Why It Matters: Sunday hunting restrictions are Blue Laws with no basis in wildlife management that restrict only one user-group, hunters, from accessing public lands on Sundays. Removing Sunday hunting restrictions in the Palmetto State...
Why It Matters: Sunday hunting prohibitions are rooted in antiquated Blue Laws that are not based on scientific wildlife management principles. Sunday hunting restrictions hinder hunter recruitment, retention, and reactivation efforts (R3) and limit hunter...
Why It Matters: Removing barriers to hunting participation, like Blue Laws with no basis in wildlife management that prohibit hunting on Sunday, is critical to supporting hunter recruitment, retention, and reactivation efforts and putting hunters on an...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Director Why It Matters: Sunday hunting restrictions are Blue Laws with no basis in wildlife management that restrict only one user-group, hunters, from accessing public lands on Sundays. Repealing Sunday...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States DirectorWhy It Matters: After the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Advisory Council doubled down on their opposition to retaining the prohibition against Sunday hunting...
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern StatesWhy it Matters: The inability to hunt on Sundays is a foreign idea in most states across the country, but in ten states in the northeastern and southeastern regions,...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant DirectorWhy it Matters: After public lands Sunday hunting legislation died in committee the last two years, Senate passage of SB 8 signals the winds of change may be coming...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant DirectorHighlightsSunday hunting has been legal on private lands in the Commonwealth since 2014 while Sunday hunting on public lands, with minor exceptions, remains prohibited.Legislation to remove the prohibition against...
Contact: Joe Mullin, Assistant Manager, Northeastern StatesHighlightsWhy it Matters: Sportsmen and women have played a crucial role in funding conservation efforts in the United States for over 80 years. The American System of Conservation Funding...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant DirectorHighlightsWhy It Matters: Repealing the ban against Sunday hunting on WMAs would ensure hunters have the same access to WMAs as other user groups, and increasing access and opportunity...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant Director HighlightsWhy It Matters: The Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources' adoption of the resolution expressing support for allowing Sunday hunting on public lands sends a strong message to the Virginia...
Contact: John Culclasure, Southeastern States Assistant DirectorHighlights Why it Matters: As hunting seasons gear up across the Old North State, sportsmen and women that depend on public land for access can hunt on Game Lands...