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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65461</law_id><section_number>29.1-520</section_number><catch_line>Times for hunting</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> <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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 29-141, 29-142; 1962, c. 469; 1974, c. 302; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 421; 2008, c. 31; 2012, cc. 69, 226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
