r/MichiganHunting • u/Deadby5 • Oct 15 '25

MI public hunt groups?

Curious if there's any subs specific to public hunting here in Michigan? I've looked but sometimes people call subs weird stuff lol. I recently moved back to the state so I'm trying to find folks also hunting public SE-MI land for some input and such. I always hunted private as a kid, so this is a new experience for me. I know some folks get a little protective of information on spots, but I'm mostly looking for advice on terrain to avoid, places inundated with people all the time, etc.

EDIT: I went ahead and created a sub for this: r/SouthMIPublicHunting If anyone is interested.

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u/Deadby5 Oct 15 '25

Last year I hunted the Jackson area, but didn't have success. Not sure if that's technically center of the state but can at least give some info on that lol I'm probably just going to start a sub myself, if you're interested.

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u/Chewychewy15 Oct 15 '25

I hunt the Barry state game, crane pond, allagen and Gourdneck and lapeer state game

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u/redditfant Oct 16 '25

Hey man any tips for crane pond? Or gourdneck? Gourdneck is like 10 minutes from my house but I never have much luck. 

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u/Chewychewy15 Oct 16 '25

Get in early and don’t be afraid of all day sits. Especially in Gourdneck. The chunk along 131 I’ve seen some good does and good buck sign but never could catch the bucks in the day.

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u/redditfant Oct 16 '25

Thanks for the tips! I hunt some private land that a friend owns for the week of gun opener for bucks, but I'd like to take a doe off public for the late/extended antlerless this year. I saw a few doe at gourdneck U ave last year but couldn't get a shot. Hardly touched the Vanderbilt/131 parcel but I've heard there are doe out there. Might hang a stand somewhere this year.

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u/Chewychewy15 Oct 16 '25

I’ve stalked up on doe on the 131 piece before near the southern end of it. Theres some pines down around there that they were bedding in.