Hunting Season

With 47,500 applicants for 260 elk tags, Michigan’s 2025 season was fiercely competitive, but hunters harvested 153 elk in a managed population of about 1,150.

Michiganders know what November means: deer season—and a sudden wave of mysterious “illnesses.” From “truck trouble” to “family emergencies,” here are the funniest excuses used to skip work and hit the woods.

49,000 hunters who just applied to hunt Michigan elk in 2021.

As deer season approaches in Michigan, here are some animals you can hunt all year. Some are invasive, others simply pests and others still valuable in fur.