whether good, bad, or indifferent that will never happen. there are way too many gun hunters that wouldn't stand for that short of a season (me included). you say "why reinvent the wheel" - I say you are right. The seasons in NY are fine (they could be tweeked a little here an there maybe), why mess with them (at least in the drastic ways you mentioned. also, I never have heard of Ohio being the poster for deer management???