{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-20-2-5l","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 20-2-5l","heading":"Use of certain rifles to hunt in muzzleloader season.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or any rule promulgated thereunder to the contrary, any person lawfully entitled to hunt may hunt with a singleshot muzzleloading pistol or singleshot muzzleloading rifle, having a bore diameter of not less than thirty-eight one-hundredths of an inch, using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech, with the projectile loaded from the muzzle, during any established muzzleloader season: Provided, That such muzzleloading pistol or muzzleloading rifle may not be used for hunting during the Mountaineer Heritage season.","path":["CHAPTER 20. NATURAL RESOURCES.","ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/20-2-5L/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:29Z","sha256":"c1494b21e2ab3057da38c4eeb014fa32592ce662b83d7355c33332e91c8ba1d0","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-20-2-5k","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-20-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}