[Skinner 2]

I cannot find a clear answer to this.

While trailing a deer after dark are you allowed to have a bow or firearm (depending on what season) with you? I'M not talking about CPL

 

[Waif]

https://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/threads/wounded-deer-dispatch.601079/

 

[kdogger]

(7) Subject to MCL 324.43510, (2) and (3), except during the hunting hours specified in this section and as otherwise provided by subsection (2), a person shall not possess afield a firearm unless it is unloaded in the barrel, or crossbow or a bow and arrow unless all arrows and bolts are placed in a quiver. A person may, to comply with section 4.1(2), kill a down and mortally wounded deer, bear, or elk using an otherwise legal means and may possess a loaded firearm, a cocked crossbow, or bow with nocked arrow only at the time and at the point of kill. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a person hunting under the authority of a wild turkey license during the spring wild turkey season may load and carry a loaded firearm afield while going to their hunting stand up to one hour prior to the spring wild turkey hunting hours.

 

[Skinner 2]

Thank you for the information.