The Issues
Four a year, one for each season. Every issue stays here, whole, the way it was published.
Autumn 2026
The fifteenth, the date Michigan built a deer season around Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026 · Seven rivers open to steelhead in November, and the rules on each · Public land for November, by region, with its managers
Current issue · No. 01
The Fifteenth
“Michigan sets its firearm deer opener on a date, not a Saturday.” MHF Staff, from the editor's letter.
- 01 Which deer licenses you actually need in 2026 Guide
- 02 Two weeks before the deer opener, day by day Guide
- 03 The limited firearm zone is gone from the Lower Peninsula Explainer
- 04 A straight-wall deer rifle after the zone, judged by others’ tests Review
- 05 Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county Explainer
- 06 Opening week on public land, where everyone else is Guide
- 07 Reading a Michigan river’s type before you fish it Explainer
- 08 Seven rivers open to steelhead in November, and the rules on each Feature
- 09 Foam, inflatable or float coat on a cold-water walleye boat Review
- 10 The fifteenth, the date Michigan built a deer season around Feature
- 11 Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling Guide
- 12 How to give a deer away Guide
- 13 A whole deer in the kitchen, from the cuts to the freezer Explainer
- 14 Deer season’s second half, through Thanksgiving week Guide
- 15 Walleye limits change between Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay Guide
- 16 Where the Big Manistee leaves Tippy Dam Destination
- 17 Presque Isle Park, where Marquette says anglers take fall whitefish Guide
- 18 Michigan’s deer in the record, from 1859 to this November Explainer
- 19 Public land for November, by region, with its managers Explainer
- 20 December, in brief Explainer
