Michigan's firearms deer season runs Nov. 15-30.

Hundreds of thousands of hunters will participate.

To up their chances of success, hunters may want to lure deer with edible bait such as apples or corn. But is doing so legal?

Hoping to earn food for their freezers and bragging rights, too, hundreds of thousands of hunters will be heading into the Michigan woods soon for firearms deer season .

To up their chances, hunters may want to lure deer with edible bait such as apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, corn and the like.

But is doing so legal in Michigan?

Michigan firearms deer season runs Nov. 15-30, 2025. It is the most popular of the state's hunting season; last year 463,071 participated, according to Brent Rudolph, deer, elk and moose management specialist for the Michigan Departm

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