Ask The DNR is WCMU Public Media's live call-in television program that gives viewers a chance to ask anonymous questions to our in-studio specialists.
The program is fueled by questions from those watching on television or Facebook Live. Call 844-975-3343 with your questions or post them to Facebook and learn your answers LIVE on the show.
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Additional Ask the DNR questions from October 5, 2023
Montcalm County
Q. If I donate a deer do they test for CWD?
A. https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/get-involved/michigan-sportsmen-against-hunger
Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger
The Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger program is a perfect way for sportsmen to share a part of their harvest this fall.
St. Charles
Q. Why isn't Michigan like Ohio where you have to shoot a doe before a buck?
A. Ohio doesn’t have an earn a buck regulation. It is largely unpopular where it has been implemented?
Ubly
Q. Why buy a deer patch this year instead of free with deer check?
A. Deer patches are free with deer head submission.
Ludington
Q. Why is deer baiting banned?
A. Because of disease like CWD and TB.
Graw
Q. Data backing up no baiting helps CWD not to spread?
A. Our department has a long list of research implicating the added risk associated with baiting and feeding
Lenwood
Q. How many deer licenses were sold last year?
A. Roughly 550,00 hunters and 1.1 million licenses.
Ubly
Q. Are we getting any closer to having a wolf hunt season?
A. Not that I’m aware of
Petoskey
Q. Why can’t a person purchase a deer through the DNR?
A. Purchasing deer is prohibited.
Q. What is the law on crossbows after firearm season?
A. Allowed in the lower peninsula, not in the upper peninsula.
Houghton Lake
Q. How can the DNR justify no baiting in the lower peninsula, but the upper peninsula allows it with lots more nose-to-nose contact?
A. We have CWD and TB in the lower peninsula not the upper peninsula. Transmissible diseases occur in the lower peninsula.
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