Michigan Duck Season
2026–2027

That area of the Lower Peninsula located north of a line beginning at the Michigan-Wisconsin boundary line in Lake Michigan, directly due west of the mouth of Stony Creek in section 31, T14N R18W, Oceana County; then easterly and southerly along the centerline of Stony Creek to its intersection with Scenic Drive; southerly on Scenic Drive to Stony Lake Road in section 5, T13N R18W, Oceana County; easterly on Stony Lake Road, then both West and East Garfield Roads (name change only, not an intersection); crossing US-31 to state highway M-20 (locally named Hayes Road, north of the town of New Era) in section 33, T14N R17W, Oceana County; combined M-20 and US-10 Business Route to US-10 at the Midland-Bay county line; easterly on US-10 to Garfield Road in Bay County; northerly on Garfield Road to Pinconning Road; easterly on Pinconning Road to Seven Mile Road; northerly on Seven Mile Road to the Bay-Arenac county line (where it becomes Lincoln School Road / County Road 25); northerly on Lincoln School Road to M-61; easterly on M-61 to US-23; northeasterly then easterly on US-23 to the centerline of the Au Gres River; south along the Au Gres River to Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron; 90 degrees east 7 miles into Saginaw Bay; then 78 degrees northeast (dividing Arenac County islands from Huron County islands) to the international boundary with Canada. (Wildlife Conservation Order, Chapter I definitions: "waterfowl hunting middle zone". See top-level _notes for sourcing caveat.)

All of that area of the Lower Peninsula south of the Middle Zone line described above. (Wildlife Conservation Order, Chapter I definitions: "waterfowl hunting south zone".)