TITLE 4. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
BOARD OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The Board of Game and
Inland Fisheries is exempt from the Administrative Process Act pursuant to
§ 2.2-4002 A 3 of the Code of Virginia when promulgating regulations
regarding the management of wildlife. The board is required by § 2.2-4031
of the Code of Virginia to publish all proposed and final wildlife management
regulations, including length of seasons and bag limits allowed on the wildlife
resources within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Final Regulation
Title of Regulation:
4VAC15-270. Game: Firearms (amending 4VAC15-270-20, 4VAC15-270-80).
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-1-501 and
29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: August 1, 2009.
Agency Contact: Phil Smith, Regulatory
Coordinator, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 4016 West Broad Street,
Richmond, VA 23230, telephone (804) 367-8341 or email
phil.smith@dgif.virginia.gov.
Summary:
The amendments (i) remove
the City of Suffolk from the list of counties and cities where hunting bear and
deer with rifles is prohibited and (ii) include crows on the list of species
that may be hunted with unplugged shotguns.
4VAC15-270-20.
Rifles prohibited in hunting bear and deer in certain counties and cities.
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 cities City of Chesapeake and Suffolk (that portion
formerly Nansemond County); 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.
4VAC15-270-80.
Shotgun shell capacity for nonmigratory game, crows, and migratory game
birds.
A. It shall be
lawful to hunt nonmigratory game and crows with unplugged shotguns.
B. It shall be
unlawful to hunt migratory game birds with a shotgun capable of holding more
than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined, unless otherwise
authorized by the director and consistent with applicable federal regulations.
VA.R. Doc. No. R09-1966;
Filed July 31, 2009, 12:43 p.m.