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• Dog Training
Fox Hound Training Permit and Special Dog Training Area Permit

• Falconry
Information about how to get started in falconry.

• Field Dog Trials
A permit is required to conduct a field dog trial - defined as a trial or meet, advertised as such and open to entry by persons whose dogs qualify, in which not less than four participants, with dogs, are permitted to dog-train in competition or contest.

• Game Bird Hunting Preserves
Pheasants, bobwhite quail, Hungarian partridge, mallard ducks and exotic game birds may be raised and released for hunting for an extended season on hunting preserves licensed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

• Game Bird Release Permits
Licensed hunting preserve operators possessing pheasants, bobwhite quail, or Hungarian partridge are authorized to issue Game Bird Release Permits to their customers wishing to purchase more than 12 of these birds live (or their eggs) for release or personal consumption.

• Permits to Hold Wildlife in Captivity
Permits to authorize the possession of animals reared in captivity only. They do not authorize the possession of animals taken from the wild. Only licensed wildlife rehabilitators can possess injured or orphaned animals from the wild.

• Project Control Application and Permit PDF icon
A permit for use of pesticides outside of buildings in Michigan to control the depredations of pigeons, starlings, or English sparrows.

• Scientific Collector's Permits
A Scientific Collector's Permit is issued by the DNRE Wildlife Division permit specialist for the collection, possession/handling, transportation, or disposing of wild birds or wild mammals (living or dead or parts thereof) or the nests or eggs of wild birds, for scientific or educational purposes in the state of Michigan.

• Taxidermy
A taxidermy permit is required of any person to conduct a taxidermy business or to engage in preparing or mounting the skins, plumage or parts thereof from any regulated birds or mammals for a fee.

• Threatened/Endangered Species

• Wildlife Damage and Nuisance Control Permits
An approved permit is required for all Wildlife Damage and Nuisance Control Commercial Operators




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