Tomster,
I have to agree. I would like to see the season open on a Saturday as well and even be allowed on Sunday. I just don' t like the idea of being able to shoot a bear during deer season. By moving Rifle up to coincide with bear they really aren' t going to change the harvest number of deer. The season will stay the same length, the same amount of hunters are going to hunt and the only difference will be that it is a week earlier. What WILL be affected is the bear population. There will be 10 times more hunters in the woods with bear tags. The population is going to take a hit and I think that is the real reason for them talking about moving the season. I know people say by moving the season closer to the rut we will be able to take bigger bucks but believe me there are going to be just as many big bucks running through the woods a week later with 50 gazillion guys martching around all day.