For some hunters it's been a tradition since childhood.
"I started roughly when I was 10-years-old, go out with my dad and sit with him," explained Aaron Hallfrisch. He's been hunting for 15 years.
Others, like Hallfrisch's friend Gerrad Hollsten, are first time hunters.
"I've only really been going out hunting the last 2 years. This is my first year kind of out on my own, I'm actually here at Cabela's looking for a new rifle for me," explained Hollsten.
No matter the skill level, hunters hit the stores hard Friday to get the last minute gear they needed before heading into the woods.
"Everybody that thought it was going to be a little warmer, they're really reaching out to try to get cold weather gear," said Cabela's hunting manager, Jeffrey Solomon.
While hunters prepare for the change in weather at Cabela's, they're also preparing for a change in deer tagging rules according to the Department of Natural Resources.
"Carcass tags are still required, but rather than being kind of a plasticy green paper that people have gotten used to, it's just plain paper," said DNR district wildlife supervisor, Jeff Pritzl.
The paper tags can be picked up when you get your hunting license or printed off from home, either way it's more for the hunter to be aware of.
"Hunters need to be prepared to protect that paper when they put it on the deer with some type of a plastic sealable bag is really the best way to do it, but they also are able to just keep the tag on their person as long as they stay with the deer," explained Pritzl.
After the deer is tagged it must be registered no later than 5:00 the day after you kill it.
