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Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area
Open at no charge to the public.
This hunting location conducts daily drawings for free hunting zone permits throughout the open waterfowl season.
Description of the area
Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area is located three miles north of Linwood, Michigan on the western shore of Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay in Bay County. This 1,505- acre wildlife area is an important area for migratory birds and wetland wildlife species and provides high quality diverse habitat for a variety of recreational opportunities. The viewing platform located at the end of Kitchen Road provides premier opportunities to witness numerous bird species throughout the migration seasons. Despite its small size tens of thousands of ducks, swans, geese, wading birds, shorebirds, raptors, and songbirds migrate through Nayanquing Point SWA each fall and spring.
PDF map of area Manager's update Waterfowl counts Annual report
Hunting Information
- Morning hunts: Daily 5:30 a.m. (Reserved hunt first and second weekend of duck season)
- Afternoon hunts: Daily 11:00 a.m. (Reserved hunt first and second weekend of duck season)
- Managed deer hunts (muzzleloading) begin following the last day of the regular waterfowl season
- Late season deer hunts available by permit only.
Activities
- Wildlife viewing
- Birding
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Trapping
- Kayaking