As a Pennsylvania trapper I never opposed Sunday hunting. As a PA hunter I don't really care. It's good for those with limited time to hunt but I never had that problem. I'm self-employed and my boss is really cool about letting me take off to go hunting.

I sort of enjoy having one day a week where I don't have to feel guilty about not being out on my deer stand. Now that excuse is gone. LOL

How long do that take Lugnut? And the Bill Wolf signed was for all animals
I'm all for Sunday hunting, unfortunately I don't see much in the way of change coming anytime soon
Those opposed to this bill will come out in mass, I'll be at the meeting on the 28th along with a few friends to voice support

I hate the Saturday rifle opener! I get that it makes hunting the first day easier for some working guys and kids but most of my camp members and a lot of guys I know are working guys and they have always made time for the Monday opener and usually at least half the first week. Been that way since I was a kid. And schools gave the first day of rifle (when it was Monday) off.

Now, instead of making the drive to camp and spending a leisurely weekend sighting in rifles, fixing up stands and catching up with good friends neighboring camp guys, most camp owners/members have to make a long drive Friday evening rush to open camp, get unpacked and get ready to be up at the crack of dawn the next morning. It sucks!

It was about the time the PGC changed the opener to Saturday that I started to notice an increasing number of camps sitting empty the first week.

You think adding extra Sundays is going to cause more posted land hippie?

Good on you for getting to the meeting wetdog. Like I said above, I don't really care if we get a bunch of extra Sundays or not as it doesn't much effect the way I hunt.

I suspect you are right though, there will be vocal opposition and I doubt we'll get more than a few extra Sundays.

Hard to say, I know some that won't allow Sunday hunting.

I too despise the Saturday opener!!!

It sure ruined Deer Camp didn't it?

Yep

Do you know what the reasoning is behind this? I'd like to know because it sure makes no sense to me.

not sure I understand the objection to the Saturday opener...

if you don't want to hunt until Monday...don't.

Yeah, you definitely don't understand.

The Saturday opening day has ruined years of tradition in the PA hunting camps in northern PA and also wiped out the best weekend of commerce locally aka restaurants,bars and supermarkets.

My fav.
Shoot the biguns and let the runts breed.
Science ya know. Brilliant.

In my view tradition left long before Saturday.

Deers are trouble. Whaaaah lol

too many deer ARE trouble...unless it doesn't impact YOU.

an awful lot of timber (probably MOST of it!) in Pennsylvania is harvested in this manner.

how many of y'all agree to "14 and up"?

I know.
Hope your baby trees got enough rain.
Look real good over here.

14?

cut 14 inches (dbh) and up.

they'll call it a "selective cut", but the contract reads that you're selling everything 14 inches in diameter and up.

Same mentality.
The 12 inchers can be same age as the bigger
just inferior seed or strain.
Logger showed this when I was a pup.
But the suit n tie guys know better right.

from my experience, the "suit and tie" guys (in forestry) get it right; and most of the ground-pounders are more concerned with immediate dollars and the ease of the harvest...it doesn't take a lot of thought: "is it 14 inches or better? cut it."