{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac15-90-91","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC15-90-91","heading":"General firearms season either-sex deer hunting days","body":"A. During the general firearms deer season, deer of either sex may be taken within:\n\nAccomack County: full season.\n\nAlbemarle County: full season.\n\nAlleghany County: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nAmelia County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\n-Amelia WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nAmherst County (east of Business U.S. 29 from the James River to its intersection with U.S. 29 just south of the Town of Amherst continuing north on U.S. 29 to the Tye River): full season.\n\nAmherst County (west of Business U.S. 29 from the James River to its intersection with U.S. 29 just south of the Town of Amherst continuing north on U.S. 29 to the Tye River): full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nAppomattox County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest: the second and third Saturdays.\n\n-Featherfin WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\nArlington County: full season.\n\nAugusta County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nBath County: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nBedford County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nBland County: the second Saturday through the third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: the second Saturday and the last two days.\n\nBotetourt County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nBrunswick County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nBuchanan County: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nBuckingham County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Horsepen Lake WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest: the second and third Saturdays.\n\n-Featherfin WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\nCampbell County (east of Norfolk Southern Railroad): full season.\n\nCampbell County (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad): full season.\n\nCaroline County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\n- Department-owned lands: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nCarroll County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the second Saturday and the last day.\n\nCharles City County: full season.\n\n-Chickahominy WMA: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nCharlotte County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nChesapeake (City of): full season.\n\n-Cavalier WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nChesterfield County: full season.\n\nClarke County: full season.\n\nCraig County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the second Saturday and the last two days.\n\nCulpeper County: full season.\n\n-Chester F. Phelps WMA: the second Saturday.\n\nCumberland County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\n-Cumberland State Forest: the second, third, and fourth Saturdays.\n\nDickenson County: the third Saturday.\n\n-Federal lands: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nDinwiddie County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nEssex County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nFairfax County: full season.\n\nFauquier County: full season.\n\n-G. Richard Thompson WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\n-Chester F. Phelps WMA: the second Saturday.\n\nFloyd County: full season.\n\nFluvanna County: full season.\n\n-Hardware River WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nFranklin County: full season.\n\n-Philpott Reservoir: the second Saturday and the last six days.\n\n-Turkeycock Mountain WMA: the second and third Saturday and the last six days.\n\nFrederick County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nGiles County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the second Saturday and the last two days.\n\nGloucester County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\nGoochland County: full season.\n\nGrayson County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands and Grayson Highlands State Park: the last day.\n\nGreene County: full season.\n\nGreensville County: full season.\n\nHalifax County: full season.\n\nHanover County: full season.\n\nHenrico County: full season.\n\nHenry County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\n-Fairystone Farms WMA, Fairystone State Park, and Philpott Reservoir: the second Saturday and the last six days.\n\n-Turkeycock Mountain WMA: the second and third Saturday and the last six days.\n\nHighland County: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\n-Department-owned lands: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\nIsle of Wight County: full season.\n\n-Ragged Island WMA: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nJames City County: full season.\n\nKing and Queen County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nKing George County: full season.\n\nKing William County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nLancaster County: full season.\n\nLee County: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nLoudoun County: full season.\n\nLouisa County: full season.\n\nLunenburg County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nMadison County: full season.\n\n-Rapidan WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nMathews County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nMecklenburg County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Dick Cross WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nMiddlesex County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\nMontgomery County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the second Saturday and the last day.\n\nNelson County (east of Route 151): full season.\n\n-James River WMA and Tye River WMA: the second Saturday and the last six days.\n\nNelson County (west of Route 151): full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nNew Kent County: full season.\n\nNorthampton County: full season.\n\nNorthumberland County: full season.\n\nNottoway County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\nOrange County: full season.\n\nPage County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nPatrick County: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\n-Fairystone Farms WMA, Fairystone State Park, and Philpott Reservoir: the second Saturday and the last six days.\n\nPittsylvania County (east of Norfolk Southern Railroad): full season.\n\n-White Oak Mountain WMA: the second and third Saturday and the last three days.\n\nPittsylvania County (west of Norfolk Southern Railroad): full season.\n\nPowhatan County: full season.\n\n-Powhatan WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nPrince Edward County: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Briery Creek WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last six days.\n\n-Featherfin WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 29 days.\n\n-Prince Edward State Forest: the second and third Saturdays.\n\nPrince George County: full season.\n\nPrince William County: full season.\n\nPulaski County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the second Saturday and the last day.\n\nRappahannock County: full season.\n\nRichmond County: full season.\n\nRoanoke County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nRockbridge County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nRockingham County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\n-Private lands west of Routes 613 and 731: the second Saturday, second Friday, and third Saturday.\n\nRussell County: the second Saturday through the third Saturday.\n\n-Department-owned lands and the Channels State Forest: the last day.\n\nScott County: the second Saturday through the third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nShenandoah County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nSmyth County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands, department-owned lands, and Hungry Mother State Park: the last day.\n\nSouthampton County: full season.\n\nSpotsylvania County: full season.\n\n-Oakley Forest WMA: the second and third Saturdays and the last 13 days.\n\nStafford County: full season.\n\nSuffolk: full season.\n\nSurry County: full season.\n\n-Carlisle and Stewart Tracts of the Hog Island WMA: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nSussex County: full season.\n\n-Big Woods WMA, Flippo-Gentry WMA, and Big Woods State Forest: full season.\n\nTazewell County: the second Saturday through the third Saturday.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the last day.\n\nVirginia Beach (City of): full season.\n\nWarren County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands: the last day.\n\nWashington County: full season.\n\n-National forest lands, department-owned lands, and the Channels State Forest: the last day.\n\nWestmoreland County: full season.\n\nWise County: the third Saturday.\n\n-National forest lands: antlered bucks only—no either-sex days. Only deer with antlers above the hairline may be taken.\n\nWythe County: full season.\n\n-National forest and department-owned lands: the second Saturday and the last two days.\n\nYork County: full season.\n\nB. Except as provided in the subsection A of this section, deer of either sex may be taken full season during the general firearms deer season within the incorporated limits of any city or town, state park, national wildlife refuge, or military installation that allows deer hunting or within any common interest community participating in the special urban archery season according to provisions of 4VAC15-90-70.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 15. Department of Wildlife Resources","Chapter 90. Game: Deer"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency15/chapter90/section91/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:22Z","sha256":"90062b4bc3ee4e73c6313e26796147b3ce5f1d6f1c9135329b918f71e2e9376e","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac15-90-90","next":"us-va/4vac15-90-230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}