Hunt Smart, Fish Hard: Illegal To Feed Deer

Before you know it, it will be illegal to feed deer here in Virginia beginning Sept. 1. There are a lot of counties where it’s illegal to feed deer year-round. There are about six weeks left to feed the deer before it becomes illegal statewide.

Please don’t feed the deer! Hunting over bait is illegal in Virginia, and feeding deer for any reason is illegal statewide from Sept. 1 to the first Saturday in January (4VAC15-40-285).

Furthermore, it is illegal to feed deer year-round in Albemarle County, Bland County, Buchanan County, Carroll County, Clarke County, Craig County, Culpeper County, Dickenson County, Fairfax County....

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