The rate of decline in Virginia hunting licenses is alarming. From the Richmond Times Dispatch January 24 2011: "For 25 years, interest in hunting has been declining in Virginia. The number of hunting licenses issued annually is half what it was in 1974. Hunting licenses are down 1 percent to 2 percent every year, according to the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The number of licenses decreased from 253,425 in 2009 to 245,185 in 2010, or 3.3 percent." Link:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2...of--ar-793690/
At this rate during my lifetime there will not be enough hunters to support hunting as we know it today. One way to stop the loss is to give more opportunities to hunt, including Sunday hunting.