Watch Bridge Lunch Break on deer hunting trends in Michigan
- Environment reporter Kelly House and breaking news reporter Janelle James moderated Bridge’s latest Lunch Break reader event about trends and challenges in Michigan’s deer hunting tradition
- Among the topics: Declines in number of hunters, controlling exploding deer population, regulations and licensing, diseases among deer and more
- Watch the full recording of the discussion below
Bridge Michigan’s monthly Lunch Break event returned this week for a lively discussion about deer hunting in Michigan, including trends, regulations and the state’s efforts to increase popularity of the tradition as deer populations balloon.
Panelists included Mounir Awad, a Michigan deer hunter, Todd Johnson, director of advocacy for the Michigan National Deer Association State Council and Chad Stewart, deer, elk and moose management specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Bridge Michigan environment reporter Kelly House and breaking news reporter Janelle James moderated the discussion.
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If you missed this live Zoom event, you can stream it below.
The solutions-oriented conversation included discussion about trends in deer hunting and how to encourage participation, donations of venison, changing licensing and regulations, diseases in the deer population, the experience of being a hunter today and more.
Bridge’s Lunch Break monthly series focuses on timely topics facing our state. Previous discussions have included examinations of efforts to educate students for careers, solutions to gun violence, the long-term impact of pollution from the automotive industry, youth mental health and ideas for growing the state’s population.
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