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This winter, you may still enjoy many outdoor activities, including hunting, as long as you practice proper social distancing by staying at least 6 feet from those who don't live in your household.
There is still plenty of time this season to enjoy some winter small game hunting with just your base license! Small game species currently open to hunting:
- Cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare through March 31.
- Squirrel hunting (both fox and gray) through March 31.
- Crow hunting open through March 31.
Visit Michigan.gov/SmallGame and see the 2020 Hunting Digest for regulations and bag limits.
Late goose season in the South Zone is open through Feb. 8. In the Allegan County Goose Management Unit, the late goose season is open through Feb. 14.
The 2020 Waterfowl Digest, available at Michigan.gov/Waterfowl, has season dates, regulations, bag limits and additional waterfowl hunting details.
- Coyote hunting is open year-round; trapping is open through March 1.
- Raccoon trapping is open through March 31.
- Fox (red and gray) hunting and trapping seasons are open through March 1.
- Trapping opportunities are also available for badger, beaver, muskrat, mink and otter. See the Fur Harvester Digest for season dates and bag limits.
Find additional information on fur harvesting regulations, bag limits and seasons in the 2020 Fur Harvester Digest, available at Michigan.gov/Trapping.
Let us know how your deer season went by filling out a 2020 deer hunter harvest survey. This annual survey helps biologists to understand more about Michigan’s deer hunters and more about the state’s deer herd.
Wildlife surveys and reports are available at Michigan.gov/WildlifeSurveys.
Need some help getting started with hunting? Check out our Learn to Hunt page, with helpful information and resources for new hunters or those who may want to give hunting a try.
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