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6. Midwest. Iowa, specifically.

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I have taught school and never taught on the Monday after Thanksgiving. I live in SW PA and taught for 43 years. [View all] debm55 Nov 2023 OP

We never had anything like that. When I was in school rsdsharp Nov 2023 #1

What region are you in. debm55 Nov 2023 #3

Midwest. Iowa, specifically. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #6

Nope... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #2

I can see that. But taking a young child deer hunting and driving around with the dead deer on the hood of your car is debm55 Nov 2023 #4

This is your opinion. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2023 #9

Yep it is, I don't think a child should be a witness to a deer being killed and gutted. Maybe HS but not elementary or debm55 Nov 2023 #10

Why not? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2023 #16

It's not uncommon around here. 2naSalit Nov 2023 #17

I am the opposite. This is "man" time around here. I see it as a sport with very few eating it. Used to have men with debm55 Nov 2023 #21

Wild game Zeitghost Nov 2023 #43

Should kids that live on farms not see where their meals com from? forthemiddle Nov 2023 #37

It's a way of life forthemiddle Nov 2023 #36

Some of these people on here.. DemocratInPa Nov 2023 #39

I live in SW Pa and must say.. DemocratInPa Nov 2023 #38

Kids who go hunting learn more about animal behavior, ecology, and anatomy, than.. SYFROYH Nov 2023 #45

For lots of people, it's survival jimfields33 Nov 2023 #52

In a residential suburban area? I see your point , but take it out of a place where residents are not living. debm55 Nov 2023 #55

Not in my area (DC area). 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2023 #5

Works for me. Firearms season starts on a Saturday here, so it's not an issue. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2023 #7

The County I just moved out of used to produce a good percentage Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #8

For me, that doesn't bother me. But having young children seeing a deer killed and gutted does. Working a harvest is debm55 Nov 2023 #12

I know what you mean. Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #15

Good. debm55 Nov 2023 #22

What about kids living on a farm? Happy Hoosier Nov 2023 #34

That had to have been after my school days WVreaper Nov 2023 #11

Wow, the whole week? Now archery season started I think started in September or October and no school was missed. debm55 Nov 2023 #13

Remember Thanksgiving WVreaper Nov 2023 #35

if there's low attendance that day, they might lose $ pstokely Nov 2023 #14

Here in PA , we have to get 180 teaching days in, So the day is built in else where. Under 180 days and you lose your debm55 Nov 2023 #19

been teaching 20 years in southern Illinois... jcgoldie Nov 2023 #18

It must be a regional thing here in SW PA. TY debm55 Nov 2023 #20

In Texas, hunting season begins November 1. summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #23

School was always closed for the first day of hunting where I grew up kaycee22 Nov 2023 #24

I do believe this is highly local ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #25

I have lived in a total of eight different states, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #26

That would be a terrible position for the Democratic Party to take. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #29

In Nor Cal it was the first day of Ski season. tirebiter Nov 2023 #27

When I was really young, my first couple of school years, Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #28

Thanks for posting. Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, here. John1956PA Nov 2023 #30

I live in Allegheny. Thank you John for your post. debm55 Nov 2023 #40

You are welcome. Thank you for raising this interesting subject. John1956PA Nov 2023 #42

You are welcome. debm55 Nov 2023 #46

Not Around Here, Deb ProfessorGAC Nov 2023 #31

I'm not in a rural area. I live about 10 miles south of Pittsburgh. debm55 Nov 2023 #44

Different Here ProfessorGAC Nov 2023 #48

The thing is is a residential area with the woods but not many. I know I am off subject. But seeing them walk down your debm55 Nov 2023 #49

Geez! ProfessorGAC Nov 2023 #50

It is like that here, I really find it dangerous. debm55 Nov 2023 #56

I live in a residential area. but I see archers and gunners walking down the street. Are there woods around here? No. debm55 Nov 2023 #47

My south central PA experience hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2023 #32

Are there no grocery stores in Iowa? tavernier Nov 2023 #33

I live in SW PA in Allegheny county. I live in a residential area. They cut down the woods behind my home to build the debm55 Nov 2023 #41

My daughter has a farm in southeastern Indiana. tavernier Nov 2023 #57

Wisconsin Has It In Certain Parts Of The State WiVoter Nov 2023 #51

In remote NorCal we didn't get any days off pfitz59 Nov 2023 #53

I taught from 1980 to 2013 in Phoenix ChazII Nov 2023 #54