I awake in the morning, the moon light glistens off the freshly laid snow. I grab my King Cobra Bow and its arrows. I make sure everything is in working order. I pull the string back once checking to be sure my sights haven't moved over the drive up north to Cadillac. I get into all of my Realtree camouflage, my thermal pants, camouflage coat, hat and mask. I open the door of my cabin and start the three-mile walk to my tree stand where I"ll be for the next sixteen hours. Enduring the cold, the wind, and a slight snowfall, I eagerly wait for a big whitetail deer with a nice set of antlers to come strolling by. Finally, as the sun is setting, I hear the leaves crackling in the distance and I look in my binoculars and see an enormous ten point buck coming my way. It stops ten yards away. I clumsily put an arrow on my bow and get the deer in my sights. My heart pounding, I can hardly remain still, but I must. The deer must not see or hear me. I exhale and make sure my sights are lined up. The deer spots me! I let the arrow fly. .
This is the moment every hunter lives for, after years of preparation, long sessions of shooting and target practicing, and hours of in-class hunter safety. Deer hunting is a long time Michigan honored tradition. Hunting in Michigan has been around for thousands of years, it has been passed from generation to generation, also without the aid of deer hunting the deer herd could become enormous and uncontrollable and deer could get into many unwanted areas. .
Indians have hunted the lands of Michigan for hundreds of years. They taught their sons the art of hunting. This craft has been passed down generation to generation from father to son. This right of passage was thought of as the jump from boy to manhood. The Indian used every conceivable part of the deer. They used the skin for clothing in the winter, meat for food, and heart as a good luck charm.
Hunting is another big activity that people do in the forests. ... Not only is hunting a fun activity, but it helps control the animal population in the state. Without hunting, deer populations would exceed the forest capacity and could be detrimental to the forest. There is more to hunting than just shooting deer. ... Hunting licenses and fees fund the popular industry. ...
Hunting was another crucial reason the settlers needed their guns . ... For example, in Michigan, the white tail deer population was numbered around 500,000 in 1972 which has exploded into an alarming two million today. ... However it is estimated that only one third of these accidents involving deer were reported. Another problem is the damage done to crops by deer. In Michigan there was a reported 31.9 million dollars in crop damage due to the overpopulation of deer each year. ...