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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-231

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Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-501 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-241

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Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-501 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-260 - Hunting with dogs prohibited in certain counties and areas

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A. Generally. It
				shall be unlawful to hunt deer with dogs in the counties of Amherst (west of
				Business U.S. 29 from the James River to its intersection with U.S. 29 just
				south of the Town of Amherst continuing north on U.S. 29 to the Tye River),
				Bedford, Campbell (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad, and in the City of
				Lynchburg), Fairfax, Franklin, Henry, Loudoun, Nelson (west of Route 151),
				Northampton, Patrick and Pittsylvania (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad); and
				on the Amelia, Chester F. Phelps, G. Richard Thompson and Pettigrew Wildlife
				Management Areas, except that tracking dogs as defined in §
									29.1-516.1
				of the Code of Virginia may be used.
B. Special provision for Greene and Madison
				counties. It shall be unlawful to hunt deer with dogs on the Saturday prior to
				the third Monday in November and for 13 consecutive days following in the
				Greene and Madison Counties, except that tracking dogs as defined in §
									29.1-516.1
				of the Code of Virginia may be used.
C. It shall be unlawful to hunt deer with
				dogs in any county or city during open deer season for antlerless deer only as
				defined in
				4VAC15-90-10.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-280 - Sale of cervid parts and cervid mounts

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Provided that no extraneous muscle tissue is attached, it
				  shall be lawful to purchase or sell the hair, hide, tail, sinew, skull,
				  antlers, bones, and feet of a legally possessed cervid carcass or cervid
				  carcass part, any products made from these deer parts, and cervid
				  mounts.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103 and
					 29.1-501 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-290

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Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-291 - Enclosed or fenced areas that prevent or impede the free egress of deer

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A. Pursuant to
				§
									29.1-525.1A and
				B of the Code of Virginia, an enclosed or fenced area having any of the
				following attributes shall be deemed to prevent or impede the free egress of
				deer:
1. A fence greater than 61 inches high
				anywhere along its entire length;
2. A fence greater than 61 inches high that
				incorporates any topographic or other physical barrier that prevents or impedes
				the free egress of deer; or
3. A
				fence or other barrier 61 inches or less in height having any attribute that
				prevents or impedes the free egress of deer, including being slanted, doubled,
				offset, or electrified.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-293 - Unauthorized cervid parts, excretions, and carcass importation, movement, possession, and use

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A. The following
				words or terms, when used in
				4VAC15-40-285,
				this section, and
				4VAC15-90-294,
				shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise:
"Cervid" means any member of the deer family Cervidae,
				  including white-tailed deer, fallow deer, sika deer, elk, and reindeer.
"Import" means to transport a carcass or carcass parts, other
				  than those outlined in subsection B of this section, into the Commonwealth in
				  such a manner that the carcass or carcass parts are removed from their place of
				  storage within a vehicle or other conveyance and placed or deposited within the
				  Commonwealth. Deer harvested on properties that span the Commonwealth's
				  boundary with an adjoining state shall not be considered imported.
B. No person shall import or
				possess any carcass or part of a carcass of any member of the family Cervidae
				(deer) originating outside of the Commonwealth, except that the following
				carcass parts may be imported and possessed:
1. Boned-out meat;
2. Quarters or other portions of meat with no
				part of the spinal column or skull attached;
3. Hides or capes with no skull
				attached;
4. Clean (no meat or
				tissue attached) skulls or skull plates with or without antlers
				attached;
5. Clean (no meat or
				tissue attached) lower jaw bones;
6. Antlers (with no meat or tissue
				attached);
7. Upper canine teeth
				(buglers, whistlers, or ivories); and
8. Finished taxidermy products.
A legible label shall be affixed to packages or containers
				  containing the allowed carcass parts bearing the following information: the
				  species of animal, the state or province from where the animal originated, and
				  the name and address of the person who either killed or possesses the allowed
				  parts in the Commonwealth.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-294 - Rehabilitation of cervids

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A. For the
				purposes of this section:
"Juvenile"means any cervid less than one year of age on
				  December 31 of the current calendar year.
"Adult" means any cervid greater than one year of age on
				  December 31 of the current calendar year.
B. No person permitted by the department to
				rehabilitate cervids may rehabilitate or release adult cervids. Rehabilitators
				permitted by the department may transport and temporarily possess adult cervids
				solely for the purpose of immediate humane dispatch but must notify the
				department immediately after the deer has been dispatched.
C. Juvenile cervids requiring continued
				rehabilitation beyond December 31 of the current calendar year shall not be
				transported, possessed, released, or rehabilitated without written
				authorization from the department.
D. Cervids that originate within an area
				designated by the department for disease management shall not be transported or
				possessed for the purposes of rehabilitation. If such a cervid is brought to a
				rehabilitator permitted by the department, the permittee shall hold the cervid
				in isolation and immediately notify the department.
E. Cervids from any county (including the
				cities and towns therein) containing an area designated by the department for
				cervid disease management may be rehabilitated and released in the county of
				origin only if the cervid originated from a portion of the county outside the
				disease management area.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103 and
					 29.1-501 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-500 - Elk hunting outside the Elk Management Zone

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A. Open season. Except as otherwise provided
				by 4VAC15-90-510, it shall be lawful
				to hunt elk of either sex during (i) the general firearms deer seasons as
				prescribed by
				4VAC15-90-10 and
				4VAC15-90-23,(ii)
				the special archery seasons as prescribed by
				4VAC15-90-70, and (iii) the special
				muzzleloading seasons as prescribed by
				4VAC15-90-80 with bag limits as
				prescribed in
				4VAC15-90-90.
B. Upon killing an elk. Any licensed or
				permitted hunter shall validate a tag on that hunter's special license for
				hunting deer and turkey or bonus deer permit and check the elk in accordance
				with 4VAC15-40-290. Upon receiving a
				confirmation number, the hunter must call the department to schedule an
				inspection of the carcass and the site of kill for the collection of biological
				samples.
C. Checking elk by persons
				exempt from license requirements or holding a license authorization number.
				Upon killing an elk, any person (i) exempt from license requirement as
				prescribed in § 29.1-301 of the Code of Virginia, (ii) issued a
				complimentary license as prescribed in § 29.1-339 of the Code of Virginia,
				(iii) holding a permanent license issued pursuant to § 29.1-301 E of the
				Code of Virginia, or (iv) holding a Virginia license authorization number
				issued by a telephone or electronic media agent pursuant to § 29.1-327 B
				of the Code of Virginia shall check the elk in accordance with
				4VAC15-40-290. Upon receiving a
				confirmation number, the hunter must call the department to schedule an
				inspection of the carcass and the site of kill for the collection of biological
				samples.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-501 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-510 - Elk hunting within the Elk Management Zone

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A. It shall be lawful to hunt elk within the
				Elk Management Zone from the second Saturday in October through the following
				Friday, both dates inclusive.
B.
				The seasonal bag limit for elk shall be one per season as prescribed on the
				special elk hunting license. The department shall determine the number and type
				of special elk hunting licenses distributed within a season and license
				year.
C. Except as provided in
				4VAC15-90-540 or
				4VAC15-90-550 individuals selected
				to purchase a special elk hunting license shall not be eligible to receive a
				subsequent special elk hunting license for a period of three years.
D. All licensed elk hunters and persons
				accompanying elk hunters are required to wear or display a blaze color as
				described in § 29.1-530.1 of the Code of Virginia.
E. Upon killing an elk, any licensed hunter
				shall validate the tag on the hunter's special elk hunting license and report
				the elk in accordance with procedures outlined in
				4VAC15-40-290. Upon receiving a
				confirmation number, the hunter must call the department to schedule an
				inspection of the carcass and the site of kill for the collection of biological
				samples.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103 and 29.1-501 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-520 - Special provisions for hunting elk within the Elk Management Zone

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A. It shall be
				unlawful for any person to destroy the identity of the sex of any harvested elk
				unless and until requirements outlined in this section are met. Successful elk
				hunters are allowed to dismember the carcass to pack it out from the place of
				kill as long as evidence of the sex remains naturally attached to a major
				portion of the meat. Once the requirements for tag validation, reporting, and
				biological sampling have been met in accordance with 4VAC15-90-510, evidence of
				sex is no longer required.
B. Any
				elk found in the possession of any person without a validated (notched) license
				tag or documentation that the elk has been reported in accordance with
				4VAC15-90-510, shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth to be disposed of as
				provided by law.
C. It is unlawful
				for a person to fail to reasonably attempt to dress, care for, and remove from
				the field the edible portions of any harvested elk, at a minimum that includes
				the meat from front shoulders, back quarters, and back-straps. Violation of
				this subsection shall constitute wanton waste for the purposes of section
				§
									29.1-553.1
				of the Code of Virginia.
D. It
				shall be unlawful to hunt elk with dogs. This subsection shall not prohibit the
				use of tracking dogs, which may be used in accordance with §
									29.1-516.1
				of the Code of Virginia.
E. It
				shall be unlawful to drive elk from any area, including man-drives, pushing
				with vehicles, or any other human action that is intended to cause animals to
				move into a harvestable situation.
F. The special elk hunting license shall be
				valid on all private land, with written permission from the landowner, within
				the Elk Management Zone. The special elk hunting license shall also be valid on
				public lands as designated on an individual's special elk hunting license. This
				is only applicable to special elk hunting licenses awarded through the random
				drawing and conservation license programs.
G. Elk hunters 15 years of age and younger or
				holders of an apprentice hunting license must be accompanied by and directly
				supervised by an adult who has a valid Virginia hunting license or is exempt
				from purchasing a hunting license. Adult hunters accompanying youth or
				apprentice hunters on a special elk hunt may not carry or discharge
				weapons.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-530 - Special elk hunting license, random drawing license program

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A. The dates for
				the annual application period to enter the random drawing for a special elk
				hunting license shall be published by the department annually and shall be no
				less than 30 days in duration. Individuals selected for special elk hunting
				licenses via the random drawing shall be notified no less than 60 days prior to
				the start of the elk hunt, and special elk hunting licenses must be purchased
				from the department within 30 days of notification.
B. To enter the random drawing for a special
				elk hunting license, applicants shall:
1.
				Complete the application for a special elk hunting license as provided by the
				department.
2. Pay a nonrefundable
				application fee.
3. Apply only once
				for each random drawing.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-540 - Special elk hunting license, Landowner License Program

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A. Upon receipt of
				a valid Landowner License Program application from a landowner within the Elk
				Management Zone, the director or the director's designee shall verify the
				application materials and have sole discretion in enrolling the property in the
				Landowner License Program. The application deadline shall be published by the
				department annually no less than 30 days prior to the deadline.
B. A valid Landowner License Program
				application shall include:
1. Landowner's
				name, home address, telephone number, and address of the property to be
				enrolled in the program.
2. A
				recorded survey or other legal documentation certifying the acreage and
				ownership of the property to be enrolled.
3. Original signature of the
				landowner.
4. Only a single
				application per license year, per landowner.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 90 - GAME: DEER › Section 4VAC15-90-550 - Special elk hunting license, Conservation License Program

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A. For the purposes
				of this section, the following words or terms shall have the following
				meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Individual, cooperators, or wildlife conservation
				  organizations" means those people or entities whose mission is to promote and
				  ensure the conservation of Virginia's wildlife resources or to promote
				  opportunities for hunting, fishing, trapping, boating, or other
				  wildlife-related recreation within Virginia.
"Proceeds" means the amount of money received by the
				  cooperator or organization from the transfer of a reserved special elk hunting
				  license minus all expenses, including the fees associated with the license, and
				  administrative costs directly attributable to the transfer of the permit or the
				  implementation of the defined project.
B. Upon receipt of a valid Conservation
				License Program application from an officer or other designated official
				representative of any individual, cooperator, or wildlife conservation
				organization, the director or the director's designee shall verify the
				application materials and may select a program awardee annually. Applications
				must be received or postmarked no later than April 1 to be eligible for the
				Conservation License Program during that calendar year.
C. A valid Conservation License Program
				application shall include:
1. Cooperator or
				organization name, name of the individual designated to submit and receive
				official correspondence, address for such correspondence, and a telephone
				number.
2. Cooperator or
				organization mission statement.
3.
				A written application describing:
a.
				Cooperator or organization role in wildlife conservation in Virginia.
b. Cooperator or organization purpose and
				intent for requesting a reserved special elk hunting license through the
				Conservation License Program.
c.
				Cooperator or organization proposal for method of generating funds from
				transfer of the reserved special elk hunting license to an eligible
				individual.
d. Cooperator or
				organization strategy to direct proceeds received from the transfer of the
				reserved special elk hunting license and any matching funding toward wildlife
				conservation or wildlife-related recreation in Virginia's Elk Management
				Zone.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 100 - GAME: DOVE › Section 4VAC15-100-10 - Use of dogs for retrieving

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It shall be lawful to use dogs for retrieving doves during
				  the open season for hunting same.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 105 - GAME: FISHER › Section 4VAC15-105-10 - Closed season; generally

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There shall be a continuous closed season for hunting and
				  trapping fishers.
Statutory Authority: § 29.1-501 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part I - Hunting with Dogs Only › Section 4VAC15-110-10 - Closed season in certain areas

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It shall be unlawful to hunt foxes with dogs on the George
					 Washington/Jefferson National Forest and on the Gathright, Goshen, G. Richard
					 Thompson, Highland, Little North Mountain and Rapidan Wildlife Management Areas
					 except during the period when it is lawful to hunt foxes with
					 firearms.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
						of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part II - Hunting with Guns › Section 4VAC15-110-20 - Hunting with firearms; open season for red fox

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Except as otherwise provided with the specific exceptions
					 provided in this chapter, it shall be lawful to hunt red foxes with firearms
					 from November 1 through the last day in February, both dates
					 inclusive.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part II - Hunting with Guns › Section 4VAC15-110-25 - Hunting with firearms; open season for gray fox

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Except as otherwise provided with the specific exceptions
					 provided in this chapter, it shall be lawful to hunt gray foxes with firearms
					 from January 1 through the last day in February, both dates
					 inclusive.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part II - Hunting with Guns › Section 4VAC15-110-30 - Closed season

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Continuous closed season in certain areas. It shall be
					 unlawful to shoot foxes in the following counties, or parts thereof, at any
					 time: Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier (except within the confines of the
					 Quantico Marine Reservation), Loudoun, Louisa and
					 Rappahannock.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part II - Hunting with Guns › Section 4VAC15-110-35 - Bag limit

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The bag limit for hunting gray fox shall be one per hunting
					 party, individual or organized, taken between noon of one day and noon the
					 following day.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part III - Trapping › Section 4VAC15-110-50 - Open season

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Except as otherwise specifically provided by local
					 legislation and with the specific exceptions provided in the sections appearing
					 in this chapter, it shall be lawful to trap foxes from November 15 through the
					 last day of February, both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part III - Trapping › Section 4VAC15-110-60 - Prohibited in certain counties

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It shall be unlawful to trap foxes in the counties of
					 Clarke (except on the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area), Fauquier
					 (except on the Chester F. Phelps and G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management
					 Areas), Loudoun and Rappahannock.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part III - Trapping › Section 4VAC15-110-70 - Control of rabies

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Notwithstanding any other provision of these sections,
					 foxes may be trapped anywhere for the purpose of controlling rabies upon
					 request of the State Department of Health.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the
						Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part IV - Miscellaneous › Section 4VAC15-110-80 - Killing by landowner

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A landowner may kill or have killed red foxes at any time
					 on the landowner's land. Provided further that a landowner may kill or have
					 killed gray foxes at any time on the landowner's land, but only when a gray fox
					 is causing damage to crops or property or is posing a threat to human health or
					 safety.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 110 - GAME: FOX › Part IV - Miscellaneous › Section 4VAC15-110-90 - Use of dogs in hunting fox during deer season in certain counties and national forests

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It shall be unlawful to use dogs for the hunting of foxes
					 during the open season for hunting deer on the Gathright, Goshen, Highland and
					 Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Areas and within the boundaries of
					 the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 120 - GAME: GROUSE › Section 4VAC15-120-10 - Open season

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Except as otherwise specifically provided in the sections
				  appearing in this chapter, it shall be lawful to hunt grouse from the Saturday
				  prior to the last Monday in October through the second Saturday in February
				  both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 120 - GAME: GROUSE › Section 4VAC15-120-20 - Bag limit

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The bag limit for hunting grouse shall be three a
				  day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 120 - GAME: GROUSE › Section 4VAC15-120-30 - Continuous closed season

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There shall be continuous closed season for the hunting or
				  shooting of grouse in all counties and portions of counties lying east of U.S.
				  Route I-95.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501, 29.1-502 and 29.1-701 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 130 - GAME: MINK › Section 4VAC15-130-20 - Open season for trapping; generally

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Except as otherwise specifically provided in the sections
				  appearing in this chapter, it shall be lawful to trap mink from December 1
				  through the last day of February, both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 140 - GAME: MUSKRAT › Section 4VAC15-140-20 - Open season for trapping-generally

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It shall be lawful to trap muskrat from December 1 through
				  the last day of February, both dates inclusive, except there shall be a
				  continuous open season to trap muskrat within the incorporated limits of any
				  city or town in the Commonwealth and in the counties of Arlington,
				  Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, James City, Loudoun, Prince William,
				  Spotsylvania, Stafford, Roanoke and York.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 160 - GAME: OPOSSUM › Section 4VAC15-160-10 - Open season

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It shall be lawful to hunt opossum from October 15 through
				  March 10, both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 160 - GAME: OPOSSUM › Part II - Trapping › Section 4VAC15-160-31 - Open season for trapping

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to trap opossum from November 15 through
					 the last day of February, both dates inclusive, except there shall be a
					 continuous open season to trap opossum within the incorporated limits of any
					 city or town in the Commonwealth and in the counties of Arlington,
					 Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, James City, Loudoun, Prince William,
					 Spotsylvania, Stafford, Roanoke and York.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 170 - GAME: OTTER › Section 4VAC15-170-20 - Open season for trapping; season bag limit west of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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A. It shall
				be lawful to trap otter from December 1 through the last day of February, both
				dates inclusive.
B. The season bag
				limit for trapping otter shall be four per trapper in counties west of the Blue
				Ridge Mountains.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
					 of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 170 - GAME: OTTER › Section 4VAC15-170-21 - Repealed

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Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 170 - GAME: OTTER › Section 4VAC15-170-30 - Pelts to be sealed before sale, etc

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It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, barter, exchange, traffic
				  or trade in, bargain for, solicit for, purchase or transport out of the
				  Commonwealth, any otter pelts until the pelts have been sealed by an agent of
				  the department. This requirement shall not apply to licensed taxidermists who
				  ship otter pelts out of state for tanning purposes or to individuals who ship
				  otter pelts out of state to be tanned for personal use. All otter pelts
				  required to be sealed under the provisions of this chapter must be sealed not
				  later than April 1 of the license year in which the animal is
				  taken.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 180 - GAME: PHEASANT › Section 4VAC15-180-10 - Open season; generally

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Except as otherwise specifically provided in the sections
				  appearing in this chapter, it shall be lawful to hunt pheasant during the
				  period when it is lawful to take quail.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 190 - GAME: QUAIL › Section 4VAC15-190-10 - Open season; generally

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A.
				Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be lawful to hunt
				quail from the Saturday prior to the second Monday in November through January
				31, both dates inclusive.
B. It
				shall be unlawful to hunt quail on all public lands west of the Blue Ridge
				Mountains.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103 and
					 29.1-501 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 190 - GAME: QUAIL › Section 4VAC15-190-40 - Bag limit

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The bag limit for quail shall be six a
				  day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 190 - GAME: QUAIL › Section 4VAC15-190-60 - Release of pen-raised quail on private lands

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It shall be lawful to release pen-raised bobwhite quail on
				  private lands with permission of the landowner. Released pen-raised quail may
				  be recaptured using a call back cage. For the purposes of this section, a call
				  back cage is defined as a cage, pen, box, or barrel with one or more funnel
				  entrances to allow pen-raised quail to enter from the outside. The call back
				  cage must contain one or more live pen-raised bobwhites (call birds). Each call
				  back cage shall be marked by means of a nonferrous metal tag bearing the name
				  and address of the person operating such call back cage. No bait or food may be
				  placed outside of the call back cage and no call back cages may be set on lands
				  without permission of the landowner.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-10 - Open season; generally

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Except as otherwise specifically provided by the sections
				  appearing in this chapter, it shall be lawful to hunt rabbit from the Saturday
				  prior to the first Monday in November through the last day in February , both
				  dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-15 - Definitions

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The following words or terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Import" means to transport a carcass or carcass parts, other
				  than those outlined in 4VAC15-200-60, into the Commonwealth in such a manner
				  that the carcass or carcass parts are removed from their place of storage
				  within a vehicle or other conveyance and placed or deposited within the
				  Commonwealth. Rabbits harvested on properties that span the Commonwealth's
				  boundary with an adjoining state shall not be considered imported.
"Wild rabbit" means any member of the taxonomic order
				  Lagomorpha, including rabbits, hares, and pika regulated by the Department of
				  Wildlife Resources and not defined as domestic breeds by the American Rabbit
				  Breeders Association.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-20 - Bag limit

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The bag limit for rabbit shall be six a
				  day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-30 - Trapping with box traps

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to trap rabbits with box traps from
				  October 15 through January 31, both dates inclusive; provided, that no traps
				  shall be set on the lands of another without written permission; provided
				  further, that it shall be lawful to live-trap rabbits and transport them only
				  within the county of capture, for release or restocking purposes in Virginia at
				  any time, provided they are not released onto the lands of another without
				  permission.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-50 - Unauthorized wild rabbit carcass importation and possession

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
No person shall import or possess a whole carcass or any part
				  of a carcass of a wild rabbit originating from outside the Commonwealth, except
				  for a fully dressed carcass with the skin, feet, head, and internal organs
				  removed.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 200 - GAME: RABBIT AND HARES › Section 4VAC15-200-60 - Disposal of wild rabbit parts

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No wild rabbit carcasses or carcass parts may be discarded or
				  disposed of directly on the ground. All such carcasses or carcass parts must be
				  buried at least two feet below ground, incinerated, or securely bagged and
				  discarded in household trash for ultimate disposal in a permitted
				  landfill.
Statutory Authority: §§
											29.1-103,
					 29.1-501,
					 and
					 29.1-502
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part I - Chasing › Section 4VAC15-210-10 - Open season; raccoon chase on areas open to bear hound training; possession of certain devices unlawful

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A. Except as otherwise specifically provided
				  in the sections appearing in this chapter, there shall be a continuous open
				  season for chasing raccoon with dogs, without capturing or taking, except on
				  department-controlled lands west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and on national
				  forest lands.
B. It shall be lawful
				  to chase raccoon with dogs, without capturing or taking, on
				  department-controlled lands west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and on national
				  forest lands where bear hound training is permitted during the season dates
				  specified in
				  4VAC15-50-120.
C. It shall be unlawful to have in possession
				  a firearm, bow, crossbow, axe, saw, or any tree climbing device while hunting
				  during this chase season. The meaning of "possession" for the purpose of this
				  section shall include, but not be limited to, having these devices in or on
				  one's person, vehicle, or conveyance while engaged in the act of
				  chasing.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part I - Chasing › Section 4VAC15-210-20 - Repealed

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Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part II - Hunting and Trapping › Section 4VAC15-210-30 - Open season for hunting

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to take raccoon by hunting from October
					 15 through March 10, both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part II - Hunting and Trapping › Section 4VAC15-210-51 - Open season for trapping

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to trap raccoon from November 15
					 through the last day of February, both dates inclusive, except there shall be a
					 continuous open season to trap raccoon within the incorporated limits of any
					 city or town in the Commonwealth and in the counties of Arlington,
					 Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico, James City, Loudoun, Prince William,
					 Spotsylvania, Stafford, Roanoke and York.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part II - Hunting and Trapping › Section 4VAC15-210-70 - Bag limit for hunting and trapping; counties east of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The bag limit for hunting raccoon in all counties east of
					 the Blue Ridge Mountains shall be two per hunter, taken between noon of one day
					 and noon the following day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 210 - GAME: RACCOON › Part II - Hunting and Trapping › Section 4VAC15-210-80 - Bag limit for hunting and trapping; counties west of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Except as provided by local legislation, the bag limit for
					 hunting raccoon in all counties west of the Blue Ridge Mountains shall be two
					 per hunting party, individual or organized, taken between noon of one day and
					 noon the following day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 220 - GAME: SKUNK › Section 4VAC15-220-10 - Continuous open season for taking striped skunks

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to take striped skunks (Mephitis
				  mephitis) at any time.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 220 - GAME: SKUNK › Section 4VAC15-220-20 - Taking of spotted skunks

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A landowner or tenant may take, on his own land or land
				  under his control, spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius) committing or about to
				  commit depredation. However, the pelt of the spotted skunk may not be
				  sold.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part I - Gray and Red Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-10 - Applicability of part

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of this part shall apply only to gray and
					 red squirrel and shall not be applicable to fox squirrel.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
						of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part I - Gray and Red Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-20 - Gray and red squirrel. Season; generally

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Except as otherwise provided by local legislation and with
					 the specific exceptions provided in the sections appearing in this chapter, it
					 shall be lawful to hunt squirrel from the first Saturday in September through
					 the last day in February, both dates inclusive.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
						of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part I - Gray and Red Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-21 - Spring season for gray and red squirrel

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to hunt gray and red squirrels from the
					 first Saturday in June through the third Saturday in June, both dates
					 inclusive, except on national forest lands.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part II - Fox Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-50 - Closed season; generally

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the sections
					 appearing in this part, there shall be a continuous closed season for hunting
					 fox squirrel.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code
						of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part II - Fox Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-60 - Fox squirrel Open season; first Saturday in September through January 31

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to hunt fox squirrel from the first
					 Saturday in September through January 31, both dates inclusive, in the Counties
					 of Albemarle, Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan,
					 Carroll, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Dickenson, Fauquier, Floyd, Franklin,
					 Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Henry, Highland, Lee, Loudoun, Madison,
					 Montgomery, Orange, Page, Patrick, Prince William, Pulaski, Rappahannock,
					 Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Tazewell,
					 Washington, Warren, Wise, and Wythe.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 230 - GAME: SQUIRREL › Part II - Fox Squirrel › Section 4VAC15-230-61 - Spring season for fox squirrel

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be lawful to hunt fox squirrels from the first
					 Saturday in June through the third Saturday in June, both dates inclusive, on
					 all lands in all counties open to fox squirrel hunting during the regular
					 squirrel season, except on national forest lands.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of
						Virginia.