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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

Bob Dennis is a hunter and he’s afraid—afraid that the days of public hunting are drawing to an end. He’s watched as more and more “no hunting’’ and “no trespassing’’ signs go up on private property, a reaction from land-owners to abuses by outdoor users.

In an effort to combat the ever shrinking land base open to hunting, Dennis and other like-minded sportsmen in Virginia have organized “Operation Respect.”

“It’s a sportsman-based effort working in close cooperation with the Game Commission to persuade outdoor users to clean up their own act,” Dennis explained in an interview this week at his family farm in Flint Hill.

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