West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-50 - Deer Hunting Rule › Section 58-50-3 - Deer Hunting Rules

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. No person
				who has met the daily or season bag limit during any of the open deer seasons
				established in W. Va. Code of State Rules, Series 58 Title 45, Hunting and
				Trapping Rules may participate further in deer hunting with a bow, crossbow, or
				a firearm in his or her possession for that day of the season in which he or
				she has met the daily bag limit. No person who has met the season bag limit
				during any of the open deer seasons established in W. Va. Code of State Rules,
				Series 58 Title 45, Hunting and Trapping Rules, may participate further in deer
				hunting with a bow, crossbow, or firearm in his or her possession for the
				remainder of that season in which he or she has met the season bag limit. In
				the event that a hunter kills a deer and wishes to pursue an additional deer on
				the same day, the hunter is not required to electronically register the deer
				prior to pursuing an additional deer during the remainder of that day. However,
				all deer must be electronically registered prior to hunting during the
				remainder of the season.
3.2. A
				person may not hunt deer with a shotgun using ammunition loaded with more than
				one solid ball nor with any rifle of less than twenty-five (.25) caliber using
				rimfire ammunition.
3.3. A person
				may not kill or wound a deer while the deer is in any river, stream, lake, or
				pond.
3.4. The hunting of small
				game is permitted beginning on the fourth day after the opening date of the
				buck firearms deer season, with the exception that the hunting of coyotes is
				permitted during the entire buck firearms season. While hunting for small game
				during buck firearms season, a hunter may carry solid ball ammunition and
				Number 4 or smaller shot with a shotgun prior to killing the legal limit of
				deer.
3.5. In those counties, or
				portions of counties, open to antlerless deer hunting, the following conditions
				and restrictions apply for concurrent hunting seasons during the antlerless
				deer season:
3.5.1. The hunting of deer with a
				bow or crossbow is permitted.
3.5.2. The hunting of bear is permitted.
3.5.3. The hunting of small game
				is permitted, except during that portion of antlerless season running
				concurrent with the first three days of buck firearms season.
3.5.4. The hunting of waterfowl is permitted.
3.5.5. Except a hunter having a
				valid Class N or Class NN stamp or a hunter legally participating in bear
				hunting, no hunter may:
3.5.5.a. Be afield
				with any firearm with solid ball ammunition or shot shells containing larger
				than Number 4 shot.
3.5.5.b. Have
				rifle ammunition in his or her possession if using a combination rifle-shotgun.
3.5.6. While hunting
				small game during antlerless season, a hunter may carry solid ball ammunition
				and Number 4 or smaller shot with a shotgun prior to killing the legal limit of
				deer.
3.5.7. In those counties, or
				portions of counties open to antlerless deer hunting, the hunting of waterfowl
				is permitted. Persons legally hunting waterfowl during the antlerless deer
				seasons may possess nontoxic shotshells containing shot larger than Number 4
				but may not possess solid ball ammunition.