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Michigan considers expansion of crossbow hunting   

The state is considering expanding options for crossbow hunting. Michigan's Natural Resources Commission was scheduled to meet Friday to begin discussing expanded opportunities to hunt with the crossbow.

Hurley Medical Center celebrates Xbox win   

Community support nets 1st place finish

Hunting season for quail set in 27 Mich. counties   

The hunt for quail begins across Lower Michigan. Hunting season for bobwhite quail opens Tuesday and runs through Nov. 14. Licensed hunters can kill the birds in 27 counties.

Michigan deer-hunting season opens for bow hunters   

Hunters, grab your crossbows. Archery season for deer opens Thursday across Michigan, allowing bow-wielding hunters to take down one animal per kill tag.

Legally blind Mich. hunter gets black bear   

ISHPEMING, Mich. (AP) - A legally blind woman has bagged a bear in the Upper Peninsula.

Activists plan for Great Lakes cleanup   

Activists are plotting strategy for winning congressional approval of a $475 million Great Lakes improvement plan - and making sure the money is spent wisely.

Giddyap! Mich. county plans more horse campsites   

The Allegan County Parks Commission plans to add more camping sites for horseback riders and their mounts as part of an expansion of the county's equestrian-trail system.

Mich. seeks volunteers for parks, recreation areas   

The state is looking for volunteers this month at southeastern Michigan state parks and recreation areas.

Mich. opens early Canada goose hunting season   

The hunt is on for waterfowl in Michigan.

$4M contract set for Kalamazoo River channel work   

The walls of the Kalamazoo River channel between Lake Michigan and Saugatuck Harbor are getting repaired.

Michigan plans drawing for multi-species hunt   

Three hunters will get a rare opportunity to pursue four species of game animal next year under a new program called the Pure Michigan Hunt.

Feds award $10 mill. for Muskegon Lake project   

The federal government has awarded $10 million in economic stimulus money for a wetland and wildlife habitat restoration project on Muskegon Lake.

Closed stretch of I-75 in Detroit to reopen soon   

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the reopening of a 1.5-mile stretch of Interstate 75 in southwest Detroit is scheduled for today.

River Roar roars through recession   

Organizers of the Bay City River Roar make the event more affordable given the current economic climate.

Cell phone may have saved Michigan kayaker's life   

A man has a cell phone in part to thank for saving his life when his kayak overturned on a mid-Michigan river.

Summer Solstice Celebration   

A celebration at SVSU to mark the Summer Solstice

Cone Zone Alert!   

The Genesee County Road Commission, with Vienna Charter Township and the Michigan Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the rehabilitation of North Saginaw Road between Clio Road and Willard Road.

Nonprofit works to restore green canopy to Detroit   

The nonprofit group Greening of Detroit is redeveloping the city's long-neglected nursery as part of its efforts to return a vibrant, green canopy to the Motor City.

Michigan deer kill up statewide, but down in U.P.   

The number of deer killed during the 2008 hunting season rose slightly statewide, but fell nearly 11 percent in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Federal Stimulus Michigan Forests   

Crim Race Gets National Championship   

Campgrounds, RV parks spend green to go 'green'   

Don't look now, but your local campground may be going green.

Boat Names: Who is that boat?   

At the Pier 7 Marina in Bay City, all the boats have names. It is a trend you will notice across Michigan. The more than a million boaters in the Great Lake State show their love for boats by naming everything from canoes to catamarans.

Road into popular Lake Mich. park to reopen Friday   

Visitors to Warren Dunes State Park no longer will have to traipse a mile to get to the beach now that a bridge and road into the park's day use area are nearly done.

Crews battle Mich. wildfires in north central U.P.   

Residents of two sparsely populated areas in the north central Upper Peninsula are being evacuated as crews battle wildfires stoked by hot weather and high winds.

2009-2010 Hunting Seasons
White-tailed Deer
Hunt Zone Dates
Youth & 100% Disabled Vets Statewide 9/26 - 9/27
Archery Statewide

10/1 - 11/14
& 12/1 - 1/1

Regular Firearm Statewide 11/15 - 11/30
Muzzle - loading Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
12/4 - 12/13
12/11 - 12/20
12/4 - 12/20
Late Firearm Antlerless deer
on private land
only in open DMUs
12/21 - 1/1

Other Game
Game Zone Dates
Turkey Statewide 10/5 - 11/14
Elk See map 

12/8 - 12/1

Crow Zone 1  8/1 - 9/30
Squirrel
(Fox & Gray)
Statewide 9/15 - 3/1
Rabbit & Hare Statewide 9/15 - 3/31
Waterfowl
Hunt Zone Dates
Ducks & Marganser North

9/26 - 11/20
11/26-11/29

Ducks & Marganser Middle

10/3 - 11/29
12/5 - 12/6

Ducks & Marganser South 10/10 - 12/6
1/2 - 1/3
Canadian Goose North 09/16 - 10/30
Canadian Goose Middle 10/3 - 11/9
11/26 - 12/2
Canadian Goose South 10/10 - 11/12
11/26 - 12/6
Coot & Moorhen North

9/26 - 11/20
11/26-11/29

Coot & Moorhen Middle

10/3 - 11/29
12/5 - 12/6

Coot & Moorhen South 10/10 - 12/6
1/2 - 1/3
Common Snipe & Rail Statewide 9/15 - 11/14

Other Goose
(Snow, Blue, Ross, White-fronted & Bran)

Statewide 9/22 - 12/16

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