Opening on Nov. 15, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding hunters to follow key safety practices and regulations to avoid common violations. The DNR emphasized the importance ...

Michigan's deer hunting season is right around the corner. "[It's] chaotic, busy, fun. You wait all year to squeeze everything into these three months we have to play in," said Robert Gillow, a ...

Hoping to earn food for their freezers and bragging rights, too, hundreds of thousands of hunters will be heading into the Michigan woods soon for firearms deer season. To up their chances, hunters ...

Quick Take The designation of the white-tailed deer as Michigan’s state game mammal in 1997 came from Zeeland fourth-graders’ ...

Learn how Midwestern states use staggered deer seasons to balance hunter access, safety concerns, and sustainable deer ...

There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer hunting region of the country. States like Kansas, Iowa, and Wisconsin have led the way in producing giant bucks for a long time. Other states, ...

For those who are active hunters, it might come as a shock that less people are taking part in the hobby compared to 20 years ago – but that number is slowly growing. According to the 2024 Michigan ...

New estimates show Michigan hunters killed greater numbers of deer during the 2024 season than the year prior, a trend driven partly by boosted doe harvest. A state survey conducted by mail pegged the ...

Deer baiting has been banned across the Lower Peninsula since 2019, in response to communicable disease outbreaks spreading ...

Indiana has become a top destination for deer hunters to pursue big bucks, like the one David Ray recently took near Bedford. Submitted photo There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer ...