 It's time to dust off the blaze orange as the Minnesota deer opener is just a few days away and experts say it should be a good one. Mild winters the past three years means that deer population is up around the state compared to in years past. In Bemidji hunters have their choice at either a buck or a doe and one additional tag is available for an extra antlerless deer. The population is described as above their goal number so you should have a good chance to come away with a very successful. Anywhere where you have a mixture of agricultural fields as well as forest those are really good areas and those areas will be high. A lot of the hay fields from this summer I've been seeing deer in in the evenings and so those areas should be really good as well. Anything with standing corn will have a lot of deer in them in the area. The problem is is if the deer are in the corn they're hard to see. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.