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A survey of bear hunters was conducted after the 2019 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
DNR's Wildlife Division contacted a random sample of bear hunters after the 2018 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Report on survey findings of a random sample of bear hunters after the 2017 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
DNR employees carefully remove a tranquilized black bear (Ursus americanus) from its den in order to fit it with a radio collar. The radio collar will help DNR biologists track the bear and allow for checkups to aid in their research of the species in Michigan.
DNR employees inspect a black bear (Ursus americanus) cub. Cubs are born around January and stay in the den with the mother during the late winter months. This cub's mother was tranquilized and given a radio collar to help biologists track and check up on the species in Michigan.
DNR employees pull a tranquilized black bear (Ursus americanus) out of her den, preparing to attach a radio collar. The radio collar will help DNR biologists track the bear and allow for checkups to aid in their research of the species in Michigan.
DNR employees attach a radio collar to a tranquilized black bear (Ursus americanus). The radio collar will help DNR biologists track the bear and allow for checkups to aid in their research of the species in Michigan.
Report of an autopsy performed on a "killer bear" that had attacked a small child to determine possible causes.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 1998 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
For the fourth consecutive year, a statewide black bear (Ursus americanus) harvest zone and quota system was utilized in 1993. The same eight bear management units, seven in the Upper Peninsula, including Drummond Island. and one covering much of the northern Lower Peninsula, were opened to hunting. 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. In 1993, a total of 4,590 hunters harvested 1,292 bear during the 1993 season, a six percent increase in the harvest from the previous year. Twenty-eight percent of the hunters with a harvest tag were successful in 1993 compared to 27 percent in 1992. The composition of the harvest, 59 percent males and 41 percent females indicated an increase in the proportion of males compared to the previous year. Hunter satisfaction is used as an indicator of the success of the bear management program. Hunters were asked to rate their 1993 bear hunting experiences. Twenty-one percent of the hunters rated their bear hunting as "excellent", 17 percent as "very good", and 27 percent as "good". The season was rated as "fair" by 19 percent of hunters and "poor" by 16 percent.
Estimates of the harvest of bear in the 1961 seasons, with a discussion of bear hunting regulations.
Report on the results of 1959 "special" bear seasons under small game licenses, where a bear stamp was required.
Study incorporating a survey of bear hunters to determine hunter success, days afield, hunter satisfaction and hunter interference within portions of the Red Oak Bear Management Unit during the 2012 hunting season.
Results of a survey of bear hunters conducted following the 1996 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Study incorporating a survey of bear hunters to determine hunter success, days afield, hunter satisfaction and hunter interference within portions of the Red Oak Bear Management Unit during the 2010 hunting season.
In 2000, 17% of the applicants (1,604 people) that were successful in the bear hunt drawing did not purchase a hunting license. The objective of this study was to determine whether these eligible applicants may have been non-hunters that intended to prevent another applicant from purchasing and using a bear hunting license. About 1% of the eligible license buyers may have been non~hunters because they only applied for or purchased hunting licenses that were available through a drawing (i.e., restricted license types).
Results of a survey of bear hunters conducted following the 2013 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Report comparing results of the annual mail survey of deer hunters question regarding bears killed, 1953-1959.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 2000 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.
Plan to provide strategic guidance for the management of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Michigan. Helps: 1) maintain a sustainable Michigan bear population; 2) facilitate bear-related benefits such as hunting; 3) minimize bear-related conflicts; and 4) conduct science-based bear management with socially acceptable methods.
Report on the results of the 1950 special bear seasons, with overview of the different seasons.
A survey of bear hunters was conducted following the 2002 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction..
Report on the investigations during the deer hunting season of 1949 on Drummond Island, incuding harvest surveys, antler tallies and hunter observations.
As a part of the Wildlife Division's ongoing monitoring of the black bear (Ursus americanus) population in Michigan, ages of bears harvested in the fall hunting seasons have been estimated by cementum annuli counts of transverse sections cut from decalcified premolar teeth. In 1989, a mark-recapture research project using tetracycline as a biomarker was initiated. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative precision of age determination using longitudinal versus transverse tooth sections processed by different methods. A total of 1127 tooth samples were received from a bear harvest of 1234, for a return of 91%. Ages matched exactly in 92 of the 100 pairs of premolars examined. Of the 8 that did not match, 7 differed by one year, and 1 by two years. The Isomet and Cryostat methods for processing bear teeth for age determination appear to have the same level of precision and are directly comparable.
