ORIGINAL: Aught Six
Where are you finding the turkey hunting rifle regulations? I can't locate anything about it on the DGIF site.
Legal Use of Firearms and Archery Equipment
Rifles may be used for taking wild animals and birds, except migratory game birds and waterfowl (see Game Species Definitions), and where prohibited by local ordinances (see Local Firearms Ordinances).
http://www.dgif.state.va.us/hunting/....html#legaluse
There it is, not happy about it [:@] but it's legal in Va. We had one hunter shot with a rifle last year during the spring season on his PRIVATE property. Who ever the murder was, left him for dead. They still havn't solved that MURDER.