WHAT IS GOING ON WITH SEVEN-DAY-A WEEK HUNTING? WHAT IS THE HOLD UP?

As the official start of Pennsylvania hunting season quickly approaches and as we prepare to go afield to enjoy our sport the question that is on many of our minds is; what is going on with seven-day-a-week hunting?  What is the holdup?  The answer is simple.  The politicians in Pennsylvania are sitting on the legislation for no specific or real reason.  PA Senate Bill 67 has been in the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee since February 23, 2023, without any action.  Senator Greg Rothman controls that committee.  He along with all committee members is well aware that hunter-conservationists want this bill passed. There are 30 conservation organizations that support SB67 and the Pennsylvania Game Commission having full regulatory authority to set seasons and bag limits all days of the week. 

Mr. Rothman and his staff have asked, requested, and have been provided with specific information for the distribution and education of colleagues.  The cohort working on this legislation has provided all the necessary resources, guidance, knowledge, and details as possible.  Barring any bizarre request there is nothing else to provide or do.  Mr. Rothman and his colleagues must do their part.  Without that time will only pass and hunters and conservation will lose out.  
 
It has been said that Senator Rothman as a Republican representing Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties is an outdoorsman for the outdoorsman, is a hunter-conservationist, and has the future of our sport in mind.   Based on his leadership one might question this. 

So when you are asked; What is going on with seven-day-a-week hunting?  What is the holdup?   The only response that can be given is that the politicians of PA are once again wasting our time afield.  

Here's how to help.  Make the politicians understand this:

Changing and updating the law will save much-needed legislative time, effort, and money.  The legislative standard is to be Sunday-inclusive.  There is no bill that makes it through the legislative process of drafting, proposing, voting, and signing into law that excludes Sundays.  Hunting on Sunday deserves to have the same principle and standard applied.

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