HuntingRulebook

Michigan · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Michigan deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one county, with your own tags marked against it.

Michigan 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 12–13Liberty HuntStatewide
  • Sep 12–13Early Antlerless FirearmLower Peninsula DMUs (excluding 145 and 245)Printed in 1 column — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 1 – Nov 14Archery (Early Segment)Statewide
  • Oct 15–18Independence HuntStatewide
  • Nov 15–30Regular FirearmLower PeninsulaPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 15–30Regular FirearmUpper PeninsulaPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Dec 1 – Jan 1Archery (Late Segment)Statewide
  • Dec 4–6MuzzleloaderUpper Peninsula DMUsPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your county.
  • Dec 4–6December FirearmLower Peninsula DMUsPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your county.
  • Dec 7 – Jan 1Late Antlerless FirearmLower Peninsula DMUs (excluding 145 and 245)Printed in 1 column — check which covers your county.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Michigan digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Michigan Department of Natural Resources digest.

Michigan deer seasons, 2026-27

Michigan’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 12, 2026 to January 1, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Michigan

  • Today in Michigan — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Michigan — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Michigan — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Michigan — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Michigan — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Michigan — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Michigan — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.