Hunting – A Pure Michigan
Sporting Experience
There are not many people in Michigan who don’t know
when hunting season begins. The freeways are a steady stream of trailers, SUVs
and trucks loaded with gear and heading north.
Michigan is a great
outdoors sporting destination with acres of forests, trails, streams and
plentiful wildlife. “Hunter’s Orange” is the fashionable color of the season as
well as a safety requirement for several types of hunting categories. Hunting is
an important wildlife management tool and recreational opportunity. Be sure you
know the rules of the hunt for an enjoyable and safe sporting vacation.
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Rules of
the Hunt
Most hunters know that the lasting fun of hunting comes only
when it is conducted safely and ethically.
The Michigan Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) offers online purchase of hunting and fishing licenses,
special hunt applications and permits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week within
applicable sales dates.
Hunter education in Michigan has taught
thousands of people safe hunting techniques, firearm handling and hunter ethics.
Hunter safety is required if you were born after January 1, 1960 and you want to
purchase any Michigan hunting license, or if you are planning an out-of-state
hunting trip.
Hunters can be licensed at age 10. A hunter must be at
least 12 years old to hunt deer, bear or elk with a firearm. Hunters age 12-13
may hunt deer, bear or elk with a firearm only on private land. However,
everyone 10 or older is required to have a license to hunt when participating in
a bear or bobcat hunt with dogs. Additional youth hunter rules are available on
the DNR web site.
Hunting Apprentice Program New for 2006
Earlier
this year Governor Granholm signed legislation that creates an apprentice hunter
program in Michigan. The program will allow apprentice hunters to hunt without
the otherwise required hunter education course if accompanied and closely
monitored by a licensed hunter 21 years or older. The purpose of this program is
to allow people to try hunting under close control before deciding whether or
not they want to take a hunter safety class. The apprentice program will serve
to attract new participants to hunting and help conserve our natural resources.
Hunting is an important wildlife management tool and recreational
opportunity. The DNR believes it is important to continue the hunting tradition
with our youth as well as adults who may not have had an opportunity to hunt
with a parent or grandparent while growing up. The apprentice license allows new
hunters, including adults, to gain hunting experience with an adult mentor, for
a limited time, without the requirement of hours of hunter education prior to
the experience.

Provided by Hunter-Ed.com, offer free on-line hunters
safety course and practice test, pay just $15.00 for final
exam.
Official Michigan Hunter Education
Course About the Course and Hunting License Requirements
Welcome
to the official online hunting course of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. In order to purchase
a Michigan hunting license, all hunters born on or after January 1, 1960 need a
Hunter Safety Certificate. If you are going out of state to hunt, most states
will require your Hunter Safety Certificate, possibly even if you were born
before January 1, 1960.
There are two study options:
Classroom courses; or
Independent study through this
online course. Upon passing the online Pre-Certification Exam, you will be
eligible to complete the skills/field portion of instruction and take a written
examination without attending a classroom course. Simply print out your
Pre-Certification Exam Certificate, and use it as your admission ticket! To
register for your skills/field instruction and a written hunter safety
certificate test, contact an instructor.
Begin the online Michigan Or, first test your hunting
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Online Hunter Education Home Study Steps
1. Study
the Michigan hunter education course material.
2. Take one or more Practice Tests—free of charge—to ensure you've
mastered the course material. A different set of questions is presented each
time you take the Practice Test.
3. Take the Pre-Certification Exam for
$15, collected online. A score of 80% is required for passing the exam.
4. Upon passing the Pre-Certification Exam, print out your official
Michigan Pre-Certification Exam Certificate, which is accepted by the state as
proof of home study.
5. To complete your hunter safety education,
contact an instructor listed for a basic hunter education course or a home study
hunter education course. You will be required to complete the
skills/field portion of the class and take a written examination.
Go to
Hunter_Ed to begin the independent study
course.
State, National Parks and Recreation
Areas
Unless on a designated shooting range, or an area open to hunting
during established seasons, or participating in an officially sanctioned field
trial, all firearms in state parks and recreation areas must be unloaded in
barrel and magazine.
Deer Hunting
Each fall, outdoor enthusiasts
throughout Michigan and the Midwest start planning for the long-awaited deer
hunting season.Michigan has more deer hunting than any other state in the
country, or Canadian province. November 15 is the start of the deer hunting
firearms season throughout the State of Michigan. The last day of the season is
November 30.
Bow and arrow hunters season dates are October 1 to
November 14, and December 1 to January 1, 2007.
The DNR has posted 98
deer management units that are available for hunting.