The following is a list of the 2023 public hunts.
April 23, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
May 14, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
May 20, Saturday, 11:00am – WARREN WOODS STATE PARK (SAWYER, MI)**
Gather at Warren Woods picnic tables at end of dirt drive off of Elm Valley Road.
Hunt Whip – Charlie Havens (773) 848-0154 or charliehavens@mac.com
June 11, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
July 8, Saturday, 9:00am – WATERLOO RECREATION AREA**
Address: 17030 BUSH RD, CHELSEA, MI
Meet at the first parking lot before the Eddy Discovery Center
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi (734) 355-0359 or philt@umich.edu; Kirk Coppernoll, (517) 879-7757 or mailmankirk@gmail.com
July 9, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
August 13, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
August 19, Saturday, 9:00am – PROUD LAKE RECREATION AREA**
Address: 3466 WIXOM RD., MILFORD, MI
Meet at the Rivers Hawk Conference Center
Hunt Whip – Lenny Tomaszewski (248) 310-9232 or vonlen1@aol.com
August 26, Saturday, 11:00am – WARREN WOODS STATE PARK (SAWYER, MI)**
Gather at Warren Woods picnic tables at end of dirt drive off of Elm Valley Road.
Hunt Whip – Charlie Havens (773) 848-0154 or charliehavens@mac.com
September 3 & 4, Sunday & Monday, 9:00am – UPPER PENINSULA**
Meeting site at Canyon Falls Parking Lot. Note: Jerry and Colleen Taylor have offered their land on Saarinen Road off of M-28 several miles west of where US-41 and M-28 split for camping. Contact them at (906) 393-0313 or jdtaylor_up@hotmail.com for more information.
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi (734) 355-0359 or philt@umich.edu; Kirk Coppernoll, (517) 879-7757 or mailmankirk@gmail.com
September 17, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
September 23, Saturday, 1:00pm – INTERLOCHEN, MI**
Meet at the parking lot by Blue Vase Books, at the corner of S. Long Lake Road and US 31 S.
Hunt Whips – Jim Moses and Linda Grigg, griggmoses@yahoo.com
September 29, 30 & October 1 – FUNGUS FEST AT PROUD LAKE RECREATION AREA**
Address: 3466 WIXOM RD., MILFORD, MI
FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO RIVER HAWK’S LODGE— DETAILS ON WEB SITE
Contact Scott Grywacheski (248) 873-5341 or sgrywach@yahoo.com
October 15, Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE AND ARBORETUM, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; enter off of Potter Road west of Belsay Road.
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson (810) 955-7423 or Heartwind77@gmail.com
October 29, Sunday, 10:00am – HELL, MI (FRALICK WOODS)**
Address: BETWEEN 3470 & 3770 PATERSON LAKE RD, PINCKNEY, MI
Meet at Parking Lot on Patterson Lake Rd (North Side), Approx. ½ Mile East of Hell.
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi (734) 355-0359 or philt@umich.edu; Kirk Coppernoll, (517) 879-7757 or mailmankirk@gmail.com
November 11, Saturday, 10:00am – HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA**
Meet at the Mountain Bike Trail
Hunt Whip – Lenny Tomaszewski (248) 310-9232 or vonlen1@aol.com
