 Tomorrow is the day hunters across Minnesota have been waiting for as fire armed deer season officially opens. The Department of Natural Resources wants to remind hunters to practice good safety habits while hunting like tethering themselves to a tree if they are in a deer stand. In some areas the DNR will be checking deer over the opening weekend for chronic wasting disease after a captive herd was found with the disease. Folks should be aware they are hunting within primaries 242 and 247 opening weekend of fire armed season we are doing mandatory CWV checks. So there are five stations that are open they need to bring their deer into one of those check stations on Saturday or Sunday we'll be there from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fire armed deer season opens tomorrow and it concludes on the 18th in Bemidji and on the 11th in Brainerd. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.