4 Va. Admin. Code § 15-260-160

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 10, December 30, 2024

Section 4VAC15-260-160 - Great Hunting Creek and Dyke Marsh; floating blind area

No license shall be issued for stationary waterfowl blinds on the Potomac River in Fairfax County adjacent to National Park Service lands in the Great Hunting Creek and Dyke Marsh areas. Waterfowl hunting in Commonwealth waters adjacent to the above mentioned lands shall be by licensed floating blind only. Such floating blinds (i) must be attached securely to a post or buoy affixed to the river bottom by the department or anchored at global positioning system (GPS) locations designated by the department and (ii) are limited to one floating blind per post at any time. Hunters in licensed floating blinds may hunt from designated locations during legal shooting hours on Thanksgiving Day and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the open seasons for hunting waterfowl in Virginia. Blind sites shall be occupied on a daily first-come basis, such sites to be occupied no earlier than 4 a.m. or later than one-half hour after sunset. All such blinds shall be removed each day.

Derived from VR325-02-24 §20, eff. October 15, 1990; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. December 14, 1994; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 23, eff. 8/1/2017.

Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103, 29.1-351, and 29.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.