In areas where baiting is banned scents placed to entice deer whether composed of natural or synthetic materials must be placed so that they are inaccessible for consumption by deer and placed.
Deer blind regulations michigan.
Constructed ground blinds on all zone 1 and zone 2 public lands for deer hunting shall remain legal from nov.
Management of michigan s deer herd is essential to maximize its positive and minimize its negative effects on social biological ecological and economic values.
6 or after the end of the annual deer season will be considered abandoned.
Deer regulations are on a three year regulatory cycle and were set for 2017 2019.
However due to the finding of chronic wasting disease cwd the department and the natural resources commission nrc made regulatory changes outside of the three year cycle for cwd management in 2018 and 2019.
While we are the lead agency for deer management collaboration with federal and state agencies and tribal governments as well as private landowners hunters and other partners.
On public and private lands statewide children ages 10 16 can hunt using a firearm archery equipment or crossbow according to the michigan dnr.
Baiting and feeding regulations baiting and feeding are banned in the lower peninsula and banned in the upper peninsula core cwd surveillance area.
The proposed deer regulations would require hunters to have at least 144 square inches of hunter orange on the outside of their blinds visible from 360 degrees.
In addition to criminal penalties any constructed blind found on public land prior to nov.
Michigan dnr seeks hunter input on proposed 2020 deer hunting regulations hunting is on the decline in michigan which is a problem michigan man sprayed brother s hunting area with deer.
However due to the finding of chronic wasting disease cwd the department and the natural resources commission nrc made regulatory changes outside of the three year cycle for cwd management in 2018 and 2019.
Michigan department of natural resources deer program experts say the regulations will provide additional opportunities and.
In may dnr director dan eichinger said that the department will provide more information on this topic at the june nrc meeting.
Any person who has been issued a permit to hunt from a standing vehicle or who has been issued a disabled person parking permit by the secretary of state or who meets the disability standards set forth in the michigan off road recreational vehicle law may use a constructed ground blind on public land.
The new regulations will be in effect for the 2020 deer hunting season.
