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A sandy forest road runs past oaks holding brown and gold leaves, with patches of snow along the roadside. GUIDE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Deer season’s second half, through Thanksgiving week The regular firearm season runs through Nov. 30 with Thanksgiving inside it, and on Dec. 1 the calendar turns to late archery, with two familiar late seasons gone for 2026. Typographic card: Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling GUIDE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Once the deer is down, the tag, the report and the cooling Michigan gives a hunter 72 hours from harvest to report a deer, less if it changes hands first, and the county it fell in decides where its head can be tested. Typographic card: How to give a deer away GUIDE Conservation · Statewide · 2 hrs ago 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. A sandy forest road runs straight between hardwoods in red, orange and yellow leaf, with fallen leaves scattered across the ground. FEATURE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago 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 wet paved road with a double yellow centerline curves away through yellow maples and dark evergreens, with leaves along the shoulder. GUIDE Hunting · Statewide · 2 hrs ago Opening week on public land, where everyone else is State forest, game area, national forest, Commercial Forest and HAP land each set their own rules for stands, blinds and vehicles, and the DNR's MiHunt map shows which is which. Typographic card: Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county EXPLAINER Hunting · Mid-Michigan · 2 hrs ago Bait splits by peninsula and deer disease rules by county The Lower Peninsula bans bait, the Upper Peninsula limits it, the DNR says the feeding rules may change at the NRC's Nov. 12 meeting, and CWD rules follow county and township lines.