For Public Land Locations or Possible Public Opportunities:

• State Forest Lands:
  • State forest lands are in the Roscommon Forest Management Unit.
  • Ambrose Lake State Forest Campground - in northwestern area of county.
  • Review the State Forest Lands Rules relating to your desired activities.
  • Review Ogemaw County for nearby DNR Campsites and Trails Locations.
• State Game and Wildlife Areas:
  (none; some wildlife areas may be subunits inside other State lands).
• State Parks and Recreation Areas:
  • Rifle River State Recreation Area - in northeastern area of county.
  • Review the State Lands Rules relating to your desired activities.
  • Review Ogemaw County for nearby DNR Campsites and Trails Locations.
• Ogemaw County Offices: Ogemaw County Field Office Map
  
• Shooting Ranges: Ogemaw County Shooting Ranges
  
• Federal Lands:
  • Huron-Manistee National Forest - contact the area office for details.
• For County or Local public areas: contact the appropriate county or local offices for details.
      These offices are listed in area phone books; the county center is zip-code 48661.
• Select Private Land Opportunities:
      There may be special hunting options on select private lands in these programs:
  • Commercial Forest (CF) Program - mostly in northern Michigan; where there are
    CF Program Maps and Legal Descriptions with County CF parcel locations.
  • Hunter Access Program (HAP) - mostly in southern Michigan,
    however, currently there are no HAP areas in this county.

For Purchasing Licenses: either use DNR E-license online or county license locations.
For Official Hunting Hours: Add +06 Minutes to the Time Zone "A" table; specific times are
  "one half-hour before sunrise to one half-hour after sunset" adjusted for daylight-savings & time zone.
    A detailed "current local weather" forecast usually includes sunrise and sunset times for that area.
For More Detailed Information: regarding Michigan's public lands, hunting/trapping, and more
    see the sections "Where Can I Hunt", Hunting & Trapping, and Online Forms, Publications & Maps.
For the static "Lands Open to Public Hunting" map: Ogemaw County PDF (3 by 4 foot page).
    The DNR Mi-Hunt online, interactive mapping tool is more up-todate versus the county PDFs.
For the Current Weather or a Forecast: the county center is zip-code 48661.