Okay, you care about the resource so you must understand that rifle season is restricted for management reasons, you do not want more access to the Any Deer Tags, then what is your issue? NoMercy started this thread, it appears he felt the extended season was started so rifle hunters would have a longer season to fill tags. His next entry said he filled his tags early(why' s he complaining???)but his friends had to work. Thats what they make vacation days for. They cannot please everyone, and expecting them to cater to anything but what best protects the deer resource' s health is anti resource.