For St. Clair Lake-Six Mile Lake Nature Preserve
Please respect all forms of wildlife, your fellow sportsmen, and others that visit and enjoy the preserve. This preserve is a multi-use area open to the public on a year-round basis for activities such as hiking, nature study, bird watching, and cross-country skiing. Please keep this in mind at all times when hunting the preserve.
The Conservancy has rules specific to this preserve for hunting and trapping. Beyond those rules set forth by GTRLC, the rules, regulations and seasons established by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources broadly apply. All persons hunting or fishing on this property are liable to prosecution for noncompliance to the rules and regulations stated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. MDNR Conservation Officers are requested by GTRLC to patrol its preserves. Michigan Conservation Officers are fully commissioned Peace Officers and are empowered to arrest for all violations of Michigan’s laws. The conservation officers’ primary duties are the enforcement of natural resource and environmental protection laws. MDNR rules and regulations can be found at: www.michigan.gov/dnr.
Certain types of hunting are allowed in accordance with state regulations:
- Deer hunting; all forms.
- Small game and turkey hunting.
- No trapping.
- PLEASE NOTE that hunting rights are deed restricted in the striped area shown on this map. Permitted hunting areas are not delineated on the ground with signs, so please review and familiarize yourself with the map well as the boundaries and safety zones around occupied structures prior to hunting. Hunters may want to call to verify they are hunting in a permitted area. For more information, contact Steve Lagerquist at (231) 929-7911.
- Hunters are responsible to know all rules that are specific to this preserve.
- When waterfowl hunting, GTRLC prohibits targeting of coots, common moorhens/gallinules and rail species.
- GTRLC reserves the right to deny or revoke hunting permission at its sole discretion.
- Unless otherwise noted, rules regulating hunting at this preserve are the same as those set forth by the MDNR, including special hunting seasons available to youth and hunters with disabilities.
- Permanent deer blinds, tree stands, or duck blinds are prohibited. Screw-in steps and other devices that penetrate the bark of a tree are prohibited. Portable stands must be labeled with the owner’s name and address such that it is easily visible from below at ground level. Stands can not be installed prior to September 1 and must be removed by the day following the close of the last deer season in the area. The Conservancy has no responsibility for tree stands, blinds or other items placed on this property.
- The cutting of shooting lanes, or cutting or destruction of brush, trees or other plants for any purpose is prohibited.
- The release of live animals is prohibited.
- Hunting within 450 feet of any occupied building, or within 100 feet of any maintained parking area or recreational structure is prohibited.
- Trails: Due to the meandering design of the trails on the preserve, please familiarize yourself with the location of all trails and other structures before hunting. Discharge of any firearm from or across trails is prohibited.
- Motorized vehicles, camping, and open or contained fires are prohibited.
- Parking is only allowed in designated parking areas and within the right of way of a maintained road such that no vegetation is harmed.
- There is no charge or fee for hunting on this preserve.
For more information, please visit our Property Rules and Hunting Regulations page.
