JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The long-awaited deer gun season opens today, Friday Nov. 4 at Noon in North Dakota.

The season runs through Sunday, Nov. 20.

Doug Leier is a wildlife biologist with the North Dakota Game & Fish Department.

Leier says hunters should also be aware of their surroundings, ensuring that anything on the other side of their gun won’t be hit.

For more information, visit gf.nd.gov.

You can listen to Doug Leier talk the great outdoors every Thursday at 7:40 AM on Big Dog Country 95.5 FM.