HuntingRulebook

West Virginia · Deer · 2026-27

This is every West 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, with your own tags marked against it.

West Virginia 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 26 – Dec 31Archery and CrossbowStatewide
  • Oct 17 – Dec 27Special Split Youth, Class Q and Class XSStatewide
  • Oct 22 – Dec 31Antlerless FirearmsThree-deer countiesPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 22 – Dec 31Antlerless FirearmsOne-deer countiesPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 22 – Dec 31Antlerless FirearmsLimited-permit countiesPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 23 – Dec 6Buck FirearmsStatewide
  • Dec 14–20MuzzleloaderStatewide
  • Jan 14–17Mountaineer HeritageStatewide

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 West Virginia digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources digest.

West Virginia deer seasons, 2026-27

West Virginia’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 26, 2026 to January 17, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for West Virginia

  • Today in West Virginia — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in West Virginia — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in West Virginia — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in West Virginia — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in West Virginia — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in West Virginia — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in West Virginia — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.