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Conservation

Public land, clean water, the rules and the people who fight for them. The work that keeps the outdoors open.

Typographic card: How to give a deer away Guide How to give a deer away Hunters Feeding Michigan takes deer at 16 listed processors at no cost to the hunter, if the deer arrives whole, tagged, reported and field-dressed, and tested when it comes from a CWD or TB county.
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Conservation News

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Michigan’s deer in the record, from 1859 to this November

Before You Go

Conservation guides, reviewed every season
A sandy forest road runs past oaks holding brown and gold leaves, with patches of snow along the roadside. GUIDE bowhunting · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 Deer season’s second half, through Thanksgiving week Typographic card: Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling GUIDE beginner skills · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling A wet paved road with a double yellow centerline curves away through yellow maples and dark evergreens, with leaves along the shoulder. GUIDE deer · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 Opening week on public land, where everyone else is

Tested in the Field

Typographic card: A straight-wall deer rifle after the zone, judged by others' tests Review · GearA straight-wall deer rifle after the zone, judged by others’ tests

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A snow-covered highway with a roadside signboard reading U.S. Forest Service, Information, Deer Survey, Registration Booth, 500 Feet. deer · Explainer Michigan’s deer in the record, from 1859 to this November
Conservation news, every weekday The Daily Dispatch carries every conservation story and DNR update. The Sunday Almanac carries the long ones.
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