ORIGINAL: ButchA
Hmmmm... Hokie, you
DON'T run dogs around the JNF now, do you?
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Legal Methods and Restrictions During Firearms Deer Seasons:
Special restrictions apply to specific firearms use during this season. See Legal Use of Firearms and
Local Firearms Ordinances for details.
[ul][*]Modern firearms.[*]Hunters are allowed to use archery tackle or muzzleloading firearms to deer hunt during the firearms deer season with the following conditions:
[ul][*]all hunters are required to comply with the either-sex deer hunting days for the firearms deer season.[*]use of muzzleloading firearms is allowed only if not otherwise restricted.[*]muzzleloader deer hunters must wear blaze orange during the firearms deer season.[*]archery deer hunters must wear blaze orange during the firearms deer season except when hunting in areas where the discharge of firearms is prohibited. [/ul][/ul]
Dogs May Not Be Used For Deer Hunting:
[ul][*]
West of the Blue Ridge.[*]East of the Blue Ridge in Bedford, Fairfax, Franklin, Henry Loudoun, Northampton, and Patrick counties, and Amherst (west of Rt. 29), Campbell (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad), Nelson (west of Rt. 151), Pittsylvania (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad), and the city of Lynchburg.[*]Statewide when hunting during archery and muzzleloading deer seasons.[*]On many military areas. Check individual Post regulations.[*]On Amelia, Cavalier, Featherfin, Pettigrew, C.F. Phelps, and G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Areas.[*]During the first 12 hunting days of the firearms deer season in Madison and Greene counties. [/ul]