the number of infected deer by reducing contact between deer on the landscape, Korman said. The extended season affords that opportunity, Stainbrook said. " The goal of the extended season is simply to provide more time and increase hunter effi ciency, allowing them to more-fully utilize the antlerless allocation already available in WMUs where we are not meeting antlerless harvest targets, " he said. SEPTEMBER 2024 It was the option preferred by hunters, too, when asked in a survey when and where they'd like to see extra hunting time placed on the calendar, Korman said. The extended season provides hunters 16 days to hunt, four of them falling on either a Saturday or a holiday. Hunters will use them, if history is any guide. The Game Commission last year implemented an extended season on an 5 Jacob Dingel