The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Boone and Crockett Quantitative Wildlife Center at Michigan State University are researching movements and survival of white-tailed deer in south-central Michigan. Deer in Clinton, Ingham and Ionia counties have been fitted with radio-tracking collars, ear tags or both. Be aware that radio-collared and ear-tagged deer may be encountered in these and adjacent counties.

If you see one of these deer, they are legal to hunt during regular deer hunting seasons.

If you harvest a collared or tagged deer, please register it at the nearest deer check station and provide the head for chronic wasting disease testing. Check station staff will collect the collars and tags and provide you with contact information for someone who can tell you more about the deer.