Pure Michigan Hunt-Last Chance

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014

The last day to apply for the Pure Michigan Hunt is December 31st!

Don’t forget to buy your Pure Michigan Hunt application before it’s

too late! Visit www.michigan.gov/puremichiganhunt or a license agent to

purchase a Pure Michigan Hunt application for the hunt of a lifetime!

Applications for the first Pure Michigan Hunt in 2010 are on sale

through December 31, 2009.

The Pure Michigan Hunt is a drawing that allows three lucky applicants

to participate in every limited-access hunt available - elk, bear,

spring and fall wild turkey and antlerless deer. In addition, those

chosen in the drawing will get the first pick of a hunting zone in a

managed waterfowl area reserved hunt.

Pure Michigan winners will be allowed to hunt in any hunt area open in

the 2010 season until their tag is filled. Hunters, for instance, who

attempt to take an elk during the early hunt but are not successful,

will be allowed to try again during later hunt periods in 2010.

Applicants selected for the Pure Michigan Hunt will not lose any

preference points or weighted advantages for future limited-access

hunts. Hunters who are ineligible to apply for elk licenses because of

past success may participate in the Pure Michigan Hunt, and hunt elk

again if they are selected in the drawing.

Applications cost $4 and individuals may apply as many times as they

like. Anyone who is 12 years old or older may participate, as long as

their hunting privileges have not been suspended by the courts.

People who purchase applications for other hunters as gifts must use

the gift recipient’s identification to make sure that recipient is

awarded the hunting rights.

For more information, visit the DNR website at www.michigan.gov/dnr.

The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management,

accessible use and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for

current and future generations.