Info on deer check station locations, new deer check locator for smartphones

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nov. 14, 2014

 

Contact: Eric Hilliard, 517-284-6191

 

 

DNR announces deer check station locations, new deer check locator for
smartphones

 

With Nov. 15 quickly approaching, the firearm deer hunting season will soon be under way. The Department of Natural Resources encourages hunters to stop by a DNR deer check station after their successful harvest for DNR staff to collect important data from their deer and to receive their 2014 cooperator patch. A deer head (antlers must still be attached on bucks) or entire carcass must be presented to receive a patch. Data the DNR collects at check stations contributes key information to aid in management decisions made throughout the state.

 

As part of continued efforts to be mobile-friendly, the DNR now has made it easier to find locations to check deer. Smartphone users now can text “Deer Check” to 468311 and they will receive a text back with a link to the DNR's interactive deer check station locator map. Hunters can utilize their smartphone’s GPS function to find the deer-check location closest to them and then get turn-by-turn directions to that location to have their deer checked.

 

For questions on hunting and firearm rules and regulations, please contact the DNR Wildlife Division at 517-284-9453.

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