Hunting & Fishing

Hunting and fishing has always been a very important aspect of life in this north country.  In the beginning, it was almost a way of life.  Today the forests, lakes, and streams still provide the sportsman with game and fish.

Slides 176 – 179

1.  This early deer camp is quite different from what one would see now each fall during the deer season when most hunters wear the protective red clothing.

2.  In 1905, a group of men organized the Gaylord Fishing Club.  They built this log structure on the Black River to house the membership.  The building later burned and was replaced by a more modern cement block type club house.  The organization is still active and is one of the oldest hunting and fishing clubs in the state of Michigan .

3. A close up view of the original building and some of the original members.

4.  Bobcats were quite common a few years back.  During the Depression years (1930s) this group – Harry Nichols, Jim Allen, Clark Noirot, and Clark Manier – spent considerable time hunting them and collecting the bounty.