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,

Pennsylvanians will now be able to hunt on more Sundays. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 1431 into law on Wednesday, fully repealing the state's "outdated" ban on Sunday hunting. Shapiro says the new law will give the Game Commission the freedom to set hunting seasons "that make sense for today's sportsman."

Pennsylvania's Sunday hunting ban has been repealed.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,