DNR Reminds Whitetail Deer Hunters Of New Antler Point Restrictions
Starting this year deer hunters in 12 northern counties won't be allowed to shoot bucks with less than three points on one antler.
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Starting this year deer hunters in 12 northern counties won't be allowed to shoot bucks with less than three points on one antler.
Hunters expecting to go about business as usual this fall should take a few minutes to familiarize themselves with the new rules.
A Shiawassee County man has been sentenced in one of the largest poaching cases in recent Michigan history.
The manual instructs how to find traps and take them out by destroying or hiding them.
"What we're doing now is going back and re-examining the process."
Michigan has postponed the sale of wolf hunting licenses until Sept. 28 to ensure technology can handle anticipated high demand.
Opponents of a plan to allow wolf hunting in Michigan have raised the most among groups backing four statewide ballot drives.
The DNR reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open through Aug. 15.
Michigan lawmakers are closer to approving the first significant increase in hunting and fishing license fees since 1997.
Michigan's first significant increase in hunting and fishing license fees since 1997 passed the House on Wednesday, a move that has the blessing of outdoor groups.
But a new law makes the referendum a toothless gesture regardless of the outcome.
A state board has voted to allow a 6-week hunting season this year in which up to 43 wolves can be killed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The measure lets the state Natural Resources Commission decide which types of animals can be hunted.
Michigan is one step closer to an Upper Peninsula wolf hunt.
Legislation passed Thursday would empower the Natural Resources Commission to decide which types of wildlife could be hunted.
Eight men from three states, including Michigan, have been convicted and sentenced for participating in illegal game hunts that took place over four years.
Two men charged with killing a deer in Warren have been fined and banned from hunting for the next year.
State wildlife regulators will propose letting hunters kill several dozen gray wolves this fall in three sections of the Upper Peninsula where other methods have failed to prevent attacks on livestock and pets.
A Downriver man and his step-brother have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after hunting deer in Warren.
Disabled military veterans can receive free hunting and fishing licenses on or after March 1 under a new state law.
The Humane Society of the United States and other groups are suing to restore federal protections for wolves in the western Great Lakes region.
Opposition groups and native Indian tribes in favor of protecting the wolves are campaigning for a statewide referendum on the new law
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources expects to make recommendations on a wolf hunting season by May or June.
The 25-year-old told officers that the dead-end sign already had bullet holes in it when he arrived, and he therefore thought it was okay to shoot it again,
The DNR says biological data received at check stations helps it make management decisions
