LANSING — With Opening Day just around the corner, the Department of Natural Resources is refreshing hunters on state law and safety precautions.

Around half a million people are set to take part in the two-week firearm season, and the state is encouraging everyone to brush up on rules and regulations.

“It is required that every deer taken be reported online,” said Brent Rudolph, the DNR’s deer, elk and moose management specialist. “We provide resources to be able to assist folks in that process, but it’s an important thing for hunters to be aware of this year.”

The DNR says that hunters can expect largely the same regulations during this year’s firearm season, but to look out for some changes later in the year.

“We had almost 180,000 deer taken during that two-week regular firearm sea

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