Stonewall,
I don't know of any hogs in VA, excpet maybe for the extreme SW part of the state. The species is not even listed in the game regs. I don't think you can bait nuisance species either but may be wrong on that.
Here are the regs on Furbearer Season from VDGIF Website,
Furbearer Hunting Seasons
Legal Methods and Restrictions
Special restrictions apply to specific firearms use during these seasons. See
Legal Use of Firearms and Archery Equipment and
Local Firearms Ordinances for details.
- Modern firearms
- Archery tackle (including crossbows)
- Muzzleloading firearms
- Dogs may be used (except where prohibited, see Hunting with Dogs).
- Electronic calls for bobcat, coyote and fox
- Hunting permitted day or night
- Lights may be used as long as the light is not attached to or cast from a vehicle
- Night vision scopes and laser sights may be used.
- No hunting on Sunday, except for raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
Coyote
Season:
Continuous open season on private lands. Coyote hunting on National Forest Lands and Department Lands is permitted from September 1-March 10 and during the spring turkey season and spring squirrel season on certain areas (see
area listings for spring squirrel season).
Coyote Bounty Law
Coyote bounties are not administered by DGIF. Counties have the option of establishing their own coyote bounty system. For more information, hunters and trappers should contact their County Administrator or County Board of Supervisors.
Opossum
Season:
October 15-March 10: statewide
Skunk
Season:
Continuous open season to take striped skunk on private lands. Striped skunk hunting on National Forest Lands and Department Lands is permitted from September 1-March 10 and during time periods when it is legal to hunt spring turkeys. Continuous closed season for taking spotted skunks and the pelts of spotted skunks may not be sold.
Fox
Hunting With Dogs and Firearms
Season:
November 2-February 27
Closed in Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier (except Quantico), Loudoun, Louisa, and Rappahannock counties.
Dogs May Not Be Used:
To hunt foxes during deer season (with or without a firearm).
- On the Gathright, Goshen, Highland and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Areas and within the boundaries of the George Washington/Jefferson National Forests.
Hunting With Dogs Only
Season:
Continuous open season statewide unless noted below.
Closed March 1-October 31 on the George Washington/Jefferson National Forests and on Gathright, Goshen, G. Richard Thompson, Highland, Little North Mountain, and Rapidan WMAs.
Restrictions:
To have in possession a firearm when hunting fox outside of the dog and gun fox season. Possession shall include, but not be limited to, having any firearm in or on one's person, vehicle, or conveyance.
Electronic Calls
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take wild animals and wild birds with recorded or electronically amplified calls, except for bobcat, coyote, crow, and fox. Electronic calls may be used on private lands with written permission of the landowner and on public lands (except where specifically prohibited) during periods when the use of firearms is permitted.
Bobcat
Bag Limit
Two per hunting party taken between noon one day and noon the following day. Season bag limit shall be 12 bobcats taken by hunting and trapping combined.
Archery
Season:
October 3-31: statewide
Legal Methods and Restrictions
- Unlawful to use dogs when hunting with bow and arrow or crossbow during the bobcat archery season.
- Unlawful to have a firearm in possession. (See exception for concealed handguns.)
Firearms
Season:
November 2-February 27: statewide
Dogs May Not Be Used:
To hunt bobcat during deer season in the counties of Alleghany, Amherst (west of Route 29), Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad), Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Nelson (west of Rt. 151), Page, Pittsylvania (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad), Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren and within the boundaries of the George Washington/Jefferson National Forests.
Electronic Checking Requirement for Bobcats
All hunters or trappers who kill a bobcat are required to report the kill within 24 hours through the Department's electronic harvest reporting system. Bobcats can be checked with a touch-tone telephone (a rotary phone will not work) by calling the toll-free number 1-866-GOT-GAME (468-4263). Bobcats can also be
checked online.
Before using the telephone or Internet checking system, you will need your hunting license number, a pen, and a piece of paper to record your confirmation number. If you are exempt from purchasing a license, you will need your driver's license number or the last four digits of your social security number. At the end of the check-in session, you will be provided with a confirmation number that is a letter followed by ten digits.
Write this number down and store it in a secure location where it can be retrieved to prove compliance with the checking requirement or to request CITES tags. If your telephone or Internet session is cut off before you get a complete confirmation number, start the session again and continue until the complete confirmation number is obtained. If you have more than one bobcat to check in, you will have the opportunity to report additional animals at the end of the session. You may get the same confirmation number for multiple animals.
If you plan to take the bobcat to a taxidermist, you must securely attach written documentation to the carcass that includes the full name of the hunter or trapper, date of kill, and the harvest confirmation number.
Bobcats legally killed by landowners outside the season and road-killed bobcats that are legally possessed are not required to be checked in using the electronic harvest reporting system.
CITES Tagging Requirement For Bobcats
Bobcat pelts that are sold, traded, transported out of state, or shipped out of state must also have a CITES tag affixed to each animal. A valid confirmation number will be needed to obtain a CITES tag.
No CITES tag is needed to have a bobcat mounted by a Virginia taxidermist or to ship a bobcat pelt outof- state for tanning purposes.
To obtain a CITES tag for a bobcat, contact our Customer Service Center at 1-866-721-6911. If you cannot reach Customer Service, you can contact your local Conservation Police Officer or the nearest Department
regional office).
Make sure that you have a valid harvest confirmation number for each CITES tag requested. Tags ordered from our Customer Service Center will be mailed directly to the hunter or trapper, along with instructions for tagging. All bobcat pelts required to have a CITES tag must have them affixed by April 1.
I hope this gives some insight.