Opponents of Saturday deer opener cite negative economic, social impacts

By PATRICK VARINE

Trib Total Media

A few years ago, Randy Santucci’s deer hunting season would begin at a leisurely pace once Thanksgiving was over. “People would start trickling into camp on Saturday, we’d do a campfire Saturday night, my brother would fly in from South Carolina with a bunch of dove breasts from hunting, and I’d bring walleye,” said Santucci, 63, of McKees Rocks. “That’s the experience that brings kids and young hunters into the fold.”

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