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by deer and the perceived risks represented by permitting hunting on their land — and eager hunters.
“A lot of people, they hate the deer on their property,” said Joe Hale, a Prince William County resident who was representing a hunt club in Fauquier County. “But the only thing they hate more is deer hunters.”
Bob Dennis of Rappahannock County, representing the Piedmont Environmental Council, reported on positions taken by the PEC board in a Feb. 5 meeting: that the state’s deer population needs to be reduced; that the present deer season is, from the perspective of landowners, too long; and that the general ban on Sunday hunting in the state should continue.
Dennis stepped out of his role as PEC spokesman for some personal observations: “I think the entire deer season should be either-sex . . . as the deer populatioon has grown, it’s my impression hunters have grown increasingly careless in their behavior ... I accept that a shorter deer season would be hard on somebody who enjoys being outdoors as much as me. but the seven week general season grinds harshly on rural landowners."
, Dennis proposed a split general deer season with the first half at Thanksgiving and the second half starting on Dec. 26.
John Plummer, who said he hunts primarily in Nelson and Augusta Counties, called for a longer deer season west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and said, “I wish you
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