Michigan's Early Archery 2024 Whitetail Deer Season is in full swing, and hunters statewide have already tagged 42,065 deer. Before we break down the buck vs. doe ratio, here's a look at the first three weeks of the early bow season:

  • Week One
    • Antlered: 6,803
    • Antlerless: 4,117
    • Total: 10,920
    • % of Bucks Taken in Week One of the 2024 Early Archery Season: 62.3%
  • Week Two
    • Antlered: 11,453
    • Antlerless: 7,120
    • Total: 18,573
    • % of Bucks Taken in Week One of the 2024 Early Archery Season: 61.7%
  • Week Three
    • Antlered: 18,603
    • Antlerless: 10,758
    • Total: 29,361
    • % of Bucks Taken Through Week Three of the 2024 Early Archery Season: 63.3%

For a comprehensive breakdown of each week, click the links below for a county-by-county, week-by-week breakdown.

Michigan's 2024 Early Archery Week #4 Whitetail Deer Harvest Report

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After a slight dip in week 2, the percentage of bucks taken vs. does in Michigan's early bow segment, week 4 took a big step in the opposite direction.

A month into the season, 42,065 deer have been tagged. Of those, just 14,180 are does. This means in just 4 weeks, 27,885 bucks have been harvested. That's a 66.2% buck season to date. Though I've seen some BEASTS taken, I'd imagine the vast majority of the antlered deer taken could have been the same if they weren't so early in their lives by a hunter hungrier for a six-point wall hanging than they are a big fat tenderloin.

Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #4 Whitetail Deer Harvest Report

Using the Michigan Department of Natural Resources's (DNR) Deer Harvest Report Summary tool, here's a county-by-county, alphabetical look at the total whitetail tagged in each, and a breakdown of antlered vs. antlerless taken through week #4 of Michigan's 2024 Early Archery Whitetail Deer Season.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #3 Whitetail Deer Harvest Report

Using the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Deer Harvest Reporting Tool, we could look at the harvest through the second full week of the Early Archery Season. Here's a county-by-county look at Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #3 Whitetail Deer Harvest, as of October 22 at 4:36 pm.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #2 Whitetail Deer Harvest Report

Using the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Deer Harvest Reporting Tool, we could look at the harvest through the second full week of the Early Archery Season. Here's a county-by-county look at Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #2 Whitetail Deer Harvest, as of October 15, 2024 at 12:14 pm.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

Michigan's 2024 Archery Week #1 Whitetail Deer Harvest Report

Using the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Deer Harvest Report, here's a look at the first week of Michigan's 2024 Early Archery season, including harvest information for all 83 counties beginning on Opening Day, October 1 through October 8, 2024, at 3:47 pm.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

Michigan's 2024 Liberty Hunt Whitetail Deer Harvest By County

Michigan's 2024 Deer Season is underway, and with the Liberty/Youth Hunt in the books, here's a county-by-county countdown to the area that had the most deer harvested between September 14-15, 2024, courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Deer Harvest Report.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

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