Sunday Hunting

[TreeStandBowHunter]

I am sure this been here before but I was reading an article in a book I have and got reminded about it again.

Sunday Hunting? Well folks, that is probably as hot as a topic as inter-racial relationships. I see this in 2 views actually.

I don't like the thought of Sunday hunting for the fact that so many families like to walk the forests or state game lands, etc. A lot of them look forward to it because they know that hunters will not be out there and I support that.
On the other hand, in todays world, so many outdoorsman are stuck working on Saturdays that the only day they have off are on Sundays. Put yourself in their shoes...you love to deer hunt and you look forward to putting that deer in your freezer every year to cut costs on your grocery bill but the last few years been rough and your stuck working Saturdays and the only day you can hunt is on Sunday but you can't because of the law.(WHOOOO, that was a long sentence )

Now one thing I do not agree with is alot of Christian folks oppose it for the simple fact that Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. Yeah right. I bet they work around their yard and house on Sundays though. When I hear that excuse to oppose Sunday hunting, it makes me mad. If they can work on their shed or new garage or whatever the case may be, then why can't that hunter go out and hunt. Heck, he is probably doing less work than Christian that stays home. BTW, I added that in there because I know someone is bound to bring that up in here. Let me hear your thoghts on this

[fisherguy]

I love sunday hunting. Hunters have just as much right as anyone else to be in the woods on a sunday.

[tedicast]

I am one of the hunters who works 5 1/2 days a week. That gives me Saturday afternoons to hunt, unless I take Saturday off. I would love to be able to hunt on Sunday. There is a bill coming up in Connecticut to allow bow hunting on private land on Sundays. That would be a start, but in all honesty, I doubt it will go through.

Everytime someone tries to pass a Sunday hunting bill in CT it either gets pushed aside, or turned down.

[OJR]

That is one of those old time laws that should be abolished!

Hunting should be allowed 7 days a week!

[VermontHunter]

I work retail 6 days a week and Sunday is my only day off oppertunity to a solid day hunt, I say if the Sunday Folks want to take a stroll in the woods during deer season by all means go ahead, but be aware this is hunting season and it only last for a little while....and not all of us Catholics practice the day of rest ritual, as I was raised on a Farm and the cows last I checked didn't milk thenselves..

[slugshooter]

No Sunday hunting here in NC and I think it is stupid, it is one of those so called blue laws that they passed back in the day cause ladies were upset their men were out hunting instead of being in church. Well, the way I see it, you can golf, shoot, fish, play any sport you want to, buy beer, go to church, not go to church, go to the movies or do whatever else you want to in this state on a Sunday except hunt, does that make ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER to you gentlemen.
I e-mailed the state wildlife commissioner on this very subject, who lives right here in Fayetteville, guess what response I got. NONE !!

[popgun]

I have lived here in the middle of the "Bible Belt" most of my life.
We have always had Sunday hunting as far back as I can remember.
We were one of the last States to have "Blue Laws".
Believe me, if they were to stop Sunday Hunting here, there would be an outcry from the hunters you could hear all the way up in MA.
There aren't any legislators that have the nerve to raise the question of stopping our Sunday Hunting.

I personally, cannot think of any better way to worship my creator, than to go out after church and try to kill some of His four legged creatures.
.....popgun

[ParrotHead]

Slug - I've preached it before and will preach it again. In NC you've got a hugh battle ahead of you but hunters as a whole have to come together to get this law put to a vote and if I remember correctly, every time it's brought up there's not enough support for it meaning hunters are not on board and until that happens - you're watching Nascar on Sunday and not whitetails!

[Norm Sauceman]

I think it very wrong for States to not allow Sunday hunting...

[carbonhunter]

We got sunday hunting here in Ohio about 6 years ago. I dont see anything wrong with sunday hunting, You have the right to go to church and I should have the right to go out and spend my sundays in a church that no human will ever reproduce.

[johnf]

I have occasionally hunted on Sunday, but have never seen a deer. My wife says God won't let me. I tend to believe her. I feel guilty everytime I do, because we usually spend most of Sunday at church as a family.

Do I think it's wrong? For me, yes it is.

Do I think the state should mandate it? No

These are the same states that are outlawing a manger scene in public at Christmas time. It just doens't make sence. You can't have it both ways.

[oldksnarc]

No Sunday hunting? Never heard of such a thing. And, I thought Kansas was backwards with no beer sales on Sunday.

[wtnhunt]

It is legal here and see no problem with hunting on Sundays.

[HuntingInMaine]

Maine is currently looking at allowing hunting on Sundays, but from what I understand it will be for all the hunting seasons except deer (and that is when we really need the extra time!) I was reading that land owners liked having that day off from hunting and some would close their land to hunting if the bill passes.

I would love to be able to hunt on Sundays but not if it is going to close land. I can only hunt on Saturday and Thanksgiving and the hunting isn't that good around here! LOL An extra couple of days would be nice...until then we always have the great state of New Hampshire that will let us hunt then.

[DJR]

It sucks that you cant hunt on Sundays in PA, I work 6 days out of the week now and have to wait for a Holiday, or take some leave.