Josh Shapiro officially lifted the longtime ban on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania. At a press conference Wednesday at the Blue Ridge Sportsman Club in Harrisburg, Shapiro called the blue law-era ban “outdated” and said the state’s Game Commission will now have full authority to set hunting seasons “that make sense for today’s sportsman.

The Sunday hunting bill adds deer urine to the list of explicit exceptions to the baiting rule. The purpose of the clause is simply to ensure that the use of urine will never be classified as baiting, according to Rep. Mandy Steele, D-Allegheny County, the bill’s prime sponsor.

A long-awaited expansion of Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania is now law, following the signing of House Bill 1431 by Governor Josh Shapiro. The legislation, which increases the number of Sundays available for hunting, was celebrated by Senator Dan Laughlin (R-49) as a major bipartisan win for the state’s hunters and working families.