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> Hunting deer at night is very, very illegal as the deer freeze when the light is shined at them.

Is that really the rationale? I would think risk of accidentally harming humans or property would significantly increase at night.

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Its a combination, that's one of the big rationals I've always heard. Also, enforcement of rules would be really painful at night. It probably would be very dangerous to be out there with some of the idiots who think they are hunters.

Same reason you can’t just set up a salt lick in your back yard and camp out.

That and the fact that it would be easier to get away without hunting without a tag since the state game department doesn’t have night patrols.

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