I am writing a college paper about the pros and cons of sunday hunting. In my home state of PA it is currently not allowed and I am on the fence about the subject. I need some help gathering pros and cons of this subject. Any help is appreciated.
Then you should look at the fools that believe it is wrong to hunt on Sunday ... I don't know if you will find any of them here :p
cons of hunting? hmmmmmm It's legal here in NY. But I believe (could be wrong) the reason is to give non hunters/landowners a day to go in the woods and watch birds, walk in the woods or something without worrying about being shot.
Pennsylvania is thick with Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch. The Sunday ban probably started because Sunday is the Sabbath for worshipping the Lord. If so, you could argue it be lifted to keep a separation between Church and State (even though there is NOTHING in our Constitution that speaks of this). However, lifting it could also open the flood gate for throwing out other morals because once one is gone, the others are a lot easier to get rid of. When my kids were still living at home, I never hunted on Sunday, it was a day for family. Now that they're gone from the house, Sundays in the stand give me peace and quiet away from the wife.
I'm still kinda amazed that there are states that don't allow hunting on Sundays. I can't think of a reason other than old religious laws as to why such a law would exist?
Funny thing is, most of the "bible belt" hunts on Sunday's and have the most liberal seasons...I can hunt deer just under 5 months, turkeys for 2 and hogs and yotes all day and night everyday of the year...
The Amish, Quakers, and Friends frown very heavily on doing anything but church and family on Sundays.
Which is weird because the Sabbath is on Saturday .... go to the New Testament and that was abolished in Christ ... but let everyone decide in their own mind ... just stop trying to make everyone follow your convictions ...
Probably a mis-understood application of scripture. First off, Sunday is not the Sabbath. Sunday is the Lord's Day. Saturday was the Sabath and it was for fear of the Jews that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary delayed going to the tomb of Christ until daylight on the first day of the week. Paul commanded the church at Colossae not to allow anyone to judge them on such matters. The ban on Sunday hunting may in large part be related to the legal challenges led by a joint effort between the early Presbyterians and Baptists to end Sunday Mail deliveries in the Appalachian region of North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. This sentiment spread throughout the region and was likely generalized to hunting and other such bans in other areas. As a pastor, I may be somewhat of an enigma because I don't believe it is correct for the church (those whose faith is placed in Christ alone for salvation) to demand dogmatic liberties intended for those inside the church be forced upon those outside the church and beyond the bounds of scripture. I find it is only right that we may expect the same courtesy in return that no law may be passed to block the free exercise of our faith. My personal belief is that Christians need a day that is devoid of worldly endeavors and should be careful of the example we set, but if we are warned not to allow ourselves to be judged on such matters, is it not only fair that we follow the same restriction and not judge others by the standards which we refuse to be judged by? In other words, it should not be a matter of secular enforcement but of Christian conviction. That being said, I do hope everyone who has taken the time to read, this will consider the gospel, if for only a moment. Taste it, savor it and know that our liberties are not forsaken by knowing Christ but discover that it is only through knowing Him that they may be truly experienced. Colossians 2:16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths.
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Hooker, New England States were and still are hot beds for 'Blue laws". Most of the current Blue Laws that are still on the books have to do with alcohol sales and the prohibition on sundays....and even during certain times of the year. Blue Laws in regards to hunting have slowly been phased out however Maine for example still doesn't allow Sunday hunting...you should see the amount of people from Maine that hunt just over the boarder in NH every Sunday....we used to call our NH lic sundays passes.... Wast too far in the past that NY had a north south line in the middle of our southern zone with a sunday prohibition during deer season.... Took quite a bit of time to get that changed...So we know what the guys in Pa and Va are up against, hopefully they can make some head way changing them..
Yup, bans on Sunday huntiing are the work of churches and blue laws. The hypocracy of it all is they insist it's to be a family or church day.... yet in many of the same states that ban hunting, they have casinos, you can purchase alcohol and go to the track to squander family fortune on games of chance...many run by the states. I say the biggest losers in the Sunday hunting ban are the guys that work 5 or 6 days. Unless they want to rob the family of vacation days.... when do they get to hunt. Never.... so they go buy beer and get drunk. LOL You can't take your kid hunting... but you can go golfing with your buddies and tip a few beers... or go watch the ponies and make a few bets. Oh you can go fishing a boating and just about any outdoor activity you can think of... but you can't go hunting. You can slaughter your hogs or steers... but you can't go hunting. It's just stupid. The only pro I see is that all the casinos and race tracks that are open put money in the state coffers. Stupid outdated laws maintained by self important idiots.
As a hunter Not a landowner, this is simply a matter of private property rights, freedom and liberty. We have the tyranny of government (federal and state) who tell landowners how we can use their private property, and for what purpose? Look no further than the pernicious Wickard v Filburn SC decision that told a Virginia farmer he could not grow wheat on his own property for his own consumption. And we continue to roll over to the tyranny of government and plunder of our fellow citizens who insist that the power of government should be used to take from us what we have earned by the sweat of our brow. Here in the cradle of our revolution and Virginia, the home of Patrick Henry, the tyrants in Richmond (and DC) continue to steal our liberty and freedom. We must never give up the fight to protect liberty, freedom, and private property. Thomas Jefferson said.... When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
I know nothing of the foundation of these laws. But I do know that people love tradition. We're habitual creature by nature, and typically do not like change. Obviously, many hunters, seeing good reason for it, have motivation to change the law. Those who oppose hunting, will fight to keep it. Those in the middle or indifferent? Well, they're most likely to want to keep things the same. Just look at what happens when the Forum software gets updated and something changes here.
For cons if this is considered The hunters may skip church, or their may be more people in the woods.
