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A motivational speaker and owner of KK&B Financial Services for Seniors, Brad Liebe, has fond memories of Thanksgiving. However, Brad Liebe’s memories center on family, friends, and deer, not turkey. He was raised in Waupaca, Wisconsin, and a Thanksgiving Day tradition there is going deer hunting.
Deer hunting in Wisconsin is divided into separate seasons, for example, archery season, which occur at different times of the year. Hunting with a gun, or “gun deer season,” is usually allowed from mid-to-late November until early December. Of course, this is in line with Thanksgiving Day, so many people have grown up with the idea of hunting deer on Thanksgiving Day.
This is not to say that people are giving up the family ties and bonds of friendship that are always renewed and strengthened during Thanksgiving. During Wisconsin’s gun deer season, those bonds and ties are just in a different environment. Many people like to get together with family or friends and share a rooming cabin, eat a nice breakfast, pack a lunch, and go hunting. Some might just go out in the morning and try to get back in time for the afternoon feast. Those who stay in the cabins or just don’t make it back in time for the meal can usually find a local eatery that is serving Thanksgiving dinner and still get their fill of the holiday trimmings if they wish. However, for a lot of people across the upper-midwestern states, Thanksgiving isn’t the same without a good deer hunt.
Deer hunting in Wisconsin is divided into separate seasons, for example, archery season, which occur at different times of the year. Hunting with a gun, or “gun deer season,” is usually allowed from mid-to-late November until early December. Of course, this is in line with Thanksgiving Day, so many people have grown up with the idea of hunting deer on Thanksgiving Day.
This is not to say that people are giving up the family ties and bonds of friendship that are always renewed and strengthened during Thanksgiving. During Wisconsin’s gun deer season, those bonds and ties are just in a different environment. Many people like to get together with family or friends and share a rooming cabin, eat a nice breakfast, pack a lunch, and go hunting. Some might just go out in the morning and try to get back in time for the afternoon feast. Those who stay in the cabins or just don’t make it back in time for the meal can usually find a local eatery that is serving Thanksgiving dinner and still get their fill of the holiday trimmings if they wish. However, for a lot of people across the upper-midwestern states, Thanksgiving isn’t the same without a good deer hunt.
