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My concern is that she will make a bunch of liberal "we are smarter than you " long-lived appointments within her administration to decision making positions. What the DNR doesn't need is more staff that was raised on concrete and has little interaction or appreciation for the rural culture.

Speaking from personal experience...

Lot of jack pine savages by Grayling...:)

That’s a perfectly reasonable concern.

The dyke attorney general is pretty disconcerting too.

What’s a jack pine savage?

Back to the WWII generation, say, slightly less well to-do folks living in the jack pine plantings of the north country. Or any relative you didn't like.

The dyke concerns me, too. I imagine they will be adding a third bathroom to all the parks and campsites...;)

Yup. She'll lean progressive/liberal in her views. Conservatives still have the majority on the state supreme court, hopefully they'll rein her in.

Aren't jack pine savages & woodticks one in the same? Ya know, family tree resembles a telephone pole? 🤣

Al, we moved to Lenawee County.
10 miles from Ohiah.
Very much looking forward to having winters less than 5 1/2 months long.

I grew up in mid Michigan and lived in the up for 20 some years. Last year I moved to Montana and safe to say I will never move back to MI. With that said there are plenty of nice small country towns in all parts of the state. I would favour the UP or perhaps the northerlower around the Pigeon River area.

You just wanted to get closer to toby.😂

Why no Boss, we wanted to be closer to you. Being closer to Toby is just gravy.

So... you moved from the snow belt to a tornado alleyway. Some people. 🤣

Hope you're feeling better these days!

Reasons I'am working on leaving Michigan.....DNR are a bunch of idiots there only concern is how much money they can bring in....one of the highest taxes on fuel.....worst roads in the country....not friendly to retirees charge income tax on pensions....high property taxes....highest auto insurance in the country.....outrageous priced auto license plates....

Hope you have a job with a very good income, you will need it to live in Michigan....

The worst part there will be a new Governor come January a female Democrat....there is a Republican controlled House and Senate that I hope will control the "Bitch".....

8 years ago we had a female Democrat governor she brought hundreds of semi-truck loads of garbage a day from Canada and its still going on ....never fixed the roads....higher taxes....chased business out of the state....

Would echo the thoughts of coyotewacker for sure. Have lived here over 60 years except for 3 spent in Idaho. Would look at either Idaho or Montana over this state. The roads are crap and don't see this getting better. Car insurance is the highest in the US and a recent rollback effort was again defeated by the legislature. My truck plate in Idaho was $30, here it is $140. Insurance runs $1400 per year, in Idaho was $600. Longer hunting seasons another big reason to look west rather than the Great Lakes. Like bugs and humidity then Michigan is a great place !

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a tornado!
Snow? Ain't no dodgin' that.

I called MI home for a little over 12 years and of those 8 were in the metro Detroit area (Monroe and then Farmington Hills) and 4 were in the UP (Marquette/Gwinn) . I loved the UP and use to go north every year to hunt with friends, and even shipped my hunting stuff by UPS and flew with my rifle to the UP when I lived out of state.
As previously mentioned the west side of the state, areas north of Grayling and the UP are great and if I was forced to choose a bigger town it would probably be Grand Rapids.

Once you get away from southeast MI it's actually a great state.


While I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of NC a part of me will always be a "Yooper".


YMMV


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So should I get a 357 mag or 44 mag lever gun, being I will be in the south zone. I have revolvers in each caliber already.

I am going to get a Henry steel, the caliber is the choice now. I don't trust Marlin quality anymore.

Mark is a smart man..........Just sayin'......

44 Mag of course, like there's even a doubt........

.44 Mag..............or the newest darling of southern MI, a .450 Bushmaster in a Ruger American or Savage Wolverine if you're a bolt gun fan.

My RAR Ranch 450 B really rocks!
At this point, I don't believe the jacketed bullet technology is up to the task for much bigger than deer or hogs.
.452" cast bullets offer a lot of promise, especially if someone would make a barrel with a slower twist than 1 in 16" that Ruger uses.

I love lever actions, Although someday I could get an upper for the a4

I still regret letting my Marlin 1894SS get away.