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Dog training Info for Michigan Hunters

Chapter XIV

Dog Training

14.1 Dog training, defined.
Sec 14.1 For the purposes of this chapter, "training" or "dog training" means to chase or locate game with dogs
outside of the open season for that game.

History: Am. 2, 1990, Eff. Feb. 19, 1990.

14.2 Dog training, license requirement, quail recall pens.
Sec 14.2 (1) A hunting license is not required for dog training, except as specified in section 6.3 during the open
season for bear or bobcat.

(2) A quail recall pen may be used for dog training purposes by a person lawfully possessing quail reared in
captivity if the person using the recall pen carries on their person the shipping tag or permit for the quail in their
possession.
History: Am. 2, 1990, Eff. Feb. 19, 1990; Am. 2, 1993, Eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

14.3 Dog training, seasons, exceptions.
Sec. 14.3. (1) Dogs may only be trained on game which can be lawfully hunted with dogs as defined in section 6.2
during the period of July 8 of one year to April 15 of the following year, except as provided in subsections (2) and
(3), sections 14.4 and 15.2, or as otherwise permitted by law.

History: Am. 2, 1990, Eff. Feb. 19, 1990; Am. 1, 1991, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991; Am. 3, 2000, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 5, 2009, Eff. Apr. 3, 2009.

14.4 Private dog training areas, director authority.
Sec 14.4 (1) A person shall not train dogs on private lands from April 16 to July 14 or post their lands as private
dog training areas unless they receive written authorization from the director or the director's authorized
representative upon an application form approved by the director.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to make a false statement upon the application form authorized in this
section.
(3) It shall be unlawful for a person to allow dogs being trained on private lands, as authorized by this section, to
go upon lands not specified in the application form.
(4) It shall be unlawful for a person to allow dogs to be trained on private lands, as authorized by this section, if a
written complaint of trespass by an adjacent landowner is found upon investigation by the department to be
legitimate and the department so notifies the applicant and the applicant does not fence the area in such a manner
that dogs cannot exit the area.
(5) A person shall remove any posted signs authorized by the director at a time specified by the director.
History: Am. 2, 1990, Eff. Feb. 19, 1990.

14.5 Dog training, unlawful acts.
Sec 14.5 (1) It shall be unlawful for nonresidents to dog train on bear, bobcat, fox, coyote, raccoon, or opossum,
except upon areas authorized in section 14.4 from April 16 to July 14; upon dog training areas established under Act
No. 82 of the Public Acts of 1947; or when participating in an authorized field dog trial.

(2) It shall be unlawful to begin to dog train on bear between one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before
sunrise.
(3) It shall be unlawful to dog train on bear or bobcat in an area where the state has not established an open season
for those species at some time during the license year.
(4) It shall be unlawful to dog train on a captive, tethered, or caged bear.

(5) It shall be unlawful to dog train in state parks without permission of the land administrator.
(6) It shall be unlawful to dog train more than eight dogs on bear at any one time.
(7) Subject to section 43510, subsections (2) and (3), of Part 435, as amended, hunting and fishing licensing, MCL
324.43510, it shall be unlawful for a person to possess a firearm other than a shotgun, pistol, or revolver or
ammunition other than blank cartridges, while engaged in training dogs unless specifically authorized in writing by
the director or by an authorized representative of the director.
(8) A person not listed as a field dog trial participant, or dog training in an area not open to nonresident training by
subsection (1) shall carry proof of residency and shall produce proof of residency upon the demand of a
conservation officer or other law enforcement officer.
History: Am. 2, 1990, Eff. Feb. 19, 1990; Am. 2, 1994, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Am. 2, 2005, Eff. Mar. 11, 2005.

14.6 Relocating rabbits within enclosed dog training areas.
Sec 14.6 A person possessing a valid small game license may trap up to 5 cottontail rabbits or hares during the
open season for rabbits and hares and relocate them within a permitted dog training area provided:

(a) The dog training area is fenced so as to keep cottontails and hares in confinement.
(b) A valid small game hunting license is also possessed and cottontails or hares are not captured outside of the
small game season and bag limits are not exceeded as provided by sections 3.505 (1) and (2) of this order.
(c) Cottontails and hares are captured from private lands only with landowner permission.
(d) Box or cage type traps, capable of taking only one animal at a time, are used and are checked daily.
(e) Cottontails and hares are not held longer than 24 hours and are not held or transported in any container other
than a box, crate, or cage designed for safe and humane confinement.
(f) Traps are marked as provided by section 3.600 of this order.
(g) A record, available for department inspection and submission, of the number of cottontails and hares captured
and released by date and location, is retained.
History: Am. 12, 1998, Eff. Sept. 1, 1998.

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Larry Atherton

Aim small miss small

PLEASE NOTE:

14.2 Regarding a license. You do not need a license to train dogs during training season.

14.3 Dog Training Season. It says nothing regarding bear dogs or any other type of hunting dog.

Guys read these laws closely. Believe it or not many law enforcement officers do not know these laws as well as they think. I have seen were a LEO has written people an incorrect ticket.

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Larry Atherton

Aim small miss small

Back to the top.

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Larry Atherton

Aim small miss small

Larry, I herd now mind that I HERD, that if caught training dogs in quiet season is a $75 fine, Would you happen to know what is the punishment for running dogs is durning the quiet season?

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Jeff,

No, I don't know what the fine is. I believe many fines are subject to the LEO and the judge.

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Larry Atherton

Aim small miss small