Allow hunting with handguns during general firearms season.

Allow handguns to be used for harvesting deer during the general firearms season in any county where muzzle loading rifles are legal to hunt deer. In many cases the exact same projectile used in modern muzzle loaders are used in hunting handguns such as .44 Magnum and .454 Casull pistols and revolvers yet handguns are not legal for hunting deer in perhaps 50% of the state.

(submitted by G from Stafford, VA)

Comments Submitted

Subject Location Date
Handgun Hunting Season G from Stafford, VA 11/25/2008
Big difference in energy and distance S from radford, VA 12/5/2008
Handgun hunting A from Virginia Beach, VA 12/5/2008
Rifle and Handgun hunting N from DeWitt, VA 12/9/2008
For it C from Hampton, VA 12/10/2008
YES P from King George, VA 12/10/2008
Allow hunting with handguns during general firearms season. D from White Post, VA 12/11/2008
Maybe M from Woodbridge, VA 12/16/2008
MUZZLELOADERS ARE THE SAME AS SINGLE SHOT CENTERFIRE RIFLES W from Independence, VA 12/17/2008
handgun hunting D from troutville-botetourt, VA 12/17/2008
Hunting with Handguns A from Culpeper, VA 12/18/2008
Yes D from Chesapeake, VA 12/22/2008
Hunting with a handgun A from Swoope, VA 12/22/2008
Yes E from Broadway, VA 12/22/2008
Yes D from Blacksburg, VA 12/28/2008
Handgun YES R from Providence Forge, VA 1/3/2009
handguns N from spotsylvania, VA 1/3/2009
Allow hanguns during firearms season B from Hanover, VA 1/4/2009
YES- allow handgun hunting Statewide! L from Clarke, VA 1/5/2009
Handgun Hunting L from Hayes, VA 1/5/2009