8mm/06,

Go to the Virginia Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries website. Lots of good current info on species, limit and seasons. I think the website is address is www.dgif.virginia.gov Anyway, Virginia has a rather complicated sytem based on regions and indivual counties within a region as well as wether you are hunting public or private land. Please read carefully. National Forest lands(mountains) in Rockingham, Augusta, Shenadoah and Page counties are normally the best areas if tagging a bear is your top priority. Good Luck.

Almost forgot to mention that bear season using a rifle normally opens the Monday prior to Thanksgiving and runs thru December.