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The childhood game of "Duck, Duck, Goose" is simple. The grown-up, Great Lakes Bay version is delightfully more complex: deciding which form of fowl — duck or goose — to pursue, in one of Michigan's richest waterfowling regions. Duck hunting on the open waters of Saginaw Bay; duck (or…
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Michigan white-tailed deer hunting comes in several flavors, and two of the tastiest and most fruitful are features found prominently here in the Great Lakes Bay Region. This deer-generous region straddles the shift from southern Michigan farmlands to northern Michigan forests, where…
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There's a special hush when winter arrives in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region, best broken by the sounds of activity-fed laughter. On snowshoe, ski or sled, skate blades or fat tires, snowboard or toboggan, on land or frozen water — this is the place for snowy fun! 📍Midland City…
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📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @blackmarkmedia Really, a rich life seems to be all about perspective. When the Canopy Walk at Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens opened in Midland a year ago, architect Alan Metcalfe described the ‘perceived risk’ embedded in many elements of his design:…
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📍Midland City Forest 📷 @wildgoldens You know you're welcome in the Great Lakes Bay Region, right — an area chock-full of fun things to do? Well, your dog's welcome in this pet-friendly region, too! Fenced-in dog parks are available in four of the region's cities, and other places large…
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📍Saginaw Bay 📷 @gsp_rufflife Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is "big water", packed with big fish, and served by a big fleet of savvy charter fishing boat captains. All that's missing in this "big" picture is you! The Bay has won an international reputation for splendid walleye fishing…
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The young Mike Whiting explored the forests, fields and ponds of his family's property in Midland, Michigan, sometimes eyeing it from aloft in its trees. Once, he said, he even tumbled out of a mature white pine. The grown Macauley (Mike) Whiting, Jr., president of the Herbert H. and Grace A…
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Every Saturday, I have breakfast at 6 a.m. at a local eatery. Almost every Saturday morning, Val Trabucchi of Midland joins a friend at an adjoining table. Naturally, we chat. Val is a birder, what some call a bird-watcher, who has traveled far and wide — to the southwestern U.S., Canada…
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📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @mrsbrookebeyer "Take a hike!" was once a phrase used to send someone on their way. Today, in the Great Lakes Bay Region, it's a friendly invitation. More accurately, it's lots of invitations, for the region abounds in pathways and trails — paved and…
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Perhaps the one of the world's best walleye fisheries, Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is certainly among Michigan fishing's most enticing puzzles. The Saginaw Bay challenge is to find its abundant gamefish in a vast, relatively featureless underwater landscape. Think jigsaw puzzle — without a…
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