It looks like the Sunday hunting is getting some attention again. Kicking off with a campaign to support Sunday Hunting.
Here are some benefits outlined in the article..and below are some links. I, for one, support that Sunday hunting be allowed............
1) Sunday hunting is permitted in 40 states including Ohio, New York, West Virginia, and Maryland
2) This is the last surviving Blue Law. PA had a Blue Law that made Fishing illegal on Sunday, however it was repealed in 1937 !
3) According to the recent study by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, time constraints appear to be the biggest barrier to increasing hunting participation. Hunting license sales have fallen 28% in Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2007. Projections indicate another 24% decline by 2025. By allowing Sunday hunting, it would be a major step to address the problem in PA.
4) By allowing Sunday hunting, it would provide a huge financial impact. A study by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee concluded that 5,300 jobs would be added.
5) In addition, if PA permitted Sunday Hunting the financial impact would be $629 million annually !
Currently Govenor Ed Rendell and the Pennsylvania Federation of SPortsmand Clubs currently are against Sunday Hunting but are slowly considering some options.
If you reside or hunt in PA and would like to learn more about expanding your hunting opportunities in the Keystone State, you are urged to contact the Governor's Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation @ 717-772-3292
I WANT SUNDAY HUNTING. It's as simple as that. Because of my Dad's job and my enrollment in school the number one deterrant for time in this woods is the issure of time constraints. Many blue collar workers cannot take off the number of days they want to just to hunt. By allowing Sunday hunting thousands more people would be eligible to spend more time in the woods.
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Gary Lewis Jr.
PA Forestry and Wildlife Consultants, LLC.
QDMA Life Member
Vice President Central PA QDMA
Associate Director PA QDMA State Chapter
With some working on Saturdays and kids being more active in sports like soccer, Sunday hunting only makes sense. What I don't understand is those that oppose it, yet travel west to hunt elk or deer....but hunt Sunday's there.
I say, if its good enough to hunt elsewhere on Sunday and fish here on Sunday, then we should have Sunday hunting...
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ORIGINAL: glew22
I WANT SUNDAY HUNTING. It's as simple as that. Because of my Dad's job and my enrollment in school the number one deterrant for time in this woods is the issure of time constraints. Many blue collar workers cannot take off the number of days they want to just to hunt. By allowing Sunday hunting thousands more people would be eligible to spend more time in the woods.
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Hoyt Carbon Element
G5 Striker Broadhead
RMEF Life Member French Creek Chapter Volunteer Erie, Pennsylvania
The first place you'll see it implemented is with Spring Gobbler. Mark my words right now, spring gobbler.
My buddy Ray Smith, former owner of River Valley Game Calls, now the National Director for the NWTF speaks in front of the PGC often. His one speech was on Sunday hunting and afterwards several PGC higer ups as well as our state Reps asked Ray for a copy of his speech. They couldn't agree more than to allow Sunday hunting for at least spring gobblers. He included, "why on earth would an out of state hunter by a PA nonresident license to hunt turkeys in this state when all he can hunt is Saturday and only to noon. At least Sunday would afford the guy a second day and perhaps non resident sales would increase".
Of course, revenue for the PGC was/is a major concern.
The one major reason that law (no Sunday hunting) has been enforced is farmers DO NOT want Sunday hunting. They claim the deer need a day of rest from being pushed to death, as anyone that hunts PA knows. Many picketed the possible allowance claiming they will close their farms to hunting all together if Sunday hunting was allowed. Farmers and anti's won and Sunday hunting is still not allowed.
Ray's claim, why punish thousands upon thousand of public land hunters because some farmers don't want hunting on their lands. If these farmers don't want Sunday hunting they can tell their permission that NO Sunday hunting. They can regulate their own land to their needs.
They claim they need a day that no guns are being fired. BS, the rifle season is 2 weeks long, that's 2 Sundays. It's a big joke.
But again, you watch, turkeys first to open the door.
The first place you'll see it implemented is with Spring Gobbler. Mark my words right now, spring gobbler.
My buddy Ray Smith, former owner of River Valley Game Calls, now the National Director for the NWTF speaks in front of the PGC often. His one speech was on Sunday hunting and afterwards several PGC higer ups as well as our state Reps asked Ray for a copy of his speech. They couldn't agree more than to allow Sunday hunting for at least spring gobblers. He included, "why on earth would an out of state hunter by a PA nonresident license to hunt turkeys in this state when all he can hunt is Saturday and only to noon. At least Sunday would afford the guy a second day and perhaps non resident sales would increase".
Of course, revenue for the PGC was/is a major concern.
The one major reason that law (no Sunday hunting) has been enforced is farmers DO NOT want Sunday hunting. They claim the deer need a day of rest from being pushed to death, as anyone that hunts PA knows. Many picketed the possible allowance claiming they will close their farms to hunting all together if Sunday hunting was allowed. Farmers and anti's won and Sunday hunting is still not allowed.
Ray's claim, why punish thousands upon thousand of public land hunters because some farmers don't want hunting on their lands. If these farmers don't want Sunday hunting they can tell their permission that NO Sunday hunting. They can regulate their own land to their needs.
They claim they need a day that no guns are being fired. BS, the rifle season is 2 weeks long, that's 2 Sundays. It's a big joke.
But again, you watch, turkeys first to open the door.
Makes sense. If history is representative of the future, any major changes made to PA hunting seasons by the PA game commission are still a ways off. Your remark about the increased non-resident license revenue is VERY valid, especially right now when the PGC is having funding/budget issues. There's already a proposed (or has it passed) license price roadmap (increases so many $$ each year).
Sunday Hunting in PA - HB 779 PLEASE READ
