[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#00e010]License and Waterfowl Stamp Requirements[/#00e010][/font]
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To hunt migratory waterfowl in Michigan you must have a small game hunting license. Persons age 16 and older must also have a Michigan Waterfowl Hunting License ($5.00) and a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp* ($15.00). [center]Small game license options (only one required)[/center] [font "Arial"]• [/font][font "Arial"][size 2]Resident small game license [/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]($14.00)[/size][/font] [font "Arial"]• [/font][font "Arial"][size 2]Resident senior small game license [/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]($5.60)[/size][/font] [font "Arial"]• [/font][font "Arial"][size 2]Resident junior small game license
(These licenses are not required for a resident,
resident’s spouse, or resident’s children to hunt
on their enclosed farmland on which they live.)[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]($1.00)[/size][/font] [font "Arial"]• [/font][font "Arial"][size 2]Nonresident small game license [/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]($65.00)[/size][/font] [font "Arial"]• [/font][font "Arial"][size 2]Nonresident 3-day small game license [/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]($28.00)[/size][/font]
* Federal waterfowl stamps are not required for hunting woodcock, rails and snipe. The federal stamp must be signed across its face with your name in ink. People hunting on their own enclosed farmland are required to have a federal stamp. The stamps are available at post offices and some Michigan license dealers. All other items are available from license dealers or [url "http://www.mdnr-elicense.com/welcome.asp"]online[/url][/black][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#00e010]General Rules[/#00e010][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black] [center][black]Waterfowl Hunting Closures
In Grand Traverse County, Boardman Lake and those waters of the Boardman River lying north of Airport Road and south of the 8th Street Bridge are closed to waterfowl hunting.[/center]
In Roscommon County, Mud Lake, Lake St. Helen and the South Branch of the Au Sable River connecting these two lakes are closed to public waterfowl hunting.
There are also other closed areas in the state. Each is posted to alert hunters that they are off limits to hunting.[/black] [center][black]
Float Hunting[/black]
Hunting and trapping are exclusive rights of landowners bordering the waterway and their invited guests. Float hunters need permission to enter lands protected by the Recreational Trespass Act. You may float hunt public lands open to hunting. [center][black]
Non-Toxic Shot Rules[/black]
Use of non-toxic shot is required statewide for all waterfowl hunting. When you hunt to take ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, moorhens, rails or snipe anywhere in the state of Michigan during the waterfowl season, you may not possess or use shotshells loaded with a material other than non-toxic steel, bismuth, tungsten-iron, tungsten-polymer, tungsten matix or other shot determined by the USFWS to be non-toxic. Waterfowl hunters using muzzleloaders must also use USFWS approved non-toxic shot. Shells loaded with lead shot may be used to hunt other small game species, including woodcock. [center][black]
Marine Safety Laws[/black]
[black]All marine safety laws must be observed while using a boat to hunt waterfowl. Please also practice those common sense safety habits which could save your life in an emergency.[/black] [center][black]
Safety Zones Around Buildings[/black]
Safety zones are defined as all areas within 450 feet of an occupied dwelling, house, cabin, residence, or any barn or other building used in a farm operation. No person may hunt, or discharge a firearm within a safety zone or shoot at any wild animal or wild bird while the bird or animal is within a safety zone, without the permission of the owner or occupant of such safety zone. This applies to all hunters, including waterfowl hunters on lakes, streams, or rivers. The safety zone does not apply to target shooting or other non-hunting activities.[/center]
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[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_11708---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Ducks[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]North Zone: September 27-November 25, 2003
Middle Zone: October 4-November 30, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004
South Zone: October 11-December 7, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004[/#000000][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_12400---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Mergansers[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]North Zone: September 27-November 25, 2003
Middle Zone: October 4-November 30, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004
South Zone: October 11-December 7, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004
[/#000000][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_12400---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Coots & Moorhens[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]North Zone: September 27-November 25, 2003
Middle Zone: October 4-November 30, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004
South Zone: October 11-December 7, 2003 and January 3-4, 2004
[/#000000][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_11710---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Common Snipe & Rails[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Statewide: September 15-November 14, 2003[/#000000][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_12404---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Canada Geese[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]SJBP Unit: September 20-October 12 and December 13-19, 2003
MVP Unit: September 20-November 6 and December 13-19, 2003[/#000000][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]• [/#000000][/font] [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1,1607,7-153-10363_10859_12402---,00.html"][font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Other Geese[/#000000][/font][/url]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#000000]Statewide: September 20-December 7, 2003[/#000000][/font][/center]
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1.7 Waterfowl hunting north zone defined.[/url]
Sec. 1.7. "Waterfowl hunting north zone" or "north zone" means all of the Upper Peninsula.
History: Eff. Mar. 31, 1989.
1.8 Waterfowl hunting middle zone defined.[/url]
Sec. 1.8. "Waterfowl hunting middle zone" or "middle zone" means that area of the Lower Peninsula north of a line beginning at the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line in Lake Michigan, due west of the mouth of Stoney creek in section 31, T14N R18W, Oceana county, then easterly and southerly along the south shore of Stoney creek to Scenic drive, easterly and southerly on Scenic drive to Stoney lake road in section 5, T13N R18W, Oceana county, easterly on Stoney lake and Garfield roads to highway M-20 (Hayes road) in section 33, T14N R17W, Oceana county, easterly on highway M-20 through Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella, and Midland counties to highway US-10 business route in the city of Midland, easterly on highway US-10 business route to highway US-10 at the Bay county line, easterly on highway US-10 to highway I-75/US-23, northerly on highway I-75/US-23 to the highway US-23 exit at Standish, easterly on highway US-23 to the center line of the Au Gres river, southerly along the center line of the Au Gres river to Saginaw bay of lake Huron, and from that point on a line directly east 10 miles into Saginaw bay, and from that point on a line directly northeast to the international boundary with Canada in Lake Huron.
History: Eff. Mar. 31, 1989; Am. 14, 1996, Eff. Sept. 1, 1996; Am. 6, 1997, Eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Am. 13, 2001, Eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
1.9 Waterfowl hunting south zone defined.[/url]
Sec. 1.9. "Waterfowl hunting south zone" or "south zone" means all of that area of the Lower Peninsula south of the line described in middle zone.
History: Eff. Mar. 31, 1989; Am. 14, 1996, Eff. Sept. 1, 1996.
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