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A white-tailed deer in the snow.

Scientiests performing necropsies on white-tailed deer heads at the DNR Wildlife Disease Laboratory in Lansing.

DNR Wildlife Division employees check the tooth wear and count points on a hunter's white-tailed buck to help determine the animal's age and health. These primarily voluntary check stations help biologists monitor the herd's well-being.

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

A hunter with disabilities poses with his white-tailed deer kill. Over the years, the DNR has partnered with other organizations to make many of the state game and state wildlife areas in southern Michigan more accessible for individuals with disabilities.

A young hunter with his white-tailed buck kill.

A white-tailed deer spotted through the trees in winter.

DNR employees collect data on a white-tailed deer for a predator/prey research project, which will provide information about the local deer population and the effects of predators on it.

A processor grinds venison.

Hunter Marc Anthony with his white-tailed deer kill on the Fort Custer Freedom Hunt, a special firearm hunt put on by the DNR Wildlife Division for hunters with disabilities.

A white-tailed deer yearling in the woods.

A young white-tailed deer buck amongst trees.

A processor works on cutting a dear for food.

A white-tailed deer doe alert in a clearing.

A young hunter and her mentor excited about her white-tailed deer kill.

By October 1. 1989, Michigan's deer population was estimated to be 2,000,000 deer. which was about four times the number of deer in Michigan in 1971. This herd was causing unacceptable societal costs through damage to agricultural crops and car/deer accidents. For 1990, the State Deer Damage Task Force recommended, and the Michigan Natural Resource Commission adopted, the experimental Deer Crop Damage Block Permit (DCDBP) Program to reduce the number of out-of-season deer damage control permits; increase antlerless deer harvest on sites of chronic deer crop depredation; and utilize licensed hunters to resolve crop damage problems during regular deer seasons. In 1991, the Wildlife Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) contracted with the Department of Park and Recreation Resources of Michigan State University to impartially examine the attitudes and reported behaviors of the following groups affected by the program: farmers eligible for the program, neighbors of farmers in the program., and deer hunters who did and did not hunt with DCDBP. Mail questionnaires were used to solicit the information. The majority of farmers, landowners adjacent to participating farmers, and hunters who hunted with DCDBP had favorable attitudes about the program.. Hunters who did not hunt with DCDBP were evenly divided between those with favorable attitudes and those who had negative attitudes about the program. The majority of farmers rated the DCDBP program as highly or moderately effective in controlling deer crop damage. The reported harvest of antlerless deer on DCDBP participating farms increased 138% between 1988 and 1990, while the reported harvest of antlerless deer on non-participating farms increased 75%. When asked if they would participate in the DCDBP if offered in 1991, the large majority of the participating farmers (84%) and a sizeable minority of the non-participating farmers (34%) responded they would.

Report on a survey of deer hunters conducted following the 2010 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort.

Report on the issue of changing deer season dates dependent on probable weather.

Report on the conditions and success of the 1951 deer hunting seasons on Drummond Island.

Results and analysis of a survey of firearm deer hunters during 1975 seeking opinions on experimental clearcuttings.

Report on history, progress and results of program to trap and tag deer with an aluminum ear-tag.