Actually, the original intent of changing the legal wording of the season shift dates was to never actually allow for a September Archery opener BUT instead to allow the YOUTH shotgun season participants to be able to legally tag BUCKS. Current language makes it illegal for a GUN hunter to take a antlered deer before November. The IDNR actually already has the legal authority to open an earlier Archery season but chooses not to do so. They claim that there is to much of a concern for meat spoilage of game?