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would reconsider Sunday hunting. ... A lot of people don’t have the time off during the week and that basically limits them to hunting on Saturdays.”
Tom Peterson of Falls Church, an Environmental Protection Agency economist whose family farm is in Fauquier County, suggested the increased use of primitive weapons — black powder muzzleloaders and bow-and-arrow — in more-populated areas. “The deer population is very high in areas where the human population level is very high,” Peterson said, citing the potential for conflict in such a situation.
Primitive weapons, with much a shorter range than high-powered rifles, pose less of a risk when used near populated areas,” he said. “We used primitive weapons zones and seasons with great effectiveness in Arkansas, where I used to live,” Peterson said.
An avid hunter himself, Peterson said he did not address another of his concerns — the controversial bear chase season. “It’s basically on the way out everywhere,” he said. “I’m a little surprised they’re considering going the other way with it here.”
The chase season, begun last year, is on the books for at least one more season. There are competing efforts underway, either to stop the chase season altogether or to extend its hours to automatically include nighttime chase opportunities, now available only through a special waiver.
(Bear chasing is only permitted in counties, such as Rappahannock, where bear hunting is permitted. The season does not exist in Fauquier County or the more urban counties to the north and east.)
Representatives of The Fund for Animals and People for the Ethical
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