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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