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• 2011 Deer Check Stations

• New State Law Allows 10-Year-Olds to Hunt Deer, Elk or Bear With a Firearm
A change in state law that took effect Sept. 1 makes it legal for 10- and 11-year olds to hunt deer, bear or elk with firearms in Michigan.

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• DNR and Michigan State University Web site-Working Together to Create Michigan's Premier Source of Deer Information.
Announcing a new all-inclusive deer website created by DNR and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. The website covers everything from basic deer biology to hunting regulations to the newest deer research. The site is available at http://deer.fw.msu.edu.

• Hunting Applications and Drawings
View hunting application dates, drawing results, remaining licenses and more.
Note: Drawing notification postcards will no longer be sent by mail. Click this link to view your drawing results online.

• 2011 Michigan Deer Hunting Prospects - Statewide Forecast PDF icon

• 2010 Deer Harvest Survey Report PDF icon

• Deer Harvest Reporting Form

• Crossbow Information

• Regional Deer Advisory Teams


Season Information

• 2011 Hunting and Trapping Digest (PDF and Flash)

• 2011 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest (HTML)

• 2011 Antlerless Deer Hunting Digest (PDF) PDF icon

• 2011 Michigan Antlerless Deer Hunting Digest (HTML)

• 2011 Deer Hunting Seasons

• Hunting Hours

• 2011 Deer Management Units Map

• Special Deer Seasons and Hunts
Youth and 100 Percent Disabled Veteran Firearm Deer Hunting Days, Special Antlerless Deer Seasons, Special Deer Hunts

• 2011 Hoffmaster State Park Managed Deer Hunt Information PDF icon

• 2011 Shiawassee River State Game Area Deer Hunt Information PDF icon


License Information

• 2011 Antlerless Deer License Quotas PDF icon

• Types of Deer Hunting Licenses Available

• 2011 Antlerless Deer Hunting License Information

• How to Obtain an Antlerless Deer License

• Antler Restriction Regulations

• Antler Definitions/Requirements and U.P/DMU 487 Buck Hunting Regulations

• Tagging Big Game and Furbearers


Health & Safety

• How to Field-Dress Deer PDF icon

• Precautions When Handling and Processing Deer and Other Wild Game

• Venison Processing Guide for Retail Food Establishments PDF icon

• Hunters Importing Deer, Elk or Moose

• Check Your Deer Laboratory Results Online

• How Chronic Wasting Disease Affects Hunters

• Precaution About Lead in Venison

• Dioxin Advisory Information

• Deer Carcass Disposal

• Lymph Nodes & Hemal Nodes


Deer Management

• Michigan Deer Management Plan

• Deer Cooperator Patches

• How to Age Michigan Deer

• Quality Deer Management (QDM)


Related Resources

• DNR Shooting Ranges

• White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

• The Impacts of Wolves on Deer in the Upper Peninsula

• Hunters to Fight Hunger in Michigan

• Deer Management History in Michigan

• Learn to Identify "Button Bucks"


Related Links
 •  Buy A License
 •  Drawing Results
 •  2011 Deer Hunting - More Information
 •  Wildlife Disease
 •  Youth Hunting
 •  Hunters with Disabilities
 •  Report Wildlife Observations
 •  Application and Drawing Dates

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