Molykote.

I picked up an assignment for the NYT a couple weeks back looking at the feral swine problem in Michigan and other states.
It was a pretty interesting two day shoot. On Friday I went to a game ranch and went hunting for Russian Boar. The whole week I was pretty miserably sick, so that made the experience that much more interesting, too. The situation is hazy (so was my brain), both sides are adamant they're right. It's hard to grasp the full extent of the situation, given just one day to experience each side. But any chance to get out and hike around, see the small towns and landscapes of Michigan? I'm there.

Deer Stomachs

This assignment is probably the funniest and weirdest assignment I've had so far while working for CM-Life. I'm really glad that the stomach one got into the newspaper. Ashley's (Photo Editor) reaction was really funny when she first saw it, and so was Dave's (Managing Editor) reaction when he said, "I want that in color!"



Plymouth junior Codi Surowiec prepares to take the contents out of the four chambers of a deer stomach to compare the microbial content on Friday in one of the Brooks Hall research labs.



Plymouth junior Codi Surowiec, left, and Midland graduate student Michelle Weaver disect a deer stomach on Friday in one of the Brooks Hall research labs. The deer stomachs are donated by hunters. The contents of the deer stomachs are used to study and compare the microbial content of the stomachs.

As shot for and published in CM-Life.