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A random sample of 9,000 deer hunting license buyers were contacted after the 2006 deer hunting season to (1) estimate importance of deer hunting and motives of deer hunters in Michigan, (2) quantify hunter activity during the past three deer hunting seasons, and (3) determine deer huntersâ opinions on various hunting regulations. Most licensees (83%) indicated hunting deer was either one of their most important recreational activities or the most important activity. The primary reasons people enjoyed hunting deer were to spend time outdoors, spend time with friends and family, and the excitement of seeing deer. Among hunters who purchased a deer hunting license in 2006, 96% of these licensees spent time in the field hunting deer during the past three years (683,095 deer hunters). About 74% of these hunters took at least one deer during the past three years. Nearly 60% of hunters took an antlered deer and 46% took an antlerless deer during the past three years. Over 75% of deer hunters felt the number of deer, number of bucks, number of mature bucks, and deer herd health were the most important issues to consider when developing deer hunting regulations. Most deer hunters (>62%) statewide believed there were moderate to extensive problems with the number of deer, number of bucks, and number of mature bucks in the region where they most often hunted. Statewide, most deer hunters (84%) agreed the regular firearm season should begin on November 15. Most deer hunters in the Upper Peninsula (58%) and Northern Lower Peninsula (52%) supported additional restrictions on buck harvest. Nearly equal proportions of deer hunters in the Southern Lower Peninsula supported and opposed additional buck harvest restrictions. Although most Michigan deer hunters favored additional buck harvest restrictions, none of the buck harvest restrictions evaluated received higher support than the existing regulations (i.e., allow hunters to take a total of two bucks in any combination of seasons if one of those bucks has at least four antler points on one antler).
Report on the conditions ducks and duck hunting on Sebewaing and Wildfowl Bays, with recommendations for how best to protect ducks.
For the first time in the history of Michigan bear hunting, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) implemented a bear harvest zone and quota system statewide in 1990. Eight bear management units were established, seven in the Upper Peninsula including Drummond Island and one covering much of the northern Lower Peninsula. Separate harvest quotas were established for each unit and a limited number of hunters permitted to take bear in 1990. Each harvest tag allowed the taking of one bear that was not a cub. There were two hunt periods for each of the Upper Peninsula units except Drummond Island which had only one. There was only one hunt period in the Lower Peninsula. A total of 3,733 bear hunters harvested 739 bear during the 1990 season. The take resulted in a 20 percent success rate for hunters with a harvest tag. The harvest was comprised of 64 percent males, 35 percent females, and one percent bears of unknown sex. Hunters were asked to rate their 1990 bear hunting experiences. Sixty percent of the hunters rated their bear hunting as "good" or "very good." Twenty-four percent gave a rating of "poor" or "very poor," Successful hunters were more likely to rate their bear hunting as at least "good" (89%) compared to unsuccessful hunters (52%).
Background and status of the pheasant breeding and banding program.
Report on the results, hunting and conditions of the 1970 grouse and woodcock season, with analysis on prospects for future seasons.
Supplement to report nr. 2109 with information on sources of the permit seekers.
Report on the hunter and harvest numbers during the 1949 season at the Rifle River Area.
Results and analysis of the examination of a sample of black bear teeth collected during the 1975 hunting season for age determination.
A survey of turkey hunters was conducted following the 2000 spring hunting season to determine turkey harvest and hunter participation.
Report on the controlled hunt conducted in the Cusino Deer Enclosure in November, 1959, to remove surplus deer and provide information on hunting success under various conditions.
A survey was completed to determine whether hunters and landowners supported proposed mandatory QDM regulations in losco County (Deer Management Units [DMU] 035 and 135). A key element of the proposed mandatory regulations was changing the definition of a buck to a deer with three or more points on one antler. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) supports the voluntary implementation of QDM practices on private land in Michigan. However, mandatory regulations should be imposed in a DMU only when it can be shown that a clear majority (66%) of hunters and landowners support implementation. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of landowners and hunters; 73% of the landowners and 78% of hunters returned their questionnaire. About 59% of landowners owning land in losco County, and 57% of people hunting deer in losco County supported implementing mandatory QDM regulations. Support from both landowners and hunters was insufficient to recommend implementation of mandatory QDM regulations.
Report on the deer situation in Leelanau County, including the relationship between deer and tourism, and suggestion to continue keeping the hunting season closed.
Report on squirrel damage to trees near Covert, Michigan.
A survey of deer hunters was conducted following the 2005 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort. In 2005, an estimated 671,000 hunters spent 10.2 million days afield. Statewide, the number of people hunting deer declined by about 6% and hunting effort declined by about 1% between 2004 and 2005. Hunters harvested nearly 417,000 deer, a decrease of nearly 9% from the number taken in 2004. Statewide, 42% of hunters harvested a deer. About 22% of the hunters took an antlerless deer and 29% took an antlered buck. About 14% of deer hunters harvested two or more deer.
Report of a gizzard analysis study initiated in Michigan during the 1976 waterfowl hunting season to determine the level of lead shot being ingested by waterfowl in Michigan, and to determine the rate at which lead shot becomes unavailable to the birds in areas where nontoxic steel shot is used.
In 1986, deer hunters in Michigan were permitted (per an amendment of Act 86 of 1980) to purchase a second deer hunting license to take an antlered deer in the Lower Peninsula during archery season and anywhere in the state during the firearm or muzzleloading season. Even though a large number of second licenses were sold, few hunters took 2 deer (2.4% of all archery and 2.9% of all firearm and muzzleloader hunters). About 5,520 hunters took 2 deer during the archery season and 20,150 took 2 deer during the firearm and/or muzzleloader season. The 1986 deer harvest included 57,960 deer taken during the archery season, 205,340 during the firearm season, and 6,630 during the muzzleloading season. In all seasons, hunters took 269,630 deer, of which 193,340 were antlered bucks.
Consists of lists and reports.
1980 marked the twelfth complete inventory of the singing male Kirtland's warblers (Dendroica kirtlandii), and the tenth annual census of the species. This report covers the results of that census.
Report on an experimental planting project in cooperation with the Forestry Division to improve an area for game and to test the adaptability of various types of planting stock.
A survey was completed to determine whether hunters and landowners supported mandatory QDM regulations in Deer Management Units (DMUs) 032, 076, and 079. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) supports the voluntary implementation of QDM practices on private land in Michigan. However, mandatory regulations should be imposed in a DMU only when it can be shown that a clear majority (> 66%) of hunters and landowners support implementation. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of landowners and hunters; 79% of the landowners and 87% of hunters returned their questionnaire. About 39% of landowners owning land in the affected DMUs, and 36% of people hunting deer in the affected DMUs supported implementing mandatory QDM regulations. Support from both landowners and hunters was insufficient to recommend implementation of mandatory QDM regulations for DMUs 032, 076, and 079.
Report on deeryard conditions in the Lower Peninsula, with particular reference to deer trapping operations in Alpena County.
Results of a survey of Hunting Access Program (HAP) hunters conducted following the 2012 fall and 2013 spring hunting seaons to determine the number of people hunting on HAP lands and to determine hunter satisfaction and opinions about the administration of HAP.
Report of a survey completed to determine the number of people hunting and trapping bobcats in Michigan, the number of days spent afield (effort), and the number of bobcats registered in 2009.
