Has anyone pointed out to the legislators,
the economic impact of hunting? Seriously, without Sunday hunting how do you ever attract any out of state hunters to VA?
The Missouri Conservation recently posted some statistics on the amount of money brought into the state by out of state deer hunters. I don't recall the exact numbers but it was in the Millions. They considered not only tags but food, lodging, gas, purchases from local stores etc.
Now I don't understand the logic behind "no Sunday hunting" to begin with, but seriously why leave money laying on the table?
Having worked in state government, I can tell you one thing that all politicians understand is additional income for them to budget and play with.
Good luck to you guys.