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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 10. Department of Forestry
Chapter 30. Virginia State Forests Regulations
10/31/2025

4VAC10-30-200. Hunting and fishing.

A. No person within the confines of any forest shall hunt, trap, shoot, injure, kill, or molest in any way any bird or animal. No person shall possess any bird or animal, dead or alive, within the forest except any bird or animal designated as a game bird or animal by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR), and the trapping of, hunting of, shooting at, or possession of any such bird or animal is prohibited except during the lawful hunting season set for the forest or forest portion by the DWR and only in those forests or forest portions designated by the State Forests Superintendent as lawful hunting areas.

B. Fishing is permitted in designated areas in each forest. A person fishing must have a valid state fishing license and a current Virginia State Forest Use Permit and comply with DWR regulations.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1101 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Former 4VAC5-40-200 derived from VR215-01-03; eff. October 14, 1970; renumbered as 4VAC10-30-200, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 21, eff. July 26, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 4, eff. November 19, 2015; Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. October 9, 2025.

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