Here's why I supprot Sunday hunting!!
 

So dove season opened yesterday. It gave many of us a chance to get back in the field. Bow season opens here in NC next Saturday. Here's one reason I support Sunday hunting...b/c I had to help my girlfriend paint all day!!!!! Besides the obvious, what are your reasons for supporting sunday hunting???

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weekends are many peoples days off, weekend warriors need sunday to hunt!

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I meant support...not supprot. See, the paint fumes are going to my head!![:@]

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Because in Pa,you can shop til you drop, drink and get drunk, get an "******" girl,gamble your a$$ off, and lose the ranchon Sundays. But you can't hunt? What's wrong with this picture? EVERYTHING!!!![:'(][:'(]

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I've been trying to figure this out for a long time and came to one conclusion in support of no Sunday hunting. Some states do not close public lands to all activities except hunting. Therefore you will have people wandering around the woods while hunters are hunting. Not a good situation. If states close them then I'd say great otherwise some kind of sharing needs to be done.

I think they should be closed as the state I hail from does. We've had people try and stop hunters only to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.

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The State Park that I hunt has people wandering around, hiking,even riding horseswhile others are hunting, all the time.And what about Saturdays? There's a lot of both types in the woods on Saturdays. Itmakes no sense![:'(]

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I agree with you there early in. Especially on the topic of state game lands. Sunday hunting on game lands should be legal. If landowners want the power to restrict Sunday hunting on their own property then I respect that.

I do get a decent amout of vacation days. But at my job they have to be scheduled well in advance. Right now I have scheduled 1-2 weekdays off each week of our PA bow season. The problem is let's say I fill my tags in the first week. I still have to use those remaining vacation days that I scheduled. I would love to have that extra day becauseI'd be able to leave home on a Friday night, spend Saturday and Sunday hunting and head back to work on Monday.

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No logical reason not to support hunting on Sundays, yetsome of these close-minded Eastern State choose tooppose it, likehere in WV.

WV is a great study in the area of emotional and hysterical politics when it comes to Sunday hunting. Several years ago, our then Governor Wise (aptly named in this issue) lifted the ban on Sunday hunting only to cause such an outrage, that referendums were then passed county by county re-instating the BAN. One of the main supporters of the re-instatement of "the ban"were church goers proclaiming that the "sound of guns" would drown out the preacher on Sundays. Holyhell, how rediculous is that?

Still, as crazy as it might seem, referendums past in about 48 or so(EVERY COUNTY THAT CALLED FOR A VOTE ON THE MATTER), out of 55 counties (a few of the counties have never brought the issue up for a county vote), thus insuring that most WVians will never get to hunt on Sundays. Idiots. Just one more backward policy of this beautiful yet ignorant state.

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We're fighting this right now in MD. Hunting public land on Sunday is not legal, but in some counties, Sunday hunting on private land is allowed. It's a tough battle, but if you really don't like it, you have to get involved and try to change it. That's what I did. I got in touch with my local representative and talked to him about it...via phone, e-mail and in person. He promised to sponsor a bill in the house that would allow Sunday hunting. He did as promised and it worked...to a degree. We did not get every Sunday, but we got a few more than we had before. Not state wide either, but in several counties. It's not all that we hunters wanted, but it's a start. Little by little, county by county and I think that eventually we will get all Sunday hunting legalized.
We are one of only 7 remaining states were Sunday is not allowed and in MD, it's the oldest "blue law" still on the books.
Bottom line...if you don't like it, get involved and do something to change it.

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Hunting is a FAMILY activity for many!!!! We should be able to enjoy our day doing a FAMILY activity that is not involving alcohol, gambling, etc.KeepingHunting on Sundays illegal isignorant,but only us hunters reallycare if we get to hunt onSundays.The anti's and those who don't hunt, could care less if we get to hunt on Sunday, so it's a matter of fighting an uphill battle in many cases. There's no rational reason for it, and it probably borders on being unconstitutional. Most of the old "BLUE BOOK" laws have been lifted, however this one is still lingering, and it is one that is the least "un-Christian" of the lot.

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I have gotten a heck of a lot more religion out of the woods than I have out of church in my life. You don't need a church to have a relationship with the Lord, trust me.

I do not suggest telling others what to do, or what they cannot do with their free time. As long as it does not infringe on others rights, have at it. I think gay marriages do more harm to our society than hunting on Sunday ever could.

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AMEN to that, if you can find a good God strong church thats great go but theres nothing like being out in the real thing...how many people do you know who goes on a fishin trip after church no biggy its a great way to get out... i in my on personal life do not shoot a firearm on Sunday...kinda a respect thing...and probably wouldnt hunt but i dont see anything wrong with it, its just my personal opinion. Maybe just archery on Sunday or something.

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Speaking of PA having some silly laws. They have a seatbelt law, but no helmet law. :eek:

I support it, but also if they open it up then there would need to be some changes made on the amount of deer, either-sex days, and length of the season you could harvest a deer.

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Agreed. It makes no sense. I still would have a hard time pulling the trigger knowing someone might be hurt or killed. No deer is worth that much to me. Some of the problem is that hunters are not trusted to feel this way. The total disreguard shown by a 60 year old man here who shot and killed his nephew before legal light, in fact it was not even close and must have been still dark,is a classic example. Kid was driving and the man shot at the sound.

Like I sid I've tried to come up with some rational reason's other than the blue state/religious reasons often quoted. I've never actually heard/read the states reason's (the conclusion is mine based on reading state regs of different states). Just can't believe it's a religious issue. That doesn't make any sense since, religion these days is trampled at will. Can't believe they would have any clout.

I've hunted states closed on sundays and don't like it either.

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How about how they pack kids on School Buses with NO SEATBELTS? Now that makes a whole lot of sense, doesn't it?:D[:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(]

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Those east coast blue laws are rediculous. Manifest Destiny, move west young man.;)

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I just posted about this on our team 10 board yesterday.Most working stiffs cant hunt weekday mornings and in some cases the evening hunt, or in worst case they cant hunt either.Then you have the weekend obstacles like bad weather on the your only weekend day to hunt, the to do lists, family stuff, erands, yard work, house work, chores, etc. Allowing a second weekend day would be a huge bonus.Something is seriously wrong here.

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how about because it is your right, i live in NC and cant stand not hunting on sundays, i have lived in Florida and Minnesota and thay dont have that dumb law

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sun mon doesnt matter in il we hunt oct1 -jan11 solid thank the lord

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We just got to hunt Sundays a couple years ago.MICH. The only place we could hunt was state land.You can just imagine what that was like.

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Wack 'em with your bible till they make it legal to hunt on Sunday!:D

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Seems like a, for lack of a better word, DUMB law.. I hadn't heard of a restriction like that before until about a year ago. rediculous..
You can bowhunt every day (except when thewife says"No")starting Sept 15th-thru Dec 31 in Minnesota.

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I wish we were thank lucky here in NC. Fortunately I can go to my farm in SC and hunt on Sunday's. It makes a trip down there worth while!!

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IfSunday isa good enough day for my pastor to hunt then it is a good enough day for me. That law is so lame. I understand the theory behind it but like someone mentioned already, hunting is a family activity. Heck some guys will get Saturday and Sunday to hunt and that is it.

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Fortunately I have 2 different spots within 15-20 minutes of the office so I head to the tree every afternoon. I enjoy hunting in the morning more than evenings but I take what I can get since I only have Sat. morning...unless I take vaction...save that for mid-November!!:D

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I have been retired since 1998 and Do Not support Sunday Hunting . Sundays are for FOOTBALL and I can hunt the other 6 days anyway ! :eek: :)

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You got three months in the state of Virginia to kill six deer, without Sundays. What's the problem? Can't speak for other states.

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In Pawe have about 4 months of archery ( 5-D unlimited antlerless tags)with no Sundays. It still SUCKS that we can't hunt Sunday for reasons previously mentioned. There's no "logical" reason for this! Plain, and very simple.;)

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I support hunting on Sundays . those are old stupid laws that should be taken off the books. There is suppose to be separation of church and state . Those laws are all religion based no other reason






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