(WXYZ) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released proposed changes to elk hunting in Michigan, lengthening the harvest times.

According to the DNR, the proposals would lengthen both elk hunting periods in the northern Lower Peninsula, which is home to the state's elk herd.

Under the changes, there would be 24 additional days of elk hunting allowed in the state between two hunting periods.

Hunt period one would run from the second Saturday in September through the second Sunday in October, taking place over 30 consecutive days.

Currently, the first hunting period is broken up into three, four-day hunts from August and September, totaling just 12 days.

The second hunt period would run between Dec. 1 and Dec. 15, compared to Dec. 13-21, which is currently nine days.

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