Firearm Opening Day at Blinkers in Bangor [Video]

BANGOR, Mich — Many in West Michigan feel November 15th should be a state holiday— because it certainly is a festive day inside Blinkers Diner in Bangor.

This was the home base for Van Buren County hunters hoping to have some luck on the opening day of firearm season for whitetail deer.

Gathering to celebrate tradition and start the day off with a good hot meal before heading out into the chilly fields and forests, the place was packed with hunters in the early morning hours.

It clears out around 5:30 a.m. as hunters hit their blinds, hopeful to return with a prize worthy of the famous Blinker’s Buck Pole— or at least with a story worthy of sharing around another hot meal.

There are a few things hunters need to remember this season:

The start of firearm season means all hunters need to start wearing hunter orange on their …