(KMAland) — Iowa’s most popular deer hunting season opens Saturday morning.

According to the Iowa DNR, the state’s first shotgun season runs until December 5th, followed by the second shotgun season from December 8-16. Mick Klemesrud with the DNR says the bulk of Iowa’s deer harvest comes during the shotgun seasons.

“It’s the first of our three main gun seasons,” Klemesrud said on KMA’s “Dean & Friends” program this week. “This is kind of the focus for a lot of people Deer hunting is a big deal. This is the time of year they want to get together with the same group of friends and do the same kind of thing.”

Regardless of what weather conditions are like, Klemesrud says a high amount of hunters will be out and about during the first…