Here in Va, (east of the Blue Ridge, most of the state) it typically runs from the first Saturday in Oct to the frist Saturday in Jan. this year in Northern Va it started the 21rst of Sept with the state tagging all does on a DMAP program until the official start on the 5th of Oct. it runs through all the gun seasons and Black Powder season.

Hunting ; an act of love for nature guided by the strongest spiritual forces.
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