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Purdue Extension Educators Jonathan Ferris and Dave Osborne demonstrate how to process a deer from skinning to steaks.


Purdue Extension Educators Jonathan Ferris and Dave Osborne demonstrate how to process a deer from skinning to steaks.


(Provided by Michigan DNR)

You really don’t have to have a lot of gray in your hair to remember when deer hunting was largely a northern Michigan endeavor. There was a long tradition of going to deer camp somewhere north of Clare, and reports of traffic jams on northbound I-75 a couple of days prior to Nov. 15 were commonplace.

That trend changed through the 1990s, and somewhere around the turn of the century, the pattern reversed itself. More hunters spent more time – and killed more deer – in the southern third of the state than in the northern Lower and Upper peninsulas.


By Steve Chadwick
Southwest Region Supervisor

(Provided by Michigan DNR)

It is hard to believe November is upon us already and our hunting seasons are in full swing.

Our Game Areas have had quite a bit of activity so far this fall from goose hunting at the Allegan Farm Unit, to woodcock and grouse at Gratiot-Saginaw, and squirrel hunters down at Crane Pond. I have been able to enjoy some time on the Game Areas bow hunting this fall and have seen a few others hunters taking advantage.


Purdue Extension Educators Jonathan Ferris and Dave Osborne demonstrate how to process a deer from skinning to steaks.