                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIGHT OF CERTAIN HUNTERS TO GO ON LANDS OF ANOTHER; CARRYING FIREARMS OR BOWS
AND ARROWS PROHIBITED (§ 18.2-136)

Fox hunters and coon hunters, when the chase begins on other lands, may follow
their dogs on prohibited lands, and hunters of all other game, when the chase
begins on other lands, may go upon prohibited lands to retrieve their dogs,
falcons, hawks, or owls but may not carry firearms or bows and arrows on their
persons or hunt any game while thereon. The use of vehicles to retrieve dogs,
falcons, hawks, or owls on prohibited lands shall be allowed only with the
permission of the landowner or his agent. Any person who goes on prohibited
lands to retrieve his dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls pursuant to this section and
who willfully refuses to identify himself when requested by the landowner or his
agent to do so is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 29-168; 1964, c. 600; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1988, c. 593;
1991, cc. 317, 327; 2007, cc. 145, 658; 2011, c. 191.