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Michigan Gun, Archery and Outdoor Shops
Each of the 942 hunting shops we could source, in the four DNR regions and then county by county, with phone, map and web links.
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Michigan gun, orange and license rules for shop day
Licenses at the counter
License agents, Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses (eLicense) or the Michigan DNR Hunt Fish app; ID: Michigan or other driver license, Michigan ID, or DNR Sportcard ($1). 352 of the shops here are DNR license agents, tagged Sells DNR licenses.
Deer firearms
Shotgun; rifle larger than .22 rimfire; muzzleloader (incl. black-powder handgun); handgun larger than .22 rimfire (18+, in plain view unless CPL); bow; crossbow; pneumatic gun meeting firearm rules.
Hunter orange
MCL 324.40116: from Aug. 15 through April 30, during daylight shooting hours, a person taking game must wear a cap, hat, vest, jacket or rain gear of hunter orange (or a commission-authorized color, e.g., hunter pink); camouflage with at least 50% hunter orange qualifies.
The quiet period
Nov. 10-14: no carrying afield or transporting a rifle (incl. rimfire) or shotgun with buckshot, slug, ball loads or cut shells, except properly transported to camp or a range, or target shooting on own property.
Lead-free shot
Bow, crossbow or shotgun 10 gauge or smaller holding no more than 3 shells (one-piece plug); one firearm per person; lead-free shot (steel, bismuth, tungsten types) required statewide for ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, gallinules, rails and snipe; falconry.
Ranges
367 ranges are listed, 16 of them DNR ranges; target shooting in state parks and recreation areas is allowed only on designated ranges.
Sources: license sales; firearms; hunter orange; lead-free shot; state park ranges, confirmed October 22, 2026.
Upper Peninsula Region: 70 hunting shops
Alger County (4)
Chippewa County (9)
Delta County (8)
Dickinson County (8)
Gogebic County (6)
Houghton County (5)
Mackinac County (4)
Marquette County (9)
Menominee County (5)
Ontonagon County (4)
Northern Lower Peninsula Region: 184 hunting shops
Alcona County (8)
Alpena County (13)
Antrim County (4)
Arenac County (4)
Benzie County (3)
Cheboygan County (7)
Clare County (6)
Emmet County (8)
Gladwin County (5)
Iosco County (5)
Isabella County (12)
Kalkaska County (3)
Lake County (3)
Leelanau County (5)
Manistee County (8)
Mason County (7)
Midland County (14)
Missaukee County (3)
Ogemaw County (6)
Osceola County (4)
Oscoda County (3)
Otsego County (8)
Roscommon County (9)
Wexford County (6)
Southwest Lower Peninsula Region: 304 hunting shops
Allegan County (8)
Barry County (12)
Berrien County (16)
Branch County (8)
Calhoun County (15)
Cass County (6)
Clinton County (15)
Eaton County (16)
Gratiot County (5)
Ingham County (20)
Ionia County (4)
Kalamazoo County (19)
Kent County (43)
Mecosta County (11)
Montcalm County (8)
Muskegon County (20)
Newaygo County (11)
Oceana County (5)
Ottawa County (32)
Shiawassee County (12)
St. Joseph County (11)
Van Buren County (7)
Southeast Lower Peninsula Region: 384 hunting shops
Bay County (11)
Genesee County (33)
Hillsdale County (10)
Huron County (10)
Jackson County (10)
Lapeer County (16)
Lenawee County (9)
Livingston County (13)
Macomb County (60)
Monroe County (16)
Oakland County (71)
Saginaw County (15)
Sanilac County (5)
St. Clair County (21)
Tuscola County (6)
Washtenaw County (16)
Wayne County (62)
Gun, archery, outdoor and chain stores from the DNR license agent map and Yellow Pages gun, archery and sporting goods pages; gas stations, grocery and hardware counters that only sell licenses are left out, checked October 22, 2026.
Michigan hunting shops statewide
898 pins come from the Census geocoder and the DNR source layers. 37 listings with a town but no street point are pinned at that town centre.
Michigan hunting shops in detail
Which county tops the hunting shops count?
Oakland County (71), Wayne County (62) and Macomb County (60).
Which region leads for hunting shops?
384 in the Southeast Lower Peninsula Region, 304 in the Southwest Lower Peninsula Region, 184 in the Northern Lower Peninsula Region and 70 in the Upper Peninsula Region.
How was this list of hunting shops compiled?
Gun, archery, outdoor and chain stores from the DNR license agent map and Yellow Pages gun, archery and sporting goods pages; gas stations, grocery and hardware counters that only sell licenses are left out, checked October 22, 2026.
Is every one of these hunting shops geocoded?
898 of 942 have their own coordinates from the Census geocoder or a DNR layer, 37 are pinned at their town centre, and 7 sit under their county with no pin.
Which counties have no hunting shops listed?
No listing turned up in Keweenaw County; try a neighbouring county.
Why are gas stations and Meijer stores missing?
The DNR agent map includes 785 counters that sell licenses but not hunting gear, Meijer among them; they are left out here. DNR eLicense sells every license online.
Which kinds of Michigan stores made the list?
303 gun shops, 71 archery shops, 291 outdoor stores and 277 chain stores, each chain store at its own address.
What is the count of Michigan hunting shops?
942 across 82 counties.
Leaving the Michigan hunting shops list
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