This is every Virginia deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one county or city, with your own tags marked against it.
Virginia 2026-27 season
In the order they open
- Sep 5 – Mar 28Urban ArcheryParticipating cities, towns and countiesPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your county or city.
- Sep 5 – Mar 28Early and Late Antlerless-only FirearmsNorthern Virginia, the northern valley and the eastern piedmontPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Sep 5 – Jan 31Early and Late Antlerless-only FirearmsBedford CountyPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Sep 26–27Youth and Apprentice Deer Hunting WeekendStatewide
- Oct 1 – Nov 30Firearms Deer SeasonChesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia BeachPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Oct 3 – Nov 13Early ArcheryStatewide
- Oct 31 – Nov 13Early MuzzleloaderWest of the Blue Ridge — full-season either-sex countiesPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Oct 31 – Nov 13Early MuzzleloaderWest of the Blue Ridge — one either-sex dayPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Oct 31 – Nov 13Early MuzzleloaderEast of the Blue RidgePrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonBuchanan CountyPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonDickenson and WisePrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonAlleghany, Bath, Highland and LeePrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonBland, Russell, Scott and TazewellPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonHenry and PatrickPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Dec 12Firearms Deer SeasonThe upper valleyPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Jan 2Firearms Deer SeasonCaroline, King & Queen and King WilliamPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Jan 2Firearms Deer SeasonAmelia, Cumberland, Gloucester and NottowayPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Jan 2Firearms Deer SeasonThe southside and the river countiesPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 14 – Jan 2Firearms Deer SeasonFull-season either-sex counties and the citiesPrinted in 11 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Nov 29 – Jan 2Late ArcheryThe far southwest and the Alleghany highlandsPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 1 – Jan 2Late ArcheryChesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia BeachPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 12 – Jan 2Late MuzzleloaderHenry and PatrickPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 12 – Jan 2Late MuzzleloaderChesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia BeachPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 12 – Jan 2Late MuzzleloaderWest of the Blue Ridge — full-season either-sex countiesPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 12 – Jan 2Late MuzzleloaderWest of the Blue Ridge — the last six daysPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 12 – Jan 2Late MuzzleloaderWest of the Blue Ridge — one either-sex dayPrinted in 5 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Dec 13 – Jan 2Late ArcheryHenry, Patrick and the upper valleyPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county or city.
- Mar 29 – Apr 25NOVA Late ArcheryArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince WilliamPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your county or city.
Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Virginia digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources digest.