Sep 3, 2022 | 8:23 AM

Advocate Pleased with Government Decision to Allow Sunday Hunting

A long-time hunting and fishing advocate says he’s pleased that the provincial government has finally decided to approve Sunday hunting, but says the decision seemed to come out of the blue.

Barry Fordham says efforts to introduce Sunday hunting were initiated years ago, but at the time they courted a lot of controversy, especially among berry pickers who wanted one day in the woods without the risk of hunters in the area.

The province announced last week that hunting will be allowed on Sundays throughout the coming hunting season beginning with the bow hunt last weekend.

Fordham says while he’s pleased with the decision, it—ike the decision to introduce a cull on cormorants—seemed to come out of nowhere.

He’s mentioned it a couple of times in passing, but hadn’t heard any “big push for it”…