Michigan · Deer Hunting Data

Michigan Deer Unit 048

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Michigan Game Management Unit 048.

Forget peaks: Michigan's GMU 048 is a vast, flat glacial lakeplain of the eastern-central Upper Peninsula, where deer are patterned by soil moisture, not slope, and every sand ridge and spruce flat looks identical. The floor sits near 600 feet along the Lake Superior shore and rises only gently past Newberry toward morainal ground in the 900 to 1,000-foot range, threaded by tannin-stained rivers like the Tahquamenon, Two Hearted, Fox, and Sucker. With over 300,000 acres of public Lake Superior State Forest, access is wide open. Our pack breaks it down: Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, plus a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
116
Total Deer Spotted
17
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Michigan Deer Unit 048 boundary map
Unit 048 boundary within Michigan · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Michigan - Deer Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Michigan Deer unit, including Unit 048. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.