2026 Michigan deer hunting preview!

MDNR deer staffers have the latest information on deer populations and habitat conditions across the state, along with important items hunters should know this year… What To Know Hunters should know key regulations and recent changes in each region and be...

2025 wild turkey brood survey

From now through Aug. 31, the DNR will run its annual wild turkey brood survey – a community science effort for people statewide to report sightings of wild turkeys and turkey broods (hens with their young). By taking just a few minutes to report any turkeys you see,...

DNR to conduct community-based northern L.P. wolf survey

The MDNR Wildlife Division is seeking the public’s help in conducting a community-based northern Lower Peninsula survey to detect any potential presence of gray wolves. The survey, which will rely heavily on reports from the public of wolf sightings and other...

Everything you need to know about CWD testing your deer

This year, chronic wasting disease testing will still be focused in some areas of the northern Lower Peninsula as well as the Upper Peninsula. The counties for CWD testing in 2024 include Antrim, Arenac, Baraga, Benzie, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Clare, Dickinson, Gladwin,...

Reports of EHD-affected deer occurring across southwest Michigan

Most recent case of epizootic hemorrhagic disease confirmed in St. Joseph County   A common viral deer disease has made a return to St. Joseph County after a three-year hiatus, with additional counties likely to follow. Over the past several weeks, the Michigan...