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WVreaper

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11. That had to have been after my school days

Sun Nov 19, 2023, 12:47 AM

Nov 2023

I grew up in southwestern Pa and I can't remember having the first day of deer season with no school, but that was over fifty years ago. I now live in West Virginia . Deer season here starts the Monday before Thanksgiving so they close school for the entire week. It's not for the kids or the teachers but rather the bus drivers and custodial employees of the schools.

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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