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Cedar River Preserve Hunting Rules
- Portions
of the Cedar River Preserve are not open to the public for the 2019 hunting
season (see map for details). Please keep all hunting activity and access
within Units 1 and 2. All access into the Cedar River Preserve must occur by
boat or through the Pere Marquette State Forest Land.
- Limited
trapping is allowed only within Unit 2 of the Cedar River Preserve (see map).
Permitted trapping only includes the use of Live Restraining Cage Traps and
Dryland Body-Gripping Traps no greater than 6.5 inches inside the jaw hinges.
The following species are permitted for trapping: badger, beaver, fisher and
marten, muskrat and mink, otter, raccoon. All other equipment and species not
listed are not permitted for trapping. Trapping will be managed to follow the
additional regulations included in the Leelanau Conservancy Natural Areas
Hunting Policy and Permit, which are above and beyond the Michigan DNR Hunting
and Trapping Guide. Permitted trapping must follow the Michigan DNR guidelines
which will allow for consistency with trapping guidelines in the surrounding
Pere Marquette State Forest. Trapping is not permitted on the rest of the Cedar
River Preserve parcels.
- Hunting
duck and merganser in the Cedar River Preserve may occur only by boat and not
from the shorelines of Victoria Creek, Cedar River, Lake Leelanau, and the
unnamed lakes within the property. MDNR Regulations state that hunting and
trapping are exclusive rights of landowners bordering the waterway and their
invited guests. Float hunters need permission to enter lands protected by the
Recreational Trespass Act.
