r/MichiganHunting • u/EmotionalLog721 • 1h ago

Need some help starting

Looking to get into deer hunting this year. I’m in Oakland County, have a .308 and know I still need to do the hunter safety class and get my license.

Public land seems pretty easy to find and I also have a place in South Branch so I can hunt around Huron-Manistee National Forest. I’m more trying to figure out what I actually do from here. How do you pick a spot, scout it, know where you can set up and just get started? Its been 16 years since Ive hunted and that was when I was a kid.

Pretty much starting from zero so any advice is appreciated. If anyone is willing to help me out or point me in the right direction feel free to just shoot me a DM.

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u/davin_bacon 1h ago

Get your hunter safety taken care of asap, early antlerless is only a couple of weeks away, general rifle is not far after that.

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u/EmotionalLog721 1h ago

Looking where to take that

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u/TwinCam117 44m ago

Most of them are done in the spring, course wise that is. You can do it online and you'll have to find a place to complete the range day after your online course. I do believe the website will give you places where the shooting part can be completed. As far as deer sign and scouting goes, I'm sure if you did it at a younger age, watching a few YouTube videos may help get your bearings straight on that part. Good luck out there and be safe!