Hunting and Trapping Seasons Specific to Horsepen Lake WMA

Bear
HORSEPEN LAKE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
2014/15 Hunting and Trapping Seasons
(See Hunting & Trapping in Virginia pamphlet or visit www.dgif.virginia.gov for additional information)
HUNTING
Opossum
Youth & Apprentice Hunt: September 27 Season: October 15 – March 10
Archery: October 4 – November 14
Muzzleloader: November 8 – November 14
Firearms: December 1 – December 6 Quail
Season: November 8 – January 31
Bobcat
Archery: October 4 – October 31
Firearms: November 1 – February 28
Canada Goose
Early Season: September 1 – September 25
Sept. 1-Sept. 21 (½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset)
Sept. 22-Sept. 25 (½ hour before sunrise to sunset)
(No goose hunting in dove fields)
Coyote & Groundhog & Skunk
Season: September 1 – March 10
April 4, 11 – May 16, 2015 (Same hours as Spring
Gobbler)
June 6 – June 20, 2015 (Spring Squirrel season)
Rabbit
Season: November 1 – February 28
Raccoon
Firearms: October 15 – March 10
Chase Only: Continuous Open Season
Squirrel
Seasons: September 6 – February 28
June 6 – 20, 2015
Crow
Season: September 3 – March 18
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday only
Deer
Youth & Apprentice Hunt: September 27
Early Archery: Oct. 4 – Nov. 14, Either Sex full season
Muzzleloader: Nov. 1 – Nov. 14, Either Sex- Nov. 8
Firearms:
Nov. 15 – Jan. 3, Either Sex Nov. 22, Nov.29,
& Dec. 29 – Jan. 3
(Legal Weapons include: Rifle, Shotgun – slugs or buckshot, Pistol,
Muzzleloader, Muzzleloading Pistol, Archery/Crossbow)
Special Youth Antlerless Deer Regulation – Deer hunters 15 years of
age and under, resident or non-resident, may take one antlerless deer
per license year on days other than designated Either Sex deer hunting
days during the Muzzleloader or the Firearms Seasons.
Dove
Seasons:
Fox
September 1 – September 5 (noon until sunset)
(Labor Day, Wednesday, & Saturday only)
Sept 6 – Oct 31 (½ hour before sunrise to sunset
(Wed & Sat only)
Nov.22 – Nov.30 & Dec. 27 – Jan.15 (½ hour before
sunrise to sunset (Monday – Saturday)
Season: November 1 – February 28
Fall Turkey (Turkeys of Either Sex may be taken)
Archery: October 4 – November 8
Firearms: October 25 - November 7, November 27,
December 1 – December 27, Jan. 10 – 24, 2015
Youth & Apprentice Hunt: October 18
Spring Gobbler Season (Bearded turkeys only may be taken)
Youth & Apprentice Hunt: April 4, 2015 (Half hour before sunrise
until sunset)
Season: April 11 – May 16, 2015
April 11 – May 3
May 4 – May 16
Woodcock
Half hour before sunrise until noon each day
Half hour before sunrise until sunset
Season: November 24 - December 6
December 15 – January 15
(Half hour before sunrise to sunset)
TRAPPING
(No above-ground body-gripping traps in excess of 5 inches are
allowed)
Beaver: December 1 – February 28
Bobcat: November 15 – February 28
Coyote: November 15 – February 28
Fox: November 15 – February 28
Mink and Muskrat: December 1 – February 28
Opossum: November 15 – February 28
Otter: December 1 – February 28
Raccoon: November 15 – February 28
Weasel: December 1 – February 28
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Forest Regional Office
434-525-7522

HORSEPEN LAKE
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Forest Regional Office
434-525-7522