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Hunting and Fishing Season Information and Guides
Information on this page is only a guide. Please be sure to consult Official DNR Information.

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Seasons Closing In November:
11/3 - Woodcock
11/14 - Archery Deer, Pheasant (Zones 2, 3), Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Fall Wild Turkey

Seasons Open Only in November:
11/15 through 11/30 - Regular Firearm Deer

Seasons Open Through November:
Cottontail Rabbit & Varying Hare (9/15 - 3/31)
Fox & Gray Squirrel (9/15 - 3/1)

CLICK HERE for the DNR's Table of Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits

CLICK HERE to access all of the DNR's Hunting & Trapping Guides

CLICK HERE for the 2008 DNR Michigan Fishing Guide

Where do I go to get a license?

ACCESS SPECIFIC SECTIONS FROM THE HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDES:

MICHIGAN HUNTING & TRAPPING

MICHIGAN FISHING

Information for Hunters with Disabilities
- Resident Veterans with Disabilities
- Ground Blinds, use of, on Public Lands by Hunters with Disabilities
- Youth Firearm and 100% Disabled Veteran Firearm Deer Hunting Days, Sept. 27-28, 2008
License Information
- Hunting & Trapping License Fees
- Sportsperson Discount
- Apprentice License
- U.S. Military Personnel
- Rules for Young Hunters (10-16 Years of Age)
- Lost Licenses and Hunter Safety Certificates
Hunting Hours
Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits
Hunting and Trapping and Rifle/Shotgun Zones
Where Can I Hunt?
- Hunting Access Program
- Select Privately Owned Lands
- Tips for asking permission to hunt on private lands
- Commercial Forest (CF) Lands
- State Parks and Recreation Areas
Additional Hunting Rules
Artificial Lights and Shining
Control of Certain Nuisance Species
Cooperator Patches, history and pictures
Deer, White-tailed
- Antler Definitions & Requirements
  - "Button Bucks", Hunters, Learn to Identify
- Antler Restriction Regulations
  - Tagging Option for Antlerless Deer Hunters
  - Specific DMU Regulations
- Antlerless Deer Hunting License
- Archery Deer Hunting License
- Baiting Deer and Feeding Deer or Elk
- Combination Deer Hunting License
- Deer Cooperator Patches
- Deer Carcass Disposal
- Deer Management Assistance (DMA) Permits
- Early Firearm Antlerless Deer Season
- Firearm Deer Hunting License
- Late Antlerless Firearm Deer Season
- Off-Road Vehicles and Snowmobiles
- Special Deer Hunts: South Fox Island, North Manitou Island, Shiawassee River State Game Area, Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Hoffmaster State Park, Fort Custer Training Center
- Upper Peninsula buck hunting regulations
- Junior Antlerless Deer Hunting License
Dog Training
Emerald Ash Borer - Hunters, Do NOT Move Firewood
Field Dressing, Handling, and Cooking Wild Game
Firearm and Bow and Arrow Rules
Float Hunting
Furbearers
- Bait
- Beaver and Otter Trapping Regulations
- Bobcat Hunting and Trapping
- Federal Regulations
- Fisher & Marten Trapping
- Fur Harvester License
- Fur Harvester Rules
- Hunting & Trapping License Fees
- Live Traps
- Furbearer Kill Tags
- Furbearer Registration
- Furbearer Season Dates (table)
- Incidental Catches
- Nighttime Raccoon and Predator Hunting
- Nonresident Fur Harvester License
- Special Management Units
- Trapper Education Program
- Winter Fox and Coyote Non-Lethal Snaring
Ground Blinds on Public Land, also see Ground Blinds, use of, on Public Lands by Hunters with Disabilities
Handgun Regulations, Statewide
Hunter Education
- Hunter Education Promotes Our Wildlife Heritage
Hunter Harassment
Hunter Orange Clothing Requirements
Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact
Live Animal Restrictions
Migratory Game Birds Harvest Information Program (HIP)
Penalties, Mandatory, for Certain Hunting Violations
Pheasant Seasons
Protected Wildlife
- Identifying Wolves from CoyotesNote: Coyote hunting in Zone 1 and Zone 2 is closed Nov. 15-30.
- The Impacts of Wolves on Deer in the Upper Peninsula
- Wolf-Dog Conflicts
Raised Platforms and Tree Stands
Regulations listed by species
Restricted Hunting Applications
Road or Railroad Right-of-Way, Hunting Within
Safety Zones Around Buildings
Small Game Licenses and Fees
Sportsmen Against Hunger
Tagging Big Game and Furbearers
Townships with Hunting Restrictions
Transportation of Game
Transporting Firearms and Bows and Arrows
Trespassing, Recreational
Upland Game Bird
- General Bird Hunting Information
  - Game Bird Hunting Preserves
- Pheasant Seasons
- Quail
Waterfowl
- Michigan Waterfowl Hunting License
- Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp
- Early September Canada Goose Hunting
- How Hunters Can Help: Leg band reporting, hunter surveys, Hunter Information Program (HIP)
- Youth Waterfowl Hunting on Managed Waterfowl Areas
- Youth Waterfowl Weekend
Wildlife Diseases - For additional information on wildlife diseases, contact the Wildlife Disease Lab at 517-336-5030 or visit the Emerging Disease websiteand the Wildlife Disease Manual.
- Avian Influenza
- Bovine Tuberculosis
- Chronic Wasting Disease
- West Nile Virus
- Field Dressing, Handling, and Cooking Wild Game
- Precaution about Lead in Venison
- Dioxin Advisory Information
Youth Hunting Opportunities
- Apprentice License
- Hunting License Information
- Special Rules for Young Hunters (10-16 Years of Age)
- Youth Firearm Deer Season
- 2008 Youth Waterfowl Weekend Sept. 20-21
- Youth Waterfowl Hunting on Managed Waterfowl Areas brochure will be available on the Waterfowl Huntingwebpage
Zones Boundaries

Table of Contents
Amphibians and Reptiles
Angler Harassment Information
Angler Rights on Public Streams
Aquatic Invasive Plants and Animals
Boat Registration Information
Bow and Spear Fishing
Common Terms
Exceptions by County
Fish Consumption Advisory
Fishing Tournament Information
General Hook and Line Regulations
General Netting Regulations
Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Nets
Great Lakes Trout and Salmon
Ice Safety
Ice Shanties
Know Your Fish
Lake Sturgeon Regulations
Lawful Fishing Methods
License Information
Licensing Requirements
Major Regulation Changes
Marked and Tagged Fish
Master Angler Information
Michigan-Indiana Bordering Lakes
Michigan-Wisconsin Boundary Waters
Operations Service Centers
Parasites and Diseases of Fish
Personal Flotation Devices
Railroad Rights-Of-Way
Restricted Spearing Lakes
Seasonal Fish Mortalities
Special Northern Pike and Muskellunge Regs
Sylvania Wilderness Area
Unlawful Activities
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus Statewide Regulations*