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Editorial
Sights on slob hunters
The ordinance passed this month by the Board of Supervisors, which sets penalties for hunters convicted of violating the county’s road hunting law, was timely passed.
Road hunting is a problem which has plagued Rappahannock County for years. Coupled with our many long, lonely stretches of dirt roads is our unfortunate location at the dividing line between eastern and western deer hunting areas. With counties in the Shenandoah Valley having a far shorter season, the lure of open hunting just across the ridges is, apparently, a difficult one to resist.
But now, those slob hunters who clog the county’s ba^k roads, driving at slow speeds with rifles between their legs and cartridge clips near at hand, have fair warning of the* consequences of their actions: a fine of up to $500 and/or up to six months in jail.
It is an ordinance revision long overdue. Those individuals, those “hunters,” who insist in pursuing their socalled “sport” can now take the consequences when caught.
We’re also glad to hear that Sheriff John Henry Woodward plans to continue his policy, instituted last year, of assigning one deputy to full-time investigation of hunting complaints. He is a valuable extra hand for the county’s game warden.
And, with the extra help, and the assistance of tough penalties for illegal hunters, the deputies and wardens can set off for the hunting season knowing that they are well-armed. We wish them good hunting.
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