Boy this is a tough one to answer. I have to say I have always been a fan of moving the buck season up to coinside with the rut, however this I feel would sorely reduce the bear population. I think opening up Sunday hunting would solve both problems. If the bear season fell the first weekend of November more guys would hunt bear It' s warmer and a full weekend to hunt. Then the deer season could open up the week of thanksgiving. I agree most deer hunters are done there hunting by the first Thursday anyway so thanksgiving would not be a problem.