ButchA

Happy New Year everyone...

I wanted to let you all know that as of now, I went into that petition online site with my Admin password and closed out the petition. It served a purpose, got my voice heard, but that's about it.

I used the Admin tools and had the site tally up all the signatures and deliver it to the General Assembly. Lord only knows what they will do with it. Probably just laugh...

Hey, I tried...

ugmo2

Thanks for your support. I signed it as well as many other Virginia outdoorsman did. I hope the right people see and take our votes and comments with great consideration.

VAhuntr

Hopefullysometime in the future VA will wake up andallow hunting onSundays.

ButchA

Check out this email I got today:

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Mr. Ammon:

Sen. Wagner has put in a bill this session to allow Sunday hunting. He owns a shipyard and a lot of the employees hunt and often have to work overtime on Saturdays, hence Sunday being the only day they could hunt. I've never been able to understand how it's okay to fish and not hunt.

These bills are always shot down (I can't tell you how many times this has been introduced in my 15 years at the legislature). When the bill is heard, it would help to have supporters there. There is a Sportsmen's Caucus now (organized by Sen. Deeds a few years ago, so there are legislators who hunt--Del Abbitt, an avid hunter, has put a Sunday hunting bill in a few times himself).

Sen. Wagner will do his best this year. If you want to testify, I'll call you as far in advance as I can of the bill being heard.

Best,

Debbie Scott

Debra Scott, Legislative Aide
Senator Frank Wagner's Office
PO Box 68008
Virginia Beach VA 23471
Phone: 757-671-2250
Fax: 757-244-7866

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Virginia Mike

That seems promising Butch. Thanks for sharing that with us. I would be interested in testifying or going down there with you when the time comes. I am a lifelong Virginian and a small business owner here in the Commonwealth and have been hunting since I was 8 years old. I have a degree in Poly Science and would love to help on this debate. Can you send the email address for this Debra Scott so I can email her and throw my name in to testify?

Mike

ButchA

VA Mike,

PM Sent.

Invented

keep on dreamin' in the free world ... ain't gonna happen

ButchA

Please.....

Virginia can't keep living in 1877 now, can it? Eventually, there will be Sunday hunting in Virginia. That is a fact!

virginiashadow

Butch, I will talk as well if you need support...I was a public school teacher for 6 years and now work for the local government with at-risk youth at a juvenile lock up facility.....I could use that spin on the bill if you like.....more hobbies/time spent with family=less trouble with the law and a tighter family unit. I have a degree in Government from William and Mary. They need to see that people from all walks of life would enjoy the possibility of Sunday hunting....blue collar/white collar, rich/poor....it does not matter, we are all one group.

virginiashadow

Butch, here is a link to a thread I started about this on the deer hunting forum..has some good opinions and thoughts:

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2488017

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