                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HUNTING, ERECTING BLIND WITHIN 500 YARDS OF LICENSED BLIND (§ 29.1-349)

A. No person shall hunt or shoot migratory waterfowl in the public waters of
this Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft or other buoyant craft or device
within 500 yards of any legally licensed erected stationary blind of another
without the consent of the licensee, or within 150 yards of a residence without
the consent of the landowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly
crippled waterfowl that was legally shot by the person.

B. No person shall erect a stationary blind in the public waters within 500
yards of any other licensed blind without the consent of the licensee. Any
person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a trespass, and the
affected blind licensee may maintain an action for damages. Furthermore, the
trial court shall immediately revoke the blind owner&#8217;s license for the
stationary blind where the offense was committed. The blind owner may be
eligible for a license in the following open season upon the same conditions
that would apply to a new applicant. When a license for a stationary blind has
been revoked, the blind shall be destroyed by the former licensee.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 29-90; 1954, c. 305; 1956, c. 318; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c.
422; 2007, c. 87; 2013, c. 745; 2020, c. 415.