Hearing for sunday hunting

[Leglifter]

 
Pennsylvania: Hearing on Sunday Hunting to Occur this Thursday

 

This Thursday, June 9, the Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee will hold a public hearing to consider ending the prohibition on Sunday hunting. This hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort, 777 Waterwheel Drive in Seven Springs.

 

The prohibition on Sunday hunting is an old blue law left on the books in just a handful of states. Hunters pump millions of dollars into habitat restoration and conservation and they are primarily responsible for healthy ecosystems throughout Pennsylvania. 

 

Many hunters cannot introduce their children or friends to hunting because Saturday is their only opportunity, and they are competing with the numerous organized sports and other activities.  Many hunters - be it young or old, novice or experienced - stop hunting because of the lack of opportunity, both in time and accessible land.  The addition of an extra day in the field increases a person’s available time to enjoy our hunting heritage.  This will invigorate essential hunter recruitment and retention efforts.

Sunday hunting will also bring a much-needed economic boost to rural areas.  Every day that hunters are in the field, they spend money on gasoline, food, lodging and the dozens of other incidentals that go along with a day’s hunt. The ripple effect of this spending can have a major impact on a rural town or county. Comprehensive research from the National Shooting Sports Foundation shows that allowing hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania would generate a total annual economic impact estimated at $764 million and create more than 8,000 jobs. This legislation will clearly help advance and preserve the Keystone State’s rich hunting traditions, while enhancing biodiversity and wildlife populations.

 

Please attend this hearing and voice your support for ending the Sunday hunting prohibition in Pennsylvania. Also, please contact members of the House Game and Fisheries Committee and urge them to support expanding Sunday hunting. Contact information for this committee can be found here.

 

This alert is posted at: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=6882.

 
 

 
 

 

 
 
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[foxtrot]

The church offerings might decline a bit..

[Lookn4Fur]

We should have the right to hunt on Sundays.  Then it would be up to the individual whether or not to hunt.

[Pa Goosehntr]

While I support Sunday hunting. ...With the Bible belt we live in I can see farmers saying "NO" to permissions, and just possibly not allowing hunting at all. In recent years I've seen a change of heart with alot of land owners, and the all might $$$$ has become an issue with landowners leasing their land. If approved I think we as predator hunters need to take it slow as most of our hunting is done at night or in the twilight hours and shouldn't impact the Sunday services. Just my .02¢

[Lookn4Fur]

I agree.

[savage05]

Here's to hoping!

[Lifes2fun]

Heres my only comment.....I hear so many complaining that the PGC is just out to kill all of the deer and that there are no deer left to hunt, yet so many want to add morehigh pressure days?

I see plenty of deer every day, but then again its my job to see them (I get every day just about to scout areas while I'm patroling)
Just food for thought I guess

[Lifes2fun]

btw...Im not against Sundays being opened to hunt for more game

[foxpro51]

. I do believe we should add groundhog to sunday hunting. The farmers hate them, there are millions out there and the hunters love to shoot them. Everyone wins on this one. No different then hunting crows or predators on sundays we do now..

[Lookn4Fur]

I'm looking at this as a step to get cats and coons legalized for Sunday hunting as well.

[longhair]

. I do believe we should add groundhog to sunday hunting. The farmers hate them, there are millions out there and the hunters love to shoot them. Everyone wins on this one. No different then hunting crows or predators on sundays we do now..

Been saying this for two years, but seems that once you brouch the subject of sunday hunting one wants this and another one wants that added into the mix. Unless you start with the BIGGEST pain for the landowners/farmers, it's a mote point. If they force it on the landowners/farmers, guess who's gonna get to hunt there...