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A conservation officer stands with robotic decoys - a deer and a turkey - used to apprehend illegal hunters. The decoys, which move to look real, are placed along roads where illegal hunting is a problem, and conservation officers are at hand to apprehend people who attempt to shoot them from their cars or the roadside. Robo-deer and robo-turkeys, have helped conservation officers catch hundreds of illegal hunters in Michigan.
A young hunter shows off his mallard duck kill in a Pure Michigan Hunt. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
A woman hunter shows off her ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) kill.
A group of hunters preparing to head to their hunting grounds on their off-road vehicles (ORVs), with gun cases strapped to the back.
A conservation officer talks with a hunter after he shoots an elk cow wearing a radio collar. Cooperation among hunters (especially those who harvest an animal with a radio collar) and the DNR is vital to biologists' research.
A wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) hunter has reason to smile with his kill slung over his shoulder.
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 game dog belonging to a Pure Michigan Hunt winner retrieves a downed mallard duck. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
A conservation officer stops hunters to check that they are following the pertinent laws and regulations.
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.
DNR employees use the archery and pellet gun range for hunter safety instruction as well as archery programs at the Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center in Cadillac.
A group of small-game hunters with their eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) kills.
A Pure Michigan Hunt winner standing proudly next to his elk kill. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has: elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
Brittanies ready to run one of thr courses of the 2009 American Brittany Club National Amateur Gun Dog Championship at the Ionia State Recreation Area. Ionia, with three field trial courses spread over 2,800 acres, is one of two state recreation areas where field trialing is authorized in statute. Field trialing is a sport of bird dogs; sporting dog enthusiasts run their animals over a course - sometimes planted with pen-raised birds, sometimes not - and the canines are judged on their hunting ability.
An adult and youth show off their wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) kill.
A Pure Michigan Hunt winner and his dog set duck decoys. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
View of the 5-stand shooting range at Island Lake Recreation Area. This is one of six DNR staffed shooting ranges in Michigan. This particular one is vendor-operated.
A woman hunter kneels beside her elk kill. Elk hunting is restricted to a certain number of licenses to keep the elk herd in Michigan at 800-900 elk.
A young hunter and her mentor excited about her white-tailed deer kill.
A young hunter shows off his ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) kill with his hunting dog.
Adult and youth collect an American Beaver (Castor canadensis) from a trap. The DNR has established specific trapping seasons when furbearers may be taken. Wildlife biologists recognize trapping as an important wildlife management tool and regulate and scientifically monitor trapping to ensure that the most humane methods are used and that the population is never endangered.
Young hunter uses a duck call while hunting in a Pure Michigan Hunt. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
Women hunters check out a ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) one of them shot.
Shooters take aim at one of the stands of the 5-stand shooting range at Island Lake Recreation Area. This is one of six DNR staffed shooting ranges in Michigan. This particular one is vendor-operated.
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.
70-year old Vern Kruithof poses with his 2009 540-pound elk bull kill, after forty years of waiting to win in the license lottery. An elk license is one of the most difficult hunting licenses to obtain in Michigan.
Young hunter and his dog show off his wood duck and mallard duck kills as part of the Pure Michigan Hunt. Pure Michigan Hunt is a program set up by the DNR to raise money to fund wildlife habitat restoration and improvement. Three winners are drawn from the applicants, and these hunters win donated prizes (including a firearm and crossbow) and are able to participate in every limited-access hunt Michigan has, elk, bear, spring and fall wild turkey, and antlerless deer, as well as take first pick in a managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.
A pair of hunters walk back to their decoys with their Canada goose (Branta canadensis) kills.
Adult and youth collect an American Beaver (Castor canadensis) from a trap. The DNR has established specific trapping seasons when furbearers may be taken. Wildlife biologists recognize trapping as an important wildlife management tool and regulate and scientifically monitor trapping to ensure that the most humane methods are used and that the population is never endangered.
