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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57989</law_id><section_number>29.1-514</section_number><catch_line>Nonmigratory game birds</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Wildlife and Fish Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Hunting and Trapping</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The following <span class="dictionary">nonmigratory game birds</span> may be hunted during prescribed <span class="dictionary">open seasons</span>:
			Birds introduced by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
			Bobwhite quail.
			Grouse.
			Pheasants.
			Turkey. <a id="paragraph-212414" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-514/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The following provisions shall also be applicable to the raising and hunting of the particular nonmigratory game bird species listed: <a id="paragraph-212415" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-514/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a permit to raise or purchase pheasants which shall entitle the permittee to release pheasants raised or purchased by him on land owned or leased by him, and such pheasants may be hunted under rules and <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-212416" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-514/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may open the season, including Sunday operation, on pen-raised game birds on controlled shooting areas licensed under Chapter 6 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Licenses for shooting preserves" href="/29.1-600/">29.1-600</a> et seq.) of this title under <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> as may be promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. However, the <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall not allow Sunday operation in Augusta County, or in any county or city which prohibits Sunday operation by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>.
				Prior to obtaining a license from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to operate a commercially operated controlled shooting area, an applicant shall (i) notify adjoining landowners of the proposed use and (ii) obtain approval from the governing body of the county, city or town that such activity is permitted under existing <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span>. The requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) shall only apply to applications filed on or after July 1, 1993, for commercially operated controlled shooting area licenses issued under Chapter 6 of this title and shall not apply to existing preserve licenses or renewals issued for the shooting of pen-raised game birds. <a id="paragraph-212417" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-514/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-136; 1954, c. 228; 1956, c. 375; 1960, c. 590; 1987, c. 488; 1993, c. 87; 2007, c. 813.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
