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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356841</law_id><section_number>29.1-114</section_number><catch_line>Hunting from aircraft feral hogs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="72" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration of Wildlife Resources</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="3">Department of Wildlife Resources</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Use of aircraft for hunting" href="/5.1-17/">5.1-17</a>, employees of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> and employees of federal agencies whose responsibilities include fisheries and <span class="dictionary">wildlife</span> management, in the performance of such employees&#x2019; official duties, may hunt or kill feral hogs in False Cape State Park and Back Bay National <span class="dictionary">Wildlife</span> Refuge from aircraft, with the permission of the landowner. However, no such activity shall occur during waterfowl season.</p></section></text><history>2016, c. 116; 2020, c. 958.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
