My appologies to MLH! I forgot to grade his response. We're in a place now where man can really affect the environment through his actions. Uncontrolled deer feeding will spread disease in Lower Michigan. If we get that disease up here in the U.P., we'll have to respond accordlingly. We're facing an onslaught of introduced biotic agents, including animal disease, marine life (Asian Carp, Zebra Mussels), plant disease and plants themselves that were introduced. Government seems to step in too late in most cases. In this case, they were on top of the situation but are thwarted by the courts. I'm very hopeful that this appeal will go in the State's favor.

I also live in the UP and take the very unpopular view that baiting should be banned. I have hunted and fished all my life in God's country and my dislike, besides the possibility of disease, is the amount of trash it brings into the woods plus fellow hunters appear to feel they own a portion of OUR State and National forest if they are baiting an area. I don't know how many bags and plastic buckets I have hauled out of the woods, and how many times I have been yelled at because "YOU'RE WALKING RIGHT THROUGH MY BAITING AREA" (Honestly I don't do it intentionally, but some of these areas apparently extend several hundred yards from the bait pile). I'm sorry for being old fashioned, but I'm also not fond of the FOUR-WHEELER TRAILS that are being cut through our forests where we all used to wander quietly looking for something with antlers. Thanks for listening to an old man's pet peeeves.

I think miss anti hunter Becky and the dnr, pulled a lot of wool over the eyes of a lot of michiganders.