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VIRGINIA
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

ADDRESS:
4010 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23230

Phone: 804-367-1000

Website: www.dgif.virginia.gov

[Excerpts from Online Regulations]
July 2006 – June 2007 Virginia Regulations and Information
P. 42, Electronic Calls
“Unlawful to take or attempt to take wild animals and wild birds with recorded or electrically amplified calls, except for bobcat, coyote, crow and fox. Electronic calls may be used to take bobcats, foxes and coyotes on private lands with written permission of landowner and on public lands except National Forests. Use of a light is permitted as long as the light is not attached to or cast from a vehicle.”

p. 5, Electronic calls are “legal for small game and furbearers.”

p. 39, “Decoys are legal for use on turkey and waterfowl in the state of Virginia.”

Electronic Calls
Use on Public Lands
• Electronic calls may now be used to hunt bobcats, coyotes and foxes on public lands during specific periods  (see page 36).

Legal Methods and Restrictions for
Firearms Turkey Season
• Unlawful to use electronic calls

Legal Methods and Restrictions for Spring
Turkey Season
• Unlawful to use electronic calls

Crow
• Electronic calls may be used on private and public lands.

[Overview]
Virginia permits the use of electronic wildlife calls for bobcat, coyote, fox, and crow. Restrictions for electronic wildlife calls include game animals and other wild animals not listed as permissible species and also game birds.

 

Full List for Electronic Call & Decoy Usage:

List of game animals that may be hunted
with the use of an electronic call:
coyote, bobcat, fox, crow, raccoon

List of game animals that may be hunted
with the use of an electronic decoy:
coyote, bobcat, fox, crow, raccoon, upland game birds