New Upper Peninsula Antlerless Deer Hunting Regulations for Archers

By Vanessa Torres

Michigan -(Ammoland.com)- Changes involving antlerless deer hunting for archers will be in effect during the 2015-2016 hunting season in the Upper Peninsula, after a recent decision by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission.

Earlier this summer, the NRC decided to eliminate the option to harvest antlerless deer during the archery seasons for hunters using deer or deer combo licenses in the U.P.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has since received reports of some confusion over the regulations. The DNR has produced a Frequently Asked Questions page to help explain the changes.

The NRC’s decision makes deer and deer combo licenses used in the archery season “buck-only” licenses.

However, hunters with private-land antlerless deer licenses still may take an antlerless deer with a bow during any hunting season within the three deer management units (DMU) in the U.P. that will be open to antlerless deer hunting. Those units are:

• DMU 055, which includes portions of Menominee and Delta counties and encompasses 917 square miles.
• DMU 155, which includes parts of Marquette and Delta counties, covering a total of 265 square miles.
• DMU 122, …read more

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