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 |