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6/8/2026 12:24:26 PM EDT
Greetings fellow firearms enthusiasts.

Me, my wife and two rottweilers are moving to a rural property in Marquette County 25 minutes outside of Ishpeming next month.

I'm a retired federal agent (not the ATF, they're gay) and a Desert Storm vet who decided to move someplace quite.

That being said, I'm just checking in to see who else is in the area, and I am looking for future possible accomplices for shenanigans.
6/9/2026 3:13:47 PM EDT
[#1]
"Shenanigans" sound like fun but I'm 7 hours south of you.  I've been back in MI for 2 1/2 years, now I find all kind of things to stay busy. Find a close sportsmen club and local forums. It helped me get to know the locals!
I have common sense, whats your super power? Norcal callsign "Liver"
6/13/2026 1:21:01 PM EDT
[#2]
I live under the bridge, but I spend as much time as I can in the UP.  It is an incredible place, unlike anywhere else in the USA.
6/14/2026 11:58:10 AM EDT
[#3]
I am in the lower. But, hit Lake Fanny Hooe in Copper Harbor and bring your fishing gear.  Rent a rowboat and have fun.  Bring your skeeter repellent or better yet just go inside when it starts to get dark.  Pack a pistol, too.  There are bars in them thar hills.
6/15/2026 10:51:49 AM EDT
[#4]
Thank you for your replies.  That is all very good advice.
6/16/2026 5:13:54 PM EDT
[#5]
A good place to eat "near" you.

Jerzi's
Team Ranstad
6/25/2026 11:08:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: gearjammer351][Edited] [#6]
I've never even been to the UP, but there's an Arfcommer called Paul (I think) who is a retired sailor - not sure what else he's done- who did the same for the same reasons. He posts in GD regularly and has talked about it a lot.

He's never mentioned exactly where he lives, just that it's in the UP.
Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
- Herodotus
6/26/2026 9:33:25 PM EDT
[#7]
Unless you were born there, you will never be a Yooper.
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

L.P. Hartley
6/28/2026 9:49:53 AM EDT
[#8]
I have lived in so many different places that I don't belong anywhere, even the place I was born and grew up in.
6/28/2026 12:54:56 PM EDT
[#9]
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Originally Posted By FZJ80:
Unless you were born there, you will never be a Yooper.
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yeah pretty close.

i moved to the iron mountain area 15 years ago. still not a local. which i don't think is much different from any other rural area.

but if you pull into my driveway. you are going to think "a yooper lives here".

Welcome to the U.P..

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