Good morning,

I oppose this anti-hunting proposal. No modification of this proposal will make the notion of “Dog Trespass” a crime and an acceptable legal concept. DWR has ignored the truth found in their own data and is trying to sell the lie that dog hunters are a problem!

Your policies have driven hunters away, while you chase funding for non-game programs. The Virginia General Assembly has rejected your proposals as anti-hunting. You ignore your own information, relying on wild half-truths and unsubstantiated stories to support your agenda. You are an unelected board that has forgotten where the funding comes from: the Sportsmen and women of Virginia! Please reject this proposal. This proposal singles out deer and bear dog hunters at a time when hunting numbers continues to decline overall.

This bill if passed will hurt the sport of hound hunting and the sport of hunting as a whole. The revenue that the state of Virginia, businesses, counties, and etc. will be tremendous. While reducing the number of hunters in our state because they will either stop hunting or spend the revenue in another state.

Thank you,