Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are urging waterfowl hunters to take extra precautions this season to ...

Dates for upcoming 2025-26 deer hunting seasons in Michigan: Extended Archery: Through Jan. 31, 2026, for select counties: ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters in the northeast Lower Peninsula to submit deer heads for free bovine tuberculosis testing as the disease impacts local herds.

Michigan’s regular firearm deer season is over, and the numbers are coming in: Most of the nearly 130,000 deer harvested were bucks. Michigan’s white-tailed deer harvest total for the 2025 regular ...

The MDNR issued a letter on May 9, stating that they have decided to pause the program for this year. They add that permits will not be issued this year, and no lethal population control measures will ...

Michigan officials say there have been 26 cougar sightings in 2025, a record high. What to know about the big cats.

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the ...

Nov 4, 2025 Nov 4, 2025 Updated Nov 6, 2025 0 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WJRT) - Michigan elk hunters might see longer harvest periods for the 2026-2027 hunting cycle under new draft proposals by the Michigan ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — With plenty of fresh powder on the ground, Michiganders may take to snowmobiling over this President's Day weekend. Ahead of the holiday weekend, the Michigan Department of Natural ...

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Michigan's Natural Resources Commission is considering returning to a year-round coyote hunting season for the state, a proposal some hunting advocates say would fix "a grievous error," while animal ...

The Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 39% reduction in the lake whitefish quota for commercial fishers in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan but no change in Green Bay.