Mackinac County, Michigan
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Black Bear
- Group
- Upper Peninsula
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 775
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. Black Bear also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedMackinac County spans the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula at the Straits of Mackinac, encompassing a large area of boreal forest where UP ecology meets the slightly moderated climate near the waterway connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan. Deer numbers are modest in UP fashion and black bear are present throughout the extensive forest. Hiawatha National Forest covers a major portion of the county and provides quality public land hunting access.
Mixed boreal forest with cedar swamps, upland hardwoods, and extensive shoreline along both Lake Huron and Lake Superior. The Straits of Mackinac create unique micro-climate effects on vegetation and deer movement near the water.
Low to moderate. Large county with substantial public land; pressure concentrates near road access but vast interior portions see very few hunters throughout the season.
UP deer management system; antlerless restrictions apply in DMUs with winter-stressed deer populations, which varies by year and local herd condition.
Black bear are present throughout the forested interior and huntable with license; waterfowl hunting along the Straits shoreline can be productive during fall migration. Grouse hunting is traditional.
Unique Straits of Mackinac geography creates distinctive hunting terrain found nowhere else in the UP; quality black bear hunting in Hiawatha National Forest anchors the county appeal.
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Mackinac 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 Mackinac County.
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Boundaries: MDNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.