Sunday Hunting

[drkillemquick]

Hi guys, I don't know if this has been posted before or not, but what do you think of gun hunting on Sundays?
I was raised that sundays was a day for church and family.
My province has made it legal to hunt on Sundays starting this year and they are facing some opposition. Where do I place my support? While I feel for the guy who has a hard time getting out to hunt the other six days of the week, I also feel that gradually they are making Sunday into just another day of the week! Just wondered what the feelings were out there about this?

[OJR]

Sunday hunting should be allowed! It isn't any different from any other day of the week!

[heathcoerracin]

I think it should be legal...but i would never go, unless it was after church. I agree, Sunday is God's day. But i guess we all have our choice

[SUGARKAHNE]

This is kind of a touchy issue. I don't really think it should be illegal, but that's not something I'd do. I think the Lord's Day should be respected and so I stay out of the woods on Sunday.

[Strut10]

Hey........it's coming down to governments letting gays get married. So why not make Sunday hunting legal? It's not legal, here in PA (neither of 'em ). But the push is big and growing. What I see coming is closing of private land en masse. I personally know of several thousand acres of private land that's open to anyone who'll ask permission. Most of that will be closed 7 days a week if Sunday hunting is legalized. There's a lot more "old fashioned" values hereabouts than one might imagine. I come from a family where my grandparents were dairy farmers. The only thing that was done on Sunday was milking (you can't not) and church going. Sunday's meals were prepared on Saturday. There's still a good deal of that left around here. So, if folks think public land is crowded & devoid of deer now....................watch what your wishing for, 'cause you just may get it.

[markyj987]

Here...hunting is legal on Sunday...
Car dealerships cannot be open on Sunday.
From a "lesser of two evils" perspective on God's day, I like the way we do it here...LOL

Seriously though...I have no problem with hunting on Sundays. From a legal perspective, there is no reason to disallow it.

I really doubt that it will result in more crowding---but think the opposite in that the same people will still hunt--but may go out on Sunday instead of Saturday thus lowering the number of people on public land on any given weekend day.

[OUTSIDER]

we had it then they voted it down. It was on PRIVATE land only, and you had to have seperate permission written for hunting on sunday. It just dosent' seem right, you cannot say god in school or celebrate christmas in public now...ex...Winter holiday/break, but the government tells us we cannot hunt on sunday because of religous activities....something just isn't right about that. Not everyone goes to church, and not everyone gets days of the week to hunt.

[Buckslayer]

My personal opinion is that it should be legal in PA and all states for that matter. God said to rest on the sabbath... Well I'd prefer to do my resting in a tree -- with a bow or gun in my arms! Thats the best way I can relax and I don't consider it work at all... no different than fishing which you can do on sunday in PA... JMHO

[WhiskeyMan44]

There's no better way to experience and see God's glory than being in the woods watching the sun come up. I'll take that over any sermon from any priest/pastor anyday. They couldnt tell me anything about God that I couldnt see being out in the natural world he created. Of course that's just me.

[10acboy]

I think that it should be legal. I remember when I was a kid, my grandfather would bring me out on Sunday afternoons after church. It was some of my best memories. Just because it's legal does not mean that you have to hunt. I would just like to have the choice.

[horst]

I think theres a bigger picture to look at then the religous one.The arguent seems to come down to to 2 sides, the hunters perspective and the landowners perspective.A lot of landowners that let people in as Strut pointed out have people on there property 6 days a week already, and a lot of them being farmers are very busy in the fall.Sunday for them might be the only day they have out of the fields to spend with thier family, friends or whatever.Id imagine having people driving in and out, shooting guns and knocking on the door would be quite disruptfull to them.

On the other hand a lot of hunters also work 5 or 6 days a week and only have one or two days to hunt.If they dont own property or have access to public ground as many dont they rely on the good nature of these landowners to let them in.

Personally I think its something that could be worked out between the landowner and hunter without having it mandated by the state.In a lot of cases these guys own land thats not connected to the house and can be accessed without bothering them.If they dont want you hunting Sundays for religous, personal reasons then a hunter should be able to respect that.If a hunters a dedicated chuch going man he will be in church regardless of this law.

[Buckslayer]

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Personally I think its something that could be worked out between the landowner and hunter without having it mandated by the state.In a lot of cases these guys own land thats not connected to the house and can be accessed without bothering them.If they dont want you hunting Sundays for religous, personal reasons then a hunter should be able to respect that.If a hunters a dedicated chuch going man he will be in church regardless of this law.


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I couldn't agree more! I think it would work out just fine! - - I know I've made it to church all but a couple sundays in my life, due to sickness or whatever, and I'll continue to be there for the rest of my life regardless of whether I'm hunting before or after!

On the landowners side, we have a private farm open to public, its 175 acres. My uncle is the owner, and he said he wouldn't even notice. He goes about his usual business on saturday when the 6 of us are out hunting, and he doesn't see how it'd be much different on a sunday. Maybe if there are like 30 hunters hunting your land, and they all enter through your driveway -- but that can be limited by the landowner all he'd have to do is say out of respect could you please not hunt my land on sunday, and 99.9% of hunters would oblige and say no problem...

[drkillemquick]

It's definetely a delicate issue. Personally my hunting group that is mostly family with a couple of my buddies that join in, have decided to not hunt on Sunday. My one friend questioned our decision, but is going to honour our choice and not hunt either!
Some of the guys I work with don't understand my view at all, and I was thinking about asking my pastor his thoughts. I have refrained from taking jobs that would require working on Sundays, and felt it was a sad day when they opened up Sunday shopping here about 14 years ago! To me it has led to the gradual deteriation of family life that I see today. So many Mom and dads work weekends, and these were the time alot of families spent together when I was young! Do we really need that extra day for hunting are some things not more important? I understand it is personal choice, just don't know if I can support it or not?

[wtnhunt]

This subject has come up so many times., Usually we hear the flip side of people in states where Sunday hunting is not allowed. Sunday hunting has been allowed here forever I guess. I hunt Sundays. Think it is up to each individual to determine for himself if he or she wishes to go to church.

Hunting on Sundays for someone who has faith will not keep them from having their mind or heart in the right place. Not having hunting allowed on Sundays will not encourage someone with no faith to turn to God.

[gabuckbuster03]

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Sunday hunting should be allowed! It isn't any different from any other day of the week!

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well stated i agree