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December 28th, 2018, 08:54 AM #41
Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
I'll go back and read some of the arguments pro and con.
It wouldn't bother me to start the Sat after Thanksgiving.
The past few years, I've gotten deer in my back yard.
My buddies kids couldnt make it this past season due to work.
That would at least open a day for them with enough pressure to move some deer aroundOpinions are like anal apertures. They all stink but mine.
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December 28th, 2018, 10:05 AM #42Active Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
I personally think it will have the opposite effect and we could lose more hunters as a result. Look at it from this perspective, many people travel to hunt the opening day and most of the once a year hunters are traveling to a hunting camp away from home. They travel Friday, spend the weekend hanging out with the guys then hunt Monday and Tuesday. For them spending the weekend at deer camp is most of the reason they hunt and makes up for only getting a shot at a deer every couple years.
By moving the opener to Saturday they are now rushing up Friday and trying to get everything done and ready for the opener that afternoon. After they hunt on Saturday and see nothing then many will pack it up and head home Sunday. Without the fun of hanging with the guys for the weekend to offset the lack of good hunting after a year or two they may decide that it is no longer worth it to make the trip and hang it up. While that may not sound like an issue to you the game commission needs people like that who buy a license and don’t kill deer to offset their costs and keep hunter numbers stable.
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December 28th, 2018, 10:28 AM #43Grand Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
I see people traveling to camp mostly on Saturday and Sunday. Then they drink beer. Actually most now seem to wait until the first Saturday(currently) so they can hunt doe.
I see lots of empty camps the first week.
Changing the day will mostly help those that hunt locally, which IMO far outweigh those with a hunting camp. I bet 90% of hunters only hunt the first day, and there is a small percentage that own camps and take off multiple days. Certainly not young people, which is who we need.
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December 28th, 2018, 10:53 AM #44Grand Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
Oh CRap ! I did not know I could not hunt on Sundays Officer ?And I thought all PGC Officers were also off on Sundays ?
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December 28th, 2018, 02:21 PM #45
Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
Yep, We’ll drive up Saturday or Sunday after Thanksgiving, hunt Monday then drive back home Monday night. Then head up for 2nd week when doe is in with a bunch of buddies.
Moving to Saturday would let me go up and hunt Saturday, relax and do some work on Sunday, then hunt Monday before heading home. Just like tons of people do for bear in PA.
I think every other season starts on a Saturday.
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December 28th, 2018, 10:50 PM #46Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
I'm all for it.
More importantly, open up Sunday hunting. I get two days off a week, I'd like to be able to hunt both of those.
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December 28th, 2018, 11:20 PM #47Senior Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
Move opener to Saturday, open up Sunday hunting, and take the same Monday and Tuesday off that you would have anyway
Moving opening day to Saturday will have zero negative impact if it comes with Sunday hunting.
Even without Sunday hunting, hunt Saturday, BS on Sunday, and hunt Monday-Tuesday.
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December 29th, 2018, 08:51 AM #48Grand Member
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Re: Change Opening Day of Deer Season?
Move it to Saturday BUT restrict the species to hunting the farm bureau Fudds, with those big rubber bulb-tipped target arrows.
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