BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 14, 2022
Only Maine and Massachusetts bar Sunday hunting in a longstanding “blue law.” Lawmakers have tried to erode the ban 35 times in the last 45 years. There may be a way forward in 2022. Legislative leaders have backed some form of Sunday hunting, alongside the National Rifle Association and most Maine hunters. A bill being considered this year draws a line bisecting the state from Route 2 near Bethel via Bangor to the Canadian border at Route 9 in Washington County. North of the line, hunting would be allowed on Sundays. South of it, landowners could hunt on their own property on Sundays and give written permission for others to hunt there.