Deers

Game managers say there are too many deer in parts of the state’s Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has added days to the deer hunting season.

Michigan is getting new deer hunting regulations for the 2024 season. The changes come after a months-long recommendation process.

Fewer hunters are heading to deer camp, and more Michiganders are affected by the annoyances — and dangers — of a bigger herd. The Natural Resources Commission votes on new regulations Thursday. Will it help?

Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.

Rebecca Finneran, Senior Horticulture Educator for Michigan State University Extension, suggests several ways to help keep deer from your property.

One white-tailed deer was found to have the fatal disease, which causes small lesions in the brain.

State officials have issued a “do not eat” deer advisory in Iosco County.The advisory comes after a study found Perfluoroalkyl Substances, also known as…