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North Maumee Contact the refuge at 734/365 0219 or only. There is no access to water [email protected] for more information. from USFWS property. The closest boat launch is Halfway Creek on Halloway North Maumee March 2020 Algonquin Street off of Summit Street, Erie, MI. Know Your Welcome to Your Refuge! Seasons Refuge hunting season is open from Humbug Marsh Unit (Mainland) White- Humbug Marsh Hunting Regulations Sugar Island Hunting Regulations Brancheau Unit Hunting Regulations Signs! Detroit River International Wildlife and September 1 – May 31. All refuge tailed Deer Hunts Refuge (DRIWR) was established in Hours hunting seasons will coincide with A limited number of special hunting Equipment All items, including blinds, boats, and Open Water (from water’s edge out Big Game: White-tailed deer and Diked Portion of Unit 2001 to preserve the Lower Detroit state hunting seasons. For authorized permits are available for archery only, Removal decoys must be removed from the into Detroit River) wild turkey. (managed areas inside dikes) River and Western . hunting, refuge is open 1½ hours antlerless deer hunts on this unit. refuge at the end of each day’s hunt. Migratory Birds: Below Ordinary Upland Game: Ring-necked Big Game: CLOSED. DRIWR is within an hour’s drive of before legal shooting time to 1 hour Special permits will be chosen through Discarded shells are considered litter. High Water Mark Goose, duck, pheasant; gray, fox, and red Upland/Small Game: CLOSED. nearly seven million people in the after legal shooting time. a random lottery draw managed merganser, coot, gallinule, squirrel; cottontail rabbit; raccoon; Migratory Birds: Special hunting Detroit, Michigan; Windsor, Ontario; in cooperation with the Michigan Portable We prohibit construction of permanent woodcock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s gray and red fox; and coyote. permit required. Hunters selected Migratory Migratory bird hunting is allowed Tree Stands blinds, stands, platforms, or scaffolds. snipe Migratory Birds: Goose, duck, via lottery held at Pointe Mouillee and Toledo, metropolitan areas. at least 450’ away from an occupied DNR, Wildlife Division. Specific hunt The refuge’s acquisition boundary Bird Hunting dates range between October 1 and Only one tree stand per hunt unit Mainland (from water’s edge west to merganser, coot, gallinule, State Game Area. Hunt conducted Marks refuge building, and in accordance with State per person. Portable tree stands are Jefferson Avenue) woodcock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s in cooperation with the Michigan stretches along 48 miles of Detroit laws and regulations. Migratory bird December 15. Hunters may apply for boundary. Does River and western Lake Erie one deer reserved hunting permit permitted for deer hunters. Tree Big Game special hunting snipe. DNR. Goose, duck, merganser, not prohibit hunting is allowed in the following stands do not need to be removed at permit required. White-tailed Hunter Access coot, gallinule, woodcock, sora, rail, shoreline and today, consists of more refuge units: Humbug (Island portion), from July 15 – August 15 at any license access, only than 2,000 owned acres divided into agent, DNR Customer Service Center, the end of each day’s hunt. However, deer archery hunters selected Calf Island and Sugar Island are and Wilson’s snipe. unauthorized Calf Island, Sugar Island, Strong, State regulations on the use of tree via lottery in cooperation with accessible by boat only. There is Coastal Wetlands Portion of Unit 13 separate units located in Wayne Brancheau, Fix, and Plum Creek or online at www.mdnr-elicense.com. It uses. and Monroe counties. An additional costs $5 to apply. Selected applicants stands on public land will be strictly Michigan DNR. no access to water from USFWS (area outside dikes and open to Swan Bay. See specific unit regulations. enforced. Personal tree stands are not Humbug Island property. The closest boat launch is Creek & Lake Erie) 5 units totaling nearly 4,000 acres Migratory bird hunting is also allowed will be assigned a refuge installed are managed under cooperative ground hunting blind. allowed during the Humbug Marsh Big Game: Wild turkey and Elizabeth Park Marina or Lake Erie Migratory Birds: Below Ordinary below the ordinary high watermark, in (Mainland) white-tailed deer hunt. archery only white-tailed deer. Metropark. High Water Mark-Goose, duck, management agreements between the the following coastal areas: Humbug Big and Big game and small game hunting Upland/Small Game: Ring-necked merganser, coot, gallinule, refuge and outside landowners. Marsh, Mamajuda Shoal, Mud Island, Cutting of woody vegetation on the Small is allowed without a special hunting Trail pheasant; gray, fox, and red Strong Unit Hunting Regulations woodcock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s Grassy Island, and Brancheau. refuge for blinds or shooting lanes is Detroit River International Game permit on the following refuge units: Markings squirrel; cottontail rabbit; raccoon; snipe. Hunting from dikes, shore, or entry prohibited. Northern Portion of Unit Wildlife Refuge provides a wide Humbug Marsh (Island portion only), gray and red fox; and coyote. (from Estral Beach protection dike Hunter Access (Diked Portion) onto uplands of any other refuge unit Migratory Birds: Goose, duck, Access to the Brancheau Unit is variety of wildlife-dependent Calf Island, Sugar Island, Strong, and The use of paint, flagging, reflectors, north to unit boundary) Area is closed including Mud Island, Grassy Island, Paint and merganser, coot, gallinule, wood- permitted only with a special hunting recreation activities to the public, Fix. See specific unit regulations. tacks, or other human-made materials Big Game: White-tailed deer, wild to public and the mainland portion of the Flagging cock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s snipe permit distributed via lottery in including environmental education, to mark trails or hunting locations is turkey. access. Do interpretation, wildlife observation Humbug Marsh Unit is prohibited. All State-approved hunting weapons Hunter Access cooperation with the Michigan DNR. not trespass forbidden. Upland/Small Game: Ring-necked and photography, hunting, and fishing. Special Brancheau Unit Waterfowl Hunts Weapons are permissible on refuge lands. This Humbug Island is accessible by boat pheasant; gray, fox, and red SEE GENERAL REGULATIONS behind this For more information about Detroit Hunting The diked wetland areas of the includes firearms, archery bows, and only. There is no access to water FOR MORE INFORMATION. sign. Baiting Hunting over bait and the distribution squirrel; cottontail rabbit; raccoon; River IWR or other national wildlife Permit Brancheau Unit are open to waterfowl crossbows. In accordance with State of bait, including salt licks, mineral from USFWS property. The closest gray and red fox; and coyote. From I-75, take Exit 21 (Swan Creek refuges, visit www.fws.gov. Required hunting by special permit only and regulations, handguns will be permitted blocks, or any chemical substance boat launch is Elizabeth Park Marina Migratory Birds: Goose, duck, Rd.) east to North Dixie Hwy. Turn will be managed in cooperation with for hunting deer, fox, coyote, and applied to the ground or vegetation or Lake Erie Metropark. Access to merganser, coot, gallinule, left (northeast) and take North Dixie General Hunting Regulations Michigan DNR, Wildlife Division. raccoon. is prohibited on National Wildlife Humbug Marsh (Mainland) Unit is woodcock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s The hunting regulations specific to Hunting will begin on opening day permitted only with a special hunting Hwy. to Strong Rd. Turn right (south) Only approved non-toxic shot is Refuge units. snipe. Detroit River International Wildlife of the general Michigan waterfowl Permissible permit distributed via lottery in Southern Portion of Unit and follow Strong Rd. to Trombley permitted while in the field with the Rd. Turn left (northeast) and take Refuge are set forth in Title 50, season and continue every Sunday, Shot Hunting Dogs The use of hunting dogs, provided the cooperation with Michigan DNR. (from Estral Beach protection dike following exception: While hunting Trombley Rd. to Blanchett Rd. Turn Code of Federal Regulations. This Tuesday, and Thursday thereafter in dog is under the immediate control SEE GENERAL REGULATIONS south into Village of Estral Beach) fox, coyotes, and raccoons in units right (southeast) and take Blanchett brochure may not be a complete list of conjunction with managed waterfowl of the hunter, is permitted. Dogs are FOR MORE INFORMATION. where it is allowed, the use of single CLOSED to all hunting. Marks areas regulations. Individuals accessing the hunts at the Pointe Mouillee State permitted to hunt specified furbearers Hunter Access Rd. past the curve to Brancheau projectile shot such as bullets, slugs, Rd. Turn left (southeast) and follow that are refuge are subject to inspections of Game Area (SGA). A lottery drawing during daylight hours. From I-75, take Exit 21 (Swan Creek or muzzleloader bullets containing lead Calf Island Hunting Regulations Brancheau Rd. to the Brancheau Unit open only to permits, licenses, hunting equipment, will assign special permits along with Rd.) east to North Dixie Hwy. Turn waterfowl bag limits, boats, vehicles and their designated zones to hunters at the will be permitted. For deer hunting, Camping and Camping and fires on refuge lands are Big Game: White-tailed deer and parking area on left only single projectile shot may be left (northeast) and take North hunting. No contents by federal and state officers. SGA headquarters each morning at Fires prohibited. wild turkey. Dixie Highway/US Turnpike to Port other game 5:30 a.m. All hunt zones are accessed used. The use of buckshot will not be Upland/Small Game: Ring-necked Coastal Wetlands Hunter Access Sunlight Rd. Turn right (south) and Brancheau Unit coastal wetlands are may be hunted Michigan state regulations and refuge by walking from the Brancheau Unit permitted on refuge lands. ATVs All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and other pheasant, red squirrel, cottontail Do Not Shoot! follow Port Sunlight Rd. about 1 mile accessible by boat only. No access to where this sign specific regulations will be enforced. parking lot; no boats allowed. Each motorized vehicles are prohibited on rabbit, raccoon, coyote, gray and Opossum, porcupine, weasels (including to the Strong Unit. Hunter parking water from USFWS property. Closest is posted. Refuge specific regulations supersede hunter is allowed a maximum of 25 refuge lands. red fox. mink), skunk, ground squirrel, area is on left. Boat access is available boat launch is Michigan DNR launch state regulations. Hunting is allowed shells containing approved non-toxic Migratory Birds: Goose, duck, woodchuck, muskrat, beaver, American The use or possession of alcoholic from Lake Erie. located at Dixie Hwy. & Swan Creek only on refuge units described in this shot. No shot size larger than #1 shot Alcohol merganser, coot, gallinule, wood crow, European starlings, house beverages while hunting is prohibited. Rd. brochure. Only the species listed in is permitted. Waterfowl area permits cock, sora, rail, and Wilson’s snipe. this brochure may be hunted. sparrows, northern bobwhite (quail), are required and may be purchased at and feral pigeons may NOT be hunted the SGA. Permits are $4 daily or $13 or trapped on the refuge at any time. annually.