The whole season is not that long to begin with. I have no problem with sharing the woods with hunters. Not to mention there are plenty of places to go where people don’t hunt. It also puts food on the table for some whom really need it. Otherwise rumor is it’s a great time to take a beach vacation down south somewhere.
What do you consider to be “not that long”? Because big game season totals 3+ months between bear, deer, and moose, depending on where the weekends fall. Though bear season itself is 3 months, basically from the end of August to the end of November, which covers both deer and moose seasons. Factoring in non-big-game seasons there are hunters in the woods the entire year - daytime coyote season is Jan 1 - Dec 31.
Blaze orange regulations are nothing but a means of absolving hunters of the need to 100% positively identify what they’re shooting at. There is not a single part of a human body that can possibly be mis-identified as anything but part of a human body, regardless of the color of clothing being worn, if the time and effort is taken to identify what you’re looking at. What they do is put hunters in the mindset that shooting at noises or movements is fine as long as there’s no blaze orange there. Not all of them, but enough of them.
I have no problem sharing the woods with hunters; I was an avid hunter in 3 states (small game in ME as a teen, small game and deer in NC & GA while in the army) but haven’t hunted in 30 years. I live in the middle of the most heavily-hunted area of Maine, and while I haven’t asked friends & acquaintances who hunt (multiple species & seasons) what their stance on Sunday hunting is none of them have ever mentioned that it should be allowed. My theory is that it’s mostly out-of-staters - whom I have absolutely no problem with, whether hunters, fishermen, snowmobilers, or ATVers, regardless of how much they increase traffic in town - who push for it. And probably guides they hunt with.
