Well,I can speak of Pennsylvanis mostly. The first day of season most schools scheduled a day off ,because half the kids didn"t show up. When you went back to school the teachers would let the kids report to the class about their hunt. TV and newspapers treated it like a holiday with reports pictures and reported how much hunting helped the economy. People would just drive by hunters and blow horns flash lights and wish them luck.If you had your deer on your truck people would give the thumbs up sign.People would stop to look at the deer hanging in your tree. People would ask you to hunt their property and even offer you coffee or lunch. We were treated sorta like a important part of the fabric off this country.