# Deer Season 'practically a national holiday'; who knew? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544 "2010-11-22T16:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/41 "2010-11-23T00:45:43Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > And Americans wonder why the Chinese are beating them? > > (I know I live in an urban area and all (yes, in Canada, but I know people hunt north of the 49th too) but really, I’d find most of these stories hard to believe if I didn’t know that y’all were telling the truth … Growing up in a small Saskatchewan town, I was aware of hunting and some kids disappeared for a while every fall to go hunt with their dads, but I don’t think it was treated like a religion like I’m seeing here. Then again, a [Bass Pro Shop](http://www.basspro.com/homepage.html) recently opened up here, and it is huge and always full of people. I have to conclude that there are A LOT of hunters here, too. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/42 "2010-11-23T02:56:13Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > It’s not much of a holiday for the deer. Spoil sports! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/43 "2010-11-23T04:31:57Z")
Hunting in Australia works a lot differently to the way it does in the US, but I (a long-time shooter) can’t understand taking the first day of the hunting season off to go hunting, for the simple reason that _everyone else who likes hunting has also taken the day off to go hunting_ and it therefore seems unlikely there’ll be any deer left to shoot (since all the other hunters will have shot them). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/44 "2010-11-23T05:18:01Z")
Killing deer is incidental to the hunting season. What it really is, is deer hunter season, cuz so many of these yahoos go out and shoot each other up. There were 4 deer hunters shot on day one of the season here in Wisconsin this year. The really cool thing is, you don’t even need a license to shoot a deer hunter, only a couple of six packs. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/45 "2010-11-23T06:01:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Growing up in a small Saskatchewan town, I was aware of hunting and some kids disappeared for a while every fall to go hunt with their dads, but I don’t think it was treated like a religion like I’m seeing here. > > Then again, a [Bass Pro Shop](http://www.basspro.com/homepage.html) recently opened up here, and it is huge and always full of people. I have to conclude that there are A LOT of hunters here, too. **Thank you!** This proves my point beautifully. (Point = yes, we hunt here, yes, hunting is ok, but, tone it down, guys!) > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The really cool thing is, you don’t even need a license to shoot a deer hunter, only a couple of six packs. Who’d want to? They taste terrible! (Too much fat) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/46 "2010-11-23T06:14:17Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > \ > Who’d want to? They taste terrible! (Too much fat) They usually are well-marinated, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/47 "2010-11-23T06:27:53Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > It’s not much of a holiday for the deer. > [@Deer](#): > > Wabbit season! [sup]..[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/48 "2010-11-23T12:14:19Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I took a whole week for deer hunting this year. Wanted to catch the tail end of bow season and the beginning of modern gun. Spent another week earlier in the year hunting feral hogs because they were destroying our feeders. ('Round here, we hunt down other animals because they’re _interfering_ with deer season :p). Yep, it’s a big deal here. Are the hogs tasty? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/49 "2010-11-23T14:33:40Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > Are the hogs tasty? Tastes a lot like deer hunters. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/50 "2010-11-23T14:41:23Z")
Yeah, but the boar meat taste doesn’t last the way deer hunter does - the wild pig flavor is short, as opposed to deer hunter, which is more of a long pork thing. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/51 "2010-11-23T15:40:43Z")
So just so I’m clear, are we saying that this is _not_ the week to go for a pastoral stroll in my funny hat with the antlers on it that always gets a big laugh at Christmas parties? ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/52 "2010-11-23T15:59:11Z")
Taking time off for deer season - that is soooo quaint. Around here, Wyoming, deer season is mostly just a warm up for elk season. And yes, most schools are closed for the opening of elk season. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/53 "2010-11-23T17:27:58Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’m not sure how much hunters do to “thin the herd”. If you want to really thin the herd you kill the females, not the males. It varies by state. In MD, for instance, you’re allowed 10 (ten, not a typo) doe and 2 buck. To get your second buck you have to first bag a doe. This applies for each of bow, blackpowder, and rifle season, so a dedicated hunter could theoretically get 36 deer every fall. That’s for whitetail, you can also hunt sika deer although they have much lower bag limits. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544/54 "2010-11-23T17:33:47Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > So just so I’m clear, are we saying that this is _not_ the week to go for a pastoral stroll in my funny hat with the antlers on it that always gets a big laugh at Christmas parties? Let’s just say if you have a decent life insurance policy, and your wife should say to you “Freddy, you look a little stressed; perhaps you should just go for a stroll through the woods. That would cheer you up. But you must dress warm, so here, wear _this_ hat”, don’t do it. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deer-season-practically-a-national-holiday-who-knew/561544.md?page=2)