What are the 2025–26 spruce grouse hunting regulations in Michigan?

Michigan spruce grouse regulations, 2025–26

Last updated 2026-09-24 · from MDNR data · 2025–26 licence year

MDNR sets no spruce grouse season in Michigan for the 2025–26 licence year as this app reads it. The bird is here — Upper Peninsula conifer only, and protected — Michigan sets no season for it. A bird you may meet grouse hunting and may not shoot. — but there is no open season for it, which is a real answer rather than missing data.

MDNR sets no spruce grouse season in Michigan. Confirm against MDNR before assuming it, and read the Michigan hunting regulations for what is open.

Licences

Base licence
Everyone, before any other licence — Required to hunt small game in Michigan, and it is what every other tag is added to.
Hunter safety certificate
Anyone born on or after 1 January 1960 — Or an apprentice licence, which lets an uncertified hunter hunt under supervision.
Federal HIP registration
Woodcock and every other migratory bird — Free, but not optional — it registers you with the federal harvest survey.
Free woodcock stamp
Woodcock hunters — Free and separate from HIP. Both are required.

The other questions

Open the hunting map →Public land and bird cover, drawn for the bird you are after.