Pennsylvania Sunday Hunting Expansion Bill on the Move

By Chris Eger

The Sunday hunting bill is endorsed by conservation officials, game clubs and pro-sporting groups who argue the expansion will help with hunter recruitment, retention and reactivation efforts. (Photo: Pennsylvania Game Commission)
A bill that does away with a historic ban on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania and opens at least some days to sportsmen has passed the state Senate.
The legislation, SB 147, was approved 36-14 last week and now heads to the Pennsylvania House for further consideration. The move would legalize hunting on at least three Sundays throughout the year — which is three more than what the Commonwealth has currently.
The bill, supported by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, stipulates the three Sundays would include one day during deer rifle season, one day during deer archery season and another day designated by the Commission. Anti-trespassing provisions coupled with the proposal increase penalties for a hunter who has entered and remained on posted lands or has been personally contacted by the landowner to either not enter or leave.
Pennsylvania is one of just three states, along with Maine and Massachusetts, that continue to have a total prohibition on Sunday hunting, an enduring remnant of old puritanical “blue laws.” A state legislative report concluded that allowing

Source: Guns.com