Mid Michigan is prone to violent Thunderstorms in July. They can crop up in the blink of an eye so keep a close watch on the weather. Last year a campgrounds was wiped out by one only a few miles south of Grayling! The Mason Tract wilderness can be forboding enough without being caught in rain driven by gale force winds!
Seek cover, the storm comes fast and the results can be devestating. Common sense is the order of the day up here in Michigan on dark sky days and stormy forcasts. My ham radio has weather warn frequencies on it, comforting to get a head start on seeking shelter. we’ll be Ok, as long as we use our heads. Besides, don’t fish go on the bite just after a storm? Also, cougars don’t like thunder and rattlesnakes go deep into their den’s during the storms…see…there is a silver thread in the bleak stormy forcast.
All kidding aside…please heed Jack’s advise. Just be cool.
What about the bears? :shock:
Brad
They seek shelter too.
Only mankind is dumb enough to go moving about during storms. 
I ain’t neever heerd uf no bar evr gittn hit by litnin’, they hides!
.40 cal. Glock riding high on the hip. The great equalizer. :shock: Works well on cougars, mountain lions, wildebeest, rattle snakes, rogue wombats, evil Leprechauns and other things that go BUMP in the night.
In truth, the critters don’t think of us as highly as we think of them. I’d be more concerned with getting lost than being visited by one of the above-mentioned critters. Get a GPS and learn how to use it, especially for night fishing on the North or South Branch if you’ve never been there before. A lightweight poncho is also prudent and fits nicely on your vest pouch.
Joe