11/14/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN – The Michigan 2025 firearm deer season starts tomorrow and runs through the end of the month. Hunting will be open statewide on public and private lands.  Online harvest reporting is required for all Michigan hunters who successfully take a deer. You can report your deer through the DNR Hunt Fish app or online at Michigan.gov/DNRHarvestReport we have a link on our website and Facebook Page.  Reporting your harvest gives the Michigan DNR a real-time snapshot of how the season is going.  Last year, Michigan hunters harvested nearly 180,000 deer during the two-week regular firearm season, which was about half of the total deer harvest from all seasons combined.

11/14/2025

N. WISCONSIN - Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season runs from Saturday, Nov. 22, through Sunday, Nov. 30. The later 2025 opener could be expected to reduce deer movement, though cold and snow could help. As of Oct. 31, just under 464,000 licenses were sold, including over 137,000 for gun privileges. Hunters should note the new, numbered, habitat-based Deer Management Units (DMUs) in the Northern Forest Management Zones, replacing the previous county-based system for more effective management. Hunters should review new DMU maps.The DNR urges hunters to donate harvested deer through the Deer Donation Program to support food pantries. The DNR’s Online Deer Camp offers resources for licenses, regulations, shooting hours, and public land maps. Find that resource at dnr.wisconsin.gov/gohunting.

11/14/2025

N. WISCONSIN / U.P. – Now that the record 41-day shutdown is over Government Services are slowly reopening and getting back to normal and SNAP benefits are being restored.  Locally the shutdown caused the closure of headstart programs in Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties.  Gogebic Ontonagon County Head Start says they will reopen for children to attend starting this Tuesday the 18^th.