Bay County, Michigan
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Waterfowl
- Group
- Northern Lower Peninsula
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 2,321
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedBay County anchors the southwest corner of Saginaw Bay, offering an agricultural deer and turkey hunting landscape with significant wetland and bay frontage. Whitetail numbers in the farm corridors are consistently solid, and Saginaw Bay positions the county for outstanding migratory waterfowl action from October through freeze-up. Bay City State Recreation Area and the Tobico Marsh complex are recognized waterfowl management units.
Flat agricultural plain transitioning to Saginaw Bay wetlands and marshes in the north and east. Kawkawlin and Saginaw river corridors provide wooded breaks through the flatlands.
Moderate to high near Bay City metro area; Tobico Marsh is heavily used during waterfowl season.
Base license with one antlered tag; OTC antlerless licenses readily available in this agricultural DMU.
Tobico Marsh is one of the finest waterfowl hunting locations in the Saginaw Bay complex - excellent for diving ducks and Canada geese during migration. Turkey hunting is consistent in wooded creek corridors.
Tobico Marsh and Saginaw Bay waterfowl hunting rates among the best publicly accessible duck hunting in the Lower Peninsula; reliable agricultural whitetail hunting in farm corridors.
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Bay County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
Nothing posted yet about Bay County.
Be the first — ask a question (“Best public access on the north end?”) or share a tip (“Glass the burn scars off the main ridge at first light”).
Boundaries: MDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.