hdha Wrote:
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> Virginia: The NRA Celebrates Pro-Hunting
> Milestone
>
>
> Virginia Hunters Prepare to Take the Field this
> Sunday for the First Time — Are You Ready?
>
> For the first time, sportsmen across the
> Commonwealth will go afield this Sunday to hunt on
> private lands. Thank you to all who supported the
> NRA’s efforts over the last several years to
> repeal the archaic law prohibiting Sunday Hunting.
> Our advocacy and persistence cleared the way to
> allow landowners and their families, and hunters
> with written permission from the landowner in
> hand, to hunt private land and public waterways on
> Sunday in Virginia. The Sunday hunting
> legislation sponsored by Delegate Todd Gilbert
> (R-15) and now former state Senator Phil Puckett
> (D-38) took effect on July 1, and this weekend’s
> dove opener will mark the first season for this
> critical tool for hunter recruitment and
> retention.
>
> This important pro-hunting law will provide more
> hunting opportunities for Virginia sportsmen,
> allowing busy families the ability to teach
> hunting to the next generation, as school and
> sports activities often dominate Saturdays for
> children. It will also allow Virginia to enjoy
> the significant economic benefits that are created
> by hunters.
>
> Before heading out on your first Virginia Sunday
> hunt, be sure you know the law by visiting the
> Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
> (DGIF) website. According to the DGIF, any person
> other than the landowner and his family must have
> written permission to hunt the landowner’s land
> on Sunday. What is “written permission?” A
> hunter’s written permission needs to include:
> the hunter’s identity, the scope of permission,
> the identity of the landowner who gave permission,
> and the date the permission was given and expire
>
>
>
>
http://www.nraila.org/hunting/issues-and-alerts/20
> 14/9/virginia-the-nra-celebrates-pro-hunting-miles
> tone.aspx
Oh goodie..More hunting accidents ' "Gosh, Gomer, I thoughts you was a orange vested deer"