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Bears may be hunted without capturing or taking from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. during bear hound training season.B\n\nFur-bearing animals and nuisance species of birds and animals may be hunted by day or by night, except that muskrats may be hunted by day only.C\n\nA violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238031,"text":"Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. 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It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 469; in 1974, chapter 302; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1989, chapter 421; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0031\">31<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0069\">69<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0226\">226<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65461,"identifier":"29.1-520","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-520","url":"\/29.1-520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-520\/","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Times for hunting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Nonmigratory game birds<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">game animals<\/span> may be hunted from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Bears may be hunted without capturing or taking from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. during bear hound training season. <a id=\"paragraph-238031\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-520\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Fur-bearing animals<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">nuisance species<\/span> of birds and animals may be hunted by day or by night, except that muskrats may be hunted by day only. <a id=\"paragraph-238032\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-520\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-238033\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-520\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTIMES FOR HUNTING (\u00a7 29.1-520)\n\nA. Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted from one-half hour\nbefore sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Bears may be hunted without\ncapturing or taking from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. during bear hound training\nseason.\n\nB. Fur-bearing animals and nuisance species of birds and animals may be hunted\nby day or by night, except that muskrats may be hunted by day only.\n\nC. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 29-141, 29-142; 1962, c. 469; 1974, c. 302; 1987, c.\n488; 1989, c. 421; 2008, c. 31; 2012, cc. 69, 226.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}