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The forms of Sunday hunting that were legal were hunting on licensed hunting preserves, bear hunting, raccoon hunting and fox hunting. [83] A grassroots effort was attempting to bring an end to the last of the blue laws in Virginia. The grass roots effort centered around a Facebook group called "Legalize Virginia Sunday Hunting for All."
Virginia conservation police officers are also appointed as deputy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agents, which allows them to investigate (and cross state lines to investigate) suspected violations of federal wildlife laws. [4] Virginia game wardens were first appointed in 1903. The title was changed to "conservation police officer" in ...
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania sits on a short list of states that still have “blue laws” banning Sunday hunting. But growing momentum to lift those restrictions gives advocates reason ...
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
A bill that would allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to include more Sundays for hunting has taken one step closer to passage.. The state Senate Game and Fisheries Committee voted Tuesday to ...
Senators, a state rep. and Farm Bureau are working on a compromise that will give the Game Commission full authority to regulate Sunday hunting. Pa. legislators, Farm Bureau discuss what it will ...
The non-hunting season for elk is from late winter to early fall. During this non-hunting season the cow elk are giving birth to calves while the bull elk are preparing to grow back a new set of antlers. [5] Although all states control most hunting seasons and regulations, the season for migratory waterfowl is controlled by the federal government.