• Hunting Access Program (HAP) The Department of Natural Resources leases private lands for public hunting through the Hunting Access Program (HAP), created to increase public hunting opportunities in southern Michigan, where 97 percent of the land base is privately owned.
| • Hunters Helping Landowners Program Are you looking for more places to hunt in Michigan? You can volunteer for the Hunters Helping Landowners Program. Simply submit your name, contact information and two counties where you like to hunt. The DNR will provide your information to landowners in these counties who request to have more antlerless deer harvested from their property.
| • Commercial Forest (CF) Lands
| • Public Hunting Rights on Select Private Lands Various privately owned lands have had their hunting rights purchased, gifted or reserved by the State of Michigan. These lands are open to public hunting and trapping.
| • Tips for Asking Permission to Hunt on Private Land
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