It’s the biggest day of the year for Michigan deer hunters: Regular firearm season begins Friday. There was plenty of excitement Thursday, evidenced by the many cars coming in and out of Hilltop Sports west of Greenville for last-minute pickups of gear,

If wind is your most important weather factor for opening morning, the forecast at 7 a.m. shows a light northwest wind for most areas of Lower Michigan and a light north wind for northeast Lower Michigan. Wind speeds should be less than five miles per hour in the white shaded areas and less than 7 mph in the gray shaded areas.