Legislators disturbed by tone of testimony on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania

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A pair of hunters moves out into the forest at Swatara State Park in northern Lebanon County just before sunrise on the first day of the firearms hunting season for deer, Monday, November 26.

A pair of hunters moves out into the forest at Swatara State Park in northern Lebanon County just before sunrise on the first day of the firearms hunting season for deer, Monday, November 26.

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A House Game and Fisheries Committee hearing on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania on Tuesday temporarily became a lecture on the civility of addressing one another in the halls of the State Capitol.

After representatives of several state and national organizations again outlined their positions for and against Sunday hunting – specifically Senate Bill 147, which would remove Pennsylvania’s ban on Sunday hunting from 3 Sundays during the hunting season, this time around – several legislators launched into criticisms of comments by Harold Daub, executive director of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists.

(Consistent with testimony at previous hearing, the Keystone Trails Association and Pennsylvania Farm opposed SB…

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