Virginia HB 995: Dogs; licensed hunter may track a wounded bear, turkey, or deer with certain weapon.

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18102690D

HOUSE BILL NO. 995 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 9, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 29.1-516.1 of the Code of 
 Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 
 29.1-305.3, relating to special license to track a bear or deer with dogs. 
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Patron-- Byron 

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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 29.1-516.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 
 29.1-305.3 as follows:

� 29.1-305.3. Special 
 license to find a wounded 
 or dead bear or deer with tracking 
 dogs.

There shall be a 
 special license for finding a wounded 
 or dead bear or deer with 
 tracking dogs maintained and controlled on a lead. The 
 fee for the special license shall be the same as any license required by � 
 29.1-303.

� 29.1-516.1. Using tracking dogs to find a wounded or dead 
 bear or deer; humane killing permitted.

Tracking A. A tracker 
 licensed pursuant to � 29.1-305.3 may 
 use tracking dogs maintained and controlled on a lead may be used to find a wounded 
 or dead bear or deer statewide during any archery, muzzleloader, or firearm 
 bear or deer hunting season, or within 24 hours of the end of such season, 
 provided that he is engaged by a licensed 
 hunter to track such animal and those who are involved in 
 the retrieval effort have permission to hunt on or to access the land being 
 searched and do not have any weapons in their possession unless exempted pursuant to subsection B.

B. A tracker licensed 
 pursuant to � 29.1-305.3 may have in 
 his possession a weapon permitted under this title 
 and may use such weapon to humanely kill the wounded 
 bear or deer being tracked. Such weapon shall not 
 be used to hunt, wound, or kill any animal other 
 than the animal that the holder has 
 been engaged to track, 
 except in self-defense.

2. That the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries shall adopt 
 regulations pertaining to the license to find a wounded or dead bear or deer 
 with tracking dogs and regulations for the safe practice of tracking with dogs 
 maintained and controlled on a lead.