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worstatit t1_j2dcztp wrote

Reply to comment by newworldman1070 in Local deer hunters back bill changing opening day of deer season by zorionek0

According to the article, the extra days would remain? At any rate, the purpose of this change would have been better served by leaving Monday as opening day and having a full two week season, as now proposed.

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zorionek0 OP t1_j2dmzj4 wrote

Yeah, I think this bill accomplishes the same goal- extra weekend days for people who can’t take off work- while respecting tradition. Plus, our schools get the first Monday off and I’d hate to lose that

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LilDutchy t1_j2dnfh1 wrote

Except it puts those days at the end of the season. The point of moving it up was so that more people could get out at the start of the season.

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worstatit t1_j2dpbxj wrote

In the area I hunt, this has definitely not been the case. Opening day has fewer hunters than ever.TBF, this is ANF, where most hunt out of camps. Perhaps people can't get there in time without a weekend to pack and travel after Thanksgiving?

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zorionek0 OP t1_j2dr7bf wrote

Anecdotally, we alternate Thanksgiving between my family and my wife’s, so when we travel I can’t get out on Saturday anyway.

Lots of people travel for Thanksgiving, so having two extra days that aren’t connected to a major holiday works for them.

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newworldman1070 t1_j2ekyld wrote

People who hunt from camps are a very small minority. This isn’t 1960 anymore.

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five_eight t1_j2eovst wrote

Good point. Head up to Lopez and take some pics before they all fall down. There's even an old pay phone so you could call home and check in.

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newworldman1070 t1_j2eqpxq wrote

No need to. Live in potter. Drive past hundreds of camps a day.

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worstatit t1_j2feh0u wrote

So, more than a handful?

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newworldman1070 t1_j2fjyyu wrote

Yes. Many sit empty in deer season and have done so for 10 years or more. Far more people are in camps during the last few weeks of bow season and on the three big summer holiday weekends.

Deer camp has fallen out of favor for atv riding, bow season and short term vacation rentals.

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