Someone said that it was still in the Book to remember the sabbath yes this is so , but the sabbath is the seventh day of the week, with is Saturday not Sunday the first week.

Md starts bow 15 sept every year except if the 15th is on a Sunday then it starts the 16th. NoVa urban bow goes til the end of March both with no breaks in between
Gun is a little different but still very liberal in respect to the old days

Hey boys! Sit on your Ass, Light up A Camel, This is "The Promised Land"

ok I have watched this forum for awhile and listened to everyones opinions... I personally owuld love to see Sunday hunting ban lifted.. I will help in anyway I can with this cause.....

I however have onpost on this thread that makes me boil everytime I read it... Now I have been on here for awhile and have met some of you guys off here and hunted with a few others... while my first love is a bow in hand.. I do also like a bp and picking up the old shotgun a few times a year as well... maybe not so much for the actual season but for the friendships and memories that each weapon brings to mind.. I would feel that I am not some wild card or irresponsible hunter (ask Va Savage who spent 4 days on a hunt with me) and there are those whom I talk with on here when I am on here... my point is this... and I hate to point a finger but Pearl Jam labeled all hunters who use dogs to deer hunt with as redneck slobs who dont care about the game..... that p*sses me off to no end... Pearl maybe the groups aroudn your land are not the most responsible ones.. lord knows there are groups that arent but there are also plenty of people who pick up a gun the night before season opens and put it in a case and head to the woods and shot a gun they havent picked up since last year how responsibel is that.. or the ones who shot at movment or the ones who shot and hit an animal and since it doesnt drop in front of them or doesnt leave a blood trail a foot wide they feiil they nicked it and dont look for it... how responsible are these people??? not very!! I for one have hunted with dogs over the years and I still do a few times a year.... the group I have been doing this with has a QDM program in place and yes that means they shot alot of does but that also means they let alot fo close bucks go unless they are sure of the size.... I try to not attack people and I am not attacking you as you have of all people who hunt with dogs but I feel your statement was way out of line. I know guys who dog hunt that should not have a drivers permit let alone a hunting permit and yes they are slobs.... but dear god DO NOT LUMP ALL PEOPLE WHO participate in this time honored southern tradition as redneck slobs I know a few lawyers in northern va that hunt with dogs as well as alot of buisness owners. I have to take a minute to wonder if you are native to Va or are you a transplant that comes here and does not like the use of dogs hunting.. which is fine you do not have to like it.. and then decides they want it stoped because they dont like it...if that is the case I invite you to return to a state or a portion of Va where it is not allowed therefor it does not bother you as much...Also for the deer needing a day of rest around here most of them time the deer have most of the week aside from fridays or saturdays to rest unless it is a holiday week then yes they hunt more.

Once again I am not attacking you but the lumping together touches a nerve with me. I welcome the chance to "talk about " this with you or even have you tag along next season to see how the groups I associate with do it so that maybe it will change your veiw of all of us...

There are certain aspects of certain types of hunting I do not agree with but I do not feel they should be banned... a hunter wanting to ban another style of hunting is nothing more than a member of PETA without a card I feel.... there way or no way.... I will support 100% any method of hunting as long as it is legal... Once we start to turn on each other and try to ban other styles of hunting then all we are doing is helping PETA and other animal rights nuts......

I am not askign you to like any style of hunting... but not lump everyone who does together...

Thanks

Justin

VA Head Hunter,

Several localities across the state participate in the urban archery program. The season began September 18, 2004 and will close March 26, 2005. You can read up on it at the VDGIF website.

I'm getting off the original topic here but I really wish VA would open archery season in September. I live less than 5 minutes from NC and their season began September 11. If the deer population continues to grow I think it will eventually happen. However, I think we as hunters need to unite and contact our representatives about this.

I admire you & your profession,Bro... but this statement could be used by those who frequent taverns...or run casinos...or any of 1000 things that have 6 other days to " relax"... ( and as a LE man, you see enough of what alcohol does ANY day of the week)I grew up hunting here in WV.. it's a part of American heritage..but not quite as important to the American heritage as the foundation..and that's what this thread is about.. hunting on SUNDAYS... I will say that those who believe Sat is the Sabbath( & they have that right!)are the ONLY ones who have a gripe with no Sun hunting...and a legitimate gripe!! I have no answers for those people...but I do know that most of those religins forbid the eating od certain meats.. not pos as to where deer/other game fit in there...

...depends upon which calender that was used during that time,don't it... and it's NOT the same calender we use today.

Sundays are for MORE than hunters,Bro... and the "outcry" came from ALL over the sate...you obviously had friends that were in the minority....
..BTW...as for my job, I'm helping those who FOUGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM,but that may not mean much to you ,huh?......and thank God the Heaven/Hell decision isn't yours to make.....

I'm not sure...but I'd bet that the vast MAJORITY of the states are west of the Mississippi(where populations were scarce when hunting was allowed on Sundays)....weren't too many churchs out west when those laws were passed,I'm guessing.....don't know,just assuming...

Rem1100,

Can I ask a straightforward question: Are you FOR or AGAINST allowing hunting on Sundays?

Most people I know are for allowing it after all these years (heck, centuries - for that matter!)

I have an old USCG buddy of mine who's from Oklahoma and grew up hunting. We've kept in touch throughout the years. I've told him about Virginia and how you can't hunt on Sundays. He can't believe it and said that if Oklahoma did that, he'd either quit hunting or move to another state!

{knocks on door... Hello? Hello law makers for the state of Virginia? May I respectfully remind you that it is 2005 and not 1805? It is time to update the laws and be current with the times and abolish the "Blue Laws". Thank you.}

Butch A.

REM QUOTE: I'm not sure...but I'd bet that the vast MAJORITY of the states are west of the Mississippi(where populations were scarce when hunting was allowed on Sundays)....weren't too many churchs out west when those laws were passed,I'm guessing.....don't know,just assuming...


regardless where the states are the point is that 43 allow it so that is the majority of the country nomatter where in the country it is. and im sure we all appreciate the work our troops are doing sucuring our freedom so lets not start a thread on that subject