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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-520 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-520. Times for hunting.
A. Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted from
one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Bears may be hunted
without capturing or taking from one-half hour before sunrise until four and
one-half hours after sunset from 4:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. during
bear hound training season.
B. Fur-bearing animals and nuisance species of birds and animals may be hunted by day or by night, except that muskrats may be hunted by day only.
C. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.