In Michigan, November 15 marks opening day of deer season.

For Michigan's hunters, it's practically a holiday.

Hunters all over the state head out into the woods and fields in hopes of encountering

a deer.

Many of them will hunt on private land, but those who don't have access to private

hunting areas can try their luck on public lands like the Fulton State Game Area, a square

mile of swampy woodland in a rural corner of Kalamazoo County that's been set aside

for public hunting access.

Ron and Sandy L. Well have lived beside the Fulton Game Area for over 30 years now, in

a cabin that they built themselves in an idyllic wooded clearing that borders the public

hunting land.

Back in 1990, Ron L. Well still was working on the cabin.

That November 17th, the first Saturday of that year's deer season, nearby hunters in the

Fulton State Game Area would later recall hearing the sound of his hammering, ringing

out through the woods all afternoon.

But that fall, um, gosh I can still remember it pretty vividly.

A friend of mine was over and we were building a deck on the back end of it.

I heard the two shots, but you don't think nothing of it because this is state property

and this is state hunting area so you know, here's shots constantly.

But those two, I don't know, it was kind of a quiet afternoon, you know, again we didn't

think nothing of it.

During hunting season if you're anywhere down near the game area, it's normal to hear

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