4500 DEATHS. AND TODAY MARKS THE START OF SHOTGUN DEER HUNTING SEASON IN IOWA. SOME OF THEM PROBABLY ALREADY OUT THERE. IOWA DNR OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 100,000 DEER WILL BE HARVESTED THIS YEAR. OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING HUNTERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE IN THE WOODS. REMEMBER, BASIC GUN SAFETY, WHERE YOU’RE BLAZE ORANGE TO STAND OUT TO OTHER HUNTERS AND MAKE SURE SOMEONE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE GOING IN CASE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS. THE FIRST SLUG HUNTING SEASON IS