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Features header White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

• Current Deer Management Units Map PDF icon

• Hunting Applications and Drawings
View hunting application dates, drawing results, remaining licenses and more.
Note: Drawing notification postcards will no longer be sent by mail. Click this link to view your drawing results online.

• 2009 Antlerless Deer License Quotas PDF icon

• 2009 Deer Check Station Map
Map of deer check stations by County.

• 2009 Deer Check Stations

• Ban on Baiting and Feeding of Deer in the Lower Peninsula PDF icon

• Check Your Deer Laboratory Results Online

• 2008-2009 Deer and Elk Baiting and Feeding Regulations PDF icon

• Frequently asked Deer Hunting Questions
These are the most frequently asked questions about deer hunting in Michigan.

• Report All Poaching (RAP)
RAP Hotline: 1-800-292-7800


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• Antlerless Deer Application Guide

• 2009 Shiawassee River State Game Area Hunting Information PDF icon

• Current Hunting Guides

• 2009-2010 Hunting Seasons and Bag limits

• Special Deer Hunts

• 2009 Hoffmaster State Park Managed Deer Hunt Information PDF icon

• DNR Shooting Ranges

• How Chronic Wasting Disease Affects Hunters

• Important Dates and Season Information

• Special Regulations & Units

• Cooperator Patches

• Hunting Hours


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• Combination Deer Hunting License - 2009

• 2009 Antlerless Deer License Availability

• Antler Restriction Regulations

• Firearm Deer Hunting License - 2009

• Archery Deer Hunting License - 2009

• 2009 Junior Antlerless Deer Hunting License

• Tagging Big Game and Furbearers


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• How to Field-Dress Deer PDF icon

• Precautions When Processing Wild Game

• Venison Processing Guide for Retail Food Establishments PDF icon

• Deer Carcass Disposal

• Check Your Wildlife Lab Results

• Regulations for bringing in harvested animals from other states and Canada

• Lymph Nodes & Hemal Nodes


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• Hunter Cooperator Patches - 2009

• Proposed 2006-2010 Deer Population Goals (for review) PDF icon

• How to Age Michigan Deer

• Quality Deer Management (QDM)


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• Natural History

• Application & License Assistance

• 2009 Michigan Deer Hunting Prospects PDF icon

• The Impacts of Wolves on Deer in the Upper Peninsula

• Hunters to Fight Hunger in Michigan

• Relative Density of Deer

• White-tailed Deer Information (Odocoileus virginianus)

• Deer Management History in Michigan

• How to Identify "Button Bucks"

• Antler Definitions & Requirements


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