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Empire Home >> New York Deer Hunting >> How Has the Change to a Saturday Gun Season Opener in the Southern Zone Affected Your Deer Hunting and Deer Hunting in Your Area? Empire Hunting Survey: How Has the Change to a Saturday Gun Season Opener in the Southern Zone Affected Your Deer Hunting and Deer Hunting in Your Area? Click Here for Results By Request, Paul writes in and asks: Can you run a survey on how many days a hunter spends in the field. Ever since the DEC change the opener to Saturday, it seems their is little or no hunting pressure. Did people use to take the first week off, and are they just hunting the weekends now? We sure can and that is not a bad idea Paul. How has the change to a Saturday opener in the Southern Zone for regular gun season affected your deer hunting habits or deer hunting in general in your area? Do you hunt more? Less? More on weekends? Please complete the Empire Hunting Days in Field Survey. #1. Do you find yourself hunting less during the week since the gun season for deer was changed to open on Saturday? YesNo     #2. Do you still take the first week of deer season off since the change to the Saturday opener? YesNoI never took the first week off before     #3. Which would you prefer to see the opening day occur on? SaturdayMondaySame date each year regardless of day     #4. Do you feel hunting pressure has gone up on OPENING DAY since the opener of deer season was changed to Saturday? YesNo     #5. Do you feel hunting pressure has gone down DURING THE WEEK since the opener of deer season was changed to Saturday? YesNo     #6. Have you cut back on the number of days you hunt during the week since the season was changed to a Saturday opener? YesNo     #7. Have you INCREASED the number of days you hunt during the week since the season was changed to a Saturday opener? YesNo     #8. Do you find yourself being more picky over what you shoot since the opener changed to Saturday? YesNo     #9. Aside from the obvious additional days added to the season, has the change to a Saturday opener given you more opportunity to hunt than you had before? YesNo     #10. Do you hear more shooting on opening day since it was changed to Saturday? MoreLessSame     #11. Do you feel that the change to a Saturday opener has led to a higher deer harvest in your area on opening day? YesNo     Add any additional comments you have about how the change to a Saturday opener has, or has not, changed your deer hunting habits or the overall activity of hunters throughout the season. Comments are 100% optional, 100% anonymous, and will not be tied to your survey answers. If you would like to add your name then feel free. Name (optional): Add Comments This Website is privately owned and not associated with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. © 2008 Empire Hunting www.empirehunting.com