LANSING — Tens of thousands of Michigan residents and nonresidents will take to the fields and forests today to enjoy deer hunting.

The Department of Natural Resources would like to share a few helpful reminders with those who will be heading out to hunt.

The firearm deer season from runs Nov. 15 to 30.

• Do not forget to wear hunter orange. See page 18 of the Hunting and Trapping Digest for hunter orange clothing requirements.
• A deer or deer combo license may be purchased at a license agent or online at E-License.
• There are public- and private-land antlerless deer licenses still available.
• Be aware of any antler point restrictions that may be in effect where you are hunting, and understand deer license types (video still applies even though it states 2014).
• Deer hunting hours are found on pages 12 and 13 of the 2016 Hunting and Trapping Digest.
• Be aware of the baiting and feeding rules and restrictions for deer in Michigan.
• Don’t forget to bring your deer to a DNR check station and pick up one of the DNR’s deer cooperator patches. Find the check station nearest you on the 2016 Deer Check Station Map.
• Bovine tuberculosis is still a major concern in the northeastern Lower Peninsula deer herd, so please be sure to bring your deer to a check station if you hunt in DMU 487.
• Don’t forget, due to finding chronic wasting disease, there is mandatory deer registration in the Core CWD Area, which includes 17 townships in the southern Lower Peninsula.
• Learn more about chronic wasting disease and how you can help by visiting mi.gov/cwd.
• Watch the instructional video on how to quarter a deer. This may be helpful if you wish to store your deer after you have submitted the head to a DNR deer check station in the Core CWD Area for testing.
• Those still looking for places to hunt on public land can check out Mi-HUNT — a cutting-edge, web-based, interactive mapping application that can help hunters plan their next trip.
• Hunters who have filled their freezers but want to keep hunting are encouraged to consider donating a deer to those in need through Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger. Find a participating processor at sportsmenagainsthunger.org.