Maine’s Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional.
The court considered a case asking whether a Sunday hunting ban on game animals such as deer, turkey and elk is still necessary. Maine is one of a growing number of states restricting hunting on Sundays.
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The case concerned arguments that the state’s “right to food” constitutional amendment should allow hunters to hunt game on Sundays. This amendment was the first of its kind in the United States when passed in 2021.
FILE – Jared Bornstein walks through brush while hunting on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 in Turner, Maine. The Maine Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, March 28, 2024, that the state’s long-standing Sunday hunting ban is constitutional. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bucati, File)
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court was unmoved by this argument. The court ruled Thursday that under the definition of poaching, the right to hunt “exists in situations where hunting is legal, but does not extend to situations where hunting is illegal.”
The court dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that “Maine’s long-standing ban on Sunday hunting does not violate the Maine Constitution.”
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About 40 states do not prohibit hunting on Sundays. Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to have an outright ban.
