Hunters hoping to bag a black bear or elk in Michigan this year need to start stalking their prey this week. The 2025 bear and elk hunting license application period opens May 1 and runs through ...

What Does It Take to Raise a Hunting Kid? We Asked Our Moms In addition to being a new state record, Autumn’s bear was entered into the Pope and Young record book. The minimum score for black bear ...

The American black bear is expanding its range further south into Michigan, prompting state officials ... The DNR does operate a bear hunting season in the fall to help keep the bear population ...

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But about 2,000 black bears now live in Michigan's Lower Peninsula as well ... The DNR regulates a bear hunting season in the fall to help keep populations managed and sustainable.

Michigan is a prime example of a growing and spreading bear population, with an estimated 12,000 black bears in the state - 10,000 in the Upper Peninsula and 2,000 in the Northern Lower Peninsula.