Now that Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed House Bill 1431 lifting the state’s longtime ban on Sunday hunting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has approved expanded Sunday hunting opportunities, with the new hunting days for 2025 in place.

The PGC recently announced that beginning Sept. 14, and through the second Sunday in firearms deer season Dec. 7, all Sundays that fall within established hunting seasons will be included as part of those seasons and open to hunting.

For other species with open seasons, the Sundays authorized for hunting in 2025 are: Sept. 14, Sept. 21, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Nov. 30, and Dec. 7.

Migratory game bird seasons are the lone exception. No Sundays will be added to the 2025-26 migratory game bird seasons be

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