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A hunter dressed in camouflage gear sets his sights on a turkey. In his lap are turkey calls.
Portland Press Herald file photo
As they’ve sought unsuccessfully for half a century, hunters are pushing for Maine to revise or abolish its ban on Sunday hunting.
It’s a controversial issue.
For advocates such as state Sen. Jeff Timberlake, a Turner Republican who is sponsoring a measure to allow Sunday hunting on private land with its owner’s permission, lawmakers have a chance “to pass a meaningful piece of legislation that will touch the lives of countless Mainers and put our state in line with nearly every other one in the nation.”