The following local ordinances apply in Hanover County:
- Sec. 24-4. - Discharging weapons in or along roads, etc. (reference)
If any person discharges or shoots any firearm or other weapon in or along any public road or street or within one hundred (100) yards thereof or within one hundred (100) yards of any building occupied or used as a dwelling or place where the public gathers, not his own dwelling or residence, except in the lawful defense of his own person or property or that of a member of his family, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
- Sec. 24-8. - Hunting with rifles. (reference)
(a) A person may hunt deer with a rifle only as follows:
(1) For hunting deer with a muzzle-loading rifle during (i) the special
muzzle-loading deer season and (ii) the general firearms deer season,
the person shall use only the type of muzzle-loading rifles and
ammunition authorized by the Virginia Department of Game and
Inland Fisheries and in a manner permitted by this Code.
(2) A person may use a rifle other than a muzzle loading rifle to hunt deer
during the regular hunting season only as follows:
a. The rifle shall be a 0.23 caliber or larger;
b. The person shall hunt only from an elevated stand at least ten (10)
feet above ground level;
c. The rifle may have a round in its chamber only when it is on the
elevated stand; and
d. The person complies with all safety and other regulations of this
Code and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.(b) Any person hunting deer in violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.