2017 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest …

1 2017 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest rules apply from August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018 Hunting out of Michigan ? Know before you go! (NEW) If you harvest a deer, elk, moose, or other cervid in any other state, you can only bring back the following cervid parts into Michigan : hides, deboned meat, quarters or other parts of the cervid that do not have any part of the spinal column or head attached, finished taxidermy products, cleaned teeth, antlers, or antlers attached to a skullcap cleaned of brain and muscle tissue. #mihealthydeer #UPcwdFree Notice New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Regulations. See pgs. 48-49 and 66-67. Fur harvester licenses valid May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018.

2 See pg. 55. All furharvester kill tags available May 1, 2017. All waterfowl Hunting information is in the current-year Waterfowl Hunting Digest . Download digests at RAP (Report All Poaching) Call or Text 800-292-7800 [Graphic: Michigan Department of Natural Resources Logo] [Graphic: Two successful male beaver trappers in a wetland area] [Graphic: Hunter shooting shotgun in a field] [Graphic: Smartphone near Michigan Department of Natural Resources digests] [Graphic: Dunham s advertisement] [Graphic: Dunham s 20% off coupon] [Graphic: Dunham s sportsmen s club advertisement] [Graphic: Pure Michigan Logo] Contents 2017 Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest .. 1 Season Dates and Bag Limits.

3 10 Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits 10 Fur Harvester Seasons and Bag Limits 13 Hunting 13 Trapping Seasons .. 16 Hunter Education Program (Hunter Safety) .. 20 Pure Michigan Hunt .. 20 License Types and Fees .. 21 License Types and Fees by 21 Lost Licenses .. 24 Military 25 Michigan Veterans with Disabilities .. 25 Base License .. 25 Apprentice Hunting .. 25 To Purchase a License .. 26 Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact .. 27 Zones .. 27 Hunting and Trapping .. 27 Limited Firearm Deer .. 27 When and Where to Hunt .. 28 Hunting Hours .. 28 Time Zone A. Hunting Hours for Bear, Deer, Fall Wild Turkey, Furbearers, and Small Game .. 28 Public 28 Hunting and Trapping in State Parks and Recreation 28 Finding Public Hunting Lands Online.

4 29 Private Lands Open to Public Hunting .. 29 Safety Zones Around Buildings .. 30 Hunting and Trapping Within a Road Right-of-way or Railroad Right-of-Way .. 30 Float Hunting .. 30 Townships with Hunting Restrictions .. 30 Trespassing on Private Land .. 30 Equipment Regulations .. 31 Hunter Orange Clothing Requirements .. 31 Artificial Lights and Shining .. 31 Restrictions on Off-Road Vehicles (ORV) & Snowmobiles .. 32 Rifles in the Limited Firearm Deer Zone .. 32 Shotguns and Centerfire Rifles - Shell Capacity .. 32 Crossbows .. 32 Transporting Firearms, Crossbows, and Bows and Arrows .. 33 Airbows .. 33 Furbearer Hunting and Trapping Seasons - Bringing Equipment Afield.

5 34 Deer Seasons - Bringing Equipment Afield .. 34 Archery Deer Seasons .. 34 November 10-14 .. 34 All Firearm Deer Seasons - Limited Firearm Deer Zone (See pg. 27) .. 34 All Firearm Deer Seasons - North of Limited Firearm Deer Zone (See pg. 27) .. 35 Firearm Deer Season .. 35 Muzzleloading Deer Seasons .. 35 Handgun Regulations - Statewide .. 35 Raised Platforms and Tree Stands .. 36 Ground Blinds on Public Land .. 37 Type 1 (Portable Ground Blind) .. 37 Type 2 (Dead Natural Materials Ground Blind) .. 37 Type 3 (Constructed Ground Blind) .. 37 Mandatory Penalties for Certain Hunting Violations .. 38 Youth Hunting (16 Years of Age and Younger) .. 39 Mentored Youth Hunting (MYH) Program.

6 40 Junior Antlerless Deer Hunting License .. 40 Liberty Hunt - Youth .. 41 Youth Waterfowl Hunting Weekend .. 41 Youth Waterfowl Hunting on Managed Waterfowl Areas .. 41 Hunters with 42 Michigan Veterans with Disabilities .. 42 Disability Bow Permits for Hunters with Disabilities .. 42 Permit to Hunt from a Standing 42 Use of Off-Road Vehicles (ORV).. 42 Use of Personal Assistive Mobility Devices (PAMD) .. 42 Hunters who are Legally Blind .. 43 Permit to Hunt Using a Laser Sighting Device .. 43 Use of Ground Blinds on Public Land by Hunters with Disabilities .. 43 Liberty Hunt - Hunters With 43 Independence Hunt .. 44 White-tailed Deer .. 44 Antlered: .. 44 Antlerless.

7 45 Antler Point Restriction (APR) .. 45 Deer License .. 45 Deer Combo 45 Antlerless Deer Hunting License .. 45 Antler Point Restrictions (APR) .. 45 Deer Cooperator 46 Deer Management Assistance (DMA) 46 Tagging Option for Antlerless Deer Hunters .. 46 Deer Carcass Disposal .. 46 Special Deer Hunts .. 47 Fort Custer Training Center .. 47 Harsens Island .. 47 (DMU 145) North Manitou Island Hunts .. 47 (DMU 245) South Fox Island Deer Hunting .. 47 Reserved Public-Land Deer 47 Urban Deer Management Zone for Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties .. 47 Chronic Wasting Disease CWD .. 48 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance .. 48 Core CWD Area - DMU 333.

8 48 CWD Management Zone - DMU 419 .. 48 Core CWD Area - DMU 359 .. 49 Deer & Deer Combo License Use for DMUs 333, 359, and 419 .. 49 Waterfowl .. 50 Michigan Waterfowl Hunting 50 Small Game and Upland Game Birds .. 50 Small Game 50 Quail .. 50 Woodcock .. 50 Game Bird Hunting Preserves .. 51 Sharp-tailed Grouse .. 51 Pheasant .. 52 Fur Harvesting .. 52 Fur Harvester License .. 52 Nonresident Fur Harvesting .. 52 DNR Offers Trapper Education Program .. 53 Fur Harvester rules .. 53 It is unlawful to: .. 53 Use of Wild Game as Bait when Trapping .. 54 Nighttime Furbearer Regulations .. 54 Furbearer Kill Tags .. 55 Coyote Hunting FAQs .. 55 Can I use a centerfire rifle to hunt coyotes?

9 55 Can I hunt coyotes from a treestand? .. 56 Can I use electronic calls or mechanical/electronic decoys? .. 56 What license do I need? .. 56 Do I need to wear Hunter Orange to hunt furbearers? .. 56 Winter Fox and Coyote Non-lethal Cable Restraints .. 56 Bobcat Units and Bag Limits .. 57 Bag Limits:.. 57 Bobcat Hunting with Dogs: .. 57 Beaver and Otter Trapping Regulations .. 58 Statewide Season Limits .. 58 Beaver and otter Trapping are closed in the following areas: .. 58 What To Do When You Have an Incidental 58 Shipping Hides and Furs .. 59 Furbearer Registration .. 59 Special Public-Land Trapping Areas .. 60 Muskegon State Game Area: .. 60 Poel Island Waterfowl Refuge, Grand Haven State Game Area.

10 60 Fish Point State Wildlife Area: .. 60 Nayanquing Point and Wigwam Bay State Wildlife Areas: .. 61 Shiawassee River State Game Area: .. 61 Tobico Marsh Unit of Bay City Recreation Area: .. 61 Pte. Mouillee State Game Area: .. 61 Crow Island State Game Area: .. 61 Harsens Island, St. Clair Flats Wildlife Area:.. 61 State Parks and Recreation Areas: .. 61 Live Restraining Cage Traps .. 61 Dryland Body-Gripping Traps .. 62 1. Private Land Dryland and Surface-Ice Body-Gripping Traps .. 62 2. Public Land Dryland and Surface-Ice Body-Gripping Traps .. 62 Wildlife Diseases .. 63 Report Sightings of Diseased Wildlife .. 63 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) .. 63 Bovine Tuberculosis (TB).