRAWBACKS.

IF YOU PAINT A TREE WHEN IT'S DARK OUT, GUESS WHAT?

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT PAINT.

THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF A SIGN.

ANYONE WALKING IS GOING TO SEE THOSE BRIGHT ORANGE SIGNS.

IF IT'S DARK OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A FLASHLIGHT OUT OR EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE A FLASHLIGHT GENERALLY YOU ARE SHINING DOWN ON THE GROUND.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO SEE THOSE.

IS IT QUICKER, EASIER FOR THE LANDOWNER TO GO THROUGH AND SPRAY PAINT TREES?

YES, BUT AGAIN THERE ARE DRAWBACKS.

LIKE AT NIGHT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THAT PAINT.

>> I WAS IN ARKANSAS WHERE YOU SPRAY PAINT PURPLE?

I KNOW IT HAS PEOPLE THAT LIKE THAT IDEA.

IT'S TO ITS UGLY.

>> LET'S KEEP NATURE NATURAL.

>> I WOULD RATHER SEE A NO TRESPASSING SIGN.

ANYWAY.

PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME.

MARCO WERE THERE ANY FOLKS FROM GAYLORD THAT WANT TO KNOW -- WINTER FISH KILLS AND LIKES THAT YOU KNOW IF OF.

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY.

NOTHING MAJOR.

A FEW MINOR ONES.

NO.

I THINK WE GOT THE COLD SNAP -- THE WARM SNAP -- EARLY ENOUGH THAT BECAUSE WE DID ACCUMULATE SOME ICE THIS YEAR.

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WERE PRETTY COLD BUT I THINK IT BROKE EARLY ENOUGH IN MARCH THAT WE DID NOT -- IT MELTED OFF THE SNOW, ALLOWED FOR SUNLIGHT PENETRATION, ALLOWED FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS BENEATH THE ICE THAT GENERATED OXYGEN.

WE ARE NOT HEARING OF BIG FISH KILLS.

>> BUT THERE STILL COULD BE.

>> THE ICE IS NOT OFF ALL OF OUR LAKES YET EITHER.

IS GOING OUT AS OF NOW.

THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WILL TELL FOR SURE BUT I'M GOING TO PREDICT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE BIG FISH KILLS THIS WINTER.

>> THAT'S PRETTY DOGGONE GOOD.

I LIKE TO HEAR THAT OPTIMISM.

BY THE WAY, BROWN TROUT ARE RELEASED DURING THE DAY.

WHY NOT RELEASE THEM AT NIGHT?

FOLKS FOR MANISTEE WANT TO KNOW.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

WE HAD THAT QUESTION.

>> ALWAYS.

>> YEAH.

THE GOALS GET A FEW BUT TYPICALLY THE GOALS GET ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SICK OR INJURED.

THEY GET A HANDFUL.

WHEN YOU'RE SUCKING TENS OF THOUSANDS WHICH WE DO IN MANISTEE, BROWN TROUT, AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO GET A FEW DOZEN.

IT'S REALLY NOT A MAJOR IMPACT.

>> OKAY.

GROUT SEASON.

GAYLORD IS CLOSED DURING DEER SEASON, DURING THE GUN DEER SEASON.

THAT HAPPENED -- IT WAS OPEN DURING THE GUN DEER SEASON BUT CLOSED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

SENATOR JIM BURCH IS BUILT AT THAT BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE HUNTING THEN AND YOU WOULDN'T TAKE YOUR DOG OUT DURING THE GUN DEER SEASON.

ANY PLAN TO CHANGE THAT AROUND?

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING.

>> NOTHING CHANGE THAT.

BUT IT'S REOPENED IN DECEMBER.

>> YES.

>> EVERYWHERE.

WHY ISN'T THERE A MINIMUM AGE LIMIT ON THE LIBERTY HUNT?

I DON'T KNOW.

>> ULTIMATELY WHEN LEGISLATION WAS MADE TO CREATING THE MENTORED YOUTH HUNT -- MENTORED YOUTH LICENSES -- AND HE ANYONE NINE YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER IS ABLE TO LEGALLY PURCHASE A LICENSE.

AGAIN, THE YOUTH HAS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE WHATEVER APPARATUS THEY ARE USING.

I'VE BEEN TAKING MY SON OUT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW USING A CROSSBOW.

AGAIN, WITHIN THE DIFFERENT RESTS AND HOLDING MECHANISMS FOR FIREARMS.

AGAIN, WITH RIFLE MANUFACTURERS ALSO MAKING SMALLER AND SMALLER FRAMED GUNS.

YOU ARE ABLE TO GET YOUTH OUT AS LONG AS THEY CAN SAFELY HANDLE THAT GUN.

BIG THING IS WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR NEXT RENTED GENERATION OF HUNTERS.

TRYING TO GET THEM EARLY.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO A PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEIR CHILD IS READY TO GET OUT AND HUNT AND THEY CAN BOTH HANDLE IT EMOTIONALLY AND ALSO PHYSICALLY HANDLE THE WEAPON, WHETHER IT BE A CROSSBOW, BOWL, BALL, OR RIFLE.

>> WHY DO 80 -YEAR-OLDS HAVE TO PAY FOR HUNTING?

WELL, WE ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR CONSERVATION.

THOSE OF US WHO ARE WELL PAST 65 GET OUR LICENSES HAD A PRETTY GOOD BREAK AND WE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE TIME TO HUNT.

>> ULTIMATELY THE LEGISLATURE IS THE ONE WHO SETS THE STRUCTURES.

>> LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT.

RIGHT NOW, DNR DOES NOT SET THE LICENSE FEES.

I DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ALL BELIEVE DNR SETS THE LICENSE FEES.

THE DNR DOES NOT SET THE LICENSE FEE.

ANYWAY, LET'S GO FROM THERE.

GO AHEAD, GIO.

>> THAT WAS IT.

>> YOU HIT HER.

>> DNR DOES NOT SAID THAT IN THE LEGISLATURE, THEY CAN GIVE AWAY STUFF, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GO IT DOESN'T PAY FOR A BIOLOGISTS OR CONSERVATION OFFICERS OR ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>> OR FISHING LICENSE, FISH BEING STALKED.

ALL OF YOUR HUNTING AND FISHING DOLLARS YOU SPEND ON LICENSES IS DEDICATED FUNDS FOR SOME ASPECT OF THE DNR TO MAINTAIN, TO PLANT, TO DO RESEARCH, TO ENSURE FUTURE POPULATIONS, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN IF YOU ARE 80 OR MAYBE EVEN YOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAD GROWN UP.

>> IT'S WORTH ME PAYING IS WORTH ME PAYING FOR IT.

I HOPE I'M STILL HUNTING WHEN I'M 80.

ACTUALLY, I AM HOPE I'M STILL WARM WHEN I'M 80.

WHEN WILL WALLY BE STOCKED AT TO BE?

PROBABLY NOT THERE, RIGHT?

>> IF THERE TALKING ABOUT TO BE PAWNED, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LAST SUMMER AND.

WE WERE ABLE TO STOCK TO BE POND LAST SUMMER.

WE STOCKED IT TYPICALLY EVERY COUPLE YEARS.

NOT EVERY YEAR BUT EVERY THIRD YEAR.

IF THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BELOW TO BE DAM WE DON'T STOCK WALLEYE IN THE MANISTEE RIVER BELOW TO BE DAM.

THAT SAID THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM THERE.

MANISTEE LAKE HAS A VERY, VERY GOOD WALLY POPULATION AND THEY RUN UP TO TO BE DAM AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT SPAWNING RIGHT NOW.

>> JUST NOT IN SEASON.

>> CORRECT, YOU HAVE TO RELEASE THEM.

>> JOE, THIS IS PRETTY DOGGONE COOL.

GREAT QUESTION FROM BALDWIN.

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET A HUNT FROM A STANDING VEHICLE PERMIT.

>> ULTIMATELY YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A FORM OR HAVE YOU DR. PHIL OUT THE FORM.

IF YOU GO ONLINE AND TYPE INTO THE DNR PAGE IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PERMIT.

THEY EVALUATE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU MEET THE CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PERMIT AND THEN YOU SEND IT -- THERE'S AN ADDRESS AT THE BOTTOM THAT YOU SEND IN AND YOU WILL BE ISSUED A PERMIT IF YOU QUALIFY.

IF YOU ARE NOT TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY GIVE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER CENTER A CALL THEY WILL GLADLY HELP YOU OUT WEATHERBY E-MAIL YOU OR AGAIN IF YOU'RE NOT INTO E-MAIL PRINT OFF A COPY AND GET IT SENT TO YOU.

>> HOW ABOUT GETTING CAMPING PERMITS?

THIS IS FROM MUSIC.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CAMP ON A TWO TRACK?

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT CAMPING ON STATE LAND, IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED PROCESS, IS IT?

>> IT WOULD BE WHAT WE CALL DISPERSED CAMPING.

LEGALLY, PEOPLE CAN GO OUT ON STATE LAND, SET UP TENTS, WHAT WHETHER YOU GO AND HIKE TO GET MORE REMOTE OR JUST OFF A TWO TRACK.

WHAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO GET A CAMP CARD WHICH WE HAVE IN ALL OF THE KIOSKS, USUALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOORS OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS.

IT'S A TWO-PART PIECE OF PAPER.

FILL OUT, HANG IT WHERE YOU ARE CAMPING.

AGAIN, THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

>> MARK, DO YOU KNOW FOLKS FROM BEULAH ARE ASKING OF COLD CREEK OR CRYSTAL AND BEULAH IS THERE STILL HE SMELLED THROWN THERE.

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW YES THERE IS A SMELL THROWN.

AT ONE TIME, THIS IS GOING BACK PROBABLY 40 OR 50 YEARS.

YOU COULD SMELT IN LAND.

THAT WAS A NOTORIOUS SPOT FOR SMELT DIPPING.

UNFORTUNATELY APPARENTLY FROM WHAT I HEAR THIS WAS WELL BEFORE MY TIME AND IT GOT UNRULY AND NOT ONLY IN THAT SPOT BUT IN OTHER SPOTS.

IT HAPPENED HAPPENED AT NIGHT, PERHAPS ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

>> YOU THINK?

I REMEMBER SMELT DIPPING BACK 50 YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS DEFTLY ALCOHOL INVOLVED.

>> ANYWAYS, AT THIS POINT YOU CANNOT SMELT DIPPING ON COLD CREEK BUT YES, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS STILL A SMELL THROWN THERE.

>> FOLKS FROM BALDWIN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TO SHOOT TURKEYS WITH A .22 OR AIR RIFLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THAT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA.

A SAFETY ISSUE.

>> ULTIMATELY IT'S ILLEGAL.

IT'S ILLEGAL TO USE A CENTER -- -- A SINGLE PROJECTILE WITH SAFE -- >> THEY KNOW THAT BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

NOT A GOOD IDEA.

>> ULTIMATELY THE WAY THE REGULATIONS ARE IS THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE SIZE FOR SHAA OR LARGER.

FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX OF THE MOST COMMON THOSE.

PART OF IT DOES COME INTO CONCERNS WITH .22 OR SINGLE ANY TYPE OF RIFLE PASSING THROUGH THE TURKEYS.

ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO FAIR CHASE.

>> FOLKS FROM GRAHAM BLANK WANT TO KNOW ON LAKES SHALL LAKESHORE LAVOIE WHY DON'T THEY EXPAND THE BASS SEASON OPENER TO PROTECT BASS?

BASS TOURNAMENTS ARE AFRAID ON LAKESHORE LAVOIE ARE HURTING AT.

HAVE WE STARTED THIS?

IS IT HARMFUL.

>> YEAH, I THINK WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS -- I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS AGO BUT NOT TOO LONG AGO YOU CAN NOW PRACTICE CATCH AND IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

AS SOON AS THERE'S OPEN WATER YOU CAN GO BASS FISHING AS LONG AS YOU ARE LETTING THEM GO.

I THINK WHAT THEY ARE PROBABLY REFERRING TO IS THE BASS MAY START SPAWNING BEFORE THE POSSESSION SEASON IS OPEN AND SO WHEN BASS ARE REMOVED FROM THE NEST, INTUITIVELY IT MAKES YOU THANK YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE ARE GOING TO HAVE NEST FAILURE.

I TOTALLY SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE STUDIED THAT IN QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN SCIENTIFIC IMPACTS FROM THAT PRACTICE.

>> IT CAN BE TOUGH.

BASS ARE.

BASS ARE REALLY TOUGH.

>> A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH.

>> ARE THERE ANY SURVEYS ON LAKESHORE LAVOIE, FISH NETTING SURVEYS ON LAKESHORE LAVOIE?

FOLKS FOR MORE OF A RAIN WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

>> THAT'S NOT MY AREA, THAT IS OUT OF OUR TRAVERSE CITY OFFICE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW YOU CAN GIVE HEATHER A CALL.

SHE WOULD KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT LAKESHORE LAVOIE.

I BELIEVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED FOR LAKE SURE LAVOIE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> EAST OF I 75, FOLKS WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHILD PLANTED.

I WOULD SUSPECT THERE HAVE BEEN.

>> NOT MY MANAGEMENT AREA.

IF I RECALL, I THINK WE STOCKED'S BLAKE OVER THERE PICK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SPLAYED FISHERY.

OTHER THAN THAT I KNOW THEY DO TARGET ATLANTIC SALMON OUT OF THE AREA BUT THOSE ARE PROBABLY FISH COMING DOWN FROM THE SIOUX.

>> YOU CANNOT BELIEVE IT WE ARE OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY GONE, DONE PIG WE'VE GOT TEN MINUTES LEFT.

IS DNR GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO BRING BACK STEELHEAD IN LUDINGTON?

JUST TELL ME THERE WAS A BUNCH OF STEELHEAD.

>> YEAH, STEELHEAD IN LUDINGTON.

THERE ARE A LOT OF STEELHEAD IN LUDINGTON.

IT GETS PHENOMENAL RUNS EVERY YEAR.

I JUST FISH AT THE OTHER DAY.

I SAW PEOPLE CATCHING STEELHEAD.

I DIDN'TETET ANY.

BUT I SAW PEOPLE CATCH THEM.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF STEELHEAD IN THE PURE MARQUETTE RIVER.

>> CREEK CULVER EASEMENT, CAN YOU FISH FISHING CREEK CULVERTS?

ELABORATE ON LEGALITIES.

NOT SURE WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT.

CAN YOU GET OFF THE COUNTY ROAD?

CHECK A BAY UNDERNEATH THE CULVERT?

>> NOT KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE IS DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS THAT PROSECUTORS, JUDGES HAVE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ROADWAY IS.

AGAIN, THE ROADS, A LANDOWNER OWNS TO THE CENTER PART OF THE COUNTY ROADS.

THE COUNTY MAINTAINS A 33-FOOT EASEMENT FROM THE CENTER OF THE ROAD ONTO THE PROPERTIES.

MANY COUNTIES HAVE THE VIEW THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN STOP ON A COUNTY ROAD, FISH OFF THE ROAD'S EDGE AS LONG AS YOU ARE STAYING WITHIN THE EASEMENT.

AGAIN, OTHER COURTS HAVE TAKEN A MORE FIRMER STANCE TO SAY THAT COUNTY ROAD EASEMENT IS FOR TRAVEL PURPOSES AND NOT FOR THAT STANDING, MAINTAINING ASPECT.

THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS TRY TO FIND OUT WHO THE LAND OWNER IS AND GET PERMISSION.

THERE'S ALSO A SAFETY CONCERNS WITH PEOPLE STANDING ON THE ROAD EDGES, PEOPLE FALLING AND, POSSIBLY GETTING HIT BY MOTOR VEHICLES.

>> THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING, ROLLING AND.

ONE FROM ATLANTA.

OKAY.

WHY ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SELL BAIT?

OKAY.

LET'S GET A MOMENT OF CLARITY RIGHT HERE.

THE.

THE DNR CANNOT STOP ANYBODY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FROM SELLING ANY PRODUCT THAT CAN BE USED TWO BAIT DEER TO BAIT DEAR.

THEY CANNOT DO IT.

THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO.

DNR DOES NOT HAVE ANY LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

>> WE CAN'T REGULATE THAT COMMERCE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T SELL CORN, WELL, LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR SHELL CORN.

I CAN FEED IT TO MY LIVESTOCK.

APPLES, CARROTS, SUGAR BEETS, ALL OF THAT HAVE LEGITIMATE USES.

WE CANNOT REGULATE IT.

PLUS THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU CAN BAKE HOW YOU GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE INTO THE UP YOU P. SOMEONE COULD IN THEORY BY IT AND TRAVEL UP.

DO WE THINK THOSE LARGE PILES OF CARROTS AND SUGAR BEETS ARE ALL GOING ACROSS THE BRIDGE?

NO WE KNOW IT'S NOT.

IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBOR BAITING PLEASE USE THE PORT HOTLINE.

CALL IN A VIOLATION.

OUR NUMBER IS 182-9278 0 0.

THAT'S OUR VERSION OF CENTRAL DISPATCH.

IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINT OR VIOLATION THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO, IT'S A 24 HOUR DISPATCH CENTER AND THEY CAN GET A HOLD OF A CONSERVATION OFFICER IF WE DON'T HAVE WON A DUTY WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OR GET A COMPLAINT PASSED ON TO THEM SO THEY CAN INVESTIGATE IT AS SOON AS SOON AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

>> I CANNOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE JUST COME IN.

MARK, FOLKS FROM LAKE COUNTY ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR LEG ON THE LIST FOR STOCKING.

HOW DID THEY DO THAT?

>> GIVE ME A CALL IN THE CADILLAC OFFICE.

I COVER LAKE COUNTY LEE COUNTY.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

>> TALK TO MARK.

>> WHAT TYPE OF LAKE IS IT, HOW DEEP IS IT PIG OR WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC ACCESS IS IT.

WHAT KIND OF SPECIES DOES THAT ALREADY HAVE.

WHAT KIND OF SPECIES CAN IT SUPPORT.

ALL THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

EVEN IF WE AREN'T GOING TO STOCKETT, PEOPLE CAN PRIVATELY STOCK -- THEY CAN PURCHASE FISH AND PRIVATELY STOCK IT.

THEY NEED A PERMIT FROM US THAT'S FREE OF CHARGE BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THAT PERSON.

GIVE ME A CALL IN THE CADILLAC OFFICE.

>> A YOU A COOL QUESTION FROM BLAIR.

DO WHILE I SPAWN UNDER THE US?

>> TYPICALLY NOT.

NOT SAYING THEY CAN'T BUT TYPICALLY NOT.

THEY SPUN RIGHT AFTER ICE OUT.

I HAVE SEEN UP IN CANADA PLACES WHERE RUNNING WATER, THE ICE WILL GO OFF THE RIVER AND OF THE WALL I WILL START SPAWNING THERE WHILE THERE IS STILL ICE ON ON THE LAKES WERE OTHER LAKES WERE NEARBY LAKES.

>> ARE CISCO'S GOING TO TAKE OVER THE GREAT LAKES?

>> ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE OVER THE GREAT LAKES?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THEY HAVE CERTAINLY HAD A RESURGENCE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE OVER THE GREAT LAKES.

BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY BECOMING A VIABLE SPORT SPECIES IN A LOT OF AREAS INCLUDING MANISTEE.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FEW OF THESE QUESTIONS -- WE ARE DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT.

OKAY.

WILL THERE BE PHEASANTS RELEASED RELEASE IN THE NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA?

>> THERE WILL NOT.

UNLIKELY.

WE RELEASED PHEASANTS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN WHICH CAME OUT OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED.

THAT HAS HAD A SUNSET SO WE WILL NOT RELEASE PHEASANTS AND SOUTHERN OR NORTHERN LOWER SUITE OF THIS IS ONE FROM HEMLOCK.

I THINK THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT TRULY WHAT IS GOING ON AND I'LL RAIL..

WISE THE DNR DEPENDING ON BULLS TO KILL MOOSE ON ISLE ROYALE INSTEAD OF OPENING A HUNTING SEASON.

THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> ITS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, NOT THE MICHIGAN DNR.

>> MICHIGAN DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS DNR DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO CALL THAT QUESTION AND NEXT TIME REMEMBER THAT DNR DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.

OKAY.

HONEY WITH A DOG FOR DEER, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR DOG IN THE CAR, HOW FAR AWAY CAN YOU GO?

>> THAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO ANIMAL WELFARE.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE YOUR PET IN A PARKED CAR AT A GROCERY STORE.

AGAIN, BE MINDFUL OF TEMPERATURES, WHETHER EXTREME HEAT OR COLD.

CONCERNS WITH YOUR DOG BEING ABLE TO STAY HEALTHY INSIDE THEIR.

>> WE HAVE, MARK, YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE.

THIS IS THE MOST FISH QUESTIONS I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> LOVE IT.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO STOCK WALLEYES IN FIFE LAKE?

STOCK WALLEYES IN YELLOW PERCH AND SMALL GRUBS -- IS THAT A PROBLEM IN THE TRAVERSE CITY AREA?

WE SORT OF COVER THAT IN OTHER PLACES.

>> !

GRAB NOT A PROBLEM.

MAKE SURE YOU COOK THEM.

PROBABLY GOING TO STOCK WALLEYES IN FIFE LAKE?

WE DO HAVE A WELL ICE STOCKING PROGRAM FOR FIFE LAKE.

WHETHER OR NOT WE HEADED THIS YEAR WE W