As part of the “Hunters Feeding Michigan” program, hunters can choose to donate their deer, and the department will ...

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

The over-population of deer has resulted in an increase of damage to landscaping; reports of vehicle/deer accidents; concern for public health; and a disruption to the ecological balance of our ...

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — Starting on Jan. 2, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that antlerless firearm deer season will be extended until Jan. 12 in counties across the ...

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

MICHIGAN, USA — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources shared on Tuesday the first detected cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer in 2025. The disease was found in some free-ranging ...

Michigan deer harvest numbers for the regular firearm season were down from 2023, according to statistics compiled by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the lowest in at least six years ...

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 ...

A Newaygo County couple is challenging the "open fields" doctrine after a state Department of Natural Resources conservation ...

A 7-year-old farmed deer in Osceola County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasizes the importance of early detection ...

Longtime deer hunter and outdoor writer Ben East explains the biggest mistakes both deer and deer hunters make in the woods.