Hunters hoping to bag a black bear or elk in Michigan this year need to start stalking their prey this week. The 2025 bear and elk hunting license application period opens May 1 and runs through June ...

Michigan elk hunters could see longer hunting periods in 2026-27 under draft proposals from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The proposals would extend both elk hunting periods in the ...

Wednesday is the last day to submit a Pure Michigan Hunt application before the January drawing. Winners receive a valuable ...

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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 ...

(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released proposed changes to elk hunting in Michigan, lengthening the harvest times. According to the DNR ...

Michigan’s 2024 elk hunting season saw a challenging early period with more success during the snowy December. About 69% of hunters were successful. More than 250 licenses were issued across both ...

Deer baiting has been banned across the Lower Peninsula since 2019, in response to communicable disease outbreaks spreading ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan elk hunters could see significantly longer harvest windows under draft proposals from the Department of Natural Resources for the 2026–27 season. The plan would ...

Michigan hunters harvested 180 elk in 2024, according to a Michigan Department of Natural Resources news release. Michigan has two hunting periods for elk in northern Michigan. In 2024, period one ran ...