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Luce County, Michigan
Hunting on Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area: units and rules
DMU 048, bear and turkey units, closures, licenses and the nearest towns and services.
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Getting to Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Parking, trailheads and gates near Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area
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- Kak's Lake Boat LaunchBoat ramp · 3.6 mi from the centreDirections
Parking, trailhead and gate locations come from OpenStreetMap contributors. Roads into public land can be gated or seasonal; check with the managing agency before you go.
Dollarville Flooding WMA, the essentials
Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area is a DNR wildlife management area (a flooding or marsh unit) in Luce County. Wildlife Division region: Upper Peninsula Region. The rules on site come from the DNR Wildlife Division. Size ranking: 12th of 72 wildlife management areas, with 3,013 acres. On the DNR page it shows as 3,000 acres. The state list of game and wildlife areas carries it. From Newberry it is about 4 miles west.
From the source page (MI DNR Wildlife Property Boundary GIS Acres field); region from the DNR wildlife region layer. Checked October 22, 2026.
Nearby
Places to hunt and shoot around Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Dollarville Flooding WMA pinned among its neighbors
The bold pin marks Dollarville Flooding WMA, ringed by 10 other public tracts. Neighboring public acres on the map: 773,451.
| Area | Category | Acreage | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek Flooding | Flooding or WMA | 2,777 | 9.4 mi | southwest |
| Newberry Forest Management Unit | Forest unit | 359,596 | 11 mi | northeast |
| Halifax | GEMS | 2,718 | 20 mi | northeast |
| Bullock Ranch | Flooding or WMA | 12,681 | 22 mi | west |
| Strickler | GEMS | 2,166 | 22 mi | southeast |
| Blind Sucker River Flooding | Flooding or WMA | 5,084 | 23 mi | northwest |
| Tahquamenon Falls | State park | 47,140 | 25 mi | northeast |
| Seney | Wildlife refuge | 95,238 | 25 mi | west |
| Little Fox River / Stanley Lake Flooding Wildlife Area | Flooding or WMA | 2,549 | 29 mi | west |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Ranger district | 243,502 | 33 mi | east |
Points from the DNR wildlife, GEMS, parks, forest, USFS, USFWS and NPS layers (MI DNR Wildlife Property Boundary GIS (polygon centroid)). Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.
Access, rules and licenses for Dollarville Flooding WMA
Dollarville Flooding WMA: open to whom
Built around a flooding or waterfowl marsh, Dollarville Flooding WMA sits in or beside state forest land. Hunting and trapping follow the state seasons; posted refuges and closed areas are the exceptions.
Stands, orange and reporting at Dollarville Flooding WMA
- On public ground a tree stand must be portable and labelled, may stand from Sept. 1 to March 1, and may not penetrate the bark.
- Ground blinds: Sept. 1 through the deer seasons, no cutting of plants, and no constructed blinds on Zone 3 game areas, parks or recreation areas.
- Hunter orange is required from Aug. 15 to April 30 while taking game in daylight hours; archery deer and bear hunters, turkey hunters and migratory bird hunters other than woodcock are exempt.
- Mandatory harvest reporting: 72 hours for deer and turkey, by app or online.
- No firearm hunting within 150 yards (450 feet) of an occupied building without the occupant's written permission.
- No food plots or artificial gardens on public land.
- Bait for deer is allowed in the Upper Peninsula Sept. 15-Jan. 1, capped at 2 gallons.
- Bear bait here must be placed on the ground without containers.
- ORV and snowmobile limits, Nov. 15-30: 7-11 a.m. and 2-5 p.m.
The license bill for Dollarville Flooding WMA
Licenses sell through DNR eLicense, license agents and the Hunt Fish app; the base license comes first. Universal antlerless licenses are capped at 10 a year and limited by county or UP DMU.
Access from the source page; public-land stand, blind, safety-zone and food-plot rules from the DNR deer regulations summary; hunter orange from MCL 324.40116; prices from the 2026 license fee tables. Checked October 22, 2026.
Which animals Dollarville Flooding WMA offers
The agency names no particular game for Dollarville Flooding WMA; read every open season as applying within its rules.
Read the Luce County dates: 37 rows and 22 species, including White-tailed deer, Black bear, Wild turkey and Ruffed grouse.
Species from the source (The DNR list gives no species for this area; open seasons follow statewide/zone regulations.); bag limits from the DNR regulation summaries. Checked October 22, 2026.
Dollarville Flooding WMA by zone and unit
For hunting and trapping it lies in Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula). Universal antlerless licenses cannot be used in DMU 048. In the Newberry BMU, 200 licenses go out for hunt 0016; residents needed 9–10 points in 2025. The DNR turkey layer gives spring unit M and fall unit M; no spring 2027 dates are out. For ducks use the North Zone splits, Sep 26-Nov 22 and Nov 28-Nov 29.
DMU details for Dollarville Flooding WMA
| DMU | Name | Status | Use limit | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMU 048 | Newberry unit | Closed | Closed | No |
Bear hunting units at Dollarville Flooding WMA
| Unit | Hunts | License quota | Points 2025 | Registered 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry | 3 hunts | 880 | 9–10 | 334 |
Dollarville Flooding WMA: spring and fall turkey units
| Unit | Birds | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Spring M | 1,254 | Whole unit, spring 2026 |
| Fall M | 124 | Fall 2026, unit |
Zones from the DNR 2026 zone layers as recorded in lands.json; DMU status and APR from the Wildlife Conservation Order; use limits from the 2026 deer summary; BMU hunts and quotas from the 2026 bear summary and bear registration data; turkey from the DNR turkey harvest report; CWD lists from the DNR CWD rules. Checked October 22, 2026.
What is open in Dollarville Flooding WMA this season
Archery and the Nov. 15 rifle opener are statewide, but bear units, fall turkey units, waterfowl zones and bobcat units decide the rest for Dollarville Flooding WMA.
| Species | Season | Applies | Opens | Closes | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White-tailed deer | Liberty Hunt | Statewide | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 13, 2026 | |
| White-tailed deer | Archery, early | Statewide | Oct 1, 2026 | Nov 14, 2026 | |
| White-tailed deer | Independence Hunt | Statewide | Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 | |
| White-tailed deer | Regular firearm | Statewide | Nov 15, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | |
| White-tailed deer | Archery, late | Statewide | Dec 1, 2026 | Jan 1, 2027 | |
| White-tailed deer | Muzzleloader | Upper Peninsula | Dec 4, 2026 | Dec 6, 2026 | |
| Black bear | Hunt period 1 | Newberry BMU | Sep 9, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | |
| Black bear | Hunt period 2 | Newberry BMU | Sep 14, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| Black bear | Hunt period 3 | Newberry BMU | Sep 25, 2026 | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| Wild turkey | Fall | Fall unit M | Sep 15, 2026 | Nov 14, 2026 | |
| Ruffed grouse | Fall first part | Statewide | Sep 15, 2026 | Nov 14, 2026 | |
| Ruffed grouse | Fall second part | Statewide | Dec 1, 2026 | Jan 1, 2027 | |
| Woodcock | Fall | Statewide | Sep 15, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | |
| Fox and gray squirrel | Private-land season | Statewide | Apr 1, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| Fox and gray squirrel | Regular | Statewide | Sep 15, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| Cottontail | Private-land season | Statewide | Apr 1, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| Cottontail | Regular | Statewide | Sep 15, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| Snowshoe hare | Regular | Statewide | Sep 15, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| Crow | Summer | Statewide | Aug 1, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | |
| Crow | Late winter | Statewide | Feb 1, 2027 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| Teal | Early teal | Statewide | Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | |
| Ducks | Split 1 | North Zone | Sep 26, 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 | |
| Ducks | Split 2 | North Zone | Nov 28, 2026 | Nov 29, 2026 | |
| Waterfowl | Veterans days | Statewide | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| Waterfowl | Youth weekend | Statewide | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 20, 2026 | |
| Dark geese | Dark goose part 1 | North Zone | Sep 1, 2026 | Dec 16, 2026 | |
| Light geese | Light goose part 1 | North Zone | Sep 1, 2026 | Dec 16, 2026 | |
| Raccoon | Management season | Statewide | Apr 1, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | |
| Raccoon | Hunting | Statewide | Oct 1, 2026 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| Red and gray fox | Hunting | Statewide | Oct 15, 2026 | Mar 1, 2027 | |
| Coyote | Management season | Statewide | Mar 2, 2026 | Oct 14, 2026 | |
| Coyote | Regular hunting | Statewide | Oct 15, 2026 | Mar 1, 2027 | |
| Bobcat | Hunting | Bobcat Unit A | Jan 1, 2027 | Mar 1, 2027 | |
| Feral swine | Year-round | Statewide | Year-round | Year-round | Year-round |
| Opossum | Year-round | Statewide | Year-round | Year-round | Year-round |
| Skunk | Year-round | Statewide | Year-round | Year-round | Year-round |
| Woodchuck | Year-round | Statewide | Year-round | Year-round | Year-round |
From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2026 hunting regulation summaries (deer, bear, elk, turkey, small game, waterfowl and furbearer editions), checked October 22, 2026.
Dollarville Flooding WMA: reported deer, turkeys and CWD tests nearby
Hunters reported 260 deer in Luce County in 2025: 223 antlered and 37 antlerless. High year: 2022 at 315; low year: 2023 at 251. 2026 so far: 18 deer reported, season in progress. Luce County CWD results (2025): 0 positives from 33 tests. Luce County hunters reported 3 spring turkeys in 2026, the first year of mandatory turkey reporting. Harvest and CWD figures describe the county as a whole.
Luce County deer by year
| Year | Bucks | Antlerless | Deer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2025 | 223 | 37 | 260 |
| 2024 | 253 | 9 | 262 |
| 2023 | 240 | 11 | 251 |
| 2022 | 294 | 21 | 315 |
DMU harvest around Dollarville Flooding WMA
| Unit | Bucks | Antlerless | Deer 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMU 048 | 393 | 52 | 445 |
Luce County deer heads tested
| Year | Deer tested | CWD positive |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 0 |
| 2024 | 32 | 0 |
Turkey numbers near Dollarville Flooding WMA
| Measure | Turkeys |
|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 3 |
| Fall 2026, partial | 0 |
| 2025 fall survey | 0 |
| Hunters (2025) | 5 |
Deer from the DNR Harvest Report Summary (mandatory reporting; 2026 season to date); CWD from the DNR CWD testing data; turkeys from the turkey harvest report and the 2025 fall survey. Checked October 22, 2026.
Where to stay and shop on a Dollarville Flooding WMA hunt
Start with a town, then line up a cooler, a processor and a mount.
| Town | County | Miles off | People | Public acres, 10 mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry | Luce | 3.9 mi | 1,390 | 112,544 |
| Naubinway | Mackinac | 19 mi | – | 45,158 |
| Grand Marais | Alger | 29 mi | – | 38,149 |
| Manistique | Schoolcraft | 42 mi | 2,871 | 57,864 |
County-level pages to read next: Luce County.
Where Dollarville Flooding WMA hunters get a deer cut or mounted
Dollarville Flooding WMA: the nearest agency desks
Newberry Customer Service Center handles Dollarville Flooding WMA, per the DNR list.
Towns and populations from Census 2024 estimates; public acres within 10 miles from the land layers; businesses from store locators and listings (license-only agents left out); offices from DNR, USFS and USFWS pages. Checked October 22, 2026. Call ahead.
Range time before hunting Dollarville Flooding Wildlife Management Area
Skoglund-Erickson Shooting Range (Marquette County) is the closest DNR range, 91 miles away. Two closer club ranges follow.
Shoots: handgun, rifle, shotgun, archery
Shoots: archery, 3D archery
From the DNR shooting page and its range pages, checked October 22, 2026.
Opening and closing minutes for Dollarville Flooding WMA by zone
The DNR hunting-time map splits the state into Zones A to D from east to west. Each step west adds 6 minutes to the Zone A times below.
| Date | Season point | Zone A | Zone B | Zone C | Zone D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Archery opener | 6:59 a.m. to 7:46 p.m. | 7:05 a.m. to 7:52 p.m. | 7:11 a.m. to 7:58 p.m. | 7:17 a.m. to 8:04 p.m. |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Independence Hunt | 7:15 a.m. to 7:24 p.m. | 7:21 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | 7:27 a.m. to 7:36 p.m. | 7:33 a.m. to 7:42 p.m. |
| Nov 15, 2026 | Firearm opener | 6:53 a.m. to 5:48 p.m. | 6:59 a.m. to 5:54 p.m. | 7:05 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | 7:11 a.m. to 6:06 p.m. |
| Nov 30, 2026 | Firearm close | 7:11 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. | 7:17 a.m. to 5:46 p.m. | 7:23 a.m. to 5:52 p.m. | 7:29 a.m. to 5:58 p.m. |
| Dec 5, 2026 | December hunts | 7:16 a.m. to 5:39 p.m. | 7:22 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. | 7:28 a.m. to 5:51 p.m. | 7:34 a.m. to 5:57 p.m. |
| Jan 1, 2027 | Late archery close | 7:31 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. | 7:37 a.m. to 5:46 p.m. | 7:43 a.m. to 5:52 p.m. | 7:49 a.m. to 5:58 p.m. |
Zone A times from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources deer hunting hours table, zone offsets from the DNR hunting hours map legend, checked October 22, 2026. Hunting hours for every zone.
Dollarville Flooding WMA FAQ for 2026-27
When must I report a turkey from Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Turkeys: within 72 hours, online or app (mandatory from 2026).
Can I leave a tree stand at Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Portable blinds come out daily; constructed blinds need ID and are barred on Zone 3 game areas and parks.
Which licenses work on Dollarville Flooding WMA?
No special permit for most of it; the base license and the species license are enough.
Is there a second spot near Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Try Black Creek Flooding Wildlife Management Area (9 miles), Newberry Forest Management Unit (State Forest) (11 miles) and Halifax Grouse Enhanced Management Site (GEMS) (20 miles), measured in a straight line.
What kind of public ground is Dollarville Flooding WMA on paper?
It is a DNR wildlife management area (a flooding or marsh unit), run by the DNR Wildlife Division.
Is Dollarville Flooding WMA large enough for a full day afield?
About 3,013 acres.
Which covered town is closest to Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Base in Newberry, 4 miles away; it lies in Luce County.
Does Dollarville Flooding WMA publish a species list?
The record lists none, which means all open seasons, within the area rules.
How many antlerless licenses can I use at Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Units: 048.
Which BMU do I apply for to hunt Dollarville Flooding WMA?
The bear unit is Newberry. The bear drawing uses preference points; Newberry hunt 0016 has a quota of 200.
Is there a fall turkey season at Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Spring unit M, fall unit none.
What duck dates apply at Dollarville Flooding WMA?
The North Zone. Lead shot is not legal for waterfowl.
Can I scatter bait for deer on Dollarville Flooding WMA?
Yes within the 2-gallon UP limit. This county has no positive wild deer on the DNR list.
Heading to Dollarville Flooding WMA? Read this first
Print the Dollarville Flooding WMA map, carry your licenses, and check the agency page the week you go.
Sources for this page: Michigan DNR: state wildlife game areas list · DNR GIS; regulations from the 2026 Michigan hunting regulation summaries. Checked October 22, 2026.
Other photos on this page: Dawn Endico (CC BY-SA 2.0); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region (Public domain).