LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– The 2025 looking season for black bears within the Higher Peninsula begins at the moment.
In response to the Division of Pure Sources (DNR), listed below are suggestions Michigan residents ought to know earlier than looking: seasonal dates, bear registration, bear looking rules, bear administration cooperators, and harvesting bear meat.
Hunters should harvest the bear and take it to a bear registration station (unfrozen) to be registered and sealed.
For bear looking rules, hunters can discover the 2025 Bear Looking Rules Abstract on-line or view it within the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app. The app is obtainable on the Google Play Retailer for Android gadgets and App Retailer for Apple gadgets.
In response to the DNR, a information launch despatched to six Information states that anybody might buy a bear administration cooperator patch for $7. Younger hunters, 17 years previous and youthful, who’ve a legitimate bear looking license might obtain a free patch.
Trichinellosis, additionally known as trichinosis, is a illness that folks can get by consuming uncooked or undercooked meat from animals contaminated with the microscopic parasite Trichinella, in keeping with the DNR.
Within the decrease 48 states, circumstances have been detected in black bears. Animals contaminated with Trichinella often don`t look like sick, and the parasite is microscopic, so it can’t be seen in contaminated meat with the bare eye.
Folks can stop trichinosis by correctly dealing with and cooking meat. Complete cuts and floor meat from wild recreation animals needs to be cooked to an inner temperature of 160 levels Fahrenheit.
A meat thermometer needs to be used as a result of coloration just isn’t a great indicator of doneness for recreation meat. After dealing with meat, wash your palms totally with heat, soapy water and disinfect all gear and work surfaces.
Season dates for Amasa, Baraga, Berland, Carney, Gwinn, and Newberry bear administration items (Higher Peninsula):
Hunt interval 1: Sept. 10 Oct. 21.
Hunt interval 2: Sept. 15 Oct. 26.
Hunt interval 3: Sept. 25 Oct. 26.
Drummond Island has one looking interval: Sept. 10 – Oct. 21.
Season dates for Baldwin, Gladwin, and Pink Oak bear administration items (Decrease Peninsula):
Sept. 13-23.
Oct. 3-9.
