HUSH TEAM JOINS PFSC - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Hunters United for Sunday Hunting TELEPHONE: 717-350-6741 EMAIL: huntersforsundayhunting@gmail.com

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HUNTERS UNITED FOR SUNDAY HUNTING TEAM ACCEPTS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITH PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN AND CONSERVATIONIST.

  

Several members of Hunters United for Sunday Hunting management team have been elected and accepted positions on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists (PFSC).

Jahred Klahre was voted in as Vice President - East Region on Saturday, March 14, 2020. He assumes his duties immediately.  As Vice President, East Region Mr. Klahre will work closely with the PFSC president to ensure all organizational goals are being met along with developing relationships in the eastern counties of Pennsylvania that benefit the mission of PFSC. 

“ I’m a driven professional with a passion for conservation and the promotion of science-based wildlife biology. It is my goal to use my energetic and compassionate leadership style to move PFSC forward and accomplish the tasks ahead of us for hunter-conservation, second amendment, and our outdoor heritage.”

Jahred also serves in various volunteer capacities and is a member of Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, Quality Deer Management Association, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, National Wild Turkey Federation, Sportsmen’s Alliance, NRA, Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited.

Doug Lapp was voted in as PFSC Secretary on Saturday, March 14, 2020. He assumes his duties immediately. As PFSC Secretary Mr. Lapp will work closely with the President and Vice President on PFSC objectives. Doug will supervise and ensure proper recording and documentation of all Board and organizational meetings. 

“There are two groups within American culture that claim to be the original conservationists. The farming community and the hunting community. My loyalties lie with science-based conservation. That’s why I am so heavily involved with both.”

Doug also serves in various volunteer capacities with Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, Cochranville Fire Company, Chester/Delaware County Farm Bureau, Lanchester Softball League, Highland Township Committeeman, Republican Committee of Chester County.

HUSH Mission Statement - Remove the prohibition of Sunday hunting in PA Title 34 Game Law through education, and influence legislatures to change the law accordingly.

PFSC Mission Statement - To protect and conserve Pennsylvania’s natural resources, outdoor heritage, and 2nd Amendment Rights. ###

For more information about this topic, please contact Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, Executive Director Kevin Askew at 717-350-6741 or email at huntersforsundayhunting@gmail.com. or PFSC Executive Director Harold Daub at 717-648-1835 or email at dauber@pfsc.org PFSC- Who Are We

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SUNDAY HUNTING BAN UNDER FIRE - ARTICLE

Article by: Melinda Rizzo

Hunters United for Sunday Hunting contributor – Carl Machamer, Research Analyst

“We’re interest in protecting and preserving hunting family time, and passed-down traditions,” said Carl Machamer, a spokesman for Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, or HUSH, grassroots, pro-hunting organization based in Harrisburg. He said weekend hunting is popular among families, and the Keystone State is losing revenue to neighbor’s, including West Virginia, New York and Ohio, that allow Sunday hunting.   They’re all benefiting from Pennsylvania

He said hunters were important to conservation efforts and they play a vital role in population control, as well as preservation and protection of outdoor areas.

Read Full Article:
Sunday Hunting Ban Under Fire

PA FARM BUREAUS OPPOSITION COST STATE $500 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE

Joel Rotz, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Government Affairs and Communications spokesman, in comments made to the York Dispatch, encouraged [Pa.] hunters to maximize their economic contributions on Sundays by ‘eating and drinking at bars and restaurants in their communities.’ 

This suggestion is truly offensive to sportsmen and sportswomen across the commonwealth and it makes a person wonder if Mr. Rotz and the Pa. Farm Bureau is in touch with the modern-day hunter and conservationist.  Instead of degrading hunters, wouldn’t it be better for the PFB to understand current hunting culture and stand with countless passionate hunters and conservationists disinterested in spending our Sundays in bars? 

The residents of Pennsylvania deserve to understand the loss to the economy, tax revenue, and wages that the PFB has continued to perpetuate in the state of Pennsylvania year-after-year.

A 2010 study commissioned by the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee and completed by Southwick Associates, looked at the potential impact of Sunday hunting on our state [Pa.] and local economies. The study forecast a 27 percent increase in overall hunting activity along with a net increase in retail sales of associated merchandise of over $460 million dollars per year if Sunday hunting were allowed. Considering multiplier effects, the total output to the economy would be over $800 million dollars per year. This equated to over $56 million in state and local tax revenue that has not been realized by local communities because of the PFB current stance on Sunday hunting.

Interestingly this study was calculated using hunting license numbers for the fiscal year 2009-2010, which happened to be in the top three for lowest hunting license sales since 1990, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Another study completed by John Dunham and Associates in 2018 for The National Shooting Sports Foundation lists total economic output at over $972 million. This would have put state [Pa.] and local tax opportunity at $68 million per year.

This data begs the following: What would the total economic impact have been if Pa. allowed Sunday hunting years ago? What would our participation numbers currently look like had we not limited hunters from enjoying their recreation? The results of these missed opportunities are staggering with over $500 million in state and local tax revenues forgone in the last nine years alone. Should this trend continue we will quickly reach $1 billion in lost tax revenue from increased hunting opportunities.

These numbers are far too large to be ignored by the Pennsylvania legislature.  Pa. House of Representatives, Pa. Senators and specifically both Appropriations Committees need to take a hard look at the data and get on with removing this 337-year-old archaic and discriminatory law that continues to cost Pa. hunters and the commonwealth as a whole.

The time has come for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau to view hunters as partners in conservation and wildlife management and to stop their discriminatory policy recommendations, which are detrimental to conservation and our economy.

Written by: Carl Machamer, Research Analyst, Hunters United for Sunday Hunting

Southwick Study:

http://sundayhunting.org/PDF/PASundayHuntingSouthwickRpt.pdf

NSSF Study: https://d3aya7xwz8momx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sunday-Hunting-PA.pdf