Thanks,
@RaceBannon (it's more dry here,the rifles and shotguns didn't come out of the rifle racks in the pickups until the Gun Free School Zones act...
In hunting season at this latitude, the days are noticeably shorter (trending down toward 8 hours of daylight in midwinter), and the High Schoolers could get more time in the field hunting if they had their gun with them when they left school.