How a Bipartisan Push — and Backing From Farmers — Helped End Pennsylvania’s Sunday Hunting Ban

How a Bipartisan Push — and Backing from Farmers — Helped End Pennsylvania’s Sunday Hunting Ban

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — After years of debate, Pennsylvania’s near-total ban on Sunday hunting is off the books thanks to a bipartisan push, an unlikely political advocate, and a key policy shift from the state’s farm lobby. Article by Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College The new law, signed last week by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, gives the Pennsylvania Game Commission the authority to decide which Sundays to include when setting hunting se…

How a bipartisan push — and backing from farmers — helped end Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban

The law, which will allow the Game Commission to set Sunday hunting dates, takes effect in early September.