Deer Hunting Season Schedule for Michigan & Ohio

2023 – 2024 Michigan Deer Hunting Seasons

Season LocationDates
Early Antlerless Firearm StatewideSept. 16 & 17
Liberty Hunt Statewide Sept. 9 & 10
Independence Hunt Private land statewide Oct. 19 - 22
Archery* StatewideOct. 1 - Nov. 14 Dec. 1 - Jan. 1
Regular Firearm StatewideNov. 15 - 30
Muzzleloading Zone 1 and Zone 2
Zone 3
Dec. 1- 10
Dec. 1 - 10
Late Antlerless Firearm Statewide Dec. 11 - Jan. 1


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2023 – 2024 Ohio Deer Hunting Seasons

Archery: September 30, 2023 – February 4, 2024
Youth Gun: November 18 & 19, 2023
Deer Gun: November 27 – December 3, 2023 & December 16 & 17, 2023
Deer Muzzleloader: January 6 – 9, 2024

Hunting out of Michigan?

Know before you go! – New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Regulations
If you harvest a deer, elk, moose, or other cervid in any other state, you can only bring back the following cervid parts into Michigan: hides, deboned meat, quarters or other parts of the cervid that do not have any part of the spinal column or head attached, finished taxidermy products, cleaned teeth, antlers, or antlers attached to a skullcap cleaned of brain and muscle tissue.