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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2867581" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>Saw this listed as a similar thread on the PA doe tag thread so I figured I'd pop in and reread to see if any opinions have changed.</p><p></p><p>So now that we are coming up on our fourth season of the Saturday opener plus the third year with the Sunday opener and concurrent buck and doe for two weeks how is everyone feeling about the changes? </p><p></p><p>While I do like the extra hunting time with a rifle the general consensus at camp is that it definitely feels much more rushed than it used to. We all live 3 hours from our camp so we end up leaving around 5 or 6am on Friday morning in order to have enough time to get everything up and squared away before hunting on Saturday. Then it's 3 straight days of hunting before we spend a day butchering and head home, there really isn't much of a chance to slow down and relax like we used to as we are running from Thanksgiving morning until Tuesday night.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally during the past 4 years I met my now wife and her family does their Thanksgiving on Saturday afternoon only half an hour from camp. Prior to the change I would have been able to join them but not now as it was close to 9pm by the time we got all the deer quartered and cleaned up.</p><p> </p><p>On the plus side with the change back to the concurrent seasons we are back to killing deer like we used to and have had double digit opening weekends since the change back. </p><p> </p><p>Personally now that it is an option I would prefer a Sunday opener, it allows for a weekend hunting day but also takes some of the pressure off the guys heading up to camp and giving them a chance to go up and get settled in before the opener.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2867581, member: 36999"] Saw this listed as a similar thread on the PA doe tag thread so I figured I’d pop in and reread to see if any opinions have changed. So now that we are coming up on our fourth season of the Saturday opener plus the third year with the Sunday opener and concurrent buck and doe for two weeks how is everyone feeling about the changes? While I do like the extra hunting time with a rifle the general consensus at camp is that it definitely feels much more rushed than it used to. We all live 3 hours from our camp so we end up leaving around 5 or 6am on Friday morning in order to have enough time to get everything up and squared away before hunting on Saturday. Then it’s 3 straight days of hunting before we spend a day butchering and head home, there really isn’t much of a chance to slow down and relax like we used to as we are running from Thanksgiving morning until Tuesday night. Additionally during the past 4 years I met my now wife and her family does their Thanksgiving on Saturday afternoon only half an hour from camp. Prior to the change I would have been able to join them but not now as it was close to 9pm by the time we got all the deer quartered and cleaned up. On the plus side with the change back to the concurrent seasons we are back to killing deer like we used to and have had double digit opening weekends since the change back. Personally now that it is an option I would prefer a Sunday opener, it allows for a weekend hunting day but also takes some of the pressure off the guys heading up to camp and giving them a chance to go up and get settled in before the opener. [/QUOTE]
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