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Unless otherwise specified in this order, an individual shall not do any of the following: (a) Take a deer without possessing a valid license with kill tag. (b) Take a deer other than during the open seasons established in this order. (c) Take a deer outside of lawful hunting hours. (d) Take a deer by any method other than by firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow. (e) Take a deer with a rimfire firearm .22 caliber or smaller. (f) Take a deer during any firearm deer season in the “limited firearms deer zone,” with a firearm other than a shotgun with a smooth or rifled barrel, a .35 caliber or larger pistol capable of holding no more than nine shells at one time in the barrel and magazine combined and loaded with straight-walled cartridges, a .35 caliber or larger rifle loaded with straight-walled cartridges with a minimum case length of 1.16 inches and a maximum case length of 1.80 inches, a .35 caliber or larger air rifle or pistol charged only from an external high-compression power source, or a muzzleloading rifle or black-powder pistol loaded with black-powder or a commercially manufactured blackpowder substitute. (g) Take a deer, or have in possession while hunting deer, a semiautomatic shotgun or rifle, capable of holding more than six shells in the magazine and barrel combined, or use a cartridge containing a tracer or explosive bullet, or a firearm capable of firing more than one shot with a single pull or activation of the trigger. (h) Take a deer using an arrow, bolt, or quarrel with a broadhead hunting type of point less than 7/8 of an inch wide and/or a length less than 14 inches. (i) Take a deer with a crossbow or a modified bow in zone 1 from December 1 to March 31. (j) Take a deer while the deer is swimming in a pond, lake, stream, or other body of water. (k) Make use of a dog in hunting a deer, except as noted in section 2.1a of this order. (l) Use aircraft to aid in the taking of a deer. (m) Set afire or assist in setting afire any land for the purpose of driving out a deer, or take or attempt to take a deer so driven out of any land. (n) Purchase a deer license unless the individual holds a current base license. (o) Possess or use lures or attractants in an area frequented by game that contain or claim to contain cervid urine or other bodily fluids originating from cervids, except for products produced by manufacturers that are actively enrolled and participating in either the official Responsible Hunting Scent Association or Archery Trade Association Deer Protection Program, which has been tested for the presence of chronic wasting disease by a qualified laboratory and certified that no detectable levels of chronic wasting disease are present and is clearly labeled as such.

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Michigan Natural Resources Commission, The Wildlife Conservation Order (Michigan Department of Natural Resources), pp.18-35 (Chapter III, sections 3.100-3.124, deer), pp.136-152 (Chapter XII, sections 12.1-12.499, deer management units) and p.167 (Chapter XII, sections 12.900-12.999, CWD management zone and Pure Michigan hunt unit). No source URL is recorded: see `scope`.

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history: eff. mar 31, 1989; am. 23, 1989, eff. sep 1, 1990; am. 4, 1990, eff. sep 1, 1990; am. 2, 1993, eff. sep 1, 1993; am. 19, 1993, eff. sep
10, 1993; am. 3, 1994, eff. sep 1, 1994; am. 2, 1998, eff. may 15, 1998; am. 15, 1998, eff. sep 10, 1998; am. 1, 1999, eff. apr 1, 1999; am. 3,
1999, eff. may 1, 1999; am. 11, 1999, eff. jul 8, 1999; am. 9, 2000, eff. jun 9, 2000; interim order 3, 2001, eff. oct 1, 2001; am. 8, 2002, eff. jun
8, 2002; am. 2, 2003, eff. apr 12, 2003; am. 8, 2008, eff. jun 6, 2008; am. interim order 1, 2008, eff. aug 26, 2008; am. 15, 2008, eff. oct 10,
2008; am. 10, 2011, eff. jun 10, 2011; am. 16, 2011, eff. nov 10, 2011; am. 13, 2012, eff. aug 9, 2012; am. 17, 2013, eff. sept 13, 2013; am.
18, 2013, eff. october 11, 2013; am. 2, 2014, eff. mar 1, 2014; am. 6. 2014, eff. june 13, 2014. interim order 1, 2015, eff. may 26, 2015; am. 9,
2015, eff. aug. 14, 2015; eff. oct. 14, 2016, am. 9, 2016; am. 3, 2017, eff. may 12, 2017;am. 4, 2017, eff. june 9, 2017; interim order 1, 2017,
eff. oct. 4, 2017; am. 12, 2018, eff. aug. 10, 2018; am. 7, 2019, eff. july 12, 2019; am. 6, 2020, eff. july 17, 2020; am. 8 of 2020; eff. feb. 12,
2021; am. 7 of 2023, eff. june 8, 2023; am. 6 of 2024, eff. july 11, 2024; am. 8, 2024, eff. sept. 8, 2024.

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