Many Michigan firearm deer hunters are in the field already for the start of firearm season, in the hope of bagging a trophy buck, or enough venison to fill their freezer this winter. Firearm season opens across Michigan on Friday,

Michigan is in buck fever as hunters get ready to head out for opening day of firearm deer season on Friday, Nov. 15.Hunters have been waiting months for one of our state’s unofficial holidays to begin.

Many would argue Nov. 15 a statewide holiday: it's the start of firearm deer season. It will run two weeks starting Friday through Nov. 30. For many families, it's tradition to grab their most flattering hunter orange and stake out.