Sunday Hunting in Virginia
It looks like this issue may be heating up again. If you're supportive, this would be a good time to contact your representative at the VDGIF and contact the Governor to remind him of his campaign promise.
Sunday hunting on DGIF's radar
Let's say you ran a business that was slowly but steadily losing
customers. Yet by law you are allowed to be open only six days a
week, and the day you are closed could be one of your busiest days
for customer visits.
That's the challenge facing the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries because of the ban on Sunday hunting.
When the department recently raised license fees, many of the hunters
who complained about the increase cited the Sunday hunting ban as a
primary reason.
The game department can't change the law, and its leaders have been
skittish about getting anywhere near the controversial topic.
But that may be changing.
The topic of Sunday hunting is listed on the agenda of the board's
Wildlife and Boating Committee for its meeting Monday at 3 p.m. at
the department's office in Richmond.
The agenda for the full board meeting the next day hasn't been
released, but it seems likely that the committee's Sunday hunting
discussion will be addressed.
Even though the department can't change the law, the agency's general
approach to the topic certainly can affect the attitudes of
legislators who do make the laws.
The idea of eliminating the ban already has one important supporter
in Richmond. During his campaign last year Gov. Tim Kaine publicly
said he disagrees with the ban..
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