Killing of deer damaging residential plants and certain property. Allows the Director of the Department of Wildlife Resources or his designee to issue a permit to kill a limited number of antlered deer when such deer cause damage to residential plants and the Director or his designee determines, upon inspection, that there is clear and convincing evidence that the damage was done by antlered deer. Upon a landowner or lessee’s request, the bill also requires the Director or his designee to issue a permit to kill antlerless deer on commercial agricultural production lands when such deer cause damage to fruit trees, Christmas trees, crops, plants, or personal property utilized for commercial agricultural production within the Commonwealth. When such damage is caused by an antlered deer, the bill requires the Director or his designee to issue a permit to kill a limited number of antlered deer if the Director or his designee determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that the damage was done by antlered deer.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 29.1-529
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute: 29.1-529
Agriculture Subcommittee Substitute: 29.1-529
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute: 29.1-529
Enrolled: 29.1-529