Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change

Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday game hunting, and there's a push to overturn the laws in the final two states with full bans. The bans stem from so-called “blue laws” in Maine and Massachusetts that also regulate which businesses can remain open and where alcohol can be sold on Sundays. Maine’s highest court is considering a lawsuit asking whether the state’s law preventing hunting deer, moose and turkeys on Sundays is still necessary. Maine and Massachusetts are the only remaining states with full bans and residents there are pushing for hunting rights. Forty states have no hunting prohibitions on Sundays.