Plain-Language Summary
Virginia law allows certain hunters to follow their dogs onto private lands to retrieve them without carrying firearms or hunting game. Retrieval using vehicles is permitted only with landowner permission. Additionally, law enforcement officers are tasked with enforcing hunting and land access regulations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, hunters can follow their dogs onto private lands to retrieve them, but they cannot carry firearms or hunt game while on the land.
Yes, but only if the landowner or their agent grants permission to do so.
Refusing to identify oneself when requested by the landowner or agent is a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Conservation police officers, sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers are responsible for enforcing hunting laws in Virginia.