2023-24 FURBEARER HUNTING SEASONS

COYOTES: No closed season. Outside of any big game season (deer, bear, elk and turkey), coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a furtaker license, and without wearing orange. During any big game season, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting big game or with a furtaker license.

FOXES: Oct. 21-Feb. 17, 2024; Sunday hunting permitted.

RACCOONS: Oct. 21-Nov. 11, Sunday Nov. 12, Nov. 13-18, Sunday Nov. 19, Nov. 20-25, Sunday Nov. 26 and Nov. 27-Feb. 17, 2024. 

OPOSSUM, STRIPED SKUNKS and WEASELS: No closed season. During the firearms deer season, may only be hunted from ½ hour after sunset to ½ hour before sunrise. No Sunday hunting with the exceptions of Nov. 12, Sunday Nov. 19 and Nov. 26. 

BOBCAT ​(WMUs 2A, 2B, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E): Jan. 6-Jan. 31, 2024. 

PORCUPINES: Oct. 7-Nov. 11, Sunday Nov. 12, Nov. 13-18, Sunday Nov. 19, Nov. 20-24, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 27, 2024. 

2023-24 TRAPPING SEASONS

MINKS and MUSKRATS: Nov. 18-Jan. 7, 2024.

COYOTES, FOXES, OPOSSUMS, RACCOONS, STRIPED SKUNKS and WEASELS: Oct. 21-Feb. 18, 2024. 

COYOTES and FOXES, CABLE RESTRAINTS (Statewide): Dec. 26-Feb. 18, 2024.Participants must pass cable restraint certification course.

BEAVERS (Statewide): Dec. 17-March 30, 2023 (Limits vary depending on WMU).