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Features header White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

• 2008-2008 Deer and Elk Baiting and Feeding Regulations PDF icon

• 2008 Antlerless Deer Quotas Approved By NRC July 10, 2008 PDF icon

• Frequently asked Deer Hunting Questions

• Report All Poaching (RAP)

• 2008 Application and Drawing Timetable

• 2008 Application and Drawing Timetable

• Hunting Applications and Drawings

• White-tailed Deer Information (Odocoileus virginianus)

• Deer Management History in Michigan


Season information header

• How Chronic Wasting Disease Affects Hunters

• Current Hunting Guides

• 2008 Deer Check Stations

• Important Dates and Season Information

• Special Regulations & Units

• Cooperator Patches

• Special Deer Hunts - 2008

• Hunting Hours


License information header

• 2008 Antlerless Deer License Availability

• 2008 Antlerless Deer Quotas Approved By NRC July 10, 2008 PDF icon

• Antler Restriction Regulations

• Archery Deer Hunting License - 2008

• Firearm Deer Hunting License - 2008

• 2008 Junior Antlerless Deer Hunting License

• Tagging Big Game and Furbearers


health and safety header

• How to Field-Dress Deer PDF icon

• Precautions When Processing Wild Game

• Venison Processing Guide for Retail Food Establishments PDF icon

• Deer Carcass Disposal

• Check Your Wildlife Lab Results

• Regulations for bringing in harvested animals from other states and Canada

• Bovine Tuberculosis

• Lymph Nodes & Hemal Nodes


Deer Management header

• 2007 Deer Harvest Seasons Survey Report PDF icon

• 2006 Deer Hunter Opinion Survey PDF icon

• Evaluation of Quality Deer Management (QDM) in DMU 045 (Leelanau County) PDF icon

• 2006 Deer Hunter Harvest Survey Report PDF icon

• Hunter Cooperator Patches - 2008

• 2005 Michigan Deer Harvest Survey Report PDF icon

• Proposed 2006-2010 Deer Population Goals (for review) PDF icon

• How to Age Michigan Deer

• Quality Deer Management (QDM)

• "Buck or Doe?" and Why


Related Resource head, small version

• Natural History

• Application & License Assistance

• The Impacts of Wolves on Deer in the Upper Peninsula

• Hunters to Fight Hunger in Michigan

• Relative Density of Deer

• How to Identify "Button Bucks"

• Antler Definitions & Requirements


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