The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) created the Deer Management Initiative (DMI) to gather input and new ideas to improve deer management in Michigan.
The DMI top rated challenges to address were: limited private land access; presence and spread of diseases; decline of hunters; and ex
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) created the Deer Management Initiative (DMI) to gather input and new ideas to improve deer management in Michigan.
The DMI top rated challenges to address were: limited private land access; presence and spread of diseases; decline of hunters; and extreme deer densities relative to habitat. The DMI top rated objectives were: balanced and healthy deer herd; contain/eradicate disease; increased hunter satisfaction; reduce deer conflicts; increase hunter numbers; increase hunter education on deer/deer management; and improved habitat.
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative addresses all of the above.
Under one umbrella, the Hunt Michigan Collaborative (HMC) aims to assimilate and streamline our respective R3 efforts to grow hunter numbers in Michigan, while simultaneously providing landowners, urban areas, and farmers with much needed wildlife management.
The HMC has been endorsed by several organizations, including Michigan United C
Under one umbrella, the Hunt Michigan Collaborative (HMC) aims to assimilate and streamline our respective R3 efforts to grow hunter numbers in Michigan, while simultaneously providing landowners, urban areas, and farmers with much needed wildlife management.
The HMC has been endorsed by several organizations, including Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Michigan National Deer Association, Michigan National Wild Turkey Federation, and several others.
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative is a collaboration between several organizations focused on recruiting, retaining, and reactivating (R3) people into hunting. By bringing together programs that provide hunting opportunities and those that promote hunting, we aim to streamline our efforts and grow the number of hunters in Michigan.
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The Hunt Michigan Collaborative is a collaboration between several organizations focused on recruiting, retaining, and reactivating (R3) people into hunting. By bringing together programs that provide hunting opportunities and those that promote hunting, we aim to streamline our efforts and grow the number of hunters in Michigan.
Under one clearinghouse, the Hunt Michigan Collaborative shares all of the hunting programs and events taking place in Michigan, with those interested in hunting and hunting related programs and events.
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative National Deer Association Farm Tour helps farmers reduce crop damage by allowing registered hunters to hunt their farmland through organized hunts. It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars in crop damage occurs each year. We understand it is difficult to farm, have a day job, and handle deer management. This is why we developed an organized way of reducing the deer population in areas where there is an abundance of deer.
The HMC NDA Farm Tour works with Farmers and the Michigan DNR to get Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits and Crop Damage Permits to harvest doe on farms. The National Deer Association covers all liability, registers hunters, and makes sure hunters are respecting the farm and following all of the rules we establish for the hunts that take place on your farm. Our goal is to help you reduce the number of deer on your property, while getting/keeping people into hunting. Hunters that harvest deer have the option to keep the venison or donate venison to Sportsmen Against Hunger.
ALL Farm Tour Hunts will be guided by a HMC/NDA Hunt Coordinator that will meet hunters at your farm, explain the rules, drop off/pick-up hunters at pop-up ground blinds, and help field dress and track deer. Hunters will be required to follow all Michigan Deer Hunting Regulations and Farm Tour rules during the hunts.
The process to set up a hunt with the Farm Tour is to contact the link below or email admin@huntmicollaborative.com From there a HMC/NDA Farm Tour Hunt Coordinator will contact you to provide information, answer questions, and set up a time to scout your farm.
The Hunt Michigan Collaborative National Deer Association Farm Tour helps farmers reduce crop damage by allowing registered hunters to hunt their farmland through organized hunts. It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars in crop damage occurs each year. Farmers can’t keep up with farming, day jobs, and deer management.
The HMC NDA Farm Tour provides new and seasoned hunters the opportunity to hunt private farmland while using Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits and Crop Damage Permits to harvest doe. Hunters have the option to keep the venison or donate venison to Sportsmen Against Hunger.
Hunters must have a base license and deer hunting license in order to hunt on the Farm Tour and must follow all Michigan Deer Hunting Regulations and Farm Tour rules during the hunt.
Hunters interested in more information about hunting on the Farm Tour can email admin@huntmicollaborative.com or click the link below
Please send us an email and let us know how you would like to be involved.
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