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By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a long and winding road for outdoorsmen and women in Virginia and South Carolina but hunting advocates have reason for cautious optimism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunting has experienced a renaissance over the past two years as millions of Americans have taken to the great outdoors. Hunters, and not just those with access to private lands, in the Old Dominion and the Palmetto State are closely monitoring bills that could allow the public to hunt on each state\u2019s vast public lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Prior to 2014, hunting on Sundays in Virginia wasn\u2019t even allowed. The reasons<\/a><\/strong> for the ban varied but that changed after the state legislature passed<\/strong> a bill<\/strong><\/a> expanding hunting opportunities on Sundays \u2013 but only on private lands and only if the hunter had written permission from the landowner. Virginia\u2019s more than 1.6 million acres<\/strong><\/a> of national forest lands and 70,000 acres<\/strong><\/a> of state forests remained off limits for public hunting. They still do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democratic Virginia state Sen. Chap Petersen introduced his legislation this session to fully expand hunting in Virginia on Sundays to both public and private lands this year after several years of contentious debate on both sides of the issue. The reasoning is straightforward and simple. According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Board, many hunters, including beginners and novices, are only able to hunt on weekends and don\u2019t have access to private lands. Nearly 40 percent<\/strong><\/a> of hunters use public lands and they are blocked out from Sundays, losing half their hunting season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the start of the 2022 legislative session, momentum for expanded Sunday hunting in Virginia was growing. In November of 2021, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Board backed the expansion and unanimously passed<\/strong><\/a> a resolution supporting public, as well as private, Sunday hunting. The board\u2019s approval greased the skids for Senate approval late last month and now adoption of the expansion is being considered in the Virginia House of Delegates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had Sunday hunting for the last eight years and I think it\u2019s fair to say that civilization hasn\u2019t come to an end,\u201d Sen. Petersen said<\/a><\/strong> in a floor speech prior to a vote on his bill. \u201cThis is just an access issue. I know that some people don\u2019t like Sunday hunting. I understand that. I\u2019m not going to try to change their views but I do believe that for those people who believe in outdoor recreation and you only get two days on a weekend and this is one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Petersen\u2019s bill, SB 8<\/strong><\/a>, passed the Virginia Senate by a vote of 29-11<\/a><\/strong> with bipartisan support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House\u2019s Move<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Virginia remains only one of five states in the country that maintains Sunday hunting prohibitions. Republican Virginia state Delegate James Edmunds is hoping to change that through his Sunday hunting expansion bill in the lower chamber. Delegate Edmunds\u2019 bill received a House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the first day of the 2021 Virginia legislative session but it failed to move out of committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegate Edmunds voiced his disappointment saying<\/a>,<\/strong> \u201cHunters contribute the most to the purchase of many public lands but are the only user groups not allowed to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also said opposition is likely more related to Second Amendment and shooting sports opposition than to anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it is very hypocritical. I really believe that many of those who voted against it voted against hunting more than they voted against Sunday hunting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Who Can Own a Suppressor (Or Hunt with One) in the United States?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following his bill\u2019s defeat, though, Delegate Edmunds vowed<\/a><\/strong> to try again in the 2022 legislative session and re-introduced<\/a><\/strong> his hunting expansion bill. The bill received a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Natural Resources but failed again to advance, but only after a tied 3-3 vote<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> The tie means the bill can still be altered for reconsideration. However, the House of Delegates can still take up, debate and vote on the already-passed Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Petersen. The Sunday hunting bill faces a March legislative deadline<\/strong><\/a> in order for passage to remain possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Carolina<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In South Carolina, Republican state Rep. Bobby Cox introduced H. 4614<\/strong><\/a>, which would open state-owned wildlife management areas for hunting on Sundays. In a bit of good news, the bill received a favorable 4-0 vote in the House Wildlife Subcommittee and now moves for consideration in the full House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs. There is still much work ahead to advance the bill with favorable votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shifting Tides<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The moves to expand hunting opportunities in Virginia and South Carolina come at the right time. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, NSSF retailer survey data showed millions of Americans sought to join the ranks<\/strong><\/a> of American hunters and enjoy some social distancing in the fields and woods. Firearm sales reached record highs two years ago and last year, and that included nearly 14 million first-time gun buyers. Purchasers said self-defense was a driving force behind their purchases but hunting and recreational shooting<\/strong><\/a> were near the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Commonwealth, more than 800,000 Virginians submitted an FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verification to buy a gun in 2020. In 2021, the number was more than 650,000. For South Carolina, those numbers were 485,000 and 531,000, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When hunters and recreational shooters purchase licenses, hunting permits and firearm and ammunition equipment, they support manufacturers who pay Pittman-Robertson excise taxes that fund wildlife and habitat conservation projects and public lands management in the states. Since 1937, that funding has totaled more than $14.7 billion<\/strong><\/a> and it\u2019s rising still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday hunting for all, on private lands and state-operated public ones too, would ensure millions of Virginians and South Carolinians could finally take advantage of millions of acres of beautiful and bountiful public lands to enjoy hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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