Ep. 365: The Biggest Controversy Dividing Pennsylvania Hunters - The Saturday Deer Season Opener with Becca Latini and Jennifer Guerriero

Beau Martonik is joined by Becca Latini and Jennifer Guerriero. The change of the opening day of rifle season in Pennsylvania from Monday to Saturday has been one of the most polarizing and controversial issues. They discuss deer camp traditions, what happened with the opener change, impacts on small business owners, hunter surveys, dissecting the numbers, proposed solutions, how to voice your opinion and much more!

Topics:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:10:10 - Becca Latini background and deer camp traditions

00:11:55 - Jennifer Guerriero background and deer camp traditions

00:14:20 - The most important things you need in a deer camp

00:24:20 - Benefits of deer camp for youth

00:27:40 - Most memorable stories from deer camp

00:33:37 - Anyone can get good at hunting

00:35:30 - PA Deer season opener changed from Monday to Saturday in 2019

00:40:10 - How the deer season opener change impacted Jennifer

00:42:50 - Did the Saturday opener positively affect women?

00:46:40 - Impact on small businesses in rural areas

00:48:40 - “This just doesn’t feel fun anymore”

00:50:22 - Youth hunter retention

00:54:06 - Does the change affect wildlife conservation?

00:59:35 - Hunter surveys

01:01:53 - Dissecting the numbers on tag sale increases - Jennifer's video


01:06:55 - Proposed solutions

01:16:00 - What you can do to voice your opinion


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