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Deer camp and duck marsh, grouse coverts and turkey ridges. How Michigan hunts, and the people who keep it going.

A sandy forest road runs straight between hardwoods in red, orange and yellow leaf, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground. Cover Story · Feature The fifteenth, the date Michigan built a deer season around In 2026 the opener falls on a Sunday, in the first season after the Natural Resources Commission rewrote the rules around it.
A sandy forest road runs past oaks holding brown and gold leaves, with patches of snow along the roadside. bowhunting · Guide Deer season’s second half, through Thanksgiving week Intermediate · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 beginner skills · Guide Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling Beginner · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026
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December, in brief Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula

Before You Go

Hunting guides, reviewed every season
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 Typographic card: Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day GUIDE beginner skills · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day Typographic card: Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026 GUIDE beginner skills · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026 Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026

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 Typographic card: Foam, inflatable or float coat on a cold-water walleye boat Review · GearFoam, inflatable or float coat on a cold-water walleye boat

Latest in Hunting

A sandy road runs between tall red pines, with orange saplings on the left and a snow-covered bank on the right. deer · Explainer December, in brief
A wet paved road with a double yellow centerline curves away through yellow maples and dark evergreens, with leaves along the shoulder. deer · Guide Opening week on public land, where everyone else is
Typographic card: Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county deer · Explainer Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county
Typographic card: The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula deer · Explainer The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula
Typographic card: Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day beginner skills · Guide Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day
Typographic card: Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026 beginner skills · Guide Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026
Hunting news, every weekday The Daily Dispatch carries every hunting story and DNR update. The Sunday Almanac carries the long ones.
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