let me start out by sayin...that i had to ask somebody from up yonder what bunk meant. now that i understand...let me gently tell you a lil somethin Skyline....
First off...i might be difficult to understand, impatient, onry, dry and even butt-ugly. But there is 2 things that are not me...i dont bull**it and i dont lie. I will leave that right there fore the feathers start flyin.
With that said...Andy yer right...we are alot alike and I think there's some misunderstandin goin on again. Which is usual on my part. Fact is, iffin ya dont like a gay bar....nine times outta 10 ya wont go in one but you normally wont try to have it shut down either. I think that says it all....and yessir...i can git ya bear huntin with dogs er without.
VA is different tho. We run deer with dogs. They gotta have a day of rest for both hunter and hunted. So wouldnt the sensible choice be sunday? When runnin dogs, it takes a good while, sometimes all day to get the dogs back. A Sunday afternoon hunt w/ dogs would be miserable. Ya make a run, ya gotta git up dogs, and ya gotta go to work the followin day. Trust me...it sucks. They spend their Sundays lookin for dogs....i couldnt imagine huntin on sunday too.
Losin alot of days would really suck. If this were to go thru, we will lose alot of days. Western VA is already just a 2 week season, and the general consensus is to make it that way all over. Call me spoilt, beotch er whatever....but that would suck. We feed dogs all year...just to run em 2 weeks?? If ya gotta work, like most do...that one sunday aint from nuthin.
What Mr Canada does not understand is that there ARE differences....in every state. It's hard to say why you caint hunt on sunday in pa versus why you caint hunt on sunday in va.
Or, what reasoning there is behind it. These issues are special and unique to the seven U S of A states that Sunday huntin still applies. The issue goes alot deeper than religion...there are other reasons for a day of rest.
I'll say it again....tourism here? lmao
nobody here cares about tourism. That right there is the point of bein rural...so we can stay that way. As fer as I'm concerend...we could stay in the 1700's...we'd probaly be better off if we did. The way the land is bein stripped before our very eyes....by the dam tourists.
Edit: Skyline...just checked yer profile there buddy. You are a rancher, outfitter, guide. So, now i know why a Canuck would git so riled over Sunday huntin.....cause heaven fer bid it would cost you a dime. It had nothin to do with religous freedom...just financial freedom. Low blow man.....that's bunk.