DL, most of the rural schools have a scheduled holiday for the first day of deer season. That inservice day would most likely be moved as it was most likely put where it is becasue of severe absenteeism due to deer season.

I don' t see a need to lengthen the rifle season as almost all of the kill is taken on the first day and participation is way down by the time the first Saturday rolls around. I think the PGC might be trying to fight the bear population more than helping deer hunters as the seasons would then be concurrent.