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ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

Wondering what the views are on this and why no one seems to be pushing for it !

wonksy · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 420 Location: new brunswick

i think its a great idea.....if you can kill a fish on sunday why not an animal??? makes no sense to me :thumbsup1:

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1664 Location: Nova Scotia

I'd love to see Sunday hunting. We just got Sun. shopping though. The hunting may be harder yet. :](*,)

sniper34 · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 1 Location: New Brunswick

I'd love to see this ,especially when you work all week and then only have one day on weekends to hunt,and not everyone can afford to take time off to hunt.Besides if it's noise their worried about ,my bow dosen't make much. :D

ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

I don't know why the gun clubs are not pushing for it ! what needs to be done is find out who is stopping it and why , what are the concerns , and have those concerns addressed after all there are other provinces that do it why not here ?

ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

I don't know why the gun clubs are not pushing for it ! what needs to be done is find out who is stopping it and why , what are the concerns , and have those concerns addressed after all there are other provinces that do it why not here ?
maybe we need an online petition or seek help from gun clubs in another province that allready went through this process

ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

Yahoooo thats what i call esp or what an artical on today's front page in the news paper says DNR and governmet are looking at allowing hunting on sundays ,and they are in the process doing exactly what i mentioned in my last post ! so you nova scotia hunters better start yelling remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease :thumbsup1: (but i won't count my grouse before the hatch)

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1664 Location: Nova Scotia

But remember they are just "looking" at the issue. That, in government terms, means it could take ten years and billions of $$$ to cave in on the issue when the very vocal antis start squeeking their wheels as well... and we know they will.

ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

ChesterGolf wrote: But remember they are just "looking" at the issue. That, in government terms, means it could take ten years and billions of $$$ to cave in on the issue when the very vocal antis start squeeking their wheels as well... and we know they will. ...can't argue that point !!! we know how government works :yes:

atomikall · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1964

I wouldnt be so sure parts of Southern Ontario were like that for decades. This year the law was passed there will be hunting on Sunday in those parts that never had it. In Northern Ontario it was always allowed. :thumbsup1:

Fisher King · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 237 Location: Muskoka Ontario

Wehave had Sunday hunting in parts of Muskoka for tha last 2 years and I think it's great, but I'v heard from some who don't hunt that they don't like it because they like to take a walk in the bush. I figure that they have all the other 8 months to do that and if they go into the bush stay on trails and ware hunter orange.
My 2 cents F.K.

atomikall · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1964

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ratrivertrapper · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 294 Location: new brunswick

Fisher King wrote: Wehave had Sunday hunting in parts of Muskoka for tha last 2 years and I think it's great, but I'v heard from some who don't hunt that they don't like it because they like to take a walk in the bush. I figure that they have all the other 8 months to do that and if they go into the bush stay on trails and ware hunter orange.
My 2 cents F.K. My sentiments exactly !! :thumbsup1:

KodiacNB · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Southern NB

Well, Here's my take on the subject......A copy of a letter I will send to Brent Roy at the DNR and a copy to the Telegraph.

Mr Roy;

I was reading an article in the Telegraph Journal recently, tucked in an inconspicuous part of the newspaper, regarding the , "QUOTE"...

"The provincial government has been quietly gathering input on the idea of allowing hunting on Sundays"

"Why is the input being gathered so "quietly?"

You also state that even though the process of gathering the info is in it's "early stages", go on to state that so far, even 50% of the hunters are not in favor of the idea..... Kind of a presumtion on your part , isn't it? Sure would love to see the stats on that statement. I have been hunting numerous game for over 30 years now and I have yet to hear of any of the hundreds of hunters I have been in contact with say they are opposed to hunting on Sunday.

In reality, no hunting on Sunday, had a religious overtone when I was a young hunter, in the late sixties, and was soley based on that overtone. It had nothing to do with conservation....not to mention that the deer season then was 2 months with a two animal bag limit of either sex, when the deer population back then right into the seventies, was meager at best.

Personally, I think it's high time that you folk in the DNR start to focus more on promoting "this resource" to our young folk, rather than worry about your political agenda with the government or for that matter with the pulp and paper industries. The amount of young hunters persueing this resource has fallen off dramatically in the past few decades..... And I believe that is because there is "no interest shown, (by younger folk) where there is no interest given". (by the DNR) And our DNR falls far short of the mark. And don't lay it on the fish and game assotiations.....They do the best they can with the resources they have. When push comes to shove , the balls in the DNR's court, so to speak.

Do I believe there should be hunting on Sunday? Absolutely!

Maybe then I can take my grandchildren out some Sunday afternoon after church.

Sincerely....

KodiacNB · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Southern NB

Here is a copy of an article in the Telegraph Journal (Opinions pages)......

Wildlife Federation backs Sunday hunt

I would like to offer the following comments to Mr. Damon's letter (Oct. 24). I think it is important for Mr. Damon and other New Brunswickers to know that the New Brunswick Wildlife Federation (NBWF) forwarded a resolution to the Department of Natural Resources this spring requesting that Sunday hunting be permitted. This resolution was passed at our April 2007 annual general meeting.

I guess I missed the portion of the press release where Mr. Roy stated that 50 per cent of hunters are not in favour of this idea. I would also question where these numbers came from. The NBWF attempts to represent the interests of all hunters in this province. We do have branches around the province and feel that a large percentage of hunters in this province would be in favour of Sunday hunting.

The NBWF has put forward this resolution on behalf of New Brunswickers who work every day of the week and only have the odd Saturday off. The NBWF is working hard to create hunting opportunities for all New Brunswickers. Sunday hunting would allow a person to take his/her son or daughter hunting rabbits or partridge after church or shopping. Hunting's in our blood and is a celebration of our natural heritage.

All provinces and territories except New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI allow hunting on Sunday in some fashion or other.

In closing I would like to thank the Minister of Natural Resources for considering this proposal and Mr. Damon for his letter.

RON WHITEHEAD

Wildlife Chair, NBWF