• Game Bird Hunting Preserves

• Small Game Hunting License

• Hunting Hours

• Season and Bag Limits 2011-2012

Dates: Sept. 24 - Nov. 7
Woodcock hunting season opens the Saturday nearest Sept. 22 and runs for 45 days. These dates are set by a federal framework. The woodcock season in 2012 will be September 22(Sat)-November 5.

Bag Limits: three per day, six possession

Zone: Statewide

Hours: Woodcock hunting hours are sunrise to sunset.

License: A small game license. A federal waterfowl stamp is not required to hunt woodcock. A Harvest Information Program (HIP) endorsement is required. The HIP endorsement must be added by the agent if you are purchasing a small-game license and plan to hunt woodcock.

Shotguns must be plugged so they are capable of holding no more than three shells.

• Harvest Information Program (HIP)

• Woodcock and Waterfowl Leg-Band Reporting

• Become a Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Cooperator

• How to Sex and Age American Woodcock

• 2010 Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Hunter Cooperator Survey Preliminary Results and Hunting Forecast for 2011 

• 2009 Ruffed Grouse and American Woodcock Status in Michigan 

• Tenth American Woodcock Symposium Website

• The American Woodcock Conservation Plan 

• Upper Great Lakes Woodcock and Young Forest Initiative