• Environmental reporter Kelly House and breaking news reporter Janelle James hosted Bridge’s latest reader event, Lunch Break, on trends and challenges in Michigan’s deer hunting tradition.
• Topics include: declining hunter numbers, controlling the exploding deer population, regulations and licensing, deer diseases 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 state efforts to increase the tradition’s popularity as deer populations are skyrocketing.

Panelists included Mounir Awad, a Michigan deer hunter, Todd Johnson, advocacy director for the Michigan National Deer Association State Council, and Chad Stewart, deer, elk and elk management specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.