RE: connecticut
 

CT S.B. 605 Sunday Hunting
Bill Number: S.B. 605
Bill Sponsor(s): Joint Committee on Environment

Last Action: 3/20/06: Reported favorably from the Joint Committee on Environment.


Specifies that the commissioner of environmental protection may allow Sunday hunting with a bow and arrow on private property in areas designated by the commissioner to require additional management to control game species overpopulation.

http://search.cga.state.ct.us/2006/TOB/S/2006SB-00605-R00-SB.htm
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=60 5&which_year=2006

RE: connecticut
 

Hi DJBAD
Collchester is a great town and pretty much any private land that you can get in CT is great.If your parents never let anyone hunt on that land,it could be loaded.

Thanks for the info CTBuckkilla

RE: connecticut
 

Hey guys, New guy here.
I'm from Seymour and hunt State and private land in Zones 7 and 11 mostly.

As far as Sunday hunting goes, it's not official yet. The bill made it outof the environmental commitee and now heads to the Senate. We still need to communicate with out Senators and House Reps to voice our approval of this bill. Check out the United Bowhunters of CT and Coalition of CT Sportsmen websites for more info and info on how you can help.
This is the closest we've ever been. It would suck to loose it now.


www.ctsportsmen.com- Coalition of CT Sportsmen
www.bowsite.com/ubc/- United Bowhunters of CT

RE: connecticut
 

Hi,

I hunt eastern Litchfield county - Goshen, Harwinton, Burlington, etc. and occasionally get up to the Canaan area. .

Usually get a few deer (private land) and do well on birds, pheasant, woodcock, and the odd grouse. I also try to take an annual trip to Maine (birds) or Canada (been to Anticosti a few times).

I don't see much of a future for huinting in this state. Open land is getting scarce and the number of hunters is going down.

RE: connecticut
 

You can say that again. Buddies property up in zone 2 is going bye bye this year. If it wasn't for my parents property that butts up against 100s of acres of water company I would be only left to hunt public land.

I see major overbuilding all over the place and with the increased property rates and the taxes to go with it. Who the hell can afford open land anymore. [:o]

RE: connecticut
 

thats awesome if we could get some sunday hunting

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I do a lot of hunting in NJ where there is no sunday hunting. Of all the things which affect young hunters going into the woods, I think that this ridiculous restriction is second right behind age restrictions. Prospective hunters are still in school when the make or break time comes which will pretty much decide whether or not they take up our great sport. The weekends are crucial towards bringing kids out into the field.

Good luck up there, I hope you guys get Sunday hunting and the benefits it will certainly bring!

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glad that im still in highschool and get out everyweekend when i go to college if i dont get out alot ill go crazy

RE: connecticut
 

Senate scales back ban on Sunday hunting
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4758078&nav=3YeX

(Hartford-AP, Apr. 11, 2006 7:30 PM) _ The state moved closer today to scaling back its long-time ban on Sunday hunting.
The Senate voted 27-to-8 in favor of legislation that would allow limited bow and arrow hunting of deer on private lands on Sundays.
The bill awaits action in the House of Representatives.
Supporters say it's a conservation measure to address a serious environmental impact because of overpopulation of deer.
Some senators say they have safety concerns about providing hunters another day in the woods.
The ban on Sunday hunting dates back to colonial times. But the Department of Environmental Protection claims an extra day of hunting is needed as a wildlife management tool to help cull the increasing numbers of deer that are flourishing in some parts of the state.
The bill allows the DEP commissioner to designate bow hunting on Sundays on private lands, with permission of the landowners, where there is an overpopulation of certain wildlife.

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Saftey Concerns? Is Sunday hutning somehow more dangerous? Are they afraid of hungover guys going out into the woods and launching an arrow at someone on the Lord's Day?