Hey Stalkin,
Nice to hear from down under. We have seasons primarily to keep the game population at controllable levels. If you could hunt year round here, the wildlife would already be extinct. With that in mind, I don’t think that any red-blooded American hunter minds the seasons at all. I know that many would like to see the seasons extended. Seasons are regulated individually by each state. Bow season, for the average, and I am guessing, for whitetail deer they run from around Oct. to Jan. Gun seasons are very short, speaking from my two states that I know about, are only 2/3 weeks. Belive me that is plenty enough time to thin the herds. Then you add on muzzleloader season, and special hunts which are usually a few days.
As for our guns, that is one of many founding reasons that this country got started some 200 years ago. And when they try to take that from us they will have one hell of a fight on there hands. But fortunately I don’t think that I will see that in my life time. At least I surely hope not. All of us (hunters/gun owners) have a huge say, via VOTE, in who makes the laws that prevent us from losing those Unalienable Rights, if you will.
Email me anytime if you want to get into it more extensively. I would love to here some hunting stories and the such from Australia.