EUREKA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — One of our state’s biggest holidays is just two days away: The start of regular firearm deer hunting season is Wednesday.
This year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is hoping hunters will help the state gather important information about chronic wasting disease, a contagious illness that causes neurological degeneration and then death in deer.
“It’s kind of new to Michigan. We’ve been trying to stay out of it, but it came up a couple years ago. Last year, (it was) really in the Lansing, Montcalm County area,” John Niewoonder of the DNR said.
It’s not mandatory for hunters in all areas of the state to check their deer at a DNR check station, but officials hope they will this year.
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