ORIGINAL: Bigg~BirddVA
ORIGINAL: vahoundsman
why is it so hard for the idiot with the video camera to understand those two people in his hollywood production werent doing anything illegal or wrong and in fact he is in the wrong.
the topic of discussion for the last dozen or so post have been about his video on u-tube and has nothing to do with tresspassing by the hunters or the dogs,being that they HAVE permission to be on BOTH sides of the road.
Call Isle of Wight Sheriff at 757-357-2151. Ask to speak to a sheriff. Ask what the law is on the distance one can discharge a weapon from a public road. Then get back to me on the legality of their hunt. I'll save you some trouble it's 300 feet. You also can't shoot across a road. Now tell me that the guy on the stump would let a nice buck on the last day sneak out of the woods and bolt across that big open field without shooting. You can play all the "what if" and "it didn't happen" games you want. You know what really goes on during a drive as well as I do. Throw last day into it and honestly answer me back.
Did I call the sheriff on them the day of the hunt to turn them in? No. So back off. This is about visibility and how one sect of hunting's behavior affects us all. They were wrong. They were illegal. No room for discussion or the video doesn't prove a thing or any other excuses. Like I said before it is what it is.
You would think that with all the attention hound hunting has at the moment they would be on their very best behavior this year. This just goes to show that changes are needed and when it comes who's to blame? I do not like driving down a road turning a corner and running into guys road hunting. I don't know these guys nor do I trust them. I shouldn't have to be put into a position that I have to trust them either.
You and the Sheriff must of had a misunderstanding as I didn't see no Public School or Park in that video.
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29.1-527. Counties, cities or towns may prohibit hunting near public schools and county, city, town or regional parks.
The governing body of any county, city or town may prohibit by ordinance, shooting or hunting with a firearm, or prohibit hunters from traversing an area while in possession of a loaded firearm, within 100 yards of any property line of a public school or a county, city, town or regional park. The governing body may, in such ordinance, provide that any violation thereof shall be a Class 4 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall give any county, city or town the authority to enforce such an ordinance on lands within a national or state park or forest, or wildlife management area.
(1985, c. 485, § 29-144.5:1; 1987, c. 488.)
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