{"id":71623,"date":"2026-01-14T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=71623"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:36:08","slug":"it-just-got-easier-to-kill-coyotes-in-michigan-year-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/outdoors-life\/it-just-got-easier-to-kill-coyotes-in-michigan-year-round\/","title":{"rendered":"It just got easier to kill coyotes in Michigan year-round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Natural Resources Commission passed an amendment that loosens restrictions on killing coyotes year-round<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A new coyote management season was created to run from March 2 to Oct. 14\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The hunting and trapping season was previously nine months but now will run from Oct. 15 to March 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The group that regulates hunting and fishing in Michigan just made it easier for coyotes in the state to be killed year-round after a multi-year fight over coyote regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Commission passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/-\/media\/Project\/Websites\/dnr\/Documents\/Boards\/NRC\/2026\/January-2026\/Signed_10WCO2025_FORACTION_FINAL_edited.pdf\">an amendment<\/a> that shortened the coyote hunting and trapping season but created a new \u201cmanagement season,\u201d the first of its kind, to allow coyotes to be killed on public or private lands for any reason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the outcome we were looking for,\u201d said Eric \u201cSkeeter\u201d Beckman, a member of the Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That group, along with the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, separately <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-environment-watch\/groups-sue-michigan-wildlife-regulators-over-shorter-coyote-hunting\/\">sued the Natural Resources Commission<\/a> after it shortened the coyote season in 2024 from a year to nine months to protect coyote pups. The plaintiffs said regulators\u2019 decision was not based on science. In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/outdoors-life\/michigans-shortened-coyote-hunting-season-stands-judge-rules\/\">a judge ruled<\/a> the commission\u2019s decision had been sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/outdoors-life\/michigan-committed-to-allowing-killing-coyotes-year-round\/\"><strong>Michigan \u2018committed to\u2019 allowing killing coyotes year-round<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/outdoors-life\/michigans-shortened-coyote-hunting-season-stands-judge-rules\/\"><strong>Michigan\u2019s shortened coyote hunting season stands, judge rules<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-environment-watch\/michigan-shortens-coyote-hunting-season-irking-some-hunters\/\"><strong>Michigan shortens coyote hunting season, irking some hunters<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcie Terwilliger, a Charlotte resident who regularly attends commission meetings, said she was \u201cthoroughly disgusted, angry and disappointed\u201d by its decision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe courts decided and said it was based on science, it was totally in the right,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that coyotes can cause problems,\u201d Natural Resources Commission Chair Becky Humphries told Bridge Michigan after the vote. \u201cWe&#8217;re trying to free up the reins and provide that opportunity and yet still be respectful of the resource and the users out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A new kind of season<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time the Natural Resources Commission has created a management season. Commissioner John Walters said it\u2019s a new tool they created to regulate species in the off-season. People will still need a license to kill coyotes during the management season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have the ability as a commission to create new seasons and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coyote management season will run from March 2 to Oct. 14 and the new hunting and trapping season will run from Oct. 15 to March 1, together encompassing a year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignright has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sign up for our outdoors newsletter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want more coverage like this delivered directly into your inbox? Sign up for the Bridge Michigan Outdoors newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/signup\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Coyotes can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/managing-resources\/wildlife\/nuisance-wildlife\/nuisance-coyote-faq\">already be killed on private property<\/a> year-round if they are threatening or damaging livestock, but the new rules are looser, allowing them to also be killed \u201cto address interspecies conflict and overabundance.\u201d Walters said that, because coyotes are overabundant, that means they can be killed during the management season for any reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Michigan Department of Natural Resources does not know how many coyotes are in the state but the department\u2019s bear, furbearer and small game specialist, Cody Norton, said the DNR uses population trend indicators, like time spent hunting per coyote killed, to estimate if the population is going up or down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new amendment prohibits the use of dogs to get coyotes Nov. 15 through 30 and does not allow coyotes to be killed in state parks or recreation areas between April 1 and Sept. 14. 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