I, too, hate hunting season. We live in the city, so we don't have the hunters around. But I remember what happened when we would go to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving when we had our Weimaraner when I was growing up. We always had to keep a close eye on her, because the stupid hunters that shoot at anything that moves, would shoot her. I have a real problem with people who do things like that with any animal. My question is, if you have dogs chase down the deer or use a deer stand (since deer don't have any natural enemies in the trees, so therefore don't look up) where is the sport? Unless the people need the meat or that's the meat they use for the winter, I feel the same way Daisy's Mom...there is no point.