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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%).
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.
A survey of turkey hunters was conducted following the 2000 spring hunting season to determine turkey harvest and hunter participation.
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.
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.
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.
Results of the 1954 goose hunting season at Swan Creek Wildlife Experiment Station, including harvest numbers, hunting demographics, pressure and conditions.
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.
Report on the results of the 1960 deer season at Rifle River Area.
The 1982 statewide ruffed grouse harvest of 522,140 was down 28 percent from the 1981 take of 723,620 birds. Not since 1970 has the ruffed grouse harvest been this low. Woodcock hunters held their own, however, killing 258,750 timberdoodles in 1982 compared to 251,440 in 1981, an increase of about three percent. Apparently, lower ruffed grouse abundance dampened hunter interest somewhat, but not in proportion to the decline in harvest. An estimated 192,540 small game hunters reported hunting ruffed grouse in 1982, down only about 11 percent from 1981.
Report of the small game and waterfowl hunting season in the Allegan area for 1937.
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.
Report on the results, hunting and conditions of the opening day of the 1976 put-take pheasant season.
Report on the status of the deer on North Manitou Island, including hunting results from 1955-1956, dead deer counts, and winter conditions.
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.
Report on the results, hunting and conditions of the 1977 spring wild turkey season.
Summary of the 1960 grouse season, including hours hunted by grouse cooperators and birds shot in the previous two years.
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.
Preliminary report on the results and conditions of the 1964 deer season.
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.
Results of the research and survey carried out on fishers that were killed by motor vehicles or accidentally trapped during the fall of 1985, spring, fall, and winter of 1986, and winter of 1987.
Data deer examined at the Swan Creek Wildlife Experiment Station during the 1958 deer seasons.
