Of course the drinking while hunting is unacceptable. There are idiots everywhere but that's not what we are talking about here.

Having 6 weeks of bow season prior to the gun season sure tempers the disruption of gun season for me. I don't really see the pressure that a lot of folks talk about either. And I hunt public land for a lot of the gun season.

48% of the deer killed during gun season 2012 were killed after opening weekend. 42% of the antlered deer were killed after opening weekend. Approximately 60% of all deer killed with a gun in 2012 were killed after opening weekend of gun season.

So stay out there. A lot of success is based on confidence.