TheLBLman
Well-Known Member
I forgot to add, when I was a "juvenile" hunter, the TN archery season ended on October 31st, and there was simply no deer hunting period until the gun season opened close to Thanksgiving.
It's not that I don't greatly enjoy TN deer hunting ANYTIME in November, but the reality was that small-game hunting was also at its best in November, and once enjoyed by more Tennesseans than currently deer hunt in TN.
Think about that for a moment.
Hard to believe, but I lived it when the Opening Day of Squirrel Season saw more hunters afield across TN than the Opening Day of Deer Season (in November).
Change is the only constant, and the reasons things change are numerous.
But among those reasons, more deer hunting days is a reason fewer people are small-game hunting today.
It's not that I don't greatly enjoy TN deer hunting ANYTIME in November, but the reality was that small-game hunting was also at its best in November, and once enjoyed by more Tennesseans than currently deer hunt in TN.
Think about that for a moment.
Hard to believe, but I lived it when the Opening Day of Squirrel Season saw more hunters afield across TN than the Opening Day of Deer Season (in November).
Change is the only constant, and the reasons things change are numerous.
But among those reasons, more deer hunting days is a reason fewer people are small-game hunting today.