Pheasant season opens at 9 a.m.; runs through Jan. 6.
Ruffed grouse in the zone B opens through Dec. 8.
Sharp-tailed grouse opens through Nov. 11. There are 25 permits available for the 2018 sharp-tailed grouse season. Permits are only available in Game Management Unit 8. The season will close Nov. 11.
Bobwhite quail season opens at noon through Dec. 12.
Hungarian partridge season opens at 9 a.m. through Jan. 6.
Cottontail rabbit opens in southern zone at noon through Feb. 28.
Raccoon gun and trapping for state residents opens through Feb. 15.
Red and gray fox hunting and trapping opens through Feb. 15.
Period 1 hunting and trapping season for bobcat north of Hwy. 64 through Dec. 25.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Duck season in the southern and Mississippi River zones reopens through Dec. 2 in southern zone and Dec. 4 in Mississippi River zone.
Canada goose season in the south exterior zone and Mississippi River subzone reopens through Dec. 2 in the southern zone (and Dec. 16-Jan. 3) and Jan. 3 in the Mississippi River zone.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Youth deer hunt. Youth hunters ages 12 to 15 who have successfully completed a hunter education program and possess a gun deer hunting license may participate in this hunt. In addition, hunters ages 10 and 11, and youth 12 through 15 who have not completed hunter safety, can participate in the youth hunt with a hunt with a mentor license. Qualified hunters may harvest one buck deer on their gun buck deer carcass tag and additional antlerless deer with the appropriate carcass tag. Adults accompanying the youth may not gun deer and cannot accompany more than two youths. All hunting regulations apply, including blaze orange clothing requirements. Archery hunting remains open but archers must wear blaze orange. See regulations for additional requirements.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Special deer hunt open to people with disabilities who have a disabled hunting permit. The hunts are held by landowners who have agreed to sponsor the hunters on their property. Hunters must have registered to participate at a designated sponsor location by Sept. 1.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Trout season closes the last Sunday in September on rivers flowing into Lake Superior from their mouths to the first impassable permanent barrier (unless listed otherwise in trout regulations).
Lake trout season on Lake Superior closes.
Hook-and-line sturgeon season closes on inland waters.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Special two-day waterfowl duck hunt. Open to youth 10 to 15 years of age who are hunter safety certified or participating in a mentored hunt; all other state license requirements are waived except for HIP registration and Canada goose permit requirements; youths must be accompanied by adult. The bag limit and tag requirements apply for the respective zone. These days overlap with open goose season in most zones so adults will also be able to shoot geese but not duck during the youth hunt.
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
Canada goose season opens in the North Exterior Zone and runs through Dec. 16.
Canada goose season opens in the South Exterior Zone and runs through Oct. 7. Season reopens in the South Zone Oct. 13 and runs through Dec. 2. Reopens Dec. 16 and runs through Jan. 3, 2019
*Time is verified by season, zone, game and location. Check your local DNR for specific time.
