Photo courtesy of John Holyoke Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Pete Warner (right) and his son William scan an area for moose during a recent hunting trip with friends in the Jackman area.

Contributed • May 14, 2023

Four bills rejected that would have allowed Sunday hunting in Maine

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff

Mainers who want to hunt on Sundays have been dealt another blow.

The Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on May 10 voted to reject four bills presented this session that would have afforded some hunters the opportunity to pursue game on Sundays.

“I feel that if we opened up any hunting on Sunday, as well intentioned as Sunday hunting may be, then the deluge next year of Sunday hunting bills will be overwhelming,” said committee chair David LaFountain, D-Winslow. “I just have, I think, more consideration for the landowners.”

It’s the latest setback for…