Wildlife Conservation Order

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1. Title and Definitions
2. General Hunting and Trapping Regulations
3. Species Regulations
   • Elk 3.1
   • Deer - Firearm, Baiting, Bait 3.100
   • Deer & Elk Feeding 3.100a
   • Prohibition - Free-Ranging Deer Carcasses 3.100b
   • Deer Seasons & Management Units 3.101
   • Bear 3.200
   • Turkey 3.300
   • Waterfowl/Migratory Birds 3.400
   • Pheasant 3.501
   • Ruffed Grouse 3.502
   • Sharptailed Grouse 3.503
   • Quail 3.504
   • Rabbits & Hares 3.505
   • Woodchucks 3.506
   • Squirrels 3.507
   • Fur-Bearing Animals 3.600
     • Skunks 3.604 hunting
     • Raccoon 3.605 hunting
     • Muskrat, Mink, Raccoon 3.606 trapping
     • Beaver & Otter 3.607
     • Bobcat 3.608
     • Fox Hunting & Trapping, Coyote Trapping/Use of Snares 3.609
     • Coyote Hunting 3.610
     • Badger 3.611
     • Fisher 3.620
     • Seal/Taxidermist 3.622
     • Marten 3.630
4. Possession, Importation and Sale
   • Possession 4.1
   • Importation 4.2
   • Buying & Selling 4.3
   • Commercial Processing and Storage 4.4
   • Road-Killed Animals 4.5
5. Special Permit Regulations
   • Importation Permits 5.2
   • Importation Restrictions 5.5
   • Scientific Collector's Permit 5.20
   • Taxidermy Permit 5.30
   • Deer Damage Shooting Permit 5.40
   • Damage and Nuisance Animal Control Permit 5.50
   • Ferrets 5.60
   • Rehabilitation Permits 5.70
   • Disease Control Permit 5.76
   • Deer Management Assistance (DMA) Hunting Permit 5.80
   • Permit to Take Game with a Crossbow 5.95
   • Permit to Take Game from a Standing Vehicle 5.96
   • Special Permits & Fees 5.110
   • Responsibility, Liability, Costs, Damage 5.120
   • Disease Control Replacement Permit 5.220
   • Special Permit Regulations 5.250
6. Hunting with Dogs
7. State Parks and Recreation Areas
8. Sanctuaries, Refuges and Closures
9. Protected and Unprotected Animals
   • Certain Species 9.1
   • Protected Animals 9.3
   • Carnivorous Animals 9.4
10. Falconry
11. Public Exhibition of Animals
12. Management Areas Defined
    • Deer 12.1
    • Elk 12.500
    • Bear 12.550
    • Spring Turkey 12.602
    • Southern Lower Peninsula 12.641
    • Fall Turkey 12.650
    • Goose (So. Michigan) 12.700
    • Pheasant 12.750
    • Sharptailed Grouse 12.751
    • Bobcat 12.806a
    • Badger 12.809
    • Otter 12.810
    • CWD Management Zone 12.901
    • Core CWD Surveillance Area 12.902
    • Pure Michigan Hunt Unit 12.999
    • Wolf Management Units 12.1000
13. Managed State Game and Wildlife Areas
14. Dog Training
15. Field Dog Trials