Nearly 2,000 bears were taken in Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas during the 2025 hunting season. But the real story wasn’t just the sheer number of successful hunters - it was the size of the ...

Story Highlights • Michigan’s 2025 bear season produced a strong harvest, with hunters taking 1,952 bears statewide — including an unusually high number of large bears in the Upper Peninsula ...

ESCANABA, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan hunters had a successful bear season in 2025, harvesting nearly 2,000 animals. That includes a notable number of large bears taken in the Upper Peninsula, according ...

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted to approve updated coyote regulations at its meeting Jan. 14 in Lansing.

A new coyote "management season" extends the time coyotes can be killed in Michigan to the entire calendar year.

Michigan's 2025 bear hunt marks a milestone with a record number of large bears harvested.