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Allegan County, Michigan: deer harvest and public hunting land

Allegan County covers 842 square miles around Holland. Hunters reported 6,450 deer here in the 2025 license year, 3,070 of them antlered, through the DNR's harvest reporting. That is up 5% from 2024, and the most in the 4 years shown. 10.3% of Allegan County is public land open to the public, the largest share state game and wildlife areas (50,586 acres), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's state forest records.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: the DNR's reported deer totals, 2022 to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1, the DNR's land ownership records and its wildlife, parks, Commercial Forest and HAP layers.

Map of Michigan's Allegan County: public land by manager, the counties around it, highways I-196, US 31 and US 131; towns: Holland, Allegan, Wayland, South Haven and Bloomingdale

State game and wildlife areasState forest and other DNR landState parks and recreation areasCounty, city and regional landLand trusts and other open landCommercial Forest (private, open to hunting by law)Allegan CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway

Allegan County at a glance
Size539,041 acres (842 square miles)
Deer reported, 20256,450 (3,070 antlered, 3,380 antlerless)
Regular firearm season, 20252,535 deer
Public land10.3% (55,522 acres)
Wildlife areas and parks1 (51,518 acres inside Allegan County)
Hunting Access Program landNone mapped this year
Towns in and near itHolland, Allegan, Wayland, South Haven, Bloomingdale and Caledonia

How many deer are harvested in Allegan County?

Hunters reported 6,450 deer in Allegan County in 2025: 3,070 antlered and 3,380 antlerless. By season: 2,535 in the regular firearm season, 1,920 by archers (early and late segments) and 761 in the muzzleloader season.

License yearDeer reportedAntleredAntlerlessRegular firearmArchery, earlyArchery, lateMuzzleloader
20256,4503,0703,3802,5351,817103761
20246,1703,0973,0732,5301,824119685
20235,7903,2242,5662,6171,90589443
20225,8293,1932,6362,5812,019101514

Source: Michigan DNR reported deer harvest (license years 2022 to 2025), Allegan County. These are deer hunters reported; seasons not shown (youth, Liberty, antlerless and others) are in the total. The DNR's survey estimates, which count deer that were not reported, are higher.

How much public land is in Allegan County?

55,522 of Allegan County's 539,041 acres are public land open to the public (10.3%). The biggest share is state game and wildlife areas: 50,586 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Allegan County
State game and wildlife areas50,5869.4%
Land trusts and other open land2,3650.4%
County, city and regional land1,4870.3%
State parks and recreation areas9730.2%
State forest and other DNR land110under 0.1%
National forest1under 0.1%
All public land open to the public55,52210.3%
Commercial Forest (private, open to hunting by law)4120.1%

412 acres of Allegan County (0.1%) are Commercial Forest land: privately owned, but under state law (MCL 324.51113) the owner may not deny the public hunting and fishing unless the DNR or the legislature closes it.

Measured by FilledTag inside the county line from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's land ownership records (state forest). Hunting rules differ by manager: state game areas and state forest land are open to hunting in season unless posted; national forests are open; refuges follow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules; state parks and recreation areas are open, open with restrictions or closed by the DNR's map; national park land is closed to most hunting; city and county land sets its own rules.

DNR wildlife areas and parks open to hunting in Allegan County

DNR wildlife areas and parks open to hunting in Allegan County, largest first, with the acres of each inside it:

How do you get to Allegan County?

Highways through it: I-196 (about 59 miles inside), US 31 (about 55 miles inside), US 131 (about 49 miles inside), M 89 (about 39 miles inside) and M 40 (about 28 miles inside). Towns inside: Holland, Allegan, Wayland, Plainwell, Otsego and Douglas. Nearby: South Haven (on the line), Bloomingdale (2 miles), Caledonia (2 miles) and Zeeland (3 miles).

Which counties border Allegan County?

Allegan County touches 5 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic landHunting Access Program land sites
Kent County4,22220255.5%1
Barry County3,69520258.4%
Ottawa County3,61020253.7%
Kalamazoo County3,32920253.9%
Van Buren County3,64820251.6%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Allegan County in 2025?

Hunters reported 6,450 deer: 3,070 antlered and 3,380 antlerless (DNR reported deer totals). In 2024: 6,170.

Is there public hunting land in Allegan County?

Yes. 55,522 acres, 10.3% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's state forest records, the largest share state game and wildlife areas (50,586 acres). The DNR's maps show 1 wildlife area or park open to hunting here.

Does Allegan County have Hunting Access Program land?

Not on the DNR's 2026 layer of active HAP properties.

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Where these numbers come from

FilledTag is not part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Numbers are copied from the DNR and the federal sources above, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag.

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