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13-Day Spring
Gobbler Season
A 13 day spring gobbler seas on for the largest block of [Virginia counties ever opened ;to this type of hunting was officially approved by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries at their meeting in Richmond February 18, according to Executive Director Chester F, Phelps. A total of 7 4 counties and cities were included on the open list for the April 29 - ! May 13 season. Goochland, Halifax and Louisa counties were dropped from the original proposal as was the provision to allow gobbler hunt j ing on the, state forests in
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eouftttel#^ ' * ***} Hunters will 6e limited tol shooting hours beginning at 1/2 hour before sunrise and ending at 10 a.m. E.S.T. each day. When the state switches to daylight saving time, the day following opening day, hunters who remembered to set their watches ahead one hour will have until 1 l;00a.m. to get out of the woods. Organized drives and dogs are prohibited during the spring turkey season. Counties and cities included on the open list are as follows; Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Campbell, Caroline, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Clarke, Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Moya, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene Greensville, Hampton (City),’ Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Highland, Isle of Wight, King George, King William, Lou
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