Summary
By the coming fall, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wants to have a plan to address growing concerns from users of hunting dogs and complaints by property owners regarding the running of hounds across their lands. The result could have a devastating effect on dog owners but also could bring relief to landowners who have had to watch helplessly as strange dogs entered their properties, urged on by various hunting parties.
I know a little about this. A relative of mine lives on several hundred beautiful acres in Floyd County, west of the Blue Ridge. There are times when hounds, sporting painted-on numbers, run all over his pastures and woods, and he has no legal right to stop them, though you would think the law would be on his side. Not so in Virginia.See the full content of this document
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Hunting Dogs May Trespass in Virginia - for Now
Not long ago, Florida and Georgia enacted new regulations to govern hunting organizations that use dogs. Is Virginia in line to do the same?
Although I find it...See the full content of this document
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