Letters To The Editor
Opposes Sunday

Hunting

To the editor:

Time and again, the nonhunting public, especially those of us who own large tracts of suburban and rural land, have made it clear why we oppose additional hunting on Sunday.

We are fed up with having to deal with the invasion of our privacy, as well as damage to our properties, not to mention dealing with injured and dead animals.

I have my property patrolled six days a week now. Sunday is our only day of rest from September through January, as well the month of May for spring gobbler season.

As always, when it comes to hunters it's all about them. As if they are the only ones who enjoy the forests, fields and wildlife.

Dangling an offer of increased penalties for trespassing hunters, including allowing Pa. Game Commission officers to enforce trespass laws, is not enough. The PGC fails to enforce the game laws properly now.

I have had numerous incidents where hunters have violated the law and the PGC essentially has sided with them. The officers stated opinion is, in effect, "The hunters pay our salary."

P. E. Haan

Clarks Summit

No Sunday

Hunting

To the editor:

I object to expanding hunting to Sundays for working sportsmen. As an owner of wooded property edged by the Allegheny National Forest, I am otherwise supportive of hunting (though I am not a hunter myself).

For four decades, with the start of the hunting seasons in October, my family has restricted our outings in the woods to Sundays. The woods, we felt, were best left to the hunters the rest of the week (except for parks and recreation areas, where hunting is prohibited).

Expanding hunting to Sundays ignores the right of other outdoorsmen - hikers, backpackers, photographers, kayakers, cross-country skiers, etc. - to enjoy fall and early winter safely on public lands that one day a week.

Dr. John P. McNavage

Glenshaw

Car, Truck, Bike Show Going On

Broad Street in Emporium will be crowded today during the second annual Cameron County Car, Truck and Bike Show.

Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Registration opens at 9:00 and concludes at noon. Awards for the top entries will be presented at 3:00 p.m.