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bitmasher · Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 2652 Location: Colorado

I understand what you are saying Bronx and Saskie. With long hunting seasons (which is what I think you have in Ontario/NS/Sask) it might make sense to have one day a week off.

However in Colorado the hunting rifle season is usually just 7 days. Hunters are spilt into several seasons, but they only get to hunt one of the seasons.

With only 7 days, it would hurt to lose a Sunday for whatever reason.

This definitely seems to be a regional issue.

ARMallardSlayer · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Texarkana, AR USA

We got into this discussion on another forum.

There are alot of states who have this law.

Someone has to decide why this law was made up........

Is it because of Sunday being the sabbath and you are not supposed to work......if that's the reason, does every business in that state close its doors on Saturday and reopen on Monday?

I don't think so.
There are people who work and business' who aare open on Sunday.......so why can't you hunt if you choose to?

Someone said that the animals need a rest from hunters.......

Other say hikers and campers need a day to theirselves without haveing to worry about bullets flying....

Well, if you can't hunt on Sundays......you shouldn't be able to go hiking, biking or whatever else people do that don't know how to hunt do.

expatriate · Joined: 26 Oct 2002 Posts: 1520 Location: Alaska

I'm sure the Sunday business at least started out as a blue law. I don't hunt on Sunday for religious reasons, but I don't expect my view of the matter should be forced on others who don't share my faith. Seems to me that banning hunting on Sunday is perilously close to government establishment of religion. If this affected a more liberal activity, I think the ACLU would've rolled in on it long ago.

If it were a matter of giving the animals a day off from getting shot, I think Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday would be a better bet because there's less pressure during the week anyway. Besides, a day off during the week would impact most hunters less. Instead, they chose one of the two best days for most people to hunt. This makes me think the "day off from pressure" argument was created by people to avoid legal challenges associated with basing the policy on religion.

AdkGuidesForHire · Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Posts: 17 Location: Saranac Inn, NY

It is a blue law carry over, there are lots of them, however most of my problem with limiting sunday hunting has been why single out the hunter?

years ago, probably back before many of those here were born, stores in most staes were not allowed to open on sundays either, then some states went to Noon for stores to open, then most did away with limitations on sunday hours.

But all along, through all those years, bowling alleys and golf courses were always open on sunday, all day.

and you could fish all day too, if you weren't of a religious bent.

so my problem was never with making sunday a family day or a religious day, it was why can Joe and Pete go bowling and golfing and I can't hunt squirrels?

I was glad to see NY do away with it and other states too, like seatbelts, I prefer to govern my own life thanks anyway Big Brother.

just my two cents while I can still say it in the 'land of the free'.

ahunter · Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 11

I saw one of the posts from Ontario that says there is no hunting on Sundays except bows. I live in Ontario and here in Renfrew County we do have Sunday hunting, although I know many parts of Ontario don't have it.
ahunter

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1638 Location: Nova Scotia

Hell, we can't even get Sunday shopping so Sunday hunting may be a ways off as well!! :sad:

daddy big buck · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 1 Location: new jersey

we should be able to hunt on sunday do to the fact we work all week and our kids that do hunt cant hunt on the week becouse of school so they only get 1 day of hunting so we need to open sunday up for our kids so they can hunt 2 days instead of 1

butler1850 · Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 12

No problem at all hunting on a Sunday morning... I might go to hell, but I'll do it with a belly full of venison (if St. Eustachius and St. Hubert of Liege are looking out for me on my way to hell!)

[ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pst00374.htm Patron Saints of Hunters]

sawman · Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 91 Location: central ontario

We can hunt on sundays above the french river
here in ontario and above the madawaska to the east I beleive corect me if im wrong please or have been breaking the law.

rather_be_huntin · Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 369 Location: Utah

No hunting on Sunday?!? Where are we? I thought I lived in a pretty religion driven region but its not illegal. I mean my family has always given me crap about hunting on Sunday, but making it illegal is just plain rediculous. I agree with Bitmasher that sometimes a weekend is a very vital part of my hunt. You take out one day and you might be taking half of my hunt. If you don't feel right about it then don't do it but please don't take away my freedom to burn in the next life if I choose. :smile:

WhiteTailHunter16 · Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 3

Here in Pa we never had hunting on Sundays i dont know why but i think it would be more intresting.I dont know like he said about fishing i dont see the diffrence but i think hunting in more fun than fishing see i think it takes more skill than fishing having to know where the deer will go in diffrent conditions and scouting for a good spot im mean fishing takes skill to but i dont think it takes as much.

bowhunter2 · Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 1

im all for not hunting on sundays but keep in mind i dont care if it is monday or friday i think one day per week should be set aside for the creatures we hunt to have a rest. and even if you cant kill game on sunday you can still scout new areas and hang stands etc. there is much more to hunting than killing something.

maytom · Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 12

We can hunt on sunday's here in NY, and I can't/don't understand all the fuss why some states can't? The average guy works all week long and has the weekends off, meaning saturday and sunday. Now by not allowing him to hunt on sunday's he has one day a week to hunt? If he's a family man, vacation time is precious, so what's he suppose to do? Burn vacations time just to hunt???? He can take a friday off and along with saturday and sunday, get in a three day hunt!! Politcal BS if you ask me!!

girliehunter · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

I personally never hunt on Sundays....but would never dream of imposing my standard on others and try to make a law of it.

bnow0707 · Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 638 Location: Alabama

I am a christian and on Sunday mornings and Sunday nights I'm in church but that doesn't stop me from hunting on Sunday afternoons. I agree that everyone should be able to hunt when they choose. True it would probably be a better place if we all attended church every Sunday, but each person has their own choice that is a freedom that we have in this country.