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If You Grew Up in the U.P., Deer Camp Was Never Really About the Deer

Schools close, towns empty, and Yoopers scattered all over the map find their way home. Up here, deer season isn't a hobby. It's a holiday. Michigan's firearm deer season opens…

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If You’re From the U.P., You Don’t Have a Cottage. You Have a Camp

Downstate they have cottages. Up here it's always been camp, and for a lot of Yoopers it's the truest home…

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The U.P. Has About One Black Bear for Every 30 People, and That’s Just Fine

Here is a number that might make you check the treeline. There are roughly 10,000 black bears living in the…

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Hunting, camp, and wildlife

Start with these three

If You Grew Up in the U.P., Deer Camp Was Never Really About the Deer

If You’re From the U.P., You Don’t Have a Cottage. You Have a Camp

The U.P. Has About One Black Bear for Every 30 People, and That’s Just Fine

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More Than 750 Wolves Roam the U.P. Right Now, and You’ll Almost Never See One

Michigan Airlifted Moose Into the U.P. Hanging From Helicopters, and Paid in Wild Turkeys

Are There Mountain Lions in the Upper Peninsula? The DNR Just Confirmed Cubs for the First Time

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