Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Chapter 270 - GAME : FIREARMS
Section 4VAC15-270-20 - Rifles prohibited in hunting bear and deer in certain counties and cities
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 15-270-20
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in 4VAC15-270-30 of this chapter or by local ordinance, it shall be unlawful to use a rifle of any caliber for the hunting of bear and deer in the counties of Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, New Kent, Southampton and Sussex and in the City of Chesapeake ; however, nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of muzzleloading guns, as described in 4VAC15-90-80 F, for hunting deer during the late special muzzleloading deer season in the City of Chesapeake.
Statutory Authority
§§ 29.1-501 and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
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