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General Fur Harvest Information

• Trap Selectivity

• 2011 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest (PDF)

• 2011-2012 Fur Harvester Trapping and Hunting Season Dates

• Fur Harvester License

• Licensed Fur Buyers PDF icon

• Fur Harvester Rules

• Special Management Areas

• Furbearer Registration

• Nighttime Raccoon and Predator Hunting

• Incidental Catches

• Federal Regulations


Badgers
BadgerSeasons & Bag Limits 2011-2012

Trapping Only

Zones 1 and 2: Oct. 15 - Nov. 14
Zone 3: Nov. 1 - March 1

The season bag limit for badger is one per person. Badgers do not require registration.

In Zone 1, badger may be trapped only in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Menominee and Ontonagon counties, and Alger and Delta counties west of Federal Forest Highway 13.

License: Fur harvester license required.

Life History Information: Badger (Taxidea taxus)
Related Links
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 •  Youth Hunting
 •  Hunters with Disabilities
 •  Report Wildlife Observations

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