I HAVE 2 KIDS OF MY OWN AND MENTOR ANOTHER

From Dean,  I have 2 kids of my own and mentor another. Not counting my nieces and nephews. It’s hard keeping them interested in hunting. They are in sports so Saturday hunting is limited if they have a game. Sundays would open up another day to hunt for them. What I’m not understanding is the thinking if you include all the species that can be hunted it creates 16 more days to hunt a year. To the kids, that’s a lot. The only 2 Sunday’s that is going to make a huge amount of people in the woods would be the 2 weeks of rifle. As for the landowners or those that want to hike. We hunt a lot of tourist areas we see hikers, bikers, ATV and motorcycles almost every day we hunt. Those people just wear a color that doesn’t have brown or white in it. As for landowners just talk to those hunting your land and tell them they can’t hunt there on Sundays. We have farms that only let us hunt archery or shotgun. If those people you let hunt your land respect you as a landowner they will follow any laws or demands you have. I really think the only way to keep kids and other hunters interested is letting them hunt Sundays. We have guys we hunt with that only get a few hours (1-2) after work to hunt and their job requires overtime on Saturdays. They love the sport of hunting but every year they are asking if buying a license is worth it. They sit home Sundays looking for something to do or hunt other states. The fact that hunting is allowed on Sundays already for predators gives the ones against it no leg to stand on because if they are in the woods there are already hunters there on Sundays. Education is the key to Sunday hunting if the people against it would understand it already exists and anytime someone goes into the woods they wear bright colors ( any color other then brown, black or white ) will work they will be fine. If a hunter can’t see the difference between a person and an animal they shouldn’t have a gun. Think of the kids and future generations of hunters that can’t hunt because of school. I have to explain all the time to my kids why we can fish and do anything else on Sunday except hunt food.