The longstanding prohibition is “a relic of the earliest days of this commonwealth” and one that “doesn’t make sense anymore” given the pace of modern life and Pennsylvania’s burgeoning deer population,

Pennsylvania's Sunday hunting ban has been repealed. Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed into law a bill that repeals the ban.Legislators hope the law will boost revenue for new hunting license sales,

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation today fully repealing Pennsylvania’s ban on Sunday hunting. The bipartisan House Bill 1431 allows the Pennsylvania Game Commission to expand Sunday hunting opportunities while strengthening wildlife conservation efforts and bolstering rural economies, Sapiro’s office says.