Michigan · Deer Hunting Data

Michigan Deer Unit 9

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Michigan Game Management Unit 9.

Michigan Unit 9 in Baraga County is a working timber wilderness, a tilted block of ancient Canadian Shield forest that climbs from roughly 600 feet on the Keweenaw Bay shoreline to nearly 1,950 feet along the Sturgeon River Gorge rim. For deer, the story is water and wood: cold spring-fed flows like the Sturgeon, Silver, and Slate Rivers, cedar swamp yarding areas, and fresh timber cuts where aspen and maple regeneration concentrate browse. With public access topping 60 percent, our pack maps it all in 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.
125
Total Deer Spotted
13
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Michigan Deer Unit 9 boundary map
Unit 9 boundary within Michigan · orange area is covered by this Data Pack

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The Michigan - Deer Data Pack gives you a full year of access to the heat map that shows where the animals actually are: detailed hot zones, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Michigan Deer unit, including Unit 9. Study the unit on the heat map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting app.

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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.