Archery season: Change archery season deer hunting opportunities.
The following suggestions have been made:
a. To allow antlered bucks to be taken during the early urban archery season.
b. Archery deer hunting should be extended west of the Blue Ridge.
c. Deer regulation issues need to consider impact on archery west of the Blue Ridge.
d. Allow spears and atlatls to be used during the current archery season
e. Establish "archery only" point restricted hunting areas.
(Issue edited December 3, 2008.)
(posted 11/4/2008)
Comments Submitted
| Subject | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bow Season | P from Palmyra, VA | 11/6/2008 |
| State wide September season | H from Glen Allen, VA | 11/7/2008 |
| Early Bow | F from Bedford, VA | 11/10/2008 |
| Earlier start date of archery season in high deer density areas | T from Fairfax, VA | 11/11/2008 |
| early bow | K from Halifax, VA | 11/14/2008 |
| WEST OF BLUE RIDGE | A from FULKS RUN , VA | 11/14/2008 |
| early bow season | M from mtjackson, VA | 11/14/2008 |
| Archery Season Long Enough | R from timberville, VA | 11/15/2008 |
| Statewide September season | S from Sperryville, VA | 11/15/2008 |
| Winter Bow season | R from Warsaw, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| Early bow | K from Clintwood, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| ARCHERY SEASON CHANGES..... | A from Rockville, VA | 11/17/2008 |
| (no subject) | R from King William, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Bow Season | J from Broadway, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Archery Season | H from Staunton/Augusta, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Early Season | M from Arlington, VA | 11/18/2008 |
| Early season | R from Stafford, VA | 11/19/2008 |
| Archery Season | C from Bealeton, VA | 11/19/2008 |
| Bucks | P from virginia beach, VA | 11/20/2008 |
| No on (d) | P from virginia beach, VA | 11/20/2008 |
| All SEASONS TO LONG | E from Rockingham, VA | 11/22/2008 |
| p from va. beach | S from emporia, VA | 11/23/2008 |
| Early Bow | C from winchester, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| S from emporia, VA | R from Manassas, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| west of blue ridge | D from GROTTOES, VA | 11/24/2008 |
| No changes | J from Bumpass, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| shorten the season west of blue ridge | R from augusta, VA | 11/25/2008 |
| Archery Season | R from Spotsylvania, VA | 11/26/2008 |
| Support proposal a. (allow antlered bucks during early urban season) | D from Alexandria, VA | 11/27/2008 |
| Archery Only Point Restricted Hunting Areas | R from Bristol, VA | 11/28/2008 |
| fairfax county deer problem. | D from Hayes, VA | 12/1/2008 |
| earlier bow season | D from staunton, VA | 12/2/2008 |
| archery season west of blue ridge | A from Rockingham, VA | 12/2/2008 |
| SEPTEMBER ARCHERY SEASON | E from suffolk, VA | 12/3/2008 |
| E | P from alberta, VA | 12/3/2008 |
| start in september | D from staunton, VA | 12/5/2008 |
| Spear and alatl | A from Vienna, VA | 12/5/2008 |
| Archery Season | N from DeWitt, VA | 12/9/2008 |
| Make it Longer | P from King George, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| ALL OF OCTOBER/READ COMMENTS | J from RICHMOND, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| September Bow Season | P from Newport News, VA | 12/10/2008 |
| September Bow Season | S from Patrick, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| Archery Season | D from palmyra, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| Do NOT extend archery season or increase bag limit in Rockingham co. | L from springfield/fairfax, VA | 12/11/2008 |
| simplify archery season | D from Faber , VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Support proposal a. (allow antlered bucks during early urban season) | J from Harpers Ferry, WV | 12/16/2008 |
| archery season length | C from Narrows, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Early Urban Archery | M from Woodbridge, VA | 12/16/2008 |
| Archery season length | C from fincastle , VA | 12/17/2008 |
| Change archery season | W from wilmington, NC | 12/17/2008 |
| Begin Archery Season One or Two Weeks Earlier | C from Dinwiddie, VA | 12/17/2008 |
| Start Archery Earlier | D from Roanoke, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| Lots of changes | C from Roanoke, VA | 12/18/2008 |
| Im a bowhunter | J from Roanoke, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| Archery Season length | R from Richmond, VA | 12/19/2008 |
| Change archery season | E from Broadway, VA | 12/22/2008 |
| Early Archery | M from Carroll, VA | 12/23/2008 |
| Please Open Archery Seaon Early in Sept | P from Palmyra, VA | 12/23/2008 |
| (no subject) | T from nicklesville, VA | 12/29/2008 |
| Archery Season open in September | J from Bumpass, VA | 12/30/2008 |
| archery west of blue ridge | J from stanley, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| early urban and spears | J from stanley, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| bucks during Urban = YES | H from Springfield, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| No spears, no atlatls, no slingshots, no knives, no funny stuff | H from Springfield, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| Early archery season | T from Concord, VA | 1/1/2009 |
| Bucks only on national forest west of blue ridge | C from Clifton Forge, VA | 1/2/2009 |
| Early Season | M from Hanover, VA | 1/2/2009 |
| only if? | R from ringgold, VA | 1/4/2009 |
| The Department | K from Clintwood, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| Critical Problems West of the Blue Ridge | D from Fulks Run, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| west of the Blue Ridge. | B from Augusta, VA | 1/5/2009 |
| No Antlered Deer in Urban Seasons Without EAB | E from Roanoke, VA | 1/5/2009 |