Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area is 968 acres of land the Michigan DNR manages for wildlife in Missaukee and Kalkaska counties, 14 miles from Grayling, a state wildlife management area by the DNR's map. 968 acres are marked open to general hunting. Hunters reported 2,503 deer in Missaukee County in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: the DNR's state game area data, read 2026-10. Harvest: DNR reported deer harvest, 2022 to 2025.
State game and wildlife areasState forest and other DNR landNational wildlife refugesOther federal landGrass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 968 acres |
|---|---|
| Counties | Missaukee County and Kalkaska County |
| Deer harvest unit | Missaukee County, Kalkaska County |
| Kind (DNR) | state wildlife management area |
| DNR region | Northern Lower Peninsula |
| Open to general hunting | 968 acres (100%) |
| Nearest towns | Grayling (14 mi), Bear Lake (14 mi) and Roscommon (16 mi) |
What are the rules on Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
The DNR's map marks each piece of Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area: 968 acres open to general hunting.
How many deer are taken around Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area lies in 2 counties. Hunters reported 2,503 deer in Missaukee County in 2025, against 2,967 in 2024.
| County | Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missaukee County | 769 | 2,503 | 2,967 | 2,641 |
| Kalkaska County | 199 | 1,298 | 1,835 | 1,624 |
Harvest for the whole county, not the game area alone: Michigan DNR reported deer harvest (license years 2022 to 2025).
How do you get to Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
Nearest towns: Grayling (14 miles), Bear Lake (14 miles), Roscommon (16 miles) and Houghton Lake (16 miles).
What other public land is near Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
DNR wildlife areas and parks open to hunting within 10 miles:
- Addis Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management Area: 438 acres, next to it
- Cannon Creek Flooding No. 1 State Wildlife Management Area: 168 acres, 0.7 miles away
- North Higgins Lake State Park: 166 acres, 6.8 miles away
- Osceola-Missaukee Grasslands State Game Area: 1,260 acres, 7.7 miles away
- Dead Stream Flooding State Wildlife Management Area: 1,024 acres, 7.9 miles away
- Houghton Lake Flats North Flooding State Wildlife Management Area: 839 acres, 8.4 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area
Counting Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area itself, 26,510 of the 29,169 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (90.9%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's state forest records.
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| State forest and other DNR land | 24,372 |
| Other federal land | 1,361 |
| State game and wildlife areas | 697 |
| National wildlife refuges | 80 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
In Missaukee and Kalkaska counties, 14 miles from Grayling.
How much of Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area is open to hunting?
968 acres are marked general hunting, by the DNR's map.
How much public land is around Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area?
26,510 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Grass Lake Marsh Flooding State Wildlife Management Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's state forest records. The closest other DNR area or park is Addis Creek Flooding State Wildlife Management Area (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: Michigan DNR wildlife property project areas.
- Boundary and acres: the DNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's land ownership records (state forest).
- Deer harvest: Michigan DNR reported deer harvest (license years 2022 to 2025).
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