Sunday Hunting ban
12-03-2007, 10:48 PM
#11
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 37
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
We have sunday hunting all week in WI. And beer any day as well. The sunday ban is sort of an eastern thing. From what I understand, it goes back to the puritins who didn't want anyone doing anything on sunday. Well, I'll tell you, if I wasn't out hunting, I'd probably have to be fixing something around the house. Which one is more work?
I think the whole ban is stupid, but from what I've read, the anti-hunters make it hard to change the law.
I think the whole ban is stupid, but from what I've read, the anti-hunters make it hard to change the law.
12-04-2007, 07:39 AM
#13
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
I read an article on the whole blue law thing a few days ago. Evidentally, in 1961 there was a Supreme Court ruling which upheld states rights to ban particular activities on sunday in some circumstances. to me its the most blatant exampleof blurring the line between church and state that i have seen. I dont buy into the whole game management angle that some defenders of the ban have asserted. i've seen at least one lengthy discussion by a DNR expert who said that there was inconclusive evidence in this regard.
12-04-2007, 08:14 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia / West Virginia
Posts: 4,906
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
Unlikely it will change anytime soon. This issue has been beat up and down, year after year. I live and hunt in VA, and also alot in WV. A few years ago they changed WV to allow Sunday in some counties, to be voted on by the residents of the county. Most voted it down. Same thing would happen in VA. Everytime someone brings it up, its gets shot down. Lots of folks in the east go to church on Sundays, and that plays a big part in it. It doesn't really matter to me either way. Suprisingly ALOT of hunters don't want Sunday hunting.
12-04-2007, 08:38 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: charlottesville, virginia
Posts: 1,732
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
not sure how i feel about the topic exactly, i remember last year reading where they wanted to allow like three sundays to be open for hunting or something...that may not be a bad idea....maybe like two weeks of muzzleloading and a week of bow season could be open to hunters on sundays...during rifle, though, one day out of the woods during a time when the woods are so pressured seems like a good thing
12-04-2007, 10:08 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 2,414
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
ORIGINAL: rockpile rob
i used to hunt real hard, now sunday is my only day off and for the past 2 yrs i got out 5 days. pa will never change its hunting laws but i heard west virginia is able to hunt sundays, that might be my next option.
i used to hunt real hard, now sunday is my only day off and for the past 2 yrs i got out 5 days. pa will never change its hunting laws but i heard west virginia is able to hunt sundays, that might be my next option.
The state of WV says we can hunt on Sundays. BUT most of the countieshave laws against itand you can not hunt on Sunday on public property.
12-04-2007, 12:03 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: Sunday Hunting ban
On some weeks my only days off are Sunday/Monday which means I can only get a 1/2 day hunt in any given week. I do not believe it is fair to me to not be able to do something legal on Sunday. The woods are my church.I feel strongly about this, but in VA the Sunday hunting initiative has been shut down time and time again...they don't care about what we want nor do they think they have to defend a law that not only violates the separation of church and state, but also in my opinion, equal protection laws.