Archery deer season has opened today in Michigan. DNR deer, elk & moose management specialist, Chad Stewart, expects one quarter of a million hunters to take to the fields.
“So many hunters have been waiting for so long to get to this point, so even so some of the better hunting in terms of deer activity might not occur until later in the month when the breeding season starts to ramp up, I think there will be a lot of people participating this weekend,” says Stewart. He says that’s because its the first time they can get out and hunt and “the weather looks great.”
Stewart says Michigan is one of the top, if not the top, state for archery hunting. He expects 100,000 to 150,000 deer to be harvested. The archery deer season runs through November 14th and then reopens January 1st.
