Firearms season: Increase firearms season deer hunting opportunities.
Suggestions have been made to:
a. extend the firearms deer season from 4 to 7 weeks in the southwestern Piedmont (e.g., western Pittsylvania County) for hunter satisfaction.
b. extend the firearms deer season west of the Blue Ridge.
c. establish a 4-week firearms deer season
d. extend Rappahannock County season until the end of January.
e. extending deer season hurts rabbit hunters
f. harvest more deer by increasing access
(posted 11/4/2008)
Comments Submitted
| Subject | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Daily limit in Frederick County | J from Haymarket, VA | 11/5/2008 |
| Increasing Firearms season | R from mount solon, VA | 11/9/2008 |
| Lengthening firearms season | M from Laurel Fork, VA | 11/9/2008 |
| Extend It | F from Bedford, VA | 11/10/2008 |
| Shorten the season | K from Halifax, VA | 11/14/2008 |
| FIREARMS SEASON WEST OF BLUE RIDGE | A from FULKS RUN , VA | 11/14/2008 |
| Keep deer season dates as is | M from Shenandoah County, VA | 11/14/2008 |
| shendaoh county | M from mtjackson, VA | 11/14/2008 |
| No extension on deer season West of the Blue Ridge | R from timberville, VA | 11/15/2008 |
| extended season | T from augusta, VA | 11/15/2008 |
| Allow hunting on Sunday | W from Henderson, NV | 11/15/2008 |
| firearms season | M from Broadway, VA | 11/16/2008 |
| keep the same dates | J from chester, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| DEER HARVEST LIMITS | A from Rockville, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| sunday hunting | S from emporia, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| comments | R from King William, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| comments | R from King William, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Allow Sunday Hunting | S from Alexandria (Fairfax County), VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Do not lengthen the season | J from Broadway, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Sunday hunting | J from Chesterfield, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Western VA | H from Staunton/Augusta, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| (no subject) | W from Warsaw, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Extending Firearms Season | R from Harrisonburg, VA | 11/19/2008 |
| Sunday Hunting | R from Montpelier, VA | 11/19/2008 |
| DONT SHORTEN THE SEASON | B from BEAVERDAM, VA | 11/19/2008 |
| 4 week season | P from virginia beach, VA | 11/20/2008 |
| Allow hunting on Sunday | V from Elliston, VA | 11/21/2008 |
| Rockingham County | E from Rockingham, VA | 11/22/2008 |
| sunday hunting | S from emporia, VA | 11/23/2008 |
| West of the Blue Ridge | C from Front Royal, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| west of blue ridge season | D from GROTTOES, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| West of Blue Ridge | C from Timberville, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| Do *NOT* extend the season west of the Blue Ridge! | C from Richmond, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| Longer firearms season in Bedford County | J from Bedford, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| no deer in National Forest in Pulaski Co | S from radford, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| I am with J from Bedford | F from Bedford, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| Sunday | T from Beaverdam, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| Sunday Hunts | J from MArtinsville, VA | 11/28/2008 |
| No to extension for west of Blue Ridge | D from Luray, VA | 11/29/2008 |
| No extension of all seasons West of Blue Ridge | M from Great Falls, VI | 11/30/2008 |
| establish a primitive weapons season | J from Front Royal, VA | 11/30/2008 |
| Do not extend the rifle season West of the Blue Ridge | R from Middlebrook, VA | 12/1/2008 |
| Lenghtin it | J from Gloucester, VA | 12/2/2008 |
| Give more time for hunters and issue less kill permits | E from suffolk, VA | 12/3/2008 |
| E | O from yale, VA | 12/3/2008 |
| E | O from yale, VA | 12/3/2008 |
| Sunday Hunting | M from Gloucester, VA | 12/4/2008 |
| Do not extend anything for western rockingham | R from broadway, VA | 12/5/2008 |
| Increase firearmrs season | H from Providence Forge , VA | 12/5/2008 |
| O | R from augusta, VA | 12/7/2008 |
| Sunday hunting is the answer | J from hampton, VA | 12/7/2008 |
| r from augusta | W from stony creek , VA | 12/8/2008 |
| w from stony creek | R from augusta, VA | 12/8/2008 |
| longer season west of blue ridge | A from Blacksburg, VA | 12/8/2008 |
| Tough Issue | C from Blacksburg, VA | 12/8/2008 |
| Yes to hunting on Sunday | D from New Kent, VA | 12/9/2008 |
| Sunday Hunting | F from Staunton, VA | 12/9/2008 |
| Number of deer in Jefferson National Forest | J from Roanoke, VA | 12/9/2008 |
| Firearms season west of Blue Ridge. | R from Greene County, VA | 12/9/2008 |
| Do Not Agree with Extension | A from Roanoke, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| Extend | P from King George, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| no | D from skippers, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| increase hunting season | B from GALAX, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| j from roanoke | R from augusta, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| Sunday Hunting | P from Newport News, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| Sunday Hunting | S from Patrick, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| Firearms season: Increase firearms season deer hunting opportunities. | D from White Post, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| Deer Harvest-Fluvanna County | D from palmyra, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| west of blue ridge | T from Buena Vista, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| Do NOT extend deer season, In fact SHORTEN it. | L from springfield/fairfax, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| More Either sex Days | R from Augusta, VA | 12/12/2008 |
| 4 week season, YES, harvest more deer | M from Woodbridge, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Rifle Season | J from Salem, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Extend Firearms Season | W from Christiansburg, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Extended season | J from Salem, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| EXTENDED FIREARMS SEASON | W from Independence, VA | 12/17/2008 |
| extend firearm season west of the blue ridge | D from troutville-botetourt, VA | 12/17/2008 |
| Firearms season | G from Daleville, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| yes | A from stanley , VA | 12/18/2008 |
| More public ranges & quieter rifles. Not extended seasons. | C from Roanoke, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| Firearms season | R from tazewell, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| R from augusta | R from stony creek, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| Thanksgiving Kills Me Every Time | M from Warrenton, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| hunting on Sundays | B from Herndon, Fairfax, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| r from stoney creek | R from augusta, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| Herds without Hunters = .223 Rem Fragmenting Ammo | C from Roanoke, VA | 12/22/2008 |
| Firearms season | E from Broadway, VA | 12/22/2008 |
| Change bag limit | J from craigsville, VA | 12/24/2008 |
| Harvest more deer by eliminating doe days | J from Mechanicsville, VA | 12/26/2008 |
| Make firearm season uniform throughout state | P from Bedford, VA | 12/26/2008 |
| I support liberal policy on private land | J from Christiansburg, VA | 12/28/2008 |
| Yes | D from Blacksburg, VA | 12/28/2008 |
| Extend Western season, either sex whole season | J from Blacksburg, VA | 12/28/2008 |
| Increase access - Yes | E from fairfax, VA | 12/29/2008 |
| Yes | P from Williamsburg, VA | 12/30/2008 |
| Extend the Deer Season | J from Bumpass, VA | 12/30/2008 |
| Change Western Season | B from Abingdon, VA | 12/31/2008 |
| Allow hunting on Sundays, but DOES ONLY | R from Botetourt, VA | 12/31/2008 |
| Decrease east of blue ridge | T from Concord, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| STOP the DOGS!!! | R from Providence Forge, VA | 1/3/2009 |
| extend the season | N from spotsylvania, VA | 1/3/2009 |
| C-ESTABLISH A 4-WEEK FIREARMS DEER SEASON | J from MONETA, VA | 1/3/2009 |
| Extend the deer season | L from Pilot, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| No Extension West Of Blue Ridge !! | S from Broadway, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| Allow hunting 7 days per week. | B from Hanover, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| NO BUCKSHOT!! | B from Hanover, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| The more opportunities the better | W from Galax, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| yes | J from brink, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| Deer season is long enough. | J from Buchanan, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| Deer Hunting Season; | D from Alexandria, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| Extend the season in Tidewater | J from Prince George, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Don't Add More West of the Blue Ridge! | D from Fulks Run, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Allow Sunday Hunting, Keep season dates as they are | B from Virginia Beach, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| longer firearm season | D from Crimora/Augusta, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Sunday Hunting | S from Orange, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Do Not Extend Firearms Deer Season West of BR | E from Roanoke, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Agree with suggestion E | R from chesapeake va , VA | 1/5/2009 |