SCI Wants to end EAB Hunt
"SCI is taking the lead to represent deer hunters who were let down by the Conservation Congress and some other conservation groups that ended up supporting EAB despite public opposition on question 44 of the 2005 spring hearings," Kazmierski said. "The early October hunt affects several types of hunting, not just bowhunters."
The season has been under criticism because it takes place in late October, just as the whitetail rut is getting rolling, a time of year when most bowhunters want to be in the woods. They think the extra activity in the woods causes deer to do more of their rutting activity after dark, when they aren't huntable.
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