BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 2, 2023
The legal battle over Maine’s 140-year ban on Sunday hunting will go before the state’s highest court this week. Attorneys for the state of Maine and the family suing the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will make their cases before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday. At issue is whether a constitutional amendment enacted in 2021 granting a right to food means that Mainers should be able to hunt any day of the week.