The hunting blinds are free to reserve, but a Recreation Passport is required to park vehicles.
Thanks to Michigan Operation Freedom Outdoors for funding and installing many of these accessible hunting blinds.
For more information about these features and their location within the state game areas, please call the specified phone number.
See a list of all State Game/Wildlife Areas with details and maps
These off-road, electronic chairs can easily handle trails, snow, sand and up to 8 inches of water. They are available on a first-come, first-reserved basis at no cost.
Adult applicant with advanced illness must have a physician certification of advanced illness and will produce this documentation upon the request of a peace officer.
This 4-day firearm deer hunt will take place on private lands or public land requiring an access permit, beginning the Thursday prior to the third Saturday in October of each year. See hunting regulations for full details.
Veterans with disabilities and individuals with disabilities who qualify, along with youth ages 16 and younger may participate in this hunt. For qualified persons with disabilities, valid licenses include a deer or deer combo license. See hunting regulations for full details.
The mission of MiOFO is to provide improved outdoor recreation opportunities for wounded veterans and individuals with health challenges; and, to coordinate a support network that facilitates their recovery through connecting with nature.
During dedicated hunting days, the hunt area will be open only to deer hunters with disabilities who have been drawn for a permit, along with their accompanying companions (commonly referred to as "operators").
Special hunting opportunities are available for properly licensed hunters with a disability during May (Hunt 234).
This addresses only Michigan state regulations. To determine regulations on federal property, contact the federal agency with jurisdiction over the areas where you wish to operate.
A person with a temporary or permanent disability may apply for a permit to use a crossbow or modified bow during the late archery season in the Upper Peninsula or the Bear Archery season.
The inclusive mentored license is a license package that allows individuals with developmental disabilities to hunt small game, waterfowl, turkey (spring and fall) and deer, trap furbearers and fish for all species with a qualified mentor. It also allows the mentored hunter to apply for or purchase additional licenses including antlerless deer, bear and elk.
A person who is permanently disabled and unable to walk in a hunting situation, may apply for a permit to hunt from a standing vehicle.
Creates an exception for a person with a disability to requirements regarding the transport and possession of a firearm in a vehicle, and allows a person with a disability to possess a loaded firearm and discharge it to take an animal from in or upon a vehicle, other than a car or truck, if the vehicle is not moving.
Information about using a laser sighting device to take gave with a firearm or crossbow for hunters who are legally blind and for hunters with other permanent disabilities.
Any person who has been issued a permit to hunt from a standing vehicle, or who has been issued a disabled person parking permit by the Secretary of State, or who meets the disability standards set forth in the Michigan Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Law, may use a constructed ground blind on public land.
