As you probably know, pa does not currently allow Sunday hunting .

So it would be a Saturday opener. A day break, then resume Monday.

This would add a third Saturday instead of two.

I'm not necessarily against it. I'm just recognizing that it will change the camp dynamic that had been in place for a long time.

We have hunters in camp who drive in from Colorado almost every year. They typically leave early Friday morning. Drive all day Friday and all day Saturday and get into camp Saturday evening.

Sunday is then spent checking gear, checking their hunting spots, and visiting.

A Saturday opener for them would mean either missing the opener, or leaving sometime Thanksgiving day. And that still doesn't give them a day to get everything together.

I know they can't base the opener on a few hunters from out of state. Just showing how it would change things for people.

It would be good for the kids I suppose, having an extra Saturday. Although as a kid we always worked hard to make sure I was in the woods. And I kept good grades throughout the year to make sure I could skip a few days to hunt. I can honestly say that if it wasn't for deer season that I wouldn't have had the grades I did. Getting to skip a couple days each year for hunting kept my grades up.

-Jake