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May 18, 2015 - 9:47PM

Last Three Up Dates On HB..........NC GUYS READ PLEASE

HB#640 is sitting in the Senate Rules Committee while members of the Republican Caucus decide what to do with this issue. It is time to call your Senator & ask him/her to vote NO to Sunday hunting.

We are building momentum every day. The buzz in the General Assembly this week is Sunday hunting. Senators are receiving more & more emails and calls against Sunday hunting.

Bill sponsor Rep. Jimmy Dixon waylaid some Sunday hunting opponents today as they visited Senators. He tried, again, to dissuade them from opposing Sunday hunting. We are told he said, "I don't care if I get elected again. I have the power, I have the votes, and I intend to get this bill passed." Some of the Sunday hunting opponents were from his district, but he ignored their concerns.

Very few Senators are so hard headed. Most Senators are deeply interested in what their constituents think, and want to hear from you. Many of them recognize this is a divisive issue, and seem undecided.

Below find the list of all 50 Senators, with districts and email addresses. If these links don't work, copy the email address into your individual email. Please do NOT forward this email to legislators.

Please use as your subject line: "Vote NO -- Sunday Hunting Bill H640". Be brief and polite as you ask the Senator to vote NO.

Remember to include your name and address to demonstrate you are a NC resident. Take special care to contact YOUR OWN SENATOR. Also, contact all Senators you know personally. The list of all 50 Senators is below. You may call any legislator by calling (919)733-4111 and asking for that legislator. For more detailed information, including the name of your own Senator, please visit the web site of the NC General Assembly: www.ncleg.net.

Forward this email to other North Carolinians who oppose Sunday gun hunting. The time you spend now will help to preserve our hunting heritage. We want all hunters, and particularly dog hunters, to continue to have the opportunity to hunt. We do not need more enemies, which will happen if the 95% of North Carolinians who do not hunt hear gun fire on Sunday. Further, we do not want hunting commercialized and the price of hunting pushed so high that ordinary people can no longer afford to hunt.

Again, thank you for working to protect and preserve hunting and specifically, dog hunting. Call us if you have questions. Best regards, Joe & Henri

Joe and Henri McClees

NC Sporting Dog Association, Inc.

his Week: NC Senators need to hear Sunday hunting is a bad idea

A few NC dog hunters have asked why the NC Sporting Dog Association opposes Sunday hunting. A Virginia Congressman has sent a warning to dog hunters that you should hear. There are national trends that can hurt dog hunting in NC. We must protect our sport in NC.

US Congressman Rob Whittman (R- VA 1st District) stated, without prompting or hesitation, “every state that has adopted Sunday Hunting in the last decade or two has severely curtailed or eliminated hunting with dogs.”

Congressman Whittman said that commercial hunting was the root cause! He observed that where there had been some resistance, as in Alabama, “the strategy has been to require large amounts of land in contagious blocks as a requirement to allow the use of dogs.” Further demonstrating a thorough knowledge of the subject, he said once the use of dogs was curtailed and commercial hunt legalized, that the rising cost of leasing land drove off all but the wealthy hunters.

Congressman Whittman’s remarks were made to a Virginia official at the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2015 North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference in Omaha, Nebraska in March.

The VA Hunting Dog Alliance steadfastly opposed commercial hunting because of its impact on both the non-dog hunter and dog hunter alike. In 2013, then VaHDA Chairman Jim Hackett was attacked on the internet by dog and non-dog hunters for making the same observations as Congressman Whittman. As you may have heard, VA legalized Sunday gun hunting last year.

Ask the average Texan what it costs to be able to hunt private land in that state! States that have legalized Sunday hunting set the stage for commercial hunting and dramatic losses of land for dog hunting!

Virginia Congressman Rob Whittman has been an active member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) since his election to Congress in 2007. He served as Vice-Chair in the 113th Congress, and is currently serving as CSC Co-Chair. Rob is known to be a friend to Virginia dog hunters. His statements should be a wakeup call to ALL dog hunters.

Please take time to call and email Senators to ask them to say NO to Sunday hunting. Click here for list of Senators. Please help us protect dog hunting in North Carolina. Henri & Joe McClees

NC Sporting Dog Association, Inc.

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May 19, 2015 - 6:34AM