A newly-signed law allows school districts to teach firearm and hunter safety courses in school as an optional elective.

For Michigan hunters, elk and bear hunting applications for licenses open soon. As seasons for big and small game unfold, Michigan's Department of Natural Resources released its 2025-26 hunting ...

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted to approve updated coyote regulations at its meeting Jan. 14 in Lansing.

Nearly 2,000 bears were taken in Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas during the 2025 hunting season. But the real story wasn’t just the sheer number of successful hunters - it was the size of the ...

Michigan's fall hunting seasons are set to get underway, with several opening in September, including waterfowl, squirrel, rabbit and others. "Get ready for a great fall in the fields and forests or ...

Story Highlights • Michigan’s 2025 bear season produced a strong harvest, with hunters taking 1,952 bears statewide — including an unusually high number of large bears in the Upper Peninsula ...

Over the past few decades, Michigan has seen a steep drop in the number of deer hunters. From around 1995 to 2023, the state reportedly lost about 200,000 hunters, roughly a 30 percent decline. This ...

Poison control can be reached anytime by calling 800-222-1222. Mushrooms can be delicious, and being able to find them naturally in your own community -- like you can here in Michigan -- is an extra ...

Drought conditions in Michigan have dried up both the ground and the hunting opportunities in one of the state’s premier waterfowl hunting destinations, officials said. Maple River State Game Area – ...

Have you ever known anyone who’s waited 61 years to get an elk?” a Hastings hunter joked. "It was an absolute privilege and a ...

LANSING — Michigan’s spring turkey hunting season application period is open now through Sunday, Feb. 1, with applications costing $5 each, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.