I'll tell you from first hand experience. I lived out west for a few years and out there every state that I hunted in had Sunday hunting and it affected absolutely nothing out there, one thing though, western states don't use dogs for the most part so the deer aren't all shook up from the dogs on Sundays like they are here. I would agree with not dropping dogs on Sunday.

The way I look atit is that VA is so conservative (by no means am I a liberal)that the lobbyists/legislature are/is concerned about people not attending Church on Sunday (so much for separation of church and state)....This is not only my opinion but the opinion of some low level legislaterswho have heard similar statements come from the some higher ups. All in all though if you've been going to go to church on Sunday for years, you're not going to stop just because of Sunday hunting. Now, if you haven't been attending church regularly over the years, Sunday hunting would be agood thingfor you except it doesn't appear that way in the eyes of the people who attend church on Sunday because we are, for a lack of better terms, "sinning". Seriously I had a long talk with a few guys the other day who work at the State Capitol and this is what they told me.

One more thing they said, and it has to do with money,........they said as you know hunting falls in during the Holidays........ think of all the money businesses would lose from men being out in the woods the whole weekendinstead of beingin the mall spending money for Christmas presents. So, once again there is always the economic factor. I could not believe what I was hearing on this one.

Personally,I think that it would give Blue Collar workers and the likea chance to take their sons/daughters out in the woods an extra day during the weekend. This is one more day to spend time in the woods with the kids, which is better than sitting in front of the tube,during the weekend because he can't afford to take days off (because overtime is good money)during the week cause he's gotta put food on the table and his only 2 days off are Saturday and Sunday. Look at it fromthat perspective......from a family man standpoint. And the biologists well........................... it hasn't affected herds in any of the western states. I seriously do not think an extra 8-10 days added onto the hunting season will affect anything, even though it is an extra day of hunting on the weekend.