But on the other hand, just because you have had a bad experience with one person doesnt really justify denying anyone else the right of retrieval. It is kind of like refusing to let the neighbors kid come into your yard to get his soccer ball just because another neighbor kid soaped your windows during Halloween.
Hmmmm. Mind telling me where this "right of retrival" law exsists in the Virginia game laws, or Virginia civil laws? Another state perhaps. Your state maybe? Do you get upset when neighbors ride their ATV's all over your property without your permission?It's not a matter of a bad experience with one person. It's a matter of too many folks taking liberties with a privilege. So I control the privilege. As do most land owners. Had a friend a few years backwho almost got killed on his own land hunting, by a trespasser. Fella claimed he was "tracking a woundeddeer", and thought my bud was his game. Imagine that? He was prosecuted, and lucky he didn't go to jail forfelony assalt charges.