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West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-2 - Definitions

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2.1. "All-Terrain
				Vehicle" or "ATV" means any motor­driven vehicle specifically designed
				for off-road recreational activities that is not subject to vehicle
				registration requirements established under the provisions of W. Va. Code '
				17A.
2.2. "Division" means the West
				Virginia "Division" of Natural Resources.
2.3. "Wildlife Management Area" means any
				public access areas, public hunting areas, public fishing areas, public hunting
				and fishing areas, public shooting grounds, or public shooting ranges
				administered by the "Division". For the purpose of this rule the term "wildlife
				management area" also includes the West Virginia State Wildlife Center at
				French Creek.
2.4. "Public Shooting
				Range" means any range on a property owned or administered by the Division
				which is open to the general public for the practice of archery, pistolry,
				riflery, trapshooting (skeet), or a combination of such sports.
2.5. "Bicycle or Mountain Bike" means any
				light vehicle having two (2) wheels one behind the other, a steering handle, a
				saddle seat or seats, and pedals by which it is propelled.
2.6. "Horse" means all members of the Genus
				Equus.
2.7. All other terms have
				the meaning prescribed to them in The Rule Defining the Terms To Be Used
				Concerning All Hunting and Trapping Regulations (58 C.S.R. 46).
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-3 - General Regulations

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3.1.
				Abandoned Property. The Division assumes no responsibility for watercraft or
				other personal property used on a wildlife management area. If such property is
				abandoned or left unattended for a period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours,
				the Division may remove and dispose of the property in accordance with
				applicable provisions of the West Virginia Code.
3.2. Camping. Tent and trailer camping on
				wildlife management areas is permitted in designated areas only. Any person who
				occupies a campsite for which there is a rental fee must pay that fee upon
				entering the wildlife management area.
3.3. Fires. Fires are permitted on wildlife
				management areas only in fireplaces, fire rings, or grates which have been
				provided by the State or in areas designated by the Division. Fires must be
				completely extinguished before a person leaves the site of the fire.
3.4. Livestock Grazing. It is illegal to
				graze livestock on a wildlife management area without first obtaining a special
				use permit from the Division.
3.5.
				Noises and Disturbances. Loud or excessive noise, disorderly conduct, or other
				disturbances are prohibited on wildlife management areas.
3.6. Property Damage. It is illegal to cut,
				damage, deface, or destroy any building, rock, shrub, sign, tree, or other
				property on a wildlife management area.
3.7. Removal of Objects. It is illegal to
				remove any man-made or natural object from a wildlife management area, except
				game legally taken during the open seasons prescribed under Rule Title 58
				C.S.R. 45, 55, and 60. Objects which may not be removed include, but are not
				limited to, animals, plants, rocks and minerals, sand, and historical or
				archaeological artifacts.
3.8.
				Vehicles in Wildlife Management Areas.
3.8.1.
				The maximum speed limit for vehicles is thirty (30) miles per hour, unless a
				lower speed limit is posted. Drivers must observe all traffic signs and
				directions.
3.8.2. The driving of
				any vehicle in a manner which creates a nuisance to other persons by repetitive
				or continuous cruising is prohibited.
3.8.3. The use of all-terrain vehicles
				(ATVs), motorbikes and snowmobiles is prohibited except where specifically
				permitted by posted signs on designated roads and trails.
3.8.4. The driving of any vehicle, ATV, or
				snowmobile in a manner so as to harass, chase, or annoy any animal or bird is
				prohibited.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-4 - Special Regulations

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4.1.
				Stonecoal Wildlife Management Area. No person may create a shoreline
				development of any kind on the lands and waters under the administrative
				control of the Division within the boundaries of the Stonecoal Wildlife
				Management Area.
4.2. West Virginia
				State Wildlife Center at French Creek. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited
				within the boundaries of the West Virginia State Wildlife Center.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-5 - Bureau of Commerce Facilities

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5.1. The rules found in Title 144 C.S.R. 1
				are in effect for those recreational facilities and areas administered by the
				West Virginia Bureau of Commerce in the following wildlife management areas:
5.1.1. Berwind Lake (McDowell
				County).
5.1.2. Big Ditch Lake
				(Webster County).
5.1.3. Bluestone
				Lake (Mercer and Summers Counties).
5.1.4. Laurel Lake (Mingo County).
5.1.5. Moncove Lake (Monroe
				County).
5.1.6. Pleasant Creek
				(Barbour and Taylor Counties).
5.1.7. Plum Orchard Lake (Fayette
				County).
5.1.8. Teter Creek Lake
				(Barbour County).
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-6 - Public Shooting Ranges

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6.1.
				Hours of Operation. Hours of operation will be posted at the entrance to each
				public shooting range and no person may utilize the range except during the
				posted hours. The range may be temporarily closed at the discretion of the
				responsible district game biologist or area manager.
6.2. Range Safety. Each shooter utilizing a
				public shooting range must observe all posted range safety rules.
6.3. Shooting Range Targets.
6.3.1. Glass or metal containers may not be
				used as targets on any public shooting range. Only paper, clay and metal
				silhouette targets may be used on the public shooting range without prior
				approval of the district game biologist or area manager.
6.3.2. After use, targets or silhouettes must
				be removed from the range by the shooter or disposed of in containers provided
				at the range.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-7 - Mountain Bikes or Bicycles in Wildlife Management Areas

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7.1. The use of mountain bikes or bicycles
				are permitted only on roads normally open to public travel and designated
				routes as posted on the area.
7.2.
				Groups of ten (10) or more people must obtain a permit from the district game
				biologist or area manager prior to riding a designated route.
7.2.1. Group size will be limited to a
				maximum of twenty-five (25) people.
7.2.2. Use of the wildlife management area
				for competitive events is prohibited.
7.2.3. Group use is prohibited during Spring
				Gobbler Season and between October 10 and December 31 except Sundays.
7.2.4. No more than two (2) groups may use a
				designated route in the wildlife management area for each daylight
				period.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-43 - Wildlife Scientific Collecting Permit (Technical cleanup changing # from 58-6 filed 8/1/95) › Section 58-43-8 - Horseback Riding in Wildlife Management Areas

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8.1. Horseback riding is permitted only on
				roads normally open to public travel and designated routes as posted on the
				area.
8.2. Groups of ten (10) or
				more people must obtain a permit from the district game biologist or area
				manager prior to riding a designated route.
8.2.1. Group size will be limited to a
				maximum of twenty-five (25) people.
8.2.2. Use of the wildlife management area
				for competitive events is prohibited.
8.2.3. Group use is prohibited during Spring
				Gobbler Season and between October 10 and December 31 except Sundays.
8.2.4. No more than two (2) groups may use a
				designated route in the wildlife management area for each daylight
				period.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-44 - Cooperation with Federal Government In Management Of Federal Lands Within State (Tech Cleanup Changing # f › Section 58-44-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. --
				Rules and regulations relating to cooperation with the federal government in
				management of federal lands within the state.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code '20-1-7
				and '20-1-18(c).
1.3. Filing Date.
				-- October 3, 1983.
1.4. Effective
				Date. -- October 3, 1983.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-44 - Cooperation with Federal Government In Management Of Federal Lands Within State (Tech Cleanup Changing # f › Section 58-44-2 - General Regulations

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2.1. It
				shall be unlawful for any person to use a motorized vehicle on any part of a
				national forest closed to such use by the forest supervisor of that national
				forest.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. --
				These rules establish the open seasons and the bag, size, age, weight, and sex
				limits with respect to the hunting and trapping of wildlife in West
				Virginia.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code §§
									20-1-17(b)(7),
				20-2-5g(a) and
				29A-1-3(c).
1.3. Filing Date. -- August 29,
				2023.
1.4. Effective Date. --
				September 1, 2023.
1.5. Seasons in
				General. -- All seasons, unless otherwise noted, are statewide and subject to
				change under the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									20-1-7(7).
				Opening and closing dates are inclusive and time periods are prevailing time
				unless otherwise noted in these rules.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-2 - Definitions

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2.1. All terms
				shall have the meaning prescribed in W. Va. Code §
									20-1-2 and W. Va. Code of State
				Rules, Title 58 Series 46, Defining the Terms Used in All Hunting and
				Trapping.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-3 - Deer Hunting Seasons

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3.1. Buck
				Firearms Season. -- This season, for the firearms hunting of antlered deer,
				runs for 14 consecutive days commencing on the Monday preceding Thanksgiving
				with the following exceptions:
3.1.1. The
				buck firearms deer season is closed in the following: Logan, McDowell, Mingo,
				and Wyoming counties; and the Hillcrest WMA and the Wilson Cove Study
				Area.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-4 - Bear Hunting Seasons

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4.1. Firearms
				Dog Bear Season. -- Except as provided in subsection 4.1.1. of this rule, the
				firearms dog bear season opens on the first Monday following the close of the
				buck firearms deer season and runs for the number of days and in the counties
				or portion of counties designated by the Natural Resources Commission and
				published annually by the Director.
4.1.1.
				The firearms dog bear season is also open for the number of days and in
				counties or portions of counties designated by the Natural Resources Commission
				and published annually by the Director.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-5 - Wild Turkey Hunting Seasons

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5.1.
				Fall Wild Turkey Season. -- This season opens on the second Saturday in October
				and runs for nine consecutive days. In select counties [two and four week fall
				season counties], the season reopens on the second Monday following the close
				of the first split and runs for the number of days and in the counties
				designated by the Natural Resources Commission and published annually by the
				Director.
5.2. Spring Wild Turkey
				Season. -- This season opens on the third Monday in April and runs for 35
				consecutive days thereafter and is open statewide for the hunting of bearded
				turkeys only.
5.3. Youth Spring
				Wild Turkey Season. -- There will be a special youth spring wild turkey season,
				bearded turkey only, for youth hunters, ages eight to less than 18, to be held
				on the Saturday and Sunday prior to the third Monday of April.
5.3.1. Weapons permitted for use during this
				season include shotguns, crossbows, and bows with arrows equipped with a point
				having at least two sharp-cutting edges measuring in excess of ¾ inch
				wide.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-6 - Wild Boar Hunting Seasons

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6.1.
				Firearms/Muzzleloader Wild Boar Season. -- This season will be a split season.
				The first split runs for eight consecutive days commencing on the fourth
				Saturday in October. The second split runs for three consecutive days
				commencing on the first Friday in February.
6.2. Archery Wild Boar Season. -- This season
				will be a split season. The first split opens on the last Saturday in September
				and closes on the last day in December. The second split runs for three
				consecutive days commencing on the first Friday in February and closing on the
				following Sunday.
6.3. Crossbow
				Wild Boar Season. -- This season will be a split season. The first split opens
				on the last Saturday in September and closes on the last day in December. The
				second split runs for three consecutive days commencing on the first Friday in
				February and closing on the following Sunday.
6.4. No person may hunt wild boar between 30
				minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.
6.5. Provided that if a hunter uses a bow the
				hunting of deer is permitted during the wild boar seasons in those counties, or
				portions thereof, designated by the Natural Resources Commission as boar
				hunting areas.
6.6. The firearms,
				archery, muzzleloader, air rifle, and crossbow wild boar seasons are open in
				those counties, or portions thereof, designated by the Natural Resources
				Commission and published annually by the Director.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-7 - Elk Hunting Seasons

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7.1. All elk
				hunting seasons are closed.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-8 - Other Hunting Seasons

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8.1. Crossbows
				and air rifles are legal for use during that portion of the hunting seasons as
				described in sections 8.2. through 8.13., which occur between the last Saturday
				in September and the last day of December.
8.2. Bobcat Season. -- This season opens on
				the first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				February.
8.3. Fox Season. -- This
				season opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				February.
8.3.1. Fox Hunting with Artificial
				Lights Season. -- Fox may be hunted at night using any color artificial lights
				or night vision technology, including image intensification, thermal imaging,
				or active illumination from the first day in January through the last day in
				February.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-9 - Hunting Bag and Possession Limits

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9.1. Bear. -- The bag and possession limit is
				one bear per day and three bears for the period from July 1 to June 30 of the
				following year. Provided that a second bear per calendar year may only be taken
				in counties designated by the Natural Resources Commission and published
				annually by the Director and a third bear may only be taken during the
				Mountaineer Heritage Season.
9.2.
				Deer. -- The bag and possession limit is two deer per day (of which only one
				may be an antlered deer) for all combined seasons and 11 deer for the period
				from July 1 to June 30 of the following year, as specified in Section 3.11. of
				these rules.
9.3. Wild Boar. -- The
				bag and possession limit is one wild boar during the period from July 1 to June
				30 of the following year.
9.4. Wild
				Turkey. -- The bag and possession limit is three turkeys per calendar year,
				only one of which may be taken during the fall wild turkey season. Two bearded
				turkeys may be taken in the spring and one turkey of either sex may be taken in
				the fall. During the spring wild turkey season, only one turkey may be taken
				per day. An additional turkey may be taken during the Mountaineer Heritage
				Season.
9.4.1. Youth Spring Wild Turkey. --
				The bag limit for the youth spring wild turkey season is one bearded turkey per
				day and the possession limit for the youth spring wild turkey season is two
				bearded turkeys, which does count as part of the annual turkey bag limit
				established in section 9.4. of this rule.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-10 - Trapping Seasons

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10.1. No traps
				may be set before 8:00 a.m. on the first day of a trapping season or either set
				or left set after noon on the last day of a trapping season.
10.2. Beaver Trapping Season. -- This season
				opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				March.
10.3. Bobcat Trapping
				Season. -- This season opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on
				the last day in February.
10.4.
				Fisher Trapping Season. -- This season opens on the first Saturday in November
				and closes on the last day in January.
10.5. Fox Trapping Season. -- This season
				opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				February.
10.6. Mink Trapping
				Season. -- This season opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on
				the last day in February.
10.7.
				Muskrat Trapping Season. -- This season opens on the first Saturday in November
				and closes on the last day in February.
10.8. Raccoon Trapping Season. -- This season
				opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				February.
10.9. Otter Trapping
				Season. -- This season opens on the first Saturday in November and closes on
				the last day in February.
10.10.
				Skunk, opossum, coyote, and weasel trapping season. -- This season opens on the
				first Saturday in November and closes on the last day in
				February.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-45 - Hunting and Trapping Rules › Section 58-45-11 - Trapping Bag and Possession Limits

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11.1. Beaver. -- There are no daily or season
				limits for beaver.
11.2. Bobcat. --
				The bag and possession limit is three bobcats per day and three bobcats per
				season for hunting and trapping seasons combined.
11.3. Fisher. -- The bag and possession limit
				is one fisher per day and one fisher per season.
11.4. Fox (Gray and Red Foxes). -- There are
				no daily or season limits for fox.
11.5. Mink. -- There are no daily or season
				limits for mink.
11.6. Muskrat. --
				There are no daily or season limits for muskrat.
11.7. Raccoon. -- There is no daily or season
				bag limit for raccoons.
11.8.
				Otter. -- The bag limit and possession limit is one otter per day and one otter
				per season.
11.9. Skunk, opossum,
				coyote, and weasel. -- There are no daily or season limits for these
				species.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-46 - Defining the Terms Used In All Hunting and Trapping › Section 58-46-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. -- This
				rule defines terms to be applied to all rules concerning the regulation of
				hunting and trapping within the boundaries of this State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code §
									20-1-7(31).
1.3. Filing Date. -- April 15,
				2021.
1.4. Effective Date. -- July
				1, 2021.
1.5. Sunset Provision. --
				This rule shall terminate and have no further force or effect on August 1,
				2026.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-46 - Defining the Terms Used In All Hunting and Trapping › Section 58-46-2 - Definitions

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2.1. "Aggregate"
				means the total bag or possession limit of similar kinds of game animals or
				game birds. For example, the possession limit for squirrels is 24 after the
				third day of the open season. This could be 10 gray squirrels and 14 fox
				squirrels, or 14 gray squirrels and 10 fox squirrels, or any combination of 24
				squirrels, but not more than a total of six per day nor more than a total of 24
				in possession.
2.2. "Antlered Deer"
				means deer having at least one antler that is over three inches in length, as
				measured from the hairline.
2.3.
				"Antlerless Deer" means deer having no antler that is over three inches in
				length, as measured from the hairline.
2.4. "Bait" means shelled, shucked, or
				unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, or any other feed or edible enticement,
				or any non-edible facsimile of an edible enticement.
2.5. "Baiting" means the direct or indirect
				placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of bait so as to
				constitute for wildlife a lure, attraction, or enticement to or on any areas
				where hunters are attempting to take them. An area is considered baited for 10
				days after the removal of the bait.
2.6. "Concurrent Hunting" means hunting of
				the same and/or other species during a legally prescribed season.
2.7. "Crossbow" means a device consisting of
				a bow fixed transversely on a stock, the string of which is released by a
				trigger mechanism and propels a bolt.
2.8. "Licensed Adult" is an individual who
				has attained the age of 18 years and possesses a valid West Virginia hunting
				and trapping license or is exempt from having to purchase a West Virginia
				hunting and trapping license.
2.9.
				"Muzzle-loader", for the purpose of deer hunting, means a single shot
				muzzle-loading firearm having a bore diameter of not less than thirty-eight
				one-hundredths of an inch.
2.10.
				"Possession" means game taken in this State which is in any way under the
				control of the hunter (i.e., the total of all game in a vehicle, home freezer,
				commercial food locker, or other storage place).
2.11. "Prevailing Time" means either Eastern
				Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time as established by the United States
				Congress.
2.12. "Protected" means
				no open season (i.e., hunting protected wildlife is illegal at all times).
2.12.1. Protected mammals include those
				mammals covered by federal regulations under the Endangered Species Act of
				1973, as amended.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-47 - Prohibitions When Hunting and Trapping › Section 58-47-1 - General

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1.1. Scope and
				Purpose. -- This rule establishes prohibitions in the pursuit or taking of
				wildlife within the boundaries of this State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code §
									20-1-7(31).
1.3. Filing Date. -- March 27,
				2020.
1.4. Effective Date. -- March
				28, 2020.
1.5. Sunset Provision. --
				This rule shall terminate and have no further effect or force on March 28,
				2025.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-47 - Prohibitions When Hunting and Trapping › Section 58-47-2 - Definitions

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2.1. "Bow" means a
				longbow, recurved bow, or compound bow that is hand-held, hand-drawn and held
				at full draw without the aid of any mechanical device. Triggering devices or
				release aids are legal.
2.2.
				"Modified Bow" means a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow that has been
				modified or manufactured to hold the bow at full draw to accommodate a physical
				impairment of the user.
2.3. "Trap"
				is a device that is used to catch and hold animals. A trap may be legally used
				during the trapping season to catch fur-bearing animals and coyotes. The term
				includes leg foot hold traps, killer type or body gripping traps, box traps,
				encapsulating traps and snare. Legal and illegal traps are further defined W.
				Va. Code of State Rules, Title 58 Series 53, General Trapping.
2.5. All other terms in this rule have the
				meaning prescribed in the W. Va. Code of State Rules, Title 58 Series 46,
				Defining the Terms Used In All Hunting and Trapping.
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3.1. Hunting is
				prohibited in State Parks and wildlife refuges, in safety zones in State
				Forests, and in safety zones in State Wildlife Management Areas, except State
				Park controlled deer hunts may be conducted in accordance with W. Va. Code
				§
									20-2-5(15).
3.1.1. Federal regulations prohibit hunting
				in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
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4.1. Any person
				violating the provisions of this rule is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
				conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with W. Va. Code §
									20-7-9.
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1.1. Scope. -- The
				purpose of this rule is to establish general hunting rules that will provide
				for the safety of the hunter and the proper management of wildlife within the
				boundaries of this State.
1.2.
				Authority. -- W.Va. Code §
									20-1-7(31).
1.3. Filing Date. - May 9, 2022.
1.4. Effective Date. - May 9, 2022.
1.5. Sunset Provision. -- This rule shall
				terminate and have no further force or effect on August 1, 2027.
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2.1. All terms have
				the meaning prescribed to them in W. Va. Code of State Rules, Title 58 Series
				46 Defining the Terms Used In All Hunting and Trapping and W.Va. Code §
									20-1-2.
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3.1. A
				hunter may use a long bow or compound bow instead of a firearm during any
				season for which firearms are legal except during the muzzle-loading firearms
				deer season.
3.2. Each person
				killing a bear or wild boar found in a wild state shall immediately after
				removing its entrails, but in any event within one hour and before transporting
				or removing the carcass in any manner from where it was killed, complete and
				attach a game tag. The tag shall bear, in plain English, the name and address
				of the hunter, the date and county where the game was killed, and, unless he or
				she is legally exempted from the licensing requirements of this State, the
				license number of the hunter.
3.3.
				A person who kills a bear shall submit a first premolar tooth to the Division
				of Natural Resources by January 31 of the year following the kill. The tooth
				should be secured to a card along with a label with the name and address of the
				hunter, date of kill, weapon used, whether dogs were used to kill the bear,
				county of kill and the game tag number and either mailed or delivered to a DNR
				District Office or the DNR Elkins Operation Center.
3.4. Any person under 15 years of age who
				participates in a special youth season approved by the Commission and published
				annually by the director shall be accompanied by a licensed adult hunter. The
				accompanying adult may not hunt or possess implements for the taking of
				wildlife.
3.5. A person under the
				age of 15 years may not hunt or chase wild animals or wild birds on the lands
				of another unless he or she is accompanied by a licensed adult who remains in a
				position near enough to him or her to render advice and assistance.
3.6. A hunter may only use bows, crossbows,
				single-shot muzzle-loading firearms, or shotguns loaded with T or smaller shot
				to hunt wildlife within the boundaries of the Green Bottom and Fox Forest
				Wildlife Management Areas.
3.7. A
				hunter shall electronically register each deer or wild turkey within 72 hours
				of the time of kill or within 24 hours of the close of the respective hunting
				season, whichever comes first.
3.8.
				A hunter shall wear at least 400 square inches of blaze orange over his or her
				outer clothing during any deer firearm or muzzleloader season. A person engaged
				in agricultural activities and waterfowl hunters are exempt from this
				requirement.
3.9. Any hunter who,
				while hunting, shoots another person, shall render immediate aid and assistance
				to the victim.
3.10. The use of
				bows and crossbows is prohibited on the Bright McCausland Homestead
				WMA.
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1.1. Scope and
				Purpose. -- The purpose of this rule is to establish rules that are to be
				complied with when pursuing and taking deer within the boundaries of this
				State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code §
									20-1-7(31).
1.3. Filing Date. - April 15, 2021.
1.4. Effective Date. -- July 1,
				2021.
1.5. Sunset Provision. --
				This rule shall terminate and have no further force or effect on August 1,
				2026.
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2.1. All terms have
				the meaning prescribed to them in W. Va. Code of State Rules, Series 58 Title
				46, Defining the Terms Used in All Hunting and Trapping.
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1.1. Scope. -- The
				purpose of these regulations is to establish rules to manage the wild turkey
				within the boundaries of this State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code '20-1-7(30).
1.3. Filing Date. -- June 24, 1993.
1.4. Effective Date. -- July 1,
				1993.
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2.1. All terms have
				the meaning prescribed to them in The Regulations Defining The Terms To Be Used
				Concerning All Hunting and Trapping Regulations (58 C.S.R. 46). In addition,
				for the purposes of this regulation, the following terms have the meaning set
				forth in this section.
2.2. Game
				farm or pen-raised turkeys -- Game farm or pen raised turkeys are those birds
				or their offspring hatched from eggs taken by humans from a wild turkey nest or
				wild hen turkey raised under human control, and therefore imprinted to humans
				or other poultry under human control instead of a wild hen.
2.3. Domestic turkey -- A domestic turkey is
				a turkey that normally lives in and about the residences of West Virginians and
				depends upon humans for habitation, husbandry and/or as their sole source of
				year round sustenance.
2.4. Wild
				turkey -- A wild turkey is a turkey from wild native genetic stock living under
				the control of the laws of nature.
2.5. Release into the wild -- Release into
				the wild means a release into any area not enclosed by a fence or bounded by
				other like structure from which under normal circumstances a bird does not
				escape.
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3.1.
				The use of electronic turkey calling devices is prohibited during the wild
				turkey seasons.
3.2. The use of
				dogs to hunt wild turkeys is prohibited during the spring wild turkey
				season.
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4.1. It is unlawful to possess, propagate, or
				release into the wild, game farm or pen-raised turkeys: Provided, That existing
				stock may be possessed until December 31, 1993, but during this period the
				turkeys shall not be propagated or released into the wild,
4.2. It is unlawful to release domestic
				turkeys into the wild.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-52 - Wild Boar Hunting Rule › Section 58-52-1 - General

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1.1. Scope and
				Purpose. -- The purpose of this rule is to establish requirements which a
				person must comply when in pursuit or taking of wild boar within the boundaries
				of this State.
1.2. Authority. --
				W. Va. Code §
									20-1-7(30).
1.3. Filing Date. -- April 20,
				2016.
1.4. Effective Date. -- April
				20, 2016.
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2.1. All terms have
				the meanings prescribed to them in the Rule Defining The Terms To Be Used
				Concerning All Hunting and Trapping Rule (58 C.S.R. 46).
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3.1.
				Only resident hunters who possess a valid hunting license or are exempt from
				purchasing a license may hunt wild boar.
3.2. During wild boar season a person may
				hunt for any species for which a season is open.
3.3. A hunter may legally take boar during
				the firearms wild boar season with a bow, crossbow or with a firearm using
				ammunition legal in West Virginia for the taking of deer.
3.4. No person may kill or wound a boar while
				the boar is in any stream, lake, or pond.
3.5. The use of dogs to hunt wild boar is
				prohibited.
3.6. A person killing a
				wild boar shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, electronically register the
				boar.
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1.1. Scope. -- The
				purpose of this rule is to establish standards that must be complied with when
				trapping wildlife or furbearing animals within the boundaries of this
				State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code §
									20-1-7(30).
1.3. Filing Date. -- June 6, 2013.
1.4. Effective Date. -- June 6,
				2013.
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2.1. "Trap" is a
				device that is used to catch and hold animals. A trap may be legally used
				during the trapping season to catch fur-bearing animals and coyotes. The term
				includes leg foot hold traps, killer type or body gripping traps, box traps,
				encapsulating traps and snare. Legal and illegal traps are further defined in
				the Division's Rule, General Trapping, 58CSR53.
2.2. "Foot encapsulating trap" is a trap that
				has the following: triggering and restraining mechanisms enclosed within a
				housing; triggering and restraining mechanisms are only accessible through a
				single opening when set; an opening that does not exceed 2 inches in diameter;
				and a swivel mounted anchoring system.
2.3. All terms have the meaning prescribed to
				them in the Division of Natural Resources rule, Defining The Terms Used In All
				Hunting and Trapping, 58CSR46.
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3.1.
				Trapping is prohibited in State parks and wildlife refuges, in safety zones in
				State forests, and in safety zones in State Wildlife Management Areas.
3.1.a. Federal regulations prohibit trapping
				in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and on federally-owned land within
				the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River.
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1.1. Scope. -- The
				purpose of these regulations is to establish standards to be complied with when
				training dogs within the boundaries of this State.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code '20-1-7(30).
1.3. Filing Date. -- June 24, 1993.
1.4. Effective Date. -- July 1,
				1993.
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2.1. All terms have
				the meanings pre­scribed to them in The Regulations Defining The Terms
				To Be Used Concerning All Hunting and Trapping Regulations (58 C.S.R.
				46).
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3.1.
				Notwithstanding the provisions of W. Va. Code '20-2-5(26),
				residents of the State of Ohio may train their dogs in this state between the
				16th day of August and the 30th day of April, but may not train a dog in any
				bear county, or parts thereof, in which a legal bear hunting season has been
				established prior to July 1, 1988, except during the small game hunt­ing
				season.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-55 - Migratory Bird Hunting Rule › Section 58-55-1 - General

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1.1 Scope. -- These
				regulations establish the open seasons and the bag, size, age, weight, and sex
				limits with respect to the hunting of migratory game birds in West
				Virginia.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code §§
									20-1-17(b)(7) and
				29A-1-3(c).
1.3. Filing Date. -- August 29,
				2023.
1.4. Effective Date. --
				September 1, 2023.
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2.1. All terms
				shall have the meaning prescribed in W. Va. Code of State Rules, Title 58
				Series 56, Special Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations.
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3.1. Closed Season. -- No person may take
				migratory game birds during the closed season.
3.2. Shooting and Falconry Hours. -- No
				person may take migratory game birds except during the hours open for shooting
				and falconry as prescribed in these regulations.
3.3. Daily Bag Limit. -- No person may take
				more than the daily bag limit of any migratory game bird.
3.4. Field Possession Limit. -- No person may
				possess more than the daily bag limit of any migratory game bird while in the
				field or while returning from the field to one's car, hunting camp, home, or
				other place.
3.5. Custody of Birds
				of Another. -- No person may receive or have in his or her custody migratory
				game birds belonging to another person unless such birds are properly
				tagged.
3.6. Possession of Live
				Birds. -- No person may at any time, or by any means, possess or transport live
				migratory game birds taken under Migratory Bird Hunting,
				50 C.F.R. §
										20 or under these regulations. Wounded birds
				reduced to possession must be immediately killed and included in the daily bag
				limit.
3.7. Seasons in General. --
				All seasons are subject to change under the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									20-1-7(7).
				Opening and closing dates are inclusive and time periods are prevailing time
				unless otherwise noted in these regulations. Sunday hunting is legal under the
				provisions of W. Va. Code §
									20-2-5(b).
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4.1. Mourning Dove Season.
4.1.1. The first segment of this season opens
				on September 1, 2023 and closes on October 8, 2023.
4.1.2. The second segment of this season
				opens on October 30, 2023 and closes on November 12, 2023.
4.1.3. The third segment of this season opens
				on December 18, 2023 and closes on January 24, 2024.
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5.1.
				Mourning Doves.
5.1.1. Shooting and falconry
				hours in the first segment of the mourning dove season are from 30 minutes
				before sunrise until sunset except on opening day when shooting and falconry
				hours are from noon until sunset.
5.1.2. Shooting and falconry hours in all
				other segments of the mourning dove season are from 30 minutes before sunrise
				until sunset.