For 2022, bobcat management units have been updated and expanded. Bobcat season dates also have been updated to expand harvest opportunities. Due to expanded harvest seasons, the new deadline for obtaining bobcat kill tags is Oct. 24.

For additional information on bobcat season dates and management units, see the 2022 Fur Harvester Digest, available at Michigan.gov/Trapping.

Bobcat Management Units (BMU)

• Unit A includes all of the Upper Peninsula, except Drummond Island.
• Unit B is Drummond Island.
• Unit C includes Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle counties.
• Unit D is all of Arenac, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Osceola, Roscommon, and Wexford counties.
• NEW: Unit G is all of Bay, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Isabella, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Newaygo and Oceana counties.
• NEW: Unit H is all of Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Ottawa, Saginaw and Shiawassee counties.

Bobcat season dates