TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Across the state of Michigan, opening day for archery deer season arrives Thursday, Oct. 1. It will be met with new changes for hunters eager to embrace the outdoors.
And the Michigan Department of Natural Resources expects a larger turnout of hunters this year, despite the pandemic.
In what could be an anomaly, DNR Deer Biologist Chad Stewart says the department has reported an increase in licenses sold by nearly 20% this year.
Because of declining revenues, deer check stations have been slashed statewide. On a typical year, nearly 150 stations or drop boxes open but this year there will only be around fifty.
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