43 GAME LAWS. 



November 1. Wall-eyed pike, pike-pcrch, JiiDe 1 to Febniary 1. Fish- 

 ing allowed with liook and line only All other devices prohibited. Local 

 laws govern many waters 



VIRGINIA —The game and tit^h laws of Vir^aiiiii are so complicated 

 that it is almost impossible to compile an intelligible synopsis of them, 

 the State law not being in force in the majority of counties owing to lo- 

 cal enactments. A license in writing must be obtained from the owner 

 or tenant of any land or watercourse. Non-residents prohibited from 

 killing any wildfowl below the head of tidewater. Night shooting and 

 shooting from skifTs, floats or sink boxes prohibited Deer, August 15 to 

 January 1; Essex County, August 15 to February 1; Frederick and Shen- 

 andoah counties, September 15 to December 15; Ring and Queen coun- 

 ties, August 15 to February 1; King William County October 1 tojFebruary 

 1; Lancaster and Richmond counties, October f) to February 1. Pro- 

 tected in Page County; Rockingham County, October 1 to November 15. 

 Hounding prohibited by State and county laws, with slight exceptions. 

 Pheasants or ruffed grouse and turkevs, Sepember 15 to February 1, in the 

 counties west of the Blue Ridge i except Rockbridge), and in Rockbridge 

 and counties east of the Blue Ridge (except Prince Edward ), October 15 

 to January 15; Prince Edward^^ounty, October 15 to March 1. Turkeys, 

 Frederick and Shenandoah counties, November 1 to February 1; Isle of 

 Wight, Nansemond and Southampton counties, September 15 to Febru- 

 ary 15; King and Queen counties, August 15 to February 1; King Will- 

 lam County, November 1 to March 15. Wild fowl (except Summer 

 ducks), September 15 to May 1. Woodcocks, November 1 to April 1; 

 Frederick and Shenandoah counties, July 1 to April 1; Alexandria and 

 Fairfax counties, July 4 to January 1; Loudon County, June 15 to Jan- 

 uary 1. Partridges or quails in the following ^counties as noted here- 

 with: From October 16 to January 15: Albemarle, Alexandria, Buck- 

 ingham. Buchanan, Campbell, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cul- 

 peper.Elizabeth City, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Gloucester. Gooch- 

 land Greene, James City, King George, King William, Louisa, 

 Madison, Matthews, Middlesex, Nelson, New Kent, Northumber- 

 land, Orange, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince George, Prince 

 William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Warwick, West- 

 moreland, York. From October 15 to January 1: Bland, Botetourt, 

 Carroll, Craig, Dickinson, Floyd, Giles, Lee. Loudon, Montgomery, 

 Page, Pulaski, Roanoke, Russell, Rockingham, Tazewell, Wise, Warren. 

 From October 15 to March 1: Prince Edward. From October 15 to 

 February 1: Lancaster, Richmond. From October 15 to February 15: 

 Halifax, Hapover Henrico, King and Queen. From October 31 to De- 

 cember 25: Clarke. From November 1 to January 1: 

 Frederick, Shenandoah. From November 1 to February 

 15: Henry, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Southampton. 

 From November 1 to March 1: King William. From November 1 to 



