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Results of a survey to determine the number of people hunting sharp-tailed grouse, the number of days hunting, and the number of sharp-tailed grouse harvested in Michigan during the 2010 season.

Results from opening day of hunting at Waterloo Recreational Area after a six-year closure, with information about hunting numbers, kills, hunter demographics and procedure for re-opening the area.

Survey of a random sample of bear hunters contacted after the 2009 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.

A survey of deer hunters was conducted following the 2015 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort.

A survey was 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.

Result of a survey done to investigate the relationship between hunter’s age and deer harvest in Michigan and to use this relationship to predict the number of deer harvested in Michigan during 2005-2020.

A survey of deer hunters was conducted following the 2016 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort.

Overview of the 1947 antlerless deer hunting season in Allegan County, with numbers of hunters, kills and recommendations.

A sample of furtakers was contacted after the 2013 hunting and trapping seasons to estimate the number of participants, days afield (effort), and furbearer harvests.

Report of a survey completed to determine the number of people hunting sharp-tailed grouse, the number of days hunting, and the number of sharp-tailed grouse harvested in Michigan in 2011.

At least 900,000 people purchased hunting licenses to hunt in Michigan each year during 1997-1999. Hunter numbers have increased since the 1960s when an average of 858,000 people purchased hunting licenses. Although the number of licensees has increased since the 1960s, the percentage of Michigan residents (included all ages) that have purchased a hunting license has declined from an average of 10.1% during the 1960s to 9.3% during 1997-1999. Currently, most hunters reside in the southern Lower Peninsula; however, a higher proportion of residents in the Upper Peninsula purchased hunting licenses. During 1997-1999, about 91% of the license buyers were males, but participation by females has increased since the 1980s. Hunting in Michigan has become increasingly focused on deer hunting; at least 91% of the hunting license buyers purchased a deer hunting license during 1997-1999. The proportion of residents that hunted deer has increased gradually in all regions of the state since the 1960s. The proportion of residents that hunted deer has increased for all age groups and sexes since the 1950s. About 80% of deer license buyers purchased a license during consecutive years, higher than for any other group of hunters. As deer hunting has gained in popularity, small game hunting has declined. The proportion of males and females hunting small game in 1999 was among the lowest levels recorded since 1950. Deer hunters in 1999 were more specialized in their pursuit of deer than they were in 1970. In 1999, 62.5% of the deer hunters only purchased a deer hunting license, while 50.6% of deer hunters purchased only deer hunting licenses in 1968. In contrast, fewer small game hunters pursued only small game in 1999 than they did in 1968. In 1968, 45.3% of small game hunters only purchased a small game hunting license, while in 1999, 17.4% of these small game hunters only purchased a small game hunting license.

The 2003 elk hunt marked the twentieth consecutive year of elk hunting in Michigan. Michigan elk hunters have harvested 3,954 elk between 1984 and 2003. A total of 819,255 applications have been processed over the past twenty years, with 4,753 permits being issued. In 2003, 100 randomly selected participants were drawn from a pool of 38,778 applicants. During the eight-day season (December 9-16) 80 elk were legally harvested. This report summarizes the results of the 2003 Michigan elk hunt and discusses hunter success, hunter effort, hunting distribution, and elk biological data.

Report on the results of the deer hunting investigations at the Rifle River Area during the 1946 hunting season.

Turkey hunters were contacted following the 2001 spring hunting season to determine why eligible applicants did not purchase a turkey hunting license and to determine if applicants supported more liberalized sales of hunting licenses for use on private lands. The primary reason that successful applicants did not purchase a hunting license was because they lacked time to hunt. Other common reasons for not purchasing a license included: (1) the hunt selected in the lottery was during the wrong time period, (2) few turkeys existed in the hunt area, and family emergency. Most of the successful applicants indicated they would have been more likely to purchase a license if an application was not necessary, and the license was valid during all spring hunt periods on private lands. Moreover, most of the applicants that intended to hunt on private lands would have been more likely to purchase this license.

Report on investigations into deer hunting on Drummond Island, including gathering information on number of hunters, number of days hunted, bucks killed, locations of kills.

A survey of bear hunters was conducted after the 2019 hunting season to determine hunter participation, hunting methods, bear harvest, and hunter satisfaction.

This report documents a survey of deer hunters conducted following the 2019 hunting seasons to estimate hunter participation, harvest, and hunting effort.

At least 790,000 people purchased Michigan hunting licenses each year during 2003-2005. Hunter numbers have decreased since the 1960s when an average of 858,000 people purchased licenses. Not only has the number of licensees decreased since the 1960s, the percentage of Michigan residents (included all ages) that have purchased a hunting license has declined from an average of 10.2% during the 1960s to about 8% during 2003-2005. Currently, most hunters reside in the southern Lower Peninsula; however, a higher proportion of residents in the Upper Peninsula purchased hunting licenses. During 2003-2005, about 92% of the license buyers were males, but participation by females has increased since the 1980s. Hunting in Michigan has become increasingly focused on deer hunting; at least 90% of the hunting license buyers purchased a deer hunting license during 2003-2005. Deer hunting has generally increased in popularity during the last fifty years; however, this trend has started to reverse recently. Since the late 1990s, deer hunter numbers have been declining. About 78% of deer license buyers purchased a license during consecutive years, higher than for any other group of hunters. As deer hunting has gained popularity, small game hunting has declined. The proportion of males and females hunting small game in 2005 was among the lowest levels recorded since 1950. Deer hunters in 2005 were more specialized in their pursuit of deer than they were in 1968. In 2005, 62% of the deer hunters only purchased a deer hunting license, while 51% of deer hunters purchased only deer hunting licenses in 1968. In contrast, fewer small game hunters pursued only small game in 2005 than they did in 1968. In 1968, 45% of small game hunters only purchased a small game hunting license, while in 2005, 16% of these small game hunters only purchased a small game hunting license.

Michigan has experienced a decline in hunting participation since the 1990s. Data suggest that the primary experience for recruiting new hunters has shifted from small game to deer hunting, and that in Michigan overall hunter retention is strongly determined by deer hunting. While the proportion of Michigan youth that hunt deer has remained stable, the proportion of young adults that hunt deer is declining. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) contracted DJ Case & Associates (DJ Case) to conduct focus group and survey research to better understand young adult male hunters and female hunters of any age—to see if changes in hunting regulations could increase growth and/or retention among these key groups.

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.

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).