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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.
A survey of turkey hunters was conducted following the 2000 spring hunting season to determine turkey harvest and hunter participation.
Report on the deer situation in Leelanau County, including the relationship between deer and tourism, and suggestion to continue keeping the hunting season closed.
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.
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 deeryard conditions in the Lower Peninsula, with particular reference to deer trapping operations in Alpena County.
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.
Report on the conditions of the deer herd in 1938, paying particular attention to the problems of a rising herd population and the effects of extreme winter weather.
Report detailing data obtained on fox squirrel populations at the Rose Lake Wildlife Experiment Station during a study from December 1939 to November 1940, with map.
Report of survey of a sample of furtakers contacted after the 2008 hunting and trapping seasons to estimate the number of participants, days afield (effort), and furbearer harvests.
The first Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) census was organized by Harold Mayfield in 1951. Originally, similar inventories were to be conducted at ten-year intervals. While counts were made in 1961 and 1971 as planned, the results of the 1971 census were so low that an ad hoc group of concerned individuals instituted annual censuses. Thus, including 1985, there is an unbroken string of 15 consecutive years of census data. In 1985, a total of 216 singing males were found in the Michigan census. Annual counts in Michigan from 1971 through 1984 averaged 207 males. Although the species has not increased dramatically since the Recovery Team instituted intensive management practices in the early 1970's, the number of males has been above the average for eight of the past nine years.
A total of 1746 turkeys were taken by hunters during the 1983 season; two less than in 1982, when 1,748 birds were harvested. The weather during the hunting season was quite variable. About 20 percent of the hunters complained of bad weather. A total of 22.9 percent commented that they did not see enough turkeys or turkey sign. Not seeing birds was probably a factor of the weather. Frequent spring rains played an important part in reducing hunter satisfaction. "Gobbling" activity was generally erratic and birds responded poorly to calling. Hunters spent 45,914 days hunting compared to 45,220 days in 1982, even though there were 593 more hunters afield.
During the spring of 2002, a deer pellet group survey was conducted in the western Upper Peninsula (UP) and in DMU 452 (Core Area) of the northern Lower Peninsula (NLP). The units surveyed in the western UP were divided into the high, medium, and low snowfall units. The high snowfall unit consists of deer management units (DMUs) 007, 042, and 066. The medium snowfall unit is comprised of DMUs 036 and 052. The low snowfall unit consists of DMUs 022 and 055. The pellet group survey was not conducted in the eastern UP. During the spring of 2002, the deer pellet survey was conducted in the 562 square mile "core area" of the bovine tuberculosis surveillance area. The "core area" has been surveyed since 1996. In 2002, the adjusted Spring population for deer in each of the listed locations after accounting for hunting and other losses are as follows: High Snowfall: 43,378, Medium Snowfall: 108,222, Low Snowfall: 141,483, DMU 452: 13,298.
In 1995, 160 routes were conducted as compared to 153 routes in 1994. Additional routes were completed but not used in this analysis. The drumming index (average number of drums per stop) was 43 percent higher than 1994. The upper peninsula showed a 47 percent increase in the spring survey. The northern lower peninsula showed a 58 percent increase. The southern lower peninsula showed a 23 percent decrease. Winter survival appeared to be better this year based on the research study units in northern Michigan. The population of ruffed grouse is at a low level across the State but improving.
Results of the 1960 rural mail carrier survey of pheasant broods, conducted July 25 - August 6, 1960.
Several surveys are conducted each year to monitor ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) and American woodcock (Scolopax minor) populations, including hunter cooperator surveys and spring breeding surveys. Hunter records were available from 136 cooperators who hunted in 1999. The number of ruffed grouse flushed per hour by cooperators statewide was similar to 1998. Grouse flush rates were highest in Zone 1, (Upper Peninsula), followed by Zones 2 (Northern Lower Peninsula), and 3 (Southern Lower Peninsula), respectively. The number of grouse hunters in Michigan has remained relatively stable despite periodic declines in grouse numbers, indicating that even if grouse numbers are down and harvest is low, hunters will still pursue grouse. In 1999, the numbers of woodcock flushed per hour by cooperators were lower in Zone 1 and Zone 2 than they were in 1998, but the same in Zone 3. Woodcock flush rates were highest in Zone 2, followed by Zones 1 and 3, respectively.
Results of the 1982 Summer Rural Mail Carrier Pheasant Brood survey, which shows gloomy prospects for the next year.
In 1980, the deer pellet group survey was carried out in Region II (the northern half of Michigan's Lower Peninsula). The average over-winter population (uncorrected) was estimated to be 402,915 during the 1979-80 winter. After legal kill and over-winter losses are taken into account, the spring deer population prior to fawning is estimated at 380,572 animals.
Results of game bird census and game survey on the W. K. Kellogg Farm, including counts for pheasants, quail and rabbits.
Report on Michigan's results in the annual nation-wide midwinter waterfowl survey in January, 1970. Includes comparative data for 1964-1969.
This report contains a preliminary analysis of the 1986 deer hunting season based on data collected at highway deer check stations, from field reports, from counts of deer being transported on vehicles, and from highway traffic counters. About 232,000 bowhunters, 725,000 firearm deer hunters, and 58,000 muzzleloaders went deer hunting in 1986. Records were set in all three deer hunting seasons. More deer were taken by hunters in 1986 than in the history of Michigan deer hunting. The preliminary archery harvest was 46,500 (up from the 1985 final harvest estimate of 41,780). The preliminary firearm harvest of 192,000 also increased from a final estimate of 186,840 deer during the 1985 season. The preliminary muzzleloading harvest estimate was 5,500 which was an increase from the 1985 preliminary estimate of 3,500. For all three seasons combined, hunters harvested an estimated 244,000 deer in 1986.
Results of a survey completed to determine the number of harvest tag holders who set traps for marten and fisher, the number of animals caught, the types of traps used, and the number of days trapped.
Report discussing the 2009 population data for ruffed grouse and American woodcock, using results from hunter cooperator surveys, spring breeding surveys and mail harvest surveys.
