Businesses like gas stations and restaurants in the Upper Peninsula look forward to hunting season. The frequent ring of the register is music to their ears.
And, oh yes, the U.P.'s only strip club also cashes in on the action.
"Ok boys! We are almost a week into hunting season," says a weekend post at its Facebook page. "If you haven't been to Big Bon's then get your booties there!"
John Carlisle of the Detroit Free Press writes:
During Michigan’s two-week firearm deer season from Nov. 15-30, it’s not just the restaurants, bars and stores Up North that look forward to the influx of hunters and the extra income they bring. At the only strip club in the entire U.P., hunting season is like Christmas.
“We probably do 20 to 30% of our business during firearm deer season,” said Lisa Storti, the 54-year-old owner of Big Bon’s in Rock, a roadhouse-style bar along a desolate highway in the U.P. wilderness. “We are right in deer-hunting territory. This is where people’s camps are. And hunting season is huge for us.”
