Hunting in West Virginia
118 game management units
Official agency resources
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
- Buy a license ↗
https://wvdnr.gov/buy-a-license/
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://wvdnr.gov/hunting/hunting-regulations/
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://wvdnr.gov/plants-animals/big-game/
- GMU map ↗
https://www.mapwv.gov/huntfish/
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://www.wvhunt.com/
- Hunter education ↗
https://wvdnr.gov/programs-publications/hunter-education/
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in West Virginia, go straight to the issuing agency.
West Virginia Division of Natural ResourcesLoading game management unit boundaries…
Game species in West Virginia
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Big Game
Wild Turkey
Upland Birds
Waterfowl
Small Game
Migratory
Game management units
118 units
- Unit Allegheny Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Amherst\Plymouth Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Andrew Rowan Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Bear Rocks Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Beech Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Big South Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Blackwater Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Buffalo Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Burches Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Burning Springs Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Castlemans Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cecil H. Underwood Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Center Branch Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cheat Canyon Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cheat Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Chief Logan Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Conaway Run Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cotton Hill Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cove Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cranberry Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Cross Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Dents Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area
- Unit East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Elk Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Elk River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Fairfax Pond / Rehe Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Federal Ridge Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Fox Forest Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Frozen Camp Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Handley Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Hilbert Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Hillcrest Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Hughes River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Huttonsville State Farm Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Jackson's Mill
- Unit Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve
- Unit Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area (Dillon Property)
- Unit Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Little Canaan Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Little Kanawha Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Little River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Lost River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Lynn Camp Wildlife Management Area
- Unit McCausland Wildlife Management Area
- Unit McClintic Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Meadow River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Moncove Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Neola Wildlife Management Area
- Unit O'Brien Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Panther Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Pedlar Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Plum Orchard Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Potomac Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit PruntyTown State Farm
- Unit R.D. Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Rimel Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Ritchie Mines Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Rollins Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Sandy Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Shannondale Springs Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Sideling Hill Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Slaty Fork Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Smoke Camp Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area
- Unit South Branch Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Spring Run Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Stumptown Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Summersville Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Tea Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Teter Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit The Jug Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Toll Gate Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Tomblin Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Tug Fork Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Turkey Run Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Upper Mud River Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Valley Bend Wetlands Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Walker Creek Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Wallback Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Wardensville Wildlife Management Area
- Unit West Virginia Wildlife Center
- Unit Wheeling Jesuit University Camp
- Unit White Horse Mountain Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area
- Unit Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary
- Unit Woodrum Lake Wildlife Management Area
Huntable public lands in West Virginia
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.