Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Monroe County, MI
!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
1.7K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Michigan Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Michigan has 12 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 9 of which list hunting opportunities, plus 4 named Waterfowl Production Areas covering 563 acres of walk-in public land. The largest huntable refuge areas are Seney NWR (86.1K ac), Shiawassee NWR (9.9K ac) and Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area (6.6K ac).
12refuges & stations
27hunt units
106Khuntable acres
4WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Michigan
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Michigan by the numbers
- Open7,340 ac 6%
- Special regulations98,431 ac 83%
- Closed13,224 ac 11%
All refuges & stations in Michigan
Green Bay NWR
WI · primary: WI
✓1 open!1 special✕4 closed
🦌🎣
459 huntable acres
Harbor Island NWR
Chippewa County, MI
!1 special
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
736 huntable acres
Huron NWR
MI
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Jordan River NFH
Antrim County, MI
!2 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗
74 huntable acres
Kirtlands Warbler Wildlife Management Area
Oscoda County, MI
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗
6.6K huntable acres
Michigan Islands NWR
MI
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Michigan WMD
Ingham County, MI
✓1 open
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
659 huntable acres
Pendills Creek NFH
Chippewa County, MI
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
64 huntable acres
Seney NWR
Schoolcraft County, MI
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🐦🕊️🐇🎣
86.1K huntable acres
Shiawassee NWR
Saginaw County, MI
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🐗🎣
9.9K huntable acres
Sullivan Creek NFH
Chippewa County, MI
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Antrim County 1 refuge
- Barry County 1 WPA · 1 refuge
- Chippewa County 3 refuges
- Clare County 1 refuge
- Crawford County 1 refuge
- Ingham County 1 refuge
- Jackson County 2 WPAs · 1 refuge
- Kalkaska County 1 refuge
- Lenawee County 1 refuge
- Monroe County 1 refuge
- Ogemaw County 1 refuge
- Oscoda County 1 refuge
- Presque Isle County 1 refuge
- Roscommon County 1 refuge
- Saginaw County 1 refuge
- Schoolcraft County 1 refuge
- Van Buren County 1 WPA · 1 refuge
- Wayne County 1 refuge
Hunting in Michigan: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Michigan seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
Walk-in WPAs
Michigan's 4 Waterfowl Production Areas are generally open to hunting under state rules. Browse MI WPAs by county →
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