Outdoor Observations: EHD impacts Michigan hunters in some areas as reported harvest goes over 170,000 after opening weekend

Conversations leading up to the Michigan firearms deer season between my hunting buddies and I often focus on how hot the rut is, what stand each of us is going to sit in on Nov. 15, and if we’ll have good tracking snow for opening day. In past years, the possibility of snow was about a 50/50 bet but in recent years those odds have slipped precipitously. Snow on Nov. 15 is rare these days in the southern Lower Peninsula; possible but I wouldn’t count on it in the Northern Lower; and possible but not guaranteed in the Upper Peninsula.

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